Season 36 (2001-2500) Flashcards
ANIMALS & THEIR FOOD: This Australian sea cow similar to the manatee has ivory tusks to dig up the sea grasses that make up its diet
the dugong
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: Anatomical term for the place where a river empties into the sea
a mouth
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: It can be a line of mountain ridges or a grazing land for animals
a range
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: A Montana city nicknamed “The Richest Hill on Earth” or a term for an isolated hill
Butte
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: Though far from the Sahara, the lakeshore at the national park called Indiana these features has some 200-footers
Dunes
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: 1 million people in Los Angeles County live in this type of area, part of no municipality
unincorporated
UNDER THE…: Stephen King novel in which Chester’s Mill, Maine is sealed off from the rest of the world
Under the Dome
UNDER THE…: Anthony Kiedis wrote this song about the loneliness of heroin addiction
"Under The Bridge"
UNDER THE…: Prince’s acting oeuvre includes “Purple Rain”, “Graffiti Bridge” & this 1986 film
Under the Cherry Moon
UNDER THE…: A writer impulsively buys an Italian villa in this book, later a Diane Lane film
Under the Tuscan Sun
UNDER THE…: Malcolm Lowry’s Mexico-set masterpiece
Under the Volcano
AMERICAN THINKERS: Phineas Quimby, who influenced Mary Baker Eddy, is best known for his theory that this type of problem is all in the mind
illness
AMERICAN THINKERS: Jonathan Edwards thought sin was restrained by God; otherwise the soul would be “a furnace of” these two things
fire and brimstone
AMERICAN THINKERS: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum is a neo-this ancient Greek stiff-upper-lip type, but Martha allows for more emotion
stoic
AMERICAN THINKERS: William James popularized this -ism that judges ideas by their usefulness, now a synonym for “practicality"
pragmaticism
AMERICAN THINKERS: Instead of Christmas the family in the movie “Captain Fantastic” observes the birthday of this linguist & left-wing social critic
Noam Chomsky
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: A stranded German motorist might say “Mein auto ist” this, a word we use in English for anything busted
kaput
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: A form of self-defense primarily without weapons, karate is Japanese for “empty” these
hands
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: A cappella means “in the style of the chapel” in Italian, but it means this to us
without musical accompaniment
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: Literally French for “blow of mercy”, it’s any finishing stroke, especially to end suffering
coup de grâce
BORROWED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: From Yiddish, for “juicy”, this end-of-the-alphabet word means pleasingly plump or buxom
zaftig
SOUNDS SPACEY: In a 1931 cartoon this Disney dog said, “Kiss me!” but has been a canine of very, very few words since
Pluto
SOUNDS SPACEY: In addition to 3 Musketeers bars, this corporation also owns brands like Uncle Ben’s & Whiskas
Mars
SOUNDS SPACEY: A song by Train begins, “Now that she’s back in the atmosphere, with drops of” this “in her hair"
Jupiter
SOUNDS SPACEY: Part of the name of a Canadian province, it’s a type of lox
Nova
SOUNDS SPACEY: In Greek mythology this daughter of Cassiopeia was chained to a rock as a sacrifice
Andromeda
WORLD CAPITALS: In 1865 this city named for an early 19th century British hero became a British colonial capital
Wellington
HOBBIES: Many artistic hobbyists set up an easel outdoors to create this type of painting depicting natural scenery like mountains or trees
a landscape
HOBBIES: Assemblage art is sort of the 3-D version of this art of gluing paper or other materials to a background
collage
HOBBIES: Keep mentally fit by learning a new one of these, perhaps with an app such as Babbel
a language
HOBBIES: Using the 3 main ingredients, baking soda, Epsom salts & citric acid, you too can make these “explosive” tub additions
bath bombs
HOBBIES: At the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Des Newton would delight kids by showing how to make these impossible-seeming models
ships in a bottle
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: "A new”, perhaps an 11th, one of these: “I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you"
commandments
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: "For as in” him “all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive"
Adam
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: Chide those who don’t believe in you by quoting Matthew 6: “O ye of” this
little faith
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: "Ye will surely say unto me… Physician” do this
heal thyself
NEW TESTAMENT QUOTES: Jesus said that a wise man built his house upon a rock but the foolish man “built his house upon” this
sand
COLOR TELEVISION: The trials & tribulations of doctors play out at a Seattle hospital on this show
Grey’s Anatomy
COLOR TELEVISION: David Attenborough narrated this “global” 2017 nature documentary series for the BBC
Blue Planet
COLOR TELEVISION: On this TV drama, master criminal James Spader is Red all over
The Blacklist
COLOR TELEVISION: Led by Kevin Costner, a ranching family in Montana faces off against those encroaching on their land in this series
Yellowstone
COLOR TELEVISION: Inspired by stories of G.K. Chesterton, this show features a Catholic priest with a knack for solving mysteries in an English village
Father Brown
MOUNTAIN STATES: 13,100-foot Truchas Peak in the Santa Fe Mountains
New Mexico
MOUNTAIN STATES: Grand Teton, towering over Jackson Hole
Wyoming
MOUNTAIN STATES: Mount Lassen, at the southern end of the Cascades
California
MOUNTAIN STATES: Mount Elbert, highest of the American Rockies
Colorado
MOUNTAIN STATES: 5,344-foot Mount Marcy, highest of the Adirondacks
New York
YOU’VE HIT THE DAILY DOUBLE: People with this quality of being able to do stuff like bend their fingers way back are at greater risk for anxiety disorders
double-jointedness
YOU’VE HIT THE DAILY DOUBLE: You double the number of shares you hold of Amalgamated Button if the company announces a 2-for-1 this
a split
YOU’VE HIT THE DAILY DOUBLE: Hydrogen bonds hold together the strands of this molecular structure discovered in 1953
a double helix
BET IT “ALL”!: A missed shot in basketball that touches no iron or backboard
an airball
BET IT “ALL”!: To remove previously activated software from a computer
uninstall
BET IT “ALL”!: Structural term to engage in stalling tactics & to refuse to give information
stonewalling
BET IT “ALL”!: Sort of a rap-reggae hybrid, this style of music originated in Jamaica in the late ’70s
dancehall
BET IT “ALL”!: This Norse god of light & the dawn is also the guardian of Bifrost, the rainbow bridge
Heimdall
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Hiccup is the hero of this animated trilogy about Vikings & the creatures they once feared
How to Train Your Dragon
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Bo Derek played this man’s stepmother in “Tommy Boy"
Chris Farley
MOVIE CHALLENGE: In 2019 Christina Hendricks revealed that’s her hand holding the rose on the poster for this 1999 Best Picture Oscar winner
American Beauty
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Spanish slang for “hitman” provides the title of this drug cartel thriller with Benicio del Toro & its “Day of the Soldado” sequel
Sicario
MOVIE CHALLENGE: Name of the leopard Katharine Hepburn is “Bringing Up” in a screwball classic
Baby
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: Pianist Gary Graffman rebounded from this syndrome in his right hand to play concertos for the left hand
carpal tunnel
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: A person born with the most common type of this condition has an extra copy of chromosome 21 in each cell
Down syndrome
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: Spitting in public was outlawed in China to combat this 4-letter respiratory syndrome
SARS
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: rls.org wants to turn the 1st “R” in this syndrome into “relieved”; it’s about limb movement but can also involve a burning sensation
restless legs syndrome
THE SYNDROME SYNDROME: The immune system attacks nerves in the syndrome named for Georges Guillain & this other French physician
Barré
"H”ISTORY: Attila was the king of these people from 434 to 453
the Huns
"H”ISTORY: About a dozen transatlantic trips were scheduled for this airship; after may 1937, tickets became void
the Hindenburg
"H”ISTORY: This defensive barrier was in use until almost the end of the Roman rule of Britain
Hadrian’s Wall
"H”ISTORY: This 1862 law providing 160 acres, basically free after 5 years’ residence, was still on the books in the lower 48 states until 1976
the Homestead Act
"H”ISTORY: A group known as the “Chicago 8” were blamed for the violence during an 1886 riot in this Chicago square
Haymarket Square
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: A lemon & a radiation symbol are both featured on the flag of this TV cartoon city
Springfield
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: This author wrote that Ozma’s flag had 4 quadrants for the regions of Oz, with, of course, a green center
(Frank) Baum
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: A large “F” is emblazoned on the flag of Freedonia, a country run by this funnyman in “Duck Soup"
Groucho Marx
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: After arriving by submarine, this character claims the South Pole with a black flag bearing a gold “N"
Captain Nemo
FICTIONAL FLAGS FLYING: In “Nostromo”, this author describes the flag of Costaguana as red & yellow with 2 palm trees
Joseph Conrad
STRONG LANGUAGE: You can “hang” this way to get through adversity; you know, this “it out"
tough
STRONG LANGUAGE: Proverbially, if you’re in good health, you’re “hale &” this other “H” word
hearty
STRONG LANGUAGE: Burly, or the maker of tear-a-square paper towels
Brawny
STRONG LANGUAGE: Old-school way to say one is feelin’ peppy–you’ve got “vim &” this
vigor
STRONG LANGUAGE: This word used to describe the strength or the flavor of coffee comes from the Latin for “oak tree"
robust
NOVELISTS: In a 1952 novel, he wrote, “But there were dry years too, & they put a terror on the valley. The water came in a thirty-year cycle"
John Steinbeck
NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT: In 1998 congress wished him a happy 87th birthday by renaming Washington National Airport in his honor
Reagan
NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT: Founded in Africa in 1822, it’s the only world capital (besides Washington, D.C.) that’s named for a U.S. president
Monrovia
NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT: The Department of Commerce headquarters building is named for this president who once served as Commerce Secretary
Hoover
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY: This word for a rope used to tie up a horse is also the name of a sleeveless top that has straps around the neck that leave the back bare
halter
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY: A musical instrument with bellows gives its name to this style of pleats
accordion
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY: A royal house gives its name to this style for a necktie; it has a more complicated knot than a four-in-hand
Windsor
THE U.N. REPORTS: An alarming 2019 environmental report called for action to reduce the 8 million tons of this substance going into oceans every year
plastic
THE U.N. REPORTS: From a 2018 report: “There is evidence that integrating” these people fleeing violence “in local economies can be mutually beneficial"
refugees
THE U.N. REPORTS: The 2013 World Health Report said zinc supplements reduce the rate in kids of this lung infection associated with the elderly
pneumonia
THE U.N. REPORTS: The 2018 World Drug Report said about 192 million people worldwide used this recreational drug, including 38 million Americans
marijuana
THE U.N. REPORTS: "I.I”! A 2016 report found this financial issue had increased in 75% of the world’s cities in the preceding 2 decades
income inequality
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Alicia Keys
piano
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Kenny G
saxophone
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Earl Scruggs
banjo
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Rock Hall of Famer Hal Blaine
drums
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Sarah Chang & Midori
violin
"B.C.": It’s a less appealing 2-word name for tofu
bean curd
"B.C.": People who have these snakes as pets favor the red-tailed species
boa constrictors
"B.C.": It’s the slang term for the ideological barrier separating China from the West
Bamboo Curtain
FEEL THE BERN!: On Nov. 28, 1848 the parliament of this country chose Bern as its federal capital
Switzerland
FEEL THE BERN!: Finn, Bjork & Ursina are a family of brown these big animals, fishing & climbing in a park in the heart of Bern since 2009
bears
FEEL THE BERN!: Tour the 2nd floor apt. of Kramgasse 49 where this scientist began to live in 1903 & did some incredible work, relatively speaking
Einstein
FEEL THE BERN!: Any pirate could tell you that Bern lies along this river with a double “a” rating that rises in the Alps
the Aare
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: Gwen Verdon said she helped dub in the tapping & splashing in the title number in this 1952 film
Singin’ in the Rain
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: It’s 10 years later as Al Swearengen & friends celebrate South Dakota statehood on the 2019 movie based on this HBO series
Deadwood
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: Charlie Chaplin faces the perils of technology in this 1936 film that was also the last appearance of “The Tramp"
Modern Times
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: Howie Mandel & Denzel Washington were on staff at this ’80s show set at St. Eligius Hospital
St. Elsewhere
BIG & SMALL SCREEN CLASSICS: In this Alexander Payne film, Paul Giamatti is asked, “Why are you so into Pinot?"
Sideways
AGRICULTURE: Farmers plant trees around farms to create windbreaks as they battle this, attrition of soil by wind
erosion
AGRICULTURE: A 138-pound cabbage set a world record for Scott Robb, a farmer in this state, benefiting from the above-average amount of sunlight
Alaska
AGRICULTURE: In France & Germany, asparagus is grown underground to inhibit this pigment, creating a delicious white variety
chlorophyll
AGRICULTURE: This 11-letter type of farming supplies produce for the farmer to eat, but not enough for market
subsistence
AGRICULTURE: Most of the dairy cows in the U.S. are descended from this cattle breed named for an area of northern Germany
Holstein
CONTRACTIONS: Why’d you do that? “Just…” this 5-letter contraction
'cause
CONTRACTIONS: The American Heritage Dictionary calls it “perhaps the single most famous feature of southern United States dialects"
y’all
CONTRACTIONS: A contraction of “would rather”; having these would mean you’d get your way
druthers
CONTRACTIONS: There is a contraction in this French phrase for “please”; it’s literally “if it pleases you"
s’il vous plait
CONTRACTIONS: The poem “Home, Sweet Home” doesn’t begin, “‘Mong pleasures & palaces though we may roam”; the first word is this contraction
Mid
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: This Tom Wolfe work was spacey but had the correct contents to win a 1980 Nonfiction Award
The Right Stuff
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: The 2017 Nonfiction winner was Masha Gessen’s “The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed” this superpower
Russia
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: Colson Whitehead liberated the 2016 Fiction Award for his novel about this title 19th century “conveyance"
The Underground Railroad
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: Thomas Pynchon found the Fiction Prize at the end of this 1973 novel
Gravity’s Rainbow
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: He won Fiction Awards for “The Magic Barrel” & “The Fixer” but not for “The Natural"
Bernard Malamud
B.C.: Starting around 600 B.C. many Jews were deported east from the kingdom of Judah in what’s known as the Babylonian this forced departure
Babylonian Exile (or diaspora)
B.C.: Human occupation on Corsica dates from at least the 3rd millennium B.C., as evident from dolmens & menhirs, standing these
stones
B.C.: Ostia, at the mouth of this river, served as Rome’s naval base & commercial harbor
the Tiber
B.C.: In the 1st century B.C. Philo of Larissa taught his skeptical Philo-sophy at this school founded by Plato
the Academy
B.C.: The 6th century B.C. Temple of Artemis was a mainstay of this city whose residents St. Paul would later pen a letter to
Ephesus
RELIGION: This denomination takes its name from the day, as told in the New Testament, when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles
Pentacostalism (the Pentecosts)
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: John Jay
Washington
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: Elena Kagan
Obama
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Clinton
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: William Rehnquist (as associate justice)
Richard Nixon
I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: William Rehnquist (as Chief Justice)
Reagan
HOMOPHONES: Garbage, or where a belt goes
waste/waist
HOMOPHONES: That fancy lodging at your favorite hotel, or the “saccharine” word that describes it
suite/sweet
HOMOPHONES: A statement of admiration for another, or a “full” number of soldiers to do a job
compliment/complement
HOMOPHONES: The opposite of slack, or what slackers weren’t getting in school
taut/taught
HOMOPHONES: An old word for the Christian cross, or a description of one’s impolite disposition
rood/rude
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: In standard western chess sets, this piece is topped with a cross
a king
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: Chess games are typically divided into the opening, the middle game & this terminal phase
the endgame
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: It’s the number of white squares on a standard chessboard
32
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: The queen’s gambit is marked by white’s second-move offer to sacrifice one of these, temporarily
a pawn
SAY YES TO THE CHESS: The “hypermodern” Reti opening begins with a move of this piece
the white knight
POETS & POETRY: As holder of this job in the 1970s, John Betjeman wrote verses honoring Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee
poet laureate
POETS & POETRY: This Belle of Amherst wrote, “I’ll tell you how the sun rose–a ribbon at a time"
(Emily) Dickinson
POETS & POETRY: This American’s verses include “Behold the duck. It does not cluck. A cluck it lacks. It quacks"
(Ogden) Nash
POETS & POETRY: John Dryden said this other 17th century man “affects the metaphysics”; in fact he’s the leading metaphysical poet
(John) Donne
AUTO FILL: We have no illusions about the alliterative ____ Mirage
Mitsubishi
AUTO FILL: Take a long trip in the ____ Odyssey
Honda
AUTO FILL: Fit for a King Arthur, the ____ Avalon
Toyota
AUTO FILL: Go here & beyond in the ____ Q50
Infiniti
AUTO FILL: Feel the velocity in the ____ Veloster
the Hyundai
OPERA & BALLET: This 1818 novel has been adapted as a ballet with an experimentalist named Victor & the discovery of galvanism
Frankenstein
OPERA & BALLET: Wagner wrote an opera about this pair of legendary lovers, King Mark’s nephew & King Mark’s intended bride
Tristan and Isolde
OPERA & BALLET: A courtesan named Violetta is the title fallen woman of this Verdi opera
La Traviata
OPERA & BALLET: You’ll find the Queen of Night in this, Mozart’s last opera
The Magic Flute
OPERA & BALLET: This title girl from an Adolphe Adam ballet dies in the first act & must dance for a ghost queen in the second
Giselle
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: This peak has been officially renamed Denali, from an Athabaskan word meaning “the high one"
Mount McKinley
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: Juba is the capital city of this recently independent nation
South Sudan
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: This nickname for Dong Ap Bia mountain in Vietnam was inspired by a brutal battle that took place there in 1969
Hamburger Hill
ALLITERATION ON THE MAP: Before 1910 the area that’s home to the southern tip of Africa bore this name
Cape Colony
HARDPODGE: During the Middle Ages, Bergen became a trading center of this merchant league that held its last Congress in 1669
the Hanseatic League
HARDPODGE: Ever the man in white, he chronicled “Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers” in 1970
Tom Wolfe
HARDPODGE: Part of the resume of this Greek deity: smithing; made the first woman (Pandora)…
Hephaestus
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: This 5-letter acronym was once a telegraph code word for the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
POTUS
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: A popular hashtag on Twitter is #icymi, short for this
in case you missed it
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: Some want the NCAA to allow student athletes to be paid for the use of these 3 things often shorthanded as NIL
name, image and likeness
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: Wanna boost traffic to your website? Try SEO, short for this
search engine optimization
ABBREV. & ACRONYMS: Abbreviated Bq, this unit of radioactivity is named for a French physicist
Becquerel
TO THE STARS: The Outer Space Treaty prohibits these weapons or “any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction” from space
nuclear weapons
TO THE STARS: In 1960 NASA made this German-born man the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center
Wernher von Braun
TO THE STARS: Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan man in space, was not an astronaut but this similar kind of spaceman
a cosmonaut
TO THE STARS: In 2019 this “Heavy” spaceX rocket launched a solar sail testing for space travel powered only by sunlight
Falcon Heavy
TO THE STARS: Many of the European space agency’s launches happen at its spaceport in this South American territory
French Guiana
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Grace and Frankie"
Lily Tomlin
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Dharma & Greg"
Thomas Gibson
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Joanie Loves Chachi"
Scott Baio
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Rizzoli & Isles"
Sasha Alexander
THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART: "Mork & Mindy"
Pam Dawber
ANCIENT HISTORY: According to Herodotus, a messenger was sent 150 miles from Athens to Sparta, just before this 490 B.C. battle
the Battle of Marathon
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: If you want to wear a this length dress in the U.K., wear it around 4 P.M., when the steeped beverage is commonly served
tea
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: This hyphenated style of dress containing 2 altitude extremes is perfect for noon or midnight
a high-low
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: When it precedes “gown”, this 4-letter undergarment is worn for bedtime; before “dress”, not for bedtime
slip
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK: For 5 o’clock, maybe try this simple dress that has the same name as the key under “caps lock"
a shift
ALL-TIME WINNERS: Margaret Court’s 24 grand slam singles titles include 5 French Opens, 5 U.S. Opens, 11 Australian Opens & 3 of these
Wimbledon
ALL-TIME WINNERS: In 2010 this “Pac Man” became the only boxer to win titles in 8 weight divisions
Manny Pacquiao
ALL-TIME WINNERS: From 1956 to 1973 Henri Richard’s name was engraved on this trophy 11 times, one for each time his team won the league title
the Stanley Cup
ALL-TIME WINNERS: The NBA Finals MVP award is named for this man who won a record 11 NBA titles as a player
Bill Russell
ALL-TIME WINNERS: Michael Phelps’ 13 individual Olympic golds include 6 in butterfly, 6 in medleys but just 1 in this race
freestyle
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: About 40 miles of Central Vietnam separates this country from open water
Laos
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: Butch Cassidy reportedly died in this country bordering Peru
Bolivia
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: Serbia, Albania, oo I wanna take ya to Montenegro, Macedonia, come on, pretty mama… those all border this new country
Kosovo
THIS LAND IS YOUR LANDLOCKED COUNTRY: Most people in this South American country speak an indigenous language called Guarani, also the name of its monetary unit
Paraguay
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Scorpio or Pisces, for example
a water sign
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: This was one of the sports Henry Winkler could do, so it’s how Fonzie jumped the shark
water skiing
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Peppery salad vegetable
watercress
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Irish city famous for its crystal
Waterford
"WATER” YOU SAYING?: Type of plain in Spain from which the rain mainly drains to one main vein
a watershed
