New Scaratings

Round 1
1 He wrote the 1653 essay on fishing, peace and virtue in man, called 'The Compleat Angler':
1 Rene Descartes
2 Henry David Thoreau
3 William Shakespeare
4 Benjamin Franklin
5 Izaak Walton*

Not a kite electrician
Not at Walden Pond
John-Boy's TV family

He also did biographies of his close friends John Donne and George Herbert.

2 The 'Oath of the Tennis Court' marked the beginning of the:
1 Wimbledon Championships
2 Modern Olympics
3 French Revolution*
4 Space Race
5 Victorian Age

Not using rackets
Not using rockets
Versailles kings dumped

The National Assembly convened on the court in 1789, after being closed down by Louis XVI.

3 El Greco and Il Rosso are representative of this artistic movement:
1 Expressionism
2 Baroque
3 Impressionism
4 Mannerism*
5 Dadaism

Not nickname for father
Not pony or federal _____
Foible, trait, or quirk

The 16th-century style was a rejection of the equilibrium of the high renaissance

4 What are afterdamp, blackdamp and chokedamp?
1 Forest fire retardants
2 Forms of pneumonia
3 Plant diseases
4 Plumbing tools
5 Dangerous mining gases*

Wouldn't affect ferns
No sink cleaner
Why they used canaries

They are toxic residual gases left in mines after an explosion or fire.

5 In the Biblical parable of Lazarus and the rich man, what does Lazarus desire?
1 Fine clothing
2 Table scraps*
3 A medicinal Herb
4 Wine
5 Salvation

Not made from grapes
Not a tailor's product
Dogs beg for them

When both died, the rich man went to hell and was denied relief because he neglected Lazarus.


Round 2
6 Novus ordo seclorum' is a Latin phrase which means:
1 Go forward again
2 A new frontier
3 New order of the ages*
4 Second to none
5 Not for one's self

Not repetitive
No western borders
Five words

The phrase appears on the Great Seal of the United States.

7 Nora and Torvald Helmer are the main characters in this literary work
1 Metamorphosis
2 Doctor Faustus
3 Three Sisters
4 A Doll's House*
5 Was and Peace

Not a trio
Not in with the devil
Where Barbie, Ken live

Henrik Ibsen's drama is considered a classic on the theme of women's rights.

8 Port Augusta, Whyalla and Murray Bridge are cities in this Australian state:
1 Western Australia
2 Victoria
3 Tasmania
4 Queensland
5 South Australia*

Not the king's wife
Not oppposite of eastern
Reverse of north

South Australia's capital and largest city is Adelaide.

9 A.J. Ballard discovered this element in 1826 in the bitterns from the making of sea salt:
1 Beryllium
2 Bismuth
3 Barium
4 Bohrium
5 Bromine*

Not scientist Niels
No legal exam
Sibling of sis

Bromine's name comes from 'bromos,' a Greek word for 'bad smell.'

10 American theatrical director George Abbott had such hits as 'The Pajama Game' and:
1 Oklahoma!
2 Damn Yankees*
3 Guys and Dolls
4 The king and I
5 Porgy and Bess

No midwest [sic] state
No royalty
New York baseballers

A master of farces and musicals, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1960.


Round 3
11 English philosopher and political theorist Jeremy Bentham was the founder of:
1 Existentialism
2 Utilitarianism*
3 Scholasticism
4 Rationalism
5 Materialism

Don't go to school
Not seeking wealth
Public gas & electric

He believed law should be formed to ensure the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

12 This Canadian is credited with the adoption of time zones:
1 Sandford Fleming*
2 Francis Rattenbury
3 Steven Maclean
4 Guy Laliberte
5 Charles Fenerty

Not a rodent
No antonym of dirty
Dune material

He also surveyed the first railroad route across Canada.

13 Arthur Lewis and Theodore Schultz shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for:
1 Economics*
2 Peace
3 Poetry
4 Medicine
5 Physics

No anti-war crowd
No rhyming verse
Wall Street

Both men did extensive research of [sic] economic problems in developing countries

14 Which scientific item did William Crookes specialize in during the 19th century?
1 Vacuum tubes*
2 Chloroform
3 Stereo speakers
4 Wind gauges
5 Holograph

No Beaufort scale
No two sound sources
Cleaning machine

Crookes also discovered and named the element thallium.

15 Ananke, Carme and Sinope are all:
1 Moons of Jupiter*
2 Cities in Turkey
3 Shakesperean characters
4 Mythological kings
5 Units of measure

Not near Istanbul
No ancient rulers
Europa, Callisto, Io

All three moons have retrograde orbits.