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Enthusiastic applause by an audience on its feet
What is a standing ovation?
In April 1930 the first 3 mysteries involving her were published & became an instant success
A Jewish house of worship
What is a synagogue?
The title of this 1951 J.D. Salinger book doesn't refer to a boozy baseball player
What is Catcher in the Rye?
This brilliant pianist's compositions include "Blue Monk" & "'Round Midnight"
Who is Thelonius Monk?
The permanent professional infantry force of a nation
What is a standing army?
In 1938 DuPont made toothbrushes, not stockings, its first product with this material
What is nylon?
A bird of the family Sturnidae, capable of mimicking human speech
What is a mynah?
Before "The Lord of the Rings" came this other Tolkien tale about little Bilbo & a big dragon
What is the Hobbit?
May 30, 2024 would have been the 115th birthday of this clarinetist & "King of Swing"
Who is Benny Goodman?
A permanent legislative group in Congress that meets regularly
What is a standing committee?
In 1936 Los Angeles started receiving its electricity from generators at this facility
What is the Hoover Dam?
A skeptic, or one of a Greek sect who espoused that virtue is the only good
What is a cynic?
In addition to his Sherlock Holmes books, he wrote historical nonfiction like "The Great Boer War"
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
The Encyclopedia Britannica calls this Hot Five bandleader "the first superstar of jazz"
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Performing ostentatiously in order to impress or gain attention
What is grandstanding?
In 1932 this country finished reclaiming thousands of agricultural acres from the Zuiderzee
What is the Netherlands?
The bobcat is also known as the bay this animal
What is a lynx?
In a review, Time magazine referred to the title man of this 1925 novel as a "Jazz Age zillionaire"
What is The Great Gatsby?
A 2008 Grammy went to the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra's "Monday Night Live at" this venue
What is the Village Vanguard?
When the British want you to rise, as for a judge, they say, "be" this, also referring to an honorable citizen
What is upstanding?
In 1939 Edwin Armstrong built the first full-scale station for this type of commercially used radio transmission
What is FM?
In music, to place accents on beats that are normally unaccented
What is syncopated?
In a Toni Morrison novel, Sethe kills her daughter named this so she won't know a life of servitude
What is Beloved?
This Dave Brubeck Quartet tune got its title because it's played with an irregular quintuple time signature
What is "Take Five"?