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Correct Answer: GENERAL TSO (ZUO)
Your Answer: General Tso
Points Assigned: 0
Seems like a food gimmie.
2. The controversial Ponte della Costituzione, also known locally as the Ponte di Calatrava ("Calatrava Bridge"), spans the primary waterway of what city?
Correct Answer: VENICE
Your Answer: Buenos Aires
Points Assigned: 2
2. The controversial Ponte della Costituzione, also known locally as the Ponte di Calatrava ("Calatrava Bridge"), spans the primary waterway of what city?
Correct Answer: VENICE
Your Answer: Buenos Aires
Points Assigned: 2
Italian plus bridges should have equaled Venice. When I saw Calatrava I immediately thought of the bridge he built in Buenos Aires. I feel like a idiot.
3. A humorous instructional book published in November 1991 by IDG Books—an elementary and accessible introduction to the operating system DOS—was the first in a successful series specifically aimed, per the formulaic (and good-natured) titles of the series' books, at what type of people?
Correct Answer: DUMMIES
Your Answer: DOS for idiots
Points Assigned: 1
3. A humorous instructional book published in November 1991 by IDG Books—an elementary and accessible introduction to the operating system DOS—was the first in a successful series specifically aimed, per the formulaic (and good-natured) titles of the series' books, at what type of people?
Correct Answer: DUMMIES
Your Answer: DOS for idiots
Points Assigned: 1
No wait, I feel like a dummy.
4. In the opera by Ludwig Van Beethoven, a Spanish nobleman named Florestan has been thrown into prison. Hoping to rescue him, his faithful wife, Leonore, follows him disguised as a boy with what name?
Correct Answer: FIDELIO
Your Answer: Fidelio
Points Assigned: 2
4. In the opera by Ludwig Van Beethoven, a Spanish nobleman named Florestan has been thrown into prison. Hoping to rescue him, his faithful wife, Leonore, follows him disguised as a boy with what name?
Correct Answer: FIDELIO
Your Answer: Fidelio
Points Assigned: 2
This is Beethoven's only opera. I initially put down Figaro knowing it was wrong but sounded like the right answer.
5. In his State of the Union address in January 2002, President George W. Bush first used what three-word phrase, in reference specifically to the countries of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea?
Correct Answer: AXIS OF EVIL
Your Answer: Axis of Evil
Points Assigned: 1
5. In his State of the Union address in January 2002, President George W. Bush first used what three-word phrase, in reference specifically to the countries of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea?
Correct Answer: AXIS OF EVIL
Your Answer: Axis of Evil
Points Assigned: 1
Another gimmie.
6. "The Little Rascals" was a title used on TV for a series of movie shorts produced from the 1920s into the 1940s that featured a group of characters known by what name? This other name was also used for the series itself during its original airing in theaters.
Correct Answer: OUR GANG
Your Answer: Rascals
Points Assigned: 3
6. "The Little Rascals" was a title used on TV for a series of movie shorts produced from the 1920s into the 1940s that featured a group of characters known by what name? This other name was also used for the series itself during its original airing in theaters.
Correct Answer: OUR GANG
Your Answer: Rascals
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea. I was thinking gang, but I didn't know what to put with it.
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