For Those With An Active Lifestyle (Health/Fitness/Sports)
Why is "love" used to represent a score of 0 in tennis?
The reason is debated but a common theory is the French phrase “l’eouf” meaning “the egg” was originally used due to the rounded shape of 0 and this became Anglicanized as “love”
Please name 1 movie directed by Sam Raimi
Evil Dead, For the Love of the Game, The Gift, Spider-Man, Drag Me To Hell, Oz the Great and Powerful, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Send Help (there are others but I had never heard of them)
French for “rod” or “stick,” what kind of bread is commonly used in sandwiches?
Baguette
What is the name of the moon phase immediately preceding a full moon?
Waxing gibbous (ouch... pain is the cost of beauty, afterall)
What is the etymology of the name “Russia”?
The Rus (Old Norse for “men who row”) were a Scandanavian tribe who settled in the Kiev region of Eastern Europe and the land eventually became known as “Russia”
How many calories does 1g of each macronutrient contain?
Fat- 9
Protein- 4
Carb- 4
Please name 1 of the movies which has won 11 Academy Awards
Ben Hur
Titanic
Return of the King
What is the name of the dish comprised of ground, deboned fish which is typically served on Jewish holidays such as Shabbat and Passover?
Gefilte fish
What is the chemical symbol for tungsten?
W (from the German name for the chemical, “wolfram”)
In what year did PT licensure become legal in all 50 states? (Bonus- which state was the last?)
2003 (Kansas)
What is VO2 max and why is it clinically relevant? (look at me sneaking 2 questions in there)
Maximum volume of oxygen one’s body can consume, transport, and utilize during intense exercise per minute and is the gold standard for measuring cardiorespiratory fitness
What is the highest grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation?
Avatar
Please explain the difference between pho and ramena (our recent lunch in the Berkshires got me thinking)
Pho is a Vietnamese rice noodle while ramen is a Japanese wheat noodle
What is the highest point in the US?
Mt. McKinley/Denali (peaks out at 20,310 feet... that's a lot of feet... and feet, like hands, are weird)
Who was the first schuman to summit Mt. Everest?
Edmund Hillary (with Tenzing Norgay as his sherpa)
What is the name of the championship trophy in the NHL?
The Stanley Cup
What is the highest grossing film of all time adjusted for inflation?
Gone With The Wind
Which vitamin deficiency is most prevalent in vegans? (threw some health science in there for ya)
Vitamin B12
In honor of tax day being recent, please describe how a marginal income tax system works (shout out to grandma and Ben's recent endeavors)
A marginal tax system (commonly used in progressive taxation) applies different tax rates to different "brackets" or slices of a person’s total taxable income, rather than taxing the entire income at one single rate
What is the most populated city in the US?
NYC (approximately 8.5 million people... all better drivers than CT though only marginally)
Which team won the men’s division I national championship in college basketball in 2026?
Michigan Wolverines
In which movie does Jack Nicholson’s character famously state “You can’t handle the truth”?
A Few Good Men
Provide 3 regional names for the food construct wherein food (examples typically include meat, cheese, or vegetables but could be anything such as peanut butter and jelly) is layered between 2 pieces of long rolls? And which term do you use most often?
Sandwich (for me, most common in general)
Hoagie
Sub
Hero
Po boy
Grinder (most common for me to describe an elongated sandwich)
What is the name of the device that measures humidity level, such as in a sauna?
Hygrometer
What are the four different types of love according to the Greeks and as outlined in CS Lewis’s book The Four Loves?
Storge (affection)
Eros (desire)
Filia (brotherly)
Agape (unconditional)