Theater Talk
2-word alliterative term for the moment after a play when actors return to receive applause
curtain call
Almost all of our brain's total volume is made up of both hemispheres of this brain part
the cerebrum
No one knows "Für" sure who is the title girl of this Beethoven piece, aka Bagatelle No. 25
Elise
A spotted pattern on the whale shark seems to act as this, but how do you hide when you're 40 feet long?
camoflauge
The Bureau of Consular Affairs
State
In the expression "Bad dress--good show", "dress" is short for this
dress rehearsal
Unattached directly to any other bone, the small and flat kneecap, also known as this, is held in place by muscle attachments
the patella
Brahms' string these have an extra viola to get the odd number of players; Schubert doubles down on the cello
Quintets
If the 2-toed type of this mammal falls off its tree, thick skin protects it, but it will be mostly helpless until returned
a sloth
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
transportation
This area farthest from the audience is where an actor goes to take the attention away from others
upstage
A big tootsie sprain, this alliterative term was coined in 1976 for football injuries on an artificial surface
turf toe
It's the French name of a 1905 orchestral set by Debussy that describes different moods of the sea
La Mer
Pinnipeds, meaning "flipper-footed", include sea lions, seals & these, of the family Odobenus
walruses
The Office of Child Support Services
Health and Human Services
The 3 elements of drama according to German theater critic Gustav Freytag: rising action, this, falling action
Climax
The main shoulder joint is this type of joint, with the rounded end of one bone fitting into a cuplike end of a second
ball and socket
This Russian wrote the music for "Romeo and Juliet" for the Kirov Ballet, where it premiered in 1940
Prokofiev
This was the first dog breed to collect admissible evidence for American courts of law
bloodhound
The Minority Business Development Agency
Commerce
This 2-word Latin term is used to denote the cast of characters in a play
dramatis personae
In humans, the big toe has 2 of these bones; the other toes each have 3
phalanges
Chopin was famed for his "heroic" one of these, named for the country of his birth
polonaise
This term for animals like cows & sheep means they chew their cud
a ruminant