WTF Quiz #200, August 9, 2023
QUESTION 1
WHAT PAIR OF WORDS, important to the metaphysics of Taoism, are notably semantically complex, with one word being able to be translated to "female", "the moon", "hidden", "north side of a hill", and "south bank of a river", and the other being able to be translated to "male", "the sun", "overt", "south side of a hill", and "north bank of a river", among other translations?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Yin, Yang
QUESTION 2
NAME THE STREET, in reality only about 1,000 feet long in the 8400 block of West Hollywood, to which a fan of a series that premiered in 1992 might make a pilgrimage in an effort to see the show's titular fictional apartment courtyard complex with the street number 4616. This complex is, in-universe, owned by Amanda Woodward Parezi Burns McBride Blake, starting in the show's second season.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Melrose Place
QUESTION 3
Depending on the field of science you favor, WHAT WORD could refer to any of these: a hybrid cultivar historically produced by crossing pomelos, citrons, and/or mandarin oranges, a material primarily composed of calcium oxides and hydroxides used in construction, or radiation with a wavelength of roughly 564 nanometers represented by the hex code #C0FF00?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Lime
QUESTION 4
Hey hun, NAME THE COMPANY founded by Kara Egan and Colette Gunnel in 2003 that offers a biannual "Bring Back My Bar" promotion, allowing customers/consultants to vote online on discontinued products to be re-offered for a limited time such as, most recently, June 2023 winners Cashmere Pear, Harbor's Edge, Rustic Lodge, and Vanilla Suede (among others). A bar, in this context, contains 8 cubes and weighs 3.2 ounces.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Scentsy
QUESTION 5
Spelling counts in sci-fi geography, as Tatooine is a fictional planet in the "Star Wars" universe, while Tatouine is a real city of about 67,000 residents in WHAT NATION, where scenes for several of the Star Wars movies were filmed? Overall, 5 of the franchise's films have shot scenes in the country, specifically Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Tunisia
QUESTION 6
The only situation in chess where one of a player's 16 pieces on the board may move to an unoccupied square and still capture an opposing piece is a maneuver referred to by WHAT TERM? Such a play can be seen as early as the third move in a game; one such example of this is found in a version of the French Defence in which the first 2 moves are (using algebraic notation) "1.e4 e6 2.e5 d5".
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: En Passant
QUESTION 7
In anatomy, the endpoints of structures that are considered to have a directional "beginning" and "end", such as limbs and blood vessels, are medically described using an opposing pair of specific terms; the term "proximal" refers to the origin point of a structure, typically the end closer to the torso, while WHAT TERM refers to the opposing end of such a structure?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Distal
QUESTION 8
A Michigan-based beverage company founded by Joe Norton in 1991 sells flavors like "Fruity Punch", "Leap'N Lemo'N'ade", "Whistl'N' Watermelon", and "Grapey Grape" in 10-ounce bottles fitted with no-spill caps under WHAT BRAND NAME, taken from a slang term primarily used to describe similar sugary drinks, particularly in the context of summer camps?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Bug Juice
QUESTION 9
WHAT FICTIONAL MUNICIPALITY is described somewhat sparsely in the lyrics of a 1980 song simply as a place "that's right for me", one that'll "keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy"? Beyond this, the song simply repeats the message that the singer talks about moving there a lot, and asks if you (presumably the listener) will take singer Cynthia Johnson there.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Funkytown
QUESTION 10
The after-effects of the massive eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 are believed to be the reason for the red sunset over a fjord near Oslo seen in the background of WHAT FAMOUS PAINTING, completed a decade later? The most recognizable element of the work, however, is probably the element that served as the inspiration for the emoji represented by the hexadecimal number 1F631 in Unicode.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: The Scream