Context: 1980 in video games | Arcade ; May 22 – Namco releases Pac-Man (originally Puckman in Japan). It becomes the highest-grossing game of all time. It has the first gaming mascot character, established the maze chase genre, opened gaming to female audiences, introduced power-ups, and told a story through cutscenes. ; May – Stratovox from Sun Electronics is the first game with voice synthesis. ; July – Atari, Inc. releases the cold-war-inspired Missile Command. ; October – Nichibutsu releases the vertically scrolling Crazy Climber, the first video game with a climbing mechanic and an objective of climbing to the top of the level. ; November

Prompt: Inspiring such things as a television program, a breakfast cereal, and hit song, what immensely popular video game was first released by Namco on May 22, 1980?

Answer: Pakman


Context: Grand Slam (tennis) | " The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, is the second Grand Slam tournament of the year, played annually in late May and early June. It was first held in 1891 on the sand courts of the Societé de Sport de Île de Puteaux, in Puteaux, Île-de-France, and repeatedly changed venues over the years before settling on the clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France, where it has been contested since 1928. Both the venue and the tournament are named ""Roland Garros"" after the pioneering French aviator. Organized by the Fédération française de tennis (FFT), formerly known as the Fédération Française de Lawn Tennis until 1976, the French Open is the only Grand Slam tournament played on a red clay surface. It's generally considered the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. "

Prompt: Also known as the Roland Garros, what is the Grand Slam Tennis event that started this week on the clay courts?

Answer: 1896 French Championships (tennis)


Context: Mercury (element) |  Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum. A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is the halogen bromine, though metals such as caesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature. Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide). The red pigment vermilion is obtained by grinding natural cinnabar or synthetic mercuric sulfide. Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, float valves, mercury switches, mercury relays, fluorescent lamps and other devices, though concerns about the element's toxicity

Prompt: What element is often called quicksilver?

Answer: Mercury


Context: James Doohan | " James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor, author and soldier, best known for his role as Montgomery ""Scotty"" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise was one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, and inspired many fans to pursue careers in engineering and other technical fields. He also made contributions behind the scenes, such as the initial development of the Klingon and Vulcan languages. Prior to his acting career, Doohan served in the 14th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. He also served as a pilot. He saw combat in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in which he was wounded, apparently by friendly fire. After the war, he had extensive experience performing in radio and television, which led to his role as Scotty. Following the cancellation of the original Star Trek series, Doohan had limited success in finding other roles; he returned to play the character in the animated and film continuations of the series, and made frequent appearances at Star Trek conventions."

Prompt: Portrayed by James Doohan, what was the actual name of the engineer on the starship Enterprise, who was commonly called Scotty?

Answer: Montgomery Scott


Context: 1998 in animation | May 28: Phil Hartman, American voice actor (voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons), was murdered at age 49. ; May 31: Sherman Labby, American storyboard artist and production illustrator (Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Marvel), passes away from muscular dystrophy at age 68.

Prompt: May 28, 1998 saw the death of what Saturday Night Live alum, and voice of Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure on The Simpsons, who was shot while he slept by his wife Brynn Omdahl?

Answer: The Phil Show


Context: Manx cat |  The Manx cat (, in earlier times often spelled Manks) is a breed of domestic cat (Felis catus) originating on the Isle of Man, with a naturally occurring mutation that shortens the tail. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being entirely tailless; this is the most distinguishing characteristic of the breed, along with elongated hind legs and a rounded head. Manx cats come in all coat colours and patterns, though all-white specimens are rare, and the coat range of the original stock was more limited. Long-haired variants are sometimes considered a separate breed, the Cymric. Manx are prized as skilled hunters, and thus have often been sought by farmers with rodent problems, and been a preferred ship's cat breed. They are said to be social, tame and active. An old local term for the cats on their home island is stubbin or rumpy. Manx have been exhibited in cat shows since the 1800s, with the first known breed standard published in 1903.

Prompt: From where do Manx cats originate?

Answer: Man Island


Context: Jeff Bergman |  July 10, 1989 – Bergman's 29th birthday. His first performance as Bugs Bunny, as well as Daffy Duck, was in the 1990 TV specials Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and The Earth Day Special (also voicing Tweety Bird and Porky Pig in the latter). Bergman later voiced Bugs and Daffy again as well as Elmer Fudd in the 1991 short Box-Office Bunny, Bugs's first in over 25 years. He voiced Bugs, Daffy, Elmer and Yosemite Sam in the 1991 short (Blooper) Bunny, as well as several characters (including Sylvester the Cat and Foghorn Leghorn) in animated TV specials and newer animated series' such as Tiny Toon Adventures and The Plucky Duck Show.

Prompt: The voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, Speed Buggy, Captain Caveman, Heathcliff, Speedy Gonzales, Elmer Fudd and hundreds of others, which American voice actor was born on May 30, 1908?

Answer: The Man of a Thousand Voices


Context: IMDb | " The IMDb Top 250 is a list of the top rated 250 films, based on ratings by the registered users of the website using the methods described. , Shawshank Redemption is No. 1 on the list. The ""Top 250"" rating is based on only the ratings of ""regular voters"". The number of votes a registered user would have to make to be considered as a user who votes regularly has been kept secret. IMDb has stated that to maintain the effectiveness of the Top 250 list they ""deliberately do not disclose the criteria used for a person to be counted as a regular voter"". In addition to other weightings, the Top 250 films are also based on a weighted rating formula referred to in actuarial science as a credibility formula. This label arises because "

Prompt: Name the 1979 movie, ranked 168th on IMDBs list of the Top 250 films, based on IMDB's plot summary: "Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah."

Answer: Judean People's Front


Context: This American Life |  This American Life (TAL) is an American weekly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internationally, and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. The first episode aired on November 17, 1995, under the show's original title, Your Radio Playhouse. The series was distributed by Public Radio International until June 2014, when the program became self-distributed with Public Radio Exchange delivering new episodes to public radio stations. A television adaptation of the show ran for two seasons on the Showtime cable network between June 2007 and May 2008.

Prompt: What long running public radio program, and short lived TV series, debuted in 1995 as Your Radio Playhouse?

Answer: That American Life


Context: Indianapolis 500 traditions | " A long-standing tradition of the Indianapolis 500 is for the winner to drink a bottle of milk immediately after the race. This tradition dates back to 1936 after victor Louis Meyer asked for a glass of buttermilk, something his mother had encouraged him to drink on hot days. Meyer also reportedly drank milk after his victory in 1933, as did a few others in the immediate years afterward. The young tradition quickly went away, and for a time after World War II, was replaced by ""Water From Wilbur"" – a silver jug (resembling an ice bucket) filled with icy-cold water, presented by then-Speedway president, and three-time former winner Wilbur Shaw. By 1956, the milk returned as a ritual as milk companies became sponsors of the race purse and handed a bottle of "

Prompt: What is the traditional beverage hoisted by the winners of the Indianapolis 500, a tradition that dates back to 1936?

Answer: Whole Milk


Context: Ken Jennings |  Before 2003, Jeopardy! contestants were limited to five consecutive wins. At the beginning of the show's 20th season (in 2003), the rules were changed to allow contestants to remain on the show as long as they continued to win. After this rule change, and until Jennings' run, the record winning streak was set by Tom Walsh, who won $186,900 in eight games in January 2004. Jennings' run began during Jeopardy! 20th season with the episode aired on June 2, 2004, in which he unseated two-time returning champion Jerry Harvey, and continued into season 21. In that first episode, Jennings' entire

Prompt: June 2, 2004 saw the beginning of the streak in which what Edmonds, WA native won 74 consecutive games on Jeopardy?

Answer: Ken William Jennings III


Context: SS Oceanic (1963) | " hull. Oceanic was launched from drydock on 15 January 1963. She was originally to be launched a week before, but due to unusually cold weather in Italy, the launch had to be delayed. Her fitting out took over two years, until the ship was finally delivered to Home Lines in March 1965. By this time, the company had decided to abandon transatlantic service due to falling passenger numbers and the establishment of the associated Hamburg Atlantic Line. As a result, Oceanic never in fact was used on the Europe–Canada service. Home Lines (incorrectly) marketed her as ""the largest ship ever designed for year-round cruises"". In their marketing material, Home Lines also used British tonnage measurement for the ship (giving her tonnage as ), even though she was registered in Panama, and by Panamanian measurements she was only."

Prompt: May 31, 1911 saw the launching of the hull of what "moderately famous" cruise ship, which took almost a year to complete, but a mere 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink?

Answer: S.S. Titanic


Context: Microsoft |  of the Microsoft Surface line of tablet computers, and later forming Microsoft Mobile through the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division. Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, the company has scaled back on hardware and has instead focused on cloud computing, a move that helped the company's shares reach its highest value since December 1999. Earlier dethroned by Apple in 2010, in 2018 Microsoft reclaimed its position as the most valuable publicly traded company in the world. In April 2019, Microsoft reached the trillion-dollar market cap, becoming the third U.S. public company to be valued at over $1 trillion after Apple and Amazon respectively. , Microsoft has the third-highest global brand valuation.

Prompt: Based on market cap, who was declared the top technology company this week, stopping Microsoft's nearly 20 year run on top?

Answer: Apple Blossom


Context: The Mists of Avalon |  Duke of the dead High King Ambrosius and an ambitious warlord who falls in love with Igraine. After being betrayed by his ally Gorlois (out of jealousy rather than for political reasons), he killed him and became the High King of Britain. He fathered King Arthur and died when Arthur was in his teens. Uther is portrayed as a gifted warlord and a competent ruler. He resents and respects Vivianne for the manipulations and for forcing him to keep his vow to Avalon with threatened rebellion. ; Igraine is the wife in turn to Gorlois and Uther, a younger half-sister

Prompt: The result of a tryst with the wife of his bitter enemy, what legendary English ruler is the bastard son of Igraine and Uther Pendragon?

Answer: Arthurian legend


Context: Macbeth (1961 film) |  The Scottish lord Macbeth chooses evil as the way to fulfill his ambition for power. He commits regicide to become king and then furthers his moral descent with a reign of murderous terror to stay in power, eventually plunging the country into civil war. In the end, he loses everything that gives meaning and purpose to his life before losing his life itself.

Prompt: Which king experienced regicide at the hands of Shakespeare's Macbeth?

Answer: Duncan, King of Scotland (Macbeth)


Context: Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan |  On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died after having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade. Reagan was the first former U.S. president to die since Richard Nixon in 1994. At the age of 93 years and 120 days, Reagan was the longest-lived U.S. president in history until November 12, 2006, when his record was then surpassed by Gerald Ford. His seven-day state funeral followed. After Reagan's death, his body was taken from his Bel Air, Los Angeles home to the Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica, California to prepare the body for burial. On June 7, Reagan's casket was transported by hearse

Prompt: June 5, 2004 saw the death of what man, the 40th President of the United States?

Answer: President Regan


Context: Information overload | "The similar term information pollution was coined by Jakob Nielsen in 2003 ; The term interruption overload has begun to appear in newspapers such as the Financial Times. ; ""TL;DR"" (too long; didn't read), another initialism alluding to information overload, this one normally used derisively. ; Analysis paralysis ; Cognitive dissonance ; Cognitive load ; Continuous partial attention ; Internet addiction ; Learning curve ; Memory ; Multi-tasking "

Prompt: In internet/texting parlance, what does tl;dr mean?

Answer: TL;DR


Context: Mercury Grand Marquis |  On June 2, 2010, Ford announced that it would end production of all Mercury vehicles by the end of 2010 as it discontinued the brand after 72 years. As a result of an unplanned delay in parts shipments, the final Grand Marquis was produced on January 4, 2011 at 7:46 am. The St. Thomas Assembly plant in Ontario, Canada closed in September 2011, bringing an end to the production of the Ford Crown Victoria and Lincoln Town Car. In continuous production for 36 years, the Grand Marquis was the longest-produced Mercury. In total, over 2.7 million were produced, making it the best-selling vehicle sold by the brand. Among Ford Motor Company models in North America, only the Ford Econoline, Ford Mustang, Ford Thunderbird, Ford F-Series, and Lincoln Continental nameplates have been produced longer. The Panther platform served as the basis for Grand Marquis design for 32 years. Nearly unmatched by other automakers for longevity, the external appearance of the Grand Marquis remained largely unchanged for the last 19 years of its production life (along with its engine, the 2011 model shared a number of body panels with its 1992 counterpart).

Prompt: Ford recently announced that they were shutting down production of another of their marques. Active for the last 81 years, what brand is being discontinued?

Answer: Mercury


Context: 2018 FIFA World Cup |  The opening ceremony took place on Thursday, 14 June 2018, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, preceding the opening match of the tournament between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia. At the start of the ceremony, Russian president Vladimir Putin gave a speech, welcoming the countries of the world to Russia and calling football a uniting force. Brazilian World Cup-winning striker Ronaldo entered the stadium with a child in a Russia jersey. Pop singer Robbie Williams then sang two of his songs solo before he and Russian soprano Aida Garifullina performed a duet. Dancers dressed in the flags of the 32 competing teams appeared carrying a sign with the name of each nation. At the end of the ceremony Ronaldo reappeared with the official match ball which had returned from the International Space Station in early June. Young participants of the international children's social programme Football for Friendship from 211 countries and regions took part in the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium.

Prompt: The world cup opens on Friday. Which country is hosting this year?

Answer: South africa


Context: Histrionic personality disorder | "is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention ; interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior ; displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions ; consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self ; has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail ; shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion ; is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances ; considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are"" The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM 5, defines histrionic personality disorder (in Cluster B) as: ""A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: The DSM 5 requires that a diagnosis for any specific personality disorder also satisfies a set of general personality disorder criteria."

Prompt: What does the DSM-IV define as: A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: (1) is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention (2) interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior (3) displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions (4) consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self (5) has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail (6) shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion (7) is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances (8) considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are

Answer: Histrionic Personality Disorder


Context: Camillo Agrippa | " Agrippa is mentioned in the film The Princess Bride during the swordplay scene above the Cliffs of Insanity when Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) and Westley (Cary Elwes) (then dressed as the Dread Pirate Roberts) engage each other in swordplay. Early during the interchange, Westley theorizes that his Thibault effectively neutralizes Inigo's Capo Ferro technique, but Inigo counters, ""unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa... which I have!"""

Prompt: In what film would you have seen a sword fight on the Cliffs of Insanity?

Answer: Count Tyrone Rugen


Context: Peck | "  A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.81 liters. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, are still often sold by the peck in the USA (although it is obsolete in the UK, found only in the old nursery rhyme ""Peter Piper"" and in the Bible – e.g., Matthew 5:15 in some older translations)."

Prompt: How many pecks in a bushel?

Answer: Cardice


Context: Ernesto Miranda | " issue Miranda warning cards to their officers to recite. They read: ""You have the right to remain silent. If you give up the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you at no cost. During any questioning, you may decide at any time to exercise these rights, not answer any questions or make any statements. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?"""

Prompt: You have the right to remain silent and Anything you say or do can and will be held against you in a court of law are typical of the wording used by police officers to inform suspects of their rights following what landmark Supreme Court decision of 1966?

Answer: Vignera v. New York


Context: Snidely Whiplash |  Snidely Whiplash is a fictional character who originally appeared in the Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties segments of the animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. He is the archenemy of Dudley Do-Right. The character was voiced by Hans Conried in the original cartoon series. Alfred Molina played Whiplash in the 1999 live-action film version Dudley Do-Right. Whiplash is the stereotypical villain in the style of stock characters found in silent movies and earlier stage melodrama, wearing black clothing and a top hat and with a handlebar moustache. Whiplash's henchman, Homer, usually wears a tuque. In the cartoon's opening segments, Whiplash is seen tying Nell Fenwick to a railroad track. He is the antithesis of Do-Right, who is the archetype of goodness and a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman (RCMP). On one occasion, typical of producer Jay Ward's sense of humor, Whiplash and Do-Right changed hats; Do-Right became the criminal supervillain who actually succeeds at crime and Whiplash became the RCMP hero for capturing the evil Do-Right.

Prompt: Snidely Whiplash was the arch-villain on what cartoon series?

Answer: Dudley Dooright


Context: 1961 in film | May 13 – Legendary actor Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as Wings, Meet John Doe, Sergeant York, For Whom the Bell Tolls and High Noon, Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. ; June 28 – Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sign a multi-picture deal with United Artists to produce a series of films based on the novels of Ian Fleming starting with either Dr. No or Diamonds Are Forever.

Prompt: Which actor, who died in Los Angeles on Jue 11, 1979, holds the record as the actor with the most leading parts with 142, and has a marina named for him near the city of Sequim?

Answer: Michael Morris (John Wayne)


Context: Benjamin Franklin |   Franklin published a proposal for an experiment to prove that lightning is electricity by flying a kite in a storm. On May 10, 1752, Thomas-François Dalibard of France conducted Franklin's experiment using a 40 ft iron rod instead of a kite, and he extracted electrical sparks from a cloud. On June 15, 1752, Franklin may possibly have conducted his well-known kite experiment in Philadelphia, successfully extracting sparks from a cloud. Franklin described the experiment in his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, on October 19, 1752, without mentioning that he himself had performed it. This account was read to the Royal Society on

Prompt: Who flew a kite in a storm on June 15, 1750, proving that lightning was electrical?

Answer: A Tradesman of Philidelphia


Context: DC Comics |  comic books. The character Superman had another breakthrough with progress when the character had his own comic book starring him which was unheard of at the time. The first issue introduced in June 1939 helped directly introduce Superman's adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent by Siegel and Shuster. Detective Comics #29 (July 1939) introduced the Batman's utility belt by Gardner Fox. Outside of DC's publishing, a character later integrated as DC was introduced by Fox Feature Syndicate named the Blue Beetle released in August 1939. Fictional cities would be a common theme of DC. The first revealed city was Superman's home city, Metropolis, that was

Prompt: The inaugural issue of what comic book, which was released in June, 1938, introduced Superman?

Answer: Chuck Dawson


Context: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg |  Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were convicted of providing top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines and valuable nuclear weapon designs (at that time the United States was the only country in the world with nuclear weapons). Convicted of espionage in 1951, they were executed by the federal government of the United States in 1953 in the Sing Sing correctional facility in Ossining, New York, becoming the first American civilians to be executed for such charges and the first to suffer that penalty during peacetime. Other convicted co-conspirators were sentenced to prison, including Ethel's brother, David Greenglass (who had made a plea agreement), Harry Gold, and Morton Sobell. Klaus Fuchs, a German scientist

Prompt: The first civilians executed for espionage in the United States for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets, what couple were given the electric chair in 1953?

Answer: Ethel Greenglass Rosenburg


Context: Paraphilia | " The DSM-IV-TR describes paraphilias as ""recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors generally involving nonhuman objects, the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partner, or children or other nonconsenting persons that occur over a period of six months"" (criterion A), which ""cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning"" (criterion B). DSM-IV-TR names eight specific paraphilic disorders (exhibitionism, fetishism, frotteurism, pedophilia, sexual masochism, sexual sadism, voyeurism, and transvestic fetishism, plus a residual category, paraphilia—not otherwise specified). Criterion B differs for exhibitionism, frotteurism, and pedophilia to include acting on these urges, and for sadism, acting on these urges with a nonconsenting person. Sexual arousal in association with objects that were designed for sexual purposes is not diagnosable. Some paraphilias may interfere with the capacity for sexual activity with consenting adult partners. In the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), a paraphilia is not diagnosable as a psychiatric disorder unless it causes distress to the individual or harm to others."

Prompt: What does the DSM-IV define as:     A. Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the act of observing an unsuspecting person who is naked, in the process of disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity. B. The person has acted on these urges, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty.

Answer: Mixoscopia


Context: Interstate 405 (California) |  While dangerous high-speed chases along the San Diego Freeway are not uncommon, perhaps the most famous chase in its history was also one of the slowest. On the afternoon of June 17, 1994, former athlete and actor O. J. Simpson, who was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter Ron Goldman, took to the freeway in a white Ford Bronco (driven by former teammate Al Cowlings) with police in pursuit. A widely televised low-speed chase ensued and ended hours later when Simpson returned to his Brentwood, Los Angeles, home and surrendered to law enforcement.

Prompt: June 17, 1994 saw a low speed chase up Interstate 405 as OJ Simpson was pursued by some of Los Angeles finest for a good 6 hours. What type of vehicle was OJ riding in?

Answer: Orenthal James


Context: Danny Whitten | """Baby, Don't Do That"" (Whitten, Billy Talbot) 1966 Lorna single, produced by Sly Stone ; ""Dance To The Music On The Radio"" (Whitten, Talbot) ; ""Dirty, Dirty"" (Whitten) ; ""(Come On Baby Let's Go) Downtown"" (Whitten, Neil Young) ; ""Hole in My Pocket"" (Whitten) 1968 White Whale single, produced by Barry Goldberg; also recorded by the 'Barry Goldberg Reunion' on There's No Hole In My Soul for Buddah Records. ; ""I Don't Need Nobody (Hangin' Round My Door)"" (Whitten) ; ""I Don't Want to Talk About It"" (Whitten) ; ""I'll Get By"" (Whitten) ; ""Let Me Go"" (Whitten) 1968 White Whale single, produced by Barry Goldberg. ; ""Look At All The Things"" (Whitten) ; ""Love Can Be So Bad"" (Whitten, Lolly Vegas) ; ""May"" (Whitten, Talbot) ; ""Mr. Chips"" (Whitten) ; ""Oh Boy"" (Whitten) ; ""Wasted"" (Whitten, Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas) ; ""Whatever"" (Whitten, Talbot) ; ""Won't You Say You'll Stay"" (Whitten) "

Prompt: Name the artist and the title of this 1970 hit: 'Dont come hangin around my door I dont wanna see your face no more I got more important things to do Than spend my time growin old with you'

Answer: American Woman by The Guess Who


Context: Chouara Tannery |  The most notable feature of Chouara and the other local tanneries is the numerous stone vats filled with different colored dyes and white liquids. Hides of cows, sheep, goats, and camels are processed by first soaking in a series of the white liquids – made from various mixtures of cow urine, pigeon feces, quicklime, salt, and water – in order to clean and soften the tough skins. This process takes two to three days and prepares the hides to readily absorb the dyes. They are then soaked in the dyeing solutions, which use natural colorants such as poppy for red, indigo for blue, and henna for orange. After the dyeing, they are dried under the sun. The resulting leather is then sold to other craftsmen, who use it to produce Morocco's famed leather goods, such as bags, coats, shoes, and slippers, prized for their high quality. The entire leather production process comprises manual labor only and involves no modern machinery, and has retained methods unchanged since medieval times.

Prompt: What is prepared in a tannery?

Answer: Deerskin


Context: Lou Gehrig | " Henry Louis Gehrig (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig; June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him his nickname ""The Iron Horse"". He was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player twice, and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on base "

Prompt: June 19, 1903 saw the birth of what legendary NY Yankee, who earned the nickname The Iron Horse in his 16 years playing for the team, until he was forced to retired when he was stricken with an eponymous disease?

Answer: %22Buster%22 Gehrig


Context: Monty Python's Life of Brian | " film of all time (the only comedy that came higher was Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, which was ranked 5th). In 2016, Empire magazine ranked Life of Brian 2nd in their list of the 100 best British films, with only David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia ranking higher. Various polls have voted the line, ""He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"" (spoken by Brian's mother Mandy to the crowd assembled outside her house), to be the funniest in film history. Other famous lines from the film have featured in polls, such as, ""What have the Romans ever done for us?"" and ""I'm Brian and so's my wife""."

Prompt: Name the 1979 movie and character/actor featured the quote "Hes not the Messiah. Hes a very naughty boy!".

Answer: Terry Jones as Brian's Mother in The Life of Brian


Context: George Orwell bibliography | Down and Out in Paris and London (9 January 1933, Victor Gollancz Ltd) ; Burmese Days (25 October 1934, Harper & Brothers) ; A Clergyman's Daughter (11 March 1935, Victor Gollancz Ltd) ; Keep the Aspidistra Flying (20 April 1936, Victor Gollancz Ltd) ; The Road to Wigan Pier (February 1937, Left Book Club edition; 8 March 1937 Victor Gollancz Ltd edition for the general public) ; Homage to Catalonia (25 April 1938, Secker and Warburg) ; Coming Up for Air (12 June 1939, Victor Gollancz Ltd) ; Animal Farm (17 August 1945, Secker and Warburg) ; Nineteen Eighty-Four (8 June 1949, Secker and Warburg) Orwell wrote six novels: Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming Up for Air, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Most of these were semi-autobiographical. Burmese Days was inspired by his period working as an imperial policeman and is fictionalized;

Prompt: Responsible for such novels as Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, and Coming Up for Air, British author Eric Blair was popularly known as whom?

Answer: Geoge orwell


Context: Wonder horses |  The first horse to bear the name “The Wonder Horse”, Tony was the companion of actor Tom Mix. He starred in over two dozen silent and sound films during his career, becoming a celebrity in his own right. When Mix placed his handprints in the concrete outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1927, Tony’s hoofprints were placed alongside them. He was the first horse to be given equal billing with his human costar, and was featured in the title of three movies: Just Tony (1922), ''Oh! You Tony (1924), and Tony Runs Wild'' (1926). Tony is listed as appearing in 34 films between 1922 and 1932. Just Tony

Prompt: Early American film actor who rode a horse named Tony; Made 336 westerns between 1910 and 1935

Answer: Tom Mix


Context: Period 5 element | " Molybdenum is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin Molybdaenum, from Ancient GreekΜόλυβδος molybdos, meaning lead, itself proposed as a loanword from Anatolian Luvian and Lydian languages, since its ores were confused with lead ores. The free element, which is a silvery metal, has the sixth-highest melting point of any element. It readily forms hard, stable carbides, and for this reason it is often used in high-strength steel alloys. Molybdenum does not occur as a free metal on Earth, but rather in various oxidation states in minerals. Industrially, molybdenum compounds are used in high-pressure and high-temperature applications, as pigments and catalysts. Molybdenum minerals have long been known, but the element was ""discovered"" (in the sense of differentiating it as a new entity from the mineral salts of other metals) in 1778 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. The metal was first isolated in 1781 by Peter Jacob Hjelm. Most molybdenum compounds have low solubility in water, but the molybdate ion MoO42− is soluble and forms when molybdenum-containing minerals are in contact with oxygen and water."

Prompt: Used as an alloy in making high-speed cutting tools, mo is the symbol for what silver-white metallic element?

Answer: Molybendium


Context: Audie Murphy honors and awards |   Audie Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated United States Army combat soldiers of World War II, serving from 1942 to 1945. He received every American combat award for valor available at the time of his service, including the Medal of Honor. He also received recognitions from France and Belgium. With his 1945 military discharge at the end of the war, Murphy became an advocate of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans. The Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio and the Sergeant Audie Murphy Clubs (SAMC) on military bases honor his contributions. He joined the Texas National Guard in 1950, transferring to reserve status in 1956 and remaining in the Guard until 1969. He also had a civilian career as a film actor and

Prompt: Born in Kingston, Texas in 1925, who is generally recognized as the most decorated American soldier of WWII, before he launched a successful film career?

Answer: Audie Murphy


Context: Foodborne illness |  It occurs mainly in cooked and processed foods due to competition with other biota in raw foods, and humans are the main cause of contamination as a substantial percentage of humans are persistent carriers of S. aureus. The CDC has estimated about 240,000 cases per year in the United States. The rare but potentially deadly disease botulism occurs when the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum grows in improperly canned low-acid foods and produces botulin, a powerful paralytic toxin. Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis, certain species of Pseudomonas and Vibrio, and some other bacteria, produce the lethal tetrodotoxin, which is present in the tissues of some living animal species rather than being a product of decomposition.

Prompt: The bacteria used in botox is also responsible for what disease

Answer: Botchalism


Context: Don (honorific) | " and unlike ""mister"" it must be used with a given name. For example, ""Don Diego de la Vega,"" or (abbreviating ""señor"") ""Sr. Don Diego de la Vega,"" or simply ""Don Diego"" (the secret identity of Zorro) are typical forms. But a form like ""Don de la Vega"" is not correct and would never be used by Spanish speakers. ""Señor de la Vega"" should be used instead. Today in the Spanish language, Doña is used to respectfully refer to a mature woman. Today in the Americas, the title Don or Doña is sometimes used in honorific form when addressing a senior citizen. In some countries, Don or Doña may be used as a generic honorific, similar to Sir and Madam in the United States."

Prompt: Meaning Fox in Spanish, what was the secret identity of Don Diego De La Vega?

Answer: Don Diego Vega


Context: Joshua Mann Pailet | " as it made its cross-country journey; Pailet's trip produced 15,000 images, a selection of which was published in the book All Aboard, America."" Pailet's next major body of work focused on the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans, the last world's fair to be held in the United States. Pailet's series ""focused on the rebuilding of downtown New Orleans from 1980 to 1985, and the transformation of a riverfront warehouse site into the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition"" and was reproduced in the 1987 book The World's Fair, New Orleans. In August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Pailet remained at his gallery, which fortunately survived undamaged. He remained in New Orleans "

Prompt: Name the year: The Macintosh is introduced, Louisiana hosted the last World's Fair to be held in the US, Vanessa Williams resigns her Miss America crown, Band Aid records the song "Do They Know It's Christmas" for famine relief, Union Carbide wipes out a good chunk of Bhopal, India

Answer: 1984


Context: American Family Publishers |  Publishers Clearing House (PCH) was a competitor to American Family Publishing that ran similar sweepstakes. The two companies were often mistaken for each other, with Star Search host Ed McMahon and The $25,000 Pyramid Dick Clark, the spokespeople for AFP, mistaken for representatives of the better-known PCH. PCH remains in business and promotes its products by means of sweepstakes.

Prompt: Yesterday saw the passing of Ed McMahon. What publishing sweepstakes company employed him as its' spokesperson?

Answer: American Family Publishers


Context: A Study in Scarlet | " A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his ""study in scarlet"": ""There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch "

Prompt: The 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet introduced what classic fictional character?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes (character)


Context: Domine | " The destiny of the incarnation called Elric is to be the herald of the final battle between Chaos and Law for the Earth. “The Ride of the Valkyries” is a tribute to Richard Wagner and to his operas inspired by northern mythology. The song features the theme of the opera “Die Walküre” from the “Der Ring des Nibelungen”. ""For Evermore"" alludes to Queen's songs ""Nevermore"" and ""Seven Seas of Rhye"" from the album Queen II as well as ""Lily of the Valley"" from Sheer Heart Attack; compare, ""The King of Rhye will be crowned again / His messenger will spread the word far through the land / He will sail the seven seas of his kingdom"" (""For Evermore"") with, ""Messenger from Seven Seas has flown / To tell the King of Rhye he's lost his throne"" (""Lily of the Valley"")."

Prompt: Cursed to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, which ghost ship is the theme of an 1841 opera by Richard Wagner?

Answer: The Flying Dutchman


Context: First Among Sequels | " Upon release, First Among Sequels reached number 45 in the Amazon sales ranking in the UK, while on the US site it reached number 105. The novel entered USA Today's best seller list on 2 August 2007, at number 60 and at number 10 in the New York Times Best Seller list. Reviews of the novel have been complimentary, although it has been noted that it is best to read the series in order to avoid confusion. As with other Thursday Next books, the novel is peppered with literary references to 'classic' (and not so classic) novels, which may put readers off. Fforde himself was initially concerned about this, but ""now I don’t worry so much. I don’t use really obscure characters. They’re ones people have heard of even if they haven’t read the book."" – Jasper Fforde."

Prompt: "Who would buy this?", currently number 540,909 in Amazon sales rank, chronicles the life of what former Ballard, now Wallingford, institution?

Answer: Archy mcphee


Context: Shintō Musō-ryū | " A typical Shintō Musō-ryū dōjō practices the same courtesy and manners as found in Japanese society generally, placing great emphasis on etiquette and tradition. In some dōjō, Japanese verbal commands are used to guide basics, warm-ups, and the training of the ""standard forms"" (seiteigata). The traditional Japanese bow (rei) is practiced in all Japanese and Western dōjō. Although not all dōjō use exactly the same routine, they do generally contain the same set of principles. Students bow to the front of the dōjō (shōmen) when entering the dōjō or leaving it, and observes the hierarchy with instructors (sensei), seniors (senpai), and juniors (kōhai). During the practice of basics and forms, certain rules of behavior are applied when switching positions and weapons between shidachi and uchidachi. This is done in order to have an orderly training "

Prompt: What do you practice in a dojo?

Answer: Martial arts fraud


Context: 1767 | "October 7 – Frederick North, Lord North becomes the new British Chancellor of the Exchequer after the sudden death of Charles Townshend. ; October 9 – Surveying of the ""Mason–Dixon line"", which will later become the traditional division between the northern and southern states of the United States, is completed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon after four years, initially to settle a boundary dispute between the colonies of Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The survey party is halted at Dunkard Creek when a chief of the Mohawk Indians tells them that they are in Native American territory and that the Mohawks guiding the property "

Prompt: What survey line, completed in 1767, is typically thought to separate the slave owning South from the freedom loving North?

Answer: Manson-Nixon line


Context: George Orwell |  Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. As a writer, Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an

Prompt: Eric Arthur Blair, born 25 June, 1903, was the birth name of what famed English author, who penned such works as The Road To Wiggan Pier and Down and Out in Paris and London?

Answer: Geoge orwell


Context: David Berkowitz | " The Spike Lee drama Summer of Sam was released in 1999 with actor Michael Badalucco in the role of Son of Sam. The film depicts the tensions that develop in a Bronx neighborhood during the shootings, and Berkowitz's part is largely symbolic. A minor character in the script, he functions ""mostly as a berserk metaphor for Lee's view of the seventies as a period of amoral excess."" Berkowitz was reported to be disturbed by what he called exploitation of ""the ugliness of the past"" in Lee's film. Other movie portrayals of Berkowitz include Ulli Lommel's Son of Sam (2008; direct-to-video) and the CBS television movie Out of the Darkness (1985). The character of Son of Sam played a significant minor role in the miniseries The Bronx Is Burning (2007). Oliver Cooper portrayed him in the TV "

Prompt: The 1999 Spike Lee film Summer of Sam focuses on the crimes of what famous serial killer?

Answer: David berkowitz (serial killer)


Context: Night Court | " impoverished childhood. During the eighth season,  he was revealed to have a successful younger sister named Donna, whose morals and life goals were similar to his own. ; The bailiffs: ; Richard Moll, as Nostradamus ""Bull"" Shannon, is a seemingly dim-witted hulk of a figure, who was actually patient, gentle, and childlike. He was fiercely protective of Harry. Bull was known for his catchphrase, ""Ooo-kay"", and clapping a hand loudly to his forehead when he realized he had made a mistake. Moll had been filming a sci-fi movie (Metalstorm) and had shaved his head for the role. The producers loved "

Prompt: Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, who also wrote a children's book entitled Puff the Flesh Eating Dragon, was a bailiff on what long running NBC comedy?

Answer: Selma Hacker


Context: World Peace Congress | " This key Resolution of the World Peace Congress, emanating from the Third Congress in Thailand in 2010, points out the ubiquity of war after the signing of UN Charter (in the City of San Francisco on 26 June 1945), the Preamble to which states that members of the United Nations are ""determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” To re-focus attention to world peace and help accomplish this goal set by UN Charter, the World Peace Congress unanimously approved this Resolution and asked the United Nations, via a communication to its Secretary General, to similarly endorse the declaration renouncing “War as an instrument of State Policy.” This objective is to be further advanced by positive policies and practices in the form of educational aids, media events, and other promotions organized by the World Peace Congress collaborators worldwide."

Prompt: The preamble to the UN Charter, adopted on June 26, 1945, states We the peoples of the United Nations determined: to save succeeding generations from the scourge of what?

Answer: The war


Context: Louis Sullivan | " Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a ""father of skyscrapers"" and ""father of modernism"". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson, Sullivan is one of ""the recognized trinity of American architecture"". The phrase ""form follows function"" is attributed to him, although he credited the concept to ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. In 1944, Sullivan was the second architect to posthumously receive the AIA Gold Medal."

Prompt: According to famous American architect Louis Henri Sullivan, known as the father of skyscrapers, "form follows what"?

Answer: Function


Context: Luminol |  Luminol (C8H7N3O2) is a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence, with a blue glow, when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. Luminol is a white-to-pale-yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in most polar organic solvents, but insoluble in water. Forensic investigators use luminol to detect trace amounts of blood at crime scenes, as it reacts with the iron in hemoglobin. Biologists use it in cellular assays to detect copper, iron, cyanides, as well as specific proteins via western blotting. When luminol is sprayed evenly across an area, trace amounts of an activating oxidant make the luminol emit a blue glow that can be seen in a darkened room. The glow only lasts about 30 seconds, but can be documented photographically. The glow is stronger in areas receiving more spray; the intensity of the glow does not indicate the amount of blood or other activator present.

Prompt: Luminol, a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence, is often used by forensic examiners to try and detect trace amounts of what?

Answer: A blood


Context: Too Close to the Sun |  In the summer of 1961 on the Hemingway ranch in Ketchum, Idaho, Hemingway's young secretary, Louella, is plotting to become his fifth wife and heir to his estate. Rex De Havilland, an old friend of the author and now a struggling Hollywood producer, arrives to secure the film rights to Hemingway's life. Anxious to achieve his goal by any means possible, he tries to convince Hemingway's wife Mary the project will give the ailing writer a new lease on life. Hemingway, however, fails to succumb to the charms of either Louella or Rex, and he banishes both from his home before committing suicide with a shot to his head.

Prompt: July 2, 1961 saw what Nobel Prize winning author take his own life in Ketchum, Idaho, who once stated that every boy must Plant a tree, Fight a bull, Write a novel, and Father a son in order to be a man?

Answer: Famous at Twenty-Five Thirty a Master


Context: James Madison | " James Madison (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the 4th president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the ""Father of the Constitution"" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the United States Bill of Rights. He co-wrote The Federalist Papers, co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party, and served as the 5th United States Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809 under President Thomas Jefferson. Born into a prominent Virginia planter family, Madison served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Continental Congress during and "

Prompt: The principal author of the US Constitution and writer of over 1/3 of the Federalist Papers, which US President, the 4th, was CIC during the War of 1812?

Answer: Father of the Constitution


Context: Sarajevo |  capital city in the history of modern warfare, during the Bosnian War and the breakup of Yugoslavia. Sarajevo has been undergoing post-war reconstruction, and is the fastest growing city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The travel guide series Lonely Planet named Sarajevo as the 43rd best city in the world, and in December 2009, listed Sarajevo as one of the top ten cities to visit in 2010. In 2011, Sarajevo was nominated to be the 2014 European Capital of Culture and in 2019, it hosted the European Youth Olympic Festival. In October 2019, Sarajevo was designated as a UNESCO Creative City for placing culture at the center of its development strategies, and is one of the world's eighteen Cities of Film.

Prompt: Of what modern country is Sarajevo the captial of?

Answer: Bosnia-Hercegovnia


Context: Mark Harmon |  reached several other high points in 1986. In January, he was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. Following his departure from St. Elsewhere in February, he played the lead in the TV movies Prince of Bel Air, co-starring with Kirstie Alley, and The Deliberate Stranger, in which he portrayed the real-life serial killer Ted Bundy. With his career blossoming, he played a role in the 1986 theatrical film Let's Get Harry and the lead role in the 1987 comedy Summer School, again co-starring with Kirstie Alley and alongside future JAG and NCIS alum Patrick Labyorteaux. Returning briefly to episodic television in 1987, Harmon

Prompt: Pre restraining order(s), who did People magazine name as their first "Sexiest Man Alive", in 1985?

Answer: Mel Gibson DWI incident


Context: Artery |  The aorta is the root systemic artery (i.e., main artery). In humans, it receives blood directly from the left ventricle of the heart via the aortic valve. As the aorta branches and these arteries branch, in turn, they become successively smaller in diameter, down to the arterioles. The arterioles supply capillaries, which in turn empty into venules. The first branches off of the aorta are the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart muscle itself. These are followed by the branches of the aortic arch, namely the brachiocephalic artery, the left common carotid, and the left subclavian arteries.

Prompt: The carotid arteries supply blood from the heart to what part of the human body?

Answer: Head and neck anatomy


Context: Chillicothe, Missouri | "Chillicothe is known as ""The Home of Sliced Bread"". On July 7, 1928, the Chillicothe Baking Company began selling pre-sliced bread ""at quality grocers in the area"", marking the first time sliced bread was available commercially in the world.  They used the Rohwedder Bread Slicer, a machine created by Iowa inventor, Otto Frederick Rohwedder. "

Prompt: Perhaps the greatest thing since something, what now common innovation was introduced by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, MO on July 7, 1928?

Answer: Pane in cassetta


Context: Statue of Liberty |  The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed JULY

Prompt: The Statue of Liberty, officially presented to the United States on July 4, 1884, holds a torch and a tablet. In what hand is the torch held?

Answer: Right


Context: Sensory nervous system |  The gustatory cortex is the primary receptive area for taste. The word taste is used in a technical sense to refer specifically to sensations coming from taste buds on the tongue. The five qualities of taste detected by the tongue include sourness, bitterness, sweetness, saltiness, and the protein taste quality, called umami. In contrast, the term flavor refers to the experience generated through integration of taste with smell and tactile information. The gustatory cortex consists of two primary structures: the anterior insula, located on the insular lobe, and the frontal operculum, located on the frontal lobe. Similarly to the olfactory cortex, the gustatory pathway operates through both peripheral and central mechanisms. Peripheral

Prompt: The term gustatory refers to which of the 5 senses?

Answer: Oleogustus


Context: Rome, New York |  The critical east/west American trade route through the frontier was improved by construction of the Erie Canal. On July 4, 1817, construction on the canal began in Rome. The Erie Canal reaches a summit in Rome, attaining an elevation of 420 feet. The first phase was completed in 1825, connecting the Hudson River by waterway to the Great Lakes. It resulted in an increase in trade and traffic between communities around the Great Lakes and New York City, stimulating development all along the route.

Prompt: On July 4,1817, construction began on what canal, linking the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, and ultimately, the Atlantic ocean?

Answer: Lock 8, Erie Canal


Context: July 4 | " lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself ""The luckiest man on the face of the earth"", then announces his retirement from major league baseball. ; 1941 – Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv. ; 1941  – World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement. ; 1942 – World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to "

Prompt: Proclaiming himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth", what baseball legend announced his retirement from the New York Yankees on July 4, 1939, following an amazing streak of 2130 straight games?

Answer: %22Buster%22 Gehrig


Context: 28 Days Later | " on their list of 'The 100 Scariest Movie Moments' in a 4 episode 2004 television series. The commentators explained that making the zombies move fast for the first time was a bright and effective idea. In 2007, Stylus Magazine named it the second-best zombie movie of all time. The film also ranked at number 456 in Empire's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. Bloody Disgusting ranked the film seventh in their list of the Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade, with the article saying ""Zombie movie? Political allegory? Humanist drama? 28 Days Later is all of those things and more—a genuine work of art by a director at the top of his game. What's so amazing about the film is the way it so expertly balances scenes of white-knuckled, hell-for-leather horror with moments of intimate beauty."""

Prompt: Name the 2007 movie, ranked 134 on the IMDB Top 250, based on its' plot summary: "Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande."

Answer: NCFOM


Context: Ad hoc |  Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning literally 'to this'. In English, it typically signifies a solution for a specific purpose, problem, or task rather than a generalized solution adaptable to collateral instances. (Compare with a priori.) Common examples are ad hoc committees and commissions created at the national or international level for a specific task. In other fields the term could refer to, for example, a military unit created under special circumstances (see task force), a tailor-made suit, a handcrafted network protocol (e.g., ad hoc network), a temporary banding together of geographically-linked franchise locations (of a given national brand) to issue advertising coupons, or a purpose-specific equation. Ad hoc can also be an adjective describing the temporary, provisional, or improvised methods to deal with a particular problem, the tendency of which has given rise to the noun adhocism.

Prompt: What Latin phrase, which translates to English as "for this", is taken to mean something designed for a specific problem or task?

Answer: Ad hoc committee


Context: Moons of Mars |  The two moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. They are irregular in shape. Both were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall in August 1877 and are named after the Greek mythological twin characters Phobos (fear) and Deimos (terror and dread) who accompanied their father Ares into battle. Ares, god of war, was known to the Romans as Mars. Compared to the Earth's Moon, the moons Phobos and Deimos are small. Phobos has a diameter of 22.2 km (13.8 mi) and a mass of 1.08 kg, while Deimos measures 12.6 km (7.8 mi) across, with a mass of 2.0 kg. Phobos orbits closer to Mars, with a semi-major axis of 9377 km and an orbital period of 7.66 hours; while Deimos orbits farther with a semi-major axis of 23460 km and an orbital period of 30.35 hours.

Prompt: Phobos and Deimos are the only two moons of what planet?

Answer: Fourth planet


Context: Sing a Song of Sixpence | "and put it on again. A common modern version is: <poem style=""margin-left: 2em;"">Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish, To set before the king. The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey. The maid was in the garden, Hanging out the clothes, When down came a blackbird And pecked off her nose. And shortly after that, there came a little wren, As she sat upon a chair, The final line of the fourth verse is sometimes slightly varied, with nose pecked or nipped off. One of the following additional verses is often added to moderate the ending: <poem style=""margin-left: 2em;"">They sent for the king's doctor, who sewed it on again; He sewed it on so neatly, the seam was never seen. or: <poem style=""margin-left: 2em;"">There was such a commotion, that little Jenny wren Flew down into the garden, and put it back again."

Prompt: According to the nursery rhyme, how many blackbirds were baked in a pie?

Answer: 24


Context: Proverb | " fulfills a proverbial saying."" Some stories have been written with a proverb overtly as an opening, such as ""A stitch in time saves nine"" at the beginning of ""Kitty's Class Day"", one of Louisa May Alcott's Proverb Stories. Other times, a proverb appears at the end of a story, summing up a moral to the story, frequently found in Aesop's Fables, such as ""Heaven helps those who help themselves"" from Hercules and the Wagoner. In a novel by the Ivorian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma, ""proverbs are used to conclude each chapter"". Proverbs have also been used strategically by poets. Sometimes proverbs (or "

Prompt: According to the proverb, what does a stitch in time save?

Answer: 9


Context: A Tale of Two Cities |  The 45-chapter novel was published in 31 weekly instalments in Dickens' new literary periodical titled All the Year Round. From April 1859 to November 1859, Dickens also republished the chapters as eight monthly sections in green covers. All but three of Dickens' previous novels had appeared as monthly instalments prior to publication as books. The first weekly instalment of A Tale of Two Cities ran in the first issue of All the Year Round on 30 April 1859. The last ran 30 weeks later, on 26 November. The Telegraph and The Guardian claim that it is one of the best-selling novels of all time. World Cat listed 1,529 editions of the work, including 1,305 print editions.

Prompt: Charles Dickens' 1859 classic, A Tale of Two Cities, the most printed original English book in history with over 200 million copies sold, is set in what two cities?

Answer: Paris and London


Context: Committee of 48 | " and urged the formation of a new political entity that would stand apart both from the proto-communist revolutionary socialist movement and from the increasing conservatism of the two ""old parties"" of American politics, the Republicans and Democrats. Public reaction to this announcement was deemed as favorable by the group's organizers. The first published call to establish the organization read in part: ""Despite America's splendid success in a war waged against foreign autocracy, our country is menaced by the growing power of an autocratic and reactionary minority at home. We stand in danger of losing many of the liberties and advances won in the course of our national development.... ""Centralization and autocracy are increasing rapidly in the "

Prompt: What 70's group released a statement on Monday that read, in part "We are deeply dismayed by today's announcement from the YMCA that they feel a name change and a rebranding are in order after 166 years"?

Answer: Sixuvus


Context: Red Light Company | " Red Light Company were a five-piece alternative rock band based in London, England. The band was formed in 2007 by members Richard Frenneaux (vocals/guitar), Shawn Day (bass), James Griffiths (drums), Paul Mellon (guitar) and Chris Edmonds (keyboards). They came together following an advert Richard posted on the internet, to which Shawn quickly responded, and moved from his home in Wyoming, United States to London in order to pursue making music with the rest of the group. Currently signed to Lavolta Records, Red Light Company have received favourable comparisons to Arcade Fire, U2 and Editors. The band toured with Editors in early 2008, before releasing their debut single ""With Lights Out,"" about a childhood friend of Frenneaux's who committed suicide. Their second single ""Meccano"" was released on 11 August 2008, followed by their third single ""Scheme Eugene"" on 3 November 2008. Red Light Company "

Prompt: Which company advertises it "gets the red out"?

Answer: Visine


Context: Skylab |  Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation, and hundreds of experiments. Unable to be re-boosted by the Space Shuttle, which was not ready until 1981, Skylab's orbit decayed, and it disintegrated in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979, scattering debris across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.

Prompt: In orbit from 1973 to 1979, what was the name of the first space station launched by NASA, which met a firey end over the Pacific Ocean (and parts of Western Australia), on July 11, 1979?

Answer: Skylab One


Context: Rail transport |  (B&O) in 1895 connecting the main portion of the B&O to the new line to New York through a series of tunnels around the edges of Baltimore's downtown. Electricity quickly became the power supply of choice for subways, abetted by the Sprague's invention of multiple-unit train control in 1897. By the early 1900s most street railways were electrified.  The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opened in 1863, and it began operating electric services using a fourth rail system in 1890 on the City and South London Railway, now part of the London Underground Northern line. This was the first major

Prompt: Which US city had the first subway system, being opened in 1895?

Answer: City of Boston


Context: Ask Ann Landers | " A few months after Eppie Lederer took over as Ann Landers, her twin sister Pauline Esther ""PoPo"" Phillips introduced a similar, competing column, Dear Abby, using the pseudonym ""Abigail Van Buren"", which produced a lengthy estrangement between the two sisters. Phillips wrote her column until retiring in 2002, at which time her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, took over."

Prompt: What, if any, relationship was shared between Dear Abby and Ann Landers?

Answer: Twin Sisters (film)


Context: Sazerac |  The Sazerac is a local variation of a cognac or whiskey cocktail originally from New Orleans, named for the Sazerac de Forge et Fils brand of cognac brandy that served as its original main ingredient. The drink is most traditionally a combination ofcognac or rye whiskey, absinthe, Peychaud's Bitters, and sugar, although bourbon whiskey is sometimes substituted for the rye and Herbsaint is sometimes substituted for the absinthe. Some claim it is the oldest known American cocktail, with origins in pre–Civil War New Orleans, although drink historian David Wondrich is among those who dispute this, and American instances of published usage of the word cocktail to describe a mixture of spirits, bitters, and sugar can be traced to the dawn of the 19th century.

Prompt: The oldest known American cocktail, what whiskey forms the base of the cocktail known as a Sazerac?

Answer: Centeio


Context: Grand Poobah | "The term ""Grand Poobah"" was used recurringly on the television show The Flintstones as the name of a high-ranking elected position in a secret society, the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes. The main characters, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, were members of the lodge. The lodge is a spoof of secret societies and men's clubs like the Freemasons, the Shriners, the Elks Club and the Moose Lodge. ; The character Howard Cunningham on the TV series Happy Days was a Grand Poobah of Leopard Lodge No. 462 in Milwaukee. "

Prompt: A spoof of fraternal organizations such as the Masons, Shriners, Elks Club, or Moose Lodge, of what lodge was Fred Flintstone elected Grand Imperial Poobah?

Answer: Loyal Order of Water Buffalo


Context: Gorillas in the Mist |  Gorillas in the Mist is a 1988 American drama film directed by Michael Apted and starring Sigourney Weaver as the naturalist Dian Fossey. It tells the story of her work in Rwanda with mountain gorillas and was nominated for five Academy Awards.

Prompt: What naturalist's quest to save Rwandan gorillas from poaching was made into the 1988 Academy Award-nominated film "Gorillas in the Mist"?

Answer: Kitty Price


Context: Help Wanted (SpongeBob SquarePants) |   A narrator (Tom Kenny) introduces an aquatic city known as Bikini Bottom containing an ecstatic, hyperactive, optimistic, naive, annoying but rather friendly sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob gets ready to get a job at the Krusty Krab, a fast food restaurant as a fry cook, much to the annoyance of the restaurant's cashier and SpongeBob's grumpy neighbor, an octopus named Squidward Tentacles. SpongeBob then becomes nervous and reconsiders applying for a job at the restaurant until his best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star, convinces him otherwise. Humored with SpongeBob's vulnerability, gullibility, and impenetrable enthusiasm and innocence, both Squidward and

Prompt: At what Bikini Bottom restaurant does SpongeBob Squarepants earn a living as a fry cook?

Answer: The Krabby Patty


Context: Home on the Range | " the time, the origins of ""Home on the Range"" were obscure and widely debated, although it had been published in 1910 in folklorist John Lomax's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads. Lomax reported that he had learned the song from a black saloon keeper in Texas who recalled learning it on the Chisolm Trail. Its popularity led to William and Mary Goodwin filing a suit for copyright infringement in 1934 for $500,000. In 1905 the couple had published ""An Arizona Home,"" similar to ""Home on the Range."" The lawsuit initiated a search for the song's background. As it turned out, controversy and even outright plagiarism have followed the song's lyrics since their publication. On Feb. 26, 1876, the Kirwin Chief "

Prompt: For a point each, name the animals mentioned in the opening verse of that classic 1876 song Home on the Range

Answer: Buffalo, Deer, Antelope


Context: U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps |   The Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, the third lunar mission of NASA's Apollo Program was crewed by Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin flew the Lunar Module Eagle to the surface and became the first humans to walk on the Moon, while Collins orbited in the Command Module Columbia. The Apollo 11 mission reached President John F. Kennedy's goal of putting a man on the Moon's surface by the end of the 1960s. On September 9, 1969, the U.S. Post

Prompt: Which Apollo mission, which was launched on July 16, 1969, was the first to put a human on the moon?

Answer: 11


Context: Human musculoskeletal system |  There are three types of muscles—cardiac, skeletal, and smooth. Smooth muscles are used to control the flow of substances within the lumens of hollow organs, and are not consciously controlled. Skeletal and cardiac muscles have striations that are visible under a microscope due to the components within their cells. Only skeletal and smooth muscles are part of the musculoskeletal system and only the muscles can move the body. Cardiac muscles are found in the heart and are used only to circulate blood; like the smooth muscles, these muscles are not under conscious control. Skeletal muscles are attached to bones and arranged in opposing groups around joints. Muscles are innervated, to communicate nervous energy to, by nerves, which conduct electrical currents from the central nervous system and cause the muscles to contract.

Prompt: Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac are all types of what?

Answer: Muscular branches


Context: Honey | " Possibly the world's oldest fermented beverage, dating from 9,000 years ago, mead (""honey wine"") is the alcoholic product made by adding yeast to honey-water must and fermenting it for weeks or months. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is commonly used in modern mead production. Mead varieties include drinks called metheglin (with spices or herbs), melomel (with fruit juices, such as grape, specifically called pyment), hippocras (with cinnamon), and sack mead (high concentration of honey), many of which have been developed as commercial products numbering in the hundreds in the United States. Honey is also used to make mead beer, called ""braggot""."

Prompt: Also known as honey wine, what is the name of the alcoholic beverage that is made of honey and water, properly fermented with yeast, of course?

Answer: Hydromel


Context: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates | "The Hole in the Dike, by Norma Green (1974) ; The Boy Who Held Back the Sea, by Lenny Hort (1987) A short story within the novel has become well known in its own right in popular culture. The story, read aloud in a schoolroom in England, is about a Dutch boy who saves his country by putting his finger in a leaking dike. The boy stays there all night, in spite of the cold, until the villagers find him and repair the dike. In the book, the boy and the story are called simply ""The Hero of Haarlem"". Although the "

Prompt: Known as the Hero of Haarlem, what did the little Dutch boy use to plug the leak in a dike?

Answer: Finger wrinkling


Context: Homeland Security Advisory System | " The threat level was never lowered to Low (Green) or Guarded (Blue). It was recommended in a September 2009 Task Force report to remove the Low and Guarded conditions from the Alert System altogether and set Yellow (Elevated) to ""Guarded"" as the new baseline of the system, without changing the baseline conditions issued when under Yellow in the current system."

Prompt: What color is the lowest level of the Homeland Security Advisory System?

Answer: Greenishly


Context: Late bloomer | "  In art, ""late bloomers"" are most often associated with naïve art. This term is used for untrained artists, and so fits those who start late in life without artistic training. Hence the classic late bloomer is Grandma Moses whose painting career began in her seventies after abandoning a career in embroidery because of arthritis. An even older example is Bill Traylor who started drawing at age 83. Another painter who started late in life is Alfred Wallis, who began painting after his wife's death in his 60s. Mary Delany produced her ""paper mosaiks [sic]"" from the age of 71 to 88. Then there "

Prompt: After being forced to abandon her career in embroidery because of arthritis, what Grandma took up painting in her 70s and produced over 3600 canvases over the next 3 decades?

Answer: Moshe Rabeinu


Context: List of Pennsylvania state parks |  Laurel Lake Park, Locusts, McCall's Dam, Ravensburg, Sizerville, Sulphur Springs, and Upper Pine Bottom. In 1937, the state published a brochure listing the following forty-nine protected areas: six State Parks (Caledonia, Childs, Cook Forest, Presque Isle, Pymatuning, and Ralph Stover); eight State Monuments (Bushy Run, Conrad Weiser, Drake Well, Fort Necessity, Fort Washington, James Buchanan, Valley Forge, and Washington Crossing); ten Forest Recreational Reserves (Clear Creek, Colton Point, Cowans Gap, Kooser Lake, Parker Dam, Pecks Pond, Promised Land Lake, Snow Hill, Whipple Dam, Whirl's End); sixteen Wayside Areas (Big Spring, Black Moshannon, Cherry Spring, Colerain, Greenwood Furnace, Halfway (now R.B. Winter), Joyce

Prompt: For a point each, name the 6 states surrounding Pennsylvania.

Answer: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, New York, New Jersey


Context: Translation operator (quantum mechanics) | "indent =: ; equation = In introductory physics, momentum is usually defined as mass times velocity. However, there is a more fundamental way to define momentum, in terms of translation operators. This is more specifically called canonical momentum, and it is usually but not always equal to mass times velocity; one counterexample is a charged particle in a magnetic field. This definition of momentum is especially important because the law of conservation of momentum applies only to canonical momentum, and is not universally valid if momentum is defined instead as mass times velocity (the so-called ""kinetic momentum""), for reasons explained below. The (canonical) momentum operator is defined as the gradient of the translation operators near the origin: {{Equation box 1 So every translation operator generates exactly the expected translation on a test function if the function is analytic in some domain of the complex plane."

Prompt: What is the physics term for mass times velocity?

Answer: Momentum (physics)


Context: 2015 Tour de France |  polka dot jersey, because Chris Froome wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. ; In stage twenty one, Romain Bardet, who was third in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because Chris Froome wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and Nairo Quintana, who was second wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification. There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2015 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Time

Prompt: In the Tour de France who wears the polka dot jersey?

Answer: King of the Mountain


Context: A Traveller in War-Time |  A Traveller in War-Time is a non-fiction book by American author Winston Churchill recounting his travels in Europe during World War I. Released in July 1918 with the full title A Traveller in War-time with an Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea, the essay comprises about half of the book. It was Churchill's first non-fiction book. Especially compared to his string of best-selling novels, the book was not successful, selling only about 8,000 copies.

Prompt: Name the book and the author: 'The Time Traveler (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.'

Answer: The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells


Context: Moon |  Moon in 1969 is seen by many as the culmination of the Space Race.  Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon as the commander of the American mission Apollo 11 by first setting foot on the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched the transmission by the Apollo TV camera, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time. The Apollo missions 11 to 17 (except Apollo 13, which aborted its planned lunar landing) removed 837.87 lb of lunar rock and soil in 2,196 separate samples. The American Moon landing and return was enabled by considerable technological advances in the early 1960s, in domains such as ablation

Prompt: On July 21, 1969, who became the first man to set foot on the moon?

Answer: That's one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind


Context: Paris |  the host for UEFA Euro 2016, both at the Parc des Princes in the city proper and also at Stade de France, with the latter hosting the opening match and final. The final stage of the most famous bicycle racing in the world, Tour de France, always finishes in Paris. Since 1975, the race has finished on the Champs-Elysées. Tennis is another popular sport in Paris and throughout France; the French Open, held every year on the red clay of the Roland Garros National Tennis Centre, is one of the four Grand Slam events of the world professional tennis tour. The 17,000-seat Bercy Arena (officially named AccorHotels Arena and

Prompt: The Tour de France always ends in Paris. In what European city did it begin this year?

Answer: Principauté de Monaco


Context: Hiram Bingham III |  capital. On July 24, 1911, Melchor Arteaga led Bingham to Machu Picchu, which had been largely forgotten by everybody except the small number of people living in the immediate valley (possibly including two local missionaries named Thomas Payne and Stuart McNairn whose descendants claim that they had already climbed to the ruins in 1906). Also, the Cusco explorers Enrique Palma, Gabino Sanchez, and Agustín Lizarraga are said to have arrived at the site in 1901. Bingham returned to Peru in 1912, 1914, and 1915 with the support of Yale and the National Geographic Society. In The Lost City of the Incas (1948), Bingham

Prompt: On July 24, 1911, future US. Senator (R, Connecticut) Hiram Bingham III "discovered" what Peruvian city?

Answer: Macchu picchu


Context: Billiard table |  and algebraic systems of aiming using the diamonds. Spots are often used to mark the and  on the cloth. Other markings may be a line drawn across the (or across the  with, in British-style pool). Another case is the outline of the behind the foot spot where the balls are  in straight pool, since the outline of this area is strategically important throughout the game. In artistic pool, lines may be drawn between opposite sights putting a grid on the playing surface. Other grid patterns are used in various forms of balkline billiards. A recent table marking convention, in European nine-ball, is the.

Prompt: In which form of pool (pocket billiards) are the balls formed into a diamond pattern?

Answer: 9 ball pool


Context: Atmosphere of Earth |  The stratosphere is the second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. It lies above the troposphere and is separated from it by the tropopause. This layer extends from the top of the troposphere at roughly 12 km above Earth's surface to the stratopause at an altitude of about 50 to 55 km. The atmospheric pressure at the top of the stratosphere is roughly 1/1000 the pressure at sea level. It contains the ozone layer, which is the part of Earth's atmosphere that contains relatively high concentrations of that gas. The stratosphere defines a layer in which temperatures rise with increasing altitude. This rise in temperature is caused by the absorption of ultraviolet radiation (UV)

Prompt: What is the lowest level of the atmosphere, which lies below the stratosphere, called?

Answer: Tropospherics


Context: Ratcatcher's Day | "  Ratcatcher's Day, Rat-catcher's Day or Rat Catcher's Day is celebrated on 26 June or 22 July, commemorating the myth of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The town of Hamelin in Germany uses the June date and the term ""Pied Piper Day"". The confusion of dates is because the Brothers Grimm cite 26 June 1284 as the date the Pied Piper led the children out of the town, while the poem by Robert Browning gives it as 22 July 1376. It is a holiday remembering rat-catchers, similar to Secretary's Day and Presidents Day."

Prompt: Legend has it that the Pied Piper led the children from what German town on July 22, 1376, when the cheap bastards wouldn't pay him for ridding the town of rats?

Answer: Hameln, Germany


Context: Coyote (person) | " Colloquially, a coyote is a person who smuggles immigrants across the Mexico–United States border. The word ""coyote"" is a loanword from Mexican Spanish that usually refers to a species of North American wild dog (Canis latrans). Migrants pay coyotes a fee to guide them across the border. Fees are normally collected once the migrant arrives at a predetermined destination, usually a border city in California, Texas, or Arizona. Since the 1990s, the proportion of migrants who hire coyotes has increased drastically as a result of intensified surveillance along the border."

Prompt: A "coyote" is a slang term used to describe someone who smuggles what across the U.S. border?

Answer: Peeple


Context: .com |  The domain name com is a top-level domain (TLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Added in 1985, its name is derived from the word commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations. Later, the domain opened for general purposes. The domain was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense, but is today operated by Verisign, and remains under ultimate jurisdiction of U.S. law. Verisign Registrations in the .com domain are processed via registrars accredited by ICANN. The registry accepts internationalized domain names. The domain was one of the original top-level domains (TLDs) on the Internet when the Domain Name System was implemented in January 1985, the others being edu, gov, mil, net, org, and int. It has grown into the largest top-level domain, and has lent its name to an era in the late 1990s, the dot-com bubble, during which excessive speculation in Internet-related companies in a period of rapid growth in the use and adoption of the Internet led to a stock market bubble and crash.

Prompt: What is the "com" in the top level internet domain ".com" short for?

Answer: Commerical


Context: Ursa Major | " Dipper."" Two of its stars, named Dubhe and Merak (α Ursae Majoris and β Ursae Majoris), can be used as the navigational pointer towards the place of the current northern pole star, Polaris in Ursa Minor. Ursa Major, along with asterisms that incorporate or comprise it, is significant to numerous world cultures, often as a symbol of the north. Its depiction on the flag of Alaska is a modern example of such symbolism. Ursa Major is visible throughout the year from most of the northern hemisphere, and appears circumpolar above the mid-northern latitudes. From southern temperate latitudes, the main asterism is invisible, but the southern parts of the constellation can still be viewed."

Prompt: Anchored by the star Polaris, the constellation ursa minor represents what animal?

Answer: Bear (disambiguation)


Context: Loose lips sink ships | " Loose lips sink ships is an American English idiom meaning ""beware of unguarded talk"". The phrase originated on propaganda posters during World War II. The phrase was created by the War Advertising Council and used on posters by the United States Office of War Information. This type of poster was part of a general campaign of American propaganda during World War II to advise servicemen and other citizens to avoid careless talk that might undermine the war effort. There were many similar such slogans, but ""Loose lips sink ships"" remained in the American idiom for the remainder of the century and into the next, usually as an admonition to avoid careless talk in "

Prompt: What might "Loose Lips" do, according to a popular rhyming World War II slogan?

Answer: "Sink Ships"


Context: Sunscreen | "  The sun protection factor (SPF rating, introduced in 1974) is a measure of the fraction of sunburn-producing UV rays that reach the skin. For example, ""SPF 15"" means that 1⁄15 of the burning radiation will reach the skin, assuming sunscreen is applied evenly at a thick dosage of 2 milligrams per square centimeter (mg/cm2). It is important to note that sunscreens with higher SPF do not last or remain effective on the skin any longer than lower SPF and must be continually reapplied as directed, usually every two hours. The SPF is an imperfect measure of skin damage because invisible damage and skin aging "

Prompt: What does "SPF" mean on sunscreen containers?

Answer: Sunblock


Context: Acura |  Acura is the luxury and performance division of Honda Motor Company, Ltd.. The brand was launched in the United States and Canada on March 27, 1986, marketing luxury and performance automobiles. It was introduced to Hong Kong in 1991 (lasting until 2009), Mexico in 2004, China in 2006, Russia in 2014 (no longer available in Russia), Kuwait in 2015, and was also sold in Ukraine (until 2018). Honda's plan to introduce Acura to the Japanese domestic market (JDM) in 2008 was delayed, due to economic reasons, and later withheld as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Acura is the

Prompt: Acura is the luxury division of what major automaker?

Answer: Honda Technologies


Context: Winnie the Pooh (franchise) |  My Friends Tigger & Pooh is an American computer-animated television series based on the A. A. Milne children's books. The television series features Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, including two new characters: a brave 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster. Although Darby appears to be the main human friend of Pooh and the gang and the leader of the Super Sleuths, Christopher Robin still appears sporadically.

Prompt: What was the name of Winnie the Poohs human friend?

Answer: Chris Robin


Context: United States Bicentennial | " when it was painted over with the NASA insignia. NASA planned for Viking 1 to land on Mars on July 4, but the landing was delayed to July 20, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. On the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, NASA held the rollout ceremony of the first Space Shuttle (which NASA had planned to name Constitution but was, instead, named ""Enterprise"" in honor of its fictional namesake on the television series Star Trek ). Many commercial products appeared in red, white, and blue packages in an attempt to tie them to the Bicentennial. Liberty, a "

Prompt: NASA celebrated another anniversary today. In what year was it founded?

Answer: 1958


Context: Dick Grayson | " Richard John ""Dick"" Grayson is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940 as the original and most popular incarnation of Robin, Batman's crime-fighting partner and sidekick. In Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984) the character, after becoming a young adult and in an effort to make himself a separate independent hero from Batman, retires his role as Robin and assumes the superhero persona of Nightwing (created by Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez). The youngest in a family of "

Prompt: In the DC Comics world, he started as Dick Grayson and ended up as the leader of the Teen Titans, under the identity of Nightwing. By what name is he more famously know?

Answer: Robin, Boy Wonder


Context: Forbes Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges |  Forbes rated Princeton University the country’s best college in its inaugural (2008) list. West Point took the top honor the following year. Williams College was ranked first both in 2010 and 2011, and Princeton returned to the top spot in 2012. In 2013 and 2016, Stanford University occupied the No. 1 spot, with elite liberal arts schools Williams and Pomona College topping the rankings in the intervening years. The magazine ranked Harvard University as America's best college from 2017 until 2021, when the University of California, Berkeley topped the list, becoming the first public school to ever do so.

Prompt: The Princeton Review just released their list of the top 371 colleges and universities in the US. What Big Ten school was ranked the #1 party school?

Answer: Pennstate


Context: E pluribus unum | "  E pluribus unum – Latin for ""Out of many, one"" (also translated as ""One out of many"" or ""One from many"" ) – is a traditional motto of the United States, appearing on the Great Seal along with Annuit cœptis (Latin for ""he approves the undertaking [lit. 'things undertaken']"") and Novus ordo seclorum (Latin for ""New order of the ages""); its inclusion on the seal was approved by an Act of Congress in 1782. While its status as national motto was for many years unofficial, E pluribus unum was still considered the de facto motto of the United States from its early history. Eventually, the United States Congress passed an act (H. J. Resolution 396), adopting ""In God We Trust"" as the official motto in 1956. The thirteen letters of E PLURIBUS UNUM makes its use symbolic of the thirteen original states like the thirteen stripes on the US flag."

Prompt: What Latin phrase, which translates as Out of many, one, is taken to mean One from Many?

Answer: E-Plu Rib Us-U Num


Context: John LeConte |  in 1873. Upon the resignation of President Gilman in March 1875, LeConte was appointed acting president a second time until June, 1876, when he was elected president. On June 7, 1881, LeConte tendered his resignation as president of the University, asking to be returned to his faculty position. LeConte died at his home in Berkeley, on April 29, 1891, while still active as a professor of physics. LeConte and his brother, Joseph, were white supremacists, and a building named in their honour at UC Berkeley was renamed, as announced on July 7, 2020, due to the LeConte brothers' vigorous white supremacy writings in that regard.

Prompt: On July 31, 2008, who took over as acting president for his brother, who may or may not still be alive, a position his brother held since the revolution of 1959?

Answer: Raul Modesto Castro Ruz


Context: Little John |  character. According to a 17th-century ballad, he was at least seven feet tall and introduced when he tried to prevent Robin from crossing a narrow bridge, whereupon they fought with quarterstaves, and Robin was overcome. Despite having won the duel, John agreed to join his band and fight alongside him. From then on he was called Little John in whimsical reference to his size. This scene is almost always re-enacted in film and television versions of the story. In some modern film versions, Little John loses the duel to Robin. Starting from the ballad tradition, Little John is commonly shown

Prompt: Which of Robin Hood's Merry Men was he forced to fight with quarterstaffs on a narrow bridge?

Answer: Little John


Context: United States national motto | " The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum (""from many, one"") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to ""In God we trust"" appears in the final stanza of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: ""And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'"" The change from ""E Pluribus Unum"" to ""In God we trust"" was generally considered uncontroversial at the time, given "

Prompt: Replacing the unofficial E. Pluribis Unum, what phrase did the US adopt as its' national motto on July 30, 1956?

Answer: In God We Trust


Context: Exploration of North America |  Asia. On August 3, 1492, the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus set sail from the Port of Palos de la Frontera in the Province of Huelva, from the newly los Reyes Católicos coordinated Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, in present-day Spain, financed by Queen Isabella I of Castille. Columbus's Letter on the First Voyage of his discovery of the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola spread the news across Europe quickly. Columbus rediscovered and explored much of the Lesser Antilles in his second voyage then discovered both Trinidad and Tobago on his third voyage whilst skirting the northern South American coast. His fourth voyage was spent scanning the Central American

Prompt: The evening of Aug 3, 1492, saw Christopher Columbus set sail from the Andalusian port of Palos de la Frontera, in what 3 ships?

Answer: Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria


Context: Invasion of Kuwait |  The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was an operation conducted by Iraq on 2 August 1990, whereby it invaded the neighboring State of Kuwait, consequently resulting in a seven-month-long Iraqi military occupation of the country. The invasion and Iraq's subsequent refusal to withdraw from Kuwait by a deadline mandated by the United Nations led to a direct military intervention by a United Nations-authorized coalition of forces led by the United States. These events came to be known as the first Gulf War, eventually resulting in the forced expulsion of Iraqi troops from Kuwait and the Iraqis setting 600 Kuwaiti oil wells on fire during their retreat (see scorched earth strategy). In early 1990, Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing Iraqi petroleum through cross-border slant drilling, although some Iraqi sources indicated that Saddam Hussein's decision to

Prompt: August 2, 1990 saw Iraq invading what country, sparking a series of events that culminated in the 1st Gulf War?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:KW