Topaz and Bunkers

Question 1

Which mineral is assigned hardness 10 on the Mohs scale?

Accepted Answer

Diamond

Answer

Quartz

Answer

Calcite

Answer

Corundum

Question 2

Which major golf tournament awards the winner a green jacket?

Accepted Answer

The Masters

Answer

U.S. Open

Answer

PGA Championship

Answer

The Open Championship

Question 3

Ouro Preto, a colonial UNESCO city, is in which country?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Answer

Mexico

Answer

Portugal

Answer

Peru

Question 4

Which British leader used the Cabinet War Rooms during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Answer

Harold Macmillan

Answer

Anthony Eden

Answer

Clement Attlee

Question 5

Who directed the Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove?

Accepted Answer

Stanley Kubrick

Answer

Sidney Lumet

Answer

Billy Wilder

Answer

John Frankenheimer

Question 6

Which Victorian author wrote the mystery novel The Moonstone?

Accepted Answer

Wilkie Collins

Answer

Charles Dickens

Answer

Arthur Conan Doyle

Answer

Thomas Hardy

Question 7

What does the acronym RADAR originally stand for?

Accepted Answer

Radio Detection and Ranging

Answer

Radio Distance and Recording

Answer

Remote Aerial Direction and Reporting

Answer

Radiant Data Relay and Reception

Question 8

Emerald and aquamarine are varieties of which mineral?

Accepted Answer

Beryl

Answer

Quartz

Answer

Garnet

Answer

Corundum

Question 9

Which president signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer

Herbert Hoover

Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 10

Which spice is the main source of curry powder's bright yellow color?

Accepted Answer

Turmeric

Answer

Paprika

Answer

Cumin

Answer

Saffron