FOOD/DRINK – Archetypal “Swiss” cheese, with its large holes, that is produced outside of Switzerland is an imitation of what authentic Swiss cheese, which takes its name from the valley near Bern where it originated?
SCIENCE – What is the technical name for the slow-moving, stubby, and incredibly hardy minuscule invertebrates that are known affectionately as “water bears”?
AMER HIST – The vice president of the Confederate States of America adopted his middle name during his youth, taking it from that of a Presbyterian minister and childhood mentor, and not so that his first and middle name would match the first and last of a founding father (which would have been rather incongruous, considering). What was that middle name?
LIFESTYLE – In many Asian religions, the doctrine of reincarnation generally posits that the soul becomes incarnate in a succession of bodies until the necessary purification, or until the exhaustion of one’s what? The term in question comes from the Sanskrit for “deed” or “action” (कर्म).
FILM – Martin Scorsese has two equivalents to François Truffaut’s Metro, Peter Bogdanovich’s Picture Show, John Dahl’s Seduction, Wes Craven’s House on the Left, Tony Scott’s Boy Scout, and Edward Zwick’s Samurai. Name either one.
GAMES/SPORT – The product provocatively named Sex Wax, manufactured by a company called Mr. Zog’s, was not originally developed for intimate purposes, but rather for use on what objects?
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Q1. FOOD/DRINK – Archetypal “Swiss” cheese, with its large holes, that is produced outside of Switzerland is an imitation of what authentic Swiss cheese, which takes its name from the valley near Bern where it originated?
EMMENTAL
Q2. SCIENCE – What is the technical name for the slow-moving, stubby, and incredibly hardy minuscule invertebrates that are known affectionately as “water bears”?
TARDIGRADES
Q3. AMER HIST – The vice president of the Confederate States of America adopted his middle name during his youth, taking it from that of a Presbyterian minister and childhood mentor, and not so that his first and middle name would match the first and last of a founding father (which would have been rather incongruous, considering). What was that middle name?
HAMILTON
Q4. LIFESTYLE – In many Asian religions, the doctrine of reincarnation generally posits that the soul becomes incarnate in a succession of bodies until the necessary purification, or until the exhaustion of one’s what? The term in question comes from the Sanskrit for “deed” or “action” (कर्म).
KARMA
Q5. FILM – Martin Scorsese has two equivalents to François Truffaut’s Metro, Peter Bogdanovich’s Picture Show, John Dahl’s Seduction, Wes Craven’s House on the Left, Tony Scott’s Boy Scout, and Edward Zwick’s Samurai. Name either one.
WALTZ, TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
Q6. GAMES/SPORT – The product provocatively named Sex Wax, manufactured by a company called Mr. Zog’s, was not originally developed for intimate purposes, but rather for use on what objects?
SURFBOARDS