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

1. Which British monarch was the last of the Stuart rulers?__________________
[Choices: Elizabeth I, Mary I, Anne, Mary II, Lady Jane Grey ]

2. The _________________ is a Spanish dance in triple time for two, typically involving castanets and guitars.
[Choices: Ponchilleta, Allende, Albaricoque, Ruibarbo, Seguidilla ]

3. Arthur's Seat is an important landmark on the outskirts of:___________________.
[Choices: Tulsa, Cape Town, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Dublin ]

4. Your uncle saw a movie that he described as "prosaic", meaning it was:_________________.
[Choices: Highly complex, Unimaginative, Incredibly hilarious, Full of movie stars, Full of action ]

5. Which Shakespearean character utters the famous line "That way madness lies"?__________________
[Choices: Lear, Othello, Theseus, Hamlet, Romeo ]

6. Procambium is a term used in which field of science?__________________
[Choices: Archaeology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Botany, Medicine ]

7. "Jupiter", "Linz" and "Prague" are symphonies written by:__________________.
[Choices: Brahms, Haydn, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven ]

8. Cod-liver oil is an excellent source of these vitamins:______________.
[Choices: E and L, B and K, C and H, B and E, A and D ]

9. What city is located at about 60 degrees North Latitude and 25 degrees East Longitude?____________________
[Choices: Athens, Calgary, Vladivostok, Helsinki, Tokyo ]

10. A giant squid has _________ arms and two longer tentacles.
[Choices: Three, Five, Eight, Ten, Fourteen ]

11. Which artistic form involves the use of a maquette?_________________
[Choices: Poetry, Classical music, Painting, Sculpture, Film ]

12. Which of these is a type of celery?_________________
[Choices: Leonine, Paisley, Dolomite, Haggis, Pascal ]

13. An architect loves a goat in the 2002 play "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" by:___________________.
[Choices: Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, William Inge ]

14. The Riksdag is the sole governing body in this nation:_________________.
[Choices: Tibet, Turkey, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany ]

15. He was crippled in a naval battle and sold by Barbary pirates before writing his masterpiece:_____________________.
[Choices: Miguel de Cervantes, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gustave Flaubert, James Joyce, Herman Melville ]






Answers:

1. Anne [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Que ... at_Britain ]

2. Seguidilla [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seguidilla ; this is similar to the fandango - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandango ; for the Finale from Boccherini's Guitar Quintet #4 "Fandango", see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrdeD8LLoCM ]

3. Edinburgh [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur's_Seat ]

4. unimaginative [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/prosaic ]

5. Lear [see https://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quot ... dness-lies ]

6. Botany [see the section "Primary meristems" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meristem ]

7. Mozart [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s ... eus_Mozart ; for videos of the "Jupiter", "Linz" and "Prague" symphonies, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ghek5HUrrg , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWKqAALQztw , and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkN8UFNVVOo ]

8. A & D [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_liver_oil ]

9. Helsinki [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki ]

10. Eight [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid ]

11. Sculpture [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquette ]

12. Pascal [see the section "Cultivation, North America" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery ]

13. Edward Albee [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goat, ... _Is_Sylvia? ]

14. Sweden [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wik/Riksdag ; compare with the German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag ]

15. Cervantes [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes ]

The first link in the Answer to Q14 should read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riksdag .