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

1. The Locarno Treaties promoted peace in Western Europe after the:_______________________.
[Choices: Crimean War, Hundred Years' War, First World War, Thirty Years' War, Second World War ]

2. Which ancient Wonder was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262?____________________
[Choices: Statue of Zeus, Temple of Artemis, Colossus of Rhodes, Hanging Gardens, Pharos of Alexandria ]

3. The term "epeirogeny" is important to scientists in this field:_______________________.
[Choices: Economics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Computers, Seismology ]

4. What is the subject of Matthias Grunewald's master painting called "Isenheim Altarpiece"?__________________
[Choices: Burning lake of Hades, French nuns, Basque cowboys, Austrian mountain castle, Crucifixion of Christ ]

5. Which mythological character sailed on the Argo?________________________
[Choices: Agamemnon, Odysseus, Oedipus, Jason, Achilles ]

6. This poet is best known for the 1958 work "A Coney Island of the Mind":______________________.
[Choices: Gary Snyder, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Ted Hughes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti ]

7. The term "releve" is most often used in:_______________________.
[Choices: Chemistry, Debate, Marksmanship, Fencing, Ballet ]

8. The ________________ Sheep of the North is also called the Thinhorn Sheep.
[Choices: Frank, Dall, Geran, Brut, Nog ]

9. The Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is in:______________________.
[Choices: Utah, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Nevada, Indiana ]

10. Where would you find a microcyte?__________________________
[Choices: Robot, Fern, Blood, Underground stream, Recording studio ]

11. This short novel by Carson McCullers was made into a play by Edward Albee:___________________________.
[Choices: The Sandbox, Member of the Wedding, The Mortgaged Heart, Ballad of the Sad Café, Clock without Hands ]

12. According to Arthurian legend, which infant does the Lady of the Lake steal?________________________
[Choices: Percival, Guinevere, Arthur, Galahad, Lancelot ]

13. In the human body, the gallbladder is found just underneath this major organ:_____________________.
[Choices: Gastrocnemius, Lung, Stomach, Liver, Large intestine ]

14. What well-known liquor is made from the Blue Agave plant?_____________________
[Choices: Kahlua, Tequila, Gin, Vodka, Scotch whiskey ]

15. If you went due South from Riga, Latvia, the next country you'd be in would be:______________________.
[Choices: Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Finland, Ukraine ]






Answers:

1. First World War [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locarno_Treaties ]

2. Temple of Artemis [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis ]

3. Seismology [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epeirogenic_movement ]

4. Crucifixion [see the picture "First view" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isenheim_Altarpiece ]

5. Jason [see the section "The Quest for the Golden Fleece" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason ]

6. Lawrence Ferlinghetti [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Coney_I ... f_the_Mind ]

7. Ballet [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_ballet ]

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

9. Oklahoma [we at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON were bombing out on these BRAINBUSTER Questions, when my tablet screen froze, so I missed the 1000 Points for this Question and a couple more on the next Question before I could log back into the Game. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washita_B ... toric_Site .]

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

11. Ballad of the Sad Cafe [During the break, I logged onto another tablet, only to be faced with this Question which we missed; when Buster's Bar closes later this summer, we will be moving to another Site, maybe Whispers in Ottawa, if there are enough working tablets there. See http://edwardalbeesociety.org/works/the ... e-sad-cafe and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Balla ... e_Sad_Cafe .]

12. Lancelot [see the section "Birth and childhood" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot . Confusingly, there are two different Ladies of the Lake associated over time with various versions of the Arthurian legend; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Lake . In hindsight, we should have deduced this from the full name "Lancelot du Lac", but my knowledge of the Lady of the Lake comes mainly from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZP5Cie7K1g .]

13. Liver [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder ]

14. Tequila [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequila ]

15. Lithuania [see the map labelled "Changes in the territory of Lithuania" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania ]

Irony of the Week Award goes to REACH, uncontested.

Thanx, GONE D, for the laughs.