15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & 5 Choices, and with 3 Clues:My tablet battery conked out just before the start of this game, so I scrambled to log on to a new tablet, and set up my camcorder, so I missed recording the first 5 Questions.
They have been reconstructed from brief written notes, but I cannot provide the 5 Choices.
1. When John Cabot discovered Nova Scotia, he was in the employ of this King:__________________________.
2. The "Don Juan in Hell" scene is part of this play by George Bernard Shaw:________________________________.
3. Which of the following [5 Choices] is *NOT* a soft cheese?_________________________
4. Which of the following [5 Choices] is a scientific procedure that depends on differences in density?___________________________
5. Farouk and Ahmad were the last monarchs of this country:________________________
6. In Greek mythology, Oedipus is:_________________________________.
[Choices: A Titan, The God of Dreams, A King of Thebes, A Ferryman of Hades, The Gods' Messenger ]
7. The 1950 film "All About Eve" takes a look at life in:__________________________.
[Choices: The theater, 17th-Century Montreal, Prostitution, Insane asylums, International espionage ]
8. Gustave von Aschenbach is the central character in this early 20th-Century novella:__________________________.
[Choices: The Immoralist, The Fox, Of Human Bondage, The Blue Angel, Death in Venice ]
9. Lake Urmia is the largest lake inside:__________________________.
[Choices: Morocco, Iran, Bolivia, Bangladesh, Japan ]
10. In 1723, this composer was appointed Musical Director of the city of Leipzig:_______________________.
[Choices: Ludwig van Beethoven, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Liszt, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel ]
11. Which famous structure is oldest?___________________________
[Choices: The Alhambra, Hagia Sophia, Angkor Wat, Taj Mahal, Notre Dame de Paris ]
12. Which of these Canadian provinces reaches the farthest north?_______________________
[Choices: Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba ]
13. Tachygraphy refers to a type of:______________________________.
[Choices: Painting, Writing, Fishing, Weather observing, Driving ]
14. The flag of Barbados has a vertical yellow stripe sandwiched by two __________________ stripes.
[Choices: Blue, Green, White, Red, Pink ]
15. What exactly is Lemon Verbena?_________________________
[Choices: Island in the Maldives, Ornamental plant, Sour Italian dessert, Fatal snake disease, Dolomite-laced mineral ]
Answers:1. Henry VII [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot , although it is arguable whether or not Giovanni Caboto reached Cape Breton Island (part of Nova Scotia), or only Newfoundland ]
2. Man and Superman [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_and_Superman ]
3. Emmental [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmental_cheese ]
4. Centrifugation [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugation , although this also depends on relative insolubility (for example, alcohol is less dense than water, but an alcohol/water solution cannot be separated by ordinary centrifuges). Another technique that was listed, Electrophoresis, separates large molecules from smaller ones, but depends on concentration (density) of gel; see
https://www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-i ... rophoresis . For this Question, Centrifugation was the better answer. ]
5. Egypt [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt ]
6. A King of Thebes [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus ]
7. The theater [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Eve ]
8. Death in Venice [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Venice ]
9. Iran [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Urmia ]
10. Johann Sebastian Bach [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach ]
11. Hagia Sophia [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia (from AD 537 ) ]
12. Quebec [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec ]
13. Writing [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tachygraphy ]
14. Blue [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados ]
15. Ornamental plant [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloysia_citrodora ]