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Do you want to play a game I'll call "The 10 questions"?

Asked by luigirovatti (2950points) 1 month ago

It’s general knowledge this time, not my interests. I’ll ask 10 questions, with two-to-four answers, wwtbam style, but in random order. With this, I mean, it’s not a climb to the million; it’s just questions I chose from the show, in a random order. Sometimes, it’s under 1,000$, sometimes, it’s higher than 32,000$, sometimes it’s in the middle. Anyway, I won’t put the dollars in front of the number, because it could apply as points anyway.

One more thing, you must obviously not answer these questions correctly. If you answer correctly you accumulate points, and then the one with the most points wins. I’ll post the solutions to the questions after 24 hours. I have only one rule: you can chat among yourselves, but don’t look for the answers on the web. Just use your knowledge.

Anyway, here’re the questions:

16,000
What famous novel features a character named Boo Radley?
A: The Color Purple
B: Catcher in the Rye
C: Gone with the Wind
D: To Kill a Mockingbird

32,000
Which one of the following is not guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment?
A: Right to bear arms
B: Right to Assemble
C: Freedom of Speech
D: Freedom of the Press

500
What it the hardest natural substance known to man?
A) Amber
b) Chalk
c) Diamond
d) Onyx

2,000
What type of clothing is a mackintosh?
a) shoe
b) hat
c) raincoat
d) shirt

8,000
A combination of contradictory words like “cruel kindness” is called what?
a) Oxymoron
b) onomatopoeia
c) Alliteration
d) Metaphor

32,000
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was a former Math professor at what college?
a) University of Washington
b) Columbia
c) Berkeley

64,000
The name of what toy translates into english as “play well”?
a) Atari
b) Yo-Yo
c) Lego

500
According to legend, Cleopatra was fatally bitten by what creature?
A) a tarantula
b) an asp
c) a lion

4,000
Which of the following toy companies makes Barbie dolls?
a) Hasbro
b) Mattel

32,000
What is the term for a wicker basket used to carry newly-caught fish?
a) creel
b) purse
c) straw box
d) hip box

Good work, and good luck.

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10 Answers

jca2's avatar

After that, the only kne i know is Barbie, Mattel

LostInParadise's avatar

1— d, 2-a, 3-c, 4-c, 5-a, 6-c, 7—?, 8-b, 9-b, 10-a

smudges's avatar

1d 2d 3c 4c 5a 6c 7a 8b 9b 10a

luigirovatti's avatar

@everyone: I decided to award at least a star for the effort.

kruger_d's avatar

DCCCACABBA

luigirovatti's avatar

Ok. 24 hours have passed. Here are the answers:

DACCACCBBA

Here are the rankings:

1) 127,000 @LostInParadise
2) 95,000 @kruger_d
3) 94,500 @smudges
4) 60,500 @jca2

2) and 3) were close in the rankings. If you had the same score, you’d tie 2). By the way, none of you managed to answer correctly question 7). In fact, 2 of you thought it was Atari. May I ask why? Because for this particular question, the contestant asked the audience and they voted for Atari. Oh, well.

In any case, congratulations. I’ll post another ten questions right away.

smudges's avatar

I almost went with Lego, but at the last second switched because Atari was a longer word. I know…makes no sense.

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