5/6 I could have been perfect if I didn't misread the first clue.
1. Name the territory that was a member of the European Community until 1985, serving as that body's northernmost member (a distinction it would hold in any earthly organization it ever joins ).
Correct Answer: GREENLAND
Your Answer: Norway
Points Assigned: 1
Correct Answer: GREENLAND
Your Answer: Norway
Points Assigned: 1
I was distracted when I was reading the question and didn't internalize territory. I knew Norway was not an EU country, and I thought they dropped out because of the whaling issue.
2. "Some body [sic] once told me the world is gonna roll me—" These song lyrics evoke the name of a shoe that was first developed and sold by Converse in the 1920s and was the first celebrity-endorsed athletic sneaker. What is the name of this shoe or the semipro basketball player (and Converse salesman) who endorsed them?
Correct Answer: CHUCK TAYLOR ALL STAR
Your Answer: All-Star
Points Assigned: 0
2. "Some body [sic] once told me the world is gonna roll me—" These song lyrics evoke the name of a shoe that was first developed and sold by Converse in the 1920s and was the first celebrity-endorsed athletic sneaker. What is the name of this shoe or the semipro basketball player (and Converse salesman) who endorsed them?
Correct Answer: CHUCK TAYLOR ALL STAR
Your Answer: All-Star
Points Assigned: 0
Feel like a gimmie.
3. The 1890 Maritime Strike and 1891 Shearers' Strike, both of which were defeats for the trade unions, have been seen as catalysts for the foundation of the Labor Party in what country (where it has been in government since the election of 2022)?
Correct Answer: AUSTRALIA
Your Answer: Australia
Points Assigned: 2
3. The 1890 Maritime Strike and 1891 Shearers' Strike, both of which were defeats for the trade unions, have been seen as catalysts for the foundation of the Labor Party in what country (where it has been in government since the election of 2022)?
Correct Answer: AUSTRALIA
Your Answer: Australia
Points Assigned: 2
I knew the UK and NZ do not have labor governments. Shearing made sense for Australia.
4. Horsepower, as a term used to measure the power of engines, was coined by what 18th-century Scottish inventor, whose name in the 20th century would come to represent 0.00134 horsepower?
Correct Answer: JAMES WATT
Your Answer: Watt
Points Assigned: 2
4. Horsepower, as a term used to measure the power of engines, was coined by what 18th-century Scottish inventor, whose name in the 20th century would come to represent 0.00134 horsepower?
Correct Answer: JAMES WATT
Your Answer: Watt
Points Assigned: 2
It was my best guess.
5. What fictional resort chain's locations in Maui and Sicily were settings for a popular streaming television series that premiered in 2021?
Correct Answer: THE WHITE LOTUS
Your Answer: White Lotus
Points Assigned: 1
5. What fictional resort chain's locations in Maui and Sicily were settings for a popular streaming television series that premiered in 2021?
Correct Answer: THE WHITE LOTUS
Your Answer: White Lotus
Points Assigned: 1
I watched both seasons
6. What is the name of the nymph in mythology whose love for Narcissus was unrequited? As punishment for spurning the nymph, Narcissus was made to fall in love with his own reflection, while the nymph was condemned by Juno to repeat only the last words spoken to her.
Correct Answer: ECHO
Your Answer: Echo
Points Assigned: 3
6. What is the name of the nymph in mythology whose love for Narcissus was unrequited? As punishment for spurning the nymph, Narcissus was made to fall in love with his own reflection, while the nymph was condemned by Juno to repeat only the last words spoken to her.
Correct Answer: ECHO
Your Answer: Echo
Points Assigned: 3
I just read those Stephen Frye books, but this is still very guessable.
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