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1. What word refers most commonly to a solution consisting of resin secreted by a certain scale insect, in a solvent of ethanol, that has been used widely as a high-gloss varnish, as a protective coating for various surfaces, as a food glaze, in electrical insulation, and elsewhere?
Correct Answer: SHELLAC
Your Answer: Terpentine
Points Assigned: 2
Correct Answer: SHELLAC
Your Answer: Terpentine
Points Assigned: 2
I knew turpentine was was from a tree, but could not think of another answer.
2. Idris Elba has portrayed the self-destructive and morose title character on what gritty BBC-produced crime drama series since its debut in 2010?
Correct Answer: LUTHER
Your Answer: Luther
Points Assigned: 2
2. Idris Elba has portrayed the self-destructive and morose title character on what gritty BBC-produced crime drama series since its debut in 2010?
Correct Answer: LUTHER
Your Answer: Luther
Points Assigned: 2
I have never seen it, but am aware of it.
3. "Way 2 Sexy" (featuring Future & Young Thug), "Knife Talk" (featuring 21 Savage & Project Pat), "Girls Want Girls" (featuring Lil Baby), and "Fair Trade" (featuring Travis Scott) are recent 2021 hit songs by what artist, who has served since September 2013 as global ambassador of the Toronto Raptors?
Correct Answer: DRAKE
Your Answer: Drake
Points Assigned: 0
3. "Way 2 Sexy" (featuring Future & Young Thug), "Knife Talk" (featuring 21 Savage & Project Pat), "Girls Want Girls" (featuring Lil Baby), and "Fair Trade" (featuring Travis Scott) are recent 2021 hit songs by what artist, who has served since September 2013 as global ambassador of the Toronto Raptors?
Correct Answer: DRAKE
Your Answer: Drake
Points Assigned: 0
I got it through the Raptors. Otherwise, I had no idea.
4. The Outrage and A Fistful of Dollars, both from 1964, are among the successful Western films modeled on the work of legendary director Akira Kurosawa, but the most successful such film was what 1960 masterpiece directed by John Sturges?
Correct Answer: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Your Answer: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Points Assigned: 1
4. The Outrage and A Fistful of Dollars, both from 1964, are among the successful Western films modeled on the work of legendary director Akira Kurosawa, but the most successful such film was what 1960 masterpiece directed by John Sturges?
Correct Answer: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Your Answer: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Points Assigned: 1
Shoot, very gettable.
5. After an investigation revealed that the FBI and NYPD withheld vital evidence which would likely have led to their acquittal at trial, the Supreme Court of the State of New York in November 2021 vacated the convictions of Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam (the latter posthumously) for the February 1965 assassination of whom?
Correct Answer: MALCOLM X
Your Answer: Malcolm X
Points Assigned: 1
5. After an investigation revealed that the FBI and NYPD withheld vital evidence which would likely have led to their acquittal at trial, the Supreme Court of the State of New York in November 2021 vacated the convictions of Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam (the latter posthumously) for the February 1965 assassination of whom?
Correct Answer: MALCOLM X
Your Answer: Malcolm X
Points Assigned: 1
I saw this in the news.
6. In the 1730s, a British merchant captain told a story of torture at the hands of Spanish sailors, which was used to arouse public support in Britain for a war against their Atlantic trade rivals. This war was vividly named after what the captain allegedly lost while being tortured. What did he lose?
Correct Answer: EAR
Your Answer: Two fingers
Points Assigned: 3
6. In the 1730s, a British merchant captain told a story of torture at the hands of Spanish sailors, which was used to arouse public support in Britain for a war against their Atlantic trade rivals. This war was vividly named after what the captain allegedly lost while being tortured. What did he lose?
Correct Answer: EAR
Your Answer: Two fingers
Points Assigned: 3
Never heard of this war.
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