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In what economic system are the production and distribution of goods controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise?

socialism

Much of Karl Marx’ work, including Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto, was done with whom…?

Friedrich Engels

What economic and social system was envisioned by the nineteenth-century German scholar Karl Marx?

Communism

What does WHO stands for?

World Health Organization (a United Nations agency based in Geneva, Switzerland)

How long is a nanometer?

One billionth of a meter

What do you call the infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals?

virus

What does COVID-19 stand for?

Coronavirus disease. The number 19 refers to the year it was first detected: 2019.

When and where was COVID-19 discovered?

In Wuhan, China in December 2019

What does SARS stand for?

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

What does the Italian ‘mala aria’ mean?

bad air

What infectious disease is characterized by recurring attacks of chills and fever and is caused by the bite of a mosquito?

malaria

What word is used for someone showing no evidence of disease?

asymptomatic

What are fog, mist, and smoke?

aerosols

A person who is thunderstruck is…?

Overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded; completely taken aback

Which USA city has a rich jazz history?

New Orleans

What was the old-fashioned informal name, now considered taboo, for a Native American?

redskin

What term usually suggests unscrupulous rule, or tyranny?

despotism

What’s the word for the ‘domination by a government of all political, social, and economic activities in a nation’?

totalitarianism

How is a politician called, who appeals to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people?

a populist

How is the office of the US president in the White House named?

Oval Office

The initials WC stand for…?

water closet

Sir John Harington, godson to Queen Elizabeth I, devised the concept of what?

the flushing toilet

In Irish folklore, a mischievous elf, often believed to have a treasure hoard, is named a …?

leprechaun

What are in Scandinavian folklore races of supernatural beings called, sometimes conceived as giants and sometimes as dwarfs, inhabiting caves or subterranean dwellings?

trolls

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

Whose wife did the Trojan prince Paris abduct?

Menelaus'

Whose son was Paris who had abducted Helen?

Priam's

How long had the Trojan War lasted?

10 years

Who is the ancient Roman poet (65-8 BC), known for his odes, who insisted that poetry should offer both pleasure and instruction?

Horace

How are the goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order called?

Horae

The expression ‘ab ovo’ meaning "from the beginning" translates literally from Latin to …?

from the egg

What does BBC stand for?

British Broadcasting Corporation

What’s the name of the Celtic language of the ancient Britons?

British

An animal having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy is called a(n)…?

Alpha (male)

How is the ceremony of conferring degrees or granting diplomas at the end of the academic year called?

commencement

What’s the first book of the Bible?

Genesis

How are copies of books produced before 1501 from movable type called?

incunabula

According to the Hebrew Bible, Rosh Hashanah not only marks the new year—it also honours the creation date of Adam and Eve when?

Some 5,700 years ago

What celebration commemorated in September, marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year?

Rosh Hashanah

What does LGBT stand for?

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender

In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) promoted using elbow bumps instead of handshakes to slow the spread of…?

bird flu

When did the elbow bump become prevalent?

During the early stages of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Wikipedia is a massive, online encyclopedia operating in more than … languages.

300

When was Wikipedia founded?

2001

What site obtains and publishes secret and classified material in a way that protects its sources (often whistle-blowers, journalists, and activists)?

WikiLeaks

What’s the word for a website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser?

a wiki

Those killed in Pompeii didn’t die from the eruption of lava spilling over them; instead they were …?

Buried under volcanic ash that poured over the town.

What word is defined as “the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent”?

lava

How do you call the portion of the Internet that is hidden from conventional search engines, as by encryption; the aggregate of unindexed websites?

Dark or deep web

What’s the word for an epidemic that has spread over a large area?

pandemic

How do you call the ‘temporary prevalence of a disease’?

epidemic

How do you call a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.?

poltergeist

What is a grotesque malicious sprite or elf called?

goblin

What does Center politics favour?

Moderate positions

What is the origin of left and right in politics?

The seating positions in the 1789 French National Assembly, the parliament France formed after the French Revolution.

How do you call the act of harassing someone online by sending or posting mean messages, usually anonymously?

cyberbullying

When did the Internet become widely accessible?

in the 1990s

When was the Internet introduced?

In the 1960s

What’s the idiom for ‘going viral online and suddenly dominating public interest and discourse?

Breaking the Internet

WWII began on 1st September 1939 with…?

The German invasion of Poland

How many people died in the World Trade center in 2001?

2750

When did WWI begin?

28th July 1914

Veteran derives from the Latin veterānus meaning …?

Mature, experienced

Both alpacas and llamas are closely related to what?

camels

What are the Dog Days?

The hottest period of summer

Each year is divided into the four seasons based on what?

The two equinoxes and the two solstices

What is another name for marijuana?

Hemp/cannabis/boo grass

What does draconian mean?

extremely cruel

What saint is famed for his legendary slaying of a dragon?

St.George

What animals have been historically associated with Satan?

dragons

Who wrote the 1897- Gothic novel Dracula?

Bram Stoker

How is a baby’s language called?

babble

What 2 seasons’ names are related to foliage/leaves?

Spring (spring of buds) and fall

What is the old name for autumn/fall?

Harvest

What’s the role of the ‘shoestrings’ in a banana?

They circulate nutrients throughout the banana.

In Judaism, if it is fit or allowed to be eaten or used, then it is …?

Kosher

Tofu comes from Chinese, by way of Japanese, meaning …?

Rotten bean

What nationality had in the mid-1800s, the immigrant butchers in the USA who began selling sausages (thin and long, like the dog breed dachshund)?

German

How far does the French word grill date back?

1660s

How far does the Spanish word barbecue date back?

1650s

How are the carved pumpkins and gourds called?

Jack-o’-lanterns

How is any rigid airship or dirigible called?

Zeppelin

What do you call anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future?

An omen

How far does evidence of written language date back?

4,000 years

How long have humans been speaking?

For 50,000 - 150,000 years

When and where did the first Labor Day celebration take place?

In New York on September 5, 1882

When is Labour Day held in the United States and Canada?

On the first Monday in September

When is All Saints’ Day celebrated?

1st November

When is All Souls’ Day celebrated?

2nd November

What is the contraction of “how do you do” since 1632?

Howdy

Since when has ‘Hello’ been used as an everyday greeting?

The 1850s

What Roman statesman is responsible for the year as we know it having 365 days, and for the existence of a leap year every four years?

Julius Caesar

Who is the Roman counterpart to the Greek Hera?

Juno

In what century did June become a name in the United States?

In the early 20th century

What were the official Roman soothsayers called, whose job was not to tell the future so much as to determine if the Roman gods approved of a planned course of action?

augurs

When was Julius Caesar assassinated?

In 44 BC

Who was the first Roman emperor?

Augustus Caesar

How many days does Christmastide last?

12

Which 4 months take their names from their original numerical position in the calendar year?

September, October, November, and December

When was the first Thanksgiving held?

In 1621