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1. In a 2017 film, Matt Damon's character undergoes a procedure that could be described by a word in the title of a 1957 science fiction classic starring Grant Williams. What is that word—a procedure that the man played by Williams also undergoes, incredibly?
Correct Answer: SHRINKING
Your Answer: Shrinking
Points Assigned: 0
Correct Answer: SHRINKING
Your Answer: Shrinking
Points Assigned: 0
I saw the Damon movie. I wonder how difficult this plays. Probably shouldn't have used up my 0 on it.
2. When Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election of 2022, he became the first incumbent to win re-election as the country's head of state since what other man did so twenty years prior?
Correct Answer: JACQUES CHIRAC
Your Answer: Chirac
Points Assigned: 2
2. When Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election of 2022, he became the first incumbent to win re-election as the country's head of state since what other man did so twenty years prior?
Correct Answer: JACQUES CHIRAC
Your Answer: Chirac
Points Assigned: 2
It was Sarkozy or Chirac. I chose correctly.
3. What piquant, golden Italian liqueur made from herbs and spices is familiar as an ingredient in a Harvey Wallbanger, and distinctive for its very tall, Roman-column-shaped bottle?
Correct Answer: GALLIANO
Your Answer: Amareto
Points Assigned: 2
3. What piquant, golden Italian liqueur made from herbs and spices is familiar as an ingredient in a Harvey Wallbanger, and distinctive for its very tall, Roman-column-shaped bottle?
Correct Answer: GALLIANO
Your Answer: Amareto
Points Assigned: 2
Never heard of it.
4. The most successful and decorated partnership in the history of professional beach volleyball is that of two American women, whose many championships include gold medals at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. Name either of these two women.
Correct Answer: MISTY MAY-TREANOR, KERRY WALSH JENNINGS
Your Answer: Missy something?
Points Assigned: 3
4. The most successful and decorated partnership in the history of professional beach volleyball is that of two American women, whose many championships include gold medals at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. Name either of these two women.
Correct Answer: MISTY MAY-TREANOR, KERRY WALSH JENNINGS
Your Answer: Missy something?
Points Assigned: 3
Guessing Thorsten won't accept Missy something.
5. Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, and Manipuri are classical Indian forms of what?
Correct Answer: DANCE
Your Answer: Dance
Points Assigned: 1
5. Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, and Manipuri are classical Indian forms of what?
Correct Answer: DANCE
Your Answer: Dance
Points Assigned: 1
I have never heard any of those words, but the word "forms" led me to something artistic. Indian dance is famous so I thought that would make for a good guess.
6. What is the name, derived from Latin and originating from a Greek word for "to throw", for the scientific study, within mechanics, of the motion and impact of projectiles such as missiles, rockets, and bullets? The word, as an adjective, has also come to be used as a synonym for "extremely excited and angry".
Correct Answer: BALLISTIC(S)
Your Answer: Ballistics
Points Assigned: 1
6. What is the name, derived from Latin and originating from a Greek word for "to throw", for the scientific study, within mechanics, of the motion and impact of projectiles such as missiles, rockets, and bullets? The word, as an adjective, has also come to be used as a synonym for "extremely excited and angry".
Correct Answer: BALLISTIC(S)
Your Answer: Ballistics
Points Assigned: 1
First thing that came to mind and the second half of the clue confirmed my answer.
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