3/6 today. Yesterday I lost on defense even with my 5/6. Ugh. My career record is now at .500.
Correct Answer: CHICAGO
Your Answer: Chicago
Points Assigned: 0
Seems easy to me. Wrigley was obvious and I knew their football stadium (Veterans, war memorial, something like that) was old too.
2. The Radetzky March, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Music of the Spheres, the Alpenrose polka, and Ariadne auf Naxos are all works by composers that share what last name?
Correct Answer: STRAUSS
Your Answer: Strauss
Points Assigned: 3
2. The Radetzky March, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Music of the Spheres, the Alpenrose polka, and Ariadne auf Naxos are all works by composers that share what last name?
Correct Answer: STRAUSS
Your Answer: Strauss
Points Assigned: 3
This was guess based on Vienna being in there.
3. Alice Paul, Millicent Fawcett, and Emily Wilding Davison are among the people that could be described by a term which was first used condescendingly by journalist Charles Hands in London's Daily Mail but has since taken a positive connotation, and today is mostly obsolete, used only in a historical sense. What is that term?
Correct Answer: SUFFRAGETTE
Your Answer: Suffagrete
Points Assigned: 2
3. Alice Paul, Millicent Fawcett, and Emily Wilding Davison are among the people that could be described by a term which was first used condescendingly by journalist Charles Hands in London's Daily Mail but has since taken a positive connotation, and today is mostly obsolete, used only in a historical sense. What is that term?
Correct Answer: SUFFRAGETTE
Your Answer: Suffagrete
Points Assigned: 2
Spelled it wrong, but I couldn't think of a better answer. Glad it was right.
4. What is the name, used in North India and most common in the west, for the sweet milk pudding that is served as a dessert or during a meal, usually made with rice, and flavored with raisins, cardamom, cinnamon, almonds, pistachio, or other ingredients? Its South Indian equivalent is payasam.
Correct Answer: KHEER
Your Answer: Papayum
Points Assigned: 1
4. What is the name, used in North India and most common in the west, for the sweet milk pudding that is served as a dessert or during a meal, usually made with rice, and flavored with raisins, cardamom, cinnamon, almonds, pistachio, or other ingredients? Its South Indian equivalent is payasam.
Correct Answer: KHEER
Your Answer: Papayum
Points Assigned: 1
Could not think of it.
5. The four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, from the Harry Potter series, were each named after a different alliteratively named individual. Give the first name of any one of these four individuals.
Correct Answer: GODRIC, HELGA, ROWENA, SALAZAR
Your Answer: Servis
Points Assigned: 1
5. The four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, from the Harry Potter series, were each named after a different alliteratively named individual. Give the first name of any one of these four individuals.
Correct Answer: GODRIC, HELGA, ROWENA, SALAZAR
Your Answer: Servis
Points Assigned: 1
I haven't read Harry Potter or seen the movies in a long time, other than the great Wizard People Dear Reader. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPVhmZodaLA
6. A mule is the hybrid offspring of a jack (male donkey) and mare (female horse). What is the term for the hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and jenny (female donkey)?
Correct Answer: HINNY
Your Answer: Ass
Points Assigned: 2
6. A mule is the hybrid offspring of a jack (male donkey) and mare (female horse). What is the term for the hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and jenny (female donkey)?
Correct Answer: HINNY
Your Answer: Ass
Points Assigned: 2
Nope. Went with dat Ass.
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