Doesn’t Really Matter Janet Jackson

Question 1

This cocktail is typically made of 2 parts gin and 1 part lime juice

Answer 1

Gimlet
Previously 50/50 but too sweet

Question 2

This Jamaican Born activist wqs a leading proponent of black separatism in thr early 20th century

Answer 2

Marcus Garvey

Question 3

Temo gin is thr birth name of this military leader and emperor

Answer 3

Genghis khan

Question 4

This queen of England only held the throne for 9 days in 1553 and was executed in thr following year

Answer 4

Lady Jane grey - granddaughter of king Henry 8 ; privy council left her and went to the other side
Before queen Mary

Question 5

This Russian word wqs adopted as a political slogan by Michale Gorbachev in mid 80s

Answer 5

Glass nost- meaning transparency

Question 6

Musical instrument family
Bum bard

Answer 6

Woodwind
Double reed
From Renaissance

Question 7

Musical instrument family
Show far

Answer 7

Brass
Animals horn
Jewish
Buzz your lips it’s a brass - doesn’t have to be made of brass

Question 8

Musical instrument family
Tah blah

Answer 8

Percussion
Drum of Indian origin played alongside sitar

Question 9

Musical instrument family
Owed
Oud)

Answer 9

String
Predecessor to lute
Still commonly played in Middle East

Question 10

Musical instrument family
Off uh Clyde

Answer 10

Brass
Tuba replaced

Question 11

Musical instrument family
Hurt e ger tee

Answer 11

String
Strings over wheel that you crank
Maybe woodwind - barrel organ blows air through

Question 12

Visible light ranges from these 2 colors

Answer 12

Red to violet

Question 13

Invisible light includes

Answer 13

Infrared and ultraviolet
Beyond those on either end of electromagnetic spectrum are X-ray and microwave - types of radiation; not exactly safe for human exposure but commonly used
Microwave - longer wavelengths
X-ray - after ultraviolet distance between waves shrinks

Question 14

Founded a chocolate company and a town in Pennsylvania

Answer 14

Milton Hershey

Question 15

Barkley most famous nickname
Also teams

Answer 15

round Mound of rebound
Started 76ers trades to suns

Question 16

In 21 flyers traded defenseman shayne gostisbehere to this team
Ghos tis spare

Answer 16

Arizona coyotes

Question 17

Eagles trades this tight end to the cardinals during 21 season

Answer 17

Zach ertz

Question 18

Most famous Stock market crash
Date and name

Answer 18

Black Tuesday
October 29
Starting point rom Great Depression

Question 19

Netflix show Wednesday this is the name of the character played by Emma Myers

Answer 19

Enid

Question 20

Number of federal holidays always celebrated on a Monday

Answer 20

5
MLK
Presidents day
Memorial day
Labor Day
Columbus Day

Question 21

is an author who grew up in San Francisco. Her 2010 work “A Visit from the Goon Squad” won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Usually termed a novel, “A Visit from the Goon Squad” is structured in such a way that it is sometimes described as a collection of linked short stories.

Answer 21

Jennifer Egan

Question 22

The tailless primates known as apes (also “hominoids”) are divided into two main branches:

Answer 22

gibbons (lesser apes) and hominids (great apes). The hominids are the great apes, and belong to the family of primates called Hominidae. Extant genera that make up the family Hominidae are:

chimpanzees
gorillas
humans
orangutans

Question 23

Dr. Seuss work featuring an elephant who declares, “A person’s a person no matter how small” :

Answer 23

HORTON HEARS A WHO
Horton the Elephant turns up in two books by Dr. Seuss, “Horton Hatches the Egg” and “Horton Hears a Who!”

Question 24

IM pioneer :

Answer 24

AOL
Even though instant messaging (sending and receiving IMs) has been around since the 1960s, it was AOL who popularized the term “instant message” in the eighties and nineties. The “AOL Instant Message” service was known as AIM.

Question 25

Harrison Ford’s “Star Wars” role :

Answer 25

HAN SOLO
Harrison Ford played at least three celebrated, recurring roles in movies: Han Solo in the “Star Wars” series, the title character in the “Indiana Jones” series, and Jack Ryan in the movie versions of Tom Clancy novels. In the early days, Ford became a self-taught carpenter in order to put bread on the table while he looked for acting roles. As a carpenter he worked as a stagehand for the rock band “The Doors”, and he built a sun deck for actress Sally Kellerman (from the movie “MAS*H”). George Lucas hired him to build cabinets in his home, and then gave him a part in “American Graffiti”, after which I think Ford hung up his tool belt …