LL76 Flashcards
What area, which sits along the eastern coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, is not named after an annoying pest (though they are abundant in the region), but rather for the indigenous people who have inhabited the area for centuries?
MOSQUITO COAST
While the term is used loosely to refer to just about any brass instrument (cornet, trumpet, trombone, etc.), the word horn is also used in the name of what common modern woodwind instrument, whose plaintive and mournful sound is featured prominently in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde and Sibelius’s The Swan of Tuonela?
COR ANGLAIS / ENGLISH HORN
My Life, 32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business, and What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS are all books authored by what athlete?
Earvin MAGIC JOHNSON
The Russian nickname grozny (as in the Chechen capital) translates literally to awe-inspiring or formidable, but when applied in its best known historical reference, it is more commonly rendered in English as what?
TERRIBLE
1-800-273-8255, a hit single by Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid released in April 2017, is also the phone number for a hotline created for what purpose?
SUICIDE PREVENTION
1991’s Treaty of Asunción created a free trade bloc whose full members today are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and that goes by what name?
MERCOSUR
Gosselin is the last name of the titular ten from what television series, which ran in this version from 2007 through 2009 (first on Discovery Health, and later on TLC)?
JON & KATE PLUS EIGHT
What English fashion designer, a former creative director at Chloé and (since 2001) owner of her own fashion house, uses no fur or leather in her collections—unusual for a high-end designer, though not surprising given her legacy?
Stella MCCARTNEY
Although the action is officially recorded as a mere transfer of credentials, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 in October 1971 had the essential effect of expelling what member from the UN (with all subsequent readmission attempts failing thus far)?
TAIWAN / REPUBLIC OF CHINA
What is the Arthurian equivalent of the Muslim Zulfiqar, the Japanese Kusanagi, the Persian Shamshir-e-Zomorrodnegar, the Norse Gram, and the Carolingian Durendal?
EXCALIBUR
Judith Slaying Holofernes (pictured), completed in the second decade of the 17th century, is widely believed to be an autobiographical representation of the artist’s own rage against her mentor/rapist Agostino Tassi (as well as her horrible post-rape ordeal). Who is the artist of this work? Click here
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
The unit of length equal to 1.616 229(38)×10-35 meters, the constant in quantum physics equal to 6.62607004×10-34 m2 kg/s, and the unit of temperature equal to 1.416 808(33)×1032 K (considered absolute hot) are all named after what Nobel-winning German physicist?
Max PLANCK
What is the most common term for a type of jet engine that does not require atmospheric oxygen for combustion, as all fuel is stored within the engine itself? The term is also used for a vehicle propelled by this type of engine.
ROCKET
The actor pictured here, who appears on the HBO series Westworld, is the older brother of two fellow actors. What last name do the three men share? Click here
HEMSWORTH
Bougainville, Guadalcanal, and New Georgia—locations of battles in the Pacific theater during WWII—are all islands within what archipelago?
SOLOMON ISLANDS
What was the colorful term used by Jesse Jackson for the alliance of liberal and minority groups he constructed during his 1984 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination?
RAINBOW COALITION
With the help of Trey Rogers, a professor of crop and soil sciences at Michigan State University, the Pontiac Silverdome became, on June 18, 1994, the first indoor facility to host a match for what tournament?
FIFA WORLD CUP
Name the chef and fiery television personality whose namesake restaurant in London’s Chelsea neighborhood is one of only five Michelin three-starred restaurants in the United Kingdom.
Gordon RAMSAY
A pilot, who serves as narrator, crash lands in a desert and encounters a solitary, golden-haired young boy, who describes his life on his home planet and his visits to ten other mostly uninhabited planets. In time, the rose-loving boy leaves his corporeal body to return home. This is the framework for what fable published in 1943?
THE LITTLE PRINCE ( LE PETIT PRINCE)
Name the man who was sworn in on February 5, 2018, to replace Janet Yellen as chair of the board of governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Jerome POWELL
(1) The Duke of Richelieu’s capture of Port Mahon on the island of Minorca in June 1756; (2) The town of Bayonne, located at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers in southwest France; (3) the French verb manier (to stir); (4) an Old French term for egg yolk. These are four possible etymologies for what word?
MAYONNAISE
What is the sartorial term used in college athletics for a player who is held out of competition for a year, though continuing to attend practices and classes, and thus is granted an extra year of playing eligibility? The term in question can be used in this noun form, and also as a verb or an adjective.
REDSHIRT
A state in Venezuela, a department in Colombia, and a capital city of another South American nation (the constitutional capital, not the de facto capital) are all named after an independence leader and compatriot of Simón Bolívar. Who was that man?
ANTONIO JOSÉ DE SUCRE
Homer and Margaret (née Wiggum) are the names of the parents of what American cartoonist?
MATT GROENING
Due to improved sales tracking information, albums (including, for example, the last eight released by Eminem) frequently debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, but what artist was the first to accomplish this feat with Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy in 1975?
ELTON JOHN
What is the name of the organs in spiders (and other silk-producers) through which silk/gossamer is produced and released? In most spiders, they are located on the underside towards the rear, though in Spider-Man they appear to be in the wrists.
SPINNERETS
A tradition began in 1952 when Detroit hockey fans threw a particular item onto the ice that symbolized the eight playoff wins the team needed to capture the Stanley Cup (which the Red Wings were successfully able to do, without a single loss). What was that item?
OCTOPUS
What is represented by the yellow in this map? Click here
LOUISANA PURCHASE
In 1873, a unification of municipalities on opposite banks of the Danube River formed what city, now its nation’s capital?
BUDAPEST
The autological term for what figure of speech and rhetorical device is derived from the Greek words for sharp and dull?
OXYMORON
Lost bread is the literal translation of pain perdu, which is best known in English as what?
FRENCH TOAST
What was the common name for the tactical short-range ballistic missiles, developed during the Cold War by the Soviet Union, that Iraq used extensively against coalition forces during the Gulf War?
SCUD
Name the pop group pictured here, reportedly the most tweeted-about celebrity in 2017? Click here
BTS
Tiny people living beneath the floorboards and within the walls of a large house are the subject—and give their name to the title—of what 1952 novel by English author Mary Norton?
THE BORROWERS
Name the comedian and actress whose Broadway debut was in 1959’s Once Upon a Mattress, and who also appeared as a regular on the sitcom Stanley beginning in 1956 and won an Emmy working on The Garry Moore Show before superstardom on her own namesake variety series.
Carol BURNETT
While none of the Great Lakes are located entirely within Canada, the two largest lakes with that distinction (entirely within Canada) are Great lakes in their own right. Please name both.
GREAT BEAR LAKE, GREAT SLAVE LAKE
What is the term in mathematics for a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper divisors (i.e., its divisors not including the number itself)? The first such number is 6 (1+2+3); the next four are 28, 496, 8,128, and 33,550,336.
PERFECT NUMBER
Finland’s KONE, Germany’s Thyssenkrupp, the U.S.’s Otis, Switzerland’s Schindler, and Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric are considered the Big Five manufacturers of what?
ELEVATORS
Name the international evangelical and charitable organization, founded in London in 1865 by William Booth, which is known today for its assistance to the poor and homeless and its insistence that its officers abstain from alcohol, smoking, and gambling?
SALVATION ARMY
The individual pictured here is the mascot for what fictional corporation? Click here
STAY PUFT
Pruritus is a medical term for the reflex-inducing sensation—typically a symptom as opposed to a condition in itself—that is best known as what?
ITCH
The real-life on-stage and off-stage arguments of married actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, particularly during a 1935 performance of Taming of the Shrew, inspired what Cole Porter musical, which won the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949?
KISS ME KATE
A rivalry between two competing factions in Baltimore for the title of Filthiest People Alive forms the basis of what 1972 movie, which a contemporaneous review in Variety described as one of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made?
PINK FLAMINGOS
In this image, a hemidemisemiquaver is represented by what letter? Click here
A
Similia similibus curentur, a Latin phrase that translates to like cures like, forms the basis of a doctrine underpinning a holistic approach to medicine proposed in the late 18th century by German physician Samuel Hahnemann that is known by what name?
HOMEOPATHY
ɖ, ɛ, ɸ ɣ, ɭ, ɲ, ɳ, ɽ, ʊ, ʒ, and ʘ are among the characters in an international alphabet known as IPA. What does the letter P in IPA stand for?
PHONETIC
In U.S. history, there have been three elections to recall state governors. The first two were successful—Lynn Frazier (North Dakota, 1921) and Gray Davis (California, 2003)—while the third was unsuccessful. Name either the governor in the third instance (from 2012) or the state he continues to govern.
Scott WALKER, WISCONSIN
Training Camp, Goblin Stadium, Bone Pit, Barbarian Bowl, P.E.K.K.A’s Playhouse, Spell Valley, and Builder’s Workshop are among the battleground arenas used in what massively popular hybrid deck-building/tower defense mobile game?
CLASH ROYALE
Fill in the two-word blank in the following question asked in a famous 1989 Guerrilla Girls poster that parodies Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Grande Odalisque: Do women have to _____ _____ to get into the Met. Museum?
BE NAKED
The Follies of 1907 was the first in a long-lived series of flamboyant revues by what American producer, who added his name to the series in 1911 and presented it annually through 1927 (and intermittently thereafter)?
Florenz ZIEGFELD, Jr.
In the Warriors series of children’s novels by Erin Hunter, what type of animal are the warriors?
CATS
What two-word slogan and ideological term was used as the title of a 1954 book by Richard Wright and was later popularized by Stokely Carmichael during his time as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) before evolving into a broader (and potent) political movement?
BLACK POWER
Following his departure as chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg joined fellow industry titans Steven Spielberg and David Geffen to form what film studio?
DREAMWORKS (SKG)
What Yiddish term for spectator is used in games such as chess for the practice, often highly frowned upon, of making comments that can be heard by the players?
KIBITZ / KIBITZER
The term for what dance (and practitioner of such a dance) probably comes from the title of a 1934 Cab Calloway song, whose lyrics describe individuals consuming excessive amounts of alcohol (and the effects thereof)?
JITTERBUG
In a popular short story from 1820, a strong and mischievous prankster known as Brom Bones is (probably) responsible for the alleged appearance in a Dutch Hudson River town of a Hessian soldier’s haunting spirit. This spirit is best known as what?
HEADLESS HORSEMAN
What English word comes from the Latin for suffering and matches that definition when used in certain religious and artistic contexts, but has an altogether different (and perhaps opposite) meaning when used elsewhere?
PASSION
Identify the man in this photograph taken on February 23, 2018. Click here
RICK IN GATES
The purely political purchases—in 1699 and 1712, respectively—of the Lordship of Schellenberg and County of Vaduz resulted in the formation of what modern-day sovereign state?
LIECHTENSTEIN
If the fictional metallic element vibranium actually existed, it would probably have the symbol Vb or Vi, since the symbol V is already in use for what other rare metal?
VANADIUM
