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Author: | Pink Pig [ Wed May 05, 2010 11:47 am ] |
Post subject: | Recap: 4-May-2010 |
Round 1 1 Which famous author wrote the play 'An Enemy of the People'? 1 George Bernard Shaw 2 Anton Chekhov 3 Karl Marx 4 Henrik Ibsen* 5 Langston Hughes No Harlem renaissance No communist philosopher Norwegian playwright Ibsen expressed his view of 19th-century society in this play about a corrupt small town. 2 In theatrical history, Maude Adams is closely associated with this legendary role: 1 Maid Marion 2 Peter Pan* 3 Molly Brown 4 Becky Sharp 5 Little Eva No locomotion singer Not unsinkable Captain Hook Adams palyed the role for millions of fans in the early 20th century. 3 Which country has regions named Lappi, Oulu and Vaasa? 1 Finland* 2 South Korea 3 The Philippines 4 Thailand 5 Sweden Not where Bangkok is No Marcos regime Neighbor of Russia Finnish is a Uralic language related closely to Estonian and remotely to Hungarian. 4 In the 'Epic of Gilgamesh', what must the main character do to achieve eternal life? 1 Be silent for 20 years 2 Touch no wine or women 3 Stay awake for 7 nights* 4 Scalp 200 of his enemies 5 Travel to hell and back No dandruff cure Don't bite your tongue Unnatural insomnia Gilgamesh succumbs to sleep, but upon waking is reconciled with man's mortality. 5 What results from crossbreeding a male donkey and a female horse? 1 Gelding 2 Mule* 3 Zebra 4 Ox 5 Ass No slang for posterior No two-letter word Stubborn as a _____ Mules are more temperamental than horses, but have much greater endurance. Round 2 6 Which country claimed Bolivia's Pacific coast territory in the War of the Pacific? 1 Ecuador 2 Chile* 3 Argentine 4 Colombia 5 Peru Not where Incas ruled Not earth's middle line Red hot _____ pepper Bolivia also lost land to Paraguay and Brazil 7 An electron in 'ground state': 1 has full positive charge 2 is paired with a double 3 is immobile 4 has the lowest energy* 5 is unatttached Not a bachelor No doppelganger Opposite of highest Having the least energy, it occupies the orbit closest to the nucleus. 8 This city used to be home to an infamous gateway called Temple Bar: 1 Rome 2 Paris 3 Philadelphia 4 London* 5 Montreal No Eiffel Tower No Colosseum Big Ben The heads of executed traitors and criminals were exhibited on it. 9 As a mature artist, he thought it unnecessary and inappropriate to sign his own work: 1 Van Gogh 2 Monet 3 Michelangelo* 4 El Greco 5 Andy Warhol Didn't do a soup can No French impressionist His Sistine Chapel Of all the works he created, he signed only one sculpture, the 'Pieta' in St. Peter's. 10 He was Secretary of the Treasury under three different Presidents: 1 William Levitt 2 Henry Flagler 3 Jay Cooke 4 Andrew Mellon* 5 John C. Calhoun Not Bill, for short No middle initial Casaba He served under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. Round 3 11 This style of drama was a choral performance recounting tales of gods and heroes: 1 Kabuki 2 Pageant 3 Masque 4 Miracle Play 5 Dithyramb* Not a Halloween costume Not the work of a god Morse code signal An ancient Greek drama, it evolved from the first festivals honoring Dionysus 12 Pentelic, Carerra [sic] and Yule are all types of: 1 Ferns 2 Automobile engines 3 Batteries 4 Marble* 5 Shorebirds No flying creatures No green plants Make a statue Pentelic marble comes from Mount Pentelikos in Greece. 13 This man of letters did not start out as an astronomer, but rather a musician and composer: 1 Alexander Fleming 2 Galileo Galilei 3 William Herschel* 4 Isaac Newton 5 Johannes Kepler Not a fig cookie Not a great Macedonian Opposite of his Study of music theory led to optics, then to astronomy and his famous home-ground telescopes 14 Which woman was a central symbol in the poetry of William Butler Yeats? 1 Helen of Troy 2 Lady Macbeth 3 Maud Gonne* 4 Annabel Lee 5 Beatrice Not worth fighting over Not one word only Bea Arthur away? Gonne, an Irish patriot, inspired the poet's intense Celtic nationalism. 15 The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium has to do with: 1 Interplanetary orbits 2 Economical [sic] cycles 3 Meteorological changes 4 Atomic fusion 5 Population genetics* Not Mars and Venus No hot and cold DNA The concept is named after two eggheads named Hardy and Weinberg. Code: Top 20 sites Rank Site City St Score 1 Sooner Lega Norman OK 12635 2 Tailgaters Minneapolis MN 12536 3 Buffalo Wil Lewisville TX 12053 4 Parkway Gri Wichita Fal TX 12029 5 Houlihans Westbury NY 12023 6 Mad River New York NY 11987 7 Buffalo Wil Tallahassee FL 11985 8 In the Zone Tampa FL 11865 9 Heroes Wichita KS 11851 10 New Edinbur Ottawa ON 11789 11 Houlihans Brick NJ 11731 12 SRO OT Houston TX 11686 13 Jillys Ellicott Ci MD 11565 14 Coachs Spor Albuquerque NM 11552 15 Jax Fillin Oshawa ON 11408 16 8th Street Minneapolis MN 11110 17 Danny K's Orange CA 11070 18 Fletchers Kalamazoo MI 11055 19 Toucans Palm Spring CA 11017 20 Stadium Caf Dallas TX 10962 Code: Top 20 players
Rank Handle Site Score 1 HENWAY Tailgaters 13845 2 LE2 Buffalo Wil 13273 3 ERICB Sooner Lega 13022 4 YOKO Parkway Gri 12807 5 ZAPTEK Mad River 12649 6 MIKET Buffalo Wil 12648 7 LETHE New Edinbur 12625 8 ENYGMA Houlihans 12435 9 COOGS SRO OT 12412 9 ULOOZE Heroes 12412 11 CAILIN Holiday Inn 12393 12 EDVARD O'Malleys P 12319 13 NEY In the Zone 12287 14 ROKDOC Buffalo Wil 12222 15 STEVE Greveys 12129 16 ROOSTR Coachs Spor 12068 17 UMBWA Buffalo Wil 12061 18 CROW 8th Street 12006 19 PHRED Fletchers 11952 20 SUEZQ Houlihans 11925 |
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