Context: Astrology |  xiù) in twelve Ci (十二次). The Chinese zodiac of twelve animal signs is said to represent twelve different types of personality. It is based on cycles of years, lunar months, and two-hour periods of the day (the shichen). The zodiac traditionally begins with the sign of the Rat, and the cycle proceeds through 11 other animals signs: the Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Complex systems of predicting fate and destiny based on one's birthday, birth season, and birth hours, such as ziping and Zi Wei Dou Shu are still used regularly in modern-day Chinese astrology. They do not rely

Prompt: For a point each, name the 12 personalities of the Chinese zodiac.

Answer: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig


Context: Jules Verne | " in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation was markedly different in the Anglosphere where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed. Since the 1980s, his literary reputation has improved. Jules Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been called the ""Father of Science Fiction"", a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback. In the 2010s, he is the most translated French author in the world. In France, 2005 was declared ""Jules Verne Year"" on the occasion of the centenary of the writer's death."

Prompt: The third most translated author, which Frenchman, whose birthday is celebrated yesterday, is considered the father of Science Fiction (along with Hugo Gemsback and H.G. Wells) and wrote works such as Around the World in 80 Days and A Journey to the Center of the Earth?

Answer: Verne, Jules


Context: 2007 New York Giants season |  retire for good during the offseason, but instead announced just before the season started that he wanted to play again. Because the Packers spent the offseason after the retirement announcement preparing Aaron Rodgers for the starting job, Favre became expendable and was traded to the Jets. During the game, Giants coach Tom Coughlin caught frostbite. His increasingly red face due to the freezing conditions and frostbite received considerable attention from TV cameras during the game. The New York Giants were headed to Super Bowl XLII to face the 2007 AFC Champions New England Patriots who were undefeated at 18–0. on February 3, 2008.

Prompt: Following a tradition started by Jim Kelly in 1987, where did Super Bowl XLV MVP winner Aaron Rodgers announce he was going following the game?

Answer: Disney WOrld


Context: List of Davis Cup champions | " The Davis Cup is an annual international team event in men's tennis. Established in 1900 as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, it is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), who describe it as the ""World Cup of tennis."" The first event in 1900 was a match between Great Britain and the United States, while 135 nations entered the 2016 Davis Cup. The tournament sees players competing for their country in four singles and one doubles matches, known as rubbers, over the course of three days, with the team that wins three rubbers progressing. The countries are divided into groups based upon their location or performance in previous years. The Davis Cup World Group is the top level of the competition and features matches between players from the "

Prompt: Founded in 1900, in what sport is the Davis Cup played for?

Answer: Lawn tennis


Context: Arroyo Seco Parkway |  California Cycleway Company and bought a six-mile (10 km) right-of-way from downtown Pasadena to Avenue 54 in Highland Park, Los Angeles. Construction began in 1899, and about 1+1/4 mi of the elevated wooden bikeway were opened on January 1, 1900, starting near Pasadena's Hotel Green and ending near the Raymond Hotel. The majority of its route is now Edmondson Alley; a toll booth was located near the north end, in the present Central Park. Due to the end of the bicycle craze of the 1890s and the existing Pacific Electric Railway lines connecting Pasadena to Los Angeles, the cycleway did not and was not expected to turn a profit, and

Prompt: February 8, 1960 saw the creation of what major Los Angeles attraction which runs for 1.7 miles from North Grower Street to North La Brea Avenue, a short segment of Marshfield Way, and a section of Vine St between Yucca Street and Sunset Boulevard?

Answer: HWOF


Context: Super Size Me |  Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he ate only McDonald's food. The film documents the drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological health and well-being. It also explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit and gain. Spurlock ate at McDonald's restaurants three times per day, eating every item on the chain's menu at least once. Spurlock consumed an average of 20.9 megajoules or 5,000 kcal (the equivalent of 9.26 Big Macs) per day during the experiment. An intake of around 2,500 kcal within a healthy balanced diet

Prompt: What documentary filmmaker gained fame, and 25lbs, when he ate nothing but McDonalds for 30 days, a diet which was immortalized in the film Super Size Me?

Answer: Morgan Valentine Spurlock


Context: Evidence of common descent | Darwin, Charles 24 November 1859. On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 502 pages. Reprinted: Gramercy (22 May 1995). ISBN: 0-517-12320-7 Darwin, Charles 24 November 1859. On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 502 pages. Reprinted: Gramercy (22 May 1995). ISBN: 0-517-12320-7 Darwin, Charles 24 November 1859. On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 502 pages. Reprinted: Gramercy (22 May 1995). ISBN: 0-517-12320-7 Darwin, Charles 24 November 1859. On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 502 pages. Reprinted: Gramercy (22 May 1995). ISBN: 0-517-12320-7

Prompt: What famed British naturalist, born on Feb 12, 1809, wrote a book famously subtitled "the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"?

Answer: Charles R. Darwin


Context: Geography of Andorra |  Andorra is a small, landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountain range and bordered by Spain and France. With an area of 468 km², it is the sixth smallest country in Europe and also the largest of the European microstates. Andorra consists predominantly of rugged mountains, the highest being the Coma Pedrosa at 2942 m, and the average elevation of Andorra is 1996 m. These are dissected by three narrow valleys in a Y shape that combine into one as the main stream, the Gran Valira river, leaves the country for Spain (at Andorra's lowest point of 840 m). Andorra's climate is similar to that

Prompt: The small, landlocked country of Andorra is located in which mountain range?

Answer: Pyrenaean


Context: Valentine (TV series) |  than a fling. She is attacked by the Egyptian Goddess Bastet, who wields the Adamantium Blade, after Bastet fatally stabs Ari. She is last seen weeping over Ari's body. ; Danny Valentine (portrayed by Kristoffer Polaha): ; The god of erotic love, Eros and son of Grace. Danny is the loose cannon amongst the Valentines and spends his nights seducing the ladies. His classic bow and arrow has now been replaced by a gun, which shoots magic to help create feelings of love in his targets. However, his gun was destroyed by Grace who has gotten fed up with his behavior. He was

Prompt: What arrow-toting Roman god is now most commonly seen around Valentine's Day?

Answer: Cupid (holiday character)


Context: Jupiter |  In 1610, Italian polymath Galileo Galilei discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope; thought to be the first telescopic observation of moons other than Earth's. One day after Galileo, Simon Marius independently discovered moons around Jupiter, though he did not publish his discovery in a book until 1614. It was Marius's names for the major moons, however, that stuck: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These findings were the first discovery of celestial motion not apparently centred on Earth. The discovery was a major point in favor of Copernicus' heliocentric theory of the motions of the planets; Galileo's outspoken support of the

Prompt: Feb 15, 1564 saw the birth of what famed Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, who discovered the first 4 moons of Jupiter?

Answer: Galaleo


Context: Road to the Multiverse | " Jacqueline Kennedy also appearing. Brian and Stewie next discover a universe completely depicted as a political cartoon. The next reference occurs in the dog universe when Stewie says, ""Take your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty dog!"" which is a reference to the famous quote ""Take your stinking paws off me you damn, dirty ape!"" from the first Planet of the Apes movie. The final reference of the episode also occurs in the dog universe when Stewie mentions, ""Gosh, Brian, I sure hope this next leap, will be the leap home,"" a nod to the opening narration of the time travel series Quantum Leap."

Prompt: Name the movie and character/actor that uttered the quote: "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!"

Answer: George Taylor/Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes


Context: August 1965 |  Los Angeles Police Department officers were called in, and the Watts Riots began.  By the time that the rioting ended six days later, 34 people had been killed, 1,032 had been injured, and 3,952 arrested, and there was more than $40,000,000 of damage. ; Twenty-nine people were killed, and 11 others seriously injured, after a bus traveling between Istanbul and Ankara collided with a stalled tanker truck that was carrying nitric acid. Both vehicles had rolled off of the road and into a ditch, where a pool of the truck's deadly liquid cargo had accumulated.  Most of the casualties were bus passengers who had survived the crash, but then

Prompt: What section of Los Angeles was devastated by six days of rioting in August 1965, following a drunk driving arrest, which resulted in 34 deaths and over $50 million in property damage?

Answer: Watts


Context: List of battles of the Spanish–American War |  The United States Navy battleship USS Maine (ACR-1) was mysteriously sunk in Havana harbor on 15 February 1898; political pressures from the Democratic Party pushed the administration of Republican President William McKinley into a war that he had wished to avoid. Spain promised multiple times that it would reform the government of Cuba, but never delivered. The United States sent an ultimatum to Spain demanding that it surrender control of Cuba on 20 April. After the ultimatum was sent, Madrid declared war on 23 April and Washington responded with its own declaration two days later. The main issue was Cuban independence;

Prompt: The sinking of what battleship in Havana harbor on Feb 15, 1898 led the United States to declare war on Spain on April 25?

Answer: USS Maine


Context: Special Olympics |  204 Countries in 7 Zones (Updated at 17 Dec 2021): 1-Africa Region (40) : Bénin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Chad Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of Congo Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Rwanda Sénégal Seychelles South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe 2-Asia Pacific Region (35) : Afghanistan American Samoa Australia Bangladesh Bharat (India) Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Fiji Guam Indonesia Kiribati Laos Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Micronesia Myanmar Nauru Nepa New Zealand Nippon (Japan) Pakistan Palau Papua New

Prompt: For a point each, name the 7 countries surrounding the Republic of Mali

Answer: Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania


Context: Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film) |  In this earliest known adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Jack first trades his cow for the bean. His mother then makes him drop them in the front yard, and go to his room. As he sleeps, Jack is visited by a fairy who shows him glimpses of what will await him when he ascends the bean stalk. In this version, Jack is the son of a deposed king. When Jack wakes up, he finds the beanstalk has grown and he climbs to the top where he enters the giant's home. The giant finds Jack, who narrowly escapes. The giant chases Jack down the bean stalk, but Jack is able to cut it down before the giant can get to safety. He falls and is killed. Jack celebrates. The fairy then reveals that Jack may return home as a prince.

Prompt: In the classic fairy tale, what did Jack (of Jack and the Beanstalk fame) trade for the magic beans?

Answer: a cow


Context: 11 (number) | The stylized maple leaf on the Flag of Canada has 11 points. ; The loonie is a hendecagon, an 11-sided polygon. ; Clocks depicted on Canadian currency, like the Canadian fifty-dollar bill, show 11:00.

Prompt: How many points on the maple leaf that plays such a significant role in the flag of our neighbor to the north, Canada?

Answer: 11


Context: Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics |  Canada was the host nation for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the first time that Canada had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and second time overall, after the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Vancouver would eventually host the 2010 Winter Olympics which makes it the second city in Canada to host the Winter Olympics and the third overall.

Prompt: Vancouver is not the first Canadian city to host the winter Olympics. What city holds that honor when they hosted the 1988 games?

Answer: UN/LOCODE:CACAL


Context: Voice of God | James Earl Jones, television, film and voice actor, best known for his role as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars. ; Bob Sheppard, public-address announcer for New York Yankees baseball games from 1951 to 2007 and for New York Giants football games from 1956 to 2005 ; Don LaFontaine, narrator of many film trailers ; John Facenda, Philadelphia newscaster who narrated several NFL Films Productions from 1966 to 1984 ; Morgan Freeman, actor, narrator of films and a portrayer of God in Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty ; Don Pardo, television personality and former announcer on Saturday Night Live

Prompt: Which famous actor is well known for his voice over work, including the "This is CNN" tag and the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars film franchise?

Answer: James Earl Jones


Context: Kirkland's |  Kirkland's, Inc. is an American retail chain that sells home decor, furniture, textiles, accessories and gifts. It operates 434 stores in 37 states as well as an e-commerce enabled website. It is based in Brentwood, TN.

Prompt: Kirkland Signature is the house brand of what retail giant?

Answer: Costco.com


Context: Waiting for Godot | " Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French-language play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled (in English only) ""a tragicomedy in two acts"". The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949. The premiere, directed by Roger Blin, was on 5 January 1953 at the, Paris. The English-language version premiered in London in 1955. In a poll conducted by the British Royal National Theatre in 1998/99, it was voted the ""most significant English language play of the 20th century""."

Prompt: According to Samuel Beckett, who are Vladimir and Estragon waiting for?

Answer: Godot


Context: Atomic Battle Dragons |  The gameplay is based on the 1982 jousting game Joust by Williams. However, the sprites are much larger and pre-rendered. The player takes the role of a knight, armed with a lance and rides a battle dragon (instead of an ostrich as in Joust). Just as in Joust, flying is done by flapping the wings of the dragon and each button press corresponds to one wing flap. Each level consists of a floor and floating stone platforms above. Some levels have lava pits in the ground floor and ladders or ropes that connect the higher platforms. The screen scrolls vertically and horizontally to keep the player centered. On most

Prompt: In what 80s arcade game were you armed with a lance and mounted upon an flying ostrich?

Answer: Competitive jousting


Context: Subway (restaurant) | " On January 31, 2011, Subway lawyer Valerie Pochron, wrote to Casey's General Stores, a chain of Iowa-based convenience stores, demanding the small chain to cease using the term ""footlong"" in advertisements for its 12-inch sandwiches. Subway threatened to sue. Consequently, in February 2011, Casey's General Stores Inc. filed a petition in a U.S. District Court in Des Moines, seeking a legal declaration that the word ""footlong"" does not violate Subway's rights. Casey's further sought a declaration that the word ""footlong"" is a generic description of a sandwich measuring one foot. Before serving its complaint on Subway, Casey's voluntarily dismissed its action, ending the litigation. Subway's trademark application for ""footlong"" has yet to be approved by the federal government. Subway has attempted to register it with the United States Patent and Trademark Office twice. It filed on November 8, 2007, and June 4, 2009. Both filings have been abandoned on November 20, 2013, and August 21, 2014, respectively. Yum Brands (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and non-Canadian A&W locations), Long John Silver's and other competitors opposed the applications."

Prompt: What company made headlines last week by claiming to own a trademark on the word "footlong"?

Answer: The Subway


Context: ThinkFun |  ThinkFun has encouraged formal research into problem solving instruction and brain training. The company partnered with the Bunge Cognitive Control and Development Lab at UC Berkeley, who have used brain imaging to measure the effects of gameplay on reasoning ability. In an initial study, Dr. Silvia Bunge and her team of researchers found that elementary students who played games including ThinkFun's Rush Hour and Chocolate Fix for a total of 20 hours over an 8-week period demonstrated an average increase of 13 points on a measure of performance IQ. ThinkFun and the Bunge Lab later planned a large-scale study that would use fMRI technology to measure the effects of gameplay on the brain.

Prompt: What company encourages you to "Think Outside the Bun"?

Answer: Taco Bell Corporation


Context: Rabbit punch |  A rabbit punch is a blow to the back of the head or to the base of the skull. It is considered especially dangerous because it can damage the cervical vertebrae and subsequently the spinal cord, which may lead to serious and irreparable spinal cord injury. A rabbit punch can also detach the victim's brain from the brain stem, which can kill instantly. The punch's name is derived from the use of the technique by hunters to kill rabbits with a quick, sharp strike to the back of the head.

Prompt: A rabbit punch is a blow to what part of the body?

Answer: Necke


Context: Rickets |  Rickets is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children. Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping. Complications may include bone fractures, muscle spasms, or an abnormally curved spine. The most common cause of rickets is a vitamin D deficiency. This can result from eating a diet without enough vitamin D, dark skin, too little sun exposure, exclusive breastfeeding without vitamin D supplementation, celiac disease, and certain genetic conditions. Other factors may include not enough calcium or phosphorus. The underlying mechanism involves insufficient calcification of the growth plate. Diagnosis is generally based on blood tests finding a low calcium, low phosphorus, and a high alkaline phosphatase together with X-rays. Prevention for exclusively breastfed babies is vitamin D supplements. Otherwise, treatment depends on the underlying cause. If due to

Prompt: Rickets is caused by a lack of what essential element?

Answer: Calcium supplements


Context: 1848 in philosophy | Year of Revolutions of 1848. ; February 21 - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) in London.

Prompt: Published on Feb 21, 1848, which two authors were responsible for the Communist Manifesto?

Answer: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels


Context: Excalibur |  Historically, a sword identified as Excalibur (Caliburn) was supposedly discovered during the purported exhumation of Arthur's grave at Glastonbury Abbey in 1191. On 6 March 1191, after the Treaty of Messina, either this or another claimed Excalibur was given as a gift of goodwill by the English king Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart) to his ally Tancred, King of Sicily. It was one of a series of Richard's symbolic Arthurian acts, such as associating the crown won from the slain Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd with the crown of King Arthur.

Prompt: According to legend, what "moistened bint" bestowed the sword Excalibur on the young King Arthur?

Answer: Nyneve


Context: Dvorak keyboard layout |  the most used symbol characters are on the left (with the vowels on the home row), while the most used consonants are on the right. ; For maximum speed and efficiency, the most common letters and bigrams should be typed on the home row, where the fingers rest, and under the strongest fingers (Thus, about 70% of letter keyboard strokes on Dvorak are done on the home row and only 22% and 8% on the top and bottom rows respectively). ; The least common letters should be on the bottom row which is the hardest row to reach. ; The right hand should do more of the typing because most people are right-handed. ; Digraphs should not be typed with adjacent

Prompt: The home row for what keyboard layout is (from left to right) aoeuidhtbs-?

Answer: Dvorzak


Context: Cactus | " Photosynthesis requires plants to take in carbon dioxide gas. As they do so, they lose water through transpiration. Like other types of succulents, cacti reduce this water loss by the way in which they carry out photosynthesis. ""Normal"" leafy plants use the C3 mechanism: during daylight hours, is continually drawn out of the air present in spaces inside leaves and converted first into a compound containing three carbon atoms (3-phosphoglycerate) and then into products such as carbohydrates. The access of air to internal spaces within a plant is controlled by stomata, which are able to open and close. The need for a continuous supply of during photosynthesis means the stomata must be open, so water vapor is continuously being "

Prompt: What gas is necessary for plants to perform photosynthesis?

Answer: Carbonic-acid gas


Context: Queen of spades |  In the Hearts family of card games, the queen of spades is usually considered an unlucky card; it is the eponym of the Black Maria and Black Lady variants of Hearts. The player who ends up with the queen of spades after a match scores 13 points (points are to be avoided in this game). The exception is when the player receives this card with all 13 hearts, in which the player is said to have shot the moon, and this player scores no points, while all opponents are scored 26 points. In the game of Old Maid, while any

Prompt: In what card game do you need the queen of spades to shoot the moon?

Answer: Rickety Kate


Context: History of Idaho |  On March 4, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act creating Idaho Territory from portions of Washington Territory and Dakota Territory with its capital at Lewiston. The original Idaho Territory included most of the areas that later became the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, and had a population of under 17,000. Idaho Territory assumed the boundaries of the modern state in 1868 and was admitted as a state in 1890. After Idaho became a territory, legislation was held in Lewiston, the capital of Idaho Territory at the time. There were many territories acts put into place, and then taken away during these early sessions, one act being the move of the capital city

Prompt: The territory of Idaho, formed on this day in 1863, later was divided up into what 3 states?

Answer: Idaho, Montana and Wyoming


Context: Five stages of grief |  The five stages of grief model (or the Kübler-Ross model) postulates that those experiencing grief go through a series of five emotions: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Although commonly referenced in popular culture, studies have not empirically demonstrated the existence of these stages, and the model is considered to be outdated, inaccurate, and unhelpful in explaining the grieving process. The model was introduced by Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book On Death and Dying, and was inspired by her work with terminally ill patients. Motivated by the lack of instruction in medical schools on the subject of death and dying, Kübler-Ross examined death and those faced with it at the University of Chicago's medical school. Kübler-Ross's project evolved into a series of seminars

Prompt: According to the Kubler-Ross model, what are the 5 stages of grief?

Answer: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance


Context: Ben Stein | " Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before entering the entertainment field as an actor, comedian, and game show host. He is best known on screen as the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as the host of Win Ben Stein's Money, and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in The Mask and Son of the Mask. Stein co-wrote and starred in the 2008 propaganda film Expelled, which portrays the pseudoscience of intelligent design creationism as if it were a scientifically valid alternative to Darwinian evolution and alleges a scientific conspiracy against those promoting intelligent design in laboratories and classrooms. Stein is the son of economist and writer Herbert Stein, who worked at the White House under President Nixon. As a character actor he is well known for his droning, monotonous delivery. In comedy, he is known for his deadpan delivery. Stein has made many provocative and polemic comments over the years, such as claiming that President Barack Obama was ""the most racist president there has ever been in America""."

Prompt: A speechwriter for both Ford and Nixon, before becoming actor and comedian, who won a Emmy award as host of a game show in which you could win $5000 of his own money?

Answer: Win Ben Steins Money


Context: 98.9 FM (Brisbane) |  98.9 FM (callsign 4AAA) is a community radio station that caters to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in metropolitan Brisbane, Queensland.

Prompt: What radio station do you find at 98.9 on your local FM dial?

Answer: Click 98.9, KWJZ


Context: Adrenal gland |  The adrenal glands are located on both sides of the body in the retroperitoneum, above and slightly medial to the kidneys. In humans, the right adrenal gland is pyramidal in shape, whereas the left is semilunar or crescent shaped and somewhat larger. The adrenal glands measure approximately 3 cm in width, 5.0 cm in length, and up to 1.0 cm in thickness. Their combined weight in an adult human ranges from 7 to 10 grams. The glands are yellowish in colour. The adrenal glands are surrounded by a fatty capsule and lie within the renal fascia, which also surrounds the kidneys. A weak septum (wall) of connective tissue separates the glands from the kidneys. The adrenal glands are directly below the diaphragm, and are attached to the crura of the diaphragm by the renal fascia. Each adrenal gland has two distinct parts, each with a unique function, the outer adrenal cortex and the inner medulla, both of which produce hormones.

Prompt: In the human body, the adrenal glands are located near what organ(s)?

Answer: Human kidney


Context: Real tennis | "  Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called ""the sport of kings"" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (originally called ""lawn tennis"") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United States, formerly royal tennis in England and Australia, and courte-paume in France (to distinguish it from longue-paume, and in reference to the older, racquetless game of jeu de paume, the ancestor of modern handball and racquet games). Many French real tennis courts are at jeu de paume clubs. The term real was first used by journalists in the early 20th century as a retronym to distinguish the ancient game from modern lawn tennis (even though, at present, the latter sport is seldom contested on lawns outside the few social-club-managed estates such as Wimbledon). There are more than 50 active real tennis courts in the world, located in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and France. Other countries have currently disused courts, such as the two in the Republic of Ireland. The sport is supported and governed by various organizations around the world."

Prompt: What sport is known as "the sport of kings"?

Answer: Scratch sheet


Context: Henry (given name) | "Henry Bizot (1901–1990), French banker and first chairman of the Banque Nationale de Paris ; Henry Flagler (1830–1913), American tycoon, real estate promoter, and railroad developer, known as the father of Miami, Florida ; Henry Ford (1863–1947), American inventor, industrialist, father of the modern assembly line, and founder of Ford Motor Company ; William Henry ""Bill"" Gates, American business magnate, software developer, investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, one of the entrepreneurs and pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s ; Henry Givens Burgess, Irish railway executive and politician ; Henry J. Heinz, German entrepreneur and founder of Heinz Ketchup company ; H. F. S. Morgan (1881–1959), English sports car manufacturer and founder and chairman of the Morgan Motor Company ; Henry Sy (1924–2019), Chinese-Filipino billionaire, business magnate, investor, and philanthropist "

Prompt: What American industrialist is credited as the father of the modern assembly line?

Answer: Fordian


Context: Diamond |  The dispersion of white light into spectral colors is the primary gemological characteristic of gem diamonds. In the 20th century, experts in gemology developed methods of grading diamonds and other gemstones based on the characteristics most important to their value as a gem. Four characteristics, known informally as the four Cs, are now commonly used as the basic descriptors of diamonds: these are its mass in carats (a carat being equal to 0.2grams), cut (quality of the cut is graded according to proportions, symmetry and polish), color (how close to white or colorless; for fancy diamonds how intense is its hue), and

Prompt: For a point each, name the 4 Cs of diamond grading

Answer: Carat, Cut, Color, Clarity


Context: Nation of shopkeepers | " is also quoted as saying that Britain was ""a nation that is governed by shopkeepers"", which is how he put it in the first (1776) edition. It is unlikely that either Adam Smith or Napoleon used the phrase to describe that class of small retailers who would not even have had the franchise. The phrase has also been attributed to Samuel Adams, but this is disputed; Josiah Tucker, Dean of Gloucester, produced a slightly different phrase in 1766: ""And what is true of a shopkeeper is true of a shopkeeping nation."" Benjamin Franklin used a similar idea about Holland in a letter to Charles W. F. Dumas on 6 August 1781: ""Some writer, I forget who, says that Holland is no longer a nation but a great shop and I begin to think it has no other principles or sentiments but those of a shopkeeper."""

Prompt: Who famously described England as "a nation of shopkeepers"?

Answer: Vile maxim


Context: United States Military Academy |   The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, Army West Point, The Academy, or simply The Point, is a four-year federal service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River with a scenic view, 50 mi north of New York City. It is the oldest of the five American service academies and educates cadets for commissioning into the United States Army. The academy was founded in 1802, one year after President Thomas Jefferson directed that plans be set in motion to establish the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Prompt: 209 year ago today was the founding of the United States Military Academy at what New York location?

Answer: West point


Context: Sports in North Carolina |  The NASCAR Hall of Fame, located in Charlotte, opened on May 11, 2010. Many of NASCAR's most famous driver dynasties, the Pettys, Earnhardts, Allisons, Jarretts and Waltrips all live within an hour's drive of Charlotte. Two families from North Carolina, the Pettys and the Earnhardts, have had several members that achieved varying levels of success in NASCAR competitions and are a source of pride for Carolinians and Southerners in general. Lee Petty of Randleman started his family's association with the sport. His son, Richard of Level Cross holds the all time record for wins (200) in the NASCAR Cup Series and was the first person to win 7 Cup championships. Richard's son Kyle (born in Randleman) and grandson Adam (born in High Point) were also drivers. Adam Petty was killed when his car crashed during a practice at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon,

Prompt: Opened in May 11, 2010, Charlotte, NC is the home to the Hall of Fame for what popular outdoor sport, the second most watched sport (on TV) in the US?

Answer: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing


Context: Piracy |  longer able to reimburse their creditors. According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirate attacks had by October 2012 dropped to a six-year low. Only five ships were captured by the end of the year, representing a decrease from 25 in 2011 and 27 in 2010, with only one ship attacked in the third quarter compared to 36 during the same period in 2011. However, pirate incidents off on the West African seaboard increased to 34 from 30 the previous year, and attacks off the coast of Indonesia rose from 2011's total of 46 to 51. Many nations forbid ships to enter

Prompt: With 47 attacks in the year 2010 alone, what body of water is known as Pirate Alley?

Answer: Gulf of Aden


Context: Adam's apple |  The Adam's apple or laryngeal prominence is the lump or protrusion in the human neck formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx seen especially in males.

Prompt: What is the common name of the laryngeal prominence?

Answer: Adams Apple


Context: National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame |  The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1951 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. In 1955, the museum moved to its current location on Union Avenue near Saratoga Race Course, at which time inductions into the hall of fame began. Each spring, following the tabulation of the final votes, the announcement of new inductees is made, usually during Kentucky Derby Week in early May. The actual inductions are held in mid-August during the Saratoga race meeting. The Hall of Fame's nominating committee selects eight to ten candidates from among the four Contemporary categories (male horse, female horse, jockey and trainer) to be presented to the voters. Changes in voting procedures that commenced with the 2010 candidates allow the voters to choose multiple candidates from a single Contemporary category, instead of a single candidate from each of the four Contemporary categories. For example, in 2016, two female horses (Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta) were inducted at the same time. The museum also houses a large collection of art, artifacts, and memorabilia that document the history of horse racing from the eighteenth century to the present.

Prompt: The hall of fame for what sport is located in Saratoga Springs, NY, in which the announcement of new inductees is usually made on the first Saturday in May in Louisville, Ky?

Answer: Scratch sheet


Context: SWR 99.9 FM |  SWR 99.9 FM is now home to Busco for Brekky (6am-9am) and Drive with Linden (4pm-6pm). The shows both provide local news, weather and traffic and play adult contemporary hits. SWR 99.9 FM now has consistent 70's to Now music formatting with Nine's Radio News bulletins every hour from 6am-6pm every weekday, so listeners can tune into regular programming as they drive to work, while they're at work and on their way home. Using its own outside broadcast unit, SWR 99.9 FM regularly broadcasts from local shows and festivals including the Blacktown and Holroyd festivals, Rooty Hill Australia Day celebrations and other local events. The station has a long history of giving air time to local bands. The Musos Show on Saturdays from 2pm-4pm features local and musicians and bands. SWRtember was initially launched to promote local upcoming talent. In 2011 New Zealand rock band Dragon headlined SWRtember and played a 45-minute set live to air. SWRtember has since been replaced with SWR 99.9 FM's Annual Live Radio Gig (see below), usually occurring in September every year.

Prompt: What radio station do you find at 99.9 on your local FM dial?

Answer: The Mens Room


Context: History of the Atlanta Braves |  In 1976, media magnate Ted Turner, owner of superstation WTCG (later known as WTBS, now known as WPCH-TV), purchased the Braves as a means of keeping the team (and one of his main programming staples) in Atlanta. The financially strapped Turner used money already paid to the team for their broadcast rights as a down payment. Turner used the Braves as a major programming draw for his fledgling cable channel, a move that made the team one of the first Major League Baseball franchises to have a regular, nationwide audience and fanbase, along with the Chicago Cubs (who were also

Prompt: What media mogul, known as The Mouth of the South, started the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel, owns the Atlanta braves, founded the Goodwill Games, and married Hanoi Jane?

Answer: Robert Edward Turner


Context: Atmosphere of Earth |  The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. It extends from Earth's surface to an average height of about 12 km, although this altitude varies from about 9 km at the geographic poles to 17 km at the Equator, with some variation due to weather. The troposphere is bounded above by the tropopause, a boundary marked in most places by a temperature inversion (i.e. a layer of relatively warm air above a colder one), and in others by a zone that is isothermal with height. Although variations do occur, the temperature usually declines with increasing altitude in the troposphere because the troposphere is mostly heated through energy transfer from the surface. Thus, the lowest part of the troposphere (i.e. Earth's surface) is typically the warmest section of the troposphere. This promotes vertical mixing (hence, the origin of its name in the Greek

Prompt: What is the lowest level of the Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Tropospherics


Context: Sprite (drink) | " more on packaging and featured a blue-to-green gradient with silver ""splashes"" and subtle white ""bubbles"" in the background. The product name, ""Sprite"" had a blue backdrop shadow on the logo. The words; ""Great Lymon Taste!"" which had been present on the previous logo, were removed. This logo was used in the United States until 2006, and similar variants were used in other countries until this year as well. The brand's slogan was changed to ""Obey Your Thirst"", and jingles containing it became urban-oriented, featuring a hip-hop theme. One of the first lyrics for the new slogan was, ""never forget yourself 'cause first things first, grab a cold, cold can, and obey your thirst.” Under the "

Prompt: What product demanded you "Obey your thirst"?

Answer: Sprite (comics)


Context: Star Trek: The Animated Series |  Milky Way galaxy. After the cancellation of The Original Series (TOS) in 1969, the live action show proved popular in syndication and generated significant fan enthusiasm. This resulted in Roddenberry's decision to continue the series in animated form. Much of the original cast returned to provide voice-overs for their characters. Show writers David Gerrold and D. C. Fontana characterized The Animated Series as effectively a fourth season of The Original Series (which would effectively make the second season of TAS the fifth season of TOS.) After the conclusion of The Animated Series, the adventures of the characters continued in live-action

Prompt: Star Trek: TOS was cancelled in 1969 after how many years on the air?

Answer: 3


Context: George H. W. Bush broccoli comments | " During his tenure as the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush frequently mentioned his distaste for broccoli. When asked that if he had lost the ""broccoli vote"" due to his views, he said: ""I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid. And my mother made me eat it. And I'm president of the United States. And I'm not gonna eat any more broccoli!"" Bush's views on broccoli were seen as out of touch with Americans, as broccoli was becoming more popular and was referred to as the ""vegetable of the 80s"". During the 1992 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore, wives of the Democratic nominee Bill Clinton and Al Gore were seen holding a sign which stated: ""Let's put broccoli in the White House again"". After Bush left office, he occasionally mentioned his dislike of broccoli. George W. Bush, the son of George H. W. Bush mentioned his father's dislike of broccoli in a eulogy at his father's funeral."

Prompt: In 1990, George H. W. Bush famously said "I do not like what. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more what."?

Answer: Brocolli


Context: Vincent van Gogh |   Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. Not commercially successful, he struggled with severe depression and poverty, eventually leading to his suicide at age thirty-seven. Born into an upper-middle-class family, Van Gogh

Prompt: March 30, 1853 saw the birth of one of the most influential painters of all time, Vincent van Gogh, in what European country?

Answer: NETHERLANDS


Context: Macaroni (fashion) | " for an inn, and my father's old friend for an innkeeper!"" The song ""Yankee Doodle"" from the time of the American Revolutionary War mentions a man who ""stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni."" Dr. Richard Shuckburgh was a British surgeon and also the author of the song's lyrics; the joke which he was making was that the Yankees were naive and unsophisticated enough to believe that a feather in the hat was a sufficient mark of a macaroni. Whether or not these were alternative lyrics sung in the British army, they were enthusiastically taken up by the Americans themselves. The macaroni penguin was probably given this name because of its prominent crests."

Prompt: According to the song's lyrics, what did Yankee Doodle stick in his hat (and call macaroni)?

Answer: a feather


Context: Equilateral triangle |  In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length. In the familiar Euclidean geometry, an equilateral triangle is also equiangular; that is, all three internal angles are also congruent to each other and are each 60°. It is also a regular polygon, so it is also referred to as a regular triangle.

Prompt: An equilateral triangle has all 3 sides of the same length. What type of triangle only has 2 sides of equal length?

Answer: Isosceles triangle


Context: Penalty card |  up to the referee's discretion at how bad the offenses are, and in these cases, a red card may be commonly shown for a second major offense without the presence of a second yellow card. ; Rugby union: A red card is used to indicate that a player has been sent off and can take no further part in the game. The player cannot be replaced, leaving their team with one less player for the remainder of the game. During international matches, a player who commits an offense under Law 9 – Foul Play may be shown a red card. Red cards are normally issued for serious offenses. Any player receiving a second yellow card in a game will automatically be shown a red card.

Prompt: In a game of professional soccer, a red card is used to indicate that a player has been what?

Answer: Sent of the field of play and cannot be replaced


Context: Public libraries in North America | " Andrew Carnegie, born to poverty taught himself and became a leading industrialist and philanthropist. Among his many philanthropies was the public library—he built and furnished a library if the city agreed to maintain and staff it. He gave over $60 million, which was a vast fortune in 20th-century dollars. Carnegie envisioned that libraries would ""bring books and information to all people."" A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to universities. 1,689 were built in the United States, 660 in Britain and Ireland, 125 in Canada, and others in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. By 1930, half the American public libraries had "

Prompt: To the tune of almost 46 million dollars (in then dollars), what noted philanthropist funded the construction of 1687 public libraries between 1886 and 1923?

Answer: Andrew carnagie


Context: Armband |  sponsor athletes and teams in an effort to get advertising when the athletes exhibit the corporate logo visibly. Armbands, headbands, handbands and wristbands are common forms of such advertising. The phrase to wear your heart on your sleeve, meaning to show your feelings, to display an emotional affiliation or conviction, is supposedly related to armbands. In medieval jousts, ladies of the court were said to tie a piece of cloth — a scarf or kerchief — around the arm of their favorite knight, who thus displayed his affection for the lady. Armbands are often used to hold a smartphone or a portable music player on a wearer's arm while doing activities such as lifting weights, running, etc. A hybrid type of armband and handband combination is now also widely used by runners.

Prompt: Having its roots in medieval jousting, if you are quick to show emotions, you are said to wear what on your sleeve?

Answer: Your heart


Context: Timeline of Richmond, Virginia |  Bermuda. ; 1614 – On April 5, John Rolfe marries Pocahontas and they move to Varina Farms (across the James River from Henricus). For the next two years, they develop Nicotiana tabacum tobacco as a viable cash crop. Their son Thomas Rolfe is born here in 1615. ; 1617 – Rector and charter colonist of Henricus Alexander Whitaker drowns in the James River. ; 1619 ; Falling Creek Ironworks is built at confluence of Falling Creek with the James River. ; Thomas Dowse and John Polentine represent Henrico Cittie in the first meeting of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown ; After 38 settlers arrive safely at Berkeley Hundred, Thanksgiving is celebrated Berkeley Plantation on December 4. ; Samuel Jordan settles at Jordan's Journey (Jordan Point).

Prompt: April 5, 1614 saw early American settler and tobacco exporter John Rolfe marry who?

Answer: Pocahontas (Pocahontas)


Context: 7 Wise Dwarfs | Grumpy ; Sneezy ; Sleepy ; Doc ; Dopey ; Happy ; Bashful All the Dwarfs:

Prompt: Who's missing: Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)


Context: Prisoner |  The psychological syndrome known as Stockholm syndrome describes a paradoxical phenomenon where, over time, hostages develop positive feelings towards their captors.

Prompt: What name is given to the paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims?

Answer: Stockholmsyndrome


Context: Pommel horse |   A typical pommel horse exercise involves both single leg and double leg work. Single leg skills are generally in the form of scissors. Double leg work however, is the main staple of this event. The gymnast swings both legs in a circular motion (clockwise or counterclockwise depending on preference) and performs such skills on all parts of the apparatus. To make the exercise more challenging, gymnasts will often include variations on a typical circling skill by turning (moores and spindles), by straddling their legs (Flairs), placing one or both hands on the pommel or the leather, or moving up and down the horse placing their hands on the pommel and/or the leather (travelling). Routines end when the gymnast performs a

Prompt: On what apparatus would a male gymnast traditionally perform moves such as scissors, moores, spindels and flairs?

Answer: Gymnastics pommel horse


Context: Costa Smeralda (ship) |  Costa Smeralda is an currently operated by Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. At, she is the largest ship commissioned for and to ever operate for Costa, and is the fifth-largest cruise ship in the world,. Costa Smeralda is also the second cruise ship in the world to be fully powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), making Costa the second cruise line to operate a ship running on LNG, after sister brand, AIDA Cruises, became the first in 2018. Costa Smeralda is set to have a sister ship,, that is scheduled for delivery in 2021. Her inaugural cruise sailed on 21 December 2019.

Prompt: Now a part of Carnival Corporation, what shipping company commissioned and sailed the RMS Titanic?

Answer: White Star Line of Boston Packets


Context: Third inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt | infobox event_name: Third presidential inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt ; image_name: FDR-Third-Inaugural-1941.jpg ; organizers: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies ; participants: Franklin D. Roosevelt ; 32nd President of the United States ; — Assuming office ; Charles Evans Hughes ; Chief Justice of the United States ; — Administering oath ; Henry A. Wallace ; 33rd Vice President of the United States ; — Assuming office ; John Nance Garner ; 32nd Vice President of the United States ; — Administering oath ; location: United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Prompt: The 3rd of his vice presidents (after John Nance Garner and Henry Wallace), who took over the reins of power when FDR kicked off?

Answer: Presidency of Harry S. Truman


Context: Vostok 1 |  Vostok 1 (Восток, East or Orient 1) was the first spaceflight of the Vostok programme and the first human spaceflight in history. The Vostok 3KA space capsule was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1961, with Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to cross into outer space. The orbital spaceflight consisted of a single orbit around Earth which skimmed the upper atmosphere at 169 km at its lowest point. The flight took 108 minutes from launch to landing. Gagarin parachuted to the ground separately from his capsule after ejecting at 7 km altitude.

Prompt: Launched from the desert steppes of Kazakhstan, Vostok 1 was launched on April 12, 1961, carrying which man, the first in outer space?

Answer: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин


Context: David Letterman |  NBC kept Letterman on its payroll to try him in a different time slot. Late Night with David Letterman debuted February 1, 1982; the first guest was Bill Murray. Murray went on to become one of Letterman's most recurrent guests, guesting on his later CBS show's celebration of his 30th anniversary in late-night television, which aired January 31, 2012, and on the final CBS show, which aired May 20, 2015. The show ran Monday through Thursday nights at 12:30 a.m. Eastern Time, immediately following The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (a Friday night broadcast was added in June 1987). It was seen as edgy and unpredictable, and soon developed a cult following (particularly among college students). Letterman's reputation as an acerbic interviewer was borne

Prompt: Tuesday marks the birthday of lat night tv host David Letterman. What broadcast channel hosts his show?

Answer: CBS Studios, Inc.


Context: Interstate 40 |  I-40 covers 374 mi in New Mexico. Notable cities along I-40 include Gallup, Grants, Albuquerque, Santa Rosa, and Tucumcari. I-40 also travels through several different Indian reservations in the western half of the state. It reaches its highest point in the state of 7,275 ft at the Continental Divide in western New Mexico between Gallup and Grants. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are the five states where I-40 has a speed limit of 75 mph instead of the 70 mph limit in California, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

Prompt: For a point each, name the 5 states surrounding New Mexico

Answer: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Arizona


Context: Titanic |  have carried at full capacity (this was consistent with the maritime safety regulations of the era). In addition, when the ship sank, many of the lifeboats that had been lowered were only about half full. Titanic had departed from Southampton on 10 April 1912, then stopped at Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland, before heading west towards New York. On 14 April, four days into the crossing and about 375 mi south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time. The collision caused the hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard (right) side and laid five of her sixteen watertight compartments open to the sea; she had

Prompt: What "moderately famous" ship left Southampton, England, before stopping at Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland before stopping floating?

Answer: S.S. Titanic


Context: A League of Their Own | " Jimmy Dugan's remark, ""There's no crying in baseball!"", was ranked 54th on the American Film Institute's 2005 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes."

Prompt: Name the 1992 movie and character/actor that featured the quote "Are you crying? There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball!"

Answer: Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own


Context: 1090 AM |  The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1090 kHz: 1090 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency. KAAY Little Rock, WBAL Baltimore and XEPRS-AM Rosarito-Tijuana share Class A status on 1090 AM.

Prompt: What radio station do you find at 1090 on your local AM dial?

Answer: Oakland County Int'L Airport


Context: Horizon | " The word horizon derives from the Greek ""ὁρίζων κύκλος"" horízōn kýklos, ""separating circle"", where ""ὁρίζων"" is from the verb ὁρίζω horízō, ""to divide"", ""to separate"", which in turn derives from ""ὅρος"" (hóros), ""boundary, landmark""."

Prompt: Translating from the Greek as "separating circle", what is the name of the apparent line that separates the earth from the sky?

Answer: Horizon distance


Context: George Washington | "  Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and Samuel and John Adams nominated Washington to become its commander-in-chief. Washington was chosen over John Hancock because of his military experience and the belief that a Virginian would better unite the colonies. He was considered an incisive leader who kept his ""ambition in check"". He was unanimously elected commander in chief by Congress the next day. Washington appeared before Congress in uniform and gave an acceptance speech on June 16, declining a salary—though he was later reimbursed expenses. He was commissioned on June 19 and was roundly praised by Congressional delegates, including John Adams, "

Prompt: Founded in 1775, George Washington was the Commander-in-Chief of what Army?

Answer: American Continental Army


Context: United States offshore drilling debate |  Offshore facilities pose an environmental risk of oil spills. On April 20, 2010, an underwater blowout and subsequent explosion and fire destroyed the Deepwater Horizon rig owned by Transocean Ltd. and operating in the Gulf of Mexico under lease to energy giant BP, resulting in the largest oil spill in United States history. Five million barrels of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, leading to $21.5 billion (or $4300 per barrel) of clean-up costs paid by BP.

Prompt: A year ago today saw an explosion on what Gulf of Mexico oil drilling platform, operated by BP?

Answer: Deepwater Horizon rig


Context: The Eternity Artifact | " Modesitt paraphrases Arthur C. Clarke's assertion that ""Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."""

Prompt: What author observed, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"?

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Context: Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston) | " On the night of April 18–19, 1775, Paul Revere rode his horse down a portion of this road (then known as the Great Road) on his ""Midnight Ride"". On April 18–19, 1775, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott also rode on portions of this road on their way to Concord. (These travels were on the Cambridge side of the Charles River; the Harvard Bridge was not constructed until the 1880s.)"

Prompt: April 18, 1775 saw Paul Revere (along with William Dawes) make his famous midnight ride. What was the stated profession of Mr. Revere?

Answer: Silversmithery


Context: Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion | Glennis McClellan as Miss Scarlett ; Darren Eliker as Rev. Green ; Chris Brailsford as Colonel Mustard, Ian Masque and Martin Urfe ; Tanya Myers as Mrs. Peacock ; Philippa Howell as Mrs. White and Marina Popov ; Gerry Kearsey as Professor Plum and Alexander Black ; Miranda Lunskar Nielsen as Julia Kell ; Luis Soto as Sabata

Prompt: Who's missing: Miss Scarlett, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, Professor Plum?

Answer: List of Cluedo characters


Context: Alice in Wonderland (1903 film) | " Alice follows a large white rabbit down a rabbit hole. She finds a tiny door but cannot fit through it. When she finds a bottle labeled ""Drink me"" she does so and shrinks, but not enough to pass through the door. She then eats a cake labeled ""Eat me"" and grows larger. She finds a fan that enables her to shrink enough to get through the door to the Beautiful Garden, where she tries to get a dog to play with her. She enters the White Rabbit's tiny house but suddenly enlarges to her normal size. In order to get out, she uses the fan. She enters a kitchen, in which there is a cook and a woman holding a baby. She persuades the "

Prompt: What is written on the cake that Alice finds once she's entered the rabbit hole?

Answer: Eat me


Context: Bill Bower | " on Pearl Harbor, Bower volunteered for the first American aerial attack on Japan. The air raid, which came to be called the Doolittle Raid, after Lieutenant Colonel James ""Jimmy"" Doolittle, took place on April 18, 1942. Bower piloted one of the sixteen B-25B Mitchell medium bombers which took off from the USS Hornet (CV-8) to attack cities on Honshu. Bower and his five-member crew bombed the city of Yokohama during the raid. They parachuted out of their B-25 over China during the night, which was his first jump from an airplane. They were taken in by Chinese villagers until rescue by the Americans. His mother, Kathryn Bower, was informed by Lt. Colonel "

Prompt: April 18, 1942 saw the first retaliation against Japan for the attack on Pearl Harbor when what famed American aviator led a flight of B25 bombers from the deck of the USS Hornet?

Answer: James Doolittle


Context: April 1967 | World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to take the oath of induction into the United States Army after reporting as scheduled to an induction center in Houston, Texas. Ali stood in line with 11 other inductees, underwent a physical examination, blood tests and x-rays, but refused to step forward when his name was called by Army Lt. Steven Dunkley.  He then told Navy Lt. C. P. Hartman that he understood the penalties, and said that his refusal was based on his religious beliefs.  Ali was stripped of his boxing title on the same day by the World Boxing Association, and would not be allowed to fight for the title again until 1970.   On June 20, Ali would be

Prompt: What boxer was stripped of his heavyweight boxing titles when he refused his US army induction in April, 1967?

Answer: Float like a butter fly sting like a bee


Context: Adolf Hitler |  representative at Hitler's HQ in Berlin) shot. After midnight on the night of 28–29 April, Hitler married Eva Braun in a small civil ceremony in the Führerbunker. Later that afternoon, Hitler was informed that Mussolini had been executed by the Italian resistance movement on the previous day; this presumably increased his determination to avoid capture. On 30 April 1945, Soviet troops were within a block or two of the Reich Chancellery when Hitler shot himself in the head and Braun bit into a cyanide capsule. Their corpses were carried outside to the garden behind the Reich Chancellery, where they were placed in a bomb crater,

Prompt: April 30, 1945 saw the death of the worlds second biggest asshat ever, when Adolf Hitler offed himself. Whom did he marry the day before his death?

Answer: Spouse of Hitler


Context: Extraterrestrial liquid water | " Scientists' consensus is that a layer of liquid water exists beneath Europa's (moon of Jupiter) surface, and that heat from tidal flexing allows the subsurface ocean to remain liquid. It is estimated that the outer crust of solid ice is approximately 10–30 km (6–19 mi) thick, including a ductile ""warm ice"" layer, which could mean that the liquid ocean underneath may be about 100 km (60 mi) deep. This leads to a volume of Europa's oceans of 3 × 1018 m3, slightly more than two times the volume of Earth's oceans."

Prompt: Between 20 and 30 miles thick above water (3 to 6 miles thick beneath the ocean), what is the geologic term for the part of the earth that sits on top of the mantle?

Answer: Cruſt


Context: Cribbage Square Solitaire | " If the four cards on the hand is of the same suit, it is scored four points, plus an additional point if the starter is of the very same suit as those in the hand. ; His Nobs - A jack in ""his nobs,"" i.e. one that has the same suit as the starter, scores a point. ; His Heels - A jack in ""his heels,"" i.e. one that is the starter gives two points to the entire tally for the deal. First, sixteen cards are dealt one at a time in a 4x4 grid, provided that card must touch horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to any of those already in the grid. However, once a card is placed on "

Prompt: In what game do you score a point for having His Nobs or His Nibs?

Answer: Cribbage (strategy)


Context: Panama Canal |  on the canal in 1881, but stopped because of lack of investors' confidence due to engineering problems and a high worker mortality rate. The United States took over the project on May 4, 1904 and opened the canal on August 15, 1914. The US continued to control the canal and surrounding Panama Canal Zone until the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties provided for handover to Panama. After a period of joint American–Panamanian control, the canal was taken over by the Panamanian government in 1999. It is now managed and operated by the government-owned Panama Canal Authority. Canal locks at each end lift ships up to Gatun Lake, an artificial lake created to reduce the amount of excavation work required for the canal, 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, and then

Prompt: May 4, 1904 saw the US begin construction the Canal, following the creation of the state of Panama from Columbian territory due to the iron backbone and bad-assed support of which US president?

Answer: T Ros


Context: Outline of United States history | The Territory of Indiana is organized, May 7, 1800 ; Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd President of the United States on March 4, 1801 ; First Barbary War, 1801–1805 ; The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio (the 17th state) on March 1, 1803 ; The United States takes possession of the Louisiana Purchase, December 20, 1803 ; Spanish creates the colony of Alta California from northern portion of Las Californias, March 26, 1804 – August 24, 1821 ; Lewis and Clark Expedition, May 14, 1804 – September 23, 1806 ; Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches

Prompt: Known as The Mother of Presidents or The Heart of It All, what state was the 17th state to join the union on March 1, 1803?

Answer: State of Ohio


Context: Chase Field |  Chase Field, formerly Bank One Ballpark, is a retractable roof baseball park located in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. It opened in 1998, in time for the Diamondbacks' first game as an expansion team. Chase Field was the first stadium built in the United States with a retractable roof over a natural-grass playing surface, which was replaced by synthetic turf in 2019.

Prompt: Which Major League Baseball team plays its home games at Chase Field, built in 1992?

Answer: The D Backs


Context: John Stith Pemberton |  John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist, and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold his rights to the drink shortly before his death. He suffered from a sabre wound sustained in April 1865, during the Battle of Columbus; his ensuing morphine addiction led him to experiment with various painkillers and toxins. In the end, this led to the recipe that later was adapted to make Coca-Cola.

Prompt: May 8th, 1886 saw Civil War veteran and morphine addict John Pemberton sell what concoction at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Ga?

Answer: Coca-Cola (soft drink)


Context: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film) |  In 1967, after five films, Sean Connery resigned from the role of James Bond and—during the filming of You Only Live Twice—was not on speaking terms with Albert Broccoli. Over 400 actors, including many of the most famous actors in the Commonwealth, were considered for the role of James Bond. The confirmed front runners were Englishman John Richardson, Dutchman Hans De Vries, Australian Robert Campbell, Englishman Anthony Rogers and Australian George Lazenby. Adam West, Patrick Mower, Michael Billington, and Michael Gambon had also been considered. Broccoli offered the role to Dick Van Dyke but Van Dyke reminded Broccoli of his accent in Mary Poppins. Broccoli was interested in rising star Oliver Reed but decided he already had too distinct of

Prompt: What actor has played James Bond in the most movies?

Answer: Sir Roger George Moore


Context: Lasso of Truth |  The Lasso of Truth is a weapon wielded by DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman, Princess Diana of Themyscira. It is also known as the Lariat of Truth, the Magic Lasso, the Lasso of Hestia or the Golden Prefect. It was created by William Moulton Marston, inventor of the lie detector, as an allegory for feminine charm, but it later became more popular as a device to extract truth from people. The lariat forces anyone it captures into submission; compelling its captives to obey the wielder of the lasso and tell the truth.

Prompt: With what possession can Wonder Woman force people to tell the truth?

Answer: Riata


Context: Incandescent light bulb |  have been introduced by Philips. The Halogena Energy Saver incandescents can produce about 23 lm/W; about 30 percent more efficient than traditional incandescents, by using a reflective capsule to reflect formerly wasted infrared radiation back to the filament from which some is re-emitted as visible light. This concept was pioneered by Duro-Test in 1980 with a commercial product that produced 29.8 lm/W. More advanced reflectors based on interference filters or photonic crystals can theoretically result in higher efficiency, up to a limit of about 270 lm/W (40% of the maximum efficacy possible). Laboratory proof-of-concept experiments have produced as much as 45 lm/W, approaching the efficacy of compact fluorescent bulbs.

Prompt: Approximately what percentage of an incandescent light bulb's energy is wasted as heat?

Answer: 90 %


Context: 1972 in the United States | " as his running mate. ; July 15 – The Pruitt–Igoe housing development is demolished in Saint Louis, Missouri. ; July 20 - The Armstrong Air & Space Museum is dedicated to honor Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon. ; July 21 – Comedian George Carlin is arrested by Milwaukee, Wisconsin police for public obscenity, for reciting his ""Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television"" at Summerfest. ; July 23 – The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite. ; July 25 – U.S. health officials admit that African Americans were used as guinea pigs in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. "

Prompt: Without this man, born on May 12th, 1937, we would never know "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television". Who are we referring to?

Answer: George Dennis Carlin


Context: Knights of the Round Table |  traitorous son Mordred. By the end of Arthurian prose cycles (including the seminal Le Morte d'Arthur), the knights split up into groups of warring factions following the revelation of Lancelot's adultery with King Arthur's wife, Queen Guinevere. In the same tradition, Guinevere is featured with her own personal order of young warriors and knights, known as the Queen's Knights. Some of these romances retell the story of the Knights of the Old Table, led by Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon, whilst other tales focus on the members of the 'Grail Table'; these were the followers of ancient Christian Joseph of Arimathea, with his Grail Table later serving as the inspiration for Uther and Arthur's subsequent Round Tables.

Prompt: According to Arthurian legend, Arthur's wife Guinevere, had a little on the side with which Knight of the Round Table?

Answer: Lancelot du Lac


Context: July 1975 | " saxophone player Des McAlea, were wounded. ; The television show Almost Anything Goes, pitting teams from three small towns against each other in a competition that mixed athletics and stunts, was first broadcast. The competition for the ""Eastern Conference Championship"", involved Webster, Massachusetts, Burrillville, Rhode Island, and Putnam, Connecticut, all near the point where the three states' borders met. ; Ethiopia dropped all claims that it had had to Djibouti, the African colony of France once known as French Somaliland. Djibouti would become independent two years later. ; Born: Elissa Steamer, American skateboarder and four time X Games gold medalist, in Fort Myers, Florida ; Born: Stephanie Hirst, British Radio & TV presenter, in Barnsley, England "

Prompt: For a point each, name the 3 countries surrounding Djibouti

Answer: Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia


Context: List of motor yachts by length | "  This list of motor yachts by length, is a table of the world's longest, currently active superyachts, with an overall length of at least 75 m and up. These boats are also known as ""megayachts"", ""gigayachts"" and even ""terayachts"", usually depending on length. It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) up to 60 m (≈200 ft), and megayachts are over 60 m. The only legal distinction is between boats above 24 m (78.75 ft) and below is that those above 24 m are viewed as a yacht and therefore must have a licensed skipper on board. Yachts over 90 m (≈300 ft) have been referred to as giga-yachts."

Prompt: Which is the longest length below?

Answer: R. O. D


Context: Comanche (horse) | " more times but always exhibited the same toughness. On June 25, 1876, Captain Keogh rode Comanche at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, led by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The battle was notable as their entire detachment was killed. US soldiers found Comanche, badly wounded, two days after the battle. After being transported to Fort Lincoln, he was slowly nursed back to health. After a lengthy convalescence, Comanche was retired. In April 1878, Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis issued the following order: ""Headquarters Seventh United States Cavalry, Fort A. Lincoln, D. T., April 10th, 1878. General Orders No. 7. (1.) The horse known "

Prompt: At what 1876 battle was the US Army's 7th Cavalry wiped out to a man, leaving only a horse, Comanche, alive?

Answer: Little Bighorn (disambiguation)


Context: United Nations |   The International Court of Justice (ICJ), sometimes known as the World Court, is the primary judicial organ of the UN. It is the successor to the Permanent Court of International Justice and occupies that body's former headquarters in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, making it the only principal organ not based in New York City. The ICJ's main function is adjudicating disputes among states; it has heard cases concerning war crimes, violations of state sovereignty, ethnic cleansing, and other issues. The court can also be called upon by other UN organs to provide advisory opinions on matters of international law. All UN member states are parties to the ICJ Statute, which forms an integral part of the UN Charter, and nonmembers may also become parties. The ICJ's rulings are binding upon parties and, along with its advisory opinions, serve as sources of international law. The court is composed of 15 judges appointed to nine-year terms by the General Assembly; every sitting judge must be from a different nation.

Prompt: In which city would you find the International Court of Justice, otherwise known as The World Court?

Answer: The hague


Context: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig |  The story features three anthropomorphic wolves who build four houses using different types of materials: bricks, concrete, steel, and flowers. A big bad pig tries to destroy the houses made of bricks, concrete, and steel by huffing and puffing, but fails, so he finds a way to destroy those houses by using a sledgehammer for the bricks, a pneumatic drill for the concrete, and dynamite for the steel. However, when the pig tries to blow down the flower house, he smells the fragrant flowers, and the pig realizes what he has done. The pig then becomes a good pig, and he and the wolves live happily ever after as friends as the book ends.

Prompt: What fairy tale features a wolf who tries to "huff and puff and blow your house in"?

Answer: The 3 Little Pigs


Context: Jack Kinzler |  On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the United States' first space station. During the launch, a meteorite shield prematurely deployed, which ripped off the shield and one of the station's solar panels, and the debris prevented another solar panel from fully deploying. Without protection from the solar heat and low on electricity due to the lost and damaged solar panels, the temperature inside the station rose dangerously, threatening to ruin on-board film and food and eventually make the station uninhabitable as overheated plastic components would exude toxic gases. Kinzler sought a solution that did not require a dangerous spacewalk by the

Prompt: The first US space station was launched on May 14, 1973. What was it called?

Answer: Skylab One


Context: Evil Empire speech | "  The ""Evil Empire"" speech was a speech delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983 during the Cold War. In that speech, Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an ""evil empire"" and as ""the focus of evil in the modern world"". Reagan explicitly rejected the notion that the United States and the Soviet Union were equally responsible for the Cold War and the ongoing nuclear arms race between the two nations; rather, he asserted that the conflict was a battle between good and evil."

Prompt: Whom was Ronald Reagan referring to when he uttered the famous phrase "evil empire" in a 1983 speech?

Answer: The U.–S.–S.–R.


Context: Konghou |  There are three types of konghou, they all look different. The wo-konghou (卧箜篌) or horizontal konghou, was first mentioned in written texts in the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC). Archeological finds show details of construction; for instance, the soundboxes were carved from diversiform-leaved poplar. It is one of the oldest Chinese musical instruments, similar to guqin and se. The wo-konghou was used to play yayue (court music) in the Kingdom of Chu. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) the konghou was used in the qingshangyue genre. This instrument first used the name of konghou, but it has nothing to do with harp. Today, the Chinese no longer use it. The shu-konghou(竖箜篌) or vertical konghou first appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 AD). It can

Prompt: Masu, Chum, and Coho are all types of what?

Answer: Salmon (zoology)


Context: George Lucas |  he met cash-flow difficulties following his divorce that year, concurrent with the sudden dropoff in revenues from Star Wars licenses following the theatrical run of Return of the Jedi. At this point, Lucas had no desire to return to Star Wars, and had unofficially canceled the sequel trilogy. Also in 1983, Lucas and Tomlinson Holman founded the audio company THX Ltd. The company was formerly owned by Lucasfilm and contains equipment for stereo, digital, and theatrical sound for films, and music. Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Magic, are the sound and visual effects subdivisions of Lucasfilm, while Lucasfilm Games, later renamed LucasArts, produces products for the gaming industry.

Prompt: What noted film director and producer, born on May 14, 1944, founded the theatre audio company THX, and the visual effects company Industrial Light and Magic, among others?

Answer: Tyger (actress)


Context: The Smokey Bear Show | " The Smokey Bear Show is an American-Japanese animated television series that aired on ABC's Saturday morning schedule, produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The show features Smokey Bear, the icon of the United States Forest Service, who was well known for his 1947 slogan, ""Remember... only YOU can prevent forest fires"". It aired for one season of 17 episodes starting on September 6, 1969, and then aired in reruns for the 1970–1971 season. The Smokey Bear Show was based on stories created for the Dell Comics Smokey the Bear comic books, which were published as part of Dell's Four Color anthology series from 1955 to 1961. The comic featured anthropomorphic animals acting out "

Prompt: According to Smokey The Bear, Remember... only you can what?

Answer: Prevent Forest Fires


Context: McDonald's | "  Siblings Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California (at 34.1255°N, -117.2946°W), on May 15, 1940. The brothers introduced the ""Speedee Service System"" in 1948, putting into expanded use the principles of the modern fast-food restaurant that their predecessor White Castle had put into practice more than two decades earlier. The original mascot of McDonald's was a chef hat on top of a hamburger who was referred to as ""Speedee"". In 1962, the Golden Arches replaced Speedee as the universal mascot. The mascot, clown Ronald McDonald, was introduced in 1965. He appeared in advertising to target their audience of children. On May 4, 1961, McDonald's first filed for a U.S. "

Prompt: May 15, 1940 saw what fast food chain get started in San Bernadino, CA?

Answer: Mackey D's


Context: America's Most Wanted | " On May 16, 2011, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly announced that after 23 years, America's Most Wanted, in its weekly format, would be canceled. The final weekly episode aired on June 18, 2011, though Reilly said four two-hour specials would air on Fox in the fall 2011 television season. However, Walsh said he was looking to other networks to keep the show going, saying he had ""many, many offers"" from other networks. Fox News Channel confirmed that its chairman Roger Ailes had been in preliminary discussions with Walsh about bringing the show to Fox News, but said ""nothing has been decided."" On the final Fox episode, Walsh promised to continue the "

Prompt: After 23 years on the air, America's Most Wanted will be winding down. Who has been the host of the series since its inception?

Answer: Walsh, John


Context: February 1927 | Boeing Air Transport, which would become one of the world's leading manufacturers of airplanes, was founded by William Boeing and Elbert Hubbard. ; Turkey and U.S. re-established diplomatic relations, which had been severed April 20, 1917, after the two nations were on opposite sides of World War One.

Prompt: What airline, founding member of the Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world, got its start as the Boeing Air Transport company in 1927?

Answer: United (album)


Context: Outline of United States history |  Territory of Indiana is admitted to the Union as the State of Indiana (the 19th state) on December 11, 1816 ; The Territory of Alabama is organized, March 3, 1817 ; James Monroe becomes the 5th President of the United States on March 4, 1817 ; The Territory of Mississippi is admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi (the 20th state) on December 10, 1817 ; The Territory of Illinois is admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois (the 21st state) on December 3, 1818. ; The Territory of Arkansaw is organized, July 4, 1819 ; The Territory of Alabama is admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama (the 22nd state) on December 14, 1819

Prompt: Known as The Hoosier State, what was the 19th state to join the Union on december 11, 1816?

Answer: Indiana, United States


Context: Vertical farming |  Hydroponics refers to the technique of growing plants without soil. In hydroponic systems, the roots of plants are submerged in liquid solutions containing macronutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, as well as trace elements, including iron, chlorine, manganese, boron, zinc, copper, and molybdenum. Additionally, inert (chemically inactive) mediums such as gravel, sand, and sawdust are used as soil substitutes to provide support for the roots. The advantages of hydroponics include the ability to increase yield per area and reduce water usage. A study has shown that, compared to conventional farming, hydroponic farming could increase the yield per area of lettuce by around 11 times while requiring 13 times less water. Due to these advantages, hydroponics is the predominant growing system used in vertical farming.

Prompt: What is the usual term for growing plants in liquid, without the benefit of soil?

Answer: Hydroponic agriculture


Context: Elena Kagan |  On January 5, 2009, President-elect Barack Obama announced he would nominate Kagan to be Solicitor General. She was vetted for the position of Deputy Attorney General before her selection as Solicitor General. At the time of her nomination, Kagan had never argued a case before any court. At least two previous solicitors general, Robert Bork and Kenneth Starr, had no previous Supreme Court appearances. The two main questions senators had for Kagan during her confirmation hearings were whether she would defend statutes that she personally opposed and whether she was qualified to be solicitor general given her lack of courtroom experience. Kagan testified

Prompt: In the event that the rumors are true and Christine Gregoire does head off to fill in the solicitor general position currently held by Elana Kagan, what is the name of the man who becomes governor of Washington until a special election is held?

Answer: Brad Owen


Context: Stet (novel) | "Stet is a proofreader's mark which means ""let it stand,"" i.e. ""ignore this correction."" In the context of the novel, the character's name seems to be a plea that the world cease to ""correct"" him, and allow him his way along his incorrect path. ; The filmmaker depicted here sometimes bears a strong resemblance to Sergei Parajanov, a Soviet-era filmmaker who was repeatedly imprisoned for his work. "

Prompt: What does the proofreading notation stet mean?

Answer: Let it stand or ignore the indicated edit mark


Context: Metamorphosis of Narcissus |  According to Greek mythology, Narcissus's beauty made him attractive to nearly everyone who saw him and both men and women pursued him, but he rejected all advances. One of his admirers, a nymph named Echo, fell so madly in love with him that, after he rejected her, she wasted away until only her voice remained. The goddess Nemesis, taking pity on Echo, convinced Narcissus to gaze into a pool. Upon seeing his own face reflected in the water, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection. Because he was unable to embrace his own reflection, Narcissus too wasted away and in his place grew the flower that bears his name, the narcissus.

Prompt: What Greek mythological figure, who apparently cut quite the figure, was doomed to waste away staring at his own reflection?

Answer: Narsosis


Context: Petunia Pig |  Petunia was introduced by animator Frank Tashlin in the 1937 short Porky's Romance. The film is a parody of a 1932 Walt Disney cartoon called Mickey's Nightmare. Whereas Mickey Mouse marries his longtime girlfriend Minnie in that film, Porky's overtures toward Petunia bring him only the scornful laughter of his porcine paramour. Tashlin adopted Petunia as a regular member of Porky's entourage and featured her in two more cartoons: The Case of the Stuttering Pig and Porky's Double Trouble, both in 1937. Bob Clampett was the only other Warner director to utilize Petunia after Tashlin left the studio in 1938. He first featured her in Porky's Picnic, a 1939 film that sees Porky tormented by his nephew Pinkie. Pinkie and Porky's encounters are always out of sight of Petunia, of course, so she blames Porky for everything that

Prompt: Although now pretty much a bit player, Porky Pig's only known girlfriend is who?

Answer: Petunia Pig


Context: Shower gel |  in the U.S. incrementally starting in 2017, with full implementation set for 2019. Shower gels for men may contain the ingredient menthol, which gives a cooling and stimulating sensation on the skin, and some men's shower gels are also designed specifically for use on hair and body. Shower gels contain milder surfactant bases than shampoos, and some also contain gentle conditioning agents in the formula. This means that shower gels can also double as an effective and perfectly acceptable substitute to shampoo, even if they are not labelled as a hair and body wash. Washing hair with shower gel should give approximately the same result as using a moisturising shampoo.

Prompt: Body on Tap brand shampoo contained what special ingredient?

Answer: Brewing industry


Context: Morgan Freeman | " Freeman had four film releases in 1989. In the first, he starred as Sergeant Major John Rawlins in Glory, directed by Edward Zwick, about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army's second African-American regiment in the American Civil War. Writing for The Washington Post, Desson Thomson praised Freeman and co-star Denzel Washington for their ""warming sense of fraternity"". Glory was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three: Best Supporting Actor for Washington, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound. Next, Freeman starred in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy, alongside Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd. Based on Alfred Uhry's play, in "

Prompt: What 1989 best picture Oscar winning movie, based on a play by Alfred Uhry, and co-starring Morgan Freeman, gave Jessica Tandy, at age 80, the award for Best Actress, the oldest winner in history?

Answer: Miss Daisy


Context: Ward Kimball |  Seven Dwarfs (1937). The film was the first feature-length animated film by the Disney studio. Kimball spent months working on the scene where the Seven Dwarfs are eating soup, prepared for them by Snow White. This scene, however, was ultimately cut to shorten the length of the film. Following the release of Snow White, Kimball was promoted to a supervising or directing animator. He would remain in this position until his retirement in the 1970s. His employer Walt Disney was sufficiently satisfied with Kimball's work that he entrusted him with designing the new character Jiminy Cricket in the Disney Studio's next feature film, Pinocchio. It took Kimball 12 or

Prompt: What was the profession of the 7 Dwarfs, according to the Disney movie?

Answer: Ore miner


Context: Litmus |  Red litmus contains a weak diprotic acid. When it is exposed to a basic compound, the hydrogen ions react with the added base. The conjugate base formed from the litmus acid has a blue color, so the wet red litmus paper turns blue in alkaline solution.

Prompt: If blue litmus paper stays blue, is it in an acid or base solution?

Answer: Base (alkaline) solution


Context: History of crime fiction |  In 1887, Scotsman Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) gave fresh impetus to the emerging form of the detective story by creating Sherlock Holmes, resident at 221B Baker Street, London—probably the most famous of fictional detectives and the first one to have clients, to be hired to solve a case. Holmes's art of detection consists in logical deduction based on minute details that escape everyone else's notice, and the careful and systematic elimination of all clues that in the course of his investigation turn out to lead nowhere. Conan Doyle also introduced Dr. John H. Watson, a physician who acts as Holmes's assistant and who also shares Holmes's flat in Baker Street. In the words of William L De Andrea,

Prompt: Who is the most famous character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes (character)


Context: Advertising in video games | " The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) assigns ratings based on a detailed questionnaire about the game's content and a gameplay clip provided by the publisher. Possible rating categories are ""Everyone"", ""Everyone 10+"", ""Teen"", ""Mature 17+"", and ""Adults Only 18+"". Ratings are supplemented with content descriptions, such as ""Blood"", ""Partial Nudity"", and ""Use of Alcohol"". All updates and downloadable content (DLC), including both static and dynamic in-game advertising, are expected to be compliant with the game's rating and descriptors, though DLC can be submitted for its own, independent rating if necessary. If any post-release content is determined to be incompatible with the rating of "

Prompt: The ESRB provides ratings for what?

Answer: Benefits of video games


Context: Names of Myanmar | "  The country known in English as Burma, or Myanmar, has undergone changes in both its official and popular names worldwide. The choice of names stems from the existence of two different names for the country in Burmese, which are used in different contexts. The official English name was changed by the country's government from the ""Union of Burma"" to the ""Union of Myanmar"" in 1989, and still later to the ""Republic of the Union of Myanmar"". Since then, those name changes have been the subject of controversies and mixed incidences of adoption."

Prompt: We know it as Myanmar today. By what name was it known before 1989?

Answer: Economic sanctions against Myanmar


Context: Vitamin deficiency | Thiamine (Vitamine B1) deficiency is especially common in countries that do not require fortification of wheat and maize flour and rice to replace the naturally occurring thiamine content lost to milling, bleaching and other processing. Severe deficiency causes beriberi, which became prevalent in Asia as more people adopted a diet primarily of white rice. Wernicke encephalopathy and Korsakoff syndrome are forms of beriberi. Alcoholism can also cause vitamin deficiency. Symptoms of deficiency include weight loss, emotional disturbances, impaired sensory perception, weakness and pain in the limbs, and periods of irregular heart beat. Long-term deficiencies can be life-threatening. Deficiency is assessed by red blood cell status and urinary output. ; Riboflavin (Vitamine B2)

Prompt: Deficiency in which vitamin causes Beri-Beri?

Answer: B 1


Context: Middle America (Americas) |   Physiographically, Middle America marks the territorial transition between Northern America and South America, connecting yet separating the two. On the west, the Middle American mainland comprises the tapering, isthmian tract of the American landmass between the southern Rocky Mountains in the southern United States and the northern tip of the Andes in Colombia, separating the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Atlantic Ocean (viz. the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea) on the east, while the Greater and Lesser Antilles form an island arc in the east. The region developed subaerially southward from North America as a complex volcanic arc-trench system during the Early Cretaceous period, eventually forming the land bridge during the Pliocene epoch when its southern end (at Panama) collided with South America through tectonic action.

Prompt: Marking the separation between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, what name is given to the southernmost piece of South America?

Answer: Cape Hoorn


Context: History of KFC | " Sanders' opinion, retained the quality of pan-fried chicken. In July 1940, Sanders finalized what came to be known as his Original Recipe of 11 herbs and spices. Although he never publicly revealed the recipe, he admitted to the use of salt and pepper, and claimed that the ingredients ""stand on everybody's shelf"". After being recommissioned as a Kentucky colonel in 1950 by Governor Lawrence Wetherby, Sanders began to dress the part, growing a goatee and wearing a black frock coat (later switching to a white suit), a string tie, and referring to himself as ""Colonel"". His associates went along with the title change, ""jokingly at first and then in earnest"", according to biographer Josh Ozersky."

Prompt: How many herbs and spices make up the secret blend used on Colonel Harland Sanders' most famous creation: his Original Recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken?

Answer: 11


Context: Stefán | Stefán Arason, Icelandic composer ; Stefán Gíslason (born 1980), Icelandic football player ; Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1853–1927), original name of the Icelandic poet and farmer Stephan G. Stephansson ; Stefán Haukur Hjörleifsson, Icelandic world record holder for deepest voice, also currently holds the award for being the manliest man in the world 2009 ; Stefán Hörður Grímsson (1919–2002), Icelandic author ; Stefán Hilmarsson, Icelandic musician ; Stefán Kristjánsson (1982–2018), Icelandic chess grandmaster ; , Icelandic poet ; , Icelandic academe ; Stefán Sigurðsson (1887–1933), Icelandic poet also known as Stefán frá Hvítadal ; Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894–1980), Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018), Icelandic film and stage actor

Prompt: What is the deepest male singing voice?

Answer: Bass (musical term)


Context: Toll House Inn |  company would print her recipe on the cover of all their semi-sweet chocolate bars, and she would get a lifetime supply of chocolate. Nestlé began marketing chocolate chips to be used especially for cookies. Wakefield wrote a cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes, that went through 39 printings. Wakefield died in 1977, and the Toll House Inn burned down from a fire that started in the kitchen on New Year's Eve 1984. The inn was not rebuilt. The site, at 362 Bedford Street, is marked with a historical marker, and that land is now home to a Wendy's restaurant and Walgreens pharmacy. Although there are many manufacturers of chocolate chips today, Nestlé still publishes Wakefield's recipe on the back of each package of Toll House Morsels.

Prompt: What is the name of the cookie recipe printed on the back of each bag of Nestle "semi-sweet chocolate morsels"?

Answer: Chocolate-chip cookie


Context: Goofy |  Goofy is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. He is normally characterized as hopelessly clumsy and dim-witted, yet this interpretation is not always definitive; occasionally Goofy is shown as intuitive and clever, albeit in his own unique, eccentric way. Goofy debuted in animated cartoons, starting in 1932 with Mickey's Revue as Dippy Dawg, who is older than Goofy would come to be. Later the same year, he was re-imagined as a younger character, now called Goofy, in the

Prompt: First debuting in the cartoon Mickey's Review, what classic turtle neck wearing cartoon character had the original name of Dippy Dog?

Answer: Goofy holler


Context: Derail | " The second type of derail is the ""split rail"" type. These are basically a complete or partial railroad switch which directs the errant rolling stock away from the main line. This form is common throughout the UK, where it is called trap points or catch points. "

Prompt: Electric, picket, and split rail are all types of what?

Answer: The Fence