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humanities | Which of these words means loose hemp or jute fiber, occasionally treated with pitch or tar? | [
"oak leaf cluster",
"oakum",
"ocarina",
"oarlock"
] | oakum |
humanities | Can you define the word nimbus? | [
"a state of being numb",
"a halo or bright light",
"an alcove or recess in a wall",
"a radioactive element"
] | a halo or bright light |
humanities | Milch is an adjective that can be put before which of the following words? | [
"cow",
"oxen",
"bull",
"hen"
] | cow |
humanities | What word refers to an emperor of Japan? | [
"Reredos",
"Mufti",
"Mikado",
"Milt"
] | Mikado |
humanities | Which one of these words denotes a type of shade tree? | [
"Ligroin",
"Lignite",
"Likuta",
"Linden"
] | Linden |
humanities | What is a killdeer? | [
"a Turkish viceroy",
"a type of deer",
"a bird",
"an English economist"
] | a bird |
humanities | Where would you find a jalousie? | [
"in a home or building",
"in a vehicle",
"on your head",
"on your hat"
] | in a home or building |
humanities | What color is the Iridium? | [
"yellow",
"red",
"blue",
"green"
] | yellow |
humanities | Where would find a half track? | [
"in your car",
"in the military",
"in a gym",
"in a plane"
] | in the military |
humanities | What character does Beyonce Knowles portray in the 2006 movie Dreamgirls? | [
"Michelle Morris",
"Lorell Robinson",
"Deena Jones",
"Madeline Robinson"
] | Deena Jones |
humanities | What is Jamie Foxxs role in the movie Dreamgirls? | [
"Curtis Taylor, Jr.",
"C. C. White",
"James Thunder Early",
"Marty Madison"
] | Curtis Taylor, Jr. |
humanities | In which city does the movie Dreamgirls begin? | [
"New York City",
"Los Angeles",
"Chicago",
"Detroit"
] | Detroit |
humanities | In the movie Dreamgirls, this actress portrays Lorrell Robinson, the only original member of the group who was never the lead singer. | [
"Sheryl Lee Ralph",
"Anika Noni Rose",
"Amanda Morris",
"Sharon Leal"
] | Anika Noni Rose |
humanities | Who does Eddie Murphy portray in the film Dreamgirls? | [
"Marty Madison",
"Wayne",
"James Thunder Early",
"Curtis Taylor, Jr."
] | James Thunder Early |
humanities | Who portrays Effie Melody White in the 2006 movie Dreamgirls? | [
"Jennifer Warens",
"Jennifer Hudson",
"Jennifer Holliday",
"Jennifer Halliday"
] | Jennifer Hudson |
humanities | In the movie Dreamgirls, who is the only singer to have a child? | [
"Madeline",
"Deena",
"Michelle",
"Effie"
] | Effie |
humanities | In the movie Dreamgirls, this actor plays Marty Madison, an old time manager, who is pushed out of business by Curtis. | [
"Danny Glover",
"John Lithgow",
"Adam Brooks",
"James Krasinski"
] | Danny Glover |
humanities | Who directed the movie Dreamgirls? | [
"Michael Bennett",
"Bill Condon",
"James Krasinski",
"Tom Eyen"
] | Bill Condon |
humanities | Jamie Foxx, who stars in the movie Dreamgirls, sang the theme song for what 1999 movie? | [
"Any Given Sunday",
"Anywhere But Here",
"Anything Fo You",
"Anythings Possible"
] | Any Given Sunday |
humanities | Jamie Foxx, Jessica Lange, Julianne Moore, Holly Hunter, Al Pacino, Sigourney Weaver, Barry Fitzgerald, Teresa Wright and Faye Bainter share what distinction? | [
"They were nominated for both a lead actor/actress and supporting actor/actress Oscar in the same year.",
"Each was nominated for an Oscar for their first movie.",
"They are all alumni of USCs drama school.",
"They were nominated for Oscars in three consecutive years."
] | They were nominated for both a lead actor/actress and supporting actor/actress Oscar in the same year. |
humanities | This star from Boston Public is the only actress from the original Broadway cast of Dreamgirls who appeared (and sang) in the 2006 movie adaptation. | [
"Diane Adams",
"Loretta Devine",
"Sharon Leal",
"Beyonce Knowles"
] | Loretta Devine |
humanities | Who originated the role of Deena Jones in the Broadway play Dreamgirls? | [
"Michelle Adams",
"Sheryl Lee Ralph",
"Beyonve Knowles",
"Jennifer Halliday"
] | Sheryl Lee Ralph |
humanities | Who originated the role of Effie on the Broadway production Dreamgirls? | [
"Jennifer Warens",
"Jennifer Holliday",
"Jennifer Halliday",
"Jennifer Hudson"
] | Jennifer Holliday |
humanities | How was the movie Dreamgirls rated? | [
"X",
"PG-13",
"G",
"PG"
] | PG-13 |
humanities | The original Broadway play Dreamgirls was designed to feature which actress/singer? | [
"Sheryl Lee Ralph",
"Diana Ross",
"Pearl Bailey",
"Nell Carter"
] | Nell Carter |
humanities | Which word means extravagance in cooking and/or serving? | [
"ascerose",
"accolent",
"alimenation",
"abliguration"
] | abliguration |
humanities | Which word means leave hurriedly or secretly? | [
"absquatulate",
"alleperpate",
"accolent",
"absperpate"
] | absquatulate |
humanities | What does abactor mean? | [
"a cattle thief",
"a doctor who heels back and / or spinal pain",
"a person who edits a book",
"a person who retracts a decree"
] | a cattle thief |
humanities | What does the word axilla mean? | [
"a medieval weapon with two sharp faces",
"a tiny worm found in Southern Europe",
"an armpit",
"the part of a flower protecting the reproductive organs"
] | an armpit |
humanities | Which word means fear of solitude? | [
"autophobia",
"automysophobia",
"avalophobia",
"auxiolophobia"
] | autophobia |
humanities | Which word means pertaining to grandparents? | [
"aval",
"avital",
"avanital",
"autovitalic"
] | aval |
humanities | What does anatine mean? | [
"duck-like",
"naval or marine",
"unusually large and/or fat",
"reptile like"
] | duck-like |
humanities | What is the definition of the word acoushla? | [
"a term of endearment",
"a term of military respect",
"a type of two-person fishing boat used in Scotland and Northern Ireland",
"a type of gnome mentioned in Irish literature"
] | a term of endearment |
humanities | Which word means a person learning the alphabet? | [
"avuncularian",
"abcederrian",
"abcadarian",
"abecedarian"
] | abecedarian |
humanities | What does acronyal mean? | [
"not at a regular time",
"late",
"occurring at sunset",
"not on an annual basis"
] | occurring at sunset |
humanities | Select the correct spelling. | [
"bellweather",
"belweather",
"bellwether",
"belwether"
] | bellwether |
humanities | Hestia is the goddess of the hearth in Greek mythology. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
humanities | Apollo is the Greek god of the hunt. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
humanities | Goddess Demeter taught the human beings what according to Greek mythology? | [
"None of these",
"Farming",
"Swimming",
"Hunting"
] | Farming |
humanities | What is Poseidon god of in Greek mythology? | [
"Nature and the seas",
"None of these",
"Movement",
"Poisons"
] | Nature and the seas |
humanities | When drawing the human form, the entire figure is generally how many heads tall? | [
"10",
"6",
"8",
"7"
] | 8 |
humanities | While tempera paint rarely includes this ingredient nowadays, it was prevalent with the Byzantine artists of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. | [
"Sulfur",
"Egg yolk",
"Lye",
"Ash"
] | Egg yolk |
humanities | Which of the following is not a type of pottery? | [
"Porcelain",
"Stoneware",
"Earthenware",
"Glazeware"
] | Glazeware |
humanities | Which of the following is not a movement in art history? | [
"Bauhaus",
"Dada",
"Rococo",
"Subrealism"
] | Subrealism |
humanities | When creating a woodcut or linoleum print, you would generally carve out (or remove) which of these? | [
"Subject",
"Foreground",
"Interior",
"Negative space"
] | Negative space |
humanities | Which of these qualities represents the major difference between watercolor and acrylic paints? | [
"Solubility",
"Level of opacity",
"Cost",
"Rate of drying"
] | Level of opacity |
humanities | What style of art breaks from traditional perspective and depicts the subject matter from multiple points of view, fragmenting a three-dimensional form in order to depict it on the two-dimensional surface? | [
"Fauvism",
"Cubism",
"Impressionism",
"Expressionism"
] | Cubism |
humanities | Which of the following is not an ingredient in typical camera film? | [
"Gelatin",
"Polyester",
"Sucrose",
"Cellulose Acetate"
] | Sucrose |
humanities | A drawing in which one continuous line is used to trace the outlines of the subject matter, using more or less pressure to suggest shadow, is called what? | [
"Gesture",
"Line",
"Contour",
"Trace"
] | Contour |
humanities | The method of watercolor painting in which paper, crumpled plastic wrap, or other items are applied to the paint when wet and removed after drying is called decalcomania. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
humanities | Tango is a complicated dance with even more complicated origins. Angel Villoldo was the first to ever record a Tango. This is the home of Tango (and Angel Villoldo ). | [
"Spain",
"England",
"France",
"Argentina"
] | Argentina |
humanities | One of the most popular Latin American dances is cha-cha-cha. It became popular in the United States in the 1950s and its music was derived from the music of this dance. | [
"Mambo",
"Foxtrot",
"Merengue",
"Polka"
] | Mambo |
humanities | The home country of Salsa is Brazil. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
humanities | One of the best (some say he was the best ever) tango dancers was Josе Ovidio Bianquet. His story is as mysterious as tango itself and his nickname is one of the most legendary in the history of this great dance. What is it? | [
"Sin rumbo",
"El Tarila",
"El Cachafaz",
"El Vasco"
] | El Cachafaz |
humanities | The word samba is probably derived from the Angolan semba, meaning a religious rhythm. The dance and its music were born in the black ghettos of this city. The biggest samba carnival is also held in this city. | [
"Rio de Janeiro",
"San Juan",
"Havana",
"Brasilia"
] | Rio de Janeiro |
humanities | Merengue was born in Portugal in the 16th century as part of an important ritual. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
humanities | Probably the most famous and influential ballroom dance is Waltz. Its closed position became an example for many other dances and made it very fashionable. Waltz first became popular in this city and then spread all over the world. | [
"Paris",
"Toledo",
"Vienna",
"London"
] | Vienna |
humanities | One of the symbols of the Spanish culture is the Flamenco (Flamenco originally meant Flemish in Spanish). At first Flamenco consisted only of unaccompanied singing, but later came the other essential ingredients, such as the dance and the guitar. What is the name of the flamenco guitar? | [
"Cajon",
"Palmas",
"Toque",
"Baile"
] | Toque |
humanities | Quadrille was born as part of military parades in the 17th century and was performed by 4 horsemen and their horses. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
humanities | This is a Polish folk dance which became quite popular at ballrooms. It is in triple time and its tempo is usually moderate. It has spread all over the world in countries such as the United States, Russia and France. | [
"Polka",
"Mazurka",
"Polska",
"Cumbia"
] | Mazurka |
humanities | This Latin phrase means to a sickening or tiresome degree. | [
"sic malaria",
"in tota nauseam",
"sin vibre",
"ad nauseam"
] | ad nauseam |
humanities | In debating, this term refers to an argument that attacks a persons character, as opposed to the subject of debate. | [
"ad hoc",
"ad hominem",
"in argumentatus",
"ad homunculus"
] | ad hominem |
humanities | This is a label inside a book that bears the owners name. | [
"ad literatus",
"ex libris",
"in libro",
"ex literatus"
] | ex libris |
humanities | In England, names of places ending in chester, like Manchester and Winchester come from a Latin word meaning what? | [
"meadow",
"stream",
"camp",
"house"
] | camp |
humanities | Argentina comes from the Latin word Argentum which means silver. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
humanities | A corrupted version of the Arabic word wadi, meaning watercourse, gives us this Spanish toponym. | [
"Salamanca",
"Madrid",
"Andalucia",
"Guadalajara"
] | Guadalajara |
humanities | The Native Americans knew this place as Mesconsing, Lewis and Clark recorded it as Quisconsing. Its name was further distorted. What do we know it today as? | [
"Wisconsin",
"Quebec",
"Colorado",
"Lansing, Michigan"
] | Wisconsin |
humanities | What do the toponyms Rio Grande, Mississippi and Ta Ho mean in their native tongues? | [
"Long River",
"Big River",
"Great River",
"Surrounded by water"
] | Big River |
humanities | Cairo means happiness in Arabic. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
humanities | What place in New York was named Vlissigen by the Dutch? | [
"Yonkers",
"Brooklyn",
"Flushing",
"Harlem"
] | Flushing |
humanities | Omaha is a distorted Native American tribal name. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
humanities | What does Sahara mean in Arabic? | [
"oasis",
"fertile",
"wasteland",
"sand"
] | wasteland |
humanities | For which monarch was the state of Virginia named? | [
"King Louis IV of France",
"King Virgil of Denmark",
"Mary Queen of Scots",
"Queen Elizabeth I of England"
] | Queen Elizabeth I of England |
humanities | Which one of these words means an ornamental clasp or pin? | [
"brocade",
"ballast",
"bivouac",
"brooch"
] | brooch |
humanities | Pick the B word that does NOT mean to nag or intimidate. | [
"bluster",
"befuddle",
"badger",
"browbeat"
] | befuddle |
humanities | Which one of these words means to soil or defile? | [
"besmirch",
"bewitch",
"broach",
"beseech"
] | besmirch |
humanities | Which of the following words does NOT mean a blessing? | [
"benediction",
"benevolence",
"blight",
"boon"
] | blight |
humanities | What does the word blithe mean? | [
"joyous and lighthearted",
"full of errors",
"limber, spry, agile",
"hard to understand"
] | joyous and lighthearted |
humanities | Choose the B word that means rough or noisy. | [
"bawdy",
"boisterous",
"boorish",
"bland"
] | boisterous |
humanities | Which of these word means a large group? | [
"bugaboo",
"bastion",
"bevy",
"blandishment"
] | bevy |
humanities | Which of these B words means shortness of duration? | [
"blasphemy",
"bureaucracy",
"brevity",
"buffoonery"
] | brevity |
humanities | Which one of these words means cheerful and optimistic? | [
"buoyant",
"bacchanalian",
"bereft",
"bucolic"
] | buoyant |
humanities | Which of these words means highly ornate? | [
"baroque",
"bombastic",
"blase",
"burnishing"
] | baroque |
humanities | Is it true that the figures of Cupid throughout history have had two different sides? | [
"Yes",
"No"
] | Yes |
humanities | There are several different stories about Cupids parentage and the most popular is that his mother is Venus and his father - Mars. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
humanities | The typical Christian depiction of a cherub is often compared to Cupid. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
humanities | Cupid appears in the movie Toothless and is portrayed by actor Richard Chamberlain. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
humanities | According to Greek mythology, this god is responsible for lust, love and sex. | [
"Eros",
"Cupid",
"Mars",
"Kama"
] | Eros |
humanities | In ancient Athens, one day per week was sacred to Eros. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
humanities | February 14 is the day set aside for Valentines Day, the day celebrating love. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
humanities | 100 million valentines are estimated to be given out in February in honor of Valentines Day. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
humanities | What kind of creature is the leprechaun in Irish mythology? | [
"Fairy",
"Gnome",
"Dwarf",
"Demon"
] | Fairy |
humanities | Which popular NBA team has a logo, featuring a leprechaun? | [
"Washington Wizards",
"L.A. Lakers",
"Boston Celtics",
"Orlando Magic"
] | Boston Celtics |
humanities | Once leprechauns were described as creatures dressed in red. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
humanities | What is the traditional craft practiced by leprechauns according to Irish mythology? | [
"making shoes",
"making shamrocks",
"making hats",
"making gold coins"
] | making shoes |
humanities | According to legend, a leprechaun must tell the truth if looked directly in the eye. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
humanities | In the old days, in order to keep leprechauns content, Irish people used to leave out a dish of what? | [
"Milk",
"Beer",
"Whiskey",
"Cookies"
] | Milk |
humanities | There are female leprechauns. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
humanities | A quorum has to do with a group of which of these? | [
"flowers",
"words",
"animals",
"people"
] | people |
humanities | Which of these words is associated with clothing? | [
"raison detre",
"raiment",
"recherche",
"rugger"
] | raiment |
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