Winner winner chicken dinner!

A big thanks to everyone who was so wonderful and took my quiz. I'm proud to say that Julie, my one and only wikipedia student, did better than everyone else. She made momma so proud. But the official winner of the contest, the person who did the best out of all the entries (there were 6, FYI, all from very smart people) was...

Kate!

Happy Chanukah Kate, you've won a prize! Email me your address and I will send you something awesome. Also you should maybe go on Jeopardy because you know your shit.

Anyway, here is the full quiz again, along with some of Julie's original answers (blue), some of my original comments below that (red), and occasionally, some additional commentary (green).

1. Who won the Franco-Prussian War? Choose France or Prussia.

NO IDEA! I'm guessing France because I feel like prussia is not a country right now. But then maybe prussia is right because it seems wrong (multiple choice mind fuck)..I DON'T KNOWWwwwwwww. France.

The answer was Prussia. WOMP WOMP.
Anyone who answered Germany got bonus points for being smart.
 

2. The person who knew of the Senate’s plan to murder Julius Caesar and unsuccessfully tried to stop them was...

I want to say brutus, but I know that's not right. Oooh marc antony, j lo's husband!
Correct! Marc Antony! Brutus was the person who actually did kill him.

3. Mata Hari was a Dutch stripper who was arrested for ESPIONAGE!

4. Use one word (any word of your choosing as long as it’s at least remotely accurate) to describe dub-step music.

I still don't know what dubstep is. "autotune" and/or "trance" and/or "kanye."
Okay, none of these words appeared in that lesson but I’ll allow “trance” because it’s close enough to “electronic” which would have been correct.

Aside to Julie - I was wrong, the word "Kanye" did appear in that lesson because there's a song on Watch the Throne that is kind of dubsteppy. Sorry for lying!
 

5. Joe Frazier was temporarily the Heavyweight champion of the world. Name either the boxer from whom he took the title OR the boxer to whom he lost the title. Specify which one you’re naming.

He took the belt from Ali and lost it to George Foreman.

6. Name 2 countries known for exporting blood diamonds. BONUS QUESTION: Name the person who sings a song about blood diamonds.
You could have answered any of the following: Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The person who sings the song “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” is Kanye West.

Note: I also accepted Zimbabwe from the people who answered that even though Zimbabwe diamonds are not technically classified as conflict diamonds according to my very official research.

7. Give me 3 facts about Liechtenstein. Any 3 facts.

Thank you everyone for all your awesome facts. Truly. I want to be appalled by those of you that said "It is in Europe," but one of Julie's facts was "It isn't in the United States," which is even worse. 

8. 8. What is the miracle of Chanukah (ie why do we celebrate this holiday)?

The oil lasted for 8 days even though there was only enough for a day or two...
Ding ding ding!

9. Quarks, a form of subatomic particle, come in 6 different what? (Hint: vanilla is not one of them)

Flavors!

A few of you even named them. Smarty pantses. Smarties pants. Whatever.

10. Levi Strauss sold the first pairs of blue jeans to _____________? 

Hippies?
California gold miners.

11. Say something funny about curling.

If we got married and legally changed our last name to woberwifer and then one of us decided to start a curling team, the team name would be Team Woberwifer.

+2 bonus for the awesomeness of that answer

12. The cornucopia is seen as a symbol of ___________. BONUS QUESTION: When reading this wiki article, I skipped over a part of it because it started talking about the cornucopia’s significance in a certain book I happened to be reading at the time. What was that book?

Everyone knew it was a symbol of harvest or plenty. Also, the bonus was clearly The Hunger Games.

13. J. Cole is a protégé of Jay-Z

14. Thomas Alva Edison is most known for the lightbulb!

15. The most prominent feature of the planet Jupiter is called the _____ _____ Spot.

Great red spot

16. Alpacas are related to LLAMAS

17. TWO PARTER. Contrary to popular belief, Sam Adams was not a beer maker. Contrary to Julie’s belief, he was also not a president! 

Obvs my favorite question so far...

18. The person whose picture appears on the wikipedia page for the popped collar is...

ERIK who you hooked up w and who I met at your silly hat party :)

19. The Coca-Cola Company has its headquarters in which city? 

Hotlanta!

20. Jillian Michaels is (choose one) ____ gay ____ straight ____ bisexual ___X__ unclear

21. The Great Sphinx of Gaza is missing 2 features. What are they?

Nose and beard, y'all

22. Describe the role that women had in 18th century French salons.

Women had a predominant and important role in 18th century French salons. It was one of the few places they could participate meaningfully in the socio-political sphere and interact with men in such discussions.

+2. Very elegant answer! BONUS.

23. In Scandinavia, “Saturday” is often referred to as “bathing day.” Why? 

Cuz gross people only bathe once a week. Ew.

Specifically, because the Vikings historically bathed on Saturdays.

24. Margaret Thatcher resigned from her post as the Prime Minster of UK during which term? (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th). 

THIRD!

25. Describe the main difference between Mexican burritos and American burritos. BONUS QUESTION: What does “burritas” mean? 

The fillings! America is fat and shows like the biggest loser exist in the us of a because we-the gorditos- put delicious condiments like guacamole and cheese in ours, while mexicans simply have beans. Which are good for your heart. And make you fart. Burritas, besides being something I'm going to call my future baby daughter in a swaddled blanket, means little girl donkeys.

Julie is weird.

Thanks for playing, everyone!!!