15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & 5 Choices, & with 3 Clues:1. St. Petersburg, Russia, is often called the "_______________ of the North".
[Choices: Athens, Tokyo, Venice, Copenhagen, Cairo ]
2. Thomas a Becket was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of English King:________________.
[Choices: Henry II, William I, George IV, Charles III, Edward V ]
3. "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun" are among this author's lesser-known novels:__________________.
[Choices: William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway ]
4. In the Middle East, what is a souq?___________________
[Choices: Fountain pen, Wagon, Robe, Frying pan, Open-air market ]
5. Lusitania was the ancient name of this modern-day country:____________________.
[Choices: Finland, Egypt, Turkey, Portugal, Mongolia ]
6. Both agate and _________________ are varieties of layered chalcedony.
[Choices: Hematite, Onyx, Hornblende, Tantalite, Rutile ]
7. "La Gioconda" is the official name of the painting usually called:__________________.
[Choices: Bacchus and Ariadne, The Birth of Venus, L'Absinthe, Mona Lisa, The School of Athens ]
8. Mickey Cochrane, Jimmy Foxx, Bill Terry and Babe Ruth all wore this baseball uniform number:___________.
[Choices: 3, 1, 10, 7, 44 ]
9. What god in Roman mythology is the counterpart to the Greek god Hephaestus?_________________
[Choices: Bacchus, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, Somnus ]
10. Which French city remained British until recaptured in 1558?______________
[Choices: Calais, Marseilles, Lyon, Cherbourg, Brest ]
11. Richard Wagner's father-in-law was this other famous composer:_________________.
[Choices: Felix Mendelssohn, Hugo Wolf, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt ]
12. Which famous American journalist is buried in The Kremlin?____________________
[Choices: John Reed, William Randolph Hearst, Edward R. Murrow, Grantland Rice, Horace Greeley ]
13. Which animal has a telson?_____________________
[Choices: Stork, Lobster, Gorilla, Kangaroo, Zebra ]
14. This 1862 Civil War battle was fought near Pittsburg Landing:___________________.
[Choices: Shiloh, Lexington, Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg ]
15. The krone is the basic monetary unit of:___________________.
[Choices: Belarus & Moldova, Poland & Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia, Bulgaria & Macedonia, Denmark & Norway ]
Answers:1. Venice [I (REACH, LESTER) at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON pre-called this; see the section "Toponymy" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg ]
2. Henry II [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket ]
3. William Faulkner [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) and Sue (SWIFT, ACE) guessed right for 1000 Points; the rest of the 6 of us struck out. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(Faulkner_novel) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Nun ]
4. Open-air market [Chris pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souq ]
5. Portugal [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania ]
6. Onyx [I called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx ]
7. Mona Lisa [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa ]
8. 3 [I called this one; see the section "Cancer and death" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth ]
9. Vulcan [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestus ]
10. Calais [I pre-called this one; see the section "16th century" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais ]
11. Franz Liszt [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosima_Wagner ]
12. John Reed [I pre-called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reed_(journalist) ]
13. Lobster [I split my votes, getting 916 Points as LESTER; Dave (TULADI, YELDOR) got 965 & 972 Points, but the others struck out. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telson ]
14. Shiloh [Because some were confused between Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Landing, we mostly ended up with zero Points on this gimme for Americans. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh ]
15. Denmark & Norway [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_krone and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_krone ]