5/6. I was given a 5/6 yesterday and lost to another 5/6 by 1 point. I scored his miss (the Mary had a little lamb one) as a 0. He scored my miss as a 1.
1. What term for an environment of chaos and confusion comes from the name of a still-existing psychiatric hospital founded in the city of London in 1247?
Correct Answer: BEDLAM
Your Answer: Bedlam
Points Assigned: 0
It was the first thing that came to mind and I was positive it was correct.
2. More than twenty albums and compilations released by musical legend Bill Monroe contain what word, a musical genre that Monroe has been widely regarded as "the father of"?
Correct Answer: BLUEGRASS
Your Answer: Cowboy
Points Assigned: 3
2. More than twenty albums and compilations released by musical legend Bill Monroe contain what word, a musical genre that Monroe has been widely regarded as "the father of"?
Correct Answer: BLUEGRASS
Your Answer: Cowboy
Points Assigned: 3
I feel like this has been asked before. I considered Bluegrass, but I thought the word cowboy was more likely to appear in a title.
3. The European membership in the United Nations increased by one on January 19, 1993, with the unanimous admission of what two countries?
Correct Answer: CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA
Your Answer: Czech Republic and Slovakia
Points Assigned: 2
3. The European membership in the United Nations increased by one on January 19, 1993, with the unanimous admission of what two countries?
Correct Answer: CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA
Your Answer: Czech Republic and Slovakia
Points Assigned: 2
The timing made sense for this to be the two countries that replace 1.
4. Despite no formal high-level scientific training in the field, an American scientist named Carolyn Shoemaker has, over the course of her career, discovered 32 different what? This number is cited by some authorities as the most by any individual in history.
Correct Answer: COMETS
Your Answer: Comets
Points Assigned: 1
4. Despite no formal high-level scientific training in the field, an American scientist named Carolyn Shoemaker has, over the course of her career, discovered 32 different what? This number is cited by some authorities as the most by any individual in history.
Correct Answer: COMETS
Your Answer: Comets
Points Assigned: 1
I got this through the Shoemaker-Levy comet.
5. "For the toughest jobs on planet Earth" is the advertising tagline for a brand of polyurethane adhesives named after what animal?
Correct Answer: GORILLA
Your Answer: Gorilla
Points Assigned: 1
5. "For the toughest jobs on planet Earth" is the advertising tagline for a brand of polyurethane adhesives named after what animal?
Correct Answer: GORILLA
Your Answer: Gorilla
Points Assigned: 1
We use gorilla glue.
6. What word is missing from the following quote from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, which inspired the title of an Aldous Huxley book from 1954 and the name of a rock group whose self-titled debut was released in 1967: "If the ______ of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite."
Correct Answer: DOORS
Your Answer: Doors
Points Assigned: 2
6. What word is missing from the following quote from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, which inspired the title of an Aldous Huxley book from 1954 and the name of a rock group whose self-titled debut was released in 1967: "If the ______ of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite."
Correct Answer: DOORS
Your Answer: Doors
Points Assigned: 2
I got it through the rock band. The timing seemed right and the word fit the sentence.
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