WTF Quiz #150, March 10, 2023
QUESTION 1
Life is, reportedly, like a hurricane in WHAT FICTIONAL TELEVISION TOWN that has seen attractions such as race cars, lasers, and aeroplanes? Activities in the town include (but are certainly not limited to) mystery-solving and time travel (or revisionist history writing, at the very least).
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Duckburg
QUESTION 2
Given the following set of numbers: {1,3,3,7,7,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}, WHAT IS THE ARITHMETIC MEAN of the numbers that make up the set's median, mode, and midrange values?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: 8
QUESTION 3
WHAT ADJECTIVE, descended from an appropriate Latin word, is used in nations like the US, UK, and Canada, but not Australia or New Zealand, to refer to the special moment that will occur at 9:25PM (in universal time) on Monday, March 20, 2023? Those in Australia and New Zealand may instead mark 6:50AM (again in universal time) on September 23, 2023.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Vernal
QUESTION 4
Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, as opposed to the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, WHAT FORTUNE 500 COMPANY is the largest business in its industry in the United States, with a total valuation of assets in 2021 at almost 1 trillion dollars? The business was founded by future US Senator John F. Dryden in 1875 as "The Widows and Orphans Friendly Society", but adopted its more practical modern name later in the 19th century.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Prudential (Financial)
QUESTION 5
With a name that combines a pair of words that might, in conjunction, describe the phrase "Arrête, c'est ici l'empire de la mort!" notably found in Paris, WHAT 2021 VIDEO GAME, first released on Windows, combines elements of roguelikes, deck-builders, escape rooms, alternate reality games (ARGs), and horror games in its gameplay? To avoid spoilers, the only specific element of the game I will mention is that one of the first things a new player will experience is the fact that you must "Continue" rather than select "New Game" on your first play.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Inscryption
QUESTION 6
On February 14, 2023, WHO announced a campaign for candidacy for the 2024 US presidential election via video? This figure served in an important role in the previous presidential administration - a role that, among other duties, served to represent the US at an international level and one that has been previously held by George HW Bush, among others. Note: name the figure, not the role.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: (Nikki) Haley
QUESTION 7
Perhaps surprisingly, the last two weeks or so of September are traditionally associated with WHAT ANNUAL FESTIVAL, which traces its roots back to a royal marriage that took place in 1810?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Oktoberfest
QUESTION 8
A stretch of coastal area in California, situated between the cities of Monterey and San Luis Obispo, is described by some sources as the "longest and most scenic stretch of undeveloped coastline in the contiguous United States". By WHAT TWO-WORD NAME is this geographic region most commonly known, a name that has a more modern technological connection as of 2020?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Big Sur
QUESTION 9
Dave Brockie, known by the stage name "Oderus Urungus", served as the lead singer of WHAT ROCK GROUP until his death in 2014? Other members of the group over the years have been known by monikers like "Balsac the Jaws of Death", "Jizmak da Gusha", "Beefcake the Mighty", and "Flattus Maximus".
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Gwar
QUESTION 10
Ronald Reagan addressed a national audience on the scheduled date of the 68th in-person State of the Union Address; however, the actual address to Congress that year took place a week later. Instead, Reagan's message to the nation on that date, which ended with the phrase "to touch the face of God", was in response to WHAT EVENT?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Challenger Explosion