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1. The political party whose name translates to "Soldiers of Destiny" was founded in 1926, took power in 1932, and dominated politics for decades before a historic defeat in the 2011 general election (since partly reversed). In what European country did this occur?
Correct Answer: IRELAND
Your Answer: Cyprus
Points Assigned: 3
Correct Answer: IRELAND
Your Answer: Cyprus
Points Assigned: 3
My brain was only thinking continental. I had no idea.
2. What musical group, which formed at the University of Georgia in 1980, was arguably the most popular "college-rock" band of the 1980s (at least until they signed a $10 million, five-record deal with Warner Bros. in 1988, and were named "America's Hippest Band" by Rolling Stone the following year)?
Correct Answer: R.E.M.
Your Answer: R.E.M.
Points Assigned: 1
2. What musical group, which formed at the University of Georgia in 1980, was arguably the most popular "college-rock" band of the 1980s (at least until they signed a $10 million, five-record deal with Warner Bros. in 1988, and were named "America's Hippest Band" by Rolling Stone the following year)?
Correct Answer: R.E.M.
Your Answer: R.E.M.
Points Assigned: 1
I just knew this one.
3. An early internet bait-and-switch meme called "duckrolling", which originated with a filter that replaced the word "egg" with the word "duck" (hence the name), eventually evolved into an even bigger meme involving what pop song?
Correct Answer: NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
Your Answer: Never Going to Give You Up
Points Assigned: 0
Is Going gonna be accepted?
4. Four major English art museums—Modern, Britain, Liverpool, and St Ives—are all named after what industrialist and sugar magnate?
Correct Answer: HENRY TATE
Your Answer: Tate
Points Assigned: 1
Tate Modern. Easy if you have been to London.
5. The official "reporting mark" (an identifying code used on locomotives and freight cars) of the Canadian National Railway Company is familiar via its use in the name of what iconic (and once superlative) structure?
Correct Answer: CN TOWER
Your Answer: CN Tower
Points Assigned: 2
3. An early internet bait-and-switch meme called "duckrolling", which originated with a filter that replaced the word "egg" with the word "duck" (hence the name), eventually evolved into an even bigger meme involving what pop song?
Correct Answer: NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
Your Answer: Never Going to Give You Up
Points Assigned: 0
Is Going gonna be accepted?
4. Four major English art museums—Modern, Britain, Liverpool, and St Ives—are all named after what industrialist and sugar magnate?
Correct Answer: HENRY TATE
Your Answer: Tate
Points Assigned: 1
Tate Modern. Easy if you have been to London.
5. The official "reporting mark" (an identifying code used on locomotives and freight cars) of the Canadian National Railway Company is familiar via its use in the name of what iconic (and once superlative) structure?
Correct Answer: CN TOWER
Your Answer: CN Tower
Points Assigned: 2
I immediately thought of the CN tower and the abbreviation made sense.
6. Geosmin, a compound produced by soil-dwelling bacteria, helps create the familiar smell that comes with the first rain after a dry spell. What sensory term, coined from Greek roots in 1964 by Australian researchers Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, refers to this scent?
Correct Answer: PETRICHOR
Your Answer: Geosume
Points Assigned: 2
6. Geosmin, a compound produced by soil-dwelling bacteria, helps create the familiar smell that comes with the first rain after a dry spell. What sensory term, coined from Greek roots in 1964 by Australian researchers Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, refers to this scent?
Correct Answer: PETRICHOR
Your Answer: Geosume
Points Assigned: 2
I have heard the word but could not pull it.
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