MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, and
WINNER
Questions and answers follow. The winner was Robert G.
Answer #1
Mark Twain said this type of book is one "which people praise and don't
read". What is a classic?
Answer #2
Oscar Wilde wrote, "Experience is the name everyone gives to" these.
What are mistakes?
Answer #3
The epitaph she suggested for herself: "Excuse my dust".
Who was Dorothy Parker?
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, and
WINNER
Questions and answers follow. The winner was John M.
Answer #1
Osso bucco is the shank cut of this meat. What is
veal?
Answer #2
Literally Italian for "little turnip", it's a little meat-filled case of
pasta. What is (are) ravioli?
Answer #3
Beurre noir is this cooked over a low heat until brown.
What is butter?
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, and
WINNER
Questions and answers follow. The winner was Linda G.
Answer #1
Called ros caelestis, or "heavenly dew", it was the chief sweetener of
ancient times. What is honey?
Answer #2
The mud deposited by the Nile made ancient Egypt "kemet", black land;
the desert was "deshret", meaning this. What
is red land?
Answer #3
Julius Caesar said this region was divided into 3 parts; Augustus
divided it into 4, including Aquitania. What is Gaul?
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, and
WINNER
Questions and answers follow. The winner was Connie N.
Answer #1
Before its completion in 1917, the Quebec railway bridge over this river
collapsed twice. What is the St. Lawrence River?
Answer #2
River crossed by the Allenby, or King Hussein, Bridge.
What is the Jordan River?
Answer #3
Clevelander Hart Crane's great poem "The Bridge" praises this one across
NYC's East River. What is the Brooklyn Bridge?
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, and
WINNER
Questions and answers follow. The winner was Shelley W.
Answer #1
He cried, "Sic Semper Tyrannis! The South is avenged!" at Ford's Theater.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Answer #2
He's credited with the remark "L' etat C'est Moi", "I am the state".
Who was Louis the 14th?
Answer #3
Victor Cousin wrote, "We need religion for religion's sake, morality for
morality's sake" and this.... What is "art for
art's sake"?
WEEKEND, APRIL 21
& 22, 2007 - QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, and
WINNER
Questions and answers follow. The winner was Carole B.
Answer #1
This spot on the Arctic Ocean is the northernmost "point" of Alaska.
What is Point Barrow?
Answer #2
Searching for a cure for this disease in their son Alexis led Nicholas
and Alexandra to Rasputin. What is hemophilia?
Answer #3
Created by Herman Tarnower, this diet bears the name of an upscale NYC
suburb. What is the Scarsdale Diet?
Answer #4
In a smart move, he arranged a marriage between his daughter
Julia and Pompey the Great. Who was Julius Caeser?
Answer #5
Riding this winged horse made it possible for Bellerophon to
approach and kill the chimera. What is a Pegasus?
