4/6
Correct Answer: HAM
Your Answer: Ham
Points Assigned: 0
Iberico and do Parma did it for me. I would not have gotten it based on the others.
2. It is generally believed that Vincent van Gogh slashed his left earlobe following an altercation with what friend and fellow Post-Impressionist?
Correct Answer: PAUL GAUGUIN
Your Answer: Gauguin
Points Assigned: 1
2. It is generally believed that Vincent van Gogh slashed his left earlobe following an altercation with what friend and fellow Post-Impressionist?
Correct Answer: PAUL GAUGUIN
Your Answer: Gauguin
Points Assigned: 1
That was the name that first came to my mind so it must have lodged in there at some point.
3. The Shore Fast Line, which is sometimes indirectly referred to today by a slightly altered name, was an electric interurban that ran for much of the first half of the twentieth century. What city is the most prominent among those served by this line?
Correct Answer: ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
Your Answer: Los Angeles
Points Assigned: 2
3. The Shore Fast Line, which is sometimes indirectly referred to today by a slightly altered name, was an electric interurban that ran for much of the first half of the twentieth century. What city is the most prominent among those served by this line?
Correct Answer: ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
Your Answer: Los Angeles
Points Assigned: 2
Never heard of it and I am only a 2 hour drive from Atlantic City.
4. While they called themselves the Haudenosaunee, French colonists of the seventeenth century referred to the association of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca peoples by what name, which remains today in common use for this league of tribes?
Correct Answer: IROQUOIS
Your Answer: Irqouis
Points Assigned: 1
4. While they called themselves the Haudenosaunee, French colonists of the seventeenth century referred to the association of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca peoples by what name, which remains today in common use for this league of tribes?
Correct Answer: IROQUOIS
Your Answer: Irqouis
Points Assigned: 1
No idea how to spell it, but seems easy for an American growing up in the northeast.
5. The national epic of Finland, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from old ballads, lyrical songs, and incantations from oral tradition, is known by what name?
Correct Answer: KALEVALA
Your Answer: Natri
Points Assigned: 3
5. The national epic of Finland, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from old ballads, lyrical songs, and incantations from oral tradition, is known by what name?
Correct Answer: KALEVALA
Your Answer: Natri
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea, and I lived in Finland briefly.
6. The square root of two, which is an irrational number (and likely the first number determined to be irrational), is often referred to as a constant named after what mathematician and philosopher, followers of whom made the determination of the number's irrationality?
Correct Answer: PYTHAGORAS
Your Answer: Pythagorus
Points Assigned: 2
6. The square root of two, which is an irrational number (and likely the first number determined to be irrational), is often referred to as a constant named after what mathematician and philosopher, followers of whom made the determination of the number's irrationality?
Correct Answer: PYTHAGORAS
Your Answer: Pythagorus
Points Assigned: 2
Total guess based on one of the only Mathematicians that also qualifies as a philosopher. Surprised to get it right.
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