LL78 Flashcards
1852’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases is the best-known and most enduring work of what English physician and philologist?
Peter Mark ROGET
What percussion instrument of Central America, associated particularly with Guatemala and also used in Africa (where it originated), is similar in appearance to a xylophone and consists of wooden slabs with gourds or other resonators beneath them for amplification?
MARIMBA
What is the last name shared by the French-Italian astronomer who studied the division in Saturn’s ring system that now bears his name, and the French-born American fashion designer largely responsible for what became known as the Jackie Look?
CASSINI
Among the many cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea, which cultivar is the most common and popular one that is named after a European capital?
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
A bridge that was once the longest twin-span suspension bridge in the world is one of dozens of stationary vehicular crossings of its namesake river, but it is the only such crossing between what two U.S. states?
NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE
Wonderboy, an inanimate object created as a result of a lightning strike, plays a central role in what 1984 film (and the 1952 novel on which it was based)?
THE NATURAL
The I Promise School opened its doors on July 30, 2018, to 240 at-risk third- and fourth-graders in what city?
AKRON, OHIO
The Camp David Accords of 1978, named for the presidential retreat where they were negotiated in secret, were signed at the White House with President Jimmy Carter as witness. What two men were the signatories to these agreements, which led to their sharing of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize?
Menachem BEGIN, Anwar SADAT
Pictured here are the Burghers of what city? Click here
CALAIS
What word is redacted in this image? Click here
MICROWAVE
What is the world’s largest country by area in which Spanish is the majority language?
ARGENTINA
What is the musical term most commonly used for the gradations of relative loudness or softness with which music is performed? Some of its more important markings are p, pp, mp, f, and cresc.
DYNAMICS
Max Roach, Joe Morello, Elvin Jones, Cindy Blackman Santana, Billy Cobham, Tony Williams, Kenny Clarke, and Jack DeJohnette are all names of jazz musicians famous for their skill on what instrument?
DRUMS
The host of the original Star Search in the 1980s and ’90s, a long-time co-host of the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, Dick Clark’s co-host on TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes, and a spokesperson for the American Family Publishers sweepstakes—any of these was arguably the second-most-prominent show business job held by what man?
ED MCMAHON
A split in rugby football in 1895 resulted in two separate forms of rugby, both of which evolved further to become two wholly separate sports. The names of the sports are Rugby _____ and Rugby _____. Please provide the two words missing from the respective blanks.
LEAGUE, UNION
What was, until August 1883, the largest island in the Sunda Strait, between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra?
KRAKATOA
What name is shared in Greek mythology by one of the sea nymphs known as the Nereids, one of the Graces (with Aglaea and Euphrosyne), and one of the Muses (the Muse of comedy)? The name is also used (with a different pronunciation) by a popular Mexican musical artist and Queen of Latin Pop.
THALIA
The Iron Brigade, Philadelphia Brigade, Excelsior Brigade, and Irish Brigade fought during the U.S. Civil War within the Union’s principal army in the Eastern Theater, which was commonly known as Mr. Lincoln’s Army but was formally known as the ‘Army of’ what body of water?
POTOMAC
Identify either the structure that became the world’s tallest in 1889 (a distinction it held until the Chrysler Building’s completion in 1930) or the landmark overtaken as the world’s tallest in 1889. Both structures are iconic, and the weight of the taller of the two is one-eighth that of the shorter.
EIFFEL TOWER, WASHINGTON MONUMENT
In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first feature film role, in which he was credited as Arnold Strong, he portrayed Hercules visiting—per the 1970 film’s title—what location?
NEW YORK
In modern Broadway history, a few musicals have had titles that include a slash (/): 1980’s A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, 1988’s Romance/Romance, 2014’s If/Then, and what fourth, a 1995 musical based on a 1982 film of the same name (and with the same director and lead actress)?
VICTOR / VICTORIA
What term can be used in geometry for the region of a circle bounded by an arc of the circle and a chord that connects the endpoints of the arc, and also for the portion of a sphere included between a pair of parallel planes that intersect the sphere? Note, while these are common uses of the term in question in geometry, they are not the most common.
SEGMENT
The chemical compound sodium bicarbonate, when sold in grocery stores, is more commonly labeled as what?
BAKING SODA
The 1938 Munich Agreement, which led to Neville Chamberlain’s now-infamous declaration of peace for our time, authorized Nazi Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakian territory that is best known by what name?
SUDETENLAND
In 1894, Favrile was registered as a trademark by what American decorative artist, who also patented its production process that same year and remains inextricably linked with its aesthetic?
LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY
Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea by area, and Jamaica is the third largest. What is the name of the Caribbean’s second-largest island?
HISPANIOLA
What three words fill in the blanks in this quote, Article II Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution? The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other _______ _______ and _______.
HIGH, CRIME MISDEMEANOURS
The very first website, which was devoted to the World Wide Web project itself, was hosted on a NeXT computer at the site of an international organization known by what acronym?
CERN
Give either the Italian or the Japanese 2018 equivalent of the British Silverstone, the French Le Castellet, the German Hockenheim, the Belgian Stavelot, and the United States’ Austin.
MONZA, SUZUKA
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary… So begins the first stanza of what poem?
THE RAVEN
An event known as Crufts, which is hosted annually in the United Kingdom and was founded by Charles Cruft in 1891, is an exhibition centered around the judging of what?
DOGS
Until his retirement in 1973, Willy the Hillbilly was the advertising mascot for what product, which still exists today with the same name but a sharply different marketing strategy?
MOUNTAIN DEW
Atoms that have the same atomic number (i.e., the same number of protons) but a different number of neutrons are referred to by what term, from the Greek for equal and place (as they occupy the same position on the periodic table)?
ISOTOPES
The Sir Christopher Wren Building, the oldest college building still standing in the United States, sits on the campus of what university, the original home of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society and the nation’s second-oldest institution of higher education (after Harvard)?
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Though he was essentially the group’s lead singer, Ralph Tresvant had arguably the least prolific post-breakup musical career of all the primary members of what 1980s R&B group?
NEW EDITION
The Harry Vardon Trophy, Claret Jug, Wanamaker Trophy, and Bob Jones Award are all honors earned through excellence in what sport?
GOLF
The outline in this image, which looks vaguely like the United States (maybe?), is actually that of what island republic? Click here
CYPRUS
What nickname (usually for a male) is also used as a term for the well-marbled primal cut of beef from the neck, shoulder blade, and upper arm? In the 19th century, the word was commonly used as a slang term for any food.
CHUCK
Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, and Alan Howard play the title characters in what 1989 film, one of the last mainstream films before the creation of the NC-17 classification to be assigned an X rating by the MPAA (which was not accepted, as it was released theatrically without a rating) ?
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER
The words Goodbye, kids were the first words spoken by Clarabell the Clown—and the last words spoken by anyone—on what children’s television program?
HOWDY DOODY
The Ethiopian Empire, which existed in East Africa until Haile Selassie’s deposal in 1974, was known by what other name, taken from the Arabic term for the people who occupied it during empire’s founding in the 13th century?
ABYSSINIA
Many profit-sharing and 401(k) plans offer different schedules that determine the percentage of the account balance owned by the employee at different intervals. What is the legal term commonly used—and used officially by the Internal Revenue Service—for ownership in these scenarios? It derives, ultimately, from a Latin term for garment.
VESTING / VESTMENT
The infectious disease known as whooping cough is known by what other name (which it shares with the bacterium that causes it)?
PERTUSSIS
The letter e is expressed in International Morse Code by a single dot, in Braille by the pattern ⠑, and in American Sign Language by the handshape where all four fingers are bent and hooked, with the thumb opposed and fully closed so that its length touches the fingernails of the other fingers. What consonant is expressed in International Morse Code by a single dash, in Braille by the pattern ⠞, and in ASL by the handshape where the fingers are curled into a fist, with the thumb under the index finger, so that the thumb tip protrudes between the index finger and the middle finger?
T
The heart, liver, and lungs of a calf or sheep chopped up with suet, onions, oatmeal, and seasoning, and boiled in a sheep’s stomach, is a traditional preparation of what dish, which is historically served during a Scottish celebration known as Burns supper?
HAGGIS
What is the name of this young woman, per the work’s title? Click here
CHRISTINA
Name the woman who swept the four apparatus titles and thus also won the women’s all-around title in dominant fashion at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Boston in August 2018.
Simone BILES
The artist born Steven Demetre Georgiou in 1948 in London, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam after his conversion to the Muslim faith, performed under what name during the peak of his commercial success in the 1970s?
CAT STEVENS
Viewers of the 2007 NBC reality series subtitled You’re the One That I Want! chose Max Crumm and Laura Osnes to play the main characters in what Broadway revival that opened later that year?
GREASE
What is the word used to categorize birds, colloquially known as perching birds, that belong to the avian order that makes up more than half of all living birds, including all songbirds (swallows, larks, cardinals, crows, wrens, finches, orioles, etc.)? The term is derived from the Latin word for sparrow.
PASSERINE (PASSERIFORMES)
The character Jules Maigret, who appeared in over 80 novels by author Georges Simenon, held what profession?
INSPECTOR / DETECTIVE / POLICE COMMISSIONER
A member of a preeminent British comedy group, a notorious murderer from the 1980s, a prolific American fruit-planter, and the only player to have died from an injury received during a major league baseball game all share what last name?
CHAPMAN
A hypercube is an object resembling a cube but having an arbitrary number of dimensions (ordinarily, more than three). What is the most common term used for a four-dimensional hypercube, having sixteen corners (or vertices)?
TESSERACT
What term for a particular type of house originated as a house for a European in India, usually one story surrounded by a veranda and with a thatched roof to protect from the sun?
BUNGALOW
Pictures at Eleven, The Principle of Moments, Shaken ‘n’ Stirred, and Now and Zen (which features the single Tall Cool One, later featured in a Coca-Cola commercial) were the first four solo albums from what Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee?
Robert PLANT
J.S. Bach’s Concerto in A minor, Beethoven’s Concerto in D major, op. 61, Mozart’s Concerto in A major, K. 219, and Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D major, op. 35 were all written for what instrument?
VIOLIN
In botany, this is the term for a tiny opening in the epidermis of a plant (especially abundant on leaves). In biology, it’s any opening in a body, like the oral cavity of a nematode. In medicine, it’s an opening in a body surface created by a surgical procedure. What is this term?
STOMA
The CW Television Network, which began airing in September 2006, was created through a joint venture that resulted in the shutdown of what other two networks?
UNITED PARAMOUNT NETWORK (UPN), THE WB
Though he never visited North America himself, Sir Walter Raleigh made two attempts to found an English colony on the continent, both of which were on what island (and both of which were unsuccessful)?
ROANOKE ISLAND
What word appears most often on a standard Scrabble board?
SCORE (also DOUBLE, QI)
