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1. Among the most famous works of English poet John Keats are a set of six odes composed in 1819. They are odes on a Grecian Urn, on Indolence, on Melancholy, to Psyche, to Autumn, and to what bird?
Correct Answer: NIGHTINGALE
Your Answer: Sparrow
Points Assigned: 2
I had no idea.
2. A term in operations management for a methodology that uses statistical analysis and a data-based approach to improve business processes takes its name from a rating used to report the percentage of defects in a manufacturing process. The term is also used for certification (with high levels earning "black belts"). What is this term?
Correct Answer: SIX SIGMA
Your Answer: Defect Rate
Points Assigned: 1
2. A term in operations management for a methodology that uses statistical analysis and a data-based approach to improve business processes takes its name from a rating used to report the percentage of defects in a manufacturing process. The term is also used for certification (with high levels earning "black belts"). What is this term?
Correct Answer: SIX SIGMA
Your Answer: Defect Rate
Points Assigned: 1
Never heard of it.
3. The irregularity of spelling in English and need for orthographic reform have been famously demonstrated in a mischievous re-spelling of "fish" incorrectly attributed to George Bernard Shaw. What is the correct spelling of that novel five-letter word?
Correct Answer: GHOTI
Your Answer: Phish
Points Assigned: 2
I was pretty confident with this answer.
4. Pictured here is a canvas from the Ocean Park series by what Californian abstract expressionist painter? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/984m5093yv5m093.jpg
Correct Answer: RICHARD DIEBENKORN
Your Answer: Smith
Points Assigned: 3
3. The irregularity of spelling in English and need for orthographic reform have been famously demonstrated in a mischievous re-spelling of "fish" incorrectly attributed to George Bernard Shaw. What is the correct spelling of that novel five-letter word?
Correct Answer: GHOTI
Your Answer: Phish
Points Assigned: 2
I was pretty confident with this answer.
4. Pictured here is a canvas from the Ocean Park series by what Californian abstract expressionist painter? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/
Correct Answer: RICHARD DIEBENKORN
Your Answer: Smith
Points Assigned: 3
Nope!
5. The electronic musician and DJ born Richard Melville Hall was named in part after his famous author great-great-great-granduncle, and his nickname also references that ancestor. What is Hall's nickname (and stage name)?
Correct Answer: MOBY
Your Answer: Moby
Points Assigned: 1
5. The electronic musician and DJ born Richard Melville Hall was named in part after his famous author great-great-great-granduncle, and his nickname also references that ancestor. What is Hall's nickname (and stage name)?
Correct Answer: MOBY
Your Answer: Moby
Points Assigned: 1
This was a very enjoyable podcast episode that involves Moby: https://www.gimletmedia.com/heavyweight/2-gregor
6. Abu Dhabi, UAE; Suzhou, China; Delft, The Netherlands; Nevyansk, Russia; Suurhusen, Germany; Bad Frankenhausen, Germany; and Bologna, Italy all have structures with a characteristic most famously associated with a structure in what other Italian city?
Correct Answer: PISA
Your Answer: Pisa
Points Assigned: 0
6. Abu Dhabi, UAE; Suzhou, China; Delft, The Netherlands; Nevyansk, Russia; Suurhusen, Germany; Bad Frankenhausen, Germany; and Bologna, Italy all have structures with a characteristic most famously associated with a structure in what other Italian city?
Correct Answer: PISA
Your Answer: Pisa
Points Assigned: 0
I have been to Pisa, but none of those other cities, however, leaning tower just made the most sense to me.
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