DON'T STUMP the OTHER guy with average knowledge

[OtakuLoki]

@Lord Il Palazzo

All correct. However, you didn’t answer the second question, so I’ll repeat it:

4 points: What school of art is typically associated with Pablo Picasso?

16 points (pending answer to the above.

I beg your pardon.

Picasso is associated with Cubism.

[Mosier]

@OtakuLoki

1. I know Henry Morgan sacked Panama, but he didn’t kill all the inhabitants. (A large number, yes - but not all. Of course the fire did for many of the fatalities, and that was started by the governor.) I know there were other sacks, but this is the only one I can think of. ETA: Making it clear I’m naming Henry Morgan as my answer here.

2. er… The only name I know with respect to American Idol is Simon. And I don’t think he won anything.

3. No clue again. P. Diddy?

4. Goethe.

Morgan was the right answer. I learned that he killed everyone in Panama, but I apologize if that’s not true. He was arrested and then knighted, though. +3

You forgot to answer the baseball question. I’ll skip it.

-3 for American Idol, it was Kelly Clarkson

-3 for parachute pants, it was MC Hammer

+5 for Goethe

Looks like I’m in the positive! +2 pending an answer to the baseball question, “How many innings does a Major League Baseball game typically last?”

[Lord_Il_Palazzo]

@OtakuLoki

I beg your pardon.

Picasso is associated with Cubism.

Also correct. Maybe I overestimated my difficulty numbers.

20

[fachverwirrt]

OK, I’m gonna veer off into another topic entirely.

Between 1600 and 1900 there were three major musical periods in western music. What were the names of these movements? (4 points)
Impressionism is a well-known painting style. It also describes a musical style. Which composer was most closely associated with musical impressionism? (6 points)

[OtakuLoki]

@Mosier

Morgan was the right answer. I learned that he killed everyone in Panama, but I apologize if that’s not true. He was arrested and then knighted, though. +3

If you’re at all interested in Henry Morgan, and that portion of the buccaneer history of the Caribbean, I recommend Peter Earle’s The Sack of Panama highly.

Sorry I skipped the baseball question. I’ll have to find a better system to avoid skipping questions.

@Mosier

1 point, How many innings does a typical Major League Baseball game last?

Nine innings.

[OtakuLoki]

@fachverwirrt

OK, I’m gonna veer off into another topic entirely.

Between 1600 and 1900 there were three major musical periods in western music. What were the names of these movements? (4 points)
Impressionism is a well-known painting style. It also describes a musical style. Which composer was most closely associated with musical impressionism? (6 points)

Hoooo boy.

1. Baroque, Classicism, and Romanticism? (IOW, I’m waaay out to sea here.)

2. Gershwin? (Again, no clue, sorry)

[cmyk]

@Lord Il Palazzo

Also correct. Maybe I overestimated my difficulty numbers.

20

I’d say they were about right.

Okay, my last session for the night:

1. (3pts) Who is the author of Watership Down?

2. (1pt) What’s the name of stuffing that’s comprised of feathers?

3. (4pts) Who was the first astronomer to resolve Jupiter’s four major moons?

4. (1pt) What’s the active ingredient in Tylenol?

[fachverwirrt]

@OtakuLoki

Hoooo boy.

1. Baroque, Classicism, and Romanticism? (IOW, I’m waaay out to sea here.)

2. Gershwin? (Again, no clue, sorry)

1. Correct!
2. Debussy.

(Ok, now I know. +4, -6. Leaves me at 0.)

[OtakuLoki]

@cmyk

I’d say they were about right.

Okay, my last session for the night:

1. (3pts) Who is the author of Watership Down?

2. (1pt) What’s the name of stuffing that’s comprised of feathers?

3. (4pts) Who was the first astronomer to resolve Jupiter’s four major moons?

4. (2pts) What’s the active ingredient in Tylenol?

1. Richard Adams

2. Batting, I think.

3. Gallileo

4. Acetomenophine.

I agree with you, cmyk - I think that Lord Il Palazzo’s difficulty points are about right, he just happened to hit deeper pockets of knowledge than some of you have.

[cmyk]

@OtakuLoki

1. Richard Adams

2. Batting, I think.

3. Gallileo

4. Acetomenophine.

1. yup!

2. No, it’s… Down.

3. yup, again! Good, I’m still not quite sure where you register on things astronomical… might need to do some deeper probing there…

4. nice.

that’s a total of 7 for me on this, bringing me up to:
cmyk = +13

I’m gonna play some hardball tomorrow me thinks… G’night!

[fachverwirrt]

Back to politics (and law):

There are four fundamental rights guaranteed by the first amendment of the US constitution. What are they? (5 points)
How many amendments are there? (4 points)
What topic does the most recent amendment cover? (7 points)

[Lord_Il_Palazzo]

Difficulty 2: By what name is Edward Teach better known?

Difficulty 2: Ray Kroc is considdered the founder of what US based business?

Difficulty 1: What is the title of Aldous Huxley’s novel of a dystopian future?
Difficulty 2: Huxley takes this title from a line in a Shakespeare play. Name the play.
Difficulty 4: Name the character who delivered the line in the play.

Oh, and I’m at 20.

[OtakuLoki]

@fachverwirrt

Back to politics (and law):

There are four fundamental rights guaranteed by the first amendment of the US constitution. What are they? (5 points)
How many amendments are there? (4 points)
What topic does the most recent amendment cover? (7 points)

1. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Right of Assembly, and, I think the Right to Petition.

2. I think there’s 29. But my confidence on that is so low I expect this to be wrong.

3. Term limits for the President?

[OtakuLoki]

@Lord Il Palazzo

Difficulty 2: By what name is Edward Teach better known?

Difficulty 2: Ray Kroc is considdered the founder of what US based business?

Difficulty 1: What is the title of Aldous Huxley’s novel of a dystopian future?
Difficulty 2: Huxley takes this title from a line in a Shakespeare play. Name the play.
Difficulty 4: Name the character who delivered the line in the play.

Oh, and I’m at 20.

1. Blackbeard!

2. McDonald’s resturants

3. Brave New World

4. The Tempest

5. Bianca, I think.

And with this I’m taking a break for some sleep. I’ll be back later. Thanks to everyone for participating!

[fachverwirrt]

@OtakuLoki

1. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Right of Assembly, and, I think the Right to Petition.

2. I think there’s 29. But my confidence on that is so low I expect this to be wrong.

3. Term limits for the President?

1. Right of assembly and right to petition are more or less the same thing. Specifically, it’s the right to assemble and petition th government for a redress of grievances. Freedom of press is the fourth.
3. “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.”

Ouch. Current score -16.

[Lakai]

3pts. Who was the first member of the Republican party to be elected president?
4pts. Who was the first member of the Democratic party to be elected president?
5pts. Who was the first president to die in office?
5pts. What president had to spend a night in a chicken coop because of a fire set on his residence?*

*I don’t know if this is entirely true, but I did hear this from an American History professor.

[Liberal]

Difficulty: 3

Match the Chief with the tribe. In no particular order:

Quana
John Ross
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Hiawatha

Mohawk
Apache
Comanche
Dakota Sioux
Cherokee

[Liberal]

@Lakai

3pts. Who was the first member of the Republican party to be elected president?
4pts. Who was the first member of the Democratic party to be elected president?
5pts. Who was the first president to die in office?
5pts. What president had to spend a night in a chicken coop because of a fire set on his residence?*

*I don’t know if this is entirely true, but I did hear this from an American History professor.

I thought 3 points was tops.

[OtakuLoki]

@Liberal

I thought 3 points was tops.

I’m running things slightly differently - I’m allowing up to ten points for difficulty.

[OtakuLoki]

@Lakai

3pts. Who was the first member of the Republican party to be elected president?
4pts. Who was the first member of the Democratic party to be elected president?
5pts. Who was the first president to die in office?
5pts. What president had to spend a night in a chicken coop because of a fire set on his residence?*

*I don’t know if this is entirely true, but I did hear this from an American History professor.

1. The first Presidential election that the current Republican party won, I think, was Lincoln’s election in 1860.

2. I think that’s Jackson.

3. I think this is William Henry Harrison.

4. I’ve never heard of this. I’m going to guess it was Lincoln, just because he certainly seems to have made political capital out of telling such stories on himself.