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Question 1

World’s third-largest river, by volume :

Answer 1

CONGO
The Congo River in Africa is the third-largest in the world in terms of volume of water discharged (after the Amazon and Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna), and the second longest river in Africa (after the Nile). It is also the deepest river in the world, with depths exceeding 700 feet. The name “Congo” comes from the ancient Kingdom of Kongo that was once located at the mouth of the river.

Question 2

Newton’s second law of motion

Answer 2

tells us that a body accelerates when a force is applied to it, and the greater the mass of the object, the greater the force required to cause that acceleration. Mathematically, the law can be written as Force = mass x acceleration (F=ma).

Question 3

This word “sermon” comes from the Latin “” meaning “discourse, talk”. The literal translation of ” is “a stringing together of words”,

Answer 3

Sermon
sermonem
from the Latin “serere” meaning “to join”, as in the related word “series”.

Question 4

Flamin’ Hot” director

Answer 4

Longoria : EVA
Eva Longoria is a fashion model and actress who had a regular role on TV’s “Desperate Housewives”, playing Gabrielle Solis. Her travel and food show “Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico” premiered on CNN in 2023

Question 5

played Dr. Tony Gates on the medical drama “ER

Answer 5

Fuller House” actor John : STAMOS
Actor John Stamos is best known as the star of the sitcom “Full House”, although he also played Dr. Tony Gates on the medical drama “ER”. Outside of acting, Stamos is quite the musician, playing drums and guitar. He has appeared in concerts and recorded with the Beach Boys several times.

“Full House” is a sitcom that originally aired from the late eighties through the mid-nineties. It’s all about two men helping a third man raise his three young daughters after his wife is killed by a drunk driver. Bob Saget plays the widowed father, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen play the youngest daughter. A sequel titled “Fuller House” started airing on Netflix in 2016.

Question 6

Microsoft’s web browser :

Answer 6

EDGE
The Microsoft Edge web browser was introduced in 2015 as a replacement for Internet Explorer. As of 2020, Microsoft Edge had 10% of the desktop web browser market, second only to Google Chrome that dominated with 70% market share.

Question 7

The term “” originated in the 1700s, then describing a public room for music or dancing. “It” is a diminutive of “casa” meaning “house”.

Answer 7

casino

Question 8

Wildebeest :

Answer 8

GNU
The gnu is also known as the wildebeest, and is an antelope native to Africa. “Wildebeest” is a Dutch word meaning “wild beast”.

Question 9

He fell out of favor with the political leaders in Athens who put him on trial on trumped-up charges. He was found guilty of corrupting the youth of the city-state and of not believing in the gods of the state. The sentence levied was death by drinking hemlock

Answer 9

Socrates

Question 10

Butterfly caterpillars protect themselves in a hard outer skin to form this

Answer 10

a pupa known as a chrysalis (plural “chrysalides”). But, butterfly caterpillars don’t go the extra step and a silky cocoon. Famously, silk thread comes from silk cocoons created by silkworms, which mature into silk moths.

Question 11

Thanksgiving Day Parade sponsor :

Answer 11

MACY’S
The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City has been held every year since 1924, with a brief suspension from 1942-1944. The parade was halted during WWII as there was a need for rubber and helium to support the war effort. The 2020 parade was closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and so was a broadcast-only event.

Question 12

Hajj destination :

Answer 12

MECCA
Mecca is in the Makkah province of Saudi Arabia. It was the birthplace of Muhammad and is the holiest city in Islam. Every year, several million Muslims perform the Hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.

Question 13

Branch of Islam :

Answer 13

The Islamic sects of Sunni and Shia Muslims differ in the belief of who should have taken over leadership of the Muslim faithful after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Followers of the Sunni tradition agree with the decision that the Prophet Muhammad’s confidante Abu Bakr was the right choice to become the first Caliph of the Islamic nation. Followers of the Shia tradition believe that leadership should have stayed within the Prophet Muhammad’s own family, and favored the Prophet’s son-in-law Ali.

Question 14

Saint-Tropez sea :

Answer 14

MER
Saint-Tropez is a town in southeastern France on the French Riviera. These days, Saint-Tropez is very much associated with the European and American jet set. The town is named for a legendary martyr named Saint Torpes of Pisa. Torpes was supposedly executed on the orders of the Roman Emperor Nero. Having been beheaded, his head was tossed into the river Arno, and his body placed in a boat along with a cock and a dog who were to eat the body. The boat came ashore at the present-day location of Saint-Tropez, with the body untouched by the cock and the dog. The local people named their village in honor of Saint Torpes.

Question 15

Sch. between Mex. and N. Mex. :

Answer 15

UTEP
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was founded in 1914 as the Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy. To this day, there is a mine shaft on the campus. The mascot of the school’s sports teams is Paydirt Pete, a prospector from the mining industry. The teams are also known as the UTEP Miners and Lady Miners.

Question 16

translates from French simply as “pen name”.

Answer 16

Nom de plume”

Question 17

Los Angeles art museum :

Answer 17

GETTY
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is one of the most-visited museums in the country. Like many museums in developed countries these days, the Getty has been embroiled in disputes about ownership of artifacts. The curators of the Getty have gone so far as to repatriate some items in recent years, especially to Greece and Italy. The J. Paul Getty Museum has two locations. The Getty Center is the primary location, and houses art from the Middle Ages to the present. The associated (and beautiful) Getty Villa displays art from ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria.

Question 18

is an actress whose most acclaimed performance was in the 1997 Quentin Tarantino film “Jackie Brown”, in which she played the title role.

Answer 18

Pam Grier

Question 19

You know that earthy scent that manifests itself when rain falls on dry soil? That scent is known as

Answer 19

petrichor, from the Greek “petra” meaning “rock” and “ikhor”, the name given to the mythical fluid that makes up the blood of gods and immortals.

Question 20

is the main component on the motherboard of a computer.

Answer 20

The central processing unit (CPU
The CPU is the part of the computer that carries out most of the functions required by a program. Nowadays you can get CPUs in everything from cars to telephones.

Question 21

made it big on television playing Al Bundy on the sitcom “Married … with Children”, not a show I ever cared for. However, is in the cast of a great show, namely “Modern Family”. Off screen, he is a very proficient practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, earning his black belt in 2007.

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Answer 21

Ed O’Neill
Clipped” is a sports drama miniseries that tells the story of the downfall of Donald Sterling, the onetime owner of the LA Clippers basketball team. It is based on ESPN’s “30 for 30” season of episodes called “The Sterling Affairs”. Ed O’Neill portrays Sterling, and Laurence Fishburne plays Clippers coach Doc Rivers.

Question 22

New Hampshire state flower :

Answer 22

LILAC
The ornamental flowering plant known as lilac is native to the Balkans, and is a member of the olive family. The name “lilac” comes from the Persian word “lilaq,” which means “flower.”

New Hampshire adopted the purple lilac as state flower in 1919. The pink lady’s slipper was named the state wildflower in 1991.

Question 23

works at an embassy and is a representative of a government, and someone ranking below an ambassador. The name comes from the concept of being a “messenger” from his or her government.

Answer 23

An envoy

“Envoyer” is the French word for “to send”.

Question 24

Tamagotchis are digital ones : ch”.

Answer 24

PETS

Tamagotchis are hand-held digital pets from Japan. They come housed in tiny egg-shaped computers, usually with a three-button interface. The Tamagotchis can be named, get hungry, and can be happy or sad. Care is provided by the owner using the interface buttons. The name “Tamagotchi” comes from the Japanese word “tamago” meaning “egg”, melded with the English word “wat

Question 25

Region in South America that’s technically part of Europe :

Answer 25

FRENCH GUIANA

Guiana (often “French Guiana”) is an overseas department of France that is located on the northeast coast of South America. Guiana is home to the infamous Devil’s Island (Île du Diable) that France used as a penal colony for just over a century, up until 1953. The territory is also home to the Guiana Space Centre that is frequently used for launches by the European space industry.

Question 26

is the eldest of Barack and Michelle Obama’s two daughters.

Answer 26

Malia Obama

She graduated from the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., the same school that Chelsea Clinton attended. Malia took a gap year after leaving high school, and spent the 2016 summer as an intern in the US Embassy in Madrid, before heading off to Harvard in 2017.

Sasha is the younger of the two Obama children, having been born in 2001. She was the youngest child to reside in the White House since John F. Kennedy, Jr. moved in with his parents as a small infant. Sasha’s Secret Service codename is “Rosebud”, and her older sister Malia has the codename “Radiance”.

Question 27

When she took office in 2019 at the age of 29, AOC became the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress.

Answer 27

Next time someone tells Bronx girls to take off their ___, they can just say they’re dressing like a congresswoman”: A.O.C. : HOOPS

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a politician who is often referred to by her initials “AOC”. A Democrat, she was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 2018, representing part of the Bronx, Queens and Rikers Island in New York City.

Question 28

Saharan vipers :

Answer 28

ASPS

The asp is a small to medium-sized snake, typically growing to between 18 and 30 inches in length. It has a distinctive triangular head and a dark, zigzag pattern along its back.

Question 29

The delicious dish called this is a meld of stir-fried rice noodles with tamarind juice, red chili pepper plus a mix of vegetables and possibly tofu, meat or fish. It is usually topped with crushed peanuts, coriander and lime.

Answer 29

pad Thai
The name “pad Thai” translates as “fried Thai-style”.

Question 30

Greek city renowned for its olives :

Answer 30

KALAMATA

The kalamata olive is a large, dark purple, almond-shaped olive that is perhaps the most common table olive from Greece. It is named for the city of Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese, which is at the center of the region where the olive variety is grown. Even though the EU reserves the name “kalamata” for only those olives grown in the region, we can buy kalamata olives grown elsewhere, from California for example.

Question 31

Brown University’s mascot Bruno, for one :

Answer 31

BEAR

Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island is one of the eight Ivy League schools. Brown has been around a long time, founded in 1764, years before America declared independence from England. The university took the name of Brown in 1804 after one Nicholas Brown, Jr. gave a substantial gift to the school. The school’s athletic teams are known as the Brown Bears, and their mascot is Bruno.

Question 32

African country with its own 13-month calendar :

Answer 32

ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia follows a unique 13-month calendar, which is seven years and eight months behind the Gregorian calendar. The 13th month, called Pagume, has five or six days depending on whether it is a leap year or not. This calendar is based on the Julian calendar and is closely linked to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which follows its own religious festivals and traditions.

Question 33

is a country in Central America that is bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the South.

Answer 33

Costa Rica

Costa Rica is remarkable in my opinion, a leader on the world stage in many areas. It has been referred to as the “greenest” country in the world, the “happiest” country in the world, and has a highly educated populace. In 1949, the country unilaterally abolished its own army … permanently!

Question 34

is the naming of something by vocally imitating the sound associated with it.

Answer 34

Onomatopoeia

Examples of onomatopoeia are “chirp”, “clash”, “click” and “hiccups”.
Ana mata pia

Question 35

is an American actress, although she was actually born in Vicenza, Italy while her father was a US serviceman stationed on an Italian base. My favorite film so far is the outstanding “Julie & Julia” in which she acted alongside Meryl Streep. I highly recommend this truly delightful movie.

2016’s “Arrival” is a very entertaining sci-fi film that is based on a short story by Ted Chiang called “Story of Your Life”. She plays a linguist who is called upon to communicate with aliens who have arrived on Earth.

Answer 35

Amy Adams

Question 36

This verb “means “to bend the knee, in worship”.

Answer 36

to genuflect”
The term comes to us via French from the Latin “genu” meaning “knee” and “flectere” meaning “to bend”.

Question 37

is one of a group of directors of horror movies known quite graphically as “The Splat Pack”. I can’t stand “splat” movies and avoid them as best I can. He is also famous for playing Donny Donowitz in the Quentin Tarantino movie “Inglourious Basterds”, a good film I thought, if you close your eyes during the gruesome bits.

Answer 37

Eli Roth

Question 38

This so-called “sound is used a lot in game shows to indicate that a player is losing. It’s that plaintive “wah wah” sound.

Answer 38

sad trombone”

Question 39

Thor’s father :

Answer 39

ODIN

In Norse mythology, Thor was the son of Odin. Thor wielded a mighty hammer and was the god of thunder, lightning and storms. Our contemporary word “Thursday” comes from “Thor’s Day”.

Question 40

Timor is an island in Maritime Southeast Asia. The island is politically divided into

Answer 40

West Timor, belonging to Indonesia, and the independent state of East Timor. The name “Timor” comes from a Malay word for “east”, and is used as Timor lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Question 41

Car company whose name roughly translates to “rising out of Asia” :

Answer 41

KIA

Kia Motors is the second-largest manufacturer of cars in South Korea, behind Hyundai (and Hyundai is a part owner in Kia now). Kia was founded in 1944 as a manufacturer of bicycle parts, and did indeed produce Korea’s first domestic bicycle. The company’s original name was Kyungsung Precision Industry, with the Kia name introduced in 1952.

Question 42

is the highest peak in the Alps.
Also Translation and location

Answer 42

Mont Blanc
The name “Mont Blanc” translates from French into “white mountain”. The mountain lies on the border between France and Italy, and it has been generally accepted for decades that the summit lies within French territory. However, there have been official claims that the summit does in fact fall within the borders of Italy.

Question 43

They help you see at sea :

Answer 43

PERISCOPES

The prefix “peri-” is Greek in origin and means “around”. An example of its use is “periscope”, a device on a submarine for looking “around”.

Question 44

song with a Guinness world record for “most words in a hit single” (1,560 in six minutes) :

Answer 44

RAP GOD

“Rap God” is a song by American rapper Eminem, released in 2013. “Rap God” holds the Guinness World Record for the most words in a hit single. The song contains a total of 1,560 words in just over six minutes, which translates to an average of 4.28 words per second.

Question 45

Elon musk
Companies

Answer 45

Elon Musk is a successful businessman who has founded or led some very high-profile companies, namely PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX. Musk received a lot of publicity in early 2018 during a test launch by SpaceX of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. A Tesla Roadster belonging to Musk was carried into space as a dummy payload.

Question 46

was a French artist renowned for his contribution to modern art. In his early career, he was classed as a “fauve”, one of the group of artists known as the “wild beasts” who emphasized strong color over realism in their works. He was a lifelong friend of Pablo Picasso, and the two were considered to be good-natured rivals so their works are often compared.

Answer 46

Henri Matisse

One major difference between their individual portfolios is that Picasso tended to paint from his imagination, whereas Matisse tended to use nature as his inspiration.

Question 47

It was the stand taken by Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955 that sparked the bus riots here

Answer 47

Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott. President Clinton presented Ms. Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996. When she died in 2005, Rosa Parks became the first ever woman to have her body lie in honor in the US Capitol Rotunda.

Question 48

The luxurious fabric known as “this” takes its name from “Zayton”, the medieval Arabic name for the Chinese port city of Quanzhou. Quanzhou was used for the export of large amounts of silk to Europe.

Answer 48

satin

Question 49

Organizations
Thr press called the donations after this orgs 1938 founding a silver tide which actually swamped the White House

Answer 49

March of dimes
For infantile paralysis

What began in 1938 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s personal struggle with polio led to the creation of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as March of Dimes