LL83 Flashcards
The Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman are branches of what marginal sea of the Indian Ocean?
ARABIAN SEA
Airstrip One (formerly known as Great Britain) is located within the state of Oceania, which is itself one of the three major powers (along with Eurasia and Eastasia) in what novel?
NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR
A cover version of Steve Winwood’s 1986 hit single Higher Love was recorded but unreleased (except as a bonus track in Japan) until it was remixed by the Norwegian DJ Kygo in 2019 and posthumously released as a single in June. Who recorded this cover back in 1990?
WHITNEY HOUSTON
German engineer Tobias Schmidt, working with French physician Antoine Louis, invented and built the prototype for a device first known as a louisette. This device was later (and is still today, perhaps unfairly) known by what other name, after another French physician and politician who proposed its broader use in 1789?
GUILLOTINE
Identify the city missing from this complete list: 1/A: Boston; 2/B: New York; 3/C: Philadelphia; 4/D: Cleveland; 5/E: Richmond; 6/F: Atlanta; 7/G: Chicago; 8/H: St. Louis; 9/I: Minneapolis; 10/J: Kansas City; 11/K: Dallas; 12/L: ____________.
SAN FRANCISCO
A model known as CIECAM02, designed in 2002 by the Vienna-based International Commission on Illumination to accurately model human color perception, defines six dimensions of color appearance, five of which are brightness, lightness, colorfulness, chroma, and saturation. The sixth dimension, which CIECAM02 defines as the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow, is what three-letter word?
HUE
Give the last name of any one of the three men who had, as of November 1, 2019, launched formal challenges against President Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2020 presidential election.
WELD, WALSH, SANFORD
All of the faces of a polyhedron known as a regular dodecahedron are what shape?
(REGULAR) PENTAGON
Lithuanian-born Abraham Cahan was a founder in 1897 of what Yiddish-language newspaper, which was a vital resource for many Jewish immigrants as it reached a circulation of over 275,000 by the early 1930s?
THE FORWARD (THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD)
Name the television program that aired on CBS nearly every weekday morning at 8:00 a.m. from October 3, 1955, until the fall of 1981, making its final broadcast in December 1984.
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
A Narragansett language term for boiled whole kernel corn begat the English word for what dish, which has multiple variations but is commonly a stew of lima beans and corn?
SUCCATASH
A rusty, decaying mansion, ponderously framed of oaken timber and located in an unidentified New England town, has been the home of the Pyncheon family for 160 years in what 1851 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
Henk van Os, Ronald de Leeuw, Wim Pijbes, and Taco Dibbits are the four most recent directors of a national art institution best known both locally and internationally by what name?
RIJKSMUESEUM
The liquid part of blood (i.e., blood minus the blood cells) is plasma. What is the term for blood plasma from which fibrinogens and clotting factors have been removed?
SERUM
Julius Nyerere served from 1962 to 1964 as president of what African nation, during which time he successfully negotiated a union with Zanzibar (and subsequently served in the same role in the new state of Tanzania until 1985)?
TANGANYIKA
What was the name of the offshore drilling rig operated by BP that exploded off the coast of Louisiana in April 2010, ultimately resulting in what some reports estimated at 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico?
DEEPWATER HORIZON
The two oldest teams in the National Football League that have not relocated to another state have met at least once (and usually twice) every year but two since 1921. They are scheduled to meet for the 200th time on December 15, with that game’s home team holding a 98-95-6 lead in the series and a 16-4 lead since 2010. Name either of these two teams, whose founders and looong-time coaches were charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
CHICAGO BEARS and GREEN BAY PACKERS
The block of Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue has an alternate honorific name celebrating what 1989 film, which was shot in its entirety on that block during the previous summer?
DO THE RIGHT THING
Who is the only basketball head coach to win both an NCAA tournament championship and an NBA championship (in 1988 and 2004, respectively)?
LARRY BROWN
With its 14th season that premiered in September 2019, what television series tied The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as the longest-running live-action sitcom in American TV history (and extended its lead among such series that include the name of a city in their titles)?
ITS ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
The term in biology for material inside a cell’s nucleus, within the nuclear membrane, is the nucleoplasm. Likewise, what is the term for everything else in the cell— that is, all the stuff within the cell membrane surrounding the cell’s nucleus?
CYTOPLASM
What is the common name for the oil from the seeds of flax (also known simply as flax oil or flaxseed oil), which is historically the most common medium in oil painting?
LINSEED OIL
What is the name (in English) for the confederation of sovereign nations established following a momentous 1991 summit in the Belorussian oblast of Brest?
CIS (COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES)
In a victory (both legal and spiritual) for the indigenous Anangu people, rules are in place as of October 26, 2019, banning the climbing of what, with violators facing fines of up to A$630?
ULURU
The term brazier, which is a container for holding burning coals while cooking, has been used over the years in the branding of select restaurants within what chain (particularly those locations that serve a regular fast-food menu featuring burgers, chicken, and french fries)?
DAIRY QUEEN
The plays Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues played on Broadway, in 1983 and 1985 respectively, in a theatre named after whom (appropriately)?
NEIL SIMON
Among the Children’s and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen) collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm areThe Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, and a tale with a title sometimes translated to The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn what? By the end of the story, despite numerous ordeals, he still hadn’t learned it.
FEAR
One U.S. state has a city whose name is that of an Academy Award-winning film (for Best Original Song), and another city whose name is that of a Tony-winning musical (for Best Musical). What is that state?
VARIOUS: AL, GA, IL, IA, KS, TN, TX, ND
What English phrase translates to Arabic as saba al-khayr, to Mandarin Chinese as zao shang hao, to Hebrew as boker tov, and to Russian as dobraye utra?
GOOD MORNING
Water in which the hydrogen atoms, 1H, are replaced by the heavier isotope deuterium, 2H, is most commonly referred to as water described by what adjective?
HEAVY WATER
What word appears in the titles of a 1972 Charles Grodin film and a 2007 Ben Stiller remake (they’re each the titular Kid) and in the title of a 1986 Clint Eastwood film (he fought on the Ridge)?
HEARTBREAK
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, / And where is that band who so vauntingly swore / Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand. These are the first lines of the second, third, and fourth (and final) verses, respectively, of the song that has what name?
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Emmanuel Macron and Archbishop Joan Enric Vives i Sicília are the current ex officio co-heads of what European diarchic principality?
ANDORRA
The first in a series of highly anticipated 90-minute programs that aired over four consecutive weeks in May 1977 became the highest-rated news interview program in television history at the time. Name either the interviewer or the interviewee in this historic series.
David FROST / Richard NIXON
It is as yet an unproven conjecture that there exist infinitely many pairs of primes that differ by two. These special prime numbers (e.g., 17 and 19, or 1019 and 1021) are sometimes known as prime pairs but are best known as what?
TWIN PRIMES
What was music legend Patsy Cline’s first #1 song on Billboard magazine’s country music singles chart, the title of which describes what she does each time I see you again?
I FALL TO PIECES
Joan Crawford won her only Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying a character who was later played by Kate Winslet in a 2011 HBO miniseries. What was the name of this titular anti-heroine, who originated in the 1941 novel of the same name by James M. Cain?
MILDRED PIERCE
What is the instrument, common in many everyday machines, that measures angular speed, and in particular the number of revolutions (per unit of time) made by a rotating shaft? The name was coined by Bryan Donkin, a British engineer credited as the instrument’s inventor.
TACHOMETER
The Special Reserve of the Royal Irish Constabulary, a force established by the British government to help the royal police break the IRA during the Irish War of Independence, was known colloquially by what name, after the makeshift uniforms they wore? Due to their notorious tactics and brutal legacy, one should probably never order a drink by this name in the Republic of Ireland, despite the fact that it is traditionally made with a beloved Irish beverage.
BLACK AND TANS
What, according to Virgil, was commissioned by Ulysses (who was inspired in a dream by Athena), constructed by the Greek craftsman Epeius, conveyed by Sinon, and questioned by Laocoön?
WOODEN HORSE OF TROY/ TROJAN HORSE
Since January 26, 2009, all four of the permanent (as opposed to acting) US Ambassadors to the UN have been women. Name either one of those ambassadors who were appointed the position by President Barack Obama.
SUSAN RICE, SAMANTHA POWER
Pine Valley, NJ; Oakmont, PA; Mullen, NE; Kohler, WI; Medinah, IL; and Ponte Vedra Beach, FL are all linked in their association with what sport?
GOLF
Ocean waves, electromagnetic waves, and stadium crowd waves are all most often referred to as what type of wave, so-named because the waves’ periodic disturbances are at right angles to the direction of propagation?
TRANSVERSE
A small bowl, classically circular and white with a fluted exterior, which is often used to serve condiments and garnishes alongside an entrée, soufflés, or single-serve portions of larger dishes, takes its name from a similarly spelled French dish baked and served in such a container. What is that name?
RAMEKIN
The country of Ecuador is named after its location straddling the equator. Through what other two South American countries does the equator pass?
COLOMBIA, BRAZIL
What U.S. President, born in West Branch, Iowa, to parents Jesse and Hulda in August 1874, was the first president born west of the Mississippi River?
Herbert HOOVER
The Winnipeg Jets’ Rick Dudley, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Wilf Paiement, and Montreal Canadiens’ Joe Lamb, Desse Roche, and Leo Bourgeault are among the very few players in the history of the National Hockey League to wear jersey number 99. Name one other.
Wayne GRETZKY
What Sirius XM Satellite Radio station, focused on 90s Alternative and Grunge, is named after a song by Nirvana (and not an element of the periodic table)?
LITHIUM
Name the British peer who served as the Crown’s Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1798 to 1801 and as its Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (a.k.a viceroy of India) from 1786 to 1793, though he is best remembered stateside for his actions in Virginia in 1781.
CHARLES CORNWALLIS
What mathematical term is used to designate a trapezoid (in the UK, a trapezium) having its two non-parallel sides of equal length? Such a shape is also sometimes referred to as a regular trapezoid.
ISOCELES
1942’s Woman of the Year was the first, Keeper of the Flame was the second later that same year, and 1957’s Desk Set was the eighth of the nine total films that starred what two Hollywood legends?
KATHERINE HEPBURN, SPENCER TRACY
In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the what?
SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Corundum, a mineral form of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) naturally transparent in its pure state, is perhaps best-known (and most desired) in its impure varieties. Give the name of either of the two primary varieties of corundum.
RUBY, SAPPHIRE
What national capital is the most populous predominantly English-speaking city in the Caribbean?
KINGSTON
At the Grammy Awards ceremony held in February 1976, Album of the Year winner Paul Simon proclaimed, I’d like to thank XXXXX, who didn’t make an album this year. What artist, whose name is redacted in this quote, would go on to win the award again the next year?
STEVIE WONDER
The standard interpretation of quantum mechanics associated with the ideas of Niels Bohr is named after what city, where Bohr established the Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1921?
COPENHAGEN
Of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories, which is by far the largest as measured by total land area?
NUNAVUT
What is the legal term for the procedure through which a document is determined to be a valid will? The term is also used for the court that makes this determination.
PROBATE
Identify either one of the professional sports teams (including city) currently in any of the four major professional North American sports leagues—MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL—whose name (e.g. Yankees, Cowboys) is also a book of the Old Testament. Note, both city and team name are required.
SACRAMENTO KINGS, LOS ANGELES KINGS
In 962, Pope John XII declared what palindromically named Teutonic king as emperor, an act marked by many historians as the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire?
OTTO
