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InsensitiveSeaBass posted:I finished it, I'm kicking myself over two or three questions but I think I got at least 40. I blanked on Kiev, which was pretty embarrassing.
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I finished with 42/50, not too bad. Here's the questions/answers. 1. Novel Heroines This 1847 Charlotte Brontė title character gets a job as a governess (Jane Eyre) 2. Reality TV This supermodel has hosted "Project Runway" since 2004 (Klum) 3. Scientists In 1955 his polio vaccine was pronounced safe and effective (Salk) 4. African Geography This country is bordered by Sudan to the south and Libya to the west (Egypt) 5. Ivy League Schools Ithaca, New York is home to this university - Cornell 6. British History In 1838 she began her decades-long reign as queen - Victoria 7. Shakespearean Characters This king of the fairies likes to play with a Puck - Oberon 8. That's My Business Steve Ballmer is CEO of this tech company - Microsoft 9. In His Book of the Bible Boils sent by Satan are among the many tribulations of this man - Job 10. Get Your Drink On It's the main alcoholic ingredient of a Cuba Libre - Rum 11. Six-Letter Words A counting device using a frame set with rods and moving balls - Abacus 12. World Capitals X It's the capital of Ukraine - Kiev 13. Name That Movie Panem is the setting of this post-apocalyptic 2012 film - Hunger Games 14. Author! Author! X He spent most of his 1895-97 jail sentence in Reading Gaol - Oscar Wilde 15. Ancient Rome The first of these three wars between Rome and Carthage began in 264 B.C. - Punic Wars 16. Space Exploration On August 6, 2012 this appropriately named robotic vehicle landed on Mars - Curiosity 17. Art and Artists This American gave us the drip painting "Number 10, 1949" - Pollock 18. Newspapers The team of Woodward and Bernstein came to fame working for this newspaper - Washington Post 19. Colorful Language It precedes "fever" and "pimpernel" - Scarlet 20. 20th Century Literature This 1982 novel tells the story of an African-American woman named Celie - Color Purple 21. 19th Century America Gold found on this man's land in 1848 precipitated the California Gold Rush - Sutter 22. Online Games In 2010 this Zynga game "grew" to be #1 in average daily users on Facebook - Farmville 23. Novelists In 2011 he penned the bestseller 11/22/63 - Stephen King 24. Gemstones July's birthstone is this red variety of corundum - Ruby 25. Mountains X South America's highest peak, Mt. Aconcagua, is found in this mountain range - Andes 26. Pop Singers In 2010 she was "Rolling in the Deep" - Adele 27. World Authors During his sailing days, this "Heart of Darkness" author may have been involved in illegal gunrunning - Conrad 28. Scientific Discoveries In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered the structure of this genetic molecule - DNA 29. U.S. Cities It's the capital of Wisconsin - Madison 30. Classical Music This "Four Seasons" composer helped develop the Baroque concerto - Vivaldi 31. Rhyme Time An azure sneaker - blue shoe 32. Canadian Postal Abbreviations "P.E." stands for this Canadian province that's off the North American mainland - prince edward island 33. Early America X These documents served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789 - articles of confederation 34. The Late 20th Century In 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became free republics, breaking away and declaring independence from this country - yugoslavia 35. American Lit Queequeg is a tattooed former criminal and harpooner in this great American novel - moby dick 36. U.S. Geography This southernmost U.S. state is also one of the smallest in area - hawaii 37. Cable TV TV shows on this cable channel include "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" - bravo 38. Weights & Measures Used for measuring wheat and other grains, this unit of measure equals four pecks - bushel 39. The elements Atomic number 92, this element named for a planet is an important nuclear fuel - uranium 40. French Lit Works by this Algerian-born existential author include his masterpiece "The Stranger" - camus 41. "X" Marks the Spot Fear of foreigners - xenophobia 42. Bodies of Water X Though called a sea, this body of water east of the Caucasus is really the world's largest lake - caspian 43. Fashion X This designing woman with the real first name Gabrielle introduced her classic "little black dress" in 1926 - coco chanel 44. Explorers X A sea, a strait, and an island all bear the name of this Dane, who explored the Siberian coast in the 18th century - Bering 45. Political Parties The African National Congress saw this man, its leader, elected president of South Africa in 1994 - Mandela 46. Modern Fiction Young Susie Salmon tells her story from heaven in this Alice Sebold novel about [a/her] murder and its aftermath - lovely bones 47. "D" in Science It's the process of evaporating a liquid and then condensing the vapor back into a purified liquid - distillation 48. At the Movies Andrew Garfield helped reboot this superhero['s?] franchise in 2012 - spiderman 49. Contemporary Authors "Brokeback Mountain" is one of the short stories included in this author's collection "Close Range" - proulx 50. Starts with Two Vowels X Home for an eagle - eyrie/aerie
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Jan 9, 2013 02:49
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