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15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds, and with 3 Clues:

1. Franz Joseph Haydn, the Father of the Symphony, was also this man's teacher:______________________.
[Choices: Chopin, Handel, Beethoven, Brahms, Bach ]

2. In grammar, the part of a sentence expressing something about the subject is called a:_______________________.
[Choices: Grapheme, Nomination, Predicate, Gerund, Participle ]

3. Which public figure wrote "My Prison Without Bars"?__________________________
[Choices: Barry Bonds, Bernie Madoff, O.J. Simpson, Bill Cosby, Pete Rose ]

4. Which of these objects has a part called the nock?______________________
[Choices: Spinning wheel, Horse's saddle, Bow and arrow, Clock spring, Rifle ]

5. In diameter, Jupiter is about __________ times larger than Earth.
[Choices: Seven, Three, Twenty, Forty, Eleven ]

6. The Tale of the Gadarene Swine can be found here:_________________________.
[Choices: Gilgamesh, Odyssey, The Golden Ass, Gospel of St. Matthew, The Golden Legend ]

7. Who was the U.S. Secretary of State in President Calvin Coolidge's Cabinet?_____________________
[Choices: George Clinton, David Dinkins, Frank B. Kellogg, Adlai Stevenson, Allen W. Dulles ]

8. Which is the largest Greek island?________________________
[Choices: Lesbos, Milos, Rhodes, Santorini, Crete ]

9. Which famous man said, "The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights"?______________________
[Choices: J. Paul Getty, Benjamin Franklin, Mahatma Gandhi, Ross Perot, Ambrose Bierce ]

10. Robert Mugabe, strongman leader of ____________________ , died at the age of 95 in 2019.
[Choices: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Mozambique, Angola ]

11. In the Bible, the phrase "The handwriting on the wall" relates to a story about:_______________________.
[Choices: Jacob, Joshua, Solomon, Daniel, Elijah ]

12. This well known artist and conservationist was a Director of The Sierra Club from 1934 to 1971:_____________________.
[Choices: John Audubon, Frederic Remington, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Muir, Ansel Adams ]

13. An epithalamium is a:_____________________________.
[Choices: System of logic, Heart stimulant, Human neurotransmitter, Song or poem, Greek curse ]

14. The Darrieus Turbine is a machine designed to produce electricity from:__________________________.
[Choices: Coal, Cubed dry ice, Wind, Ocean waves, Brain power ]

15. Which classic short story was written by Guy de Maupassant?________________________
[Choices: The Furnished Room, The Ransom of Red Chief, The Necklace, The Gift of the Magi, The Last Leaf ]






Answers:

1. Beethoven [see https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bee ... ationship/ ]

2. Predicate [see https://www.dictionary.com/browse/predicate ]

3. Pete Rose [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Prison_Without_Bars ]

4. Bow and arrow [see the section "Nocks" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow ]

5. Eleven [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter (mean radius 70,000 km) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth (mean radius 6,370 km) ]

6. Gospel of St. Matthew [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_ ... e_demoniac ]

7. Frank B. Kellogg [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_B._Kellogg ]

8. Crete [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete ]

9. J. Paul Getty [see https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty ]

10. Zimbabwe [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe ]

11. Daniel [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belshazzar's_feast ]

12. Ansel Adams [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams ]

13. Song or poem [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithalamium ]

14. Wind [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrieus_wind_turbine ]

15. The Necklace [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Necklace ]

REACH is so provident for those of us who can't play! What a blessing you are!

To GONE D:
Thanks for the kind words. It appears that logic and knowledge have been overrated in the real world, but some still find them of some value.