Alpaca Farm (beta)

KW Mystery #14 (general knowledge) by WilliamsK

Champion(s):

SorensonG

Runner(s)-Up:

GordonT

Quiz Description

This was a tricky quiz to write, so I'm particularly interested to see how it plays. Maybe it'll be one of those quizzes you chew on for a day or two; maybe you'll get the idea right away.

As usual, a few of these are intended to be opaque until you figure out the theme, but please note that not all of the correct answers take the theme literally!

Full Results:

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1 SorensonG 361 99 15
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2 GordonT 358 97 15
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3 JeziorskiM 343 95 15
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3 Frivolisaurus 343 95 15
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3 DoyleE 343 95 15
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6 Projectyl 337 91 15
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8 MillerC37 335 89 15
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9 FitzgeraldC 333 87 15
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9 BoyerA 333 87 15
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11 srs 331 84 15
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11 jefe 331 84 15
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13 VenguswamyK 328 82 15
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14 Sijnaanik 324 81 00
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15 WeinbergD 322 79 15
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15 SrikrishnanV 322 79 15
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17 WangS 319 77 15
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18 DixonD 316 75 15
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19 PlotkinD 314 74 15
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20 letouj 313 72 15
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22 HessJa 310 70 15
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23 dklee 309 68 15
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24 NathanL 304 67 15
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25 akambour 301 65 15
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26 PotatoD 299 64 15
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27 WhitmireS 296 63 15
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28 petkunm 294 61 15
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29 WalkerAJ 289 60 15
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30 randalleng 287 59 15
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31 heystephen 286 56 15
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31 AdamKing 286 56 15
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33 KonkelT 284 54 15
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34 Natasha 273 53 15
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35 MatherV 266 51 15
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35 RichmondJ 266 51 15
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37 WeikleB 261 49 15
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38 JamesCurran 259 47 15
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Questions:

Question 1

For all integers n > 0, what mathematical operation is equal to the product of all integers from 1 to n, inclusive?

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FACTORIAL [ ! ]

Question 2

What is the subtitle of the third film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise?

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AT WORLD'S END [ @ ]

Question 3

This is the cover of what fictional quartet's second album?

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THE BE-SHARPS [ # ]

Question 4

The logo here is for what discount chain, which has approximately 13,600 stores in the United States?

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DOLLAR TREE [ $ ]

Question 5

Complete this financial conversion:

100 basis points = 1 ____

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PERCENT [ % ]

Question 6

Comedian Scott Thompson is better known by what stage name?

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CARROT TOP [ ^ ]

Question 7

What Latin phrase appears in the lyrics of both "Elenore" by The Turtles (once in each chorus) and "15 Step" by Radiohead (twice in a row in the penultimate verse)?

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ET CETERA [ & ]

Question 8

Ce chapeau-ci était inspiré par celui de quel caractère ancien, crée en 1959?

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ASTERIX [ * ]

Question 9

This image is from Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves. What grammatically incorrect (but certainly appropriate) command is Popeye giving here?

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OPEN SEZ ME [ ( ]

Question 10

“Read it sideways,” wrote Scott Fahlman, a Carnegie Mellon computer scientist, on September 19, 1982. This was intended to help the recipient parse what novel creation?

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SMILEY EMOTICON [ ) ]

Question 11

In Chinese writing, what stylization is used to indicate a proper name? In handwritten English text, it often stands in for italics.

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UNDERLINE [ _ ]

Question 12

What ten-letter adjective means "to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do" – not "perplexed", as it is frequently misused?

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NONPLUSSED [ + ]