Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Jesse day 9

3/6. Brother fight!!!! Me v Gideon. I don't like my chances. 

1. Bill and Hillary Clinton were among the co-founders in 1978 of what corporation, which would finally be dissolved 
fourteen years later?
Correct Answer: WHITEWATER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Your Answer: Whitewater
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0

I am guessing white water is acceptable and a gimmie for Americans who are at least 35.

2. C. Bechstein, Bösendorfer, and Blüthner are regarded as three of the "Big Four" manufacturers of what item? Other producers have included Érard, Baldwin, Weber, and Nordheimer.
Correct Answer: PIANOS
Your Answer: Skis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

This seems very gettable. bad guess on my part. 

3. Of the hundreds of species of cactus found in the United States, the largest in physical size—and perhaps most iconic, due to its association with the American Southwest and namesake national park in Arizona—has what name?
Correct Answer: SAGUARO
Your Answer: Grand cactus
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2

I have never been to that national park. 

4. Floyd Lawson, Helen Crump, Howard Sprague, Clara Edwards, and Otis Campbell were among the secondary characters in what long-running 1960s television sitcom?
Correct Answer: THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
Your Answer: Leave it to beaver
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3

Never seen this show.

5. What word, the name of small town in the French Seine-Maritime region where its namesake soft cheese is made, is redacted in this image? LINK: http://www.learnedleague.com/images/art/98u4c09m0c95uv0.jpg
Correct Answer: NEUFCHATEL
Your Answer: Neufchantel
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1

But I have eaten low fat cream cheese. I through in an "n" but guessing spelling will be forgiven. 

6. What is the name of the wealthy Baghdadian who, according to legend, discovers the rocs' eggs and the Valley of Diamonds, is buried alive with his deceased wife, and kills the Old Man of the Sea (among numerous other adventures)?
Correct Answer: SINBAD
Your Answer: Sinbad
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1 

First thing that popped into my mind.   
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photoJesse Weisz
Executive DirectorGEEO Teacher Travel Programs

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