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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:

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 ]

Since many of us are vexed by vexillology, congratulations to anyone who found the hook on the Barbados flag question. Islands tend to be surrounded by water. And what color is usually associated with the deep ___ sea?