Sports - Miscellaneous
A sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles.
Curling
Muslims are required to make a trip to the holy city Mecca unless they are physically or economically unable. This is known as a ____________________.
pilgrimage, hajj
Beethoven struggled with this as he got older.
Deafness
In this 1818 classic a Swiss scientist isn't neutral about playing mix-&-match with some corpse parts
Frankenstein
Diplopia is what doctors call this..... also the title of a Foreigner hit
Double vision
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
Containment
The location of the 2016 Summer Games.
Rio de Janeiro
The belief in many gods
Polytheism
Era of music in which Bach composed.
Baroque Era
This rabbit-loving character calls a woman purty; that relationship ends in an extremely awful way as does his life
Lennie
If you have pollinosis you have this seasonal allergy & not necessarily to the crop in its name
Hay fever
This was the name of the crossing between East and West Berlin before the Berlin Wall fell.
What is Checkpoint Charlie?
Checkpoint Charlie
Starting QB before Brett Favre
Don Majkowski
This religion believes in the Four Noble Truths
Buddhism
Composer for Star Wars and Harry Potter
John Williams
Runners know medial tibial stress syndrome better by this 2-word name; ice may help...
Shin splint
Double Jeopardy
February 3, 1959
The line between North Korea and South Korea is called ___________. It is also the location of the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
The 38th parallel
This running back was the youngest person inducted into the hall of fame at age 33.
Gale Sayers
This religion does not have a single founder, and shares a lot of the same beliefs as Buddhism.
Hinduism
Said to be greatest pianist of all time
Franz ____________.
Agatha Christie's Adventure of the Christmas Pudding finds this Belgian embroiled in murder
HERCULE POIROT
The belief that America’s spread across the country was ordained by God…2 words
Manifest Destiny
Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death
Nikita Khrushchev
The country that dominates the long distance runs in the Olympics
Kenya
Double Jeopardy
Name the first 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
Opera composer; wrote Madame Butterfly
Puccini
A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned...11 letters
Anachronism
Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States is a 1932 work by this woman
Frida Kahlo
Helped rebuild Europe after WWII; helped forge close alliances between Western Europe and the United States
The Marshall Plan