Alphabet Round - Letter D
American educational reformer and primary figure in the field of functional psychology. His magnum opus is the work Democracy and Education.
(John) Dewey
1897 novel telling the story of the title character’s attempt to move from his home in Transylvania to England in search of new blood and to spread the curse of the undead.
Dracula
After not being invited to the Yalta Conference, FDR invited Charles de Gaulle to what city, the capital of Algeria?
Algiers
In 1999, Time Magazine named what comedy routine by Abbott and Costello as the “Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th Century”?
“Who’s on First?”
French mounted infantry members whose name was derived from a handgun version of a blunderbuss that they carried. Louis XIV notably had members of this group live in the homes of Huguenots as an intimidation tactic to get them to leave or convert.
Dragoon(s)
Capital of Senegal
Dakar
What Disney film sees the protagonist sing the “I Want” song titled “Part of Your World”?
The Little Mermaid
The product of all eigenvalues equals what value that equals AD minus BC for a 2 by 2 matrix?
Determinant
In folklore and Greek myth, these nymphs inhabit forests or trees, especially oak trees. They typically took the form of a beautiful young woman.
Dryad
TWO-WORD ANSWER - Disney both excited and perturbed some of its fan base in late 2016 when they used projection mapping to make Spaceship Earth at Epcot temporarily look like this galactic superweapon from the Star Wars series
Death Star (TWO-WORD ANSWER)
Chaperone proteins fold newly formed proteins in what organelle that plays a key role in the detoxification and production of lipids?
Endoplasmic Reticulum
The smallest county in the U.S. by both population and land area is Kalawao, which can be found in what U.S. state?
Hawaii
1941 Disney animated film in which the title character’s relationship with Timothy the mouse is explored as a side plot. A live action remake directed by Tim Burton was released in 2019.
Dumbo
TWO-WORD ANSWER - Mid-19th century lyric poem by Matthew Arnold which describes the title location on the English Channel and opens “The sea is calm to-night.”
“Dover Beach” (TWO-WORD ANSWER)
At 4,042 lines, what is the longest of Shakespeare’s plays?
Hamlet
Described as a “bag full of God,” with a toe “as big as a Frisco seal,” the title character of what poem is described as having a “Meinkampf Look” by Sylvia Plath?
“Daddy”
5. Alternate name used for the States’ Rights Democratic Party which ran Strom Thurmond for President in 1948, its only year of existence.
Dixiecrat(s)
TWO-WORD ANSWER - Headwear that was often used as a punishment device in early schools of Europe and the United States. It typically was cone-shaped, marked with a D and worn by “class clowns” and others when they misbehaved.
Dunce Cap or Dunce Hat (TWO-WORD ANSWER)
His real name is Donald Glover. What is the pseudonym of the musician who writes and directs FX’s Atlanta?
Childish Gambino
Able to form thirty-nanometer fibers in a zigzag pattern, what proteins act as “beads” around which DNA winds to form chromatin?
Histones