6/6 start!
1. The southernmost state of India is, per its name, the land of what people, whose name also refers to the Dravidian language spoken there?
Correct Answer: TAMIL
Your Answer: Tamil
Points Assigned: 3
Correct Answer: TAMIL
Your Answer: Tamil
Points Assigned: 3
I haven't been to Southern India, but I have been to Sri Lanka and know the Tamils in the North are related to Southern Indians.
2. Though its founding brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and its long-time (44 years and counting) lead vocalist is from Northern England, near Newcastle, what band was formed in Sydney in 1973 and is (by many measures) the internationally greatest-selling musical act from Australia?
Correct Answer: AC/DC
Your Answer: AC/DC
Points Assigned: 2
2. Though its founding brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and its long-time (44 years and counting) lead vocalist is from Northern England, near Newcastle, what band was formed in Sydney in 1973 and is (by many measures) the internationally greatest-selling musical act from Australia?
Correct Answer: AC/DC
Your Answer: AC/DC
Points Assigned: 2
I thought AC/DC was Australian and they had bagpipes in some of their songs.
3. Joppiesaus, Comeback Sauce, Louis dressing, remoulades, Marie Rose sauce, and Samouraï sauce are all made with what emulsive base?
Correct Answer: MAYONNAISE
Your Answer: Mayonaise
Points Assigned: 1
3. Joppiesaus, Comeback Sauce, Louis dressing, remoulades, Marie Rose sauce, and Samouraï sauce are all made with what emulsive base?
Correct Answer: MAYONNAISE
Your Answer: Mayonaise
Points Assigned: 1
Guess based on remoulades.
4. The astronomical phenomenon in which distant stars traveling away from the observer are redshifted, while those approaching are blueshifted, is an example of an effect named after what Austrian mathematician and physicist?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN DOPPLER
Your Answer: Dopler
Points Assigned: 0
4. The astronomical phenomenon in which distant stars traveling away from the observer are redshifted, while those approaching are blueshifted, is an example of an effect named after what Austrian mathematician and physicist?
Correct Answer: CHRISTIAN DOPPLER
Your Answer: Dopler
Points Assigned: 0
Didn't he ask us this question in a recent season?
5. What term fills in the blank in the following excerpt from a 1966 interview of Alfred Hitchcock by François Truffaut? "It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a [BLANK].'"
Correct Answer: MACGUFFIN
Your Answer: Maguffin
Points Assigned: 2
5. What term fills in the blank in the following excerpt from a 1966 interview of Alfred Hitchcock by François Truffaut? "It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a [BLANK].'"
Correct Answer: MACGUFFIN
Your Answer: Maguffin
Points Assigned: 2
I was a film a major.
6. The danger of close links between defense contractors and the armed forces, and the damaging effects this unified entity can have on public policy, were outlined in President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, remembered today for its popularization of what three-part term?
Correct Answer: MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Your Answer: Military Industrial Complex
Points Assigned: 1
6. The danger of close links between defense contractors and the armed forces, and the damaging effects this unified entity can have on public policy, were outlined in President Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, remembered today for its popularization of what three-part term?
Correct Answer: MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Your Answer: Military Industrial Complex
Points Assigned: 1
Feels like a gimmie to Americans.
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