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15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & 5 Choices, with 3 Clues:

1. Which term refers to the measure of a plane angle in geometry?______________________
[Choices: Grad, Rood, Pace, Fathom, Gross ]

2. At 8,346 feet, the peak of Moldoveanu in the Southern Carpathians is the highest point in:__________________.
[Choices: Romania, Bulgaria, Austria, Spain, Poland ]

3. Who collaborated with Luis Bunuel on the bizarre 1929 film "Un Chien Andalou"?___________________
[Choices: Henry Miller, Hermann Goering, Mohandas Gandhi, Diego Rivera, Salvador Dali ]

4. Where would one most likely find an epilimnion?___________________
[Choices: Piano, Moon, Doctor's office, Lake, Fingernail ]

5. Belgian astrophysicist Georges-Henri Lemaitre is associated with which scientific discovery?___________________
[Choices: Doppler Effect, Individual Solar systems, Osmosis of water, Big Bang Theory, Reflecting telescope ]

6. Which device was first known as the "Louisette"?____________________
[Choices: Telephone, Disposable razor, Xerox machine, Typewriter, Guillotine ]

7. Which of these is a book written by Joan Didion?________________________
[Choices: The White Album, The Stranger Beside Me, When the Bough Breaks, The Glitter Dome, Fear of Flying ]

8. The battle for control of this city took place on the Plains of Abraham:_____________________.
[Choices: Paris, Berlin, Quebec, Jerusalem, Gettysburg ]

9. Which of these is a tree?___________________
[Choices: Cardal, Cinchona, Celesta, Canker, Churl ]

10. She was Queen of England for just nine days:_______________________.
[Choices: Lucretia, Lady Jane Grey, Anne Boleyn, Victoria II, Mary Queen of Scots ]

11. "Miss Julie", "The Father" and "The Dance of Death" are noted plays by:________________________.
[Choices: Harold Pinter, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett ]

12. Sycosis is a chronic disease of the:______________________.
[Choices: Tendons, Larynx, Hair follicles, Toenails, Intestines ]

13. Which famous actress was featured in "Wings", the first film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?_____________________
[Choices: Claudette Colbert, Mary Pickford, Helen Hayes, Clara Bow, Gloria Swanson ]

14. The Gatun Locks are part of the:________________________.
[Choices: Panama Canal, Bosporus Strait, Erie Canal, Suez Canal, Mississippi River ]

15. In Greek mythology, Athena, Aphrodite and Hera had a great dispute over this object:___________________.
[Choices: Golden apple, Silver wine cup, Zeus' son, Magic mirror, The hero Jason ]






Answers:

1. Grad [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradian ]

2. Romania [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldoveanu_Peak ]

3. Salvador Dali [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_Chien_Andalou . For a 0:30 clip, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQ3H4OswMo , and for the entire 21:26, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=054OIVlmjUM ]

4. Lake [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilimnion ]

5. Big Bang Theory [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lemaitre ]

6. Guillotine [see https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Louisette or https://www.thefreedictionary.com/guillotine ]

7. The White Album [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Album_(book) ]

8. Quebec [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of ... of_Abraham ]

9. Cinchona [Shawn (AKBAR) from Delaware, after his annual trip to Ottawa to play in a Skat tournament, pre-called this one first; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinchona ]

10. Lady Jane Grey [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey ]

11. August Strindberg [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Strindberg ]

12. Hair follicles [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycosis ]

13. Clara Bow [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_(1927_film) ]

14. Panama Canal [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_locks ]

15. Golden apple [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_of_discord ]