Literature
The magician who was King Arthur's close advisor.
Who is Merlin?
The name of this medieval field of study is based on the word "chemistry" with the Arabic prefix "Al".
What is Alchemy?
The shape of the round table.
What is a circle?
The type of crown that Jesus wore.
What is a crown of thorns?
Non Nobis, Domine, comes from this book of the Old Testament.
What are the Psalms?
The number of knights that could be seated at the Round Table.
What is 150?
Alchemists were often trying to transmute inexpensive metals like lead into this precious metal.
What is gold?
Certain shapes possess this quality where opposite sides are mirrored across a reference line or point.
What is symmetry?
This Old Testament king was promised that his kingdom would endure forever.
Who is David?
What is beautiful writing?
The wife of King Arthur, whose relationship with Sir Lancelot led to the downfall of the fellowship of the Round Table.
Who is Guinevere?
These gases that do not react with anything are not kings or dukes but they are still called this.
What is noble?
The sum of the lengths of each side of a shape.
What is the perimeter?
The archangel who announced to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would bear the Messiah.
Who is Gabriel?
The military order who fought to protect the Holy Land and uses "Non nobis" as their anthem.
Who are the Knights Templar?
The name of confused, hand-to-hand fighting, which comes from the French word for medley.
What is a melee?
This element is the most abundant in the universe and number one on the periodic table.
What is hydrogen?
The distance across the widest part of a circle that passes through the center and connects points on opposite edges.
What is the diameter?
The Feast of Christ the King occurs annually on the last Sunday of this liturgical seaon.
What is Ordinary Time?
The name for a melody that is repeated by several voices at different times.
What is a canon?
The name of Arthur's magical sword, which he received from the Lady of the Lake.
What is Excalibur?
This very dense metal name starts with the letter "T" but has the chemical symbol "W" for the Wolframite ore from which it was first derived.
What is tungsten?
The formula for the circumference of a circle.
What is C = 2(pi)r or what is C = d(pi)?
The translation of "Christus imperat" into English.
What is "Christ commands?"
The name for the line that ornaments certain fonts and is a carry over from stone inscriptions and manuscripts.
What is the serif?