5/6 Felt like an easy day
1. What 1989 film's title characters, New Yorkers and University of Chicago alumni, are considered to be inspired in part by the film's director and screenwriter, Rob Reiner and Nora Ephron?
Correct Answer: WHEN HARRY MET SALLY...
Your Answer: When Harry Met Sally
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
Not sure if this was hard, but seemed like a film gimmie to me.
2. A successful uprising led by barbarian chieftain Odoacer in 476 is traditionally held as the event that marked the end, most notably, of what?
Correct Answer: (WESTERN) ROMAN EMPIRE
Your Answer: End of the Western Roman Empire
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
2. A successful uprising led by barbarian chieftain Odoacer in 476 is traditionally held as the event that marked the end, most notably, of what?
Correct Answer: (WESTERN) ROMAN EMPIRE
Your Answer: End of the Western Roman Empire
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
I just know this piece of history through podcasts, books etc.
3. The map projection in which the path of a ship steering on a constant bearing is represented by a straight line was introduced in 1569 by what Flemish geographer?
Correct Answer: GERARDUS MERCATOR
Your Answer: Mercator
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
3. The map projection in which the path of a ship steering on a constant bearing is represented by a straight line was introduced in 1569 by what Flemish geographer?
Correct Answer: GERARDUS MERCATOR
Your Answer: Mercator
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
Mercator is the most famous of projections (other than Tupac) and it sounds Flemish enough.
4. What is the name of the unit of liquid volume or capacity in the U.S. customary system that is the equivalent of 1/16 of a pint? Note that the answer to this question is two words.
Correct Answer: FLUID OUNCE
Your Answer: Fluid Ounce
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
4. What is the name of the unit of liquid volume or capacity in the U.S. customary system that is the equivalent of 1/16 of a pint? Note that the answer to this question is two words.
Correct Answer: FLUID OUNCE
Your Answer: Fluid Ounce
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I knew it was an ounce and for two words fluid or liquid made the most sense. Liquid was in the question so went with fluid.
5. In 1994, the Boston Symphony named its new concert hall at its summer home in Tanglewood after what man, a 1957 graduate of Tokyo's Toho Gakuen School of Music who had served as the symphony's music director for the previous 20 years (and would continue to do so until 2002)?
Correct Answer: SEIJI OZAWA
Your Answer: Ojiwa
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
5. In 1994, the Boston Symphony named its new concert hall at its summer home in Tanglewood after what man, a 1957 graduate of Tokyo's Toho Gakuen School of Music who had served as the symphony's music director for the previous 20 years (and would continue to do so until 2002)?
Correct Answer: SEIJI OZAWA
Your Answer: Ojiwa
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
I have listened to many recordings that he conducted, knew it started with an O, but could not stick the landing.
6. Two highly rated television series produced by the BBC—one from 2006, the other from 2016, and both narrated by Sir David Attenborough—consist of episodes featuring various aspects of what (per the series' titles)?
Correct Answer: (PLANET) EARTH
Your Answer: Planet Earth
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
6. Two highly rated television series produced by the BBC—one from 2006, the other from 2016, and both narrated by Sir David Attenborough—consist of episodes featuring various aspects of what (per the series' titles)?
Correct Answer: (PLANET) EARTH
Your Answer: Planet Earth
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
I've seen the first series, started the second one.
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