Sociology
Marked by things like expensive cars or homes, this type of "symbol" of social rank comes from the Latin for "to stand"
What is status?
Early Carmelites vowed austerity & this other "A" word referring to refraining from a certain desire
What is abstinence?
Cars fans might know that it was Lightning McQueen's dream to win this sporting event, which was won three times by Doc Hudson in the early 50s
What is the Piston Cup?
A form of this popular pub game was used as training for British archers in the Middle Ages
What is darts?
Syntax, logic & runtime are the 3 basic types of these programming boo-boos, also a baseball term
What is an error?
William Sumner, a pioneer in sociology, advocated social this -ism, where the poorly adapted die out
What is Darwinism?
This fancy adjective for horse riding describes certain Olympic events
What is equestrian?
This flaming vessel selects Harry Potter & 3 others as contestants for the Triwizard Tournament
What is the Goblet of Fire?
Bartenders would once commonly measure their hard liquor pours by the width of these body parts
What are fingers?
The process of turning data like pictures into numbers is called this, from a word meaning "finger"
What is digitization?
First communion can be this type of 3-word ritual representing a change from one role to another
What is a rite of passage?
Add one letter to the practice of divining omens from the stars & you get this, the study of the stomach
What is gastrology?
"Wax on, wax off" taught this master of Danny LaRusso in the original Karate Kid
Who is Mr. Miyagi?
This term for a type of bar came from the need of not talking too loud
What is a speakeasy?
In 1956 John McCarthy coined this term for human-like thought processes in computers
What is artificial intelligence?
"Counterculture" was a term popularized by Theodore Roszak to describe this decade's revolt against authority
What is the 1960s?
In Latin times this noun referred to the punishing of every tenth man; now it refers to any wholesale slaughter
What is decimation?
Rocky IV featured a bout between Balboa and this Soviet, played by Dolph Lundgren
Who is Ivan Drago?
Those not wanting to get too tipsy in a pub may want to check the ABV, this abbreviation on their brew
What is alcohol by volume?
Pioneering computer programmer Grace Murray Hopper coined this term for a mysterious computer problem
What is a bug?
In the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, this ability of humans shapes how we view reality
What is our ability to speak?
It's a synonym for pharmacy, or a term for one who prepares & sells medicinal drugs
What is an apothecary?
Nicknamed "The Greyhounds," subscribers of Apple TV might know the official name of this British soccer team managed by Ted Lasso
What is AFC Richmond?
Mojito recipes ask you to crush mint & lime with a wooden implement via this process
What is muddling?
The traditional setup with separate program & data was this man's creation, so computers built differently are called non-von
Who was von Neumann?