“Master Minds” 4/13

Jerry (scientist in Lawrenceville, NJ who has identical twin)
Emily (graduate of USC w/ distinction in Norfolk, NE)
Harry (attorney in Edgefield, SC who graduated w/ honors & has read every Trivial Pursuit card ever made)

R1:
Norwegian: A fjord is what type of geographical feature- waterway, glacier or crater?
A: Waterway- ALL CORRECT
Style: Which of these women was one of the 1st celebrities to create her own fashion line- Jane Addams, Amelia Earhart or Frida Kahlo?
A: Earhart- ONLY KEN CORRECT
Products: NASA engineers saved the endangered APOLLO 13 astronauts w/ plastic bags, cardboard & what cloth-backed tapes- scotch, duct or masking?
A: Duct- ONLY JONATHAN WRONG
Artists: A woman liked in a field in 1948’s “Christina’s World”, the best known work by which American painter- Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer or Edward Hopper?
A: Wyeth- EMILY INCORRECT
Sobriety: Despite his veto under which President did prohibition become the law of the land- Taft, Wilson or Harding?
A: Wilson- EMILY, MUFFY & JONATHAN MISSED
Energy: Just outside Titusville, PA is the site of America’s 1st what- oil well, hydroelectric dam or coal mine?
A: Oil well- JERRY, KEN & MUFFY RIGHT
Orchestras: Which of the following wind instruments uses a double reed- flute, oboe or saxophone?
A: Oboe- ALL GOT IT

R2:
Bugs: On an insect what’s the term for the part of the body between the abdomen & the head?
Harry & Ken: THORAX
Technology: What co. marketed its 1st digital camera in 1991, 16yrs after it invented the technology?
Harry: SONY
Ken: Kodak
Places: Created by author & radio host Garrison Keillor the Wobegon was a fictional town found in what state?
Ladies: MINNESOTA
Medicine: If your doctor examines you w/ an ophthalmoscope what organ’s (s)he looking at?
Women: EYES
Music: Which classic holiday song served as a signal for American troops to evacuate Saigon in 1975?
Harry & Ken: “WHITE XMAS”

R3:
Winning Civilian: Harry (4300-4100)
Winning MM: Ken (5400-3800)

FR:
#1: Berry Gordy, Jr. founded what hugely successful Detroit record label that signed the Four Tops & the Supremes?
BOTH RIGHT
#2: W/ a recently enthroned emperor Naruhito what country has the world’s oldest continuous hereditary monarchy?
Both: Japan
#3: What famous Rembrandt painting got its common title from the layers of dust & varnish that darkened the canvas?
Both: “The Night Watch”
#4: How many events in an Olympic decathlon are judged based on height reached?
Harry: One (A: Two)
#5: The general will was central to the political thought of what French philosopher?
Harry: Descartes (A: Rousseau)