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100

So far, who has promised to return all or most of their Benin bronzes to Nigerian authorities?

Who is The University of Aberdeen in Scotland, the Smithsonian Institution, the German government, and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge?

100

What is the meaning of the word “domestic” in GDP?

Only counting goods produced within the borders of the country in question?

100

Which character says, “But I am a professional, and I know precisely what I’m doing”? (The Lathe of Heaven)

Who is Dr. Haber?

100

What is a cymbal roll?

When each cymbal is played like a drum, with two mallets beating very rapidly?

100

What language did Thompson and Ritchie use instead of assembly?

What is a language called C?

200

Until the beginning of the Enlightenment and the development of chemistry in the 18th century, how were most colorants for oil paints derived?

How is Naturally?

200

Define intermediate goods.

What are goods that are used up in the production of a final good?

200

At one point the narrative says, “Nothing could prevent him. He only got bigger at every reincarnation.” Who is it describing? (The Lathe of Heaven)

Who is Dr. Haber?

200

What is the term for two distinct diatonic harmonies played simultaneously?

What is a polychord?

200

Who is given credit for the modern notion of networking?

J.C.R Licklider in 1963

300

How specifically did artists get their natural colorants?

From oxides, plants, minerals, and semiprecious stones?

300

Define capital goods.

What are long-lived goods that are produced and used to produce other goods and services but are not used up in production?

300

Who tells Orr, “You have lived well”?

Who is an Alien/Asfah?

300

What is contrary motion in music?

When one instrument’s pattern ascends while another instrument’s pattern descends (this can also be accomplished on an instrument that can play multiple patterns at once)?

300

What was the name of Berkeley’s version of Unix?

What is BSD Unix (Berkeley Standard Distribution)

400

What is the name of the new museum in Nigeria which will be completed in 2025 and will house their repatriated works of art?

What is the Edo Museum of West African Art?

400

What is the reason for the exclusion of intermediate goods from GDP?

What is to account for the extent of vertical integration in the economy, and to avoid double counting?

400

“He was a real militant Black Power type, back in the seventies, you know, and she was a hippie.” Who is being described here? (The Lathe of Heaven)

Who are Heather Lelache’s parents?

400

What is minimalism in music?

When the musical potential of a small amount of material is maximized?

400

What was the effect of the new BSD Unix?

Its use crossed over from academia to the business world?

500

What color powder was accidentally discovered in 1704? Where?

What is Bright Blue Powder? Where in an alchemist’s laboratory in Berlin?

500

How do capital goods factor into GDP?

They are counted in the year they are produced?

500

When a woman says in a quivering voice, “Nothing seems to go quite right today,” what is happening? (The Lathe of Heaven)

What is Reality is coming apart/ the city is disintegrating?

500

Who said that Herrmann “was the greatest ostinato writer who ever lived, because he made it work”?

Who is Film composer Elmer Bernstein?

500

What was Unix in C able to do?

It made it portable, and it could run on other computer models besides the PDP-11, as long as they had a C compiler?