PLAYS IN NOVELS
YOGA FOR BEGINNERS
VIRTUE SINGING
WAR
WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR? NOTHING!
400

APPARENTLY NOT A FAN OF THE ARTS, AN ELDERLY MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH AT A LOCAL THEATER IN THE NOVEL SNOWBLIND BY RAGNAR JONASSON, A MYSTERY SET ON THIS ISLAND

WHAT IS ICELAND?

400

THE TERM YOGA ORIGINATED IN THIS ANCIENT LANGUAGE USED TO WRITE THE BHAGAVAD GITA

WHAT IS SANSKRIT?

400

SHAKIRA SANG THAT THESE BODY PARTS OF HERS "DON'T LIE" AND I'M INCLINED TO BELIEVE HER

WHAT ARE HIPS?

400

"BLACK JACK" PERSHING AND PAUL VON HINDENBURG WERE TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS COMMANDERS IN THIS CONFLICT

WHAT IS WORLD WAR I?

400

THIS MISSOURI MAN'S MIDDLE INITIAL IS NOT AN ABBREVIATION, BUT A SINGLE LETTER TO HONOR BOTH HIS GRANDFATHERS, NAMED SHIPP AND SOLOMON

WHO IS HARRY S. TRUMAN?

800

A PLAY CALLED "LOVERS' VOWS" GIVES AN EXCUSE FOR THE CHARACTERS OF MANSFIELD PARK TO FLIRT DESPITE THEIR GEORGIAN ERA RESERVEDNESS THAT IS TYPICAL OF THIS AUTHOR'S WORKS

WHO IS JANE AUSTEN?

800

THIS SACRED FLOWER IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE CROSS-LEGGED POSE WITH FEET ON THIGHS THAT SHIVA IS COMMONLY DEPICTED IN

WHAT IS LOTUS?

800

KENDRICK LAMAR CLAIMS THAT HE STAYS 'MODEST BOUT IT' IN THIS SONG WHERE HE CONTRADICTS HIMSELF BY BRAGGING THAT 'OBAMA JUST PAGED' HIM

WHAT IS "HUMBLE."?

800

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ENDED WITH THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN IN THIS STATE 

WHAT IS VIRGINIA?

800

IN THE 1940'S, AIRPORT CODES WERE EXPANDED FROM 2 TO 3 LETTERS, CREATING CODES LIKE LAX FOR LOS ANGELES AND PDX FOR THIS CITY'S AIRPORT WHERE THE X STANDS FOR NOTHING

WHAT IS PORTLAND?

1200

13-YEAR-OLD BRIONY WRITES AND PERFORMS A PLAY CALLED "THE TRIALS OF ARABELLA" IN THIS NOVEL WHERE SHE SEEKS A FORM OF RECONCILIATION FOR HER FALSE ACCUSATION THAT SENDS A FAMILY FRIEND TO JAIL 

WHAT IS ATONEMENT?

1200

A COMMON BEGINNER'S POSE IS THIS UPRIGHT STANCE WHERE YOU DO YOUR BEST IMPRESSION OF K12 IN THE KARAKORAM RANGE

WHAT IS MOUNTAIN POSE?

1200

THANK YOU TO JERRY GARCIA (RIP) AND THE REST OF THIS BAND WHO HAVE PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER TO JAM OUT FOR DECADES

WHAT IS GRATEFUL DEAD?

1200

UNDER REVOLUTIONARY LEADER EMILIO AGUINALDO, THIS COUNTRY DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1898 AMIDST THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

WHAT IS THE PHILIPPINES?

1200

THE 'D' IN D-DAY HAS BEEN SAID TO EITHER BE PURELY FOR ALLITERATION OR TO STAND FOR 'DAY' SIGNIFYING JUNE 6TH OF THIS YEAR WHEN ALLIED TROOPS LANDED IN NORMANDY

WHAT IS 1944?
1600

"THE COURIER'S TRADGEDY" IS A FICTITIOUS PLAY USED BY THOMAS PYNCHON IN HIS THE CRYING OF THIS NUMBERED LOT TO MIRROR THE EVENTS HAPPENING WITHIN THE BOOK

WHAT IS (THE CRYING OF LOT) 49?

1600

A COMMON BEGINNER'S POSE IS THIS SUPINE ONE ALSO KNOWN AS MRTASANA WHERE YOU DO YOUR BEST IMPRESSION OF INDIRA GANDHI

WHAT IS CORPSE POSE (OR SAVASANA)?

1600

IT TOOK A LOT OF "PATIENCE" FOR FANS TO WAIT A DECADE WHILE THIS HARD ROCKING BAND RECORDED THEIR ALBUM CHINESE DEMOCRACY

WHO ARE GUNS N' ROSES?

1600

THE 17TH CENTURY KALMAR WAR WAS FOUGHT IN THIS HISTORICAL REGION WHERE CHRISTIAN IV DEFENDED AGAINST GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS

WHAT IS SCANDINAVIA?

1600

THE MOST COMMON NAME FOR THESE BEAMS IS USED TO SIGNIFY AN UNKNOWN TYPE OF RADIATION, BUT IN OTHER LANGUAGES THE NAME GIVES CREDIT TO DISCOVERER WILHELM RONTGEN

WHAT ARE X-RAYS?

2000

THE 'GEORGIA FLU' TAKES THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR IN THE MIDST OF A PERFORMANCE OF KING LEAR IN THIS POST-APOCALYPTIC EMILY ST JOHN MANDEL NOVEL

WHAT IS STATION ELEVEN?

2000

TURN THE THERMOSTAT TO 105 TO SIMULATE THE CLIMATE OF INDIA IN ORDER TO PRACTICE THIS HOT YOGA DEVISED BY ITS NAMESAKE GURU

WHAT IS BIKRAM?

2000

IT WASN'T SO "KIND & GENEROUS" WHEN SHE LEFT 10,000 MANIACS TO PURSUE A SOLO CAREER

WHO IS NATALIE MERCHANT?

2000

THIS PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT LOST THE WAR OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE THAT RESULTED IN MASSIVE TERRITORY LOSSES AND HIS OWN DEATH

WHO IS FRANCISCO SOLANO LOPEZ?

2000

YOU MIGHT ASSUME THAT THIS SWISS MATHEMATICAN NAMED THE CONSTANT e AFTER HIMSELF, BUT NO RECORDS EXIST TO SHOW IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THE NEXT AVAILABLE LETTER IN HIS PROOF

WHO IS LEONHARD EULER?

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