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1. What common first name (#59 for American boys born in 2020) is identical (in spelling though not pronunciation) to the Latin word for "soldier"?
Correct Answer: MILES
Your Answer: Marshall
Points Assigned: 3
Correct Answer: MILES
Your Answer: Marshall
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea.
2. The hydrocarbon methane, the simplest alkane, has the chemical formula CH<sub>4</sub>. What is the common name of the alkane with the formula C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>12</sub>?
Correct Answer: PENTANE
Your Answer: Propane
Points Assigned: 2
2. The hydrocarbon methane, the simplest alkane, has the chemical formula CH<sub>4</sub>. What is the common name of the alkane with the formula C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>12</sub>?
Correct Answer: PENTANE
Your Answer: Propane
Points Assigned: 2
Never even heard of Pentane.
3. Mount Stromboli, which sits on (and essentially constitutes) its namesake island north of Sicily, is one of the three main active volcanoes in Italy, all of which have erupted in the last 100 years. Name both of the other two, which overlook the cities of Naples and Catania, respectively.
Correct Answer: VESUVIUS, ETNA
Your Answer: Vesuvius and Etna
Points Assigned: 2
3. Mount Stromboli, which sits on (and essentially constitutes) its namesake island north of Sicily, is one of the three main active volcanoes in Italy, all of which have erupted in the last 100 years. Name both of the other two, which overlook the cities of Naples and Catania, respectively.
Correct Answer: VESUVIUS, ETNA
Your Answer: Vesuvius and Etna
Points Assigned: 2
I have been to Vesuvius and am considering offering a spring trip for teachers to Sicily through my non-profit org.
4. The Calendar Round, a 52-year ritual cycle combining a solar and sacred calendar, and a Long Count calendar in which absolute dates were calculated from a zero date (equal to August 11, 3114 BCE), were cultural features of what people?
Correct Answer: MAYA
Your Answer: Mayan
Points Assigned: 0
4. The Calendar Round, a 52-year ritual cycle combining a solar and sacred calendar, and a Long Count calendar in which absolute dates were calculated from a zero date (equal to August 11, 3114 BCE), were cultural features of what people?
Correct Answer: MAYA
Your Answer: Mayan
Points Assigned: 0
Seems easy enough.
5. Name any one of the three men who currently occupy the top three positions of the Official World Golf Ranking—two Americans and a Spaniard, all of whom have won a major championship within the last 12 months.
Correct Answer: JON RAHM, DUSTIN JOHNSON, COLLIN MORIKAWA
Your Answer: Koepka
Points Assigned: 1
If they had asked top-ranked disc golfers, no problem. But Bolf, no thank you.
6. In mathematics, what is the term used for a set of quantities arranged in a rectangular array of rows and columns, typically enclosed in square brackets or large parentheses?
Correct Answer: MATRIX
Your Answer: Set
Points Assigned: 1
5. Name any one of the three men who currently occupy the top three positions of the Official World Golf Ranking—two Americans and a Spaniard, all of whom have won a major championship within the last 12 months.
Correct Answer: JON RAHM, DUSTIN JOHNSON, COLLIN MORIKAWA
Your Answer: Koepka
Points Assigned: 1
If they had asked top-ranked disc golfers, no problem. But Bolf, no thank you.
6. In mathematics, what is the term used for a set of quantities arranged in a rectangular array of rows and columns, typically enclosed in square brackets or large parentheses?
Correct Answer: MATRIX
Your Answer: Set
Points Assigned: 1
I had no idea.
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