2/6 Another poor performance. I currently stand at one spot above relegation. Guessing this will send me over the edge.
1. Most likely the song of the summer of 2020, and the #1 pop song on Billboard's chart for the year, was an 80s-esque smash by The Weeknd whose title could also describe some streetside home exteriors during the Christmas season. What is that title?
Correct Answer: BLINDING LIGHTS
Your Answer: Flashing and colorful
Points Assigned: 1
Correct Answer: BLINDING LIGHTS
Your Answer: Flashing and colorful
Points Assigned: 1
I pretty much do not listen to current music.
2. The Great Fire of London began on September 2, 1666. Name the other pivotal event that occurred (from start to finish) on a day almost exactly 600 years prior (minus 42 days), and about 50 miles to the southeast.
Correct Answer: BATTLE OF HASTINGS
Your Answer: Signing of the Magna Carta
Points Assigned: 2
2. The Great Fire of London began on September 2, 1666. Name the other pivotal event that occurred (from start to finish) on a day almost exactly 600 years prior (minus 42 days), and about 50 miles to the southeast.
Correct Answer: BATTLE OF HASTINGS
Your Answer: Signing of the Magna Carta
Points Assigned: 2
I had no idea.
3. Six-second-long video clips were the content on what social network and video service that was founded in 2012, acquired by Twitter that same year, formally released in 2013, and discontinued by 2017?
Correct Answer: VINE
Your Answer: Vine
Points Assigned: 1
3. Six-second-long video clips were the content on what social network and video service that was founded in 2012, acquired by Twitter that same year, formally released in 2013, and discontinued by 2017?
Correct Answer: VINE
Your Answer: Vine
Points Assigned: 1
Ahead of their time.
4. When a player scores three goals in a game in ice hockey, it's a hat trick. What adjective is commonly used to describe a hat trick when those three goals are scored by the player consecutively, with no other goals scored by any other player on either team in between those three?
Correct Answer: NATURAL
Your Answer: Glorious
Points Assigned: 0
4. When a player scores three goals in a game in ice hockey, it's a hat trick. What adjective is commonly used to describe a hat trick when those three goals are scored by the player consecutively, with no other goals scored by any other player on either team in between those three?
Correct Answer: NATURAL
Your Answer: Glorious
Points Assigned: 0
I had no idea. I don't watch hockey.
5. A trademark of an SLR camera (and the digital DSLR) is the mirror and prism system (hence the R for "reflex") that permits the photographer to see through the viewfinder exactly the same image that will be exposed. This system also allows the camera to have what's indicated by the SL, which stands for what two words?
Correct Answer: SINGLE LENS
Your Answer: Single Lens
Points Assigned: 2
5. A trademark of an SLR camera (and the digital DSLR) is the mirror and prism system (hence the R for "reflex") that permits the photographer to see through the viewfinder exactly the same image that will be exposed. This system also allows the camera to have what's indicated by the SL, which stands for what two words?
Correct Answer: SINGLE LENS
Your Answer: Single Lens
Points Assigned: 2
I was a professional photographer in my early twenties, so I better know this one.
6. What is the three-letter NYSE ticker symbol for the video game retailer GameStop?
Correct Answer: GME
Your Answer: GST
Points Assigned: 3
6. What is the three-letter NYSE ticker symbol for the video game retailer GameStop?
Correct Answer: GME
Your Answer: GST
Points Assigned: 3
Nope.
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