Idioms
SYNONYMOUS [def] with “a cold day in Hell”, in other words a circumstance of zero likelihood, this idiom, which relates to a farm animal, is apparently derived from a centuries-old Scottish proverb.
What is "when pigs fly"? CHAYIM
Also known as a toadstool, this fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a [bleep], is typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source.
What is a mushroom? CHAYIM
A system of [bleep] through which one conducts the long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. According to one Wikipedia page, one 2014 estimate found a total of about 2.18 Million miles of this system in 120 countries in the world.
What is a pipeline? ESTY
As the smallest musical interval commonly used in [bleep] Music, this unit is the distance that divides E and F, sometimes called Mi and Fa respectively.
What is a semitone/ a half tone? ESTY
Sometimes called England’s national poet, he was an English playwright and is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist.
Who is Shakespeare? CHAYIM
In the words of the online Cambridge dictionary, "something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later."
What is "a blessing in disguise"? MAMI
Known for, among other things, their transformation of life on Earth in unprecedented ways, INcluding via a campaign of organized torture of other animals, these intelligent creatures, possessing a proclivity to significant violent feuds with one another sometimes based on tribalistic grounds, nevertheless possess attributes such as the ability to engage with one another in open-ended and complex language use compared to other animal communications.
What are humans? CHAYIM
On detonation of a nuclear bomb, which creates a fireball, shockwaves and intense radiation, a cloud of [this] shape, usually associated with NUCLEAR explosions, forms from vaporized debris, and disperses intense amounts of radioactive particles, which can cause far-reaching environmental damage, especially with the help of high-level winds, via contamination of the air, water, soil, and the food supply.
What is the mushroom? CHAYA
DAILY DOUBLE: (Audio Jeopardy:) *don’t sing without being addressed by buzzer first and no giveaways,* [Voice memo] In John Lennon’s Imagine, this theme, which reflects one’s lacking in [bleep] as one consequence or ramification to the greed of a few, appears in the following line: "Imagine no possessions–I wonder if you can–No need for greed or [this]–A brotherhood of man."
What is hunger? CHAYIM
Sharing its name with a 2000 reality tv show, this fictional character and head of the ruling party is ostensibly the leader of the totalitarian state of Oceania in George Orwell’s 1984. The saying often goes “[Blank] Is Watching YOU.”
Who is "Big Brother"? ESTY
Make an already bad problem worse.
What is “to add fuel to fire”? CHAYA
With wingspans around 45 inches, and a deep, throaty, croaking caw, the common [this], also known as the western or northern [this], is a quite large and vocal all-black bird with feet that are adapted for perching. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely Distributed of all corvids.
What is a raven? CHAYIM
According to davidsuzuki.org, emissions from [this industry] make up a little more than three per cent of total emissions in Canada. According to the same source, “the total carbon impact of a single [bleep] is so high that avoiding just one [bleep] can be equivalent to going (gasoline) car-free for a year.”
What is the Airline industry/ airplane industry? ESTY
Born in the time of the Holy Roman Empire, this German composer and pianist is a key figure of classical music and who’s range of influence can be detected much after his death, in the twentieth century West; but he also contributed to setting the stage for the appearance of romanticism. Though he is mostly well-known for his musical symphonies, he also dedicated himself to chamber music and writing music for the piano. According to britannica.com, he is "widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived".
Who is Ludwig von Beethoven? CHAYA
DAILY DOUBLE: This Italian children's book series follows the adventures of an anthropomorphic [def] mouse who lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island, and, as a bestselling author, works as a journalist and editor for the fictional newspaper The Rodent’s Gazette. Although the series credits its title character as the author, the true author is Elisabetta Dami.
What is Geronimo Stilton? CHAYIM
The go-to explanation for someone being Grumpy or easily annoyed.
What is he/she/it/they "woke up on the wrong side of the bed"? CHAYA
Having the melanistic colour variant of any [bleep], this animal, graced with an abundance of black pigments, as well as the typical spotted markings, holds the same name as a 2018 film.
What is a black panther? CHAYIM
According to medium.com, a 2018 study conducted by researchers at Oxford University found that 1 litre, or 1000 cm^3, of [this animal product] has up to 3 times the environmental impact of any of its vegan alternatives. This is due to, among other things, greenhouse gas emissions of around 0.6 kg per 200 ml.
What is milk? ESTY
Also holding the name of a 19th century Italian opera, this french song tells the tale of a painter who reminisces about his youth on the large hill Monmartre in Paris, characterized by, among other things, poverty and lack of food.
What is "la bohème"? CHAYIM
Widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature, this work of fiction is also known as "the recitation", and consists of 114 units of varying lengths, known as suras, which touch upon all aspects of human existence, including matters of doctrine, social organization, and legislation.
What is the Quran? CHAYIM
When about to face a more powerful opponent than Him in 1902, boxer Robert Fitzsimmons allegedly said this, signaling what many saw to be his naive self-confidence in the face of doubts of his chances at victory; he ended up losing, it turns out, to his opponent, James J.
What is "the bigger they are the harder they fall"? CHAYIM
With populations in sharp decline due to illegal hunting and habitat destruction, namely For the Establishment of palm oil plants, these apes, who live in trees, are native to Indonesia and Malaysia, and are found OnlY in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo, where those of Borneo have Declined in population by 60 percent since 1950.
What are orangutans? [(arboreal) "great" apes] CHAYA
Derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the [bleep], primarily the African [bleep], this edible substance and food ingredient is, according to fix.com, the cause for deforestation, habitat degradation, and loss of animal habitat, including that of endangered animals, such as the orangutan. What’s more, The World Wildlife Fund estimates that an area about the size of 300 football fields is cleared each hour in tropical rainforests for production of this.
What is palm oil? CHAYIM
World War I poem written by American soldier and poet Wilfrid Owen, and published in 1920, after his death; Dulce Et Decorum Est, Latin for “it is sweet and fitting”, describes parts of the dreadful reality of the First world war, namely that involving the sight of a man who drowns helplessly in poison gas. The poem ends by denouncing the following “lie”, which the author intends to disprove, a quote from the Roman poet Horus: “It is sweet and fitting to die for [this]”.
What is "one's country"? CHAYIM
In the book Animal Farm by Eric Arthur Blair, aka George Orwell, the animals in the story rebel against their human oppressors, baptizing the farm in their name. The more intelligent animals then seek to establish a set of principles by which to craft their ideal society called the Seven Commandments. The Seventh and final one in particular is based upon this fundamental principle for the new animal society.
What is equality of all animals? (Equality is accepted.) CHAYA