Edith Wharton Age Of Innonence

Question 1

” is actually the name given to two different mineral rocks, both of which are used to make gemstones. The first is nephrite, a mineral with a varying degree of iron content, the more iron the greener the color.

Answer 1

Jade
The second is jadeite, a sodium and aluminum-rich pyroxene. As well as being used for gemstones, both jade minerals can be carved into decorative pieces.

Question 2

is an ornamental accessory held by a pin or clasp, and worn near the neck. The term “” comes from the Old French “” meaning “long needle”.

Answer 2

brooch

Question 3

This is a large region of the US covering most of Nevada, much of Utah and some parts of Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon and California. The 200,000 square mile area drains internally, with all precipitation sinking underground or flowing into lakes.

Answer 3

Great Basin
Most of the lakes in the Great Basin are saline, including the Great Salt Lake, Pyramid Lake and the Humboldt Sink.

Question 4

Learn to Fly” band :

Answer 4

FOO
“Learn to Fly” is a 1999 song released by the Foo Fighters. It was destined to become the band’s first song to make it into the “Billboard” Hot 100. Foo Fighters have quite a following in Cesena, Italy. In 2015, about 1,000 musicians gathered there and performed “Learn to Fly” in unison. A YouTube video of the performance went viral, and in response, Foo Fighters held a concert in Cesena for about 3,000 people a few months later.

Question 5

Dynamite
Song

Answer 5

K-pop group : BTS
“Dynamite” is a 2020 song released by the boy band BTS from South Korea. It was a huge success internationally and hit number-one in the US charts. “Dynamite” was the first song that BTS fully recorded in English.

Question 6

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” singer

Answer 6

Ives : BURL
As well as being an actor, Burl Ives was a folk singer, which was his original calling. Stemming from his life in Hollywood, Ives had a distressing experience with the House Un-American Activities Committee. He avoided being blacklisted by cooperating to some level with McCarthy and his team. This cooperation created a rift between him and Pete Seeger in particular, as Seeger was a fellow singer whom he “discussed” with the committee.

The song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was written by Johnny Marks, and was based on the story created by Marks’ brother-in-law Robert L. May.

All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.

Question 7

DC in DC comics

Answer 7

Detective comics

Question 8

Most translated author in history

Answer 8

Agatha Christie
Also best selling ?

Question 9

Jesus fed this many men and fed them this many this

Answer 9

5 loaves of bread
2 fish
5K fed

Question 10

In Greek mythology considered herald of gods the protector of human heralds travelers merchants orators and thieves

Answer 10

Hermes
Equivalent Mercury Roman

Question 11

Jan 29 1886 he applied for his vehicle power gas engine
The first
Patent 37435

Answer 11

Carl Benz

Question 12

Name of mission to land troops at Normandy
Also This date

Answer 12

Operation overlord
June 6 1944

Question 13

first video game Character to have a balloon in macys thanksgiving day parade
Also first gene character in rose bowl 96

93

Answer 13

Sonic the hedgehog

Question 14

KFC follows this many people on social media
Also name 2 groups

Answer 14

11
5 Spice girls
And 6 people named herb her bbb

Question 15

One-Punch Man” genre :

Answer 15

ANIME
“One-Punch Man” is a superhero manga series from Japan. The title character is so named because he can defeat any opponent with a single punch.

Question 16

SCUBA

Answer 16

Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA)

Diving acronym

Question 17

This car company manufacturers Bentley coop ruh lambraghini and duh cot e motorcycles

Answer 17

Volkswagen group

Question 18

The list of tarot cards includes

Answer 18

the Wheel of Fortune, the Hanged Man and the Lovers

Tarot cards have been around since the mid-1400s, and for centuries were simply used for entertainment as a game. It has only been since the late 1800s that the cards have been used by fortune tellers to predict the future.

Question 19

is the sudden overthrow of a government, and comes from the French for “stroke of state”.

Answer 19

A coup d’état (often just “coup”)
The Swiss-German word “putsch” is sometimes used instead of “coup”, with “Putsch” translating literally as “sudden blow”. We also use the abbreviated “coup” to mean “sudden, brilliant and successful act”.

Question 20

The Serengeti is a region in Africa located here

Also means this

Answer 20

northern Tanzania and southwest Kenya. The name “Serengeti” comes from the Maasai language and means “Endless Plains”.

Question 21

. The term “” comes from the Greek “kallos” meaning “beauty” and “graphein” meaning “to write”.

Answer 21

calligraphy

Calligraphy is the art of fine handwriting

Question 22

Practitioners of judo and karate proceed through a series of proficiency grades known as this

Answer 22

the kyu-dan system. At each progression, a different colored belt is awarded.

Question 23

co-founded Wikipedia :

Answer 23

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, and is the most-used reference site on the Internet. The site was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001. I, for one, am very grateful …

Question 24

is the world’s busiest airport, as measured by passenger traffic.

Answer 24

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)

Atlanta has had that distinction since 1998, and was the world’s busiest in terms of take-offs and landings from 2005 until 2013. Over 50% of Atlanta’s traffic comes from Delta Air Lines.

Question 25

” comes from the Latin ” meaning “dug up”.

Answer 25

Fossil

Latin “fossilis

Question 26

are refined forms of the complex mixture of hydrocarbons found in pockets under the surface of the Earth. Strictly speaking, this term “” describes the mixture in all its forms: liquid, gaseous and solid. The liquid form is “crude oil”, the gaseous form is “natural gas” and the solid form is “bitumen”.

Answer 26

Fossil fuels

petroleum
In common usage, however, crude oil is often referred to as “petroleum”.

Question 27

in wine, the sediment that settles during fermentation (and sometimes in the bottle),

Answer 27

The dregs

are also called “lees”.

Question 28

The many, many different styles of beer can generally be sorted into two groups:

Answer 28

ales and lagers. Ales are fermented at relatively warm temperatures for relatively short periods of time, and use top-fermenting yeasts, i.e. yeasts that float on top of the beer as it ferments. Lagers ferment at relatively low temperatures and for relatively long periods of time. Lagers use bottom-fermenting yeasts, i.e. yeasts that fall to the bottom of the beer as it ferments.

Question 29

Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private school in

Answer 29

Tulsa, Oklahoma. ORU was founded relatively recently, in 1963 by the late televangelist Oral Roberts. The campus includes a Prayer Tower at its center, a spectacular glass and steel structure designed by architect Frank Wallace. The tower includes an observation deck, and is a popular tourist attraction. The school’s sports teams are known as the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles.

Question 30

Rice University
Also team name

Answer 30

The sports teams of Rice University in Houston are known as the Rice Owls. The “Owl” name comes from the three owls in the university’s crest.

Question 31

Jason Momoa’s “Game of Thrones” role :

Answer 31

DROGO
Jason Momoa is a model and actor who is perhaps best known for playing superhero Aquaman in several DC Comics films. He also played warrior leader Khal Drogo in the HBO TV series “Game of Thrones”. In 2017, Momoa married actress Lisa Bonet, who played Denise Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”. The marriage dissolved in 2024.

Question 32

is the second-most frequently performed dramatist in the world, with only the works of William Shakespeare staged more often. As he was a pioneer in the genre, he is often referred to as “the father of realism”.

Answer 32

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen

Question 33

”, Mario’s brother searches for his sibling in a haunted mansion in this game

Answer 33

“Luigi’s Mansion

Question 34

New Haven school :
Also city nickname

Answer 34

YALE
The city of New Haven, Connecticut was founded in 1638 by Puritan immigrants from England. Famously, it is home to Yale University. The city also initiated the first public tree planting program in the country. The large elms included in the program led to New Haven being called “the Elm City”.