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 Battle of Jutland was the largest naval engagement in this war:_____________________.
[Choices: Hundred Years' War, Spanish-American War, War of 1812, World War I, Carthaginian War ]
2. At first, Matilda of Flanders wouldn't marry this future king because he was a bastard:______________________.
[Choices: William the Conqueror, Frederick the Great, Charles V, Louis XIII, Richard II ]
3. Amharic is one of the main languages of this nation:______________________.
[Choices: Guatemala, Morocco, Iceland, Iran, Ethiopia ]
4. Born in 1882, Vincas Kreve became an important name in:______________________.
[Choices: Polish politics, Lithuanian literature, Bulgarian ballet, Swedish science, Mexican medicine ]
5. Which character is the adversary of Sir Denis Nayland Smith?__________________________
[Choices: Dr. Fu Manchu, Professor Moriarty, Charlie Chan, Jack the Ripper, Mr. Hyde ]
6. This city in western Colorado was founded by the railroad during a mining boom in 1880:________________________.
[Choices: Durango, Greeley, Farmington, Moab, Trinidad ]
7. Which of these is a musical instrument?__________________________
[Choices: Boo-loo, Dum-dum, Tam-tam, Nik-nak, Kan-san ]
8. Which living things would most likely be attacked by thrips?_____________________
[Choices: Amphibians, Sharks, Songbirds, Humans, Plants ]
9. It has two moons, Phobos and Deimos:_________________________.
[Choices: Saturn, Mercury, Pluto, Mars, Jupiter ]
10. Pyrrho of Elis is known to be the Founder of:_____________________.
[Choices: Pharmacology, Zoology, Geometry, Skepticism, Catholocism ]
11. What country is home to the Okavango Delta and the Tsodilo Hills?______________________
[Choices: Bhutan, Tajikistan, Suriname, Algeria, Botswana ]
12. Cottonwood, aspen and balsam are all species of ___________________ trees.
[Choices: Walnut, Poplar, Oak, Mahogany, Elm ]
13. The novel "Middlemarch" is considered the masterpiece of which author?________________________
[Choices: George Eliot, Willa Cather, Eudora Welty, Alexander Pope, Ezra Pound ]
14. Benjamin West is considered one of America's first great:___________________.
[Choices: Orators, Painters, Writers, Scientists, Composers ]
15. What company bought Getty Oil in 1984 in one of the largest business mergers in U.S. history?____________________
[Choices: Texaco, Bulova, Exxon, Tandy, Chevron ]
Answers:1. World War I [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland ]
2. William the Conqueror [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Flanders ]
3. Ethiopia [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic ]
4. Lithuanian literature [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincas_Kreve-Mickevicius ]
5. Fu Manchu [see the section "Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Manchu ]
6. Durango [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango,_Colorado ]
7. Tam-tam [see the section "Traditional suspended gongs" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong ]
8. Plants [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips ]
9. Mars [see the section "Moons" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars ]
10. Skepticism [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrho ]
11. Botswana [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okavango_Delta and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsodilo ]
12. Poplar [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus ]
13. George Eliot [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlemarch ]
14. Painters [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_West ]
15. Texaco [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Oil ]