first real contact lenses were developed by German ophthalmologist Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick in 1887

Question 1

is a field of mathematics concerned with the study of surfaces, and properties that are preserved when surfaces are deformed.

Answer 1

Topology
While topology is beyond me, topography is easier for me to wrap my head around. Topography is the study of landforms and features.

Question 2

Fallingwater architect

Answer 2

The architect Frank Lloyd Wright embraced the philosophy of designing structures that were in harmony with the environment. One of his most famous works is an elaborate home in rural Pennsylvania known as Fallingwater, which is partially built over a waterfall.

Question 3

the man who invented vulcanized rubber in 1839

Answer 3

The Goodyear tire company was founded in 1898. The company was named for Charles Goodyear, the man who invented vulcanized rubber in 1839. Despite the Goodyear name, Charles Goodyear himself had no connection with the company. Sadly, he never really reaped a financial reward for his inventions.

Question 4

Media network based in Ontario :

Answer 4

THE CBC
“CBC” stands for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s national public radio and television broadcaster. In terms of financing and structure, the CBC is akin to the BBC in Britain. As commercial advertising is permitted, it is perhaps more akin to RTE, the national broadcasting company in my homeland of Ireland.

Question 5

Tanqueray liquor :

Answer 5

GIN
Tanqueray is a popular brand of gin here in the US, although it is less popular over in the UK, where it originated. It was first produced in the 1830s by Charles Tanqueray, hence the name. The list of added botanicals in Tanqueray includes juniper (necessary to be called “gin”), coriander, angelica root and liquorice.

Question 6

In the card game blackjack, an ace has the point value of one or eleven. When one of the two cards dealt to a player is an ace, the hand is called “this

Answer 6

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 7

In the card game blackjack, an ace has the point value of one or eleven. When one of the two cards dealt to a player is an ace, the hand is called “this

Answer 7

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 8

2 longest running nickoleden animated series

Answer 8

Rugrats” is an animated TV series created for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently—Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil. “Rugrats” was the longest-running Nickelodeon animated series until that record was surpassed by “SpongeBob SquarePants” in 2012.

Question 9

Bean” is a 1997 comedy movie that is a spinoff of the “Mr. Bean” sitcom starring him

Answer 9

Rowan Atkinson in the title role. In the film, Mr. Bean is working as a security guard at London’s National Gallery. He is sent to represent the gallery at an unveiling ceremony in Los Angeles, after an art gallery purchases “Whistler’s Mother” from the Musée d’Orsay. The painting has a rough time in the presence of Mr. Bean …

Question 10

This is also known as the “bhüt jolokia” or Bhutanese pepper. The term “bhüt” somehow morphed into the similar-sounding name”, hence the English name.

Answer 10

ghost pepper

Guinness World Records declared the ghost pepper the world’s hottest chili pepper in 2007, although the Carolina reaper was given that honor in 2017.

Question 11

The fabulous film “Ghost” was the highest-grossing movie at the box office in 1990, bringing in over $500 million, despite only costing $21 million to make. Stars of the film are

Answer 11

Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. You might get a chance to check out the stage musical adaptation “Ghost The Musical”, which debuted in 2011 and toured the UK and US.

Question 12

was a highly influential fashion designer who is widely credited with revolutionizing women’s fashion in the post-World War II era. Before he became a fashion designer, he worked as an art dealer, and he even ran his own art gallery for a time. There, he and a friend sold works by Pablo Picasso and others.

Answer 12

Christian Dior

Question 13

The island nation of lies off the southeast coast of India. The name “” translates from Sanskrit into English as “venerable island”. Before 1970, it was known as this , a name given to the country during British rule.

Answer 13

Sri Lanka

Ceylon

Question 14

The island nation of lies off the southeast coast of India. The name “” translates from Sanskrit into English as “venerable island”. Before 1970, it was known as this , a name given to the country during British rule.

Answer 14

Sri Lanka

Ceylon

Question 15

This soft drink has quite an interesting history. As WWII approached, the Coca-Cola plant in Germany had trouble obtaining the ingredients it needed to continue production of the cola beverage, so the plant manager decided to create a new drink from what was available. The new beverage was built around whey (leftover from cheese production) and pomace (left over after juice has been extracted from fruit).

Answer 15

Fanta

The inventor asked his colleagues to use their “imagination” (“Fantasie” in German) and come up with a name for the drink, so they piped up “Fanta!”

Question 16

The 1980 movie “Airplane!” has to be one of the zaniest comedies ever made. The lead roles were Ted Striker (played by him ) and Elaine Dickinson (played by her ). But it was him who stole the show, playing Dr. Barry Rumack. That’s my own humble opinion of course …

Answer 16

Robert Hays

Julie Hagerty

Leslie Nielsen stole the show

Question 17

Alliterative name given to the 40 foot mechanical neon site located on this street featuring a cowboy waving arms and donning a moving cigarette

Answer 17

Fremont st
Vegas vic

Question 18

Largest observation wheel or Ferris wheel in US and in the world

Answer 18

The high roller at the lynx in Vegas 550ft

Dubai eye -820 ft Ain Dubai iiii nuhhh

London eye 5th largest

Question 19

Event with barrel racing

Answer 19

Rodeo

Question 20

is the son of Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa in the “Star Wars” universe.

Answer 20

Kylo Ren
The character’s birth name was Ben Solo. He was trained as a Jedi knight by his uncle, Luke Skywalker. However, Ben came to embrace the Dark Side, and changed his name to Kylo Ren. Ren is played by actor Adam Driver.

Question 21

Capital is almost as big as the area of the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined.

Answer 21

Juneau

And yet, Juneau only has a population of about 31,000 people

Question 22

Tire inflation abbr. :

Answer 22

PSI
Pounds per square inch (PSI) is a measure of pressure.

Question 23

The Slavic peoples are in the majority in communities covering over half of Europe. This large ethnic group is traditionally broken down into three smaller groups:

Answer 23

the West Slavic (including Czechs and Poles)
the East Slavic (including Russians and Ukrainians)
the South Slavic (including Bulgarians, Croats and Serbs)
The Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe is usually referred to as “the Balkans”. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains located in present-day Bulgaria and Serbia. “Balkan” is Bulgarian for “mountain”.

Question 24

World capital once called Thang Long :

Answer 24

HANOI
The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi was known as Thang Long from 1010 to 1428. “Thang Long” translates as “Ascending Dragon”.

Question 25

” is slang for “10-dollar bill”.

Answer 25

Sawbuck

The term was applied to the bill as the Roman numeral X (which used to appear on the reverse) resembles the end of a sawhorse.

Question 26

is a port, and the third largest city, on the Italian island of Sicily. The city’s natural harbor has a curved shape like that of a scythe. When founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC, the settlement’s first name was “Zancle”, from the Greek word for “scythe”.

Answer 26

Messina

The port gives its name the Strait of Messina, the narrow passage between the island of Sicily and the Italian mainland.

Question 27

SMARM

Answer 27

False earnestness :
The word “smarm” describes insincere flattery. The term comes from a colloquial word “smalm” that was used in the mid-19th century to mean “smear the hair with some sort of styling product”.

Question 28

was a beautiful naiad, a water nymph of Greek mythology. Zeus became enraged with and turned her into a sea monster. In Greek myth, the monstrous form ofher lay at one side of a narrow channel of water, with another sea monster named this lying at the other.

Answer 28

Charybdis

Sailors found it impossible to navigate the channel as getting to a safe distance from one monster left them in the clutches of the other. From this tale arose the expression “between Scylla and Charybdis” meaning having two choices, neither of which is a good one.

Question 29

He wrote and produced some great television shows, including “All in the Family”, “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons”. He also did some film work, including writing and producing the great 1967 movie “Divorce American Style”.

Answer 29

Norman Lear

Question 30

In Greek mythology, this was a half-god, the offspring of one parent who was a god and one parent who was human.

Answer 30

demigod

The list of demigods includes the Greek hero Heracles and the Celtic hero Cú Chulainn

Question 31

Percy Jackson & the Olympians” is a series of children’s adventure stories written by him . Two of the books have been adapted into movies: “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” (2010) and “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” (2013).

Answer 31

Rick Riordan

Question 32

state was formed in 1816, with Corydon chosen as the state capitol.

Answer 32

Indiana
The capital was changed to Indianapolis in 1825. Indianapolis is the closest of all capitals to the center of its state.

Largest city in state

Question 33

in Indianapolis is home to the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. The facility opened in 2008, at which time the team moved from the RCS Dome. The stadium has a retractable roof, as well as a very large retractable window-wall at one end. This allows the games to be played both indoors and outdoors, as needed.

Answer 33

Lucas Oil Stadium

Question 34

in Indianapolis is home to the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. The facility opened in 2008, at which time the team moved from the RCS Dome. The stadium has a retractable roof, as well as a very large retractable window-wall at one end. This allows the games to be played both indoors and outdoors, as needed.

Answer 34

Lucas Oil Stadium

Question 35

in Indianapolis is home to the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. The facility opened in 2008, at which time the team moved from the RCS Dome. The stadium has a retractable roof, as well as a very large retractable window-wall at one end. This allows the games to be played both indoors and outdoors, as needed.

Answer 35

Lucas Oil Stadium

Question 36

tells of two siblings,, the children of a woodcutter. The youngsters are abandoned in a forest at the behest of an evil stepmother.

Answer 36

Hansel and Gretel

Clever Hansel hears of the plan and leaves a trail of pebbles so that he and his sister can find their way home, which they do. But the children are abandoned again and this time leave a trail of breadcrumbs. Unfortunately, the crumbs are eaten by birds and so the children do indeed become lost. But eventually they do all live happily ever after …

Question 37

About 40% of all mammal species are this
Also key characteristic

Answer 37

rodents, belonging to the order Rodentia. The key characteristic of rodents is a single pair of continuously growing incisors in both the lower and upper jaws.

Question 38

The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Oscar nominee

Answer 38

Day : ANDRA
Andra Day is a singer/songwriter who grew up in San Diego. Day’s singing career got a lift in 2010 when Stevie Wonder’s wife heard Day performing at a strip mall. Stevie Wonder reached out to Day, and so is at least partly credited with her discovery. Day made her acting debut in 2021, portraying singer Billie Holiday in the biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”. She won a Golden Globe for that performance, and was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.