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1. Give the last name of any one of the three men who had, as of November 1, 2019, launched formal challenges against President Donald Trump for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2020 presidential election.
Correct Answer: WELD, WALSH, SANFORD
Your Answer: Weld
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Correct Answer: WELD, WALSH, SANFORD
Your Answer: Weld
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
I knew Weld and Sanford were running.
2. All of the faces of a polyhedron known as a regular dodecahedron are what shape?
Correct Answer: (REGULAR) PENTAGON
Your Answer: Hexagons
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
2. All of the faces of a polyhedron known as a regular dodecahedron are what shape?
Correct Answer: (REGULAR) PENTAGON
Your Answer: Hexagons
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I had pentagon down and then at the last minute went with hexagon. Either way, a guess.
3. Lithuanian-born Abraham Cahan was a founder in 1897 of what Yiddish-language newspaper, which was a vital resource for many Jewish immigrants as it reached a circulation of over 275,000 by the early 1930s?
Correct Answer: THE FORWARD (THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD)
Your Answer: Haretz
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
3. Lithuanian-born Abraham Cahan was a founder in 1897 of what Yiddish-language newspaper, which was a vital resource for many Jewish immigrants as it reached a circulation of over 275,000 by the early 1930s?
Correct Answer: THE FORWARD (THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD)
Your Answer: Haretz
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
Never heard of this. I am guessing this is really difficult.
4. Name the television program that aired on CBS nearly every weekday morning at 8:00 a.m. from October 3, 1955, until the fall of 1981, making its final broadcast in December 1984.
Correct Answer: CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Your Answer: The Morning Show
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
4. Name the television program that aired on CBS nearly every weekday morning at 8:00 a.m. from October 3, 1955, until the fall of 1981, making its final broadcast in December 1984.
Correct Answer: CAPTAIN KANGAROO
Your Answer: The Morning Show
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
Totally forgot about that show, but I do recall it being in trivia as one of the longest running shows ever.
5. A Narragansett language term for "boiled whole kernel corn" begat the English word for what dish, which has multiple variations but is commonly a stew of lima beans and corn?
Correct Answer: SUCCOTASH
Your Answer: Succatash
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
5. A Narragansett language term for "boiled whole kernel corn" begat the English word for what dish, which has multiple variations but is commonly a stew of lima beans and corn?
Correct Answer: SUCCOTASH
Your Answer: Succatash
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
I can't spell it, but that is what came to mind.
6. A rusty, decaying mansion, ponderously framed of oaken timber and located in an unidentified New England town, has been the home of the Pyncheon family for 160 years in what 1851 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Correct Answer: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
Your Answer: Sleepy Hollow
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
6. A rusty, decaying mansion, ponderously framed of oaken timber and located in an unidentified New England town, has been the home of the Pyncheon family for 160 years in what 1851 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Correct Answer: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
Your Answer: Sleepy Hollow
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Nope, never read it.
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