5/6 which is a good score today, no easy questions and hard to defend
Player: BrowningM
1. Rachel Carson's groundbreaking 1962 work Silent Spring is widely credited as a contributing factor to the establishment of what U.S. federal regulatory body in 1970?
Correct Answer: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Your Answer: EPA
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
I watched dark waters recently or I wouldn't have got it
2. What Major League Baseball franchise modified its team name in 2008? The change may not have been due to criticism from Christian groups, but it was immediately followed by a dramatic change in the team's results. Note, location and team name (current or former) required.
Correct Answer: TAMPA BAY (DEVIL) RAYS
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I thought they were likely devils but I had no clue where they were from
3. What word appears in the titles of a 2025 film based on a bestselling graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, a 2021 Western drama directed by Jane Campion, and a 1975 crime drama classic directed by Sidney Lumet?
Correct Answer: DOG
Your Answer: Dog
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
I've not watched any of them
4. The bowler-hatted gentleman in 1964's The Son of Man is a self-portrait of what Walloon?
Correct Answer: RENÉ MAGRITTE
Your Answer: Magritte
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I like lake trivia5. What landlocked country located at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley shares its name with the lake that forms much of its eastern border?
Correct Answer: MALAWI
Your Answer: Malawi
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
6. The individual of greatest international historical significance with the first name Syngman served from 1948 to 1960 as the president of what country?
Correct Answer: SOUTH KOREA/REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Your Answer: south korea
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
Maybe we should be studying the Korean War again …
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