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. The Avoirdupois system is used to measure:________________________.
[Choices: Interstellar distance, Weight, Temperatures, Area of circles, Alcohol content ]

2. A person who acts with little thought is said to be:________________________.
[Choices: Impetuous, Hornswoggled, Disengaged, Corrupt, Malevolent ]

3. The Outer Critics Circle consists of ____________________ critics outside New York City.
[Choices: Jazz, Film, Drama, Classical music, Dance ]

4. What is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?________________________
[Choices: Osaka, Peking, Formosa, Saigon, Shanghai ]

5. In Greek myth, _____________________ is the muse of dance and choral music.
[Choices: Thalia, Artemis, Terpsichore, Clio, Pandora ]

6. The Kensington Rune Stone contains a written account explaining the:__________________________.
[Choices: Disappearance of Aztecs, Viking explorations, End of the Ice Age, Significance of pyramids, Building of Stonehenge ]

7. The hypotenuse is the longest side of a/an ____________________ triangle.
[Choices: Scalene, Right, Isosceles, Equilateral, Obtuse ]

8. Sorcerer Megissogwon, invulnerable except for a single lock of hair, appears in this story:___________________________.
[Choices: The Tempest, The Song of Hiawatha, The Headless Horseman, The Lord of the Rings, The Tale of King Arthur ]

9. Former President Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich wrote this 2007 non-fiction book:______________________________.
[Choices: Supercapitalism, Against Medical Advice, Divine Justice, World Without End, Shangri-La ]

10. Which word does not mean "breakfast" in some language?________________________
[Choices: O hashi, Fruhstuck, Bari Haziri, Colazione, Petit dejeuner ]

11. What country's Eastern Rift Valley contains Lake Baringo?_______________________
[Choices: Belgium, Kenya, Portugal, Chile, Tunisia ]

12. In Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", who is the Old Man?_______________________
[Choices: Juanito, Potero, Guillermo, Santiago, Morongo ]

13. Yom Kippur, in the Hebrew month of Tishri, falls in _____________________ in the Western calendar.
[Choices: April or May, November or December, January or February, June or July, September or October ]

14. In Pueblo American Indian culture, what was a kiva?________________________
[Choices: Peace pipe, Long narrow spear, Harvest Moon, Chief warrior, Ceremonial chamber ]

15. Endometriosis is a medical condition experienced by:____________________________.
[Choices: Adult males, Adolescent males, Newborns, Adult women, Elderly males ]






Answers:

1. Weight [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoirdupois_system ]

2. Impetuous [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/impetuous ]

3. Drama [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Cri ... rcle_Award ]

4. Saigon [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City ]

5. Terpsichore [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terpsichore ]

6. Viking explorations [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Runestone ]

7. Right [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypotenuse ]

8. Song of Hiawatha [see https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/511 ... egissogwon and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_Hiawatha ]

9. Supercapitalism [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapi ... ryday_Life ]

10. O hashi [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks ]

11. Kenya [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Rift ]

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

13. September or October [see the section "Date of Yom Kippur" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur ]

14. Ceremonial chamber [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiva ]

15. Adult woman [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis ]