A Short Quiz About Extravagance by DugglebyB

Champion(s):

VenguswamyK
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi


Runner(s)-Up:

Steve
When someone asks you, "What would Jesus do?" remember that one valid answer is "Freak out and starting knocking over tables."


Quiz Description

"God gave me my money." – John D. Rockefeller

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3 RosenbergR 246 84 00
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16 Vintsanity 62 3 00
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Questions:

What is the name of this rather famous opera house in Buenos Aires?

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Teatro Colón

The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel, the birthplace of the Singapore Sling, was a favorite of Ernest Hemingway and what other author, who wrote of the clubfooted Philip Carey in his semi-autobiographical work Of Human Bondage?

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W. Somerset Maugham

What PayPal co-founder (and, needless to say, billionaire), Stanford grad, "seasteading" proponent, and RNC speaker recently helped Hulk Hogan sue Gawker Media out their ass as a means of retribution?

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Peter Thiel

Name any two of the five richest counties in Maryland.

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Howard (1st), Montgomery (2nd), Charles (3rd), Anne Arundel (4th), Calvert (5th)

Which one of these is unlike the others: Aventador, Gallardo, Giulia, Diablo?

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Giulia

What San Francisco-based architectural firm designed the Shanghai Tower, which was completed in 2015?

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Gensler

From what Rossini opera is this overture? (I've trimmed the audio clip down to the very end of said overture)

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La gazza ladra

A type of French lace and a place near Washington Dulles International Airport... what's the common bond?

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Chantilly