New Scaratings

Questions (1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues):
1. In Frederick Forsyth's "The Day of the Jackal", an assassin is out to kill:_____________.
[Choices: Adolf Hitler, Charles de Gaulle, Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Paul VI, Richard Nixon]
2. Which noted musician earned an electrical engineering degree from Iowa's Grinnell College?_______________.
[Choices: Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Kenny G]
3. The Citizen Genet Affair took place under which U.S. Presidential administration?________________.
[Choices: James Madison, Dwight Eisenhower, George Washington, Millard Fillmore, Bill Clinton]
4. In science, the prefix "Rhizo" determines that a word has something to do with:_______________.
[Choices: Plankton, Roots, Kidneys, Rhesus monkeys, Crustaceans]
5. This city is the state capital of Queensland:_______________.
[Choices: Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart]
6. These birds are popularly called "Sea Parrots":________________.
[Choices: Sandpipers, Puffins, Toucans, Curlews, Herons]
7. Leonard Bernstein wrote the music for a ballet based on this Jewish classic:_______________.
[Choices: Woman of the Pharisees, The Diary of Anne Frank, Gideon, Abie's Irish Rose, The Dybbuk]
8. Poke is a raw fish salad featured in ________________ cuisine.
[Choices: Tahitian, Hawaiian, Bermudan, Korean, Malaysian]
9. Casey Neistat is a star in the new field of:__________________.
[Choices: Robotics, Nanotechnology, Body organ design, Vlogging, Forensic hurricanology]
10. Cacambo and Cuengonde are characters in this novella first published in 1759:______________.
[Choices: Othello, Fidelio, Candide, The Red and the Black, The Man of La Mancha]
11. With a Moh's hardness ranking of 8, ___________ is one of the hardest of any silicate mineral.
[Choices: Apatite, Topaz, Talc, Gypsum, Fluorite]
12. The Bald Cypress is the classic tree of this U.S. region:________________.
[Choices: New England, Southern swamps, Great plains, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains]
13. Before becoming U.S. President, he served as a governor and senator from Virginia:_________________.
[Choices: James Polk, Cotton Mather, William McKinley, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler]
14. Adderall is a central nervous system stimulant used in the treatment of:_______________.
[Choices: Diabetes, Deafness, ADHD, Sciatica, Congestive heart failure]
15. The ____________ is also called the tympanic membrane.
[Choices: Cochlea, Auditory canal, Pinna, Auditory nerve, Eardrum]


Answers:
1. De Gaulle [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_o ... ckal_(film) . Note: the ")" at the end of the link is not read by the computer, so just Click on "Do you mean?..."]
2. Herbie Hancock [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock . For his innovative 1984 music video "Rockit", see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY . For his 1962 recording "Watermelon Man", see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP-vD4ScAGA , a hit in 1962 for Mongo Santamaria (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLpii6eoaRc ).]
3. George Washington [We at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON, missed this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond-Charles_Genet ]
4. Roots [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome ]
5. Brisbane [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane ]
6. Puffins [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_puffin ]
7. The Dybbuk [I (REACH) called this wrong; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_(ballet) ]
8. Hawaiian [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poke ]
9. Vlogging [most or all of us guessed wrong on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Neistat ]
10. Candide [I made up for Q7 by calling this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide ]
11. Topaz [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scal ... l_hardness ]
12. Southern swamps [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodium_distichum ]
13. John Tyler [some of us were a little slow on BSLXPN's call; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler ]
14. ADHD [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall ; for a hilarious take on "Ritalout", South Park's antidote to "Ritalin", see http://southpark.wikia.com/wiki/Ritalout ]
15. Eardrum [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardrum ]

I missed this one also, REACH, and I'm hard pressed to come up with a plausible excuse for us. There's only been one time in French history when 'Citizen' was a formal mode of address: during the French Revolution, most of which was encompassed by Washington's first term in office.



I wish I'd had the wit to take this option. To describe Casey Neistat as a 'star' (as the question stated), unless construed metaphorically, indicates that he is in some sort of entertainment. But this is how one turns a BWW-Kent caliber of result into a 12.9 pumpkin.

We ended up flailing on this one, too. Fortunately, several of us (not me) flailed to the right answer.

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Anon
"He may seem like Mr. Rogers but a dark spirit lies beneath."