QUESTION: Religion

What's the more common name for Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Society of Jesus?

ANSWER: Languages

Health (good health)

In German, Gesundheit (meaning "Good health to you") is a common traditional response to a sneeze, but it is also used in English-speaking countries. This reply stems from the belief in olden times, that a sneeze is precursory to a serious illness. Like the belief from the Middle Ages, when it was believed that when one sneezed, the heart stops, the soul left the body and could be snatched by an evil spirit. So, in English speaking countries, the German word "Gesundheit" (which means health) is occasionally said after a sneeze instead of "bless you."

Matt: WRONG
Record: 410-355

QUESTION: Languages

What does gesundheit mean in German?

Couple Days Off

There will not be questions today or tomorrow due to a move. They will return Monday.

ANSWER: Diseases

Mad Cow Disease

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. BSE has a long incubation period, about 30 months to 8 years, usually affecting adult cattle at a peak age onset of four to five years, all breeds being equally susceptible.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 410-354

QUESTION: Diseases

What is Bovine spongiform encephalopathy?

ANSWER: Products

Johnson & Johnson

Band-Aid is a brand name for Johnson & Johnson's line of adhesive bandages and related products. It has also become a genericized trademark for any adhesive bandage in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India and the United States.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 409-354

QUESTION: Products

What company owns the trademark "Band-Aid"?

ANSWER: Dolls

Stack inside each other

A matryoshka doll is a Russian nesting doll which is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside the other.

Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a sarafan, a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant jumper dress. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby lathed from a single piece of wood. Much of the artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be very elaborate. The dolls often follow a theme, aside from the typical traditional peasant girls, the themes vary, from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 409-353

QUESTION: Dolls

What do matryoshka dolls do?

ANSWER: World

Russia

The Group of Eight (G8, and formerly the G6 or Group of Six) is a forum, created by France in 1975, for the governments of six major economies: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1976, Canada joined the group (thus creating the G7). In 1997, the group added Russia, thus becoming the G8.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 408-353

QUESTION: World

In 1997, what country joined the G7, forming the G8?

ANSWER: Pets

Welsh Corgi

Outside Wales, corgis have been made popular by Queen Elizabeth II who has at least four in her retinue at all times. Her first corgi was called Susan. She currently keeps five corgis and four Dorgis (corgi/dachshund cross). Some portraits of Queen Elizabeth II include a corgi.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 408-352

QUESTION: Pets

Queen Elizabeth has owned more than a dozen of what breed of dog?

ANSWER: Skiing

Giant

The Super Giant Slalom is an Alpine skiing discipline. It is usually referred to as Super G and is a "speed" event, along with the faster Downhill event; the Giant Slalom and Slalom events are known as the "technical" disciplines.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 408-351

QUESTION: Skiing

What does the G stand for in Super G skiing?

ANSWER: Babies

Stool

Meconium is the earliest stools of an infant. Unlike later feces, meconium is composed of materials ingested during the time the infant spends in the uterus: intestinal epithelial cells, lanugo, mucus, amniotic fluid, bile, and water.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 407-351

QUESTION: Babies

Meconium makes up a baby's first what?

ANSWER: War

George Meade

George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to the Army of the Potomac. He is best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 406-351

QUESTION: War

Who was the winning commander at the Battle of Gettysburg?

ANSWER: Fears

Nudity

Gymnophobia is a fear (phobia) of nudity. Gymnophobics experience anxiety from nudity, even if they realize their fear is irrational. They may worry about seeing others naked or being seen naked, or both. Their fear may stem from a general anxiety about sexuality, from a fear that they are physically inferior, or from a fear that their nakedness leaves them exposed and unprotected.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 406-350

QUESTION: Fears

Gymnophobia is the fear of what?

ANSWER: Myths

R

It was once assumed that oysters were only safe to eat in months with the letter ‘r’ in their English and French names. This is a myth whose basis in truth is that in the northern hemisphere oysters are much more likely to spoil in May, June, July, and August.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 406-349

QUESTION: Myths

According to an old myth, oysters should only be eaten in months that have what letter in their name?

ANSWER: Mascots

Ibis

Sebastian the Ibis is the official mascot for the University of Miami. He is an anthropomorphized American White Ibis with a Miami Hurricanes football jersey, number 0.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 406-348

QUESTION: Mascots

What kind of bird is the Miami Hurricanes mascot?

ANSWER: Music

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Matt: WRONG
Record: 405-348

QUESTION: Music

How old is ABBA's "Dancing Queen"?

ANSWER: Cars

Pontiac GTO

The Monkeemobile is a modified Pontiac GTO that was designed and built by designer Dean Jeffries for The Monkees, a pop-rock band and television program. The car features a tilted forward split two-piece windshield, a touring car T-bucket-type convertible top, modified rear quarter panels and front fenders, exaggerated tail lamps, set of four bucket seats with an extra third row bench where the rear deck should have been, and a parachute. The front grille sported the GTO emblem.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 405-347

QUESTION: Cars

The Monkeemobile was a modified version of what muscle car?

ANSWER: Science

Red

Litmus is a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. It is often absorbed onto filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH indicator, used to test materials for acidity. Blue litmus paper turns red under acidic conditions and red litmus paper turns blue under basic (i.e. alkaline) conditions, with the color change occurring over the pH range 4.5-8.3 at 25 °C. Neutral litmus paper is purple.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 405-346

QUESTION: Science

What color does acid turn litmus paper?

ANSWER: Monuments

George Washington

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 404-346

QUESTION: Monuments

Which president's collar and lapels, not just his face, are carved into Mount Rushmore?

ANSWER: Pop Culture

Kenneth, what is the frequency?

On October 4, 1986, as Rather was walking along Park Avenue in Manhattan to his apartment, he was attacked and punched from behind by a man who demanded to know, "Kenneth, what is the frequency?", while a second assailant also chased and beat him. As the assailant pummeled and kicked Rather, he kept repeating the question over and over again. In describing the incident, Rather said, "I got mugged. Who understands these things? I didn't and I don't now. I didn't make a lot of it at the time and I don't now. I wish I knew who did it and why, but I have no idea."

The incident and Rather's account led some to doubt the veracity of Rather's story, although the doorman and building supervisor who rescued Rather fully confirmed his version of events. The story entered popular lore and remained unsolved for some time. The incident inspired a song called "Kenneth, What's the Frequency?" by the band Game Theory in 1987. In 1994 the band R.E.M. released the song "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" on the album Monster.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 403-346

QUESTION: Pop Culture

What phrase was repeated by the people who attacked Dan Rather in 1986?

ANSWER: Food

Taro

Poi is a Hawaiian word for the primary Polynesian staple food made from the corm of the taro plant (known in Hawaiian as kalo). Poi is produced by mashing the cooked corm (baked or steamed) until it is a highly viscous fluid. Water is added during mashing and again just before eating, to achieve a desired consistency, which can range from liquid to dough-like (poi can be known as two-finger or three-finger, alluding to how many fingers you would have to use to eat it, depending on its consistency).

Matt: WRONG
Record: 402-346

QUESTION: Food

What plant is poi made from?

ANSWER: Animals

Tail

The Manx cat, formerly often spelled Manks, is a breed of domestic cat originating on the Isle of Man, with a naturally occurring mutation which shortens the tail. Many Manx have a small stub of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being entirely tailless; this is the most distinguishing characteristic of the breed, along with elongated rear legs and a rounded head.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 402-345