Nicknames
Lauren Bacall gets the credit for coming up with this group name
What is The Rat Pack?
The Qasr el Nil or Palace of the Nile Bridge connects Gezira Island to the mainland in this world capital
What is Cairo?
Commonly found in nature as quartz, this major constituent of sand has the formula SiO2
What is Silica (silicon dioxide??
Math:
It's the formula for the circumference of a circle
What is 2 pi r?
SPORTS:
ITS SOLO FEMALE WINNER IS AWARDED THE VENUS ROSEWATER DISH
What is Wimbledon?
Referring to its plentiful waters, it's a numeric nickname for Minnesota
What is The Land of 10,000 Lakes?
One theory for its name goes back to a Spanish or Portuguese explorer who exclaimed, "I saw a mountain"
What is Montevideo?
It's the delicious term for being stretched out upon falling into a black hole
What is spaghettification?
English:
The working class Greasers face off against the rich kid Socs in this 1967 novel
What is The Outsiders?
THE OSCARS:
SHE'S THE ONLY PERFORMER TO WIN A BEST ACTRESS OSCAR FOR A FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Who is Sophia Loren?
"Nuns in a Scrum" is an affectionate nickname for this Aussie landmark
What is The Sydney Opera House?
The Comic Art Museum in this city includes 100 portraits of the Smurfs
What is Brussels?
Fossils called Asteriacites show where these sea creatures rested millions of years ago
What are Starfish?
Phys ed:
We'll see if you can break the record of a bit over 77 feet in this sport using an Olympics-ready 16-pound sphere
What is Shot Put?
SHAKESPEARE:
THE 2 FEMALE TITLE CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDIES WHO DIE BY THEIR OWN HAND
Who are Cleopatra and Juliet?
Snowboarder Shaun White's mop of red hair earned him this nickname that includes a piece of produce
What is The Flying Tomato?
Manama is a short drive from the King Fahd Causeway in this island nation
What is Bahrain?
The Cassini-Huygens mission found rippling sand dunes & liquid seas on this moon
What is Titan?
U.S. history:
Founded in 1886 with 138,000 members, this trade unionist group had nearly 3 million by 1924
What is the AFL?
1999 BOOKS:
THIS CONTROVERSIAL BIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS AMERICAN HAS A FOREIGN NATIONALITY AS ITS TITLE
What is Dutch {A Memoir of Ronald Reagan}?
Turn-of-the-20th-century pieces like "Maple Leaf Rag" & "The Entertainer" earned this composer the nickname the "King of Ragtime"
Who is Joplin?
You'll find this capital of Senegal on the continent's most westerly mainland point
What is Dakar?
This 10-letter ball of cells is formed during the early embryonic stage of a mammal
What is Blastocyst?
Latin:
Translate--& now live!--the phrase audentes fortuna juvat
What is Fortune Favors the Brave (Bold)?
POETS:
IN 1993 MAYA ANGELOU BECAME THE FIRST POET TO READ AT A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION SINCE THIS POET IN 1961
Who is Robert Frost?