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1. What character, who has appeared in major Hollywood films in 1998, 2014, 2019, and 2021, made its American debut in a 1956 movie co-directed by Terry O. Morse and Ishirō Honda and starring Raymond Burr?
Correct Answer: GODZILLA
Your Answer: Godzilla
Points Assigned: 0
Correct Answer: GODZILLA
Your Answer: Godzilla
Points Assigned: 0
I focused on Japanese culture and quickly arrived at Godzilla.
2. Identify the type of boot, an ankle-high leather boot with two or three eyelets and a rounded toe, which takes its name from the sport of polo and its term for the seven-minute periods of play into which matches are divided?
Correct Answer: CHUKKA
Your Answer: Quarter boot
Points Assigned: 1
2. Identify the type of boot, an ankle-high leather boot with two or three eyelets and a rounded toe, which takes its name from the sport of polo and its term for the seven-minute periods of play into which matches are divided?
Correct Answer: CHUKKA
Your Answer: Quarter boot
Points Assigned: 1
I had no idea.
3. Among the various West African empires that flourished during the early modern period (roughly 1500-1800 CE) are the Asante (in present-day Ghana), Mossi (present-day Burkina Faso), Oyo (western Nigeria), and Dahomey, which was located within what other present-day country in the region?
Correct Answer: BENIN
Your Answer: Benin
Points Assigned: 2
3. Among the various West African empires that flourished during the early modern period (roughly 1500-1800 CE) are the Asante (in present-day Ghana), Mossi (present-day Burkina Faso), Oyo (western Nigeria), and Dahomey, which was located within what other present-day country in the region?
Correct Answer: BENIN
Your Answer: Benin
Points Assigned: 2
Given the clues, I figured it would be between the countries mentioned, which left Togo and Benin. I guessed Benin.
4. Ragnarøkkr is an Old Norse term that translates as "Twilight of the Gods". What word, popular in an operatic context, is a German translation of that phrase?
Correct Answer: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Your Answer: Ragnarok
Points Assigned: 2
4. Ragnarøkkr is an Old Norse term that translates as "Twilight of the Gods". What word, popular in an operatic context, is a German translation of that phrase?
Correct Answer: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Your Answer: Ragnarok
Points Assigned: 2
I knew it started the name of one of the Ring Cycles, but I could not pull it.
5. A specific and now-popular type of sculpture was developed by Alexander Calder beginning around 1931 and named by his friend Marcel Duchamp. What is that name?
Correct Answer: MOBILE
Your Answer: Mobile
Points Assigned: 1
5. A specific and now-popular type of sculpture was developed by Alexander Calder beginning around 1931 and named by his friend Marcel Duchamp. What is that name?
Correct Answer: MOBILE
Your Answer: Mobile
Points Assigned: 1
My brother Gideon is a big fan.
6. The study of microscopic anatomy is histology. Its counterpart, macroscopic (i.e., visible) anatomy, is sometimes called macro anatomy or topographical anatomy, but is most often referred to as anatomy with what other descriptor (which, appropriately, means "large")?
Correct Answer: GROSS
Your Answer: Magnology
Points Assigned: 3
6. The study of microscopic anatomy is histology. Its counterpart, macroscopic (i.e., visible) anatomy, is sometimes called macro anatomy or topographical anatomy, but is most often referred to as anatomy with what other descriptor (which, appropriately, means "large")?
Correct Answer: GROSS
Your Answer: Magnology
Points Assigned: 3
Oh, I always thought that was the last name of the author.
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