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1. Due to the difficult-to-chew nature of a popular delicacy, Japanese authorities issue warnings about its consumption each year leading up to New Year's festivities. What is the name of this delicacy, sweet buns made with glutinous rice milled into flour and then shaped and cooked into soft and chewy rice cakes?
Correct Answer: MOCHI
Your Answer: Mochi
Points Assigned: 1
Correct Answer: MOCHI
Your Answer: Mochi
Points Assigned: 1
Gimmie for me.
2. Over the twelve seasons of what drama TV series did the characters John Kelly, Bobby Simone, Danny Sorenson, and John Clark, Jr. each form, in turn, one half of the main duo?
Correct Answer: NYPD BLUE
Your Answer: NYPD Blue
Points Assigned: 2
2. Over the twelve seasons of what drama TV series did the characters John Kelly, Bobby Simone, Danny Sorenson, and John Clark, Jr. each form, in turn, one half of the main duo?
Correct Answer: NYPD BLUE
Your Answer: NYPD Blue
Points Assigned: 2
I did not understand the question, but those were NYPD Blue characters.
3. Some of the better-known anadromes (words derived by reversing the spelling of another word) include Oprah Winfrey's media company (Harpo), a particular unit of electrical conductance (mho), and what jazz standard composed in 1954 by Sonny Rollins? It was recorded separately by Miles Davis and Wes Montgomery and is named after a country in Africa.
Correct Answer: AIREGIN
Your Answer: Aynek
Points Assigned: 3
3. Some of the better-known anadromes (words derived by reversing the spelling of another word) include Oprah Winfrey's media company (Harpo), a particular unit of electrical conductance (mho), and what jazz standard composed in 1954 by Sonny Rollins? It was recorded separately by Miles Davis and Wes Montgomery and is named after a country in Africa.
Correct Answer: AIREGIN
Your Answer: Aynek
Points Assigned: 3
I listened to a lot of Jazz in my youth and own pretty much every Miles Davis album, but could not pull this one.
4. An individual named Naftali Bennett ascended to his current position on June 13, 2021, succeeding whom?
Correct Answer: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Your Answer: Netanyahu
Points Assigned: 1
Pretty easy for a Jew.
5. The computer programming language officially named ECMAScript is more commonly known by another name, which replaces the first four letters of that formal name with what other word? This other word is itself the name of a completely distinct programming language.
Correct Answer: JAVA
Your Answer: Java
Points Assigned: 0
4. An individual named Naftali Bennett ascended to his current position on June 13, 2021, succeeding whom?
Correct Answer: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Your Answer: Netanyahu
Points Assigned: 1
Pretty easy for a Jew.
5. The computer programming language officially named ECMAScript is more commonly known by another name, which replaces the first four letters of that formal name with what other word? This other word is itself the name of a completely distinct programming language.
Correct Answer: JAVA
Your Answer: Java
Points Assigned: 0
Java script was the only thing that made sense.
6. A popular English periodical, published from 1731 until the early 20th century and the first general periodical in England, was named The Gentleman's what? The missing word, novel at the time of its usage in this case, is now common in the genre.
Correct Answer: MAGAZINE
Your Answer: Tribune
Points Assigned: 2
6. A popular English periodical, published from 1731 until the early 20th century and the first general periodical in England, was named The Gentleman's what? The missing word, novel at the time of its usage in this case, is now common in the genre.
Correct Answer: MAGAZINE
Your Answer: Tribune
Points Assigned: 2
I had no idea.
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