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I figure we must have a few trivia heads at gamelive who might like to have a look at this. This is the exam from yesterday. They are doing more exams for different time zones the next couple days and presumably the questions will be different.
During the exam you have 15 seconds to read and type out your answer for each question. (They don't need to be in the form of a question). You need 35 out of 50 to qualify.
I'll post the questions and then the answers.
1. WORLD AUTHORS
Works by this Algerian-born Nobel Prize winner include "The Fall", "The Rebel" & "The Stranger"
2. SCI FI MOVIES
The 2009 film "District 9" dealt with the plight of extraterrestrial refugees in this country
3. HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Condition characterized by winds above 32 MPH & heavy snow
4. STRAIT AHEAD
20 miles long & 2-10 miles wide, the Strait of this separates Italy from Sicily
5. IT WAS ALL YELLOW
This flower of genus Taraxacum has leaves that are used in salads & roots that are made into a coffee-like drink
6. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this South American country
7. MEMOIRS
"Decision Points" is a 2010 nonfiction bestseller by this famous American
8. GAMES
One of the world's oldest games, it's also known as draughts
9. CLASSICAL CLASSICS
This impressionist composer changed modern music with works like "La Mer" & "Claire de Lune"
10. RELIGION
You'll find this Iranian religion named for its founder in the last few pages of your dictionary
11. WORD UP
Appropriately, this word comes from Greek words meaning "sharp" & "dull"
12. CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
Regina is the capital of this province
13. MUSICIANS' NICKNAMES
Better known nickname of jazz bandleader Ferdinand Joseph Morton
14. MODERN NOVELISTS
He's the creator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
15. BRITISH ROYALTY
Born in Hanover, the first king of this name was also the first king from the House of Hanover
16. THE NOBEL PRIZES
It's the newest of the 6 Nobel Prize categories, having been first awarded in 1969
17. SAINTS
First & last name of the philosopher who wrote "Summa Theologica"--it helps if you know he was born near Aquino
18. POLITICS
On Jan. 5, 2011 Nancy Pelosi relinquished this symbolic object to John Boehner
19. BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
In other words, "a deluge of tabbies & borzois"
20. LITERARY TERMS
It's the term for a stanza or poem containing 4 lines
21. CONQUERORS
This Mongol conqueror born in 1162 was said to be descended from a gray wolf
22. FOREIGN FOOD TERMS
If you're being served pommes frites in Paris, you're about to enjoy this alliterative food
23. TRAGEDIANS
The big 3 founders of ancient Greek tragedy are Aeschylus, Euripides & him
24. COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY
A D-O-S attack, short for denial of this, floods a network with requests, denying access to others
25. THE BRITISH ISLES
In the 11th c. Lady Godiva famously rode naked through this central English city
26. SO VERY ANIMATED
Nancy Cartwright is over 40 years older than this animated boy that she voices
27. POETS
This author created the Ancient Mariner
28. THE FINAL FRONTIER
This 12-ton object rode inside the space shuttle Discovery until released April 24, 1990
29. FAST FOOD
The name of this restaurant means "crazy chicken" in Spanish
30. ERAS
The Luddites were fighting against this "Revolution" that began about 1760 in England
31. THE NEW TESTAMENT
In a parable, this son is the young man who wastes his fortune but comes home & repents
32. LEGENDARY RHYME TIME
Bunyan's Southern accents
33. AMERICANA
The Statue of Liberty contains a poem by this woman
34. LORD OF THE DANCE
He choreographed the films "Sweet Charity", "Cabaret" & of course "All That Jazz"
35. 20TH CENTURY NOVELS
Stephen Dedalus & Leopold & Molly Bloom are the main characters of this James Joyce work
36. EYE ON ASIA
This kingdom of Asia borders Laos, Burma & Cambodia
37. THE OLYMPICS
Before the first Winter Games in 1924, this sport was played in the Summer Games; Canada won gold in 1920
38. AWARDS
The Order of Leopold is the oldest & highest honor given by this country
39. IT'S AN ANIMAL, SUCKER
Gastropods like snails, bivalves like clams & cephalopods like squid are all part of this phylum
40. ANCIENT PLACES
Kathleen Kenyon excavated this town, trying to find out when the Israelites destroyed its walls
41. THAT'S SO CLICHE
To depart in defeat is to leave "with your tail" here
42. U.S. LAKES & RIVERS
The Willamette River of Oregon flows northward for about 190 miles before emptying into this river
43. AD MEN
Baltimore's Ray Lewis appears atop a giant raven in humorous ads for this cologne
44. U.S. HISTORY
In the 1830s, the Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw & Cherokee Indians were forcibly moved to this future state
45. ANIMALS IN LITERATURE
Hazel & Fiver are 2 of the fluffy rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams novel
46. ART ATTACK
Created by Braque & Picasso, this influential art movement of the early 20th century had an Analytic & a Synthetic period
47. CHEMISTRY
For the effect it produces, nitrous oxide is also called this
48. ACTRESSES
She's the only Swedish-born actress to win 3 Oscars
49. FEMALE AUTHORS
"A Room of One's Own" is a feminist classic from this Brit
50. "M" WORDS
Meaning to put someone into a trance, it comes from the name of an 18th century physician
During the exam you have 15 seconds to read and type out your answer for each question. (They don't need to be in the form of a question). You need 35 out of 50 to qualify.
I'll post the questions and then the answers.
1. WORLD AUTHORS
Works by this Algerian-born Nobel Prize winner include "The Fall", "The Rebel" & "The Stranger"
2. SCI FI MOVIES
The 2009 film "District 9" dealt with the plight of extraterrestrial refugees in this country
3. HOW'S THE WEATHER?
Condition characterized by winds above 32 MPH & heavy snow
4. STRAIT AHEAD
20 miles long & 2-10 miles wide, the Strait of this separates Italy from Sicily
5. IT WAS ALL YELLOW
This flower of genus Taraxacum has leaves that are used in salads & roots that are made into a coffee-like drink
6. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this South American country
7. MEMOIRS
"Decision Points" is a 2010 nonfiction bestseller by this famous American
8. GAMES
One of the world's oldest games, it's also known as draughts
9. CLASSICAL CLASSICS
This impressionist composer changed modern music with works like "La Mer" & "Claire de Lune"
10. RELIGION
You'll find this Iranian religion named for its founder in the last few pages of your dictionary
11. WORD UP
Appropriately, this word comes from Greek words meaning "sharp" & "dull"
12. CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
Regina is the capital of this province
13. MUSICIANS' NICKNAMES
Better known nickname of jazz bandleader Ferdinand Joseph Morton
14. MODERN NOVELISTS
He's the creator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
15. BRITISH ROYALTY
Born in Hanover, the first king of this name was also the first king from the House of Hanover
16. THE NOBEL PRIZES
It's the newest of the 6 Nobel Prize categories, having been first awarded in 1969
17. SAINTS
First & last name of the philosopher who wrote "Summa Theologica"--it helps if you know he was born near Aquino
18. POLITICS
On Jan. 5, 2011 Nancy Pelosi relinquished this symbolic object to John Boehner
19. BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
In other words, "a deluge of tabbies & borzois"
20. LITERARY TERMS
It's the term for a stanza or poem containing 4 lines
21. CONQUERORS
This Mongol conqueror born in 1162 was said to be descended from a gray wolf
22. FOREIGN FOOD TERMS
If you're being served pommes frites in Paris, you're about to enjoy this alliterative food
23. TRAGEDIANS
The big 3 founders of ancient Greek tragedy are Aeschylus, Euripides & him
24. COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY
A D-O-S attack, short for denial of this, floods a network with requests, denying access to others
25. THE BRITISH ISLES
In the 11th c. Lady Godiva famously rode naked through this central English city
26. SO VERY ANIMATED
Nancy Cartwright is over 40 years older than this animated boy that she voices
27. POETS
This author created the Ancient Mariner
28. THE FINAL FRONTIER
This 12-ton object rode inside the space shuttle Discovery until released April 24, 1990
29. FAST FOOD
The name of this restaurant means "crazy chicken" in Spanish
30. ERAS
The Luddites were fighting against this "Revolution" that began about 1760 in England
31. THE NEW TESTAMENT
In a parable, this son is the young man who wastes his fortune but comes home & repents
32. LEGENDARY RHYME TIME
Bunyan's Southern accents
33. AMERICANA
The Statue of Liberty contains a poem by this woman
34. LORD OF THE DANCE
He choreographed the films "Sweet Charity", "Cabaret" & of course "All That Jazz"
35. 20TH CENTURY NOVELS
Stephen Dedalus & Leopold & Molly Bloom are the main characters of this James Joyce work
36. EYE ON ASIA
This kingdom of Asia borders Laos, Burma & Cambodia
37. THE OLYMPICS
Before the first Winter Games in 1924, this sport was played in the Summer Games; Canada won gold in 1920
38. AWARDS
The Order of Leopold is the oldest & highest honor given by this country
39. IT'S AN ANIMAL, SUCKER
Gastropods like snails, bivalves like clams & cephalopods like squid are all part of this phylum
40. ANCIENT PLACES
Kathleen Kenyon excavated this town, trying to find out when the Israelites destroyed its walls
41. THAT'S SO CLICHE
To depart in defeat is to leave "with your tail" here
42. U.S. LAKES & RIVERS
The Willamette River of Oregon flows northward for about 190 miles before emptying into this river
43. AD MEN
Baltimore's Ray Lewis appears atop a giant raven in humorous ads for this cologne
44. U.S. HISTORY
In the 1830s, the Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole, Choctaw & Cherokee Indians were forcibly moved to this future state
45. ANIMALS IN LITERATURE
Hazel & Fiver are 2 of the fluffy rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams novel
46. ART ATTACK
Created by Braque & Picasso, this influential art movement of the early 20th century had an Analytic & a Synthetic period
47. CHEMISTRY
For the effect it produces, nitrous oxide is also called this
48. ACTRESSES
She's the only Swedish-born actress to win 3 Oscars
49. FEMALE AUTHORS
"A Room of One's Own" is a feminist classic from this Brit
50. "M" WORDS
Meaning to put someone into a trance, it comes from the name of an 18th century physician
