Вопросы онлайнового отбора на Jeopardy. 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Online Contestant Test Transcript
По 12 секунд на ответ, по слухам, проходным баллом считаются 35.
Ответы я покрасил белым, так что, чтобы их увидеть, достаточно выделить мышкой область под текстом вопроса.
CABLE TV
This MTV series has put young people in cities such as Denver, Miami &, most recently, Sydney
The Real World
WESTERN U.S. CITIES
It's Oregon's third-largest city & its capital
Salem
ARTISTS
He painted several views of the Saint-Paul Hospital Garden in 1889
Vincent Van Gogh
AUTHORS
This Baltimore author of "The Gold-Bug" was buried in an unmarked grave in 1849
Edgar Allen Poe
BRITISH ROYALTY
Henry VII was the first king of this English dynasty
Tudors
MOUNTAINS
Also known as Godwin Austen, it's the second-highest mountain in the world
K2
PHYSICS
His first law of motion includes the fact that an object at rest tends to stay at rest
Issac Newton
TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR
This world leader was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2007
Vladimir Putin
SPICES
This spice, closely associated with Hungarian cuisine, was introduced by the Turks in 1526
paprika
INTERNATIONAL PRIZES
In 1993, Salman Rushie's "Midnight's Children" won this, the most prestigious British award for novels
Booker Prize
MOVIE STARS
In a 2007 film, he plays the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Johnny Depp
LITERARY CHARACTERS
Regan, Goneril & Cordelia were this character's daughters
King Lear
SPORTS AWARDS
Florida's Tim Tebow is the first sophomore to win this award in its 72-year history
Heisman Trophy
FROM THE FRENCH
French words meaning "office rule" gave us this word for an official rigidly devoted to rules
bureaucrat
WORLD CAPITALS
It's the capital of Canada
Ottawa
TREATIES
This 1853 purchase gave the U.S. parts of Arizona & New Mexico
Gadsden Purchase
COMPOSERS
His "Tanhauser" & "Lohengrin" preceded his "Ring Cycle"
Richard Wagner
POETS
In 1854 he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Lord Tennyson
COMMON BONDS
Coral, krait, moccasin
snakes
RHYME TIME
A calamity that befalls the Dutch seat of government
a Hague plague
BROADWAY
This 2007 Tony winner for Best Musical was based on an 1891 German play about young love
Spring Awakening
THE MIDDLE AGES
A record of all the land in England, this "Book" was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085
Domesday Book
BIOLOGY
From the Greek for "change", this one-celled animal consists of protoplasm surrounded by a membrane
ameoba
BUSINESS BIGGIES
In 1891 this New York financial firm introduced the world's first traveler's checks
American Express
2007 NEWS
A short-lived 2007 protest was led by monks in this neighbor of Thailand
Burma/Myanmar
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Playwright Amiri Baraka, who wrote "The Baptism" & "The Slave", graduated from this D.C. university
Howard University
LAND ANIMALS
The humpless vicuna is the smallest member of this family
camel
FLAGS
This European nation's flag was originally orange, white & blue; the orange eventually became red
Netherlands
PSYCHOLOGISTS
His "box" tested operant conditioning in animals
B. F. Skinner
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
With 150 chapters, this is the longest book in the Bible
Psalms
POP MUSIC
This British soul singer garnered 6 Grammy nominations for 2008, including Best New Artist
Amy Winehouse
PRESIDENTS
He was president when World War I broke out
Woodrow Wilson
WORLD CITIES
Opened in 1973, this city's opera house has 2 sail-like roofs made of overlapping shells
Sydney
MATHEMATICS
Meaning inversely related, in math is describes what 2/3 is to 3/2
reciprocal
HEADLINES
Former senator George Mitchell headed the investigation into the use of these
steroids
EUROPEAN HISTORY
Donatello was born in this city, where he assisted Ghiberti in finishing the bronze doors of the baptistery
Florence
LITERARY PLACES
In a Dickens novel, Esther is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce & lives with him at this title residence
Bleak House
THE BEAUTIFUL SEA
The Danube eventually empties into this sea
Black Sea
STARTS WITH "S"
It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff
sheer
"UN" WITH WORDS
The order to which hooved mammals belong
Ungulate
BOOKS TO MOVIES
This Khalid Hosseini novel about 2 boys in Afghanistan was made into a 2007 film
The Kite Runner
RADIO PERSONALITIES
"All Things Considered", she's NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent
Nina Totenberg
THE LAW
Latin for "produce the body", so far this right has been denied to the Guantanamo detainees
habeas corpus
AUTHORS
This "Water-Method Man" played by "The Cider House Rules"
John Irving
U.S. HISTORY
The golden spike at Promontory in this state, marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Utah
AROUND THE WORLD
Ubud is considered the cultural center of Bali, in this island nation
Indonesia
WORLD AUTHORS
His "Just So Stories" came shortly after his "Kim"
Rudyard Kipling
NAMES IN THE NEWS
In 2007, Carlos Slim Helu overtook this man as the richest man in the world
Bill Gates
PARTS OF SPEECH
This part of speech usually ends with "LY"
adverb
LAST HURRAHS
His last concert was at Indianapolis Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977
Elvis Presley
В общем, на какие-то вопросы можно ответить сразу, какие-то - напрочь вне моего тезауруса, на какие-то - не хватило 12 секунд, чтобы понять о чём идёт речь. А в целом - пакет показался непростым. До 35 ответов я бы точно никогда не дотянул. Хорошо, что в "Своей игре" всё на русском, включая отборы. :)
По 12 секунд на ответ, по слухам, проходным баллом считаются 35.
Ответы я покрасил белым, так что, чтобы их увидеть, достаточно выделить мышкой область под текстом вопроса.
CABLE TV
This MTV series has put young people in cities such as Denver, Miami &, most recently, Sydney
The Real World
WESTERN U.S. CITIES
It's Oregon's third-largest city & its capital
Salem
ARTISTS
He painted several views of the Saint-Paul Hospital Garden in 1889
Vincent Van Gogh
AUTHORS
This Baltimore author of "The Gold-Bug" was buried in an unmarked grave in 1849
Edgar Allen Poe
BRITISH ROYALTY
Henry VII was the first king of this English dynasty
Tudors
MOUNTAINS
Also known as Godwin Austen, it's the second-highest mountain in the world
K2
PHYSICS
His first law of motion includes the fact that an object at rest tends to stay at rest
Issac Newton
TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR
This world leader was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2007
Vladimir Putin
SPICES
This spice, closely associated with Hungarian cuisine, was introduced by the Turks in 1526
paprika
INTERNATIONAL PRIZES
In 1993, Salman Rushie's "Midnight's Children" won this, the most prestigious British award for novels
Booker Prize
MOVIE STARS
In a 2007 film, he plays the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Johnny Depp
LITERARY CHARACTERS
Regan, Goneril & Cordelia were this character's daughters
King Lear
SPORTS AWARDS
Florida's Tim Tebow is the first sophomore to win this award in its 72-year history
Heisman Trophy
FROM THE FRENCH
French words meaning "office rule" gave us this word for an official rigidly devoted to rules
bureaucrat
WORLD CAPITALS
It's the capital of Canada
Ottawa
TREATIES
This 1853 purchase gave the U.S. parts of Arizona & New Mexico
Gadsden Purchase
COMPOSERS
His "Tanhauser" & "Lohengrin" preceded his "Ring Cycle"
Richard Wagner
POETS
In 1854 he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Lord Tennyson
COMMON BONDS
Coral, krait, moccasin
snakes
RHYME TIME
A calamity that befalls the Dutch seat of government
a Hague plague
BROADWAY
This 2007 Tony winner for Best Musical was based on an 1891 German play about young love
Spring Awakening
THE MIDDLE AGES
A record of all the land in England, this "Book" was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085
Domesday Book
BIOLOGY
From the Greek for "change", this one-celled animal consists of protoplasm surrounded by a membrane
ameoba
BUSINESS BIGGIES
In 1891 this New York financial firm introduced the world's first traveler's checks
American Express
2007 NEWS
A short-lived 2007 protest was led by monks in this neighbor of Thailand
Burma/Myanmar
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Playwright Amiri Baraka, who wrote "The Baptism" & "The Slave", graduated from this D.C. university
Howard University
LAND ANIMALS
The humpless vicuna is the smallest member of this family
camel
FLAGS
This European nation's flag was originally orange, white & blue; the orange eventually became red
Netherlands
PSYCHOLOGISTS
His "box" tested operant conditioning in animals
B. F. Skinner
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
With 150 chapters, this is the longest book in the Bible
Psalms
POP MUSIC
This British soul singer garnered 6 Grammy nominations for 2008, including Best New Artist
Amy Winehouse
PRESIDENTS
He was president when World War I broke out
Woodrow Wilson
WORLD CITIES
Opened in 1973, this city's opera house has 2 sail-like roofs made of overlapping shells
Sydney
MATHEMATICS
Meaning inversely related, in math is describes what 2/3 is to 3/2
reciprocal
HEADLINES
Former senator George Mitchell headed the investigation into the use of these
steroids
EUROPEAN HISTORY
Donatello was born in this city, where he assisted Ghiberti in finishing the bronze doors of the baptistery
Florence
LITERARY PLACES
In a Dickens novel, Esther is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce & lives with him at this title residence
Bleak House
THE BEAUTIFUL SEA
The Danube eventually empties into this sea
Black Sea
STARTS WITH "S"
It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff
sheer
"UN" WITH WORDS
The order to which hooved mammals belong
Ungulate
BOOKS TO MOVIES
This Khalid Hosseini novel about 2 boys in Afghanistan was made into a 2007 film
The Kite Runner
RADIO PERSONALITIES
"All Things Considered", she's NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent
Nina Totenberg
THE LAW
Latin for "produce the body", so far this right has been denied to the Guantanamo detainees
habeas corpus
AUTHORS
This "Water-Method Man" played by "The Cider House Rules"
John Irving
U.S. HISTORY
The golden spike at Promontory in this state, marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Utah
AROUND THE WORLD
Ubud is considered the cultural center of Bali, in this island nation
Indonesia
WORLD AUTHORS
His "Just So Stories" came shortly after his "Kim"
Rudyard Kipling
NAMES IN THE NEWS
In 2007, Carlos Slim Helu overtook this man as the richest man in the world
Bill Gates
PARTS OF SPEECH
This part of speech usually ends with "LY"
adverb
LAST HURRAHS
His last concert was at Indianapolis Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977
Elvis Presley
В общем, на какие-то вопросы можно ответить сразу, какие-то - напрочь вне моего тезауруса, на какие-то - не хватило 12 секунд, чтобы понять о чём идёт речь. А в целом - пакет показался непростым. До 35 ответов я бы точно никогда не дотянул. Хорошо, что в "Своей игре" всё на русском, включая отборы. :)