Ben L Day 3

Sad to be reporting a 0/6, unless Etruscan/Etruscans gives me a 1/6. Tough, particularly after a 4/6 yesterday (which may have been this rookie's high watermark).

 

 

1. What is the corresponding name of the best-known item in the set, as outlined in the Prose Edda, that also includes Megingjörð and Járngreipr?
   Correct Answer: MJÖLNIR
   Your Answer: Robot
   Points Assigned: 1

Hadn't heard of any of this though Edda made me think of Norse mythology so I first wrote "Tarnhelm" but the markings above the o's and a's made me think this could be Czech.

2. The United States's scientific research station located at the South Pole is named formally after what two men, a Norwegian and a Briton respectively?
Correct Answer: ROALD AMUNDSEN, ROBERT FALCON SCOTT
Your Answer: Heyerdahl and Smith
Points Assigned: 1

Had to take a wild guess

3. Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus, the fifth and seventh (and final) kings of Rome, were traditionally identified with what ancient Italian civilization, which would begin its decline at the end of the Roman Kingdom and become fully assimilated during the subsequent Roman Republic?
Correct Answer: ETRUSCAN
Your Answer: ! Etruscans
Points Assigned: 3

If they don't accept "Etruscans" that would hurt.

4. The Ladykillers, Rififi, Ocean's Eleven, and Reservoir Dogs are among the movies influenced by what classic 1950 John Huston film noir? Its title (from the source novel of the previous year) introduced into the vernacular a term for an unsafe and alienating urban landscape.
Correct Answer: THE ASPHALT JUNGLE
Your Answer: The Deadzone
Points Assigned: 2

Thought about this for way too long, given I'd never heard of the term.

5. What woman, whose Fort Peck Dam appeared on the first cover of Life magazine in 1936, was one of the original staff photographers for the magazine, and later became the first woman photographer to work with the U.S. armed forces during World War II?
Correct Answer: MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
Your Answer: Smith
Points Assigned: 0

Never heard of her.

6. While residents of modern Texas are referred to as "Texans", what demonym was used for citizens (especially Anglo citizens) of the Republic of Texas (1836-46) and the prior period when the area was a part of Mexico? Note, corr! ect spelling is required.
Correct Answer: TEXIANS
Your Answer: Texarkansians
Points Assigned: 2

I like my answer better!