Live Journal Daily Quiz, 1 November 2004

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Here, have a longer-than-usual quiz. Why? Why not? To make up for it, we'll give you a short quiz around Thanksgiving when we're all preoccupied with eating tons of turkey.

1. Which element derives its symbol from the Greek word "hydrargyrum"?

2. What disarmingly beautiful sculpture was discovered in 1820 on the Turkish island of Melos and later "acquired" by the French?

3. Gene Roddenberry was responsible for the sci-fi phenomenon that is Star Trek; what television series, produced after his death, was also his concept?

4. Pet food, candy, and vending machines. Somehow one company manufactures versions of all three products, including the thematically
appropriate Milky Way bar. What corporation is responsible?

5. In the Arthur C. Clarke novel "2010: Odyssey Two", what gigantic object was transformed into a second sun?

6. Largest U.S. rocket ever. What was it?

7. Which album was released by Blink 182 in 1995, containing only three songs and done on a vinyl record?

8. Jabberjaw the shark tooled around with which band in his Hanna Barbera cartoon?

9. A government run by the wealthy is called what?

10. Tell us about your favorite heavenly body.