Learned League 74 – Match day 16 – Sept. 15, 2017

TELEVISION – Flattened by a volcanic boulder, pummeled by a dodgeball throw, impaled on a flagpole, cooked in a microwave oven, frozen in carbonite by the CIA as a gift to Sally Struthers, crushed by the Mir Space Station: What TV show has depicted a certain character dying by these, and many other, means?
SCIENCE – The type (or “class”) of a lever is determined by the position of what, in relation to the load and effort? The term in question is from Latin, where it means “bedpost” or “foot of a couch.”
ART – Who painted this?
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GEOGRAPHY – What densely populated sovereign Asian island nation lies entirely between 1.1 and 1.5 degrees north of the equator?
WORLD HIST – What was the title of the highest civil officeholder in Venice—where the office originated and from whose dialect the term originated—and other Italian city-states from the 7th century until the late 18th century? So lord, much serene, wow.
FOOD/DRINK – In 1915, a central California woman named Lorraine Collett Petersen posed for a watercolor painting while holding a basket of fresh grapes, becoming the longtime face for a brand that, in line with that image, is still known today by what name?

 

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  1. Q1. TELEVISION – Flattened by a volcanic boulder, pummeled by a dodgeball throw, impaled on a flagpole, cooked in a microwave oven, frozen in carbonite by the CIA as a gift to Sally Struthers, crushed by the Mir Space Station: What TV show has depicted a certain character dying by these, and many other, means?
    SOUTH PARK
    Q2. SCIENCE – The type (or “class”) of a lever is determined by the position of what, in relation to the load and effort? The term in question is from Latin, where it means “bedpost” or “foot of a couch.”
    FULCRUM
    Q3. ART – Who painted this? Click here
    JASPER JOHNS
    Q4. GEOGRAPHY – What densely populated sovereign Asian island nation lies entirely between 1.1 and 1.5 degrees north of the equator?
    SINGAPORE
    Q5. WORLD HIST – What was the title of the highest civil officeholder in Venice—where the office originated and from whose dialect the term originated—and other Italian city-states from the 7th century until the late 18th century? So lord, much serene, wow.
    DOGE
    Q6. FOOD/DRINK – In 1915, a central California woman named Lorraine Collett Petersen posed for a watercolor painting while holding a basket of fresh grapes, becoming the longtime face for a brand that, in line with that image, is still known today by what name?
    SUN-MAID

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