Music Theory
The number of notes in a chromatic scale.
What is 12?
Named after an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, this is the third book in Stephanie Meyer's book series.
What is (The Twilight Sage) Eclipse?
This English writer and fisherman, born 1593, has an inn named after him next to Essex Station in Montana.
Who is Sir Izaak Walton?
This species of flightless bird is endemic to Australia, and is the second tallest in the world.
What are emus?
This ingredient is essential in an espresso martini along with vodka, espresso, and simple syrup (Baileys is optional).
What is Kailua (coffee liqueur)?
This vocal classification refers to the part higher than the tenor and lower than soprano.
What is alto?
This novel features an ambiguous ending, a Bengal tiger, and the open ocean.
What is Life of Pi?
Henry Ford is credited with saying that a customer could buy this early car in "any color that he wants- so long as it's black."
What is the Model T?
A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation.
What is an embargo?
This the heart of this succulent is roasted and pressed, and the juice is distilled into tequila.
What is blue agave?
This tonal quality describes the perceived sound of a musical note distinguishable from another voice or instrument by its frequency spectrum and envelope (ex. "bright," "dark," "warm")
What is timbre?
"Dog doo good god," a sentence that reads the same backwards and forwards, is an example of this literary device.
What is a palindrome?
Cars made by this company include the 507, the 2002, and the M1.
What is BMW?
To make a start.
What is to embark?
This spirit legally must be produced in the United States from at least 51% corn and stored in new charred oat barrels. It does not have to come from a county in Kentucky, as its name might suggest.
What is bourbon?
A passage that brings a piece or a movement to an end.
What is a coda?
This title character asks Mr. Rochester, "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?" in a Bronte novel.
Who is Jane Eyre?
This was the world's best selling car last year (2023).
What is the Tesla Model Y?
The obstruction of a blood vessel by an abnormal particle such as an air bubble.
What is an embolism?
1 oz gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
3 oz champagne
What is a French 75?
A type of broken chord in which the notes that compose it are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order.
What is an arpeggio?
This literary "S" term is intended to be both critical and humorous while poking fun at an institution or ideology
What is satire?
This plane currently holds the air speed record of Mach 3.3.
What is the SR-71 Blackbird?
A system, such as fat in milk, consisting of liquid dispersed in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size.
What is an emulsion?
This berry is the principal flavor of gin. Without it, it's just vodka!
What is juniper?