Study 19

Question 1

In the Northern Seven Years’ War, Denmark and Sweden scratched for control of Öland, an island in what sea?

Answer 1

Baltic

Question 2

The world’s most common human chromosomal abnormality was discovered by a doctor named John Langdon WHAT?

Answer 2

Down

Question 3

After Ken Osmond played ingratiating teenager Eddie Haskell on this 1950s family sitcom, he became a cop with the LAPD

Answer 3

Leave it to Beaver 

Question 4

In this action film, Kurt Russel was a trucker named Jack Burton, facing Lo Pan, a 2000 year-old evil Magician 

Answer 4

Big Trouble in Little China

Question 5

A misheard or misinterpreted phrase—often in song lyrics—where the listener substitutes words that sound similar but change the meaning.

Answer 5

Mondegreen

Ex. “Hold me closer, Tony Danza”

Question 6

Because it was way harder to tell if you were dead back then, 19th-century Germany had a special corporeal purgatory called a waiting WHAT?

Answer 6

Morgue

Question 7

Tabuu, Galeem, Dharkon, and Master Hand are goofy villain names in what 26-year-old video game series?
(As of 2025)

Answer 7

Super Smash Bros.

Question 8

If you have too many men on the field in the NFL, you’re penalized what wee number of yards?

Answer 8

5

Question 9

“Gigerium” is a somehow even-grosser alias for what avian organ?

Answer 9

Gizzard

Question 10

The genetic template for the title characters, Jango Fett got unhanded then unheaded in this film, Episode 2

Answer 10

Attack of the Clones 

Question 11

7’2” actor Kevin Peter Hall played Harry on “Harry and the Hendersons,” and almost jungle-killed Schwarzenegger in what film?

Answer 11

Predator

Also the name of Ice Cube’s album that included “It Was a Good Day” and “Check Yo Self”

Question 12

2016 marks 25 years since these 2 actresses hit the road as “Thelma & Louise”

Answer 12

Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon

Question 13

The name of this Alabama school is also a reddish-brown color, but its official colors are orange & blue

Answer 13

Auburn

Question 14

The Victorian cure-all laudanum was 10% what stuff that came from elsewhere in the British Empire?

Answer 14

Opium

Question 15

Only Great Lake with an outlet to the St. Lawrence River

Answer 15

Ontario

Question 16

Decalogue is the Greek name for what things that occasionally become a hot-button topic in red states?

Answer 16

Ten Commandments

Question 17

A gold phone gifted by a U.S. telecom to that dictator, Fulgencio Batista, is displayed at the Revolution Museum in what island nation?

Answer 17

Cuba

Question 18

“Orange is the New Black“ mentions this three letter acronym for solitary confinement that sounds like an apparel item

Answer 18

SHU

Question 19

“It’s Raining Falafel” is the Israeli title for what kids’ book adaptation?

Answer 19

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Question 20

RIFA is an American name for a certain invasive species: the red imported WHAT?

Answer 20

Fire ant

Question 21

Several places in Gloucestershire claim to be the source of what (roughly) 230-mile river?

Answer 21

River Thames

Question 22

The book “Strata” tell us of four moments in earth’s history, including the GOE, or this event 2.4 billion years ago, that made breathing easier

Answer 22

Great Oxidation Event 

Question 23

The 1905 treaty of this former New Hampshire colonial capital officially ended the Russo-Japanese war 

Answer 23

Portsmouth

Question 24

This three letter org kicked off (maybe not the right term) its 2025 season in January at the Plantation Course in Maui

Answer 24

PGA

Question 25

The two major subdivisions of the north Indian Ocean are the Arabian Sea and this bay

Answer 25

Bay of Bengal 

Question 26

The Tipitaka, or "Triple Basket", is the canon of the Theravada branch of this religion

Answer 26

Buddhism

Question 27

A testament to how the city has survived periods of conflict and war throughout history, what European capital’s motto is from the Latin meaning “it defies the storm?”

Answer 27

Warsaw, Poland *Contemnit procellas”

Question 28

What is a group of bears called

Answer 28

sleuth or a sloth

Question 29

A small part of Yellowstone National Park is in what state that's also home to Craters of the Moon?

Answer 29

Idaho

Question 30

Because they're semi-aquatic, the Vatican has given special dispensation for South Americans to eat what rodent during Lent?

Answer 30

Capybara

Question 31

Before it went preppy, this pair’s store outfitted expeditions such as Charles Lindbergh & Admiral Byrd

Answer 31

Abercrombie & Fitch

Question 32

Of the six times Martin Scorsese has directed Leonardo DiCaprio, what's the only one set in the present day (as of the film's release)?

Answer 32

The Departed

Question 33

2025 Christmas movie starring Kiefer Sutherland as a washed-up Hollywood action hero who takes a role in a small English village's quirky Christmas pantomime.

Answer 33

Tinsel Town

Question 34

Bette Midler, Diane Keaton & Goldie Hawn were a trio of spurned spouses in this 1996 movie

Answer 34

The First Wives Club

Question 35

This sister-in-law of Jackie Joyner-Kersee set world records in the 100 & 200 meter dashes in 1988

Answer 35

Florence Griffith Joyner ("Flo-Jo")

Question 36

Vipers are native to every continent besides Antarctica and what other?

Answer 36

Australia

Question 37

meaning to your health, what is the Spanish equivalent to cheers?

Answer 37

Salud

Question 38

“what music group is made up of the daughters of members of the Beach Boys, the Honeys, and the Mamas and the Papas?

Answer 38

Wilson Phillips (Hold On)

Question 39

“What actress played Isabel Evans on Roswell and Dr. Izzy Stevens on Grey's Anatomy?”

Answer 39

Katherine Heigl

Question 40

“What is the colloquial name for the special operations force in the Army that John F. Kennedy described as a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom?”

Answer 40

Green Berets

Question 41

Who played Lucius Malfoy in the original Harry Potter movies?

Answer 41

Jason Isaacs

Question 42

"The Cheese of Kings" and "The Queen of Cheeses" are both nicknames for what fattier, cave-ripened Camembert cousin?

Answer 42

Brie

Question 43

Patrick Stewart's 2013 wedding was officiated by what fellow thespian?

Answer 43

Ian McKellen

Question 44

Italy’s longest river

Answer 44

Po

Question 45

On Nov. 24, 1963 in Dallas, Jack Ruby shot this man dead on live television

Answer 45

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 46

A novel of a femme fatale “Zuleika Dobson” is “in the midst of” this UK era, the first decade of the 20th century

Answer 46

Edwardian 

Question 47

It’s filter paper treated with a water-soluble Dye made from lichens and used as a pH indicator

Answer 47

Litmus 

Question 48

Some folks collect stamps; a deltiologist collects these souvenir items that a stamp goes on

Answer 48

Postcards 

Question 49

What T-shirt-and-polo fabric is named for the fact that it was originally made with wool from the Channel Islands?

Answer 49

Jersey

Question 50

This Himalayan city situated at an elevation of about 12,000 feet has a name meaning “God‘s place“

Answer 50

Lhasa, Tibet

Question 51

WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film stars this actor, as a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union, triggering a false alarm that threatens to start World War III.

Answer 51

Matthew Broderick

Question 52

The oldest nickname for Britain and used poetically for it, this nickname comes from the Latin for “white”

Answer 52

Albion 

Question 53

The Danube evenly splits what European capital that was three separate cities until 1873?

Answer 53

Budapest

Question 54

Capital of Angola

Answer 54

Luanda

Question 55

They've had the same owner since 2002, so what rent-a-car company often shares buildings with Avis?

Answer 55

Budget

Question 56

Tony Montana screams, “ you wanna play rough?! Ok!” Then these six words; he has a bit more to say, until a final shotgun blast

Answer 56

Say hello to my little friend

Question 57

If you’d like to leave a note at this wall, but can’t get there in person, you can write one online at the thekotel.org

Answer 57

Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem is Judaism's holiest site, the last remnant of the Second Temple's retaining wall. people place written prayers in its crevices, symbolizing connection to heritage

Question 58

Vegas showgirl-turned-mob wife Geri McGee inspired Sharon Stone's character in what secretly-best Scorsese film?

Answer 58

Casino

Question 59

IN MY GOOD FEELINGS ERA, I READ UP ON THE 19th CENTURY ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS, WHEN THIS PRESIDENT SOUGHT TO ELIMINATE POLITICAL PARTIES

Answer 59

James Monroe

Question 60

Who won a 2022 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in "The Umbrella Academy"?

Answer 60

Elliot Page

Question 61

The ceremony of the keys is a nightly occurrence at this fortress; it’s kept the Crown Jewels safe for hundreds of years

Answer 61

Tower of London

Question 62

An ongoing NASA mission to establish a human lunar base is named for what Greek goddess?

Answer 62

Artemis

Question 63

Among its various businesses, what Seoul-based group has a life-insurance wing that had a $4.4 billion IPO in 2010?

Answer 63

Samsung

Question 64

Involved in ovulation, FSH is short for this hormone 

Answer 64

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone

Question 65

Rock royalty from Minneapolis who’s last name was Nelson

Answer 65

Prince

Question 66

Milk is an example of this suspension of tiny drops of one liquid in another

Answer 66

Emulsion

Question 67

A man given this nickname who was found in the Alps (not Encino) in 1991 was dated to circa 5300 years ago in the Copper Age 

Answer 67

Ötzi

Question 68

In *The Last Movie Star* who played an ageing screen icon who gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn.

Answer 68

Burt Reynolds

Question 69

Server, bistro, bib, cobbler, and pinafore are all variations of what protective accessory?

Answer 69

Apron It's not a tarmac: The area the plane parks in for boarding is properly called by what clothing term?

Question 70

Brooke Shields once played the title role on the sitcom "WHAT-ly Susan"?

Answer 70

Sudden

Question 71

If you’re receiving a punt in the NFL, you can’t be tackled if you make this signal… Arm, straight up, waving a hand side to side

Answer 71

Fair catch 

Question 72

Also a hockey term: Similar to a DMZ, this region of space on “Star Trek“ was a buffer between Federation areas and those of the Romulans or Klingons

Answer 72

Neutral zone In hockey, the Neutral Zone is the central ice area between the two blue lines, serving as the transition between offensive and defensive zones

Question 73

Native to Mesoamerica, "teosintes" is the collective name for the four wild versions of what plant?

Answer 73

Corn/maize Barbara McClintock got a Nobel for discovering "jumping genes" in corn

Question 74

Wreaking havoc on Southern California trees since 2008, the goldspotted oak borer is a member of what insect order?

Answer 74

Beetle

Question 75

“Serving as the title and focus of a 2003 film starring William H. Macy and Alec Baldwin, what word is used for someone who brings bad luck to a winning table at a casino?”

Answer 75

The Cooler

Question 76

“Where the Rubber Meets the Road was a classic slogan used by What Tire Company?”

Answer 76

Firestone

Question 77

On the Beaufort scale, what G-level of wind is midway between a strong breeze and a storm?

Answer 77

Gale

Question 78

THE FIRST WHITE MEN TO SET FOOT IN WHAT'S NOW IOWA WERE MOST LIKELY THESE 2 FRENCH EXPLORERS IN THE 17th CENTURY

Answer 78

Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette

Question 79

This 2016 movie is about two brothers: Robbie (Adam Scott)- a blind athlete and local celebrity - and his brother Bill (Nick Kroll) - who's helped Robbie through everything for years. Bill falls in love with a girl, Rose (Jenny Slate), but as luck would have it, she starts dating his brother Robbie.

Answer 79

My Blind Brother

Question 80

Aspirin and ibuprofen are both known as this type of drug, so named because they are designed to reduce pain and swelling

Answer 80

Anti-inflammatory 

Question 81

The Nobel Prizes for science—in fact, all of them except the Peace Prize—are handed out in what homeland of Alfred Nobel?

Answer 81

Sweden

Question 82

To ward off malaria during their long Indian adventure, the British mixed quinine-y tonic water with what other beverage?

Answer 82

Gin

Question 83

1795: A fur-trading post was built on the site of this city 175 miles north of Calgary

Answer 83

Edmonton

Question 84

Liechtenstein uses the Swiss currency, which goes by what name that comes from yet another country?

Answer 84

Franc Thanks to colonialism, Burundi, Comoros, and Guinea still use francs

Question 85

An invisible demarcation that runs, in part, through the Bering Strait, around Kiribati to the east, and between Samoa and American Samoa, is best-known by what three-word term?

Answer 85

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

Question 86

Turn over a painting and you might find labels, notes, or even a signature on this side, a five letter word from the Latin for “to turn“

Answer 86

Verso

Question 87

A recent study shows that what internal organ's cells can pause their growth after injury, reducing the risk of cancer during regeneration?

Answer 87

Liver

Question 88

What metallic element is found in both bronze and pewter?

Answer 88

Tin

Question 89

This Ontario city with a stormy name uses the slogan “superior by nature”

Answer 89

Thunder Bay 

Question 90

Asunción is the capital of

Answer 90

Paraguay

Question 91

One type of the leaf tailed this reptile uses its tail when laying flat to look like moss or lichen; the Brit accent from TV isn’t adaptive

Answer 91

Gecko 

Question 92

Plan accordingly: What galaxy will collide with ours in 4.5 billion years?

Answer 92

Andromeda

Question 93

In the Massachusetts state house, there hangs a sacred wooden effigy of what kind of fish?

Answer 93

Cod

Question 94

The largest continuous area of sand in the world is the Rub’ Al-Khali Desert is mainly in this country

Answer 94

Saudi Arabia

Question 95

Nelson's Column in London is surrounded by four bronze statues of what animal?

Answer 95

Lions

Question 96

What French company bought Wite-Out in 1992?

Answer 96

Bic

Question 97

Of the four coordinations that make up the Horn of Africa, this one is the smallest in area 

Answer 97

Djibouti The four core countries in the Horn of Africa, named for the peninsula's shape, are Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia,

Question 98

Sorry, Madison County: A town in New Brunswick is home to the world's longest covered WHAT?

Answer 98

Bridge

Question 99

This pioneering speed metal band cofounded by Scott Ian brings the noise, but no cattle disease, despite the name.

Answer 99

Anthrax 

Question 100

This Paul Thomas Anderson film features a plague of frogs pelting the streets of Los Angeles

Answer 100

Magnolia