Alphabet Round
- Cherokee Sal’s infant son is the title character of this Bret Harte short story, who is believed to bring good luck to a bunch of gold prospectors.
“(The) Luck of Roaring Camp”
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules. It typically allows one to legally subvert a law or rule.
Loophole
What fraction of incumbent U.S. Senators are up for reelection every two years?
One third
Mansa Musa ruled which African empire centered around Timbuktu?
Mali Empire
Named for a Pixar animator and not a famous actor and race driver, this anthropomorphic stock car is the protagonist of the Cars series of films.
Lightning McQueen
American singer-songwriter and actor who is the lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars. He earned critical acclaim for his role as a heroin addict in Requiem for a Dream and won an Academy Award for playing a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club.
(Jared) Leto
Which science fiction author writer and biochemistry professor wrote the Foundation series?
Isaac Asimov
Which Korean musician performed “Gangnam Style?”
PSY [or Park Jae-sang]
Muons, tauons and electrons are members of this family of particles that in contrast to quarks, do NOT experience the strong interaction.
Lepton(s)
City in which the Golden Knights NHL team began play during the 2017-18 season.
Las Vegas
What is the total bill on Dave’s dinner if Dave is charged twenty-five dollars and he wants to tip fifteen percent?
$28.75
In 1840, the British signed the Treaty of Waitangi with what indigenous peoples of New Zealanad?
Maoris
Scandalous 1862-63 painting by Edouard Manet depicting a nude female figure and two well-dressed me enjoying a picnic in a rural setting while another scantily dressed female bathes in the background.
(The) Luncheon on the Grass
Consort of Vishnu and the goddess of wealth and prosperity in Hindu mythology.
Lakshmi
The red-colored sky in Edvard Munch’s The Scream was most-likely inspired by the 1883 eruption of what volcano that produced the loudest sound ever recorded?
Mount Krakatoa
What whole number value results when a substance’s pH and pOH are added together?
Fourteen
Stringed instrument used in Greek antiquity and famously associated with Apollo. Heracles killed Linus with one of these seven-stringed instruments.
Lyre
Garland or wreath most-often made of flowers and leaves which is presented to many people as a symbol of affection when arriving at or leaving the Hawaiian islands.
Lei
What are the names of the title characters of Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers?
Porthos, Athos, Aramis
What nickname was given to early 20th century New York cook Mary Mallon, who widely-spread a certain disease to the many wealthy families that employed her?
“Typhoid Mary”