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Question 1

Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking” is a 2017 cookbook penned by this chef and TV host.

Answer 1

Samin Nosrat

A best seller, it has been described as more of a reference book than a collection of recipes. Nosrat explains how to master flavor and texture using salt, fat, acid and heat, four elements that she calls the “cardinal directions” of cooking.

Question 2

is a US swimmer who has won twelve Olympic medals. She is also the only American swimmer to have competed in five Olympic Games, and is the oldest swimmer to have made it onto the Olympic team, at 41.

Answer 2

Dara Torres

Question 3

As my this-American wife will tell you, “sauna” is a this word. It is pronounced more correctly as “sow-nah” (“sow”, as in the female pig).

Answer 3

Finnish

Question 4

Saxophone is classified as this type of instrument

Answer 4

Woodwind

Saxophones are made of brass, but they also have some features in common with woodwind instruments, such as the use of a reed to create sound. Because of that reed, the “sax” is classified not as a brass instrument, but as a woodwind.

Question 5

Genetic molecule translated into protein :

Answer 5

RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an essential catalyst in the manufacture of proteins in the body. The genetic code in DNA determines the sequence of amino acids that make up each protein. That sequence is read in DNA by messenger RNA, and amino acids are delivered for protein manufacture in the correct sequence by transfer RNA. The amino acids are then formed into proteins by ribosomal RNA. An added complication is that small changes in the sequence of amino acids specified by DNA sometimes takes place in a process known as RNA editing. This RNA editing occurs after the nucleotide sequence has been transcribed from DNA, but before it is translated into protein.

Question 6

The color of bell peppers changes as they ripen: they start off this color

Answer 6

green, and as they mature turn yellow, orange, and eventually red.

Question 7

French for milk

Answer 7

Café lightener : LAIT
In French, you might pour “lait” (milk) “dans votre café” (in your coffee).

Question 8

This is a very fast run downhill in skiing, one with no turns taken to slow the pace of the descent. “

German word for “shot”.

Answer 8

schuss

Schuss” is a German word for “shot”.

Question 9

The name “” comes from the Italian word “” meaning “trumpet”, with the “-et” suffix indicating “small”.

Answer 9

clarinet

clarino

Question 10

3 time Olympic hosts

Answer 10

When Paris hosted the Summer Olympics in 2024, it became only the second city to host the Olympics three times (London hosted in 1908, 1948 and 2012).

Question 11

It is the only chess move involving two pieces at the same time

Answer 11

In the game of chess, the move known as “castling” involves the king moving two squares towards one of the rooks, and then placing that rook in the square over which the king crossed.

Question 12

The first television remote control was introduced by

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Zenith Radio Corporation, in 1950. That remote was hard-wired to the TV, and was marketed as “Lazy Bones”. Personally, my first “remote” was a broomstick that I used by pushing in large mechanical buttons that selected each of the three channels that were available back then on the east coast of Ireland …

Question 13

Back in the early 1900s, this was someone (usually a male) who admired firefighting. The term “” was a reference to the this-colored uniforms that had been sported by volunteer firefighters in New York City since the 1820s. The use of the word “” spread over time to describe a person who was enthusiastic about any particular subject,

Answer 13

buff

g. film buff, WWII buff.

Question 14

Score is this number

Answer 14

Score : TWENTY
Our verb “to score” meaning “to tally”, comes from the Old Norse “skor”, which is a “mark, notch”. It is likely that items such as livestock were counted by placing a notch in a stick for each set of twenty, hence our use of the noun “score” to mean “twenty”.

Question 15

is a generic name describing several plants that have thorns or prickles, including the rose.

Answer 15

Briar” (sometimes “brier”)

Famously, Br’er Rabbit lives in a briar patch.

Question 16

“Jackie Robinson of ice hockey”.

Answer 16

Willie O’Ree is a retired professional hockey player from Canada who made his debut for the Boston Bruins in 1958. That made him the first Black player in the National Hockey League, and earned him the nickname “Jackie Robinson of ice hockey”.

Hofer

Question 17

energy, vitality. There’s a kind of cool thing about this word ” spelling, namely that it is the only 7-letter word in English that cannot be played in Scrabble.

Answer 17

“pizzazz”

You can get close by using the Z-tile with the two blank tiles to get to three of the required four Zs, but there’s no way to get to the fourth Z.

Question 18

PC key for scrolling to the end :

Answer 18

PGDN
PGUP (Page Up) and PGDN (Page Down) are two navigation keys found on a PC keyboard.

Question 19

AAA in road terms

Answer 19

The American Automobile Association (AAA) dispatches a lot of tow trucks.

Question 20

Inauguration Day date and amendment

Answer 20

is on January 20th in the year following the November election of a US President. This date is called out in the Twentieth Amendment to the US Constitution, which was ratified by the states in 1933.

Question 21

this style of men’s evening dress” was first worn to a country club event in 1886 in New York and gets its name from location

Answer 21

called a “tuxedo
The use of a dark dinner jacket without tails became fashionable at the club with the members, and the tradition spread from there. The country club was located in Tuxedo Park, New York, giving the style of dress its name.

Question 22

Game with 108 cards :.

Answer 22

UNO
In my youth I remember being taught a great card game by a German acquaintance of mine, a game called Mau Mau. Years later I discovered that UNO is basically the same game, but played with a purpose-printed deck instead of the regular deck of playing cards that’s used for Mau Mau. I hear that Mau Mau is derived from the game called Crazy Eights

Question 23

This tree is native to North America and has a fruit that looks similar to a papaya.

Answer 23

papaw (also “pawpaw”)

Papaw probably gets its name from the word papaya, but papaw and papaya are two distinct species.

Question 24

This is a structure that is used to raise and lower watercraft between stretches of a canal that are at different water levels. They are included in canals so that the waterway can cross land that is not level.

Answer 24

A lock

Question 25

Pet” that needs lots of water :

Answer 25

CHIA
Chia is a flowering plant in the mint family. Chia seeds are an excellent food source and are often added to breakfast cereals and energy bars. There is also the famous Chia Pet, an invention of a San Francisco company. Chia Pets are terra-cotta figurines to which moistened chia seeds are applied. The seeds sprout and the seedlings become the “fur” of the Chia Pet

Question 26

This is a fluid that exists alongside blood in the body that is transported through same named vessels. One of the functions of the system is to pick up bacteria in the body,

Answer 26

Lymph
One of the functions of the system is to pick up bacteria in the body, transporting them to lymph nodes where they are destroyed by lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Lymph can also carry metastatic cancer cells that can lodge in lymph nodes, making lymph nodes a common site where tumors may be found growing.

Question 27

” has been the official nickname of California since 1968.

Answer 27

Golden State
The nickname reflects the expansion of the state’s economy that followed the discovery of gold in 1848, and also the fields of golden poppies seen growing wild across California in the spring.

Question 28

was a prominent concert violinist from Russia. He was married to the famous American soprano Alma Gluck. The couple had a son called. who became a well-known actor (co-star on “77 Sunset Strip”).

Answer 28

Efrem Zimbalist
Son Efrem Zimbalist, Jr

Zimbalist, Sr. was therefore also the grandfather of actress Stephanie Zimbalist (co-star on “Remington Steele”).

Question 29

At this tide, the smaller gravitational effect of the sun cancels out some of the moon’s effect.

Answer 29

Neap

Question 30

At this tide, the sun and the moon’s gravitational forces act in concert causing more extreme movement of the oceans.

Answer 30

spring

Question 31

Local source of produce: Abbr. :

Answer 31

CSA
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Question 32

Orecchiette shape :

Answer 32

EAR
Orecchiette are small dome-shaped pasta from Southern Italy. Each piece resembles a small ear, hence the name. “Orecchietta” (the singular) comes from the Italian “orecchia” meaning “ear” and “-etta” meaning “small”

Question 33

was murdered in 1995 by the president of her own fan club at the height of her career.
Also In a 1997 biopic about her life, this actress played the title role.

Answer 33

Singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known professionally simply as “Selena

Jennifer Lopez

Selena had often been referred to as the “Queen of Tejano” during her career.

Question 34

Indoor rower, for short :

Answer 34

ERG
An indoor rowing machine is often referred to as an ergometer (or simply “erg”). However, the term “ergometer” really applies to a device that measures the amount of work performed.

Question 35

Into the Water” novelist

Answer 35

Hawkins : PAULA
British novelist Paula Hawins was born and raised in Zimbabwe (then “Rhodesia”) before relocating in her teens with her family to England. She is perhaps best known as an author for her 2015 psychological thriller novel “The Girl on the Train”, which was adapted into a hit 2016 movie with the same title. Hawkins also writes romantic comedy fiction, publishing under the name “Amy Silver”.

Question 36

Canada’s federal territory known as this takes its name from the same name river . “

Answer 36

Yukon River

Yukon” means “Big Stream” in the local Gwich’in language.

Question 37

This is a man’s cap worn traditionally by Scotsmen. “

Answer 37

tam o’shanter

Tams” were originally all blue (and called “blue bonnets”) but as more dyes became readily available they became more colorful. The name of the cap comes from the title character of the Robert Burns poem “Tam o’ Shanter”. A pom-pom adorning a tam is known as a toorie.