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1. Name the British peer who served as the Crown's Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1798 to 1801 and as its Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (a.k.a viceroy of India) from 1786 to 1793, though he is best remembered stateside for his actions in Virginia in 1781.
Correct Answer: CHARLES CORNWALLIS
Your Answer: Cornwallis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
1. Name the British peer who served as the Crown's Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1798 to 1801 and as its Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (a.k.a viceroy of India) from 1786 to 1793, though he is best remembered stateside for his actions in Virginia in 1781.
Correct Answer: CHARLES CORNWALLIS
Your Answer: Cornwallis
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
Only British person I could think of from the American revolution where the timeline made sense for them to have continued career afterwards working for the British govenerment.
2. What mathematical term is used to designate a trapezoid (in the UK, a trapezium) having its two non-parallel sides of equal length? Such a shape is also sometimes referred to as a regular trapezoid.
Correct Answer: ISOSCELES
Your Answer: Equilateral
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
2. What mathematical term is used to designate a trapezoid (in the UK, a trapezium) having its two non-parallel sides of equal length? Such a shape is also sometimes referred to as a regular trapezoid.
Correct Answer: ISOSCELES
Your Answer: Equilateral
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Nope!
3. 1942's Woman of the Year was the first, Keeper of the Flame was the second later that same year, and 1957's Desk Set was the eighth of the nine total films that starred what two Hollywood legends?
Correct Answer: KATHARINE HEPBURN, SPENCER TRACY
Your Answer: Hepburn and Tracy
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
3. 1942's Woman of the Year was the first, Keeper of the Flame was the second later that same year, and 1957's Desk Set was the eighth of the nine total films that starred what two Hollywood legends?
Correct Answer: KATHARINE HEPBURN, SPENCER TRACY
Your Answer: Hepburn and Tracy
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Hepburn and Tracy are a classic combination. I have not seen or heard of any of those films mentioned so this was a guess.
4. "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the" what?
Correct Answer: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (SVU)
Your Answer: Special Victims Unit
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
4. "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the" what?
Correct Answer: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (SVU)
Your Answer: Special Victims Unit
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
Seems like a gimmie
5. Corundum, a mineral form of aluminum oxide (Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) naturally transparent in its pure state, is perhaps best-known (and most desired) in its impure varieties. Give the name of either of the two primary varieties of corundum.
Correct Answer: RUBY, SAPPHIRE
Your Answer: Emerald
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
5. Corundum, a mineral form of aluminum oxide (Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) naturally transparent in its pure state, is perhaps best-known (and most desired) in its impure varieties. Give the name of either of the two primary varieties of corundum.
Correct Answer: RUBY, SAPPHIRE
Your Answer: Emerald
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
I was on the right track, but wrong gem.
6. What national capital is the most populous predominantly English-speaking city in the Caribbean?
Correct Answer: KINGSTON
Your Answer: Kingston
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
6. What national capital is the most populous predominantly English-speaking city in the Caribbean?
Correct Answer: KINGSTON
Your Answer: Kingston
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
What else could it be.
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