LearnedCompanion: LL83 MD23 (December 18, 2019)
The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on December 18, 2019.
1. Marcel Duchamp's work Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 is inspired by an 1887 series of pictures by which photographer, who was hired by Leland Stanford to photographically study the gait pattern on running horses?
2. Harper Lee took inspiration for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird from the tragic 1931 case of nine African-American youths falsely accused of rape and subject to several unfair trials; these youths are best known collectively today by what name?
3. One of the final roles of Fred Gwynne, who portrayed Herman Munster on The Munsters, was as Judge Chamberlain Haller in which comedy?
4. Identify the late 20th century animated film, heavily inspired by Seven Samurai, in which a group of circus performers are mistaken for mighty warriors and recruited as protection against a large enemy force?
5. The name for which popular rum cocktail comes from the Tahitian word for "good" or "excellence?"
6. Which subgenre of hip-hop, of which Dr. Dre is a progenitor and which notably takes musical inspiration from bands such as Parliament, emerged in Southern California in the late 1980's?
1. Marcel Duchamp's work Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 is inspired by an 1887 series of pictures by which photographer, who was hired by Leland Stanford to photographically study the gait pattern on running horses?
2. Harper Lee took inspiration for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird from the tragic 1931 case of nine African-American youths falsely accused of rape and subject to several unfair trials; these youths are best known collectively today by what name?
3. One of the final roles of Fred Gwynne, who portrayed Herman Munster on The Munsters, was as Judge Chamberlain Haller in which comedy?
4. Identify the late 20th century animated film, heavily inspired by Seven Samurai, in which a group of circus performers are mistaken for mighty warriors and recruited as protection against a large enemy force?
5. The name for which popular rum cocktail comes from the Tahitian word for "good" or "excellence?"
6. Which subgenre of hip-hop, of which Dr. Dre is a progenitor and which notably takes musical inspiration from bands such as Parliament, emerged in Southern California in the late 1980's?
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