Lightning Round
DOG-You will in this series come up with, not breeds, but figures of speech containing the word dog.
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Question 43. Small shark
Answer: Dogfish
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Question 44. They come out in the midday sun.
Answer: Mad dogs and Englishmen
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Question 45. Elementary swim stroke
Answer: Dog paddle
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AMERICAN POETRY-Name the poem or the poet.
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Question 46. It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea
Answer: “Annabel Lee” by Poe
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Question 47. Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul!
Answer: “Chambered Nautilus” by Holmes
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Question 48. So live, that when thy summons comes.
Answer: “Thanatopsis” by Bryant
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POLITICAL PARTIES-Identify the political party of each of the following U.S. Presidents.
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Question 49. John Adams
Answer: Federalist
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Question 50. Zachary Taylor
Answer: Whig
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Question 51. Benjamin Harrison
Answer: Republican
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NAPOLEON
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Question 52. Who led the English forces at Waterloo?
Answer: Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley)
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Question 53. What region in North America did Napoleon sell to the United States?
Answer: Louisiana
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Question 54. Napoleon's second reign lasted for how many days?
Answer: 100 days
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CHARACTER
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Question 55. They rode "into the jaws of death."
Answer: The Light Brigade
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Question 56. Deformed, and apparently brutish, he loved Esmeralda.
Answer: Quasimodo
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Question 57. He is visited by ghosts on Christmas Eve.
Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge
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GEOLOGY-Give the geological term from these descriptions.
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Question 58. An open place for the extraction of stone.
Answer: Quarry
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Question 59. Areas of soil permanently frozen.
Answer: Permafrost
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Question 60. Unburned, sun-dried bricks used in Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Answer: Adobe
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Question 61. Fluid rock from a volcano.
Answer: Lava
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FACE THE MUSIC
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Question 62. What instrument does the concertmaster of a symphony orchestra play?
Answer: Violin
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Question 63. The sound of a violin is produced by drawing what object across the strings?
Answer: Bow
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Question 64. What kind of reed does an oboe player use: single, double, triple, or straight-edged?
Answer: Double
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VOCABULARY
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Question 65. Does effulgent mean brassy, brilliant, brittle, or bruised?
Answer: Brilliant
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Question 66. Does puerile mean valuable, childish, enamel, or sterile?
Answer: Childish
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Question 67. Does recidivist mean Democrat, habitual criminal, socialist, or front-desk secretary?
Answer: Habitual criminal
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