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:

1. Which ancient Middle American civilization built the huge Pyramid of the Sun?_________________________
[Choices: Inca, Aztec, Mayan, Teotihuacan, Toltec ]

2. Mount Iboundji, the Chaillu Massif and the Ogooue River are located in:________________________.
[Choices: Belarus, Gabon, Guyana, Somalia, Liberia ]

3. Of these five famous American women, who was born first?______________________
[Choices: Helen Keller, Susan B. Anthony, Bella Abzug, Gertrude Stein, Betty Friedan ]

4. "Cire Perdue" is a technique used in this process:_________________________.
[Choices: Training horses, Sculpture, Metal casting, Navigation, Hairdressing ]

5. Until William of Orange declared its freedom, Holland was under this country's rule:______________________.
[Choices: Germany, England, Turkey, Denmark, Spain ]

6. This is the saga of seven generations of the Buendias, founders of the town of Macondo:_______________________.
[Choices: The Covenant, The Immigrants, The Thorn Birds, 100 Years of Solitude, Sanctuary ]

7. What famous structure did Frank Lloyd Wright design in Bear Run, Pennsylvania?________________________
[Choices: Fallingwater, Century Club, Larkin Building, Trinity College Library, Unity Temple ]

8. Which Italian was a founder of his nation's Communist Party in the 1920's?_________________________
[Choices: Bettino Craxi, Antonio Gramsci, Aldo Moro, Benito Mussolini, Federico Ronzini ]

9. Lake Eyre is a large salt lake in South Central:_______________________.
[Choices: Argentina, China, Ireland, Kansas, Australia ]

10. This author's greatest work is considered to be 1925's "An American Tragedy":_________________________.
[Choices: Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, Edna Ferber, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Theodore Dreiser ]

11. When a proofreader marks something as "stet", he wants to:_______________________.
[Choices: Put it in quotations, Have it in italics, Set it in lower case, Correct the spelling, Let it stand ]

12. It comes from the Latin "to creak or rattle":_______________________.
[Choices: Teeter, Mariachi, Decrepit, Cranium, Senior ]

13. What country is home to the scenic wonders of Banc d'Arguin National Park?_____________________
[Choices: Maldives, Mauritania, Micronesia, Malaysia, Malta ]

14. The five brightest stars of the constellation "Cassiopeia" form the letter:______________.
[Choices: T, X, W, K, F ]

15. Plato attacked the Sophists for teaching the use of this method to win arguments:__________________________.
[Choices: Religious debate, Thorough questioning, Disregarding the truth, Sheer logic, Intimidation and force ]






Answers:

1. Teotihuacan [Kudos to the Quizmaster for sucking in people like me (REACH) who called for "Aztec", without reading the other Choices (Teotihuacan is the right answer; the Aztecs came after the Pyramid was built). I failed the #1 Rule at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON: RTFQ (Read The F'n Question!). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Sun .]

2. Gabon [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Iboundji , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaillu_Mountains , and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogooue_River ; we mostly guessed this one.]

3. Susan B. Anthony [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony (1820-1906); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller (1880-1968); the other Choices lived in the 20th Century. ]

4. Metal casting [Kudos again to the Quizmaster for sucking in people like me, who pre-called "Sculpture" and did not bother to read the other Choices (sculptures can be made of wood or marble, instead of being cast by the "lost wax" process); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost-wax_casting ]

5. Spain [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years'_War ]

6. 100 Years of Solitude [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundr ... f_Solitude ]

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

8. Antonio Gramsci [we missed most of the Points on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gramsci ]

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

10. Theodore Dreiser [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tragedy ]

11. Let it stand [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stet ]

12. Decrepit [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/decrepit ]

13. Mauritania [we deduced this had to be a French nation; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banc_d'Ar ... ional_Park ]

14. W [My pre-call; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation) ]

15. Disregarding the truth [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist_(dialogue) ]

The Fellowship must have wondered where everyone else went. The top five site scores:

Red Fox 14,887
Big Guys 13,146
B-52 13,011
Mad River 12,886
Pegasus 12,591.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, so I'm told, but it's never been made plain why anyone would. And if you did, what if you reconsider the project, decide it was a mistake, and try to stuff the cat back into its skin? No matter how artfully you stitch it back up, the cat is never going to express it's gratitude.



Another option is to close one's ears to better information. I too called for Aztec, and when ARKUAT corrected to Teotihuacan, he didn't inspire me with enough confidence to switch. Nearly everyone at the table at B-52 got 1,000 points. I got 237.



B-52 made exactly the same mistake, but recovered for 600-800 points.



Instead of pursuing the question logically, GOGETEM and I independently took The Maldives, and by verbally agreeing, took everyone else with us. The Maldives were Dutch before English. Mauritius was French before English, but wasn't an option.



I saw two good answers in this list, but for 783 points, was obligated to switch from Sheer Logic to Disregarding The Truth. The truth was, I couldn't risk exposing myself to any more derision.

Thanks to GOGETEM for defending me from my friends, who were contemplating a summary execution.

Where's John Wayne trivia when you want it??

I thought I had an intelligent reply to Ray J's question, but I was mistaken.