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round_911_question.wav
literature
'In a poem dedicated to this lord, Longfellow wrote, "Poet! I come to touch thy lance with mine"'
Alfred Lord Tennyson
87bc56aa-ab01-4baa-9071-77d497064686
Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson?
round_356_question.wav
american_history
'After winning the disputed 1876 election, he was inaugurated to cries of "Rutherfraud"'
Rutherford B. Hayes
13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?
round_388_question.wav
american_history
'Hostilities in the Spanish-American War ended when Manila surrendered to General Merritt & this admiral'
George Dewey
23e9e50a-4ea2-447b-b589-df90dbb848a2
Who is George Dewey?
round_281_question.wav
literature
'Jim Hawkins narrates this 1883 novel'
Treasure Island
daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d
What is Treasure Island?
round_511_question.wav
american_history
'In 1843 Daniel Webster resigned as this president's Secretary of State'
John Tyler
81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
Who was John Tyler?
round_120_question.wav
literature
'This "Madame Bovary" author visited Tunisia to research "Salammbo", his novel about Carthage'
Flaubert
63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c
Who is Flaubert?
round_115_question.wav
literature
'This Thomas Hardy novel about Bathsheba Everdene was first published anonymously in 1874'
Far From The Madding Crowd
17ab4eb9-ef77-4a31-85c5-0603e9fce546
What is "Far From The Madding Crowd"?
round_29_question.wav
science
'From 1838 to 1841 this naturalist was Secretary of the Geological Society of London'
Darwin
729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600
Who is Darwin?
round_367_question.wav
science
'An enzyme in saliva called ptyalin converts these into maltose, a sugar'
carbohydrates (or starches)
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
What are carbohydrates (or starches)?
round_307_question.wav
word_origins
'This word for what one often does to red wine before serving comes from a Latin word for an iron ring'
decant
41f3c367-e0a8-4a85-89e0-c27bae9c9b6d
What is decant?
round_206_question.wav
word_origins
'The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"'
a hydrant
c378e743-e7dc-49da-b9ce-8377b543acdd
What is a hydrant?
round_9_question.wav
american_history
'At the same time that John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State, his brother Allen headed this agency'
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e
What is the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)?
round_319_question.wav
science
'The symbol of this element first isolated in 1783 comes from its German name'
tungsten
daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d
What is tungsten?
round_185_question.wav
literature
'In the title of a 14th century work, Sir Gawain is paired with this "knight"'
the Green Knight
607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b
What is the Green Knight?
round_808_question.wav
word_origins
'From the Greek for "treasure", this type of book contains a trove of synonyms'
thesaurus
ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e
What is a thesaurus?
round_91_question.wav
literature
'This author said that he was acting in a play with his kids when he came up with the idea for "A Tale of Two Cities"'
Charles Dickens
ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e
Who is Charles Dickens?
round_836_question.wav
science
'Black spot is a serious fungal disease that affects these flowers; rugosas have good resistance'
roses
97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a
What are roses?
round_815_question.wav
american_history
'In 1609 this captain was injured in a gunpowder explosion & lost his leadership role in Jamestown'
John Smith
ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e
Who is John Smith?
round_479_question.wav
word_origins
'Shade of purple whose name comes from a word for mallow because it's the color of mallow petals'
mauve
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
What is mauve?
round_154_question.wav
world_history
'Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name'
Jason
58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
Who is Jason?
round_126_question.wav
science
'A cubic inch of material contains a million billion billion of these, each with protons & neutrons in its nucleus'
atoms
81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
What are atoms?
round_909_question.wav
literature
'He may have put his rabbit to rest, but in 1996 he published a new family saga, "In The Beauty Of The Lilies"'
John Updike
7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07
Who is John Updike?
round_455_question.wav
world_history
'In 1453 at Castillon, the French artillery won the last battle of this long war'
the Hundred Years\' War
607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b
What was the Hundred Years' War?
round_363_question.wav
american_history
'On December 20, 1860, as a result of Lincoln's election, this state seceded from the Union'
South Carolina
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
What is South Carolina?
round_424_question.wav
american_history
'The Supreme Court's 7-2 decision in this slavery case helped bring on the Civil War'
Dred Scott
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
Who is Dred Scott?
round_278_question.wav
literature
'The title of his 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" refers to Natty Bumppo'
(James Fenimore) Cooper
c378e743-e7dc-49da-b9ce-8377b543acdd
Who is James Fenimore Cooper?
round_567_question.wav
word_origins
'Originally one who kept legal records for the crown, now it's a public officer who investigates deaths'
a coroner
58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
What is a coroner?
round_43_question.wav
literature
'In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns'
Manderley
c378e743-e7dc-49da-b9ce-8377b543acdd
What is Manderley?
round_243_question.wav
literature
'Chapter one of this book informs us that "There was unquestionably a Chuzzlewit in the Gunpowder Plot"'
Martin Chuzzlewit
729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600
What is Martin Chuzzlewit?
round_321_question.wav
science
'The fundamental forces are electromagnetism, gravity & these 2 "opposite" nuclear forces'
the strong & the weak
c378e743-e7dc-49da-b9ce-8377b543acdd
What are the strong and the weak?
round_883_question.wav
world_history
'Bartolomeu Dias constructed & outfitted 4 ships for this man's 1497-1498 voyage from Lisbon to India'
Vasco da Gama
13524ffb-a918-499a-ae97-c98c7c4408c4
Who is Vasco da Gama?
round_304_question.wav
literature
'In 2000 Turkish author Andrew Mango published a new biography of this founder of modern Turkey'
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
78ab82d5-25be-4f7d-82b3-7ad64e5b85b2
Who is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?
round_717_question.wav
world_history
'In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica'
(Admiral) Byrd
bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5
Who is Admiral Byrd?
round_231_question.wav
world_history
'Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty'
Egypt
0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb
What is Egypt?
round_550_question.wav
american_history
'In 1932 this Republican was elected governor of Kansas; he won reelection in 1934'
Alf Landon
0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb
Who was Alf Landon?
round_818_question.wav
word_origins
'No surprise here--the name of this birthstone is from the Latin for "red"'
ruby
81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
What is ruby?
round_776_question.wav
american_history
'3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this'
Department of State
78ab82d5-25be-4f7d-82b3-7ad64e5b85b2
What is the Department of State?
round_328_question.wav
science
'The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for "new"'
neon
87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e
What is neon?
round_350_question.wav
word_origins
'This word regarding infidelity came from a certain bird leaving its eggs in other nests to be raised'
cuckold
2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365
What is a cuckold?
round_849_question.wav
american_history
'To reach eastern markets in the 1800s, Texas drovers brought their cattle to Kansas via this trail'
the Chisholm Trail
87bc56aa-ab01-4baa-9071-77d497064686
What is the Chisholm Trail?
round_201_question.wav
american_history
'In May 1692 this village's jails were filled with witchcraft suspects, eventually totaling 150'
Salem, Massachusetts
c99d36f3-5ffd-4253-803a-535c1bc9c306
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
round_368_question.wav
world_history
'Around 500 B.C. this Persian king built Persepolis; parts of the city's audience hall & palace are still standing'
Darius the Great
63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c
Who was Darius the Great?
round_935_question.wav
world_history
'In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province'
(Red) China
34bde396-9fde-4ebf-ad03-e3a1d1155205
What is (Red) China?
round_107_question.wav
american_history
'Abraham Lincoln died across the street from this theatre on April 15, 1865'
Ford\'s Theatre (the Ford Theatre accepted)
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
What is Ford's Theatre?
round_273_question.wav
science
'This type of rain forms when nitrogen oxides & sulfur dioxide react within growing droplets'
acid rain
2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365
What is acid rain?
round_331_question.wav
world_history
'In 447 he & his band of Huns devastated the area between the Mediterranean & Black Seas'
Attila
23e9e50a-4ea2-447b-b589-df90dbb848a2
Who is Attila?
round_409_question.wav
american_history
'In 1616 she went to England with her husband, John, & her infant son'
Pocahontas
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
Who is Pocahontas?
round_631_question.wav
science
'On a weather chart this line connects places that have the same barometric pressure'
Isobar
58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
What is an isobar?
round_245_question.wav
literature
'Written in 1900, "In the Ravine" is one of this Russian playwright's finest stories'
Anton Chekhov
81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
Who is Anton Chekhov?
round_783_question.wav
world_history
'Sir Thomas Raffles founded this city on its island of the same name'
Singapore
f4e8781b-a420-4080-81cf-576331238efa
What is Singapore?
round_448_question.wav
science
'Ossification, the formation of this, begins in the embryo at the end of the second month'
bone
996a8b96-4804-46f0-8e05-3fd4ef1a87cd
What is a bone?
round_888_question.wav
american_history
'In 1961 he became the first brother of a president appointed to a cabinet position'
Robert F. Kennedy (Attorney General)
3cbf8fed-74d5-4690-b715-711fcf8d825f
Who is Robert F. Kennedy?
round_169_question.wav
word_origins
'Ironically, this synonym for a stupid person is based on the name of 1 of the most brilliant scholars of the 14th c.'
Dunce (from John Duns Scotus)
f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94
What is a dunce (from John Duns Scotus)?
round_612_question.wav
literature
'This 1852 work was subtitled "Life Among the Lowly"'
Uncle Tom\'s Cabin
c378e743-e7dc-49da-b9ce-8377b543acdd
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
round_30_question.wav
world_history
'In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession'
Seven Years\' War
87bc56aa-ab01-4baa-9071-77d497064686
What was the Seven Years' War?
round_542_question.wav
literature
'Novel in which an old seaman sings, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest --- Yo--Ho--Ho, and a bottle of rum"'
"Treasure Island"
78ab82d5-25be-4f7d-82b3-7ad64e5b85b2
What is Treasure Island?
round_646_question.wav
science
'This heavenly body's prominences include dark filaments & clouds of gas'
The Sun
97f4b8fb-f2fe-444b-bb9a-c109783a857a
What is The Sun?
round_813_question.wav
american_history
'In October 1867 Gen. Rousseau took formal possession of this territory that the U.S. had bought in March'
Alaska
7fe6faca-172f-4fd9-a193-25642b8fdb07
What is Alaska?
round_241_question.wav
american_history
'From 1757 to 1762 this man was ambassador extraordinaire of the American colonies to Great Britain'
Benjamin Franklin
daf747c6-6bc2-4083-bd59-aa94dce23f5d
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
round_395_question.wav
word_origins
'Lettuce tell you the term salad comes from the French "salade" meaning with this seasoning'
salt
00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f
What is salt?
round_119_question.wav
american_history
'This New Deal agency was symbolized by a blue eagle & used the motto, "We do our part"'
NRA (National Recovery Administration)
6f84f4b8-58a2-430c-8c79-688dad597532
What is the NRA (National Recovery Administration)?
round_678_question.wav
literature
'His wife Mary said the caroling of a skylark in Leghorn inspired his poem "To a Skylark"'
(Percy) Shelley
23e9e50a-4ea2-447b-b589-df90dbb848a2
Who is (Percy) Shelley?
round_902_question.wav
word_origins
'The name of this branch of mathematics comes from the Arabic for "reuniting"'
algebra
87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e
What is algebra?
round_360_question.wav
american_history
'When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885'
Charleston
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
What is Charleston?
round_645_question.wav
american_history
'He obtained a charter to establish Georgia in 1732 & founded Savannah a year later'
(James) Oglethorpe
729651dc-c6c3-4ee5-97fa-350da1f88600
Who is James Oglethorpe?
round_614_question.wav
literature
'Where you can't go again in Thomas Wolfe title'
home
58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
What is home?
round_532_question.wav
literature
'Dickens said this title character was "born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk" as a "posthumous child"'
"David Copperfield"
f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94
Who is David Copperfield?
round_799_question.wav
american_history
'This president said fear itself is "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts"'
FDR
87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e
Who was FDR?
round_712_question.wav
american_history
'Andrew Jackson was one of the landowners who founded this Tennessee town overlooking the Mississippi in 1819'
Memphis
63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c
What is Memphis?
round_527_question.wav
literature
'He wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport"'
Arthur Hailey
2a4d065a-ac91-4203-a015-eb3fc3ee3365
Who is Arthur Hailey?
round_657_question.wav
science
'by definition an anaerobe is an organism that lives in an environment free of this element'
oxygen
87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e
What is oxygen?
round_581_question.wav
literature
'His essay "Civil Disobedience" was delivered as a lecture & printed as "Resistance to Civil Government"'
(Henry David) Thoreau
f9836c6e-a0bd-460e-9d3c-f7299fa60f94
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
round_429_question.wav
literature
'Poet John Donne was first to write "No man is" this'
an island
6adbb439-0865-468c-9e68-adbb0eb2e71c
What is an island?
round_562_question.wav
world_history
'Portuguese sailors off course in a 1543 storm became the 1st Europeans to land in this Asian island country'
Japan
00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f
What is Japan?
round_793_question.wav
literature
'In this Orwell novel, the Ministry of Peace, also known as Minipax, concerns itself with war'
1984
5abd2130-146a-41b1-bcdb-974ea8e19f56
What is 1984?
round_0_question.wav
literature
'James Jones' 1962 novel "The Thin Red Line" was a sequel to this 1951 work'
"From Here to Eternity"
87bc56aa-ab01-4baa-9071-77d497064686
What is "From Here to Eternity"?
round_677_question.wav
literature
'Alex Haley's first major work was "The Autobiography Of" this black militant leader'
Malcolm X
607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b
Who was Malcolm X?
round_156_question.wav
science
'The pH in pH scale stands for the "potential of " this element'
Hydrogen
607167f6-9bf2-473c-accc-ac7b3b66b30b
What is Hydrogen?
round_28_question.wav
literature
'At the end of "Moby Dick", this narrator is rescued by another whaling ship, the Rachel'
Ishmael
c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
Who is Ishmael?
round_768_question.wav
word_origins
'The name of this South American Indian group was originally the title of their emperor'
Incas
f4e8781b-a420-4080-81cf-576331238efa
Who were the Incas?
round_762_question.wav
science
'The leatherback variety of this reptile is one of the few animals that primarily eat jellyfish'
turtle/tortoise
63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c
What is a turtle or tortoise?
round_588_question.wav
world_history
'It's been estimated that this grand inquisitor put to death about 2,000 people during his term of office, 1483-1498'
(Tomás de) Torquemada
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
Who was (Tomás de) Torquemada?
round_570_question.wav
literature
'His "Jungle Book" prose begins, "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills..."'
Rudyard Kipling
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
round_501_question.wav
world_history
'Ferdinand & Isabella promised to make him "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" if he was successful in his 1492 voyage'
Christopher Columbus
6f84f4b8-58a2-430c-8c79-688dad597532
Who is Christopher Columbus?
round_944_question.wav
american_history
'In 1805 this territory was created from the Indiana one, with all or parts of the lower & upper peninsulas'
Michigan
bf0a246a-8642-498a-9950-80c35e9276b5
What is Michigan?
round_584_question.wav
american_history
'What's known as the second of these programs began with FDR's January 4, 1935 message to Congress'
the New Deal
f4e8781b-a420-4080-81cf-576331238efa
What is the New Deal?
round_274_question.wav
science
'Developed by Edward Jenner, the first true vaccine was designed to protect against this disease'
Smallpox
c8605446-247c-4d39-acd4-8f4c28aa363c
What is smallpox?
round_887_question.wav
american_history
'The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions were passed in opposition to these 1798 acts'
Alien & Sedition Acts
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
round_101_question.wav
science
'The tail of this body is formed when ice turns into gas as it gets closer to the sun'
a comet
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
What is a comet?
round_71_question.wav
american_history
'In 1982 Central High School was made a national landmark in memory of 1957 events there'
Little Rock, AR
63ff761f-c1e8-414b-b969-d1833d1c870c
What is Little Rock, AR?
round_464_question.wav
literature
'Isabel Archer is the title woman of this Henry James masterpiece'
Portrait of a Lady
0c8ed86e-6c64-40f0-b252-b773911de6bb
What is Portrait of a Lady?
round_77_question.wav
world_history
'In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia'
South Africa
87177869-f798-48ae-870f-e07d0c960a1e
What is South Africa?
round_940_question.wav
american_history
'In 1814 & 1815 New England leaders took part in the Hartford Convention to discuss opposition to this war'
War of 1812
ab109683-f31f-40d7-b264-9ec3e26fb85e
What was the War of 1812?
round_937_question.wav
world_history
'This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901'
Wilhelmina
00967b2f-88a6-4a31-8153-110a92134b9f
What is Wilhelmina?
round_512_question.wav
literature
'Although married to Alexei, she falls in love with the handsome Count Vronsky'
Anna Karenina
81db94f2-ea76-4e5a-94bf-c92be997270d
What is Anna Karenina?
round_352_question.wav
word_origins
'The hero of a Robert Burns poem lends his name to this woolen cap with a pompom or a tassel'
Tam o\' Shanter
9fa83ce3-c3a8-4523-accc-173904582ced
What is Tam o' Shanter?
round_693_question.wav
science
'In 1977 the U.S. banned these that used freon as the propellant'
spray cans
146485fd-8736-41c7-88a8-7cdd0da34d84
What are spray cans?
round_92_question.wav
science
'Singular form of the word "bacteria"'
bacterium
58db94c7-8a77-46a7-9107-b8b957f164a0
What is a bacterium?
round_394_question.wav
world_history
'On Feb. 12, 1912, the last emperor of this dynasty abdicated, ending more than 3,000 years of Chinese monarchy'
Manchu
17ab4eb9-ef77-4a31-85c5-0603e9fce546
What is Manchu?
round_259_question.wav
science
'These in the skies of Albuquerque on October 3, 1999 were a fine example of Charles' Law in action'
hot air balloons
41f3c367-e0a8-4a85-89e0-c27bae9c9b6d
What are hot air balloons?
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