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Author: | REACH [ Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. March 3, 2020 |
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 ] |
Author: | GONE D [ Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. March 3, 2020 |
REACH is so provident for those of us who can't play! What a blessing you are! |
Author: | REACH [ Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: BRAINBUSTER Game Q&A for Tue. March 3, 2020 |
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. |
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