Cringeworthy Office Lingo
Fossil Fuels
GDS University
That Paints a Picture
I Got a "C" in Literature
Stupid Answers
100
Figuratively speaking, you might "put" this "in" an issue to be handled later, or perhaps an issue to be handled... never
What is a pin?
100
In 2023, these two fossil fuels accounted for nearly 60% of all electricity generation in the US
What are coal and natural gas?
100
This university is just the worst. Red and black and bulldogs, give me a break!
What is Georgia?
100
Folks hit the Louvre in 1911 to not see this 1500s painting; it had been stolen, & fans took in the empty space where she had smiled-ish
What is the Mona Lisa?
100
He calls Winnie the Pooh "silly old bear"
Who is Christopher Robin?
100
Prune producers know to do this to plum trees each year to maintain vigorous fruiting wood
What is prune?
200
This 2-word phrase meaning "chat" or "connect" may have started as a sports metaphor; overusing it is now a national pastime
What is touch base?
200
This region of the country has had the highest concentration of homes using oil to heat their homes
What is New England?
200
This devilishly good ACC basketball school often leaves opponents feeling blue
What is Duke?
200
At New York's Museum of Modern Art, you can lap up the 32 canvases of Campbell's soup cans this artist painted in the early 1960s
Who is Andy Warhol?
200
One of "The Chronicles of Narnia" is named for this prince & rightful heir to the throne
Who is Caspian?
200
You use these broad noodles to make lasagna.
What are lasagna?
300
It's a way of saying "reconnect later", with a dash of needless geometry thrown in for good measure
What is circle back?
300
This type of coal plant has carbon capture and sequestration elements
What is clean coal?
300
This Jesuit research university located in Washington, D.C. boasts Bradley Cooper, Ivanka Trump, and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as notable alumni
What is Georgetown?
300
It's the day of the week depicted here in the Georges Seurat painting that inspired a Stephen Sondheim musical
What is Sunday?
(A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grande Jatte & Sunday in the Park with George)
300
From the works of Charles Dickens, it's the last name of the father seen here:
What is Cratchit? (A Christmas Carol)
300
Just before serving this Chinese soup drop some beaten egg into it
What is egg drop?
400
It's a sonar-inspired way to say "contact me"--when "text me", "call me" or "email me" just won't cut it
What is ping?
400
The Great Plains Synfuels plant in North Dakota converts this fossil fuel into synthetic natural gas
What is lignite coal?
400
The football program for this Dallas school received the NCAA "death penalty" in 1987 for repeated recruiting violations
What is Southern Methodist University (SMU)?
400
"The Tragedy" & "The Blind Man's Meal" were 1903 works during the "Blue Period" of this Spaniard
400
Chaucer had planned to write more than 100 stories for this work, but only got around to 24
What is The Canterbury Tales?
400
Extra atoms of this element are pumped into unsaturated oil to make hydrogenated fat
What is hydrogen?
500
It's a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"--& a needlessly wordy way of saying "unavailable"
What is out of pocket?
500
The pipeline, shown here, is used to move oil from Canada throughout the U.S.
What is the Keystone Pipeline?
500
This school's football program plays in a dome
What is Syracuse?
500
Is this surreal life? / Is this just fantasy? / Watching watches melt / In this man's "Persistence of Memory"
Who is Salvidor Dali?
500
Probably Ray Bradbury's most famous novel includes a unit of measure expressed in US Custom units, the equivalent metric units would be this
What is Celsius? (centigrade) (Fahrenheit 451)
500
1844 was a good year for him; he received a patent for his vulcanized rubber process
Who is Charles Goodyear?