Quiztime

For this special Quiztime, something unusual is about to happen. You are going to be presented with ten questions from a guest quiz setter. She is called Kelly and she resides in the state that is shown in red - Arkansas in the heart of the USA. Let's see how you do. Answers will follow in the "Comments" section as per usual....

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1. Which state in the US has the only diamond mine open to the public where the policy is “finders keepers”? (Clue: See above)

2. What year did Pope Gregory XIII propose changing from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar?

a) 1473 b) 1547 c) 1582 d) 2000

3. What was the name of Charles Darwin’s ship?

a) HMS Beetle b) HMS Beagle c) HMS Bagel d) HMS Galapagos

4. Which architect was the founder of the Bauhaus Art School?

a) Walter Gropius b) Mies van der Rohe 

 c) Frank Lloyd Wright e) Louis Sullivan

5. What food widely served in the American south is similar to polenta?

6. Who is this American band leader who disappeared over the English Channel in December of 1944?

a) Benny Goodman b) Tommy Dorsey c) Glenn Miller d) Bob Crosby

7. What traditionally flocks to San Juan Capistrano, California each year in March?

a) swallows b) pilgrims c) monarch butterflies d) hummingbirds

8. What infamous blogger hosts the Laughing Horse Awards each year?

a) Texas Toast b) Yorkshire Pudding 

 c) Boston Baked Beans d) Singapore Sling

9. Both forms of the Black Death are caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis. Which form is transmitted by inhaling bacteria from the infected animal or individual and more deadly?

a) Bubonic Plague b) Pneumonic Plague d) Rhymes With Plague

10. Match the Brontë sister to the novel she wrote.

a) Anne                                                                        1) "Jane Eyre"

b) Charlotte                                            2) "Wuthering Heights"

c) Emily                                    3) "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"

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That's it! Thank you Kelly!

How did you do?