English Pangrams
A popular handwriting practice sentence dating back to the 19th century mentions a quick fox with fur of this colour.
What is brown?
Glue two square pyramids together to get this solid, reminiscent of a spinning top.
What is an octahedron?
The repeated stacking of this highly consonant interval was the basis for the standard twelve-tone scale.
What is a perfect fifth?
After blundering a bishop in the first game and forfeiting the second, this young prodigy came back in full force to win the highest-profile World Championship match in history.
Who is Bobby Fischer?
Hundreds of millions in ad spending wasn't enough for this former NYC mayor, who won a total of zero states and one territory in the Democratic primary.
Who is Mike Bloomberg?
A pangram that circulated online in the early 2000s involved the President, "kvetching, flummoxed by job", deciding to "zap" this country.
What is Iraq?
Slice this solid in half, and the cross section is a regular hexagon.
What is a cube?
Wagner's infamous "Tristan chord" is formed by attaching this tense interval to the bottom of a first-inversion minor triad.
What is a tritone?
When this Russian grandmaster departed from the International Chess Federation to form his own competing organization, they stripped him of his title and gave it to his long-time rival.
Who is Garry Kasparov?
After a failed bid to unseat senator Ted Cruz, this TX representative decided to shoot higher - but despite his skating prowess, he still fell flat on his face.
Who is Beto O'Rourke?
In a pangram used by Microsoft, a "big sphinx" made out of this crystalline metal is said to attract a certain species of crow.
What is quartz?
Tabletop game enthusiasts might call this solid a "D20" - just don't let it roll off the table!
What is an icosahedron?
The distinctive second note of the Phrygian scale makes this interval with the tonic, giving the mode its unique, exotic sound.
What is a minor second?
This masterful technician took his world championship title in style, amid an 8-year streak without a single loss.
Who is Jose Raul Capablanca?
This former MN governor and media personality made a splash online after saying he was "testing the waters" for the Green nomination.
Who is Jesse Ventura?
A pangram often used for typesetting instructs the reader to "pack my box" with sixty of these.
What are liquor jugs?
An analogue of this solid exists in all dimensions, each one with as many vertices as it has facets.
What is a tetrahedron?
A trademark of jazz and blues, this wide interval is a common addition to all three diatonic triads in root position.
What is a minor seventh?
When this fearsome attacker dubbed "the Magician from Riga" beat the founder of the Soviet chess school, it was a unique moment where both world championship contenders had the same first name.
Who is Mikhail Tal?
Famous for reading the Pentagon Papers into the congressional record, this former AZ senator ran his peculiar presidential campaign with PR assistance from two media-savvy teenagers.
Who is Mike Gravel?
This "fun TV quiz game" is a must-watch, according to a pangram that includes the names of both the show and its long-time host.
What is Jeopardy?
A very recent paper proved that this solid has a unique property: it's impossible to draw a straight path on it from a vertex back to itself without touching another vertex.
What is a dodecahedron?
This somber interval is the largest that can be played on the piano with one finger.
What is a minor third?
This Russian tactician was the only world champion to die with the title, although his eponymous Defense is now exceedingly rare at the top level.
Who is Alexander Alekhine?
"Free ponies for all" is a major plank in the platform of this satirical candidate, fashion innovator and winner of the NH Libertarian primary.
Who is Vermin Supreme?