LLAnswers Take 2: Jesse Day 6

Monday, May 22, 2017

Jesse Day 6

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1. What is the name of the yellow, lemon-scented essential oil, obtained from the leaves of the tropical grass Cymbopogon nardus, that is commonly used as an insect repellent or in perfume?
Correct Answer: CITRONELLA
Your Answer: Citronella
Points Assigned: 0

Seems like a gimmie.

2. ¿Cuál es el nombre, en español, del país que limita con México al norte?
Correct Answer: (LOS) ESTADOS UNIDOS (DE AMÉRICA)
Your Answer: Estados Unidos
Points Assigned: 1

I have been studying Spanish for the past three months.

3. There are two main branches of calculus. One is differential calculus, which is the study of the rate of change of functions through the use of derivatives and differentials. What is the most common term for its inverse, the other main branch?
Correct Answer: INTEGRAL
Your Answer: Standard
Points Assigned: 3

I had no idea.

4. The Battle of Cannae, which took place in southern Italy in 216 BCE, is remembered for the tactical brilliance that resulted in victory for what legendary military general?
Correct Answer: HANNIBAL
Your Answer: Hannibal
Points Assigned: 2

Seemed like the most famous of the generals of that age.

5. Reggae artists Bob Marley & The Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, and Burning Spear were all, at one time, signed to what record label, which was sold to PolyGram in 1989 and is today a division of Universal Music Group? This appropriately named label was founded in 1959 in Jamaica.
Correct Answer: ISLAND RECORDS
Your Answer: Tuff Gong
Points Assigned: 1

Argh, I should have read that last line more carefully.

6. The first three lines of the chorus in the song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," based on Julia Ward Howe's poem, are what three-word line, repeated?
Correct Answer: GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH!
Your Answer: Glory, Glory Halleluja
Points Assigned: 2

Glad I got this one.

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