New Scaratings

15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & 5 Choices, and with 3 Clues:

1. [This Question is paraphrased from brief written notes, as my camcorder was not ready at the start of this game:
"The Alemanni tribe belonged to what group?____________________________" ]

2. What kind of animal is the Nene, a rare creature found only in Hawaii?________________________
[Choices: Snake, Goose, Lizard, Wild dog, Fish ]

3. Harlow Shapley was an early 20th Century American:________________________.
[Choices: Politician, Furniture maker, Movie director, Astronomer, Baseball player ]

4. Who plays a circus strongman in Federico Fellini's "La Strada"?________________________
[Choices: John Wayne, Victor Mature, Anthony Quinn, Steve Reeves, Johnny Weissmuller ]

5. The Malanje Highlands and the Huila Plateau make up part of the topography of:________________________.
[Choices: Angola, Venezuela, Albania, Japan, Pakistan ]

6. It is a constellation in the Southern celestial hemisphere:_____________________________.
[Choices: Drax, Daikon, Lorelei, Oleander, Norma ]

7. In 1848, the Pre-Raphaelite art movement began here:______________________________.
[Choices: Russia, Spain, England, Germany, United States ]

8. John O'Hara won a National Book Award for his 1955 novel "Ten ______________ Frederick".
[Choices: North; Wives of; Times; Miles to; O'clock, Meet ]

9. The Nurek Dam, one of the world's highest dams, is on the Vakhsh River in:_________________________.
[Choices: Norway, North Korea, Belarus, Hungary, Tajikistan ]

10. St. __________________ of Kildare is a patron saint of Ireland alongside St. Patrick.
[Choices: Shannon, Brigid, Eleanore, Caitlin, Erin ]

11. Which of these words is used in connection with classical architecture?__________________________
[Choices: Telamon, Skein, Organum, Quench, Impasse ]

12. In 2004, ____________________ became the 11th Secretary General of NATO.
[Choices: Helmut Kohl, Mikhail Saakashvili, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Kurt Waldheim, Trygve Lie ]

13. Kidnapped by pirates, he was held hostage on the Greek isle of Farmakonisi for 38 days:___________________________.
[Choices: Marco Polo, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Attila the Hun ]

14. This word not only is a musical instrument but is also a clayey cement used as a sealing agent:______________________.
[Choices: Cornet, Lute, Mandolin, Zither, Tuba ]

15. Asclepius, the son of Apollo, is the Greek God of:______________________.
[Choices: Healing, Death, Sports, Lightning, Fertility ]






Answers:

1. Germanic [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanni ; the French word for "German"="Allemand" ]

2. Goose [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nene_(bird) ]

3. Astronomer [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlow_Shapley ; for a well-written summary by Prof. Barbara Ryden of The Ohio State University, see http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ry ... tes29.html ]

4. Anthony Quinn [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Strada ]

5. Angola [see http://motherearthtravel.com/angola/geography.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malanje ]

6. Norma [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_(constellation) ]

7. England [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Rapha ... rotherhood ]

8. North [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_North_Frederick and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_North_Frederick_(film) ]

9. Tajikistan [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurek_Dam ]

10. Brigid [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_of_Kildare ]

11. Telamon [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(architecture) ]

12. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_de_Hoop_Scheffer ]

13. Julius Caesar [see the section "Notable encounters, Julius Caesar" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilician_pirates ]

14. Lute [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lute_(material) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luting_agent ]

15. Healing [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius , but see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus ]