New Scaratings

Questions:
1. In the 1950s, Brutalism was a reforming movement of which art?________________.
[Choices: Literature, Music, Sculpture, Painting, Architecture]
2. The city of Rome is the capital of this region in central Italy:________________.
[Choices: Tyrol, Latium, Piedmont, Savoy, Tuscany]
3. Which fictional character commits suicide?____________
[Choices: Martin Arrowsmith, Doctor Manette, Inspector Javert, The Virginian, Nick Carraway]
4. Margaret Wise Brown's "Goodnight Moon" is a ____________ published in 1947.
[Choices: Noir suspense novel, True crime expose, Children's picture book, Harlequin romance, Primer on yoga]
5. What English King was the son of Mary Queen of Scots?
[Choices: Albert I, Charles I, James I, Oscar I, Henry I]
6. This man is regarded as the founder of modern source-based history:_______________.
[Choices: Jacques-Louis David, Paolo Maldini, Theodor Svedberg, Leopold von Ranke, Severo Ochoa]
7. Among hares, the English Lop is noted for this distinguishing characteristic:________________.
[Choices: Extremely long ears, Monogamous pairing, Complete lack of fur, Carnivorous appetite, Two-day gestation period]
8. Why is the U.S. submarine "Thresher" famous?________________.
[Choices: Running rebel blockade, Sinking, Was first nuclear sub, Saving Charles Lindbergh, Crossing Polar seas]
9. In Japan, the Seikatsu Club is a powerful:___________________.
[Choices: Group of shoguns, Consumers group, Martial arts weapon, Baseball team, Industrial congress]
10. This 1985 single marked the solo debut of glamor boy David Lee Roth:_______________.
[Choices: Livin' on a prayer, Centerfold, Money for nothing, California girls, Addicted to love]
11. In the old English currency system, which of these denominations had the lowest value?_____________.
[Choices: Farthing, Guinea, Crown, Penny, Shilling]
12. Where on our planet are black smokers? (And we're not talking about cigarettes) ________________.
[Choices: Ocean floor, Alpine meadows, South American jungles, Riverbeds, Great plains]
13. This former slave helped defeat Napoleon's troops and made himself Emperor of Haiti in 1804:______________.
[Choices: Marcus Garvey, Alain-Luc Duvalier I, W.E.B. Dubois, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines]
14. Which term refers to a market or industry dominated by a small number of sellers?_____________.
[Choices: Demopoly, Anarchopoly, Meritopoly, Oligopoly, Plutocracy]
15. On December 26, 1805, Austria and France signed the Treaty of:_____________.
[Choices: Antioch, Mannheim, Pressburg, Jutland, Ypres]

Answers:
1. Architecture [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture ]
2. Latium [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latium ]
3. Inspector Javert [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javert ]
4. Children's picture book [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Moon ]
5. James I [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England ]
6. Leopold von Ranke [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_von_Ranke ]
7. Extremely long ears [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_lop ]
8. Sinking [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593) ]
9. Consumer group [We at Buster's Bar in Ottawa ON missed this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikatsu_ ... tive_Union ]
10. California Girls [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lee_Roth and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_from_the_Heat , and for a performance, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GMoLENWsSk ]
11. Farthing [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthing_(British_coin) ]
12. Ocean floor [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_vent ]
13. Jean-Jacques Dessalines [We got sucked in and missed this one, going with Toussaint L'Ouverture (Choice 4) without even reading Choice 5. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture ]
14. Oligopoly [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly ]
15. Pressburg [We split between Mannheim and Pressburg; Neil would probably have got this one. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Pressburg_(1805) ]