Shrew-d
Who were Baptista Minola's daughters in The Taming of The Shrew?
Katherina and Bianca
"[He] gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart. And while the late steamer Big Missouri worked and sweated in the sun, the retired artist sat on a barrel in the shade close by, dangled his legs, munched his apple, and planned the slaughter of more innocents......"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Substances made up of billions and billions of the same atom
an element
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent......
the Gettysburg Address
What is TANSTAAFL?
Who spake, “I burn, I pine, I perish, if I achieve not this young modest girl”
Lucentio
The opening of an essay or speech. Its purpose is to make the audience receptive to the speech or essay so they will listen.
Exordium
What is a charge that travels past a fixed point in an electrical circuit each second?
Electrical Current
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness....
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A law of economics which says that bad money drives good money out of circulation.
Gresham’s Law
What were the 3 main cities in The Taming of The Shrew?
Verona, Pisa, Padua
"Doctor, my mother used to say to me.... she'd say, "In this world, [dear]" --she always called me [dear]-- she'd say, "In this world, [dear], you must be oh, so smart or oh, so pleasant." For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."
Harvey by Mary Chase
What is the presence of opposite charges within the same structure?
Polarity
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish......
What is the United States Constitution?
The speed at which money changes hands.
Velocity
Who said:
“Knock at the gate? O, heavens, spake you not these words plain: “sirrah, knock me here, rap me here, knock me well and knock me soundly?”
Grumio, Petruchio’s servant
"There can be little doubt that the drama of the story awakened many to the existence of 'harvest fields' they had not thought of. At least hundreds were jolted by the sacrifice of five young men for whom obedience to their Lord was quite literally a matter of life and death. In a civiliztion where, in order to be sure of their manhood...men must box, lift weights, play football, jog, rapel, or hang-glide, it was startling to realize that there was such a thing as spiritual commitment as robust, as total, and perhaps more demanding than the most fanatical commitment to physical fitness. It was a shock to learn that anybody cared that much about anything, especially if it was invisible."
Through Gates of Splendor
What are the Four Fundamental Forces in Creation?
Gravitational Force, Electromagnetic Force, Weak Force, Strong Force
...In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem....But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?...We are a nation that has a government- not the other way around...All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal Government...no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women... I am told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are begin held on this day, and for that I am deeply grateful. We are a nation under God, and I believe God intended for us to be free. It would be fitting and good, I think, if on each Inauguration Day in future years it should be declared a day of prayer...
What are excerpts from Reagan's First Inaugural Address?
Reducing the value of a coin by reducing the amount of precious metal in it.
Debasing
Explain this turn-around scene:
I say it is the moon.
I know it is the moon.
Nay, then you lie. It is the blessed sun.
Then God be blest, it is the blessed sun. But sun it is not, when you say it is not, And the moon changes even as your mind. Wha tyou will have it named, even that it is, And so it shall be so for Katherine.
Petruchio, go thy ways, the field is won!
In The Taming of The Shrew, where they are on the way to Baptista's, and Katherine, the shrew, finally gives up and surrenders to Petruchio.
"First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--"
"Sir?"
"--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
What are the originating theories that come together to form the Dual Nature of light, where light is both wave and particles, and gave birth to the Quantum-Mechanical Theory of Light.
The Particle Theory and the Wave Theory of light
Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does...We conclude that, in the field of pubic education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
What is "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka"?
The U.S. Government’s estimate of the overall price level of goods purchased by consumers.
The Consumer Price Index