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BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. February 25, 2020 http://www.scaratings.com/newScaratings/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3974 |
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Author: | REACH [ Fri Feb 28, 2020 2:38 am ] |
Post subject: | BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. February 25, 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 Cavalier poets were associated with the court of this King:_____________________. [Choices: George I, William I, Arnold I, Charles I, Richard I ] 2. Doha is the capital city of:______________________. [Choices: Libya, Fiji, Jordan, Qatar, Togo ] 3. Since 1984, the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America has been headquartered in:____________________________. [Choices: Philadelphia, Seattle, Dallas, Los Angeles, Denver ] 4. Which of these is a principal character in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury"?______________________ [Choices: Ralph Nickleby, Quentin Compson, George Hurstwood, Smerdyakov, Willy Loman ] 5. What is the most immediately recognizable feature of a basset hound?________________________ [Choices: Ability to yodel, Long hair, Hostility to other dogs, Lack of a tail, Short legs ] 6. What rock band recorded the iconic 1968 song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"?_____________________ [Choices: The 5th Dimension, Moby Grape, Vanilla Fudge, Sly and the Family Stone, Iron Butterfly ] 7. In 1950, Rajendra Prasad became the first President of the Republic of:______________________. [Choices: Afghanistan, Thailand, Botswana, India, Libya ] 8. This date serves as a title of a best seller by historian David McCullough:____________________________. [Choices: 1620, 1812, 1776, 1865, 1941 ] 9. Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major is also known by this name:____________________________. [Choices: Apassionata, Heroic, Pathetique, Choral, Pastoral ] 10. The Courantyne, Coppename and Commewijne are large rivers in:_______________________. [Choices: Suriname, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, Senegal ] 11. "Mrs. Grundy" is a classic example of a:________________________. [Choices: Cheating wife, Miserly millionaire, Straight-laced moralist, Religious hypocrite, Liberated woman ] 12. Quentin, Kermit and Archibald were three of the four sons of what U.S. President?________________________ [Choices: James Buchanan, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy ] 13. Born in 1784, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel became a famous German:_______________________. [Choices: Explorer, Chemist, Painter, Composer, Astronomer ] 14. A documentary about this artist won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1995 Sundance Festival:____________________________. [Choices: Matt Groening, Chuck Jones, Vincent van Gogh, Garry Trudeau, R. Crumb ] 15. Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke was a famous nurse during the:_________________________. [Choices: Persian Gulf War, War of 1812, Second World War, Korean War, U.S. Civil War ] Answers: 1. Charles I [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier_poet and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhead ] 2. Qatar [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar ] 3. Philadelphia [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Broth ... of_America ] 4. Quentin Compson [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_and_the_Fury ] 5. Short legs [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basset_Hound ] 6. Iron Butterfly [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4 ] 7. India [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad ] 8. 1776 [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_(book) ] 9. Pastoral [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Beethoven) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQGm0H9l9I4 . The tune from the 5th movement Finale (32:20-41:40) was used in the folk song "Green Grass of Shiloh" by the Beers Family, with words from the point of view of a Civil War combatant buried at Shiloh; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrGS-cckcVk ] 10. Suriname [see https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map ... _237021999 (the ...wijne ending of Commewijne [sic] suggests Dutch, and Suriname used to be called Dutch Guiana) ] 11. Straight-laced moralist [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Grundy ] 12. Theodore Roosevelt [see the Summary box at the right side of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt ; I knew that Kermit was the name of one of TR's sons, and Myfanwy (SPRAJO) did an excellent impression of Kermit the Frog which made us all laugh. ] 13. Astronomer [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Bessel ] 14. R. Crumb [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumb_(film) ] 15. U.S. Civil War [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Bickerdyke ] Congrats to Dai (BLADOR) at Whispers Pub, Ottawa ON for his #1 Player standing, with a score of 14,922 Points out of 15,000 max. in this game. |
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