4/6
Correct Answer: TURKEY
Your Answer: Turkey
Points Assigned: 2
I reasoned this out based on it being missing meat, not a type of cut. Beef and pork just did not seem right, just too broad. That left me with chicken and turkey, and turkey felt right.
2. Darius III ruled as the final king of the Achaemenid dynasty in Persia, dying in 330 BC after his army had been defeated by forces led by what man, who had proclaimed himself king of Asia?
Correct Answer: ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Your Answer: Alexander
Points Assigned: 0
2. Darius III ruled as the final king of the Achaemenid dynasty in Persia, dying in 330 BC after his army had been defeated by forces led by what man, who had proclaimed himself king of Asia?
Correct Answer: ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Your Answer: Alexander
Points Assigned: 0
Gimmie?
3. What "First Lady of Song" famously recorded selections from the "Great American Songbook", including the Gershwins' "I Got Rhythm", Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You", and Johnny Mercer's "Something's Gotta Give", in a series of studio albums released in the late 1950s and early 1960s?
Correct Answer: ELLA FITZGERALD
Your Answer: Fitzgerald
Points Assigned: 2
3. What "First Lady of Song" famously recorded selections from the "Great American Songbook", including the Gershwins' "I Got Rhythm", Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You", and Johnny Mercer's "Something's Gotta Give", in a series of studio albums released in the late 1950s and early 1960s?
Correct Answer: ELLA FITZGERALD
Your Answer: Fitzgerald
Points Assigned: 2
I knew she was the first lady of song.
4. While there are about 70 different chemical elements in seawater (not including hydrogen and oxygen), ions of two make up over 85% of all dissolved materials (by mass). One of the elements is sodium. What is the other element (or ion)?
Correct Answer: CHLORINE/CHLORIDE
Your Answer: Calcium
Points Assigned: 1
4. While there are about 70 different chemical elements in seawater (not including hydrogen and oxygen), ions of two make up over 85% of all dissolved materials (by mass). One of the elements is sodium. What is the other element (or ion)?
Correct Answer: CHLORINE/CHLORIDE
Your Answer: Calcium
Points Assigned: 1
Nope.
5. Malcolm Morley, Anish Kapoor, Gillian Wearing, Helen Marten, and Charlotte Prodger are among the winners of what annual prize, named after an Englishman who died in 1851?
Correct Answer: TURNER PRIZE
Your Answer: Man Booker
Points Assigned: 1
5. Malcolm Morley, Anish Kapoor, Gillian Wearing, Helen Marten, and Charlotte Prodger are among the winners of what annual prize, named after an Englishman who died in 1851?
Correct Answer: TURNER PRIZE
Your Answer: Man Booker
Points Assigned: 1
Nope. I had no chance at this one.
6. Probably the three most famous steals in NBA history were all by the same team—against the Philadelphia 76ers in 1965, against the Los Angeles Lakers in 1984, and against the Detroit Pistons in 1987. Name any one of the three players who stole the ball in these three historic plays.
Correct Answer: JOHN HAVLICEK, GERALD HENDERSON, LARRY BIRD
Your Answer: Larry Bird
Points Assigned: 3
6. Probably the three most famous steals in NBA history were all by the same team—against the Philadelphia 76ers in 1965, against the Los Angeles Lakers in 1984, and against the Detroit Pistons in 1987. Name any one of the three players who stole the ball in these three historic plays.
Correct Answer: JOHN HAVLICEK, GERALD HENDERSON, LARRY BIRD
Your Answer: Larry Bird
Points Assigned: 3
Bill Simmons talks about the Larry Bird steal all the time on his podcasts.
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