BBC, more like BCE
Arguably the most well-known prehistoric structure from the British Isles, it consists of an outer ring of huge orthostates, an internal ring, and free-standing trilithons inside. The structure is oriented towards the sunrise during the summer solstice and sunset during the winter solstice and its construction began around 3100 BCE.
Stonehenge
It’s not Russia but this country has the largest number of Winter Olympics medals.
Norway
Which city is considered the birthplace of modern jazz?
New Orleans
Fill in this sentence: Tufts inherited Walnut Hill, where Tufts University now stands, and when asked what he planned to do with the plot, he replied, "I will put a __ on it.
A. School
B. Herd of cows
C. Light
D. History Society
C. Light
This Caribbean spirit became central to Atlantic trade, where it was exchanged for enslaved people in Africa through the Triangle Trade with the New World.
Rum
In this famous Roman’s work, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, he gives accounts of his 1st century BCE military campaigns in the British Isles in third person, despite writing it himself.
Caesar, Gaius Julius
It’s not Russian President Putin but the longest leader in Europe is this man who has been leader of Belarus since 1994.
Alexander Lukashenko
Which U.S. president was also an amateur jazz saxophonist?
Bill Clinton
First president of Tufts
Ballou
This drink was widely consumed in medieval Europe, not primarily for leisure, but because unreliable urban water supplies made this drink a safer daily option.
Beer (Small Beer/Ale)
During the Bronze Age, there were expansive trade networks connecting the Mediterranean, West Asia, North Africa, the British Isles, etc. Bronze, an alloy of two metals, lends its name to the period as it was a commonly used metal for items like weapons at the time. This metal (Sn), one of the two making up the bronze alloy, could be found in the British Isles and was traded across the system.
Tin
It’s not Russia but both Khrushchev and Brezhnev are from what is now this country, they are both heavily connected to the city of Dnipro
Ukraine
This “First Lady of Song” (aka the “Queen of Jazz”) was the first African American Grammy award winner, and she went on to earn 12 more during her career as a jazz vocalist. What was her name?
Ella Fitzgerald
The Stearns Estate, a stop on the Underground Railroad, stood where which building is now?
A. JCC
B. Carm
C. Cousens Gymnasium
D. 574
C. Cousens Gymnasium
This drink was created by two Ohio State University graduates in 2005 and was meant to be an “energy beer.” Before the final recipe was decided, the creators made most of their prototypes with wormwood, an ingredient in absinthe known to have psychoactive effects. It's often described as “blackout in a can”
FourLoko
The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric artwork in the shape of a horse, though it is debated whether that was the original intention. Its creation is dated to the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age but due to the nature of the material it is made of, people have to continuously add material to it to maintain it. What is the white material that fills in the horse that must be quarried, crushed and reapplied?
Chalk
It’s not Russia but this was the last communist country in Europe, which was led by Enver Hoxha.
Albania
Which trumpeter’s 1959 album “Kind of Blue” is widely considered to be the best-selling jazz album of all time?
Miles Davis
What year did Proctor graduate?
1994
This spirit was a staple of early America, and its unfair taxation, according to some of the strong-willed Americans, sparked a revolt that was suppressed by Washington, demonstrating the force of the new constitution’s federal government.
Whiskey
This was the predominant archaeological culture in Western and Central Europe during the 12th-8th century BCE that reached the British Isles around 800 BCE and continued into the 5th century BCE. Iron weapons, like swords and later short daggers, from this culture were introduced to Britannia at this point
Hallstatt
It’s not Russia but two other post-Soviet states who negotiated to give up their nuclear weapons in return for “”””””””security guarantees”””””””’, and one African state that voluntarily dismantled it. Name two of the three to get points (if you can name all three you get a 100 bonus)
South Africa, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
In the mid-1970s, two students at Berklee College illegally published–and cheekily named–a “fake book” (a compilation of copyrighted jazz lead sheets) that quickly became a standard reference within the jazz world. What is its name?
The Real Book
When did Tufts become officially Coed?
1980
This drink was heavily regulated in 18th-century London after a period of mass consumption among the urban poor led to public disorder, prompting a series of parliamentary acts to restrict its sale.
Gin