More on question number 7 - The numerals known in the west as "Arabic Numerals" were actually invented in India, derived from the Brahmani numerals. This knowledge was shared by ancient Indians with the Arabs, who then introduced it to the west, which called Arabic Numerals.
Back when I was in school, we were taught to call our numerals "Hindu-Arabic numerals." I understand that term has fallen out of favor nowadays, but it was helpful in this case!
In school Hindu-Arabic was the term that was taught when I was there, here in Australia. I've only recently encountered people referring to the numbers as simply Arabic, which seems less accurate. Admittedly the numerals we use in the West are significantly different from the Hindu originals or modern Devanagari and bear closer resemblance to their Arabic counterparts, but they certainly originated in India and not in any Arab lands.
Literally the other day I opened a fortune cookie and there was a blank strip of paper like 2mm wide. Now I'm really worried that nothing fortunate will ever happen to me again.
No, I think not. 1. Its territory is extremely well known. 2. The Holy Roman Empire's first king was Charlemagne of the Franks, who was crowned by the Pope, a big influence to Rome. That in combination with holding much of the Western Roman territory was why it was named the Holy Roman Empire.
The original version (by Chris Kenner, not Wilson Pickett ) had 16 dances: The Pony, Mashed Potato, Alligator, Twist, Watusi, The Yo-Yo, Sweet Pea, Fly, Hand Jive, Slop, Chicken, Bop, Fish, Slow Twist, Tango, and the Popeye.
But Wilson Pickett's cover is probably canonical. No need to alert the Quizmaster. :)
Joez managed to fool me with the ice sheet question. Why? Because Greenland being the right answer was totally what I expected. But with that quiz title I thought, well, it can't be that, then. So I went for the next-best option.
Only missed the Times Square question; I was thinking if it was a bowtie then the people in the back half would have a very limited view of the ball drop so I went with circle
That's a tricky one, because there actually IS a Kansas City in Kansas, right across the border from the one in Missouri. It's not nearly as big or well known, but it's still the third-largest city in Kansas.
Minor quibble - it's pretty standard nomenclature in bands and orchestras to call all wind instruments "horns" whether they are brass or woodwinds. I would call the English Horn both a woodwind and a horn. You might think about changing that "horn" option to "brass".
The word horn has been messed around with quite a bit.
The origin of calling certain instrument horns comes from the fact that they were (made from) animal horns.
Also, one of the main characteristics of a horn is that it has a continuously increasing bore - like the French horn and cornet.
Trumpets are technically not horns because they have a constant bore diameter through the mouth pipe and valves and only the final tubing from the valves to the bell increases in bore.
This was easier than I expected. I got 14/15 by getting rid of the super obvious and super obscure options, leaving me to choose the other answer. Nice quiz! :D
But Wilson Pickett's cover is probably canonical. No need to alert the Quizmaster. :)
The US Midwest is located primarily in which geographical quadrant of the contiguous United States?
The highest mountain in the contiguous United States is located in the state with which of the following nicknames?
The highest amount of gold is mined in the US state with which of the following nicknames?
Thought there was a trap on the ice sheet question and answered "Madagascar" even though I knew Greenland was covered with ice
The origin of calling certain instrument horns comes from the fact that they were (made from) animal horns.
Also, one of the main characteristics of a horn is that it has a continuously increasing bore - like the French horn and cornet.
Trumpets are technically not horns because they have a constant bore diameter through the mouth pipe and valves and only the final tubing from the valves to the bell increases in bore.
Phillips *buys rights to screwdriver*
Musk *acquires majority of stock in screwdriver and becomes the new owner*