Tripped up by American sports as usual
Player: BrowningM
1. Hydrophobia has historically been used as an alternative name for what acute viral infection (whose symptoms include extreme hydrophobia)?
Correct Answer: RABIES
Your Answer: rabies
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
I used to be terrified of rabies when I was a kid they had endless scary public information films and posters
2. The Bentayga, Flying Spur, Continental GT, and Mulsanne are current or recent car models manufactured by what British automaker, today a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group?
Correct Answer: BENTLEY
Your Answer: bentley
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
3. What three-word phrase provided the text—and was the title—of a famous antidrug mural created in Harlem by pop artist and activist Keith Haring in 1986? Whitney Houston repeated the phrase when discussing her addiction struggle in a controversial 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer, after which the phrase unfortunately became somewhat associated with the singer.
Correct Answer: CRACK IS WACK
Your Answer: crack is whack
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
Hmm4. The Colonels, Squires, and Spirits were team names of franchises that folded after their league's 1975–76 season. Give the team name of any one of the other four franchises that survived and still exist to this day.
Correct Answer: NETS, NUGGETS, PACERS, SPURS
Your Answer: McDonalds, Burger King....KFC?
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
5. What phrase for a judiciary proceeding that ignores principles of justice likely originated in Britain or the United States, despite sounding like it might come from another country that the term strongly evokes?
Correct Answer: KANGAROO COURT
Your Answer: Kangaroo court
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
6. The small ball of vinegared rice topped with a piece of fresh raw fish, seafood, or another ingredient is often generally referred to as sushi, but is actually a specific type of sushi known by what name?
Correct Answer: NIGIRI (NIGIRIZUSHI)
Your Answer: Nigiri
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
Easy if you know..
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