Allusions 16-30

Question 1

Bread and Circuses

Answer 1

Distributing free food as an appeal in Colessium/ policies that keep that people happy and distract from the issues

Question 2

Deus ex machina

Answer 2

Actor lowered from mechane and appeared to be flying/ any surprising events that makes things alright

Question 3

Tabula Rasa

Answer 3

Blank slate/Someone uninfluenced

Question 4

Tantalus

Answer 4

Was a king who suffers from eternal hunger and thirst/something desirable that is withheld

Question 5

NIMBY

Answer 5

People insists that these situations be moved away from them/ not in my back yard

Question 6

Waterloo

Answer 6

Napoleon Bonaparte finally defeated/ to meet ones defeat

Question 7

Emperor’s New Clothes

Answer 7

Two tailors tricked the emporer into no clothes; baby shouted out he’s naked/pointing out a falseness especially when others are afraid to admit the truth

Question 8

Left Handed Compliment

Answer 8

Left hand is negative/ a compliment that is rude/you throw well for a girl

Question 9

Sword of Damocles

Answer 9

Damocles was sat under a sword hanging from a string in the Kings chair/awareness of impending or imminent danger

Question 10

Svengali

Answer 10

Svengali was a singing master who taught Trilby to sing but when he died Trilby could no longer sing/person who exercises excessive control or influence over another person

Question 11

Non sequitur

Answer 11

It does not follow/a statement unrelated to what was said before

Question 12

White elephant

Answer 12

Rare and considered special; no use so King gave it to those who displeased him/an object that has no use to its owner and may even represent a financial burden or inconvenience

Question 13

Fiddle while Rome

Answer 13

Nero played a violin while a fire consumed half of Rome/to show indifference in the midst of an emergency or disaster

Question 14

Icarus/Fly too close to the sun

Answer 14

To fail or to be destroyed because of a lack of caution