Player: BrowningM
1. Mairéad Carlin, Muirgen O'Mahony, Órla Fallon, Éabha McMahon, Méav Ni Mhaolchatha, and Hayley Westenra are all current or former members of what musical ensemble and public television staple founded in Dublin in 2004?
Correct Answer: CELTIC WOMAN
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Never heard of them
2. A secure storage facility for the world's crop seeds known as the Global Seed Vault is located on the island of Spitsbergen, the largest island in an archipelago governed by Norway and located halfway between the country's mainland and the North Pole. What is the name of this island group?
Correct Answer: SVALBARD
Your Answer: Svalbard
Points Assigned: 3
Simple but my opponent is bad at geography
3. The "Space Command" remote control was an innovation of what television manufacturer, whose slogan was "The quality goes in before the name goes on", and which was the last major company to produce TVs in the US when it ceased production in the 1990s?
Correct Answer: ZENITH
Your Answer: RCA
Points Assigned: 2
Tricky for a Brit
4. A scoreline such as 14.11 (95), indicating 14 goals, 11 behinds, and 95 points, is typical in what sport? (Note, please give the full three-word name by which the sport is widely known.)
Correct Answer: AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
Your Answer: Australian Rules football
Points Assigned: 2
Gimme
5. The two most common strains of cannabis have Latin names—indica, meaning "from India", and what other, meaning "cultivated"?
Correct Answer: SATIVA
Your Answer: Sativa
Points Assigned: 0
Gimme but I'd much rather have a couple of pints
6. In a historical sense, the man who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1982 to 1987, Hu Yaobang, is now closely associated—especially his death—with what iconic Chinese landmark built in the 17th century?
Correct Answer: TIANANMEN SQUARE
Your Answer: Tiannmen square
Points Assigned: 1
Hard to come up with any other guess
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