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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.