Lithium Lithos Stone Greek

Question 1

Advertising executive Henry Nelson McKinney came up with this name for a shoe in 1917 ;
Grandpa Simpson could tell you the term and why

Answer 1

Sneaker
Malloy cat burgular works out because wears sneakers for sneaking around

Question 2

Official position in UK
Existed since 15th century
Description of Promoting city for visitors has been watered down
Nick uh luh hate in holder in 22

Answer 2

Sherri of nottingham

Question 3

Old fashioned slang euphemism for male genitalia

Answer 3

Johnson 17

Question 4

Oldest Christian Era coin with a date
Coolio wrote a song although should have subtitled something old

Answer 4

Danish coin 1234
Cool e o song 1234 brackets something new

Question 5

This Country originated this concept of a philosophy branch representing thr balance of opposing forces in universe

Answer 5

yin and Yang
China

Question 6

In princess and the frog she - of this profession - falls in love with this fun loving person proving opposites attract

Answer 6

Tiana a hard working waitress
Lazy prince named naveen nah veen

Question 7

The band has had a changing lineup, except for sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson.

Answer 7

Heart is a rock band from Seattle, Washington that was founded in the seventies and is still going strong.

Question 8

TMZ.com is a celebrity gossip website launched in 2005 by him
Also stands for

Answer 8

producer Harvey Levin. “TMZ” stands for “thirty-mile zone”, a reference to the “studio zone” in Los Angeles. The studio zone is circular in shape with a 30-mile radius centered on the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard.

Question 9

Yoda is one of the most beloved characters of the “Star Wars” series of films. Yoda’s voice is provided by the great modern-day puppeteer

Answer 9

Frank Oz of “Muppets” fame.

Question 10

Toe bean locale :

Answer 10

PAW
The squishy, pink pads on the bottom of a cat’s paws are known as digital pads. More casually, they are referred to as toe beans.

Question 11

Mother of Clytemnestra :

Answer 11

LEDA
In Greek mythology, Leda was the beautiful Queen of Sparta who was seduced by Zeus when he took the form of a swan. Leda produced two eggs from the union. One egg hatched into Clytemnestra and the beautiful Helen of Troy, over whom was fought the Trojan War. The other egg hatched into the twins Castor and Pollux. Castor and Pollux had different fathers according to the myth. Pollux was the son of Zeus and was immortal, while Castor was the son of Leda’s earthly husband, and so he was a mortal. In the world of the arts, William Butler Yeats wrote a famous sonnet called “Leda and the Swan” in 1924, and Peter Paul Rubens made a copy of a now-lost painting called “Leda and the Swan” by Michelangelo.

Question 12

is DNA made under laboratory conditions. The recombination technique (sometimes referred to as “gene splicing”) brings together genetic material from multiple sources. The sources of that genetic material might be from a different part of the same gene, or even from the gene of a different organism. The end result is a new, man-made, genetic combination.

Answer 12

Recombinant DNA

Question 13

is a company noted for producing muffins and cookies. Kenneth Rawlings founded the company in 1977 in Oakland, California.
isn’t a real person, and instead is a name that was made up by Rawlings’ 12-year-old daughter.

Answer 13

Otis Spunkmeyer

Question 14

Rick Astley is an English singer best known for this 1987 worldwide hit
Also name for phenomenon

Answer 14

Never Gonna Give You Up”. He retired in 1993 but became a huge hit on the Internet in 2007 when a YouTube video of “Never Gonna Give You Up” was chosen by tricksters as a link (labeled as something else) that was sent around the world so that the clip was seen by millions online. The phenomenon was given the name “Rickrolling”. With all the new exposure that the song received Astley made a whopping $12 in royalties from YouTube. Yep, 12 whole dollars.

Question 15

Dice toss style named after a “Hamlet” jester? :

Answer 15

YORICK ROLL (YO + rickroll)
In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, there is a scene when Prince Hamlet holds in his hand the skull of the deceased court jester Yorick. Hamlet starts into a famous monologue at this point:

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is …
The opening line is often misquoted as “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well.”

Question 16

One of most famous characters in 20th century literature this character in 33 novels and more than 50 short stories wqs described by author as detestable bombastic tiresome ego centric little
Creep
Killed off in 75

Answer 16

Hercule pwah row - first to be subject of front page NYT obituary
Final Book Curtain - Christie wrote when younger and popped in a drawer so writing skills didn’t deteriorate

Question 17

Oldest person with official birth documents died at this age
French woman jean cal mon
Died in 97

Answer 17

122
Legit ?
Used moms birth certificate?

Question 18

American diplomat Henry Richardson lob ew esque jr won a Nobel prize in 65 as director of this organization
Also Nobel prizes nothing new to his family because he was part of this family

Answer 18

UNICEF
Curies -Late brother sister father and mother in law
piere and Marie won early 20th century
Daughter Irene and husband Frederick won chemistry
Eve , Henry’s wife didn’t win - black sheep but lived the longest

Question 19

In 09 correctly predicting his impending death he he wrote I came in with this in 1835 and it’s coming again next year so I expect to go out with it
2 unaccountable freaks they came in together they must go out together

Answer 19

Mark Twain
Haley’s comet
Haley Williams lead singer of para more
Every 76 years

Question 20

This part of the human anatomy shares name with sailor terminology with tiolet on a ship

Part of the body you might be likely to pull this answer

Answer 20

Head
Pee on the carvings - head of thr ship ? Bow ?

Question 21

Devil in thr details
Shortest land border shared by any 2 Australian states
85 m border on rocky outcrop
Mapmaking error

Answer 21

Victoria and Tasmania (island state )
Basque strait

Question 22

Die hard based on a novel by him
Also it was a sequel to this movie starring him

Answer 22

Roderick thorpe
The detective- frank Sinatra
Contractly offered him John McClain role
He was 70 at the time

Question 23

This line shows dominat football code in Australia
Also 2 football codes

Answer 23

Buh rass e line
Geographically dominant Aussie rules football
Heavily populated northeastern corner is rugby league
Rugby union is New Zealand

Question 24

First person to perform a space walk
Also what series had him as first to walk on moon as alternative history

Answer 24

Alexi lee uh nov - cosmonaut
For all mankind

Question 25

Tv settings

Won first season of survivor
Also what country filmed in

Answer 25

Malaysia
More specifically Borneo

Richard hatch

Question 26

Flower at the center of a financial bubble in the 1630s :

Answer 26

TULIP
The world’s first ever speculative “bubble” in the financial markets took place in 1637, when the price of tulip bulbs skyrocketed out of control. The tulip had been introduced into Europe a few years earlier and demand for tulips was so high that single bulbs were selling for ten times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. The climb in prices was followed quickly by a collapse in the market that was so striking that the forces at play were given the term “tulip mania”. To this day, any large economic bubble may be referred to as “tulip mania”.

Question 27

works by gradually exposing individuals to their fears or obsessions while preventing them from engaging in their usual compulsive behaviors. This process helps to break the cycle of OCD by teaching individuals that they can tolerate their anxiety and that their fears will not come true.

Answer 27

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) often used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Question 28

Artificial surface sports injury :

Answer 28

TURF TOE
Turf toe is a sports injury associated with play on artificial turf or any other surface without much give. It is a sprain of the ligaments around one or more toe joints, particularly the big toe. The medical term for the injury is “metatarsophalangeal joint sprain”.

Question 29

Mournful verse :
And most famous

Answer 29

ELEGY
Perhaps the most famous elegy in the English language is that written by Thomas Gray, which he completed in 1750. His “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is the source of many oft-quoted phrases, including:

Celestial fire
Far from the Madding Crowd
Kindred spirit

Question 30

Italian for lake :

Answer 30

LAGO
In Italian, a “lago” (lake) is full of “acqua” (water).

Question 31

Oldest person to serve in either house of US congress
Also
Age

Answer 31

Strom therman 100
South Carolina

Question 32

These 80s and 90s sitcom based around name tanner

Answer 32

Full house -90s Michelle dJ Stephanie
80s- ALF

Question 33

The character was introduced by DC Comics in 1992 as a henchwoman for the Joker in a Batman story. She was a psychiatrist who worked at Arkham Asylum, where she met and fell in love with the Joker. After the Joker escaped from Arkham, she followed him and became his sidekick. She developed into a full-blown and independent enemy of Batman over time.

Also who voiced

Answer 33

Harley Quinn

Her real name is Harleen Frances Quinzel.

KALEY CUOCO

Question 34

is a style of design and architecture of the 1920s that actually had its roots in Belgium and then spread throughout Europe before arriving in North America. Celebrated examples of this architecture are the magnificent Chrysler Building in New York City completed in 1930, and the GE Building that sits in the middle of New York City’s Rockefeller Center with the address of “30 Rock”.

Answer 34

Art Deco

Question 35

Marvel superhero who can control the weather :

Also who played in movies

Answer 35

STORM
Storm is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe whose superpower is the ability to control the weather. Storm was played by Halle Berry in the “X-Men” series of movies.

Question 36

Type of cognac with man-headed horse” which describes the centaur logo on the bottle.

Answer 36

Remy Martin

Question 37

Pet rescue org. :

Answer 37

ASPCA
Unlike most developed countries, the US has no umbrella organization with the goal of preventing cruelty to animals. Instead there are independent organizations set up all over the nation using the name SPCA. Having said that, there is an organization called the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) that was originally intended to operate across the country, but really it now focuses its efforts in New York City.

Question 38

The tem “comes to us from Latin via Italian and means “baked earth”.

Answer 38

terra cotta”

Terra-cotta is a ceramic made from clay which is left unglazed. Maybe the most famous work in terra-cotta is the Terracotta Army, the enormous collection of life-size figures that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China around 210 BC. I had the privilege of seeing some of this collection when it toured the US a few years ago, and even the few pieces on display were very impressive.

Question 39

These days this city is noted as a shopping destination and so has been dubbed “the Knightsbridge of the North”.

Answer 39

Leeds

West Yorkshire city : LEEDS
I went to school for a while not far from Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, Leeds was a major center for the production and trading of wool, and then with the onset of mechanization it became a natural hub for manufacture of textiles.

Question 40

Please, sir. I want some more” are words spoken by this title character

Answer 40

in the novel “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. . Oliver is addressing Mr. Bumble, asking for an extra helping of gruel in the workhouse.

Question 41

Sophomore from these 2 Greek words

Answer 41

Wise and foolish
The term “sophomore” has been used since the 1680s for a student in the second year of university. The original meaning of the word was “arguer”. The term has Greek roots, from two Greek words that have been artificially combined in English. The Greek “sophos” means “wise”, and “moros” means “foolish”.

Question 42

Fancy pillow covers :

Answer 42

SHAMS
A sham is something that is imitation, fake. In the world of bed linens, a sham is also an imitation or fake, in the sense that it is a decorative cover designed to cover up a regular pillow used for sleeping.