Sun Sur Art Of War

Question 1

Countries to border the Barents sea

Answer 1

Russia
Norway

Question 2

This Italian Renaissance painter signed or otherwise inscribed his works with three initials T V

Answer 2

Titian
Tish in or tee shin

Question 3

This Roman historian coveted the reigns of Augustus Tiberius and Nero in this work

Answer 3

Tacitus( tas it us ) in the annals
An uls

Question 4

First female referee at the SB
2021

Answer 4

Sarah Thomas

Question 5

With a mission to safeguard earth from possible life forms from space this gov agency has a division called this

Answer 5

NASA
Office of planetary protection

Question 6

In 13 this university awarded the country’s first known master of music degree for performance on the bagpipes

Answer 6

Carnegie melon

Question 7

At the time he created it how long did it take the inventor of the Rubik’s cube to actually solve

Answer 7

1 month
Record is like 4 seconds
Erno rubiks

Question 8

Only US state that lies completely within the Appalachian mountain region

Answer 8

West Virginia

Question 9

Confectioner hans regal of bohn Germany started this company in 1920 making as many as 100
M of this most famous product today

Answer 9

Haribo - gummy bears
First 2 letters of first and last name and Bonn

Question 10

Czech author carol k pix novel RUR introduced this word into the English language

Answer 10

Robot
When translated RUR
Rosum universal robot
Robot Slavic word meaning forced laborer

Question 11

This mystery writers first novel was released in the US in Oct 1920

Answer 11

Agatha Christie
Her play mousetrap had been longest running play since 52 until shutdown in 2020 due to corona

Question 12

Main Street is one of the best known satirical novels by this Nobel prize winning author
Bonus other novels

Answer 12

Sinclair Lewis

Other novels include Babbitt Aerosmith and
Elmore gantry

Question 13

1920s was near the beginning of this cultural movement which included authors such as Langston Hughes Nora zeal Hurston and Claude McKay

Answer 13

Harlem Renaissance

Question 14

1920 in Roman numerals

Answer 14

MCMXX

Question 15

In approximately 1920 near present day kin sha suh this current day pandemic appeared in humans

Answer 15

HIV

Question 16

In 1920 American astronomer AE Douglas founded the science of dendrochronology which is this

Answer 16

Dating by tree rings
Was ttying to find effect of solar events on trees but realized could be used for dating trees

Question 17

On April 26 1920 in Romania Emil rack oh v tuh founded the first institute for the study of speel e ology which is this

Answer 17

Study of caves
Spelunking
Spu lunk ing

Question 18

Premier of thr russian socialist federative soviet republic in 1920

Answer 18

Vladimir Lenin

Question 19

President of US in 1920

Answer 19

Wilson who won 12 and 16
Was his wife running the show ?
Harding won 1920 election and took office in 21

Question 20

Monarch of UK in 1920 and also PM

Answer 20

George V
David George - PM
George and George

Question 21

Christian X was the king of Denmark and this other country in 1920

Answer 21

Iceland - not yet independent

Question 22

This country had 9 different premieres in 1920

Answer 22

Portugal
Changed gov 9 different times

Question 23

In 1920 king Alexander of this country died of sep sis after a monkey bit him
Bonus who took his place

Answer 23

Greece
Constantine who had abdicated in 1917
Haha but then reabdicated 2 years later

Question 24

This treaty took effect on Jan 10 1920 and was signed by 32 countries with these 19 having more than 1 signatory aka more than 1 rep from the country signing

Answer 24

Treaty of Versailles

Most counties with 1 from SA or CA
2
Romania
Portugal
Australia
Greece
Siam (at the time ) now Thailand
Canada
Italy
Poland
Kingdom of huh jahz- western Arabia
South Africa
Brazil

3
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Italy - part of big 4?

5
Japan

US
UK
Germany - 2
France

China did not sign had a problem one of the leading elements of WW2 - separate treaty with Germany

Question 25

Shakespeare play and character
O brave new world that has such people in it

Answer 25

The tempest
Miranda

Question 26

Shakespeare play and character
To thine own self be true

Answer 26

Polonius
Hamlet -Ethan hawke 2000 version played by bill Murray
Clueless - did hamlet say No Polonius guy did

Question 27

A child of working parents who spends part of the day alone and unsupervised is referred to as this

Answer 27

Latchkey child
Ww2 origins open the door with a key moms working dads at war

Question 28

In 18 and 21 she returned d in more sequels to this original 1978 film

Answer 28

Jamie lee Curtis for Halloween

Question 29

alien from the planet Remulak (or France

Answer 29

Conehead

Question 30

God of the dead, in ancient Egypt

Answer 30

Osiris

Question 31

Earth goddess

Answer 31

Gaia

Question 32

Books and authors
In 1930 this author wrote murder at full moon a horror mystery novel set in a fictional town in central California

Answer 32

Steinbeck
Unpublished horror novel ?

Question 33

Government officials
In 1867 he wrote to general Rousseau on arriving at Sitka you will receive from the Russian commissioner a formal transfer

Answer 33

Seward
Secretary of State who purchased Alaska

Question 34

Movie and actor
“The key to faking out parents is clammy hands ; big non specific symptom “

Answer 34

Ferris buhelers day off
Matthew Broderick

Question 35

Movie and actor
“The key to faking out parents is clammy hands ; big non specific symptom “

Answer 35

Ferris buhelers day off
Matthew Broderick

Question 36

Movie and actor
“Gentlemen you can’t fight in here this is the war room”

Answer 36

Dr strange love or how I learned to stop worrying and love thr bomb
Peter sellers as president - he plays 3 of main characters

Question 37

Movie and actor
“We could not talk or talk forever and still find thing to not talk about “

Answer 37

Best in show
Jennifer Coolidge