Random Terms To Remember

Question 0

Seneca quote - luck

Answer 0

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Question 1

Martial Law

Answer 1

The imposition of military power over designated regions on an emergency basis.

Question 2

Pro bono

Answer 2

Professional work undertaken voluntarily, without payment

Question 3

Black pepper ?

Answer 3

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae

Question 4

What is pepper cultivated for?

Answer 4

cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

Question 5

There are three sides to every story -

Answer 5

Your version, my version, and the truth.

Question 6

Chthonic

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Relating to the underworld

Question 7

Supercilious

Answer 7

Behaving as though one is superior to others

Question 8

Sacerdotal

Answer 8

Relating to priests or the priesthood

Question 9

Catafalque

Answer 9

Decorated wooden framework supporting coffin

Question 10

Bier

Answer 10

Movable frame for coffin before burial

Question 11

Auto-da-fe

Answer 11

The burning of a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition

Question 12

Hermetic

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Isolated (not affected by outward influence or power)

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Offing

Answer 13

The more distant part of the sea in view.

Question 14

Inscrutable

Answer 14

Impossible to understand or interpret

Question 15

Sepulchre

Answer 15

Small room or monument in which a dead person is laid or buried

Question 16

Rapacious

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Aggressively greedy

Question 17

Sententious

Answer 17

Moralising in a pompous manner

Question 18

Alienist

Answer 18

Former term for psychiatrist. (From heart of darkness)

Question 19

Worsted

Answer 19

A fine smooth yarn

Question 20

Volubility

Answer 20

Talkativeness

Question 21

Electricity began to be used in a practical sense …

Answer 21

In the late 19th century

Question 22

Dolphins - What do they drink?

Answer 22

Nothing - their food is metabolised in a way that hydrates them.

Question 23

The wise man doesn’t give the right…

Answer 23

…answers, he poses the right questions.

Question 24

What questions are the best?

Answer 24

Higher order questions. Those requiring thinking and reflection, not just giving simple information.
How …

Question 25

The human brain starts working the moment you are born …

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… and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

Question 26

3 aspects of a crime that must be established before guilt can be determined.

Answer 26

Means, motive and opportunity

Question 27

Viscosity =

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Resistance to flow