WTF Quiz #50, June 8, 2022
QUESTION 1
WHAT FILM was re-released in over 1,000 theaters on June 3rd 2022 after its initial worldwide release in April? The original release grossed just over $160m at the box office in its first run, though only made $85k on the first day of its re-release, which perhaps indicates it wasn't "time" to try to cash in on the film's perceived virality.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Morbius
QUESTION 2
One theory behind the name of WHAT US STATE is from a nautical term used by sailors to differentiate islands from other land? Other sources attribute the state's name to coming from a former French province; no matter the origin, remember the name has been officially established since 1665.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Maine
QUESTION 3
WHAT 1964 SONG TITLE (by another music act) completes the following lyric in the Beastie Boys' song "No Sleep till Brooklyn"? The lyric appears at the end of the final verse of the 1986 track: "Step off, Homes, get out of my way/Taxing little girlies from here to L.A/Waking up before I get to sleep/'Cause I'll be rockin' this party [REDACTED]"
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Eight Days A Week
QUESTION 4
Found in the bibliography of American author James Fenimore Cooper is (often considered his masterpiece) WHAT HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVEL, the 2nd work of the "Leatherstocking Tales" series, and the only one to be adapted to a major motion picture? In this work, subtitled "A Narrative of 1757", the title character is a companion of series primary character Nathaniel Bumppo.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: The Last Of The Mohicans
QUESTION 5
In a famous quote by Hall-of-Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry, he once claimed that a specific landmark event would occur "...before [Perry] hit a home run"; a few seasons later, this turned out to be remarkably accurately true, as approximately 6 hours before Perry hit his only career home run, WHAT OTHER FAMOUS FIGURE became the first to accomplish the achievement he referenced in that 1963 quote? The event in question, it should be made clear, is not a sports-related event.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Neil Armstrong
QUESTION 6
The "abomasum", "omasum", "reticulum", and "rumen" are the 4 elements that, when combined, comprise (in some animals) WHAT BODY PART? While it is present in most of the animal kingdom in some form or fashion, certain creatures like lampreys and hagfishes do not have an analogous structure.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Stomach
QUESTION 7
WHAT TYPE OF CROP is also the first name of noted Puritan clergyman and author Mather? Among other claims to fame, Mather is remembered for his role in the Salem witch trials, and for his pioneering efforts to promote inoculation in the colonies, particularly against smallpox.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Cotton
QUESTION 8
WHAT THREE-LETTER WORD serves as the symbolic representation in Boolean algebra for an operation that yields "True" when exactly one of a pair of operands is true? It differs (and is thus differentiated from) a related basic operation in Boolean algebra, which can also evaluate to "True" when both operands are themselves true.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: XOR
QUESTION 9
Cindy Sherman is the American artist behind a pair of pieces of artwork, "Untitled #93" and "Untitled #96", that each sold for just under $4m in the 2010s, which puts each of them today in the list of the 5 most expensive works ever sold at auction in their particular medium. WHAT IS THAT MEDIUM?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: (Color) Photograph
QUESTION 10
WHAT WORD, a feminine diminutive form of an Italian word that roughly translates to "swagger" or "bravado", saw its use in English rise dramatically after the publishing of a 1969 novel? The novel's film adaptation also helped to bring the word into mainstream use, despite it never being uttered in the script.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Mafia