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1. What archaeological site at the northern tip of Newfoundland was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, nearly 1,000 years after its establishment as a Norse settlement?
Correct Answer: L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS
Your Answer: Aux aun Meadows
Points Assigned: 2
Correct Answer: L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS
Your Answer: Aux aun Meadows
Points Assigned: 2
I don't speak French, so I went with what I remembered it sounding like—probably not close enough.
2. The two most massive Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) that are currently known are Eris (formally designated 136199 Eris) and what other body? This other body is slightly larger than Eris (though less massive) and is itself the largest Kuiper Belt Object (unless one considers Triton a KBO).
Correct Answer: PLUTO
Your Answer: Pluto
Points Assigned: 0
2. The two most massive Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) that are currently known are Eris (formally designated 136199 Eris) and what other body? This other body is slightly larger than Eris (though less massive) and is itself the largest Kuiper Belt Object (unless one considers Triton a KBO).
Correct Answer: PLUTO
Your Answer: Pluto
Points Assigned: 0
Gimmie?
3. A film franchise with six installments from 2010 to 2024, including two prequels that focus on a set of side characters and on the main character's path to villainy, has become by some measures the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time. What is the franchise (or its first film, which gives the franchise it name)?
Correct Answer: DESPICABLE ME
Your Answer: Despicable me
Points Assigned: 1
3. A film franchise with six installments from 2010 to 2024, including two prequels that focus on a set of side characters and on the main character's path to villainy, has become by some measures the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time. What is the franchise (or its first film, which gives the franchise it name)?
Correct Answer: DESPICABLE ME
Your Answer: Despicable me
Points Assigned: 1
I have not seen any of the movies, but am familiar with it.
4. "We tell ourselves stories in order to live" is the famous opening line of "The White Album", the title essay in a critically acclaimed 1979 collection by what journalist, novelist, playwright, memoirist, and (with her husband) screenwriter?
Correct Answer: JOAN DIDION
Your Answer: Marshall
Points Assigned: 3
4. "We tell ourselves stories in order to live" is the famous opening line of "The White Album", the title essay in a critically acclaimed 1979 collection by what journalist, novelist, playwright, memoirist, and (with her husband) screenwriter?
Correct Answer: JOAN DIDION
Your Answer: Marshall
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea, was thinking Penny Marshall.
5. What word, originally American slang for a remarkable or wonderful person or thing, was adopted by musician Perry Farrell for the usage with which it is most associated today?
Correct Answer: LOLLAPALOOZA
Your Answer: Rad
Points Assigned: 2
5. What word, originally American slang for a remarkable or wonderful person or thing, was adopted by musician Perry Farrell for the usage with which it is most associated today?
Correct Answer: LOLLAPALOOZA
Your Answer: Rad
Points Assigned: 2
Oh
6. Sixteen dice, arranged in a 4×4 grid, and each with a unique set of six letters (or in one case, "QU"), are distinctive characteristics of what game first published by Parker Brothers in 1972?
Correct Answer: BOGGLE
Your Answer: Boggle
Points Assigned: 1
6. Sixteen dice, arranged in a 4×4 grid, and each with a unique set of six letters (or in one case, "QU"), are distinctive characteristics of what game first published by Parker Brothers in 1972?
Correct Answer: BOGGLE
Your Answer: Boggle
Points Assigned: 1
I had Boggle when I was a kid.
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