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1. Name the sport that has been an official women-only Olympic sport since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, though its solo event was discontinued after 1992 and it is now only competed among duets and teams.
Correct Answer: ARTISTIC SWIMMING/SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Your Answer: Syncronized swimming
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
It was the first and only thing that came to mind.
2. The 1956 U.S. Supreme Court case Browder v. Gayle upheld lower court rulings on the unconstitutionality of statutes regarding segregation on city buses. The case's named defendant, W.A. Gayle, was mayor of what city?
Correct Answer: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Your Answer: Montgomery
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
2. The 1956 U.S. Supreme Court case Browder v. Gayle upheld lower court rulings on the unconstitutionality of statutes regarding segregation on city buses. The case's named defendant, W.A. Gayle, was mayor of what city?
Correct Answer: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
Your Answer: Montgomery
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
Considered Memphis and Selma, but was pretty sure Montgomery was the big bus case.
3. Give the first name of either of the adopted sons of the fictional millionaire widower and president of Trans Allied, Inc., who resided at 900 Park Avenue in New York.
Correct Answer: WILLIS, ARNOLD
Your Answer: Willis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
3. Give the first name of either of the adopted sons of the fictional millionaire widower and president of Trans Allied, Inc., who resided at 900 Park Avenue in New York.
Correct Answer: WILLIS, ARNOLD
Your Answer: Willis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
Took me a bit of time to get this one.
4. The title of a series of articles written in 1971 by Don Hoefler, a correspondent for the trade newspaper Electronic News, is the source for what geographic name?
Correct Answer: SILICON VALLEY
Your Answer: Pakistan
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
4. The title of a series of articles written in 1971 by Don Hoefler, a correspondent for the trade newspaper Electronic News, is the source for what geographic name?
Correct Answer: SILICON VALLEY
Your Answer: Pakistan
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Damn, this was very gettable and I have a feeling something like this was in previous LLs.
5. Pop stars Rita Ora, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, and Ava Max, all of whom are citizens of either Great Britain (the former two) or the United States (the latter two), each have parents who claim what ethnicity?
Correct Answer: ALBANIAN
Your Answer: Syrian
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
5. Pop stars Rita Ora, Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, and Ava Max, all of whom are citizens of either Great Britain (the former two) or the United States (the latter two), each have parents who claim what ethnicity?
Correct Answer: ALBANIAN
Your Answer: Syrian
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
I have no idea who any of these people are.
6. A version of the law of conservation of energy expressed as ΔU=Q-W, which states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant (a change in internal energy of a system is equal to the heat added minus the work done), is commonly referred to as the first law of what?
Correct Answer: THERMODYNAMICS
Your Answer: thermodynamics
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
6. A version of the law of conservation of energy expressed as ΔU=Q-W, which states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant (a change in internal energy of a system is equal to the heat added minus the work done), is commonly referred to as the first law of what?
Correct Answer: THERMODYNAMICS
Your Answer: thermodynamics
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
It was a guess, but I felt pretty good about it.
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