Urania (you Rain E Uh) Muse Of Astronomy

Question 1

Country between Togo and Nigeria

Answer 1

Benin buh nein
Benign

Question 2

Swiss horn in Ricola ads

Answer 2

Alpen horn or
Alp horn

Question 3

Name given US public law 88-408 passed in 64 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression

Answer 3

Gulf of Tonkin resolution

Question 4

Nasa mathematician of hidden figures famed is swept off her feet by this blond mopped recent British leader

Answer 4

Kathryn and Borris Johnson

Question 5

Robert Redford and Jane Fonda smooching in NYC in the opening of the adaptation of this play

Answer 5

Barefoot in the park
Neil Simon

Question 6

From Greek words for true and study it’s thr study of the origin and development of words

Answer 6

Etymology

Question 7

Most famous work by this author titled I know why the caged bird sings wqs written during a deep depression following his assassination

Answer 7

Maya Angelou - Star of John singelton movie poetic Justice - plays an aunt - wrote poetry in it ? From Arkansas ?
MLK

Question 8

Crude cartel since 1960 :

Answer 8

OPEC
Crude oil is a naturally occurring liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is found in geological formations. Also known as “petroleum”, crude is usually accessed by drilling. Once collected, it is refined and separated into many, many chemicals, e.g. gasoline and asphalt as well chemicals used to make plastics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals.

A cartel is a group of independent businesses who cooperate to regulate production, pricing and marketing of their common product(s).

Question 9

largest European city that sits on the Mediterranean coast

Answer 9

Barcelona

Question 10

is an American actress, and a winner of an Oscar for her supporting role in the 1995 Woody Allen movie “Mighty Aphrodite”.

Answer 10

Mira Sorvino

Sorvino also played a title role opposite Lisa Kudrow in the very forgettable “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion”

Question 11

City in Victor Hugo novels :

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PARIS
Victor Hugo was a French writer who is known in his native country mainly for his poetry. Outside of France, Hugo is perhaps more closely associated with his novels such as “Les Misérables” and “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”.

Question 12

is a jazz singer from England who is noted for her remarkable range of nearly four octaves. She is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in each of the classical, jazz and popular music categories. My favorite of her recordings is “He Was Beautiful”, which is also known as “Cavatina” and is a version of the theme from the film “The Deer Hunter”.

Answer 12

Cleo Laine

Question 13

The namecomes from “video” and “me”, and it also happens to be an anagram of “movie”.

Answer 13

“Vimeo”

Question 14

Biblical name of ancient Syria :

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ARAM
The ancient Biblical land of Aram was named after Aram, a grandson of Noah. Aram was located in the center of modern-day Syria. Aramaic became the everyday language of Syria, Mesopotamia and Palestine.

Question 15

“is a rock opera that was first released in album form in 1970, before being adapted for the stage in 1971. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the lyrics by Tim Rice.

Answer 15

Jesus Christ Superstar”

Question 16

This Range is at the western edge of the Rocky Mountains and runs through Utah. “Wasatch” is a Ute word meaning “mountain pass”.

Answer 16

Wasatch range

Question 17

is a Japanese company based in Kobe that produces athletic gear, including running shoes. The company name comes from the first letters of the Latin phrase “anima sana in corpore sano”, which translates to “a healthy soul in a healthy body”.

Answer 17

ASICS

Question 18

is the study of prehistoric life.

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Paleontology

My favorite “paleontologist” is Dr. David Huxley played by Cary Grant opposite Katharine Hepburn in the wonderful 1938 comedy “Bringing Up Baby”.

Question 19

Music industry drama series starring Taraji P. Henson :

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EMPIRE
Taraji P. Henson is an actress whose breakthrough role was Queenie in 2008’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, a role for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. I best know her as one of the leads in the excellent 2016 biographical drama “Hidden Figures”. TV viewers might know Henson for playing Cookie Lyon in the musical drama series “Empire”.

Question 20

” is a 2003 animated blockbuster from Pixar. The film was the winner of the Oscar that year for Best Animated Feature.

Answer 20

Finding Nemo

Believe it or not, “Finding Nemo” is the best-selling DVD of all time and, until 2010’s “Toy Story 3”, it was the highest-grossing, G-rated movie at the box office.

Question 21

is an American author of detective fiction. Her most famous character is a female private investigator called V.I. Warshawski. Warshawski was played by Kathleen Turner in a big screen adaptation of one of her stories in 1991

Answer 21

Sara Paretsky

Question 22

is a style of Japanese cuisine that features seafood, meat and vegetables that have been deep-fried in batter. The use of batter in fried foods was introduced into Japan by the Portuguese in the late 1500s.

Answer 22

Tempura

Question 23

is the main character in the novella “A Christmas Carol” By Charles Dickens.

Answer 23

Ebenezer Scrooge
Through the course of the story, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, who show him the consequences of his miserly behavior. His name “Scrooge” has become a part of the English language as a term to describe someone who is stingy and mean with money.

Question 24

African language family :

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BANTU
There are hundreds of Bantu languages, which are mainly spoken in central, east and southern Africa. The most commonly spoken Bantu language is Swahili, with Zulu coming in second.

Question 25

is a whiskey made here in North America, with the primary ingredient being corn. Production of the whiskey has for centuries been associated with Bourbon County in Kentucky, which gave its name to the drink.

Answer 25

Bourbon

Question 26

was a soldier who fought under the rule of King Alfonso VI of Spain (among others). However, he was sent into exile by the King in 1080, after acting beyond his authorization in battle. He then offered his services to his former foes, the Moorish kings, After a number of years building a reputation with the Moors, he was recalled from exile by Alfonso. By this time he was very much his own man. Nominally under the orders of Alfonso, he led a combined army of Spanish and Moorish troops and took the city of Valencia on the Mediterranean coast in 1094, making it his headquarters and home. He died in Valencia, quite peacefully, in 1099.

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar

translates as “The Champion” or perhaps “The Lord, Master of Military Arts”

Answer 26

El Cid

Question 27

The two largest members of the UAE (geographically) are

Answer 27

Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the only two of the seven members that have veto power over UAE policy. Before 1971, the UAE was a British Protectorate, a collection of sheikdoms. The sheikdoms entered into a maritime truce with Britain in 1835, after which they became known as the Trucial States, derived from the word “truce”.

Question 28

was a marvelous English actor, one famous for playing bad guy Hans Gruber in the original “Die Hard” film, Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” series and (my personal favorite) Eamon de Valera in “Michael Collins”.

Answer 28

Alan Rickman
Sadly, Rickman passed away in January 2016, after which fans created a memorial under the “Platform 9¾” sign in London’s Kings Cross Railway Station, from where the Hogwarts Express is said to depart in the “Harry Potter” universe.

The 1988 action movie “Die Hard” is such a fun film. We always pull it out at Christmas when we want something “Christmassy”, but different from “The Bishop’s Wife” or “It’s a Wonderful Life”. The “Nakatomi Plaza” building that features so prominently in the film is actually “Fox Plaza” (headquarters for 20th Century Fox) in Los Angeles, which was built not long before filming started.

Question 29

are the front teeth, of which humans have eight.

Answer 29

The incisors

The term “incisor” comes from the Latin “incidere” meaning “to cut”.

Question 30

is a TV chef who is perhaps best known as host of “Bizarre Foods with his name ”, which first aired in 2007.

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Andrew Zimmern

In each episode, Zimmern introduces food from around the world that American audiences might consider exotic, or even “disgusting”.

Question 31

Singing nymph of the Rhine :

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LORELEI
Lorelei is the name of a legendary mermaid or nymph who lured fishermen by singing a beautiful song. Lorelei’s aim was to have the fishermen steer their boats onto rocks lurking beneath the water’s surface.

Question 32

The dam itself is the biggest electricity-generating plant in the world, with a total capacity of 22.5 GW.

Answer 32

Three Gorges structure : DAM
The Three Gorges region along the Yangtze River in China is known for its spectacular scenery. The area is attracting a lot of attention in recent years because of a recently completed hydroelectric dam that is changing the ecology and appearance of the land both upriver and downriver.

Question 33

Inventions
Invented in 1816 it takes its name from
Greek for chest and observe

Answer 33

Stethoscope
Stethos Greek for chest
Observe chest and lungs

Question 34

What is your pinna
pin uh

Answer 34

Outer ear

Question 35

Dak tuh lah skuh P
Dactyloscopy

Answer 35

Fingerprint examination