Lesser-Known Names
Grab a pencil so you don't forget to thank geochemist Clair Patterson for this being banned as an additive in fuel and paint.
What is lead?
Stanislavki's accent when saying "bit" led to the use of this word in acting theory.
What is "beat"?
The Toledo Pact opened up the debate on reforming Social Security in this country.
What is Spain?
This common item is critical for determining the length of lumber and yet impossible to find backstage.
What is a tape measure?
Some say, "Let's flush out the details" when they mean to be one letter different and say this instead.
What is Let's flesh out the details
Rosalind Franklin only recently got credit for being the first to discover DNA has this distinctive structure.
What is double helix?
The Ancient Greeks used this to lift actors playing gods (deus) onto the stage
What is a mechane?
AUKUS is a 2021 pact between the US, the UK, and this oceanic country.
What is Australia?
This brand of tape is a crew member's best friend and has held together many a CHS set piece.
What is gaff?
What is ear?
African-American quilter Harriet Powers "showered" us with imagery like the Leonids, which are these celestial objects.
What are meteors?
The contrast of a classical comedic monologue is this.
What is contemporary dramatic?
H. Ross Perot said this trade pact between the U.S. and its neighbors would create "a giant sucking sound" of jobs going elsewhere.
What is NAFTA?
This is the proper spelling of the fabric across the back of the stage, designed to reflect light.
What is C-Y-C?
It's not "for all intensive purposes"; it's "for all" these "and purposes"
What are intents?
Green Day is made up of Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, and this bassist.
Who is Joe Dirnt?
Sissy Spacek was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of this Magrath sister in the film adaptation of Crimes of the Heart.
Who is Babe?
The oldest still effective treaty was signed in 1373 between the UK (then England) and this Iberian country.
What is Portugal?
This is the place where just about every costume we've rented in recent history has come from.
What is Scaramouche?
The correct way to inform someone that you are incapable of being less interested in the outcome.
What is "I couldn't care less"?
Art directors Peter Blake and Jann Haworth won a Grammy for the crowded cover of this Beatles album
What is Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to encourage the English people to accept him as King.
Who is James I?
Signed in Poland in 1955, this pact was dissolved on March 31, 1991.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The portion of the sound board meant to balance frequencies and create a more pure sound is called this.
What is the equalizer?
Unless you're discussing the TV volume, a debatable issue is not a called a "mute point", it's this.
What is a moot point?