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1. The drawing of what was known as the Radcliffe Line triggered what many historians consider the largest mass migration in human history, moving roughly 10 to 20 million people across the borders of what two countries?
Correct Answer: INDIA, PAKISTAN
Your Answer: Pakistan and India
Points Assigned: 1
That is a lot of people. Considered Greece and Turkey, but Radcliffe sounds British, so went with India and Pakistan.
2. What cult-favorite Fox series had only 11 of its 14 completed episodes aired (many out of order) during its original 2002 run, yet generated enough fan support after cancellation to inspire a 2005 theatrical film continuation?
Correct Answer: FIREFLY
Your Answer: Freaks and Geeks
Points Assigned: 2
Correct Answer: INDIA, PAKISTAN
Your Answer: Pakistan and India
Points Assigned: 1
That is a lot of people. Considered Greece and Turkey, but Radcliffe sounds British, so went with India and Pakistan.
2. What cult-favorite Fox series had only 11 of its 14 completed episodes aired (many out of order) during its original 2002 run, yet generated enough fan support after cancellation to inspire a 2005 theatrical film continuation?
Correct Answer: FIREFLY
Your Answer: Freaks and Geeks
Points Assigned: 2
I knew Freeks and Geeks was wrong, but I forgot about Firefly. I never watched any of it.
3. What term, popularized by Billboard journalist Jerry Wexler in 1948, was adopted by the magazine the following year to replace the offensively named chart category "Race Records"?
Correct Answer: RHYTHM AND BLUES (R&B)
Your Answer: R and B
Points Assigned: 1
3. What term, popularized by Billboard journalist Jerry Wexler in 1948, was adopted by the magazine the following year to replace the offensively named chart category "Race Records"?
Correct Answer: RHYTHM AND BLUES (R&B)
Your Answer: R and B
Points Assigned: 1
I think this is a gimmie.
4. The puddling process converts pig iron into wrought iron by removing impurities, primarily in the form of what element?
Correct Answer: CARBON
Your Answer: Carbon
Points Assigned: 2
4. The puddling process converts pig iron into wrought iron by removing impurities, primarily in the form of what element?
Correct Answer: CARBON
Your Answer: Carbon
Points Assigned: 2
This was a guess.
5. Despite the implication in the title of one of his movies, director Ed Wood never explained, either in the film itself or in any public statement during his lifetime, what the eight prior schemes or attempts actually were. What was this movie?
Correct Answer: PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
Your Answer: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Points Assigned: 3
5. Despite the implication in the title of one of his movies, director Ed Wood never explained, either in the film itself or in any public statement during his lifetime, what the eight prior schemes or attempts actually were. What was this movie?
Correct Answer: PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
Your Answer: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Points Assigned: 3
Popped into my head with number 9.
6. The energy drink duopoly long dominated by Red Bull and Monster has been disrupted in recent years, thanks in part to what brand, in which PepsiCo owns an 11% stake and which has taken control of Pepsi's Rockstar Energy brand? Its beverages, often sold in skinny white cans, are best consumed cold, between 35 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Correct Answer: CELSIUS
6. The energy drink duopoly long dominated by Red Bull and Monster has been disrupted in recent years, thanks in part to what brand, in which PepsiCo owns an 11% stake and which has taken control of Pepsi's Rockstar Energy brand? Its beverages, often sold in skinny white cans, are best consumed cold, between 35 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Correct Answer: CELSIUS
Gimmie? I have never had an energy drink in my life.
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