New Scaratings

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

The big screen at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON was not switched to ntn Trivia until Q4 of the BRAINBUSTER Game, so Q1-3 have been reconstructed from brief written notes;
our tablets did work for the full game, so we had the chance to answer all Questions.

1. On April 2, 1801, Nelson scored a victory over the:_______________ nation [name the nationality].

2. Who would use a demisemiquaver?_______________________

3. Born in 1854, what German composed the opera "Hansel and Gretel"?_______________________

4. What U.S. state is home to Acadia National Park?______________________
[Choices: New York, Florida, North Carolina, Maine, Wyoming ]

5. Tim Jacobus illustrated the covers of nearly 100 books in this series:_______________________.
[Choices: Lemony Snicket, The Martian Chronicles, Harry Potter, Goosebumps, Star Wars ]

6. As the Greek goddess of witchcraft, she haunted graveyards and crossroads:____________________.
[Choices: Hecate, Persephone, Daphne, Aphrodite, Helios ]

7. The Dead Sea Scrolls were written on:_________________.
[Choices: Tree bark, Sheepskin, Stone slabs, Clay tablets, Papyrus ]

8. Which body part is also known as the pollex?____________________
[Choices: Shoulder, Thumb, Knee, Neck, Elbow ]

9. In which Asian country can you see the huge Daisen tomb mound?_____________________
[Choices: Mongolia, Japan, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam ]

10. Which mineral sometimes goes by the name of Plumbago?___________________
[Choices: Amethyst, Graphite, Iron, Diamond, Feldspar ]

11. "From Here to Eternity" was James Jones' first novel and his second was 1958's "Some Came __________________".
[Choices: Running, Under the Volcano, Home, First, To the Front ]

12. About half of the world's species of chameleons live on this island:_____________________.
[Choices: Malta, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Sumatra, Tasmania ]

13. What country did Mario Zagalo coach to the World Cup soccer title in 1970?___________________
[Choices: Italy, Argentina, Mexico, Sweden, Brazil ]

14. Which is true of atoms that form a covalent bond?____________________
[Choices: Share electrons, Muons destroy leptons, Release all electrons, Weaker atom loses proton, They will explode ]

15. Which Protestant denomination was begun by English separatists in Amsterdam in 1609?_______________________
[Choices: Methodist, Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist ]






Answers:

1. Danish [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of ... agen_(1801) ]

2. Music composer [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-second_note ]

3. Englebert Humperdinck [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel_(opera) ]

4. Maine [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadia_National_Park ]

5. Goosebumps [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goosebumps ]

6. Hecate [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate ]

7. Sheepskin [see the section "Ink and parchment" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls ]

8. Thumb [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb ]

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

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

11. Running [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Came_Running ]

12. Madagascar [see the section "Ecology" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar ]

13. Brazil [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup ]

14. Share electrons [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covalent_bond ]

15. Baptist [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists ]