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1. In a 1975 film, the town of Westport, Connecticut, was among those that stood in for what fictional New York City suburb, where many of the men are business professionals, and most of the women are robots?
Correct Answer: STEPFORD
Your Answer: Westworld
Points Assigned: 2
Correct Answer: STEPFORD
Your Answer: Westworld
Points Assigned: 2
I had no idea. I have heard of the Stepford Wives, but didn't know it had something to do with robots.
2. An artistic term for a medieval and Renaissance technique, where paint is applied over gold leaf and partially scraped away, is today more commonly used—minus its leading silent "s" and typically in the plural—for a very different method and type of artistic expression. What is the term?
Correct Answer: GRAFFITO/SGRAFFITO/GRAFFITI
Your Answer: Sgilding
Points Assigned: 3
2. An artistic term for a medieval and Renaissance technique, where paint is applied over gold leaf and partially scraped away, is today more commonly used—minus its leading silent "s" and typically in the plural—for a very different method and type of artistic expression. What is the term?
Correct Answer: GRAFFITO/SGRAFFITO/GRAFFITI
Your Answer: Sgilding
Points Assigned: 3
Ohhh, I have heard of this.
3. A subspecies of argali, a pale brown sheep native to Central Asia and considered to be the largest living sheep, has a common name referencing what person, who encountered the animal in the 13th century?
Correct Answer: MARCO POLO
Your Answer: Marco Polo
Points Assigned: 1
3. A subspecies of argali, a pale brown sheep native to Central Asia and considered to be the largest living sheep, has a common name referencing what person, who encountered the animal in the 13th century?
Correct Answer: MARCO POLO
Your Answer: Marco Polo
Points Assigned: 1
It was the only person that made sense. Plus, I think have heard of the Marco Polo sheep.
4. What word, which was invented in a classic work of literature in 1900, is now (in its plural version) a US trademark currently owned by an entity named DD IP Holder LLC?
Correct Answer: MUNCHKINS
Your Answer: Photos
Points Assigned: 2
4. What word, which was invented in a classic work of literature in 1900, is now (in its plural version) a US trademark currently owned by an entity named DD IP Holder LLC?
Correct Answer: MUNCHKINS
Your Answer: Photos
Points Assigned: 2
Oh... Cool question. I am guessing there was some lawsuit about this.
5. "Satan Shoes" are 666 pairs of altered Nike Air Max 97s produced and sold (drawing a lawsuit from Nike, Inc.) in 2021 by an art collective named MSCHF in collaboration with what rapper?
Correct Answer: LIL NAS X
Your Answer: Lil Nas X
Points Assigned: 1
5. "Satan Shoes" are 666 pairs of altered Nike Air Max 97s produced and sold (drawing a lawsuit from Nike, Inc.) in 2021 by an art collective named MSCHF in collaboration with what rapper?
Correct Answer: LIL NAS X
Your Answer: Lil Nas X
Points Assigned: 1
This was in the news a few weeks ago.
6. The Battle of Karbala in 680 CE (61 AH) is significant for its role in a schism that created two separate entities, both of which still exist today. Give the common name for either of these two entities.
Correct Answer: SHI'A, SUNNI
Your Answer: Sunni
Points Assigned: 0
6. The Battle of Karbala in 680 CE (61 AH) is significant for its role in a schism that created two separate entities, both of which still exist today. Give the common name for either of these two entities.
Correct Answer: SHI'A, SUNNI
Your Answer: Sunni
Points Assigned: 0
Seems like a gimmie.
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