Challenge Set #10
For instructions on how to play the Challenge, click here (also see the modifications listed here).
Scoreboard
Kevin: 220 (up from 215 on April 16) — An incorrect but good guess concerning April 29 helps Kevin.
Flip: 130 (up from 105 on February 13) — Nietzsche and Homer moves Flip forward.
Christopher: 70
Jason: 35
Josiah: 30
Eduardo: 20
Ed: 10
Chris (answering vicariously for his wife): 10
New Questions
10.1) What are the three most popular countries for tourism in the world (in correct order). (10 pts.)
10.2) What was launched this day (May 14) in 1973? (5 pts.)
10.3) What was Ludwig Wittgenstein's view of how we could relate different religions? (10 pts.)
10.4) What part of speech is “accusative” in English? (5 pts.)
10.5) Who said this and where? (10 pts.)The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself—
Yea, all which it inherit—shall dissolve,
And like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind.
10.6) Whose shoe was lost this week during the evacuation of the U.S. Capitol Building and who returned it? (5 pts.)
Remaining Questions
9.3) What is happening at 6:00 PM, 13 days from now (presently, it is April 16). (5 pts.)
9.5) What bill has made it to the President's desk in recent days that has the support of retailers and is hated by some consumer advocates? (5 pts.)
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Re: Challenge Set #10
I know 10.2 and 10.4.
Re: Challenge Set #10
10.2 - a spaceship
Re: Challenge Set #10
Close, Josiah.
Re: Challenge Set #10
Close, indeed, Josiah.