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Questions:

1. What is the most common consonantal sound in the world’s languages?
2. Mao Zedong was prolific poet; is his style considered romantic or realist?
3. In 1987, the US House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill defining which genre as a unique form of American music?
4. Which is the only elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics to experience all four fundamental interactions (electromagnetism, gravitation, strong interaction, and weak interaction)?
5. The three components of aerodynamic force on a powered aircraft are thrust, lift, and what?
6. Which is less painful: a first degree, second degree, or third degree burn?
7. Which Sex and the City actress has won three of the four major American entertainment awards (the EGOT, consisting of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony): Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, or Cynthia Nixon?
8. Which of the following cats does not belong to the genus Panthera: the cheetah, jaguar, leopard, lion, or tiger?
9. Which was the first Nintendo console to have an analog stick on its controller: the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, or Wii?
10. The Wednesday release of which video game console caused a social disturbance that led the Japanese government to ask manufacturers to schedule future console releases on weekends?

Answers:

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2. Romantic.
3. Jazz
4. Quark.
5. Drag.
6. Third degree. (Third degree burns are so deep as to usually be painless.)
7. Cynthia Nixon. (She has all but an Oscar.)
8. Cheetah.
9. Nintendo 64.
10. Super Famicom (the Super Nintendo Entertainment System).