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#1. Humanities Mixture. Player Ate_May asks:
  Which is not a type of geologist?

    Gemologist
    Egyptologist
    Mineralogist
    Volcanologist

#2. Humanities Mixture. Player Wizzid asks:
  The zodiacal sign of Capricorn is sometimes represented by a hybrid of goat and which creature more typically associated with Pisces?

    Scorpion
    Lion
    Crab
    Fish

#3. Humanities Mixture. Player MyGirl2000 asks:
  What American English word refers to a favorable or desired outcome such as the obtaining of favor, wealth or eminence?

    Succession
    Seceding
    Success
    Secession

#4. Humanities Mixture. Player Jinxgirl asks:
  A character in a tale is described as a loony (looney) person. What is NOT a synonym of this adjective that is a shortened form of the word lunatic?

    Asinine
    Wise
    Witless
    Simpleminded

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player JBCizzle asks:
  Which of the following words does not have a chain of 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet in order?

    Calmness
    Redefine
    Solvent
    Thirsty

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:
  A "spook" is a colloquial term for a ghost or apparition. What is its more specialized meaning in U.S. Navy slang?

    a sail rigger
    stealth missiles
    a parachute packer
    intelligence personnel

#7. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:
  In the 1787 hymn "How Firm A Foundation", the Lord says not to be afraid when "through fiery trials your pathway shall lie" because "[t]he flame shall not hurt you, I only design / Your dross to consume and the gold to refine." What is "dross"?

    manure, sewage
    one's physical body
    impurity, worthless matter
    outer clothing

#8. Humanities Mixture. Player DeepHistory asks:
  Which acclaimed painter created "Sheaves of Wheat in a Field" while looking to liberate himself from the melancholy and depression that so much pervaded his previous masterpiece, "The Potato Eaters"?

    Paul Gauguin
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Rembrandt van Rijn
    Ilya Repin

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player LadyNym asks:
  Which of these words describes a pyramid consisting of a series of receding tiers?

    zither
    zinfandel
    ziggurat
    zirconium

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player pennie1478 asks:
  "The band was banned from playing at the Macy's parade because of their attitude." The words banned and band sound alike, but are spelled differently. What is the term for words that are spelled differently, but sound alike?

    Homophone
    Synonym
    Antonym
    Heteronym