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BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. December 10, 2019 http://www.scaratings.com/newScaratings/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3927 |
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Author: | REACH [ Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:34 am ] |
Post subject: | BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. December 10, 2019 |
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 ] |
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