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Here's a quiz to tide us over till news starts coming from practices.
1) The title of the Eno song “King’s Lead Hat” is an anagram of the name of what group he was producing at the time?
2) Where does a Trinbagonian hail from?
3) The rosewoods get their name from what characteristic of the wood?
4) There are regions of Spain and Ukraine-Poland both called what?
5) When sea turtles are infected with botulism, what is it called?
6) The James Webb Space Telescope images in the infrared. Why? (There are two correct answers that I know of, quite possibly more.)
7) The novel generally accepted as the first ever written was written by a woman around 1000 years ago in what country?
8) The word basset in basset hound and basset horn means the same thing. What?
Two questions about the spice asafoetida.
9) It’s used to impart the flavor of what vegetable?
10) Why is India by far the world’s largest consumer of the stuff?
11) The term “head banger” meaning a heavy-metal fan is believed to have originally been used by/about fans of what band?
12) Where is Nova Albion?
13) What guitarist/vocalist has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once as a founding member of Wings, once as a founding member of the Moody Blues?
14) How did shoegaze music get its name?
15) Homebrewers sometimes use an iodine test. What does it test for?
16) In many old songs (especially Depression-era) there’s an expression “riding the blinds” used. What’s that?
17) What is the favorite color of about 80% of adults?
18) Calls from famous friends are often arranged for draftees on WNBA draft night. Who called Veronica Burton on draft night this year?
19) When the broadcasters talk about “furniture” at the Tour de France, what are they talking about?
20) What was the last letter added to the English alphabet?
1) The title of the Eno song “King’s Lead Hat” is an anagram of the name of what group he was producing at the time?
2) Where does a Trinbagonian hail from?
3) The rosewoods get their name from what characteristic of the wood?
4) There are regions of Spain and Ukraine-Poland both called what?
5) When sea turtles are infected with botulism, what is it called?
6) The James Webb Space Telescope images in the infrared. Why? (There are two correct answers that I know of, quite possibly more.)
7) The novel generally accepted as the first ever written was written by a woman around 1000 years ago in what country?
8) The word basset in basset hound and basset horn means the same thing. What?
Two questions about the spice asafoetida.
9) It’s used to impart the flavor of what vegetable?
10) Why is India by far the world’s largest consumer of the stuff?
11) The term “head banger” meaning a heavy-metal fan is believed to have originally been used by/about fans of what band?
12) Where is Nova Albion?
13) What guitarist/vocalist has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once as a founding member of Wings, once as a founding member of the Moody Blues?
14) How did shoegaze music get its name?
15) Homebrewers sometimes use an iodine test. What does it test for?
16) In many old songs (especially Depression-era) there’s an expression “riding the blinds” used. What’s that?
17) What is the favorite color of about 80% of adults?
18) Calls from famous friends are often arranged for draftees on WNBA draft night. Who called Veronica Burton on draft night this year?
19) When the broadcasters talk about “furniture” at the Tour de France, what are they talking about?
20) What was the last letter added to the English alphabet?
