ManvsMini Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Question 322: Category: And All That Jazz What clarinetist and bandleader was nicknamed the "King of Swing"? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Question 323: Category: Carry the One, Divide by Two... What planet in our solar system was the first (and only) to be discovered by mathematical prediction and not observation? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Question 324: Category: Spitting Isn't Just for Llamas Which fish attacks its prey by shooting a stream of water from its mouth? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Time for some answers and points: Question 318: Vienna and Belgrade lie on the banks of which river? Answer: Spoiler The Danube River. It flows through both capital cities (Austria and Serbia, respectively) as well as the capitals of Slovakia (Bratislava) and Hungary (Budapest). Many other key cities lie on the riverbank. Question 319: Which singer and songwriter was born Farrokh Bulsara in 1946? Answer: Spoiler Freddie Mercury. He was born in modern-day Stone Town, Tanzania (at the time the British Protectorate of Zanzibar) in 1946 to Parsi-Indian parents. And, boy, could he sing. Question 320: In cocktail terminology, what does "neat" mean? Answer: Spoiler A drink poured without water, ice or mixers. Pretty much just poured from the bottle into the glass and then served. Question 321: "Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia" is the medical term for what? Answer: Spoiler An ice cream headache or "brain freeze". It happens when the group of nerves located behind the nose and on the palate (the trigeminal nerve) detect cold substances in the mouth. It's believed to be caused by the rapid constriction of blood vessels due to detecting the coldness. If you suffer them, try to warm the roof of your mouth with your thumb. Question 322: What clarinetist and bandleader was nicknamed the "King of Swing"? Answer: Spoiler Benny Goodman. His work and band helped establish jazz as a mainstream genre and launched the career of many jazz musicians. Question 323: What planet in our solar system was the first (and only) to be discovered by mathematical prediction and not observation? Answer: Spoiler Neptune. Observations of Uranus's orbit, and perturbations from what was expected, led to much math and the prediction that another gravitational body must be interacting with it and causing the deviations. Question 324: Which fish attacks its prey by shooting a stream of water from its mouth? Answer: Spoiler The archerfish. Adults hit their target almost every time on the first try. They can bring down small animals and insects above the water as far away as ten feet (~three meters). This is due to their keen eyesight as well as their ability to compensate for light refraction at the water's surface. There's your weekly seven questions and answers. One point each for seven points in total. Brings the current total possible for the year to 332. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 And a new round begins... Question 325: Category: Historical Authors Apart from books on politics, military theory and memoirs, Napoleon Bonaparte also dabbled in writing what genre of literature? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku-chan Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Slightly better week, 3 points for 166 total so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttuckerman Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 4 for 175 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humansquish Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1/115 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosscorpion Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 4 of 7 should I head back and catch up? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted November 21, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 21, 2022 Sure, if you want to. I got 3, so I'm at 169.5 now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Another basic 3 pointer with one lucky guess. Total 175. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 11/15/2022 at 7:53 PM, Corsair said: Got 4 this week, so I'm up to 210. Got 4, up to 214. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Question 326: Category: Basic Science A free radical is an atom or molecule that has an odd number of what? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 Question 327: Category: Where You Can Find a Good Deal In which city can you find the largest bazaar in the world? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Question 328: Category: Language Lessons From what language did English borrow the word "yacht"? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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