How is the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year called?
commencement
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An animal having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy is called a(n)…?
Alpha (male)
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What’s the name of the Celtic language of the ancient Britons?
British
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What does BBC stand for?
British Broadcasting Corporation
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The expression ‘ab ovo’ meaning "from the beginning" translates literally from Latin to …?
from the egg
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How are the goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order called?
Horae
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Who is the ancient Roman poet (65-8 BC), known for his odes, who insisted that poetry should offer both pleasure and instruction?
Horace
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How long had the Trojan War lasted?
10 years
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Whose son was Paris who had abducted Helen?
Priam's
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Whose wife did the Trojan prince Paris abduct?
Menelaus'
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What is the slang word for a person who lives or sleeps in a park or under a viaduct or bridge, as a derelict or poor person?
troll
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What are in Scandinavian folklore races of supernatural beings called, sometimes conceived as giants and sometimes as dwarfs, inhabiting caves or subterranean dwellings?
trolls
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In Irish folklore, a mischievous elf, often believed to have a treasure hoard, is named a …?
leprechaun
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Sir John Harington, godson to Queen Elizabeth I, devised the concept of what?
