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Author: | REACH [ Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:52 pm ] |
Post subject: | BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. February 18, 2020 |
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 ] |
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