Terry Gross NPR Fresh Air

Question 1

Know-it-all

Answer 1

Wiseacre

Question 2

is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. The city was founded as Fort Edmonton in 1795, with the name taken from the area in London called Edmonton. Edmonton, London was the home of pioneer John Peter Pruden who suggested the name. London’s Edmonton was also home for deputy governor Sir James Winter Lake of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Answer 2

Edmonton

Edmonton

Question 3

Iodine-rich seaweed :

Answer 3

KELP
Kelps are large seaweeds that grow in kelp forests underwater. Kelps can grow to over 250 feet in length, and do so very quickly. Some kelps can grow at the rate of 1-2 feet per day.

Question 4

The name “” comes from the Greek “” meaning “violet-colored

Answer 4

iodine

Greek “ioeides

Question 5

(ASMR )

Answer 5

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

is a tingling sensation that some people experience in response to certain stimuli, such as soft sounds, gentle whispering, or slow movements. It is often described as a feeling of relaxation and well-being. Although there is no consensus on what causes ASMR, one suggestion is that it may be related to the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure. There are a wide variety of ASMR videos available, including videos of people whispering, tapping on objects, or performing other gentle actions.

Question 6

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India is a magnificent marble mausoleum. It was built in the mid-17th century by -him -the fifth Mughal emperor to house the tomb of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died while giving birth to her 14th child in 1631.

Answer 6

Shah Jahan

When Shah Jahan himself died in 1666, he was buried in the Taj Mahal, alongside his wife.

Question 7

The Lost City of Gold” explorer :

Answer 7

DORA
“Dora and the Lost City of Gold” is a 2019 live-action film based on the animated TV show “Dora the Explorer”. Isabela Merced (now “Isabela Merced”) plays the title character. I find it a little satisfying that “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” was actually filmed in and around the city of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia …

Question 8

This tennis player won 39 major titles in singles womens doubles and mixed doubles from 61-80

Answer 8

Billie Jean king
Court won more but earlier

Question 9

This ship built in 36 is now permanently moored in long
Beach California

Answer 9

Queen Mary

Question 10

I heard it through the grapevine song
First to record
First to release

Answer 10

Miracles - First to record
Gladisk knight and the pips - First to release and number 2 hit
Not Marvin Gaye

Question 11

You would be entering this type of establishment if 3 yellow spheres hanging above door

Answer 11

Pawn shop
Symbol of st Nicholas who saved 3girls from destitution by giving each a bag of gold so could get married

Question 12

Finish the lyric
I’ll take you to the candy shop
I’ll let you lick thr lollipop
Go ahead girl …..

Answer 12

don’t you stop (whoa) keep ….going
Until you hit thr spot

Not go girl to the hop bop bop bop

50
Cent

Question 13

Finish the lyric
I know a guy whose tough but sweet he’s so fine he can’t be beat
He’s got everything I desire he sets the ….

Answer 13

SumMer sun on fire

I want candy
Bow wow wows -80s
65- strange loves
Wrote about candy Johnson

Question 14

Finish the lyric
Who can take a rainbow
wrap it in a sigh
Soak it in thr sun and make a….

Answer 14

Groovy lemon pie or strawberry lemon pie Aubrey woods - Willy wonka and thr chocolate factory
Candy man Sammy Davis jr

Question 15

Finish the lyric

Hangin’ ‘round downtown by myself
And I had so much time to sit and think about myself
And then there she was, like double cherry pie
Yeah, there she was….

Answer 15

Sex and candy Marcy playground
Like disco super-fly

Question 16

Most US navy Air craft carriers are in a class named after this last living fleet admiral (only 4 ever fleet admirals )
Bonus first of next class of carriers named after

Answer 16

Nimitz
First of new larger version are named after Gerald R ford so ford class

Question 17

This song by Florida Georgia line reached 13 on hot 100 but quickly fell off to only reach 4 a few months later after remix with Nelly

Question 18

Poem
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still,…..

Answer 18

Still I rise
Maya Angelou

Question 19

Submarine tracker

Answer 19

Sonar

Question 20

Maximus is the palace horse who chases Flynn rider in this 10 Disney movie

Answer 20

Tangled

Question 21

Played Elvis Presley in thr 22 biopic Elvis
Also name 1 other thing in

Answer 21

Austin butler
Starred in thr carrie diaries and thr shannara chronicles
Shh naaarrr uh

Question 22

During the early rock and roll era dick cLark became host of the popular music show American bandstand which filmed in this city until 64

Answer 22

Philadelphia

Question 23

This all night long singer was announced as an inductee in 22 rock and roll HOf class

Answer 23

Lionel Ritchie

Question 24

This presidential advisory group was created by in 1947. It is chaired by the sitting president and meets in the White House Situation Room.

Answer 24

National Security Council (NSC)

President Harry S. Truman

Question 25

This dog name is German and translates as “badger dog”.

Answer 25

dachshund

Question 26

is a musician, composer and record producer from England who first achieved fame as the synthesizer player with Roxy Music. As a producer, he has worked with David Bowie, Devo, Talking Heads and U2.

Answer 26

Brian Eno

Question 27

These bacteria multiply and divide along a single axis so that they form linked chains. That behavior gives the genus of bacteria its name,

Answer 27

Streptococcus

as “streptos” is Greek for “easily twisted, like a chain”. I had to battle with streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) twice in the past few years and it was not at all pleasant, I must say. Another species of streptococcus is responsible for that terrible “flesh-eating” infection that makes the news from time to time.

Question 28

Amoxicillin is an antibiotic in this family. It has been around for a long time, being discovered in 1958 and approved for medical use in the US in 1974.

Answer 28

penicillin

Question 29

In Act I of William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, a soothsayer warns the doomed leader to “beware this
Caesar ignores the prophecy and is subsequently killed on the steps of the Capitol by a group of conspirators on that fateful day.

Answer 29

the ides of March”

Question 30

Las Vegas is Spanish for

Answer 30

Thr meadows

Back in the 1800s, the Las Vegas Valley was given its name from the extensive meadows (“las vegas” is Spanish for “the meadows”) present in the area courtesy of the artesian wells drilled by local farmers. Las Vegas was incorporated as a city in 1905, in the days when it was a stopping-off point for pioneers traveling west. It eventually became a railroad town, although with the coming of the railroad growth halted as travelers began to bypass Las Vegas. The city’s tourism industry took off in 1935 with the completion of the nearby Hoover Dam, which is still a popular attraction. Then gambling was legalized, and things really started to move. Vegas was picked, largely by celebrated figures in “the mob”, as a convenient location across the California/Nevada state line that could service the vast population of Los Angeles. As a result, Las Vegas is the most populous US city founded in the 20th century (Chicago is the most populous city founded in the 19th century, just in case you were wondering).

Question 31

are y-shaped proteins that recognize antigens on foreign bodies in the body such as bacteria and viruses. They combine with those foreign bodies and neutralize them.

Answer 31

Antibodies

Question 32

The phrase “silver lining” was coined by this English poet in “Comus”, a piece of dramatic entertainment that was first performed in 1634. The relevant lines are:

Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night?
I did not err; there does a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night,
And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.

Answer 32

John Milton

The idiom “every cloud has a silver lining” suggests that there is something good to be found in every bad situation.

Question 33

“” is another name for the indigo plant, as well as the name of the blue indigo dye that is obtained from it. The color is relatively close to navy blue. The main coloring agent in indigo dye is a crystalline powder called indigotin.

Answer 33

Anil

Question 34

This prefix indicates something peculiar, as in “idiosyncrasy”, a peculiarity exhibited by an individual or a group.

Answer 34

“idio-”