Friday, March 3, 2023

Jesse day 13

3/6

1. At the conclusion of World War II, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia emerged as a federation of six constituent republics. Which one of the six is missing from this unordered list? Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro.

Correct Answer: SLOVENIA
Your Answer: Slovenia
Points Assigned: 0

I have been to Slovenia and Croatia. For the summer of 2024 I am looking into organizing a trek through the Accursed Mountains, which is a path that wanders around the borders of Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. 

2. The title of the 1992 pop smash "My Lovin'", by the R&B group En Vogue, includes a parenthetical. That parenthetical is a phrase that is repeated (or partially repeated) in the song 56 times. What is that repeated phrase, which per the message of the song applies to "my lovin'" (from En Vogue's perspective)?
Correct Answer: (YOU'RE) NEVER GONNA GET IT
Your Answer: If you want
Points Assigned: 3

Dman, I just could not pull this.

3. The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, and The Waste Lands are the first three novels in what 4300+ page epic fantasy series?
Correct Answer: THE DARK TOWER
Your Answer: The Dark Tower
Points Assigned: 1

I read all the books in the series. 

4. The keys on older typesetting machines were arranged in columns, which were sorted by the frequency with which their constituent letters were used. The second column was s h r d l u (consisting of the 7th through the 12th most frequently used letters); what six letters comprised the first column and often appeared with "shrdlu" in print due to operator error? (Note, the six letters must be in exact order.)
Correct Answer: ETAOIN
Your Answer: eaiout
Points Assigned: 2

Nope

5. Identify the hormone released by the pituitary gland during the final stage of pregnancy that stimulates the uterine muscles, initiating labor and maintaining contractions during childbirth. It is sometimes called the "love hormone".
Correct Answer: OXYTOCIN
Your Answer: Progesterone
Points Assigned: 2

This seems very gettable. 

6. Manzanilla, Picholine, Gordal, Ponentine, Gaeta, and Castelvetrano are varieties of what drupe?
Correct Answer: OLIVES
Your Answer: Olives
Points Assigned: 1

I knew Gaeta and Manzanilla olives. 

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