LL84 Flashcards
The Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, which became Chesebrough-Ponds and was ultimately acquired by Unilever in 1987, was best known for a product discovered by its co-founder and company namesake in Titusville, Pennsylvania, and first sold in 1870. From the beginning, this product was (and is still today) sold under what brand name?
VASELINE
An extra-judicial body of royal councilors and judges, existing from the late 15th century to the body’s abolition in 1641, had what name, after the pattern painted on the ceiling of the room in the Palace of Westminster where the court met?
STAR CHAMBER
Kelly Monaco, Drew Lachey, Hines Ward, Rumer Willis, and Adam Rippon are among a group that is most closely associated with what TV show?
DANCING WITH THE STARS
Chalk is an organic variety and oolite a precipitate variety of what type of sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate?
LIMESTONE
What 6th-century bishop of Paris is remembered today in large part via his namesake suburb of western Paris, and more specifically for that community’s soccer club, which merged in 1970 with Paris FC to become what is today the most successful club in the French Ligue 1?
SAINT GERMAIN
What is the current name of the transportation hub located on the site of a former German-American farming community originally named Orchard Place?
O’HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Identify the object that is a pivotal item in one of the stories from Arabian Nights, central to the occupation of Jack in Mary Poppins Returns, and was a love interest of Brick in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
LAMP
What 1937 novella begins and ends at a clearing by the Salinas River in California (peaceful at the beginning, tragic at the end)?
OF MICE AND MEN
H. Ross Perot, during his candidacy for U.S. President in 1996, and Jesse Ventura, during his campaign for and election as governor of Minnesota, were members of what political party?
REFORM PARTY
The special chili associated with the city of Cincinnati, when served three-way, typically involves the chili served on spaghetti and topped with grated cheese. Five-way includes the addition of kidney beans and what other topping?
DICED ONIONS
What is the common name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, a movement that is all but extinct today but whose prominent legacy in furniture and handcraft design endures?
SHAKERS
What weasel species, also known as a short-tailed weasel in North America and stoat in Europe, has white winter fur that is highly prized for garments (including, with pearls, by a certain lady/tramp)?
ERMINE
What Chinese word for path or way is closely associated with a book ascribed to the philosopher Laozi?
TAO
Fluorescence is luminescence (emission of light by a substance not due to temperature increase) that ceases once the source of light is removed. Luminescence that persists after the source is removed is known generally by what accompanying term, which—like fluorescence—is rooted etymologically in the name of a chemical element?
PHOSPHORESCENCE
In 1965, a conservative alliance was built in Israel around the Liberal party and the right-wing nationalist Herut. The alliance initially took the name Gahal, but in 1973 evolved into a new alliance under what name, by which it is still known today?
LIKUD
The Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers are all major league baseball franchises that play home games in stadiums named after (and by) corporations in what industry?
INSURANCE
Name the coloratura soprano who, after her retirement from singing, moved on to roles as general director of the New York City Opera, chairwoman of Lincoln Center, and chairwoman of the Metropolitan Opera.
BEVERLY SILLS
The interregnum period in Russia between the death of Feodor I in 1598 and the start of the Romanov dynasty with Michael I in 1613, and a period that began in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s and ended (nominally) in April 1998 are both timeframes commonly referred to by terms that include what word?
TROUBLES
What man, who began a food empire with an ice-cream shop in the Boston area in 1925, is widely credited as inventing the concept of the modern restaurant franchise, with his namesake eateries dominating the interstate highway landscape beginning in the 1950s and becoming the U.S. largest restaurant chain in the 1960s (though today is mostly defunct)?
HOWARD JOHNSON
In January 1970, Carol Channing became the first celebrity to perform at what annual event?
SUPERBOWL (HALFTIME SHOW)
Name the Basque village that was bombed on April 26, 1937, by Nazi German and fascist Italian forces at the request of Nationalist leader Francisco Franco, in a campaign codenamed Operation Rügen. The horrific event has been artistically depicted on numerous occasions, most famously in the summer of that same year.
GUERNICA
The Charlotte-based rapper who recorded the song Suge, the Atlanta-based rapper who recorded the song Yes Indeed, and the rapper who recorded Gucci Flip Flops and first achieved fame via Dr. Phil, all have stage names that contain what word (in various spellings)?
BABY/BHABIE
The small version of what common unit of measure is equal to 4.1868 of the SI unit of energy (joules), while the large version is equal to 4,184 joules?
CALORIE
The Satavahana, Vakataka, Chalukya, and Rashtrakuta dynasties are among those that ruled in a geographic region named after what plateau, which sits between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats mountain ranges on the Indian subcontinent?
DECCAN PLATEAU
A novel that is reportedly the most translated non-religious book in the world (probably now surpassed by The Little Prince, but almost certainly the most translated Italian book) is a story written in the 1880s by Carlo Collodi about what title character?
PINOCCHIO
The process of boiling a liquid and condensing and collecting the vapor is best known by what term?
DISTILLATION
Gen. George Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas, 1776, preceded a pivotal Continental Army victory in a battle the following morning that took place in (and is named after) what city?
TRENTON
Charles Pathé, with his Pathé Freres company, is remembered today mostly as an early 20th-century leader in the world production and distribution of equipment in what industry?
FILM
The Latin word for trumpet is, in English, a different but related musical instrument. What is that instrument?
TUBA
What geological term is used for a mountain mass demarcated by faults and fissures, such as the highest point in Antarctica (named after long-time U.S. Representative Carl Vinson)? Another example is what was until recently believed to be the largest volcano on earth, located in the northern Pacific Ocean and named after Texas A&M University (Tamu).
MASSIF
The disease caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by the tick Ixodes scapularis was first identified in 1975 in and around what New England town?
LYME DISEASE
The 15th-century French poet and satirist Olivier Basselin was famous for his bawdy drinking songs, which were known by a name—derived from his birthplace—that was later adapted into a term for a theatrical genre that became popular in North America. What is that genre?
VAUDEVILLE
An Australian soap opera set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a 1990s sitcom set in suburban Detroit, and the first program to air on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim all have titles that contain what word?
HOME
Umoja (unity), nia (purpose), and imani (faith) are among the principles promoted by activist and academic Maulana Karenga’s 1966 creation that has what name?
KWANZAA
According to legend (and almost certainly false), a man named Robert Johnson sat on the courthouse steps in Salem, New Jersey, in September 1820, and ate what food? It shocked the crowd who had gathered to watch him die a painful death, as Americans at the time (allegedly) considered the now-ubiquitous produce item—beloved in Jersey and its state vegetable— to be poisonous?
TOMATO
Whose Elements (Στοιχεῖα) postulated, among other things, that it’s possible to draw a straight line from any point to any other point, that it’s possible to describe a circle with any center and radius, and that all right angles are equal to one another?
EUCLID
An oscillator executing simple harmonic motion (SHM) generates a wave whose graph of y (vertical diameter) against x (time) is most commonly known by what term?
SINUSOIDAL WAVE/ SINE
Among the various types of rugs is one whose name comes from the French for caterpillar (which the fabric is meant to resemble). What is that name?
CHENILLE
Eureka and Lisbon are the two most common varieties in the United States of what fruit crop, grown predominantly in California along with specialty varieties and hybrids such as Variegated Pink and Meyer?
LEMON
What musical, which debuted at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in October 2008 with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, is the only Broadway musical with a cast composed entirely of teenagers—a cast that included Ariana Grande, who at the time was actually age fifteen?
13
The name of a community in northern Spain is (or is included in) the names of the seat of Webb County, Texas, and the third-most populous city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, two cities that face each other across the Rio Grande. What is that name?
LAREDO
What fictional Wessex town provides the setting for the majority of the 1886 Thomas Hardy novel that begins with main character Michael Henchard’s sale of his wife and daughter, details his business success and ascent in municipal politics, and ends with his ruin and death?
CASTERBRIDGE
In Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, a tragic young character named Pecola Breedlove believes that she would be loved if only she had what characteristic, which is referenced in the novel’s title?
BLUE EYES (THE BLUEST EYE)
What was the name (specifically, the cognomen) shared by the Roman patricians and generals who defeated Hannibal in 202 BCE (Africanus Major) and who captured and destroyed Carthage in 146 BCE (Africanus Minor)?
SCIPIO
What is the title of Bobby Darin’s cover of the song from Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, which became the crooner’s trademark, reaching #1 in the US and earning Record of the Year at the second annual Grammy Awards?
MACK THE KNIFE
In the interest of player safety, the National Football League in 2019 banned a certain high-energy, full-contact practice drill whose development is credited to legendary college coach Bud Wilkinson, and thus is best known by what geographic name?
OKLAHOMA DRILL
Of the fifty U.S. state capital cities, which city has by far the largest percentage population designated by the 2010 U.S. Census in the category Black or African American, alone (82%)? Montgomery and Baton Rouge are the next two highest (61% and 55% respectively), while comparative data for Harlem and Hollywood are not available (as they are not independent cities).
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
What German physicist has numerous extreme measurement units named after him, including a length (equal to 1.616×10-35m), a mass (2.18×10-8kg), and a time (5.39×10-44 seconds), all of which are used principally in quantum theory?
PLANCK
What Mandinka word, which translates to sultan or king, was used during the Mali Empire of the 13th to 17th centuries as a title for leaders of the Keita Dynasty such as Musa I, who ruled for a quarter-century in the 1300s?
MANSA
Mizell, Simmons, and McDaniels were the last names of the members of what hip hop trio, whose self-titled debut was the first rap album to be certified gold by the RIAA?
RUN DMC
Who is, surely, classic literature’s best-known short, pot-bellied, rustic, witty, commonsensical, spirituality-free, donkey-riding squire?
SANCHO PANZA
An audio-visual cable and accessories manufacturing company received a bit of bad news on February 11, 2020, due to an official announcement made that day by World Health Organization chief Tedros Ghebreyesus regarding disease terminology. What is the name of that company?
COVID
In a game during the 2006 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament between schools from the Missouri Valley Conference and Big East Conference respectively, the abbreviations of the teams on the on-screen score bug spelled out the name of what actor? (First and last name required.)
BRAD PITT
The building where Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam is located is named after what pope? Note, the number is not required (it was IV), but correct English spelling of the pope’s name is required.
SIXTUS
The title of what 1986 Walter Hill-directed film is taken from the location where, according to legend, Mississippi Delta Bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for mastery of the blues guitar?
CROSSROADS
The 1979 autobiography A Time to Heal was written by what politician, who was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1948 and served on the Warren Commission after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963?
GERALD FORD
American author O. Henry coined what term in the story The Admiral, from his 1904 book Cabbages and Kings, describing the country of Honduras (which he fictionalized as Anchuria), where he lived for six months in the late 1890s?
BANANA REPUBLIC
The Grand National, held at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool annually beginning in 1839, is a National Hunt race that is what specific type of horse race, a term derived in part from the feature that was once used to mark the finish line in such races?
STEEPLECHASE
A masterpiece of classical antiquity originally sculpted in bronze by Myron around 450 BCE portrays its subject in the midst of what athletic activity?
DISCUS THROW
Identify the television series where, in a 2007 fourth-season episode titled You Don’t Want to Know, a stage magician has a cardiac event while submerged during a Chinese Water Torture Cell act, with his diagnosis ultimately determined to be lupus!
HOUSE MD
