Happy to be back! 3/6
1. In 1986, The Economist introduced a tool for analyzing the purchasing power parity of currencies by comparing the prices in different countries of what food item, after which the "Index" is named, and which is standardized and available worldwide?
Correct Answer: BIG MAC
Your Answer: Big Mac
Points Assigned: 0
Correct Answer: BIG MAC
Your Answer: Big Mac
Points Assigned: 0
I was an avid cover-to-cover reader of The Economist in the mid-aughts.
2. The plot of Harold Pinter's ambiguous and unconventional "comedy of menace" that was first staged in 1958, and which was initially met with decidedly mixed reviews (though it is acclaimed today), centers on what type of organized celebration?
Correct Answer: BIRTHDAY PARTY
Your Answer: Babtism
Points Assigned: 2
2. The plot of Harold Pinter's ambiguous and unconventional "comedy of menace" that was first staged in 1958, and which was initially met with decidedly mixed reviews (though it is acclaimed today), centers on what type of organized celebration?
Correct Answer: BIRTHDAY PARTY
Your Answer: Babtism
Points Assigned: 2
It was the most straightforward answer, staring me in the face and I chose a stupid guess.
3. A quantity of Mg(OH)<sub>2</sub> in a liquid suspension with various inactive ingredients (and no other active ingredients) is a laxative and antacid known by what name?
Correct Answer: MILK OF MAGNESIA
Your Answer: Milk of Magnesia
Points Assigned: 2
3. A quantity of Mg(OH)<sub>2</sub> in a liquid suspension with various inactive ingredients (and no other active ingredients) is a laxative and antacid known by what name?
Correct Answer: MILK OF MAGNESIA
Your Answer: Milk of Magnesia
Points Assigned: 2
Despite having acid reflux, I have never given this stuff a try.
4. Although it occurs at least once (and often many times) in many Division I games today, what was officially banned in NCAA college basketball prior to the 1967–68 season (after Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sophomore year at UCLA) until 1976?
Correct Answer: SLAM DUNK
Your Answer: Slam Dunk
Points Assigned: 1
4. Although it occurs at least once (and often many times) in many Division I games today, what was officially banned in NCAA college basketball prior to the 1967–68 season (after Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sophomore year at UCLA) until 1976?
Correct Answer: SLAM DUNK
Your Answer: Slam Dunk
Points Assigned: 1
Gimmie?
5. During his one campaign for US president, what long time senator's slogan was "In your heart, you know he's right"—a sentiment apparently shared by only 38.5% of voters?
Correct Answer: BARRY GOLDWATER
Your Answer: Wallace
Points Assigned: 3
5. During his one campaign for US president, what long time senator's slogan was "In your heart, you know he's right"—a sentiment apparently shared by only 38.5% of voters?
Correct Answer: BARRY GOLDWATER
Your Answer: Wallace
Points Assigned: 3
Damnit. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
6. EDM musician Skrillex (Sonny John Moore), with his hits "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" and "Bangarang", was probably the most successful artist in what subgenre of EDM, which originated in the underground scene of South London in the late 1990s and early 2000s and was coined as a term in 2002?
Correct Answer: DUBSTEP
Your Answer: Trance
Points Assigned: 1
6. EDM musician Skrillex (Sonny John Moore), with his hits "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" and "Bangarang", was probably the most successful artist in what subgenre of EDM, which originated in the underground scene of South London in the late 1990s and early 2000s and was coined as a term in 2002?
Correct Answer: DUBSTEP
Your Answer: Trance
Points Assigned: 1
I don't listen to any of this stuff.
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