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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. In what part of Russia, is Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake?__________________________
[Choices: Mongolia, Caucasia, Siberia, Crimea, White Russia ]

2. What is Escamillo's occupation in the opera "Carmen"?_____________________
[Choices: Smuggler, Spy, Barber, Bullfighter, Soldier ]

3. The average lightning bolt is about _________________ long.
[Choices: 200 feet, 20 miles, 10 feet, 1 mile, 6 miles ]

4. In Bram Stoker's "Lair of the White Worm", an enormous white snake assumes this form:________________________.
[Choices: Three-headed dog, Clouds, Loch Ness monster, Ocean, Beautiful woman ]

5. The highest elevation in the state of ______________________ is along its border with Ohio.
[Choices: Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland ]

6. Triton, a moon of ____________________ , rotates in the opposite direction of its planet.
[Choices: Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ]

7. Where in the human body would you find an antihelix?_____________________
[Choices: Eye, Nose, Ankle, Mouth, Ear ]

8. Which would be found in a Victorian-style living room?___________________________
[Choices: Antimacassers, Gwendolian pots, Thatchessels, Rheaume sofa, Masaquetry chaise longue ]

9. Which person would most likely be involved in posology?_____________________
[Choices: Doctor, Newlywed, Explorer, Railroad engineer, Gardener ]

10. Which American writer died before the age of 30?_______________________
[Choices: Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Theodore Dreiser, Willa Cather, Nathaniel Hawthorne ]

11. Alvin Felzenberg's "A Man and His Presidents" is a political biography of:________________________.
[Choices: Charles Stengel, Henry Kissinger, Hubert Humphrey, William F. Buckley, Thurgood Marshall ]

12. Artistically speaking, the term "fin-de-siècle" typically refers to:_______________________.
[Choices: Ancient Greek plays, 1950's paintings, John Steinbeck works, The 19th century's end, Aluminum sculptures ]

13. The pupusa is this country's most famous contribution to world cuisine:________________________.
[Choices: Tahiti, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Guyana, El Salvador ]

14. Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin received a degree in __________________ in the 1890's.
[Choices: Law, Medicine, Chemistry, Architecture, Economics ]

15. In 1853, Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell became the first female _________________________ in the U.S.
[Choices: Nobel Prize winner, City mayor, Pulitzer Prize winner, Ordained minister, Presidential candidate ]






Answers:

1. Siberia [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal ]

2. Bullfighter [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen ]

3. 6 miles [see http://www.weatherimagery.com/blog/lightning-facts/ ]

4. Beautiful woman [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lair_ ... White_Worm ]

5. Indiana [see the map at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier_Hill ]

6. Neptune [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wik/Triton_(moon) ]

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

8. Antimacassers [sic] [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimacassar ]

9. Doctor [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/posology ]

10. Stephen Crane [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Crane (died at age 28) ]

11. William F. Buckley Jr. [see https://www.amazon.com/Man-His-Presiden ... 0300163843 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Buckley_Jr. ]

12. 19th Century end [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_de_siecle ]

13. El Salvador [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupusa ]

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

15. Ordained minister [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoinett ... _Blackwell ]

The link in the Answer to Q6 should have read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon) .