WTF Quiz #75, September 2, 2022
QUESTION 1
Herpes zoster is one name for an illness, painful but usually not fatal, that primarily affects individuals who are either above 50, are immunocompromised, or experienced a particular condition in their first 18 months of life; although these are the primary risk factors, the illness can develop in anyone who has been exposed to the underlying pathogen, known as "VCV"; by WHAT OTHER NAME is this illness more commonly known?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Shingles
QUESTION 2
Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Hercules Mulligan, Benedict Arnold (perhaps surprisingly), and Patrick Henry are a handful of the notable names that were all affiliated with WHAT CLANDESTINE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION, operating between 1765 and 1776? This organization was the successor of a similar organization, dubbed the "Loyal Nine", whose members all ultimately joined the group in question.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Sons Of Liberty
QUESTION 3
In WHAT RELIGION are adherents expected to adhere to the "Five Ks", namely Kesh, Kangha, Kara, Kachera, and Kirpan, by wearing all five on their body at all times? The term "wearing" is accurate here, though used in a slightly different sense when referring to the "Kesh" compared to the other elements.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Sikhism
QUESTION 4
Fictional characters Cameron Poe, Cyrus Grissom, Garland Greene, Nathan Jones, Mike O'Dell, and a few dozen others were all passengers on a JPATS vehicle known colloquially (and titularly) by WHAT NICKNAME?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Con Air
QUESTION 5
A dessert made with peaches, raspberry sauce, and vanilla ice cream; a sweet puree of raspberries and red currant; a crisp dry toast, often sliced thinly; a dish consisting of chicken, truffles, and mushrooms stuffed into tomatoes and served with veloute sauce - all four of these foods were created by Auguste Escoffier in honor of WHAT FIGURE? Note: the figure's assumed surname alone is sufficient.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: (Dame Nellie) Melba
QUESTION 6
Equilateral triangles, squares, and regular hexagons are the only three regular polygons that can infinitely "tile" the plane by themselves without overlaps or gaps; such a tiling is properly known mathematically as a "regular"... WHAT?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Tessellation
QUESTION 7
At the induction ceremony for the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class, a veritable who's who of guitar legends joined forces in honor of one of that year's inductees, George Harrison, to perform his work "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; among the song's performers that night were Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, George's son Dhani, and WHAT TWO OTHER PERFORMERS, one a 2002 inductee and fellow Traveling Wilburys member who passed in 2017, the other a fellow 2004 inductee who passed in 2016, who provided the performance's majestic guitar solo?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Tom Petty, Prince
QUESTION 8
The results of the 2020 US presidential election, in particular the margin of victory of each individual state's popular vote results, show California as having the widest margin of victory for one candidate, with the state generating over 5 million more votes for Joe Biden than for Donald Trump; WHAT STATE was won by the slimmest margin (by total votes), with only 10,457 more voters choosing Biden than Trump? It should be noted that this state's percentage margin of victory was the second-slimmest among the states, due to it having a smaller population than another state that was won by roughly 1,500 more votes.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Arizona
QUESTION 9
Kintaro, Kabal, Kotal Kahn, and Kollector are a handful of the 77 playable characters that have been featured in WHAT VIDEO GAME SERIES across its 11 editions (not including spin-offs)?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Mortal Kombat
QUESTION 10
anyone lived in a pretty how town [sic] is the opening line, often used to identify the untitled work, of a poem written in 1940 by WHAT WRITER? This poem was the inspiration for a short film of the same name by George Lucas in 1967, made while the director attended graduate school at USC.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: ee cummings