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1. A pair of shell-shaped objects, carved from boxwood, walnut, or other wood, with the hollowed sides facing each other and connected by a cord, comprises what musical instrument associated with Spanish folk dance?
Correct Answer: CASTANETS
Your Answer: Castanet
Points Assigned: 2
Correct Answer: CASTANETS
Your Answer: Castanet
Points Assigned: 2
It was the first thing that came to mind.
2. Though he adopted various pseudonyms during his lifetime, including "Walter" and "Rudi", the revolutionary born in 1892 with the name Josip Broz, in what at the time was Austria-Hungary, was best-known by what other name?
Correct Answer: TITO
Your Answer: Tito
Points Assigned: 2
2. Though he adopted various pseudonyms during his lifetime, including "Walter" and "Rudi", the revolutionary born in 1892 with the name Josip Broz, in what at the time was Austria-Hungary, was best-known by what other name?
Correct Answer: TITO
Your Answer: Tito
Points Assigned: 2
Tito was the only person that made sense to me.
3. Jacques Plante, who was born in Quebec in 1929, is widely regarded as the individual who first popularized what now-commonplace sporting (and, to a lesser degree, cinematic) accoutrement?
Correct Answer: HOCKEY/GOALIE MASK
Your Answer: Hockey mask
Points Assigned: 1
He is French Canadian, so I assumed hockey was the sport. Cross that with Halloween and you get your answer.
4. A book from 2013 by design expert Jude Stewart is subtitled An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color. What is this book's main title, which is the name of a made-up person also associated tangentially with the pattern that appears on the LGBT pride flag? Note, full name with middle initial required.
Correct Answer: ROY G. BIV
Your Answer: Randy R Rainbow
Points Assigned: 3
4. A book from 2013 by design expert Jude Stewart is subtitled An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color. What is this book's main title, which is the name of a made-up person also associated tangentially with the pattern that appears on the LGBT pride flag? Note, full name with middle initial required.
Correct Answer: ROY G. BIV
Your Answer: Randy R Rainbow
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea. I have heard of this, but barely.
5. A structural parallel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde can be found in what 1963 comedy film, as well as its 1996 remake?
Correct Answer: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
Your Answer: The Nutty Professor
Points Assigned: 0
5. A structural parallel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde can be found in what 1963 comedy film, as well as its 1996 remake?
Correct Answer: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
Your Answer: The Nutty Professor
Points Assigned: 0
It was the first movie that came to mind and I could not think of anything better.
6. The binary number 1111110001, which equals the hexadecimal number 3F1, when converted to Roman numerals, spells what English word? It is one of the very few common words which are valid Roman numbers.
Correct Answer: MIX
Your Answer: Dill
Points Assigned: 1
6. The binary number 1111110001, which equals the hexadecimal number 3F1, when converted to Roman numerals, spells what English word? It is one of the very few common words which are valid Roman numbers.
Correct Answer: MIX
Your Answer: Dill
Points Assigned: 1
Nope.
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