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1. H.R.3684, a $1 trillion bill that was passed by the 117th Congress after a bipartisan vote in the US House of Representatives on November 5, 2021, is officially known as the [REDACTED] Investment and Jobs Act. What word has been redacted?
Correct Answer: INFRASTRUCTURE
Your Answer: Infrastructure
Points Assigned: 2
Correct Answer: INFRASTRUCTURE
Your Answer: Infrastructure
Points Assigned: 2
It is infrastructure week!
2. One of 20th-century author Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh's first successful short stories—a genre in which he is regarded as a master—was titled "Farsi shakar ast", which translates to English as "_____ is Sugar" (fill in the blank).
Correct Answer: PERSIAN
Your Answer: Persian
Points Assigned: 2
2. One of 20th-century author Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh's first successful short stories—a genre in which he is regarded as a master—was titled "Farsi shakar ast", which translates to English as "_____ is Sugar" (fill in the blank).
Correct Answer: PERSIAN
Your Answer: Persian
Points Assigned: 2
Happy to get this. I knew Farsi was the word for the Persian language.
3. The "city" of Nuuk (technically an illoqarfik and formerly known as Godthåb) is the most populous city on what island?
Correct Answer: GREENLAND
Your Answer: Greenland
Points Assigned: 0
3. The "city" of Nuuk (technically an illoqarfik and formerly known as Godthåb) is the most populous city on what island?
Correct Answer: GREENLAND
Your Answer: Greenland
Points Assigned: 0
Geography gimmie?
4. Belfast-born physicist and mathematician William Thomson, who is widely credited with clarifying the thermodynamic concept of absolute zero and determining its correct value, was elevated to the peerage in 1892, becoming 1st Baron what?
Correct Answer: KELVIN
Your Answer: Kelvin
Points Assigned: 1
4. Belfast-born physicist and mathematician William Thomson, who is widely credited with clarifying the thermodynamic concept of absolute zero and determining its correct value, was elevated to the peerage in 1892, becoming 1st Baron what?
Correct Answer: KELVIN
Your Answer: Kelvin
Points Assigned: 1
I knew Kelvin was typically how absolute zero is measured. I sort of remembered there was a lord Kelvin, which was close enough to Baron for me.
5. What was the last name of the patriarch and self-made millionaire who was the first chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, chair of the powerful US Maritime Commission in 1937, and the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1938?
Correct Answer: KENNEDY
Your Answer: Morgan
Points Assigned: 3
5. What was the last name of the patriarch and self-made millionaire who was the first chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, chair of the powerful US Maritime Commission in 1937, and the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1938?
Correct Answer: KENNEDY
Your Answer: Morgan
Points Assigned: 3
I figured JP Morgan was earlier but didn't have a better guess.
6. Rebecca Rabbit, Suzy Sheep, and Danny Dog are among the close friends of what cheeky animated British ungulate? (Full name required.)
Correct Answer: PEPPA PIG
Your Answer: Peppa Pig
Points Assigned: 1
6. Rebecca Rabbit, Suzy Sheep, and Danny Dog are among the close friends of what cheeky animated British ungulate? (Full name required.)
Correct Answer: PEPPA PIG
Your Answer: Peppa Pig
Points Assigned: 1
I read my daughter Peppa Pig books when she was younger as well as saw the show.
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