New Scaratings

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

1. If you hear the slang term "Eighty-Six" at a restaurant, it means the restaurant is going to:_______________________.
[Choices: Serve the dessert course, Offer the daily specials, Serve a group of seniors, Give someone free drinks, Refuse to serve someone ]

2. Christmas Island is a territory of what country?________________________
[Choices: Australia, Canada, South Africa, Denmark, United States ]

3. The Administration of U.S. President James Monroe is often called the Era of:________________________.
[Choices: Industry, Southern Expansion, Reconstruction, Unemployment, Good Feeling ]

4. The National Flower of Nepal is this woody plant in the Heath Family:______________________.
[Choices: Rose, Chrysanthemum, Bluebonnet, Daisy, Rhododendron ]

5. St. Patrick's Day is observed on the day it is believed the Roman Catholic missionary:________________________.
[Choices: Built his first Church, Drove out the snakes, Died, Arrived in Ireland, Was born ]

6. "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, __________________ is Strength" is from George Orwell's "1984".
[Choices: Antagonism, Compliance, Ignorance, Cowardice, Suspicion ]

7. It is a dry, red Bordeaux wine:_______________________.
[Choices: Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Chablis, Marsala, Claret ]

8. The daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain married this famous monarch:_______________________.
[Choices: William the Conqueror, Ivan the Terrible, Henry VIII, Louis XIV, Ludwig of Bavaria ]

9. Batrachology is a branch of:_________________________.
[Choices: Geology, Pedology, Geometry, Physics, Zoology ]

10. Scott Lang, Eric O'Grady and Hank Pym are Marvel Comics characters who turn into:________________________.
[Choices: Hulk, Ant-Man, Iron Man, Daredevil, Wolverine ]

11. Which man did *NOT* come to prominence during England's Elizabethan Era?_____________________
[Choices: Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer ]

12. In the Old Testament, ________________ is the name of Moses' brother.
[Choices: Solomon, Samuel, Aaron, Saul, Boaz ]

13. What city is the capital of Northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna region?___________________________
[Choices: Palermo, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Turin ]

14. Publisher John H. Johnson first published this magazine in 1945:____________________.
[Choices: Ebony, Playboy, House Beautiful, Harper's, Soldier of Fortune ]

15. "Julian Donkey-Boy", "Gummo" and "Spring Breaker" are films by this Indie filmmaker:________________________.
[Choices: Craig Brewer, Harmony Korine, Hal Hartley, Larry Clark, Mario Van Peebles ]






Answers:

1. Refuse to serve someone [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term) ]

2. Australia [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island ]

3. Good Feeling [sic] [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe ]

4. Rhododendron [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_Nepal ]

5. Died [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Day ]

6. Ignorance [see https://literarydevices.net/ignorance-is-strength/ ]

7. Claret [see the section "Claret" term at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux_wine ]

8. Henry VIII [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon ]

9. Zoology [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachology ]

10. Ant-Man [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant-Man ]

11. Geoffrey Chaucer [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer (c.1340s - 1400) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England (1533-1603) ]

12. Aaron [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron ]

13. Bologna [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna ]

14. Ebony [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony_(magazine) ]

15. Harmony Korine [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_Korine and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Donkey-Boy ]