ManvsMini Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Question 358: Category: Spin Me Right Round What is the highest number on a standard roulette wheel? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 Question 359: Category: Today, Sir? Why, It's Christmas Day! How many otherworldly entities show up in A Christmas Carol? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) Tired from Christmas activities, will post other answers later. Here's another question to get the last week of the quiz started. Question 360: Category: Locale Etiquette What does a flower worn behind a woman's right ear mean in Hawaii? Edited December 26, 2022 by ManvsMini 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Answers for questions 353 to 359: Question 353: What food item's name comes from the Latin meaning "twice-cooked"? Answer: Spoiler Biscuit. Regardless of how your English language defines a "biscuit", the name is based on Latin bis (twice) and coctus, the past participle of coquere (to cook); they were originally were cooked in a twofold process, being baked first and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep. Question 354: How many points must the victor score in a typical game of cribbage? Answer: Spoiler 121 points to win a typical game of cribbage. Question 355: Who wrote the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine? Answer: Spoiler Ada Lovelace. She was an English mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron. She wrote an algorithm to be used on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, recognizing that it had applications beyond just calculation. She is largely considered to be the first computer programmer. Question 356: What is Ronald McDonald called in Japan? Answer: Spoiler Donald McDonald, due to the difference of the "r" sound in Japanese enunciation. Question 357: What is the first nation you would reach after heading due east from New York City? Answer: Spoiler Portugal. NYC has a latitude of ~40.7 degrees N, while Portugal is bounded by the latitude of ~37 degrees N at its southernmost point and ~42 degrees N at northernmost. Question 358: What is the highest number on a standard roulette wheel? Answer: Spoiler 36. The numbers are places non-sequentially, and colors are divided by number ranges. In number ranges from 1 to 10 and 19 to 28, odd numbers are red and even are black. In ranges from 11 to 18 and 29 to 36, odd numbers are black and even are red. There is a green pocket numbered 0 (zero). Question 359: How many otherworldly entities show up in A Christmas Carol? Answer: Spoiler Four. The ghost of Jacob Marley first visits Ebeneezer Scrooge to warn him of the other three spirits who will visit him that night so that he may yet redeem himself: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Seven questions there, and worth one point each. Should bring the total up to a possible 367 points. Do not despair over scores, some high value questions shall be asked this week as we close out the year and the quiz! A preemptive thank you to all who have been playing along! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 4 correct, total 194! Technically, there are far more otherworldly apparitions in A Christmas Carol (the ghosts that Jacob Marley rejoins as he leaves, the emaciated children "Ignorance" and "Want" with the ghost of Christmas Present). But yeah, only the classic four are relevant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttuckerman Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 3 for 189 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humansquish Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1/123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejala Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Had to remind myself Marley was singular in the original. The Muppet version is my favorite and "Marley & Marley " is one of the better songs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 Question 361: Category: A Night of Culture In 2017, the site Bachtrack(dot)com determined the ten most performed ballets in the world. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed three of them, name as many of the three as you can. (1 point for a correct ballet, 3 for two correct, 5 points for all three correct.) Bonus points: One of the three is the #1 most performed ballet (as of 2017). Correctly name it for an additional 5 points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aku-chan Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Bad week this time, only 2 for 181 so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 Question 362: Category: Capital Cities of Republics Skopje is the capital of which Eastern European country? Bonus points: The above country is bordered by 5 other nations (one northwest, one north, one east, one south, and one west). For 2 points per correct answer, name the bordering countries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 Question 363: Category: Scientific Discoveries What was New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford the first to uncover the structure of in the 1910's? Bonus points: Earlier this month, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made what breakthrough achievement? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 Question 364: Category: Naming and Literature Which planet has moons that are nearly all named after Shakespearean characters? Bonus: One moon, Umbriel, is named for a character in a poem by what poet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper_the_2nd Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Last week was a good week, 5, so 182. That get's me .5 shy of 50%. So as long as I get at least one right this week...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 9 hours ago, Jasper_the_2nd said: So as long as I get at least one right this week...... One question remains, to be posted in a few hours. Good knowledge to you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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