15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & Choices, and with 3 Clues:1. What Spanish word refers to a large estate, a farm or a ranch?________________________
[Choices: Lavaplatos, Barco, Diamante, Gobierni, Hacienda ]
2. In what kind of equipment will you find "pixels"?______________________
[Choices: Cellular telephones, Telescope, TV sets, Automobile, Light bulbs ]
3. Protectionism is a major concept in this discipline:______________________.
[Choices: Cybernetics, Ergonomics, Economics, Historical geology, Architecture ]
4. This Grace Metalious book climbed on the 1956 Bestseller List and stayed there two years:__________________________.
[Choices: North by Northwest, Catch-22, Valley of the Dolls, Peyton Place, The Manchurian Candidate ]
5. The Investiture Controversy was settled in this European city in 1122:________________________.
[Choices: Lyon, Genoa, Worms, Christiana, Seville ]
6. Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of:____________________________.
[Choices: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Somalia ]
7. Galvanization is the process of applying a protective _______________ coating to steel or iron.
[Choices: Magnesium, Silver, Tin, Titanium, Zinc ]
8. The Clery Act of 1990 was landmark legislation regarding crimes committed on:__________________________.
[Choices: Army bases overseas, International flights, College campuses, Cruise ships, National highways ]
9. The ______________________ Sea is found along the coast of Antarctica.
[Choices: Chukchi, Tyrrhenian, Sivash, Banda, Bellingshausen ]
10. Guillaume Apollinaire achieved distinction in this field during the early 20th Century:_____________________________.
[Choices: Economics, Law, Art, Medicine, Anthropology ]
11. The name of what bird derives from the Latin words meaning "slow bird"?_______________________
[Choices: Hawk, Eagle, Pheasant, Bustard, Stork ]
12. The choroid is the vascular layer of the human:_____________________.
[Choices: Liver, Ear, Eye, Stomach, Limb ]
13. In Greek mythology, which nymphs were identified with trees?__________________________
[Choices: Dryads, Nereids, Acheloids, Naiads, Oreads ]
14. A popliteal injury is in this part of the body:_____________________.
[Choices: Big toe, Back of the knee, Ribs, Hip joint, Shoulder ]
15. Which opera was based on a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin?_________________________
[Choices: Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Faust, Aida, Don Giovanni ]
Answers: 1. Hacienda [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacienda ]
2. TV sets [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel , although some at Whispers Pub, Ottawa ON noted that cellular telephones with a screen displays pixels too ]
3. Economics [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism ]
4. Peyton Place [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Place_(novel) ]
5. Worms [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investiture_Controversy ]
6. Tanzania [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar ]
7. Zinc [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanization ]
8. College campuses [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act ]
9. Bellingshausen [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingshausen_Sea ]
10. Art [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Apollinaire ]
11. Bustard [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustard ]
12. Eye [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choroid ]
13. Dryads [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryad ]
14. Back of the knee [see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/popliteal ]
15. Eugene Onegin [see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Onegin_(opera) ]