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Question 1

We Are the Champions” is a wonderful rock anthem written by him in 1977. According to some scientific researchers in 2011, “We Are the Champions” is the catchiest song in the history of pop music.

Answer 1

Freddie Mercury and recorded by Queen

Question 2

is a professional golfer from New Zealand. In 2015, she reached number-one in the Women’s World Golf Rankings, when she was only 17 years old. That made her the youngest player, male or female, to make the number-one ranking in professional golf.

Answer 2

Lydia Ko

Question 3

is a singer who had most success during the disco era, most notably with “I Will Survive” in 1979. She released “I Will Survive” as a B-side to “Substitute”, a cover version to a Righteous Brothers song. “Substitute” made it to #107 in the charts in December 1978. “I Will Survive” hit the #1 spot three months later.

Answer 3

Gloria Gaynor

Question 4

Museum is in Madrid, the capital of Spain, and has one of the finest art collections in the world.
Also The gallery’s most famous work is

Answer 4

The Museo del Prado

“Las Meninas” By Velazquez.

Question 5

was a Spanish painter who was often called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Two of his most famous works are “The Nude Maja” and “The Clothed Maja”.

El Greco (“the Greek”, in Spanish) was the nickname of the artist whose real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos. He was born in Crete in 1541, and moved to Venice to study art when he was in his early twenties. A few years later he moved to the city of Toledo in central Spain, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.

Answer 5

Francisco Goya

Question 6

He was the nickname of the artist whose real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos. He was born in Crete in 1541, and moved to Venice to study art when he was in his early twenties. A few years later he moved to the city of Toledo in central Spain, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.

Answer 6

El Greco (“the Greek”, in Spanish)

Question 7

These are almost transparent, unlike other opals that are richly iridescent. Although almost transparent, they usually have a warm yellow, orange or red color. The most famous are also called this

Answer 7

Fire opals

Mexican fire opals, and come from the state of Querétaro in north-central Mexico

Question 8

Let’s Get It Started” is a 2004 song by the this group . It is a cleaned-up version of the group’s “Let’s Get Retarded”, which was a track in their 2003 album “Elephunk”. They also remixed the clean version as “Let’s Get Re-Started” for their 2009 album “The E.N.D.”

Answer 8

Black Eyed peas

Question 9

Éire”, is the Irish word for “

Answer 9

Ireland”. The related “Erin” is an anglicized version of “Éire” and actually corresponds to “Éirinn”, the dative case of “Éire”.

Question 10

The Matrix” hero :

Answer 10

NEO
The 1999 movie sensation “The Matrix” was meant to be set in a nondescript urban environment. It was actually shot in Australia, as one of the co-producers of the film was the Australian company, Village Roadshow Pictures. You can pick up all sorts of clues about the location when watching the film, including a view of Sydney Harbour Bridge in a background shot. Also, traffic drives along on the left and there are signs for the “lift” instead of an “elevator”.

Question 11

Blank Space” is a 2014 song co-written and recorded by her . The accompanying video won the 2015 MTV Best Pop Video Award and features her as a jealous woman who suspects that her boyfriend has been unfaithful.

Answer 11

Taylor Swift

Question 12

This pose in yoga is more correctly known as “vrikshasana”. It involves standing on one leg, with the other leg bent and the foot placed on the inner thigh of the straight leg. The hands are placed together and raised directly over the head.

Answer 12

tree pose

Question 13

Geography
The first city in Australia with a municipal government this state capital bears the name of a queen

Answer 13

Adelaide
South Australia

Question 14

is the term used for someone who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and it is sometimes also used as a form of address for such a person.

Answer 14

Haji” (also “Hajji” and “Hadji”)

The journey itself goes by the name “haj”, “hajj” or “hadj”.

Question 15

is a graduate or former student of a school or college.

Answer 15

An alumnus (plural “alumni”)

The female form is “alumna” (plural “alumnae”). The term comes into English from Latin, in which an alumnus is a foster-son or pupil. “Alum” is an informal term used for either an alumna or alumnus.

Question 16

He was the last US president to serve without a vice president.

Answer 16

President Chester Alan Arthur (CAA) came to power after the assassination of James Garfield in 1881. After Arthur was promoted to president, the office of vice president was left unfilled. The need to replace the vice president was not called out in the US Constitution until the adoption of the 25th Amendment in 1967.

Question 17

What we know here in North America as this is called coriander in the UK and other parts of the world. “

Answer 17

cilantro
Cilantro” is the Spanish name for the herb.

Question 18

This is the town on Earth in which Superman grew up (as Clark Kent). One of Clark’s best friends in Smallville, and the romantic interest of his youth, was Lana Lang.

Answer 18

Smallville, Kansas

Question 19

This Latin phrase” translates as “in the place of a parent”. We use the term in the law when referring to a person or organization that takes on some of the responsibilities of a parent.

Answer 19

“in loco parentis

Question 20

Singer Donny or Marie :

Answer 20

OSMOND

Former teen idol Donny Osmond was a member of the Osmond Brothers singing group that appeared for years on the “The Andy Williams Show”. At the height of his solo career, Donny teamed up with his younger sister Marie Osmond in their own variety show called “Donny & Marie”. The pair have been working together ever since and have been appearing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas since 2008.

Question 21

The fruit might also be referred to as an alligator pear,

Answer 21

AVOCADO

The wonderful avocado comes from a tree that is native to Mexico and Central America. The avocado fruit is sometimes called an avocado pear, because of its shape, even though it is not related to the pear at all.

due to the roughness of the green skin of some avocado cultivars.

Question 22

Michelle Obama 18 memoir

Answer 22

Becoming

Question 23

This daughter of a president wqs elected to the US House of Representatives in 2016 for this western state

Answer 23

Liz Cheney is the eldest daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. She was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2016, representing the state of Woming’s single seat. Her father held that same seat for ten years. Liz Cheney lost a primary race by a landslide in 2022, after she served as Vice Chair of the House January 6 Committee.

Question 24

is the capital of the German state of Bavaria, and is the third-largest city in the country (

Answer 24

Munich

after Berlin and Hamburg). The city is called “München” in German, a term that derives from the Old German word for “by the monks’ place”, which is a reference to the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city in 1158.

Question 25

This Canadian province takes its name from The river that takes its name from the Cree name, which translates as “swift flowing river”.

Answer 25

Saskatchewan (Sask.)

the Saskatchewan River

The capital of Saskatchewan is Regina, although the biggest city in the province is Saskatoon.

Question 26

Shade a lot like lilac :

Answer 26

MAUVE

The name given to the light violet color that we know as “mauve” comes via French from the Latin “malva”. The Latin term translates as “mallow”, the common name of several species of plants, many of which have mauve-colored flowers.

Question 27

This is a chili pepper, and a favorite of mine. The pepper’s name translates from Spanish as “from Xalapa”.

Answer 27

jalapeño

Xalapa (also “Jalapa”) is the capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz, and the traditional origin of the jalapeño pepper. A smoke-dried jalapeño, called a chipotle, is used for seasoning.

Question 28

is a retired American soccer player. She played as a forward on the US national team that won the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991. She scored 158 international goals, which was more than any other player in the world, male or female, until the record was broken in 2013. Amazingly, she was born with a clubfoot, and so had to wear corrective shoes when she was growing up.

Answer 28

Mia Hamm

Question 29

This is a cultural practice or idea that is passed on verbally or by repetition from one person to another. The term lends itself very well to the online world where links, emails, files etc. are so easily propagated.

Answer 29

meme (from “mineme”)

Question 30

Marine fish that’s also the name of a hairstyle :

Answer 30

MULLET

A mullet haircut is one that is short at the front and sides, and is long in the back.

Question 31

Sled in citizen Kane

Answer 31

Kane’s Rosebud, for one : SLED

A central plot line in the 1941 movie “Citizen Kane” is a newsreel reporter’s quest to find the meaning of the dying word “Rosebud” spoken by the title character. Spoiler alert … it is revealed at the end of the movie that “Rosebud” is the name of the sled used by Kane in his childhood, which was the only period of his life in which he was really happy.

Question 32

This is the newest swimming stroke used in competition, having been introduced in 1933. It was originally used as a variant of the breaststroke, in an attempt to gain an advantage in speed over swimmers using the traditional breaststroke movement.

Answer 32

butterfly
The butterfly was carved out as a style of its own in 1952, and made its Olympic debut in 1956.

Question 33

Swimwear brand

Answer 33

Speedo brand swimwear was first produced in Australia in 1928, by a hosiery company that wanted to diversify. The brand name was chosen after a slogan competition among employees was won by “Speed on in your Speedos”. It was a long time ago, I guess …

Question 34

Their blood is toxic to humans :

Answer 34

EELS

Anyone going to a sushi restaurant can order all types of raw fish (known collectively as “sashimi”). However, eel is always served cooked, and that’s because the blood of eels contains a protein that cramps muscles if eaten. If the heart muscle “cramps”, the result can be death. The protein is easily rendered harmless by applying heat, i.e. by cooking.

Question 35

Our word for this evolved via Old English from “spear and “leek

Answer 35

garlic

gar” (spear) and “leac” (leek). The use of “spear” is apparently a reference to the shape of a clove

Question 36

Cotton gin inventor

Answer 36

Whitney : ELI

The term “cotton gin” is a contraction of “cotton eng-ine”. The gin is a machine that mechanically separates cotton fibers from the cotton seed. The modern version of the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793.

Question 37

This First baseman has retired from Major League Baseball. He played with a number of teams including the Mariners, Yankees, Cardinals and Devil Rays. He was born and raised in Tampa, Florida and as a boy he worked in his father’s cigar factory.

Answer 37

Tino Martinez

Question 38

He released his greatest hit, “American Pie”, back in 1971. Despite the song’s iconic position in the pop repertoire, he has been remarkably reticent about its origins and the meaning of the lyrics.

We do know that it was inspired by the death of Him

Answer 38

Don McLean

We do know that it was inspired by the death of Buddy Holly in a plane crash (“the day the music died”). McLean has also told us that he first read about the death of his idol when delivering newspapers the day after the crash (“February made me shiver/with every paper I’d deliver”). Although the lyrics have been analyzed and interpreted in depth by many, McLean’s stance remains that it is just a poem set to music.

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die

Question 39

are beautifully-colored birds native to Central and South America that are actually a type of parrot. Most species of are now endangered, with several having become extinct in recent decades. The main threats are deforestation and illegal trapping and trafficking of exotic birds.

Answer 39

Macaws

Question 40

American car company with Swiss roots

Answer 40

American Pie” ride : CHEVY

Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss race car driver who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. To this day, the company logo is a stylized Swiss cross, in honor of Chevrolet’s Swiss roots.