American Literature
What American author and journalist wrote The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities and died in May 2018?
Tom Wolfe
If x plus two y equals eighteen, and x equals four, what does y equal?
Seven
In what German city was a meeting held in 1938 where the UK, France, and Italy met with German officials over proposed annexation of territory by Germany?
Munich
Das Rheingold and Die Valkure are two of the four operas that compose what famous operatic cycle by Wagner, which is based off of Norse mythology?
The Ring Cycle
What name is given to the microscopic pores found on the surface of leaves, stems and other organs of plants which allow for gas exchange?
Stomata
What American author wrote Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy’s Complaint and died in May 2018?
Philip Roth
If x plus seven y equals thirty, and y equals four, what does x equal?
Two
The territory to be annexed was known as the Sudetenland (su-DATE-un-land), which at the time was a part of what country, which was in existence from 1918 to 1992 and had its capital at Prague?
Czechoslovakia
Premiering in 1843, what Wagner opera sees the ship captain Daland agree to hand his daughter in marriage to the title character, who is a roaming ghostly figure who haunts the seas?
The Flying Dutchman
What is the name of the specialized parenchymal cells which border the stomata and regulate the size of the opening?
Guard cells
What American author wrote the screenplays to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men as well as the novel The Princess Bride? He died in November 2018.
William Goldman
If x minus y equals sixteen, and y equals seventeen, what does x equal?
Thirty-three
The annexation of the Sudetenland was part of a strategy used by British prime ministers of the 1930s in which concessions are made in order to avoid conflict or war. What word beginning with the letter “A” describes this policy?
Appeasement
Which Wagner character has a namesake chord consisting of the notes “F”, “B”, “D-sharp” and “G-sharp”? It may be helpful to know that this character also appears in a famous opera of Wagner's alongside Isolde.
Tristan
97-99.5% of water loss occurring through the stomata is caused by guttation and what other process beginning with “T”?
Transpiration