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1. What game for the original Wii console in 2006 served an equivalent role to the Atari 2600's Combat, the Intellivision's Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, the ColecoVision's Donkey Kong, the NES's Super Mario Bros., and the Sega Genesis's Altered Beast (and subsequently Sonic the Hedgehog)?
Correct Answer: WII SPORTS
Your Answer: Wii Sports
Points Assigned: 1
Correct Answer: WII SPORTS
Your Answer: Wii Sports
Points Assigned: 1
I played a lot of Wii Sports.
2. The limerick, it would appear, \ Is a verse form we owe [REDACTED]; \ Two long and two short \ Lines rhymed, as was taught, \ And a fifth just to bring up the rear. \ \ What is the full name (first and last) of the Book of Nonsense author redacted from the preceding verse?
Correct Answer: EDWARD LEAR
Your Answer: Shakespeare
Points Assigned: 0
2. The limerick, it would appear, \ Is a verse form we owe [REDACTED]; \ Two long and two short \ Lines rhymed, as was taught, \ And a fifth just to bring up the rear. \ \ What is the full name (first and last) of the Book of Nonsense author redacted from the preceding verse?
Correct Answer: EDWARD LEAR
Your Answer: Shakespeare
Points Assigned: 0
Oh, that makes sense too.
3. What is the most common and standard meteorological term for the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor when cooled without any change in air pressure or moisture content?
Correct Answer: DEW POINT
Your Answer: Dew point
Points Assigned: 2
3. What is the most common and standard meteorological term for the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor when cooled without any change in air pressure or moisture content?
Correct Answer: DEW POINT
Your Answer: Dew point
Points Assigned: 2
It was the only thing that came to mind even though I was not certain.
4. What instrument, found across numerous genres and distinctive for its pairs of "zills", has ancient origins but a modern name derived from French?
Correct Answer: TAMBOURINE
Your Answer: Mandolin
Points Assigned: 3
Oh. That is what a Zill is. That is a good way to describe those metal discs.
5. An organization of American Revolutionary War officers was named after a 5th-century BCE Roman farmer-general who briefly took power to save Rome and then returned to his farm. That organization in turn gave its name to what U.S. city?
Correct Answer: CINCINNATI
Your Answer: Baltimore
Points Assigned: 2
4. What instrument, found across numerous genres and distinctive for its pairs of "zills", has ancient origins but a modern name derived from French?
Correct Answer: TAMBOURINE
Your Answer: Mandolin
Points Assigned: 3
Oh. That is what a Zill is. That is a good way to describe those metal discs.
5. An organization of American Revolutionary War officers was named after a 5th-century BCE Roman farmer-general who briefly took power to save Rome and then returned to his farm. That organization in turn gave its name to what U.S. city?
Correct Answer: CINCINNATI
Your Answer: Baltimore
Points Assigned: 2
I think I could have grinded this out, but I have too much to do today, so I threw up the white flag and went with an answer I was pretty sure was named after a British lord.
6. What term was coined for high-capacity bombs used in WWII by the British Royal Air Force that were powerful enough to destroy a particularly large area of land, and was shortly thereafter adopted by Hollywood publicists and journalists as a metaphor for certain film productions (and remains in common use today)?
Correct Answer: BLOCKBUSTER
Your Answer: Blockbuster
Points Assigned: 1
6. What term was coined for high-capacity bombs used in WWII by the British Royal Air Force that were powerful enough to destroy a particularly large area of land, and was shortly thereafter adopted by Hollywood publicists and journalists as a metaphor for certain film productions (and remains in common use today)?
Correct Answer: BLOCKBUSTER
Your Answer: Blockbuster
Points Assigned: 1
Gimmie?
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