New Scaratings

Questions (1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly with time and 3 Clues):
1. The city of New Orleans is often referred to as the ______________ City.
[Choices: Volunteer, Charm, Crescent, Mockingbird, Mile High]
2. Where do you find the radiative and convective zones?_______________.
[Choices: Pacific Ocean, Between Mars and Jupiter, Below the ozone layer, Interior of the Sun, North Korea]
3. Mswati III has been the King of ____________ since 1986.
[Choices: Swaziland, Bhutan, Tahiti, Tonga, Cape Verde]
4. Which British invasion band is mismatched with the city of its origins?______________.
[Choices: Beatles-Liverpool, Rolling Stones-London, Herman's Hermits-Leeds, Animals-Newcastle, Dave Clark 5-Tottenham]
5. Chuckwallas are large:______________.
[Choices: Squirrels, Antelopes, Lizards, Fish, Songbirds]
6. This operetta composer didn't really have a hit until he wrote "Babes in Toyland":________________.
[Choices: Stephen Sondheim, Victor Herbert, Leonard Bernstein, Sweeney Todd, Arthur S. Sullivan]
7. Which heavenly body was discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle?_________________.
[Choices: Venus, Pluto, Saturn, Callisto, Neptune]
8. Daniel Handler is best known for his books published under this pseudonym:______________.
[Choices: Shel Silverstein, J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Tim Burton, Lemony Snicket]
9. Opuntia is another name for this Southwest delicacy:______________.
[Choices: Tequila, Green chiles, Carne asada, Prickly pear, Cilantro]
10. "The Last Days of _____________" is a three-volume work by Englishman Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
[Choices: Pompeii, Victoria, London, Earth, Radio]
11. Charles Baskerville, who lived from 1896 to 1994, was a noted:_______________.
[Choices: Theater actor, Horse jockey, Poet, Painter, Industrialist]
12. The Battle of Austerlitz was this general's greatest triumph:________________.
[Choices: Erwin Rommel, Hannibal, George Patton, Julius Caesar, Napoleon]
13. Many experts regard Jan Swammerdam as the first scientist to discover:______________.
[Choices: Optic nerves, Platinum, The cause of malaria, The rings of Saturn, Red blood cells]
14. In Italy, a crostata is a:________________.
[Choices: Beach, Policewoman, Pie, Man's hat, Water fountain]
15. First published in 1985, this dystopian novel is set in the fictional Republic of Gilead:____________.
[Choices: A Clockwork Orange, The Handmaid's Tale, The Alchemist, Matilda, Kiss of the Spider Woman]


Answers:
1. Crescent [see https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure ... ambler.cfm ]
2. Interior of the Sun [see http://www.thesuntoday.org/solar-facts/ ... g-the-sun/ ]
3. Swaziland [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mswati_III ]
4. Herman's Hermits [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman's_Hermits (from Manchester, not Leeds). We at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON originally chose Tottenham, which is a district of London, and the city of London had already been used for The Rolling Stones; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham ]
5. Lizards [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckwalla (from SW USA and New Mexico, although I as LESTER guessed it might be from Australia)]
6. Victor Herbert [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Herbert . For a performance of "March of the Toys" from "Babes in Toyland", see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFj4u-NJVYw ]
7. Neptune [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune ]
8. Lemony Snicket [we split guesses on this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemony_Snicket ]
9. Prickly pear [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia and https://mexicanfoodjournal.com/cactus-salad-recipe ]
10. Pompeii [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Pompeii ]
11. Painter [we missed this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B ... e_(painter) and for visuals, Google "charles baskerville paintings"]
12. Napoleon [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz ]
13. Red blood cells [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swammerdam ]
14. Pie [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crostata ]
15. The Handmaid's Tale [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid's_Tale ]