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1. The Philadelphia Eagles' 34-29 Week 1 win over the Green Bay Packers in 2024 was the first NFL regular season game played in what country, the third country to host one outside North America and the first south of the equator?
Correct Answer: BRAZIL
Your Answer: Brazil
Points Assigned: 2
Correct Answer: BRAZIL
Your Answer: Brazil
Points Assigned: 2
I don't follow football, but figured Brazil was most likely.
2. "The Stars and Stripes Forever", "El Capitan", and "The Liberty Bell" are among the first musical pieces to include what instrument, in no small part because they were composed by the man who originated its design?
Correct Answer: SOUSAPHONE
Your Answer: Sousaphone
Points Assigned: 1
2. "The Stars and Stripes Forever", "El Capitan", and "The Liberty Bell" are among the first musical pieces to include what instrument, in no small part because they were composed by the man who originated its design?
Correct Answer: SOUSAPHONE
Your Answer: Sousaphone
Points Assigned: 1
One of my favorite Onion articles of all time: https://theonion.com/activision-reports-sluggish-sales-for-sousaphone-hero-1819569239/
3. Turning and turning in the widening gyre \ The falcon cannot hear the falconer; \ [REDACTED]; the centre cannot hold; \ Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world \ \ What phrase is redacted from this opening of William Butler Yeats's 1919 poem, and provides the title of what is often considered the most widely read book in modern African literature?
Correct Answer: THINGS FALL APART
Your Answer: The Power of One
Points Assigned: 3
3. Turning and turning in the widening gyre \ The falcon cannot hear the falconer; \ [REDACTED]; the centre cannot hold; \ Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world \ \ What phrase is redacted from this opening of William Butler Yeats's 1919 poem, and provides the title of what is often considered the most widely read book in modern African literature?
Correct Answer: THINGS FALL APART
Your Answer: The Power of One
Points Assigned: 3
I had no idea.
4. The Mexican state of Jalisco's various claims to fame include its status as the primary source of what trago, whose birthplace and namesake is a city approximately 40 miles northwest of the state capital, Guadalajara?
Correct Answer: TEQUILA
Your Answer: Tequila
Points Assigned: 1
4. The Mexican state of Jalisco's various claims to fame include its status as the primary source of what trago, whose birthplace and namesake is a city approximately 40 miles northwest of the state capital, Guadalajara?
Correct Answer: TEQUILA
Your Answer: Tequila
Points Assigned: 1
I knew Trago was a drink.
5. The Yang-Mills existence, Navier-Stokes existence, Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, and Hodge conjecture are all associated collectively with what prize?
Correct Answer: MILLENNIUM PRIZE
Your Answer: Fields Metal
Points Assigned: 0
5. The Yang-Mills existence, Navier-Stokes existence, Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, and Hodge conjecture are all associated collectively with what prize?
Correct Answer: MILLENNIUM PRIZE
Your Answer: Fields Metal
Points Assigned: 0
I knew it wasn't the Fields Medal, but could not recall the Millennium prize.
6. Many American children reportedly began to develop English accents and adopt words and phrases such as "mummy", "on holiday", "telly", and "ready, steady, go" due to COVID-19 lockdown-era binge watching of what animated series, headlined by a good-hearted four-year-old who loves jumping in muddy puddles?
Correct Answer: PEPPA PIG
Your Answer: Peppa Pig
Points Assigned: 2
6. Many American children reportedly began to develop English accents and adopt words and phrases such as "mummy", "on holiday", "telly", and "ready, steady, go" due to COVID-19 lockdown-era binge watching of what animated series, headlined by a good-hearted four-year-old who loves jumping in muddy puddles?
Correct Answer: PEPPA PIG
Your Answer: Peppa Pig
Points Assigned: 2
My daughter watched a lot of Peppa Pig.
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