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1. The mathematical constant pi (π) is commonly defined as the ratio of the a of a circle to its b. What two words, in order, correctly replace a and b in the preceding sentence?
Correct Answer: CIRCUMFERENCE, DIAMETER
Your Answer: circumference diameter
Points Assigned: 0
Correct Answer: CIRCUMFERENCE, DIAMETER
Your Answer: circumference diameter
Points Assigned: 0
When I get a math question right you know it is an easy mat question.
2. What is the English title of the massively successful manga series by Hajime Isayama which is a slight mistranslation of the original Japanese Shingeki no Kyojin (a more precise translation would not include the preposition "on")?
Correct Answer: ATTACK ON TITAN
Your Answer: Hop on Pop
Points Assigned: 3
2. What is the English title of the massively successful manga series by Hajime Isayama which is a slight mistranslation of the original Japanese Shingeki no Kyojin (a more precise translation would not include the preposition "on")?
Correct Answer: ATTACK ON TITAN
Your Answer: Hop on Pop
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea.
3. To impart some fun to the language and as a tribute to the comedy sketch group whose scripts he was reading at the time, Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum gave the programming language that he created and with which he is closely associated what name?
Correct Answer: PYTHON
Your Answer: Python
Points Assigned: 2
3. To impart some fun to the language and as a tribute to the comedy sketch group whose scripts he was reading at the time, Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum gave the programming language that he created and with which he is closely associated what name?
Correct Answer: PYTHON
Your Answer: Python
Points Assigned: 2
I knew this one right away.
4. Of all the teams in the "Big Four" North American pro sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL) whose team names include an animal, only one was named after an animal that is extinct. What is that team name (both location and animal required)?
Correct Answer: TORONTO RAPTORS
Your Answer: Toronto Raptors
Points Assigned: 1
4. Of all the teams in the "Big Four" North American pro sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL) whose team names include an animal, only one was named after an animal that is extinct. What is that team name (both location and animal required)?
Correct Answer: TORONTO RAPTORS
Your Answer: Toronto Raptors
Points Assigned: 1
My initial thought was the Buffalo Sabres, but I was pretty sure that was a sword-based name. Then I started going through sports teams in my head. Fortunately, I started with the NBA and got it quickly.
5. What religious movement is named after the man who served as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until he was deposed in 1974?
Correct Answer: RASTAFARIANISM
Your Answer: Rastafarianism
Points Assigned: 1
5. What religious movement is named after the man who served as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until he was deposed in 1974?
Correct Answer: RASTAFARIANISM
Your Answer: Rastafarianism
Points Assigned: 1
Gimmie.
6. What is the title of the masterpiece from 1942 in the Art Institute of Chicago collection that its painter, Edward Hopper, claims was inspired by "a restaurant on New York's Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet"?
Correct Answer: NIGHTHAWKS
Your Answer: Nighthawks
Points Assigned: 2
6. What is the title of the masterpiece from 1942 in the Art Institute of Chicago collection that its painter, Edward Hopper, claims was inspired by "a restaurant on New York's Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet"?
Correct Answer: NIGHTHAWKS
Your Answer: Nighthawks
Points Assigned: 2
I have heard the name of this enough that it stuck in my head.
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