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Question 1

In blackjack When one of the two cards dealt to a player is an ace, the hand is called

Answer 1

“soft”

This means that the player cannot go bust by taking another card, as the ace can be revalued at “one” if necessary in order to stay under 21.

Question 2

exercises. involves a squat thrust followed by a straight stand. The exercise is named for its inventor,

Answer 2

burpee

physiologist Royal Huddleston Burpee, Sr.

Question 3

is a Japanese breed of dog that was developed for hunting. Although the exact etymology ” is unclear, the term translates as “brushwood”. “Inu” is Japanese for “dog”.

Answer 3

The Shiba Inu

The Shiba Inu

Question 4

Schitt’s Creek” surname :

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ROSE
In the excellent Canadian sitcom “Schitt’s Creek”, the character Moira Rose is an outrageous former soap star, and wife of Johnny Rose and their two adult children, David and Alexis. Moira is played by actress and comedian Catherine O’Hara. Supposedly, the character was inspired by the reality stars on “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “The Real Housewives” franchise.

Question 5

A QR Code

Answer 5

(for “Quick Response Code”) is a two-dimensional barcode that is favored over UPC barcodes as it can read more quickly and can store much more information. The QR Code comprises black squares within a square grid on a white background.

Question 6

Animation frames :

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CELS
Animation cels are transparent sheets made of celluloid acetate that were used in traditional hand-drawn animation to create animated films. They were first introduced in the 1930s and were widely used in animation production until the late 1990s, when digital animation techniques began to dominate the industry.

Question 7

Ping-Pong is called this in the UK, where the sport originated in the 1880s.

Answer 7

table tennis

Table tennis started as an after-dinner activity among the elite, and was called “wiff-waff”. To play the game, books were stacked in the center of a table as a “net”, two more books served as “”rackets” and the ball used was actually a golf ball. The game evolved over time with the rackets being upgraded to the lids of cigar boxes and the ball becoming a champagne cork (how snooty is that?). Eventually the game was produced commercially, and the sound of the ball hitting the racket was deemed to be a “ping” and a “pong”, giving the sport its alternative name. The name “Ping-Pong” was trademarked in Britain in 1901, and eventually sold to Parker Brothers in the US.

Question 8

is an animated superhero film released in 2018 that won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The animation style of the movie is called “comic book come to life.” The filmmakers wanted to create a movie that felt like a living, breathing comic book, and they achieved that by incorporating comic book elements like thought bubbles and sound effects into the animation.

Answer 8

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

Question 9

Stanford University graduate who created a YouTube web series called “The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl”.

Answer 9

Rae also plays the title role in the series, a young lady named “J”. “Awkward Black Girl” was adapted into an HBO comedy-drama called “Insecure”, in which Issa Rae stars.

Question 10

was invented in 1895 and was originally called “mintonette”, a reference to the related game of “badminton”.

Answer 10

Indoor volleyball

The variant called beach volleyball originated in 1915 on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, but was popularized on the beaches of Santa Monica starting in 1920.

Question 11

two official languages of Pakistan

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Urdu
the other being English), and is one of the 22 scheduled languages in India. Urdu partly developed from Persian and is written from right to left.

Question 12

” is an animated sitcom aimed at adults that is a spinoff of “Big Mouth”. The main voice cast of is joined by an impressive list of actors voicing recurring characters, including Hugh Jackman, Rosie Perez, Chris O’Down, Henry Winkler, Miley Cyrus, Florence Pugh, Eugene Levy, Isabella Rossellini, and even Helen Mirren.

Answer 12

Human Resources

Question 13

became the fastest expansion team to do so in Major League history.

Answer 13

The Arizona Diamondbacks (also “D-backs”) joined Major League Baseball’s National League in 1998. By winning the World Series in 2001, they became the fastest expansion team to do so in Major League history.

Question 14

Gender-affirming treatment HRT

Answer 14

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Question 15

Gender-affirming treatment HRT

Answer 15

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Question 16

Gender-affirming treatment HRT

Answer 16

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Question 17

In the world of surgical medicine, this is an artificial tube inserted inside a vessel in the body, say an artery, in order to reduce the effects of a local restriction in the body’s conduit.

Answer 17

stent

Question 18

In the world of surgical medicine, this is an artificial tube inserted inside a vessel in the body, say an artery, in order to reduce the effects of a local restriction in the body’s conduit.

Answer 18

stent

Question 19

When baking this is the resting of a dough made with yeast, allowing it to rise prior to baking.

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proofing (also “proving”

The active ingredient used to make sourdough bread is found in a pre-ferment (also “starter”). This pre-ferment is a mixture of flour and water that has been allowed to ferment for some time (maybe days) to grow a colony of wild yeast and lactobacilli. The starter is added to the dough used to make the final bread, with the start accounting for about 20% of the weight of the final mixture. During baking, the wild yeast causes the bread to rise and the lactobacilli produce lactic acid, which gives sourdough its characteristic sour taste.

Question 20

The name “Aldi” is an abbreviation of

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“Albrecht Diskont”, “Albrecht Discount” in English.

Discount supermarket chain ALDI features a central aisle of rotating items that are available at low, low prices for a limited time. The store refers to this as the “Aldi Finds” aisle, perhaps because the goods on display have little or nothing to do with grocery shopping. Fans of the Aldi Finds aisle are fond of referring to it as the “aisle of shame”.

Question 21

was nominated for an Oscar, but not for his acting. He was nominated for co-writing the screenplay for “The Royal Tenenbaums” along with Wes Anderson. Also in the excellent movie “Midnight in Paris”.

Answer 21

Actor Owen Wilson

Question 22

” was the stage name of Ferdinand LaMothe, a ragtime and early jazz musician. He apparently had quite the ego and claimed to have “invented” the jazz genre in 1902. That said, he did indeed record the first ever published jazz composition,.

Answer 22

Jelly Roll Morton

That said, he did indeed record the first ever published jazz composition, his own “Jelly Roll Blues” in 1915

Early in his career, Morton worked as piano player in a brothel, and there took the nickname “Jelly Roll”, a suggestive slang term related to female anatomy.

Question 23

Evita” role for Mandy Patinkin :

Answer 23

CHE
Mandy Patinkin is a stage and screen actor, and a tenor vocalist. Patinkin played the part of Che in the original Broadway production of “Evita”, and won a Tony for his performance. He has appeared in many TV shows, perhaps most notably playing Saul Berenson on the excellent espionage thriller series “Homeland”. On the big screen, one of Patinkin’s most notable roles is Inigo Montoya in 1973’s “The Princess Bride”.