Week 5 - Monday Quiz - 'E' Series
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Here are 10 quick questions from the Monday Quiz! All answers begin with the letter ‘E’. Monday quizzes are a 1/5 spiciness rating, and we will get more spicy throughout the week.
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THE MONDAY QUIZ - WEEK 5 - E SERIES
In the popular children's series of books by Emily Rodda, The DELTORA in Deltora quest stands for seven powerful gemstones. Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Topaz, Opal, Ruby, and Amethyst are six of them. Which is the E, the birthstone of May, whose etymology may stem from Sanskrit or Semitic - both for "flashing green"?
What stage name is shared by Canadian professional wrestler Adam Copeland, and British/Irish guitarist David Evans? Copeland is an 11 time WWE world champion, who got this name from his provocative antics. He is also sometimes called the Rated R Superstar.
Evans is a core member of one of the best selling musical artists in the world with hit songs such as "With or Without You", "In the Name of Love", and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", who got the stage name from the shape of his head (this is disputed).
It's also the name of the browser on my laptop that I don't use - voted best browser to use when downloading chrome.
What award is named after the image orthicon tube, a video camera technology used in early TVs. Similar to Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT), these were used until the end of black and white television.
Another technology used in old TVs was the emitron, which is somehow completely unrelated to the name of the award.
The latte, cappuccino, and flat white are all examples of what kind of coffee drink?
While it's commonly mispronounced (I assume because of the caffeine hit it gives you), it comes from an Italian word. Some say it means 'to press out' referring to the method of using pressure to extract the coffee, while others have said it refers to café efficiency. In any case, most Italians just call it caffè from what I've gathered.
If you don't drink coffee, it was also a chart topping hit by pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
This handy little chart is a fantastic way to learn Morse Code. Just a few dits to the right, and a few dahs to the left, and you've got yourself an efficient, long-distance communication through sound, light, or radio! Now to test your skills!
Which 1982 movie (ignoring punctuation and subtitles) would take the shortest amount of button presses over morse code? Reportedly, Elliot Page chose their name based on the main character of this movie.
What does the X stand for in the X-Games? Founded in 1994, examples of events in the X-Games include skateboarding, BMX, skiing, snowboarding, and freestyle motocross. Gnarly!
"Neta" Snook Southern was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts. She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, first woman aviator to run her own aviation business and first woman to run a commercial airfield. Relatedly, navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific in 1937. Also relatedly, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock became the first woman to accomplish a major aviation feat. in 1964. Which aviatrix links these three people?
What did Gautama Buddha attain while sitting under the Bodhi Tree at the Bodh Gaya? In Sikh, it is close to the word Moksha. If you are unsure, just meditate on it - maybe you’ll be hit with a lightbulb moment!
Pictured are four Kitska wax pens, tools used to practice the Ukrainian art of pysankarstvo. What medium is the art placed on?
The two word alliterative answer I'm looking for is also what the videogame community calls hidden secrets a developer might leave in a game.
Name the palindromic and world's largest fashion magazine founded by Hélène Gordon-Lazareff - a journalist, born in Russia and raised in Paris. Women won the right to vote in 1944 in France. In 1945, this fashion magazine dove immediately into long-form 'newspaper-like' features on women's role in national politics and the growing feminist movement - thereby "celebrating women who were independent, modern, active, and comfortable in her own skin and her time". Pictured is the cover of the first ever issue.
It's a fitting forename for the main character in Legally Blonde.
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And away we go!
In the popular children’s series of books by Emily Rodda, The DELTORA in Deltora quest stands for seven powerful gemstones. Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Topaz, Opal, Ruby, and Amethyst are six of them. Which is the E, the birthstone of May, whose etymology may stem from Sanskrit or Semitic - both for “flashing green”?
EMERALD.What stage name is shared by Canadian professional wrestler Adam Copeland, and British/Irish guitarist David Evans? Copeland is an 11 time WWE world champion, who got this name from his provocative antics. He is also sometimes called the Rated R Superstar.
Evans is a core member of one of the best selling musical artists in the world with hit songs such as “With or Without You”, “In the Name of Love”, and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, who got the stage name from the shape of his head (this is disputed).
It’s also the name of the browser on my laptop that I don’t use - voted best browser to use when downloading chrome.
EDGE. His debut was as a vampire. Who could possibly say wrestling is fake?What award is named after the image orthicon tube, a video camera technology used in early TVs. Similar to Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT), these were used until the end of black and white television.
Another technology used in old TVs was the emitron, which is somehow completely unrelated to the name of the award.
EMMY. Shockingly not named for the TV tech the emitron - but rather a shortened form of image orthicon tube… the ‘immy’.The latte, cappuccino, and flat white are all examples of what kind of coffee drink?
While it’s commonly mispronounced (I assume because of the caffeine hit it gives you), it comes from an Italian word. Some say it means ‘to press out’ referring to the method of using pressure to extract the coffee, while others have said it refers to café efficiency. In any case, most Italians just call it caffè from what I’ve gathered.
If you don’t drink coffee, it was also a chart topping hit by pop star Sabrina Carpenter.ESPRESSO, not EXPRESSO. That morning coffee, brewed it for ya.
This handy little chart is a fantastic way to learn Morse Code. Just a few dits to the right, and a few dahs to the left, and you’ve got yourself an efficient, long-distance communication through sound, light, or radio! Now to test your skills!
Which 1982 movie (ignoring punctuation and subtitles) would take the shortest amount of button presses over morse code? Reportedly, Elliot Page chose their name based on the main character of this movie.
E.T. (The extra-terrestrial)What does the X stand for in the X-Games? Founded in 1994, examples of events in the X-Games include skateboarding, BMX, skiing, snowboarding, and freestyle motocross. Gnarly!
EXTREME. I think it’s also the X in LAXATIVE“Neta” Snook Southern was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts. She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, first woman aviator to run her own aviation business and first woman to run a commercial airfield. Relatedly, navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific in 1937. Also relatedly, Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock became the first woman to accomplish a major aviation feat. in 1964. Which aviatrix links these three people?
It’s Amelia EARHART. Neta’s autobiography was “I taught Amelia to Fly” - Fred was her navigator on the journey of the first woman to solo fly around the world - a feat accomplished 27 years later by Jerrie.What did Gautama Buddha attain while sitting under the Bodhi Tree at the Bodh Gaya? In Sikh, it is close to the word Moksha.
ENLIGHTENMENTPictured are four Kitska wax pens, tools used to practice the Ukrainian art of pysankarstvo. What medium is the art placed on?
The two word alliterative answer I’m looking for is also what the videogame community calls hidden secrets a developer might leave in a game.EASTER EGGS. They are SO PRETTY!
Name the palindromic and world’s largest fashion magazine founded by Hélène Gordon-Lazareff - a journalist, born in Russia and raised in Paris. Women won the right to vote in 1944 in France. In 1945, this fashion magazine dove immediately into long-form ‘newspaper-like’ features on women’s role in national politics and the growing feminist movement - thereby “celebrating women who were independent, modern, active, and comfortable in her own skin and her time”. Pictured is the cover of the first ever issue.
It’s a fitting forename for the main character in Legally Blonde.
ELLE (Elle Woods)
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