Alpaca Farm (beta)

Let's Get It "On" by DixonD

Champion(s):

PerryS

Runner(s)-Up:

MassogliaB

Quiz Description

I've often joked to my students that my last name sounds like an elementary particle. Here's a quiz about words or names that also end in "-on" (but not "-ion").

Full Results:

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1 PerryS 406 99 15
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2 MassogliaB 392 98 15
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3 AllenJ 391 97 15
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4 LuskT 388 95 15
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5 GrossB 387 94 15
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6 UllspergerA 386 93 15
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7 ChernicoffS 372 92 15
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8 Catalin 357 91 15
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9 LujanP 347 89 15
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9 ThomasR 347 89 00
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11 thorsleyd 346 87 15
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12 JeziorskiM 340 86 15
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13 SpraragenM 339 85 15
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13 jefe 339 85 15
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15 WhitmireS 337 83 15
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16 gregariouschinchilla 333 82 00
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17 SchroederS 329 81 15
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18 NathanL 328 79 15
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19 DrLEP 321 78 00
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20 VaccaD 313 77 15
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21 KonkelT 307 75 00
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21 WangS 307 75 15
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23 SegalP 304 74 15
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24 PlotkinD 300 72 15
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25 HessJa 299 71 00
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26 MeyerRy 298 70 15
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27 HensleyB 289 69 15
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28 Neil 287 68 15
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29 Egantx7 283 67 15
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30 MoyseyC 279 65 00
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30 WeikleB 279 65 15
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32 Laura 275 63 00
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33 MeyerS 273 62 00
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34 Makdeezy 272 61 00
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35 ConnorA 268 59 15
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35 GoodmanDL 268 59 00
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37 TsujiG 266 57 15
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37 KingJA 266 57 00
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41 shesinsane 256 53 15
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42 v0max 255 52 15
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43 GriffinK 252 51 15
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44 GoldsteinB 251 49 00
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47 creedofhubris 246 46 15
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Questions:

Question 1

Which of the fundamental particles in the Standard Model was the first to be discovered (1897)?

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electron

Question 2

What Sindarin word means "friend", as Gandalf suddenly realized at the Doors of Durin?

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mellon

Question 3

What spice, derived from Crocus sativa, is Donovan just mad about?

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saffron

Question 4

Which part of an airplane slows its roll?

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aileron

Question 5

mathematics : Erdős :: movies : _____

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Bacon

Question 6

What is the name given to the combination of ASCII characters used for the first time in this Internet post?

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emoticon

Question 7

What Manhattan building, one block from the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, forms a triangle with an apex angle of 25 degrees? (edited at 9:35 pm, September 22, 2015 (PDT))

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Flatiron

Question 8

There are three countries whose names (in English) end in "-on" (but not "-ion"). Which one is northernmost?

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Lebanon

Question 9

Name this city, made famous by an athletic feat by Pheidippides.

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marathon

Question 10

Name both planar geometric shapes formed by the carbon-carbon bonds in buckminsterfullerene (or any fullerene, really).

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pentagon, hexagon

Question 11

Mabel, Hiram, Eliza, Tyrone, Cyrus, Chet, and Mona (voiced by Glenn Close) are members of what TV family?

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Simpson

Question 12

The VH1 series "Rock of Love" and "Life As I Know It" both star the lead singer of what band?

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Poison