“Perfect” Questions [Quiz #9]

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1. In bowling, what is a perfect score, and how many consecutive strikes must a player roll to achieve it?

2. In mathematics, what is a perfect number?

3 What Romanian gymnast became the first to score a perfect 10, a feat she repeated six times, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal?

4. In music, what is perfect (or absolute) pitch?

5. What currently constitutes a perfect score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)? What is it on the rival ACT test? [half point each]

6. Which classic comedy film ends with a character, upon learning that his girlfriend is actually a man, uttering the immortal line “Well, nobody’s perfect.”

7. Fill in the blanks:
Coincidentally, as of this date, both the longest-running off-Broadway play and the longest-running play in New York City history fit today’s theme. The first, I Love You, You’re Perfect, _____, is a comedic musical that opened in 1996 and had its 5000th performance in July 2008. The second, Perfect _____, opened in 1987 off-Broadway and, having later moved to Broadway, has played over 8700 times with the same lead actress (Catherine Russell, who’s missed only four performances in that time). [half point each]

8. In economics, what does the phrase “perfect competition” refer to in describing a market? [Name at least two characteristics of such a market for full credit.]

9. Using the verb “to finish,” provide an example of past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect grammatical tenses. [full point for getting all three, half point for getting one or two]

10. Which famous document begins with the phrase, “We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…,” and what year was that document created? [half point each]