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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. 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) ]