Answers to "Because It's There" Quiz 

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The correct answers to each question are listed below in blue.

1. arete

- a sharp-crested ridge in rugged mountains

- a long iron-pointed staff used in mountain climbing

- a warm dry wind blowing down the side of a mountain

- a combination pick and adze with a spiked handle that is used in mountain climbing

2. belay

- to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing

- the securing of a person or a safety rope to an anchor point

- to take up and hold by

- an oblong metal ring with one spring-hinged side that is used especially in mountain climbing as a connector and to hold a freely running rope

3. cirque

- a deep steep-walled basin on a mountain usually forming the blunt end of a valley

- a warm dry wind blowing down the side of a mountain

- a cable railway ascending a mountain

-a combination pick and adze with a spiked handle that is used in mountain climbing

4. shieling

- of or relating to a sierra

- a covering cap of snow (as on a mountain peak)

- a notch in the crest of a mountain ridge

- a mountain hut used as a shelter by shepherds

5. capital of Wisconsin

- Milwaukee

- Madison

- Green Bay

- Lansing

6. Welsh rarebit

- a mild white friable cheese of Welsh origin

- a hard white, yellow, or orange smooth-textured cheese with a flavor that ranges from mild to strong as the cheese matures

- melted often seasoned cheese poured over toast or crackers

- a soup or stew made with greens, onions, and crabmeat or pork, covered by a thin layer of semi-melted cheddar cheese; aka the state dish of Wisconsin

7. Camelot

- the site of King Arthur's palace and court

- a time, place, or atmosphere of idyllic happiness

- a Broadway play on stage during the early 1960s

- all the above

8. badger

- any of various carnivorous mammals (especially genus Vulpes) of the rodent family related to but smaller than martins with shorter legs, more pointed muzzle, large erect ears, and long bushy tail

- a small fox (Vulpes velox) with large ears that occurs on the plains of western North America

- any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

- a medium-sized American wildcat (Felis pardalis) that ranges from Texas to northern Wisconsin and has a tawny-yellow or grayish coat dotted and striped with black

9. Wisconsin state flower

- Green Bay orchid

- wood violet

- bayberry

- wheat flower

10. camber

- the external opening to an Indycar’s fuel cell

- a rotating shaft in the engine that opens and closes the engine’s intake and exhaust valves

- degree to which right-side tires lean in toward the car (from the top of the tire) and the left- side tires lean out

- a long, narrow, removable spoiler made of steel, aluminum or carbon fiber on the trailing edge of the front and rear wings that varies in height, creating downforce

 

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