Terms Past and present
A method of electronic communication that predates the telephone; when a quarterback reveals where he is going to throw the football to the defense with his eyes.
What is "telegraphing/telegraph/telegram?"
John Steinbeck's riveting tale of two California men who dream of earning enough money to start their own farm during the great depression - then things take a turn for the worse.
What is "Of Mice and Men?"
According to Encyclopedia Britannica: Basic Membrane bound unit that contains the fundamental molecules of life and of which all living things are composed.
What is a cell?
Many families enjoyed a picnic while watching Confederate forces defeat the Union army in this first battle of the American civil war -which is not how it was expected to turn out.
What is "The first Battle of Bull Run/First battle of Manassas?"
Ragu alla Bolognese, most commonly known as spaghetti Bolognese, is recognized (unsurprisingly) as this countries' national dish.
What is Italy?
The name of the event that saw 19th century American pioneers start to leave the Eastern part of the country for a new frontier; the term used for a new sports franchise coming into an established league.
What is "Westward expansion team?"
Stanley Kubrick adapted this 1962 Anthony Burgess Satirical Dystopian novel for the screen in 1971.
What is "A Clockwork Orange?"
Daily Double! In natural selection, Having this quality of individual reproductive success is known as this; this quality is also referenced in a different context in a popular internet meme where it is "my passion."
"What is Fitness?"
The Bloodiest battle of the second world war; the total losses of this battle (soldiers and civilians) between Germany and the Soviet union stand at an estimated 1.2 million people, and 90 percent of the namesake city was destroyed.
What is the battle of Stalingrad?
The most famous national dish of this country is gyros, cooked meat and other various ingredients stuffed inside pita bread
What is Greece?
The belief that Kings were chosen to rule by God; the nickname of a current Los Angeles Lakers player with four NBA finals championships to his name.
What is " The Divine right of King James?"
Published in May 1967, this Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel chronicles the rise and fall of the Buendia family through the namesake century from the fictional city of Macondo.
What is "One Hundred Years of Solitude?"
Gregor Mendel greatly expanded the understanding of this sect of biology when he experimented with pea plants in a monastery in modern day Czech Republic.
What is genetics/genetic inheritance/any answer relating to genetics or genes
Vietnam finally rid itself of French Colonial rule in this 1954 battle that ended the first Indochina war.
What is the battle of Dien Bien Phu?
This countries namesake stew consists of a thick broth of slow boiled mutton with onions, potatoes and parsley, (sometimes other vegetables as well), and is a favorite dish of pubs across this western European nation.
What is Ireland?
You might hear someone criticize another person of trying to 'reinvent' this ancient invention; a popular NBC game show that uses the same invention.
What is "Trying to reinvent the wheel of fortune?"
This 1798 Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem reads longer than most, finishing up at a lengthy 625 lines and finishing with the line "He rose the morrow morn"
What is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?"
This type of cell division contrasts with meiosis in that instead of sexually reproducing organisms, it produces identical copies of itself to grow tissue and maintains the same number of chromosomes throughout divison.
What is mitosis?
English Naval officer and national hero Horatio Nelson died from being shot through the shoulder by a French soldier in this English victory against combined Spanish and French forces during the Napoleonic wars.
What is the battle of Trafalgar?
Hakarl (Fermented shark) is a delicacy in this Northern European country.
What is Iceland?
19th Century American express mail service that delivered mail between Missouri and California using horses; a written agreement that consumers sign to allow a business to send telemarketing communications to them.
What is "Pony Express written consent?"
Daily Double! Considered the oldest surviving written work, this Ancient Mesopotamian work follows the namesake semi mythic king of Uruk on his journey to be granted eternal life.
What is "The epic of Gilgamesh?"
This type of relationship between two organisms is of a very rare type in which one organism benefits from the relationship while the other is unaffected. This rarely occurs in nature, because parasitism and mutualism are much more common.
What is "Commensalism?"
In 32 BC,this last battle of the war between Marc Antony and Octavian saw the deaths of Marc Antony, Cleopatra, and the Roman republic itself a year later; marking this battle as one of the most important Naval clashes in history.
What is the Battle of Actium?
Wienerschnitzel, a dish of thin bread and veal cutlet, is the national dish of this German speaking country.
What is Austria?