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 ]