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1. Likely the most famous literary character to have suffered from kyphosis was named after a Latin term by which the first Sunday after Easter is sometimes known. What is his name?
Correct Answer: QUASIMODO
Your Answer: Quasimodo
Points Assigned: 1
I vaguely had the sense that Kyphosis was related to the spine.
2. The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Amana Colonies, and American Gothic House are all tourist attractions in what U.S. state?
Correct Answer: IOWA
Your Answer: Illinois
Points Assigned: 1
2. The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Amana Colonies, and American Gothic House are all tourist attractions in what U.S. state?
Correct Answer: IOWA
Your Answer: Illinois
Points Assigned: 1
I knew the American Gothic house was in the mid-west, but did not know where.
3. What ballet, based on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault, premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in January 1890, with Carlotta Brianza in the role of Aurora?
Correct Answer: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Your Answer: Swan Lake
Points Assigned: 2
3. What ballet, based on a fairy tale by Charles Perrault, premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in January 1890, with Carlotta Brianza in the role of Aurora?
Correct Answer: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Your Answer: Swan Lake
Points Assigned: 2
I don't know my Disney princesses. I just asked my 6-year-old and she knew that princess Aurora was Sleeping Beauty.
4. The actor born Roy Scherer, Jr., who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Giant and later appeared in three films with Doris Day, achieved his success under what earthier stage name?
Correct Answer: ROCK HUDSON
Your Answer: Rock Hudson
Points Assigned: 3
4. The actor born Roy Scherer, Jr., who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Giant and later appeared in three films with Doris Day, achieved his success under what earthier stage name?
Correct Answer: ROCK HUDSON
Your Answer: Rock Hudson
Points Assigned: 3
Not sure if this is hard, but I remembered really enjoying Giant when I saw it in film school.
5. While the first four days of August 1914 saw declarations of war among Germany and Russia, France, Belgium, and Great Britain, the first declaration of war in World War I, on July 28, involved two other countries. Identify those two combatants.
Correct Answer: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, SERBIA
Your Answer: Austro-Hungary, Serbia
Points Assigned: 2
5. While the first four days of August 1914 saw declarations of war among Germany and Russia, France, Belgium, and Great Britain, the first declaration of war in World War I, on July 28, involved two other countries. Identify those two combatants.
Correct Answer: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, SERBIA
Your Answer: Austro-Hungary, Serbia
Points Assigned: 2
Was considering the Ottoman empire, but I was pretty sure Serbia was independent at that time.
6. The most abundant greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, low-level ozone, CFCs, and what other chemical compound, for which the belching and flatulence of livestock are blamed as a significant cause?
Correct Answer: METHANE (CH4)
Your Answer: Methane
Points Assigned: 0
6. The most abundant greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, low-level ozone, CFCs, and what other chemical compound, for which the belching and flatulence of livestock are blamed as a significant cause?
Correct Answer: METHANE (CH4)
Your Answer: Methane
Points Assigned: 0
Seems pretty easy with the cow clue.
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