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1. Whose 1994 memoir, written as a letter to (and named after) her comatose daughter Paula, tells the story of the mother's extraordinary life—a childhood in Peru, Bolivia, Lebanon, and Chile; exile from her Chilean homeland following a 1973 coup; her career as a journalist and writer; and more?
Correct Answer: ISABEL ALLENDE
Your Answer: Amounpour
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
1. Whose 1994 memoir, written as a letter to (and named after) her comatose daughter Paula, tells the story of the mother's extraordinary life—a childhood in Peru, Bolivia, Lebanon, and Chile; exile from her Chilean homeland following a 1973 coup; her career as a journalist and writer; and more?
Correct Answer: ISABEL ALLENDE
Your Answer: Amounpour
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I knew about the Allende coup, having visited the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago this past December. I was just too lazy to make the connection.
2. The films Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999), 50 First Dates (2004), Source Code (2011), and Edge of Tomorrow (2014) all feature a central conceit that was previously used in what enduring comedy film from 1993?
Correct Answer: GROUNDHOG DAY
Your Answer: Groundhog's Day
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
2. The films Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999), 50 First Dates (2004), Source Code (2011), and Edge of Tomorrow (2014) all feature a central conceit that was previously used in what enduring comedy film from 1993?
Correct Answer: GROUNDHOG DAY
Your Answer: Groundhog's Day
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
Hope I don't get penalized for the 's.
3. A method of investigating the behavior of economic processes that are too complex for possible analytical solutions, instead using randomized initial positions to obtain numerical results and a resulting range of outcomes and probabilities, is a simulation named after what European tourist spot?
Correct Answer: MONTE CARLO
Your Answer: Amsterdam
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
3. A method of investigating the behavior of economic processes that are too complex for possible analytical solutions, instead using randomized initial positions to obtain numerical results and a resulting range of outcomes and probabilities, is a simulation named after what European tourist spot?
Correct Answer: MONTE CARLO
Your Answer: Amsterdam
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Oh, this makes sense. I had no idea.
4. What is the physiological term for the wavelike muscular contractions that pass along tubular organs, such as what propels food through the esophagus into the stomach?
Correct Answer: PERISTALSIS
Your Answer: Gulleting
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
4. What is the physiological term for the wavelike muscular contractions that pass along tubular organs, such as what propels food through the esophagus into the stomach?
Correct Answer: PERISTALSIS
Your Answer: Gulleting
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
No way I was going to pull this.
5. A British chicken dish, consisting of cooked pieces of chicken in a curried mayonnaise sauce, was created for and named after an event that occurred on June 2, 1953. What is the straightforward name of that dish?
Correct Answer: CORONATION CHICKEN
Your Answer: Chicken cordon blue
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
5. A British chicken dish, consisting of cooked pieces of chicken in a curried mayonnaise sauce, was created for and named after an event that occurred on June 2, 1953. What is the straightforward name of that dish?
Correct Answer: CORONATION CHICKEN
Your Answer: Chicken cordon blue
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I had no idea.
6. The Florida counties of Escambia, Walton, and Okaloosa; the Oklahoma counties of Beaver, Cimarron, and Texas; and the Texas counties of Potter, Dallam, and Deaf Smith are all within regions of their respective states that are known by what term?
Correct Answer: PANHANDLE
Your Answer: Panhandle
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
6. The Florida counties of Escambia, Walton, and Okaloosa; the Oklahoma counties of Beaver, Cimarron, and Texas; and the Texas counties of Potter, Dallam, and Deaf Smith are all within regions of their respective states that are known by what term?
Correct Answer: PANHANDLE
Your Answer: Panhandle
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Seems pretty easy if you know the way those states are shaped.
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