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1. Led by Johann Stamitz, a group of mid-18th-century composers, who played an important role in the development of the modern orchestra and classical symphony form, are associated with a "school" based in what southwestern German city? Musically, the city may today be more closely associated with new-age and prog Christmas music.
Correct Answer: MANNHEIM
Your Answer: Stuttgart
Points Assigned: 3
Correct Answer: MANNHEIM
Your Answer: Stuttgart
Points Assigned: 3
Felt good about this. Oh well.
2. Working-class Tory supporter and generally rude misogynist Alf Garnett, a fictional character on the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, was an inspiration for the creation of what American sitcom character, who appeared on television throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s?
Correct Answer: ARCHIE BUNKER
Your Answer: Archie Bunker
Points Assigned: 0
2. Working-class Tory supporter and generally rude misogynist Alf Garnett, a fictional character on the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, was an inspiration for the creation of what American sitcom character, who appeared on television throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s?
Correct Answer: ARCHIE BUNKER
Your Answer: Archie Bunker
Points Assigned: 0
TV gimmie for people of a certain age.
3. Sir Humphrey Davy \ Abominated gravy. \ He lived in the odium \ Of having discovered Sodium. \ \ This verse is an example of a form known as what, after its inventor Edmund C. Bentley (who wrote the above)?
Correct Answer: CLERIHEW
Your Answer: Edley
Points Assigned: 2
3. Sir Humphrey Davy \ Abominated gravy. \ He lived in the odium \ Of having discovered Sodium. \ \ This verse is an example of a form known as what, after its inventor Edmund C. Bentley (who wrote the above)?
Correct Answer: CLERIHEW
Your Answer: Edley
Points Assigned: 2
Never heard of it
4. In September 2017, the United Nations–backed Permanent Peoples' Tribunal found Myanmar guilty of genocide against what people in the country's Rakhine State?
Correct Answer: ROHINGYA
Your Answer: Rohinga
Points Assigned: 1
4. In September 2017, the United Nations–backed Permanent Peoples' Tribunal found Myanmar guilty of genocide against what people in the country's Rakhine State?
Correct Answer: ROHINGYA
Your Answer: Rohinga
Points Assigned: 1
Poorly spelled, but correct. My company runs a Myanmar trip for teachers, but I canceled it this year because of the genocide.
5. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and Le Pyramide du Louvre in Paris are iconic works of what architect?
Correct Answer: I.M. PEI
Your Answer: Pei
Points Assigned: 1
5. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and Le Pyramide du Louvre in Paris are iconic works of what architect?
Correct Answer: I.M. PEI
Your Answer: Pei
Points Assigned: 1
I knew this because of the Louvre. He also designed the student union at my alma mater, The University of Rochester.
6. A quantity, such as velocity, momentum, or force, that has both magnitude and direction, is known as a vector. What is the accompanying term used for a quantity, such as mass, length, temperature, or speed, whose only property is magnitude (or numerical value)?
Correct Answer: SCALAR
Your Answer: Direction
Points Assigned: 2
6. A quantity, such as velocity, momentum, or force, that has both magnitude and direction, is known as a vector. What is the accompanying term used for a quantity, such as mass, length, temperature, or speed, whose only property is magnitude (or numerical value)?
Correct Answer: SCALAR
Your Answer: Direction
Points Assigned: 2
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