5/6, I think
1. Sitcom characters Richie Cunningham, Arthur Fonzarelli, Warren "Potsie" Weber, and Ralph Malph were all residents of what city?
Correct Answer: MILWAUKEE
Your Answer: Milwaukee
Points Assigned: 3
Correct Answer: MILWAUKEE
Your Answer: Milwaukee
Points Assigned: 3
This all depends on how old my opponent is. I am betting they are too young to have watched.
2. A physician returns home after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80 and connects with an eccentric thirtysomething to share a flat near London's Regent's Park. So begins an 1887 novel by whom?
Correct Answer: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Your Answer: Doyle
Points Assigned: 1
2. A physician returns home after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80 and connects with an eccentric thirtysomething to share a flat near London's Regent's Park. So begins an 1887 novel by whom?
Correct Answer: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Your Answer: Doyle
Points Assigned: 1
Fortunately, I watched the BBC series.
3. Identify any one of the three countries that occupy land on Europe's Istrian Peninsula.
Correct Answer: CROATIA, ITALY, SLOVENIA
Your Answer: Italy
Points Assigned: 2
3. Identify any one of the three countries that occupy land on Europe's Istrian Peninsula.
Correct Answer: CROATIA, ITALY, SLOVENIA
Your Answer: Italy
Points Assigned: 2
It turns out I have been to the Istrian peninsula, but I wasn't postive what it was when answering. I figured it could be another name for the Italian peninsula, so Holy See and San Marino would make three, or The Slovenia/Croatia combo. Either way, Italy would get me a right answer.
4. Marsh gas, also known as swamp gas, which is formed by rotting vegetation in wetlands, consists primarily of what organic compound?
Correct Answer: METHANE
Your Answer: Methane
Points Assigned: 1
4. Marsh gas, also known as swamp gas, which is formed by rotting vegetation in wetlands, consists primarily of what organic compound?
Correct Answer: METHANE
Your Answer: Methane
Points Assigned: 1
If I get a chemistry question, it is a gimme.
5. What specific distinction do the losing major-party nominees in the U.S. presidential elections of 1960, 1968, 2000, and 2024 most notably have in common with one another and the winning candidate in 1988, but unambiguously with no other major-party nominees of the last century (including, among others, the winners of the 1924 and 1968 elections)?
Correct Answer: SITTING/INCUMBENT VICE-PRESIDENT
Your Answer: They served as Vice President
Points Assigned: 0
5. What specific distinction do the losing major-party nominees in the U.S. presidential elections of 1960, 1968, 2000, and 2024 most notably have in common with one another and the winning candidate in 1988, but unambiguously with no other major-party nominees of the last century (including, among others, the winners of the 1924 and 1968 elections)?
Correct Answer: SITTING/INCUMBENT VICE-PRESIDENT
Your Answer: They served as Vice President
Points Assigned: 0
I think the way I phrased it will be OK.
6. In craps, what two-word term (or three-word term, if "Bet" is included) names the game's most common and fundamental bet, which often has one of the lowest house edges of any bet in a casino, and also refers to the labeled area where the bet is placed on the table?
Correct Answer: PASS LINE
Your Answer: too high
Points Assigned: 2
6. In craps, what two-word term (or three-word term, if "Bet" is included) names the game's most common and fundamental bet, which often has one of the lowest house edges of any bet in a casino, and also refers to the labeled area where the bet is placed on the table?
Correct Answer: PASS LINE
Your Answer: too high
Points Assigned: 2
I have never played craps. Not a gambler.
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