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 the United States can you drive across the Seven Mile Bridge?__________________________
[Choices: Gulf of California, Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, Florida Keys, Lake Superior ]
2. The movie "Cross Creek" is based on the life of this children's writer:________________________.
[Choices: Margaret Mitchell, Judy Blume, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Harper Lee, Louisa May Alcott ]
3. The Kavli Prizes, first awarded in 2008, are given in neuroscience, astrophysics and:_________________________.
[Choices: Geomorphology, Nanoscience, Economics, Marine biology, Anthropology ]
4. Actaeon and Orion are two mythological heroes killed by a:______________________.
[Choices: Fire-breathing dragon, Evil uncle, Wrathful goddess, Jealous wife, Thunderbolt from Zeus ]
5. Abraham Jacobi is recognized as the Father of American:__________________________.
[Choices: Technology, Pediatrics, Vaudeville, Baseball, Architecture ]
6. The characters in this opera frequent a Paris restaurant called the "Café Momus":________________________.
[Choices: La Boheme, Cosi Fan Tutte, Cinderella, L'Africaine, Parsifal ]
7. In India, ground ___________________ are a main ingredient of a popular beverage called Thandai.
[Choices: Walnuts, Almonds, Pecans, Peanuts, Macadamias ]
8. What part of the body is responsible for hiccups?_______________________
[Choices: Esophagus, Diaphragm, Lungs, Windpipe, Brain ]
9. The Peace of Lodi, signed in 1454, was a treaty between ___________________ and ___________________ .
[Choices: Bordeaux-Saxony, Aragon-Castile, Venice-Milan, Prussia-Gaul, Belarus-Latvia ]
10. A familiar or shortened version of a person's name is a:________________________.
[Choices: Sobriquet, Smallage, Sinciput, Spikenard, Saeculum ]
11. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Maricopa Indians flourished here:________________________.
[Choices: Great Lakes Region, Amazon River basin, Guatemala, Quebec, Colorado and Arizona ]
12. Clifford, Connie and Oliver make up the love triangle in this classic novel:_________________________.
[Choices: Fifty Shades of Grey, Madame Bovary, Nightwood, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Satanic Verses ]
13. What ancient city lies near the modern village of Mit Ruhaynah?____________________
[Choices: Carthage, Memphis, Timbuktu, Rangoon, Babel ]
14. Deadly ricin is a lectin produced in the seeds of the ______________________ plant.
[Choices: Oleander, Castor oil, Cedar, Eucalyptus, Forsythia ]
15. In which country are the Ghegs and the Tosks the two primary ethnic groups?_____________________
[Choices: Iceland, Belgium, Albania, Cambodia, Guyana ]
Answers: 1. Florida Keys [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mile_Bridge ]
2. Marjorie Rawlings [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Creek_(film) ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Kinnan_Rawlings , and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Creek,_Florida ]
3. Nanoscience [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavli_Prize ]
4. Wrathful goddesses [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaeon and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(mythology) ]
5. Pediatrics [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Jacobi ]
6. La Boheme [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_boheme ]
7. Almonds [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandai ]
8. Diaphragm [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiccup ]
9. Venice-Milan [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lodi ]
10. Sobriquet [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobriquet ]
11. Colorado & Arizona [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maricopa_people ]
12. Lady Chatterley's Lover [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Chatterley's_Lover ]
13. Memphis [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt ]
14. Castor oil [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin ]
15. Albania [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheg_Albanian ]