Thursday, September 29, 2022

Jesse day 23

6/6. Boom goes the dynamite. 

1. The Autonomous Region of Bougainville, located in the western South Pacific Ocean, is scheduled to become independent by 2027 from what country, which itself gained autonomy from Australia in 1975?
Correct Answer: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Your Answer: Papua New Guinea
Points Assigned: 3

This was a guess, but the timing seemed right. I did not know at all about Bougainville. 

2. Name the location in Greece which is the basic equivalent in Greek mythology to the Norse Asgard.
Correct Answer: MOUNT OLYMPUS
Your Answer: Mt Olympus
Points Assigned: 2

Seems pretty easy

3. While it may evoke an abstract representation of the sun, or a flower, or an asterisk, the six yellow dashes on what company's logo are meant, per that company, to represent a spark (with each of the six parts called a "sparklet")?
Correct Answer: WALMART
Your Answer: Walmart
Points Assigned: 1

It was the first logo that came to mind.

4. Who was declared legally dead in January 1939 in a probate court in Los Angeles, California, probably over 4,000 miles from the actual location where the death sadly occurred?
Correct Answer: AMELIA EARHART
Your Answer: Earhart
Points Assigned: 1

First person that came to mind. 

5. In 1967, Birmingham, England teenagers John Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Terry Butler, and Bill Ward formed a band named the Polka Tulk Blues Band. The band was renamed Earth and then ultimately named what (after one of their songs, which would also be their debut album title)? The foursome would go on to release eight albums in the 1970s with this original lineup.
Correct Answer: BLACK SABBATH
Your Answer: Black Sabbath
Points Assigned: 2

John Osbourne is Ozzy Osbource. 

6. Liberty City, San Fierro, and Vice City are fictional cities (based on New York, San Francisco, and Miami, respectively) that appear as settings in what series of games?
Correct Answer: GRAND THEFT AUTO (GTA)
Your Answer: Grand Theft Auto
Points Assigned: 0

Seems like a gimmie. They advertise everywhere. Whenever I tried to play I would get serious motion sickness. 

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