LearnedCompanion: LL83 MD25 (December 20, 2019)
The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on December 20, 2019.
1. In 1937, citizens of what country were slaughtered by their eastern neighbors if they could not properly pronounce the word for parsley in Spanish?
2. Identify the "Boy Genius" title character of an early computer animated show on Nickelodeon. This character first appeared a 2001 film in which he, along with his friends Sheen and Carl, had fight against an alien race called the Yolkians.
3. Which flavor additive, first identified in 1908 by Kikunae Ikeda, is often used to enhance the umami flavor of meats and stews, particularly in Asian cuisine?
4. Which term for a musket-carrying class of Indian soldiers in the Mughal Empire is today better remembered for it's association with an unsuccessful 1857-1858 "Mutiny" of Indian soldiers against the rule of the British East India Company?
5. Which France-based electronics company publishes such series as Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, and Far Cry?
6. Dick Dale's rendition of the Eastern European folk song "Misirlou" was prominently sampled in "Pump It," a 2005 hit for which pop hip-hop group?
1. In 1937, citizens of what country were slaughtered by their eastern neighbors if they could not properly pronounce the word for parsley in Spanish?
2. Identify the "Boy Genius" title character of an early computer animated show on Nickelodeon. This character first appeared a 2001 film in which he, along with his friends Sheen and Carl, had fight against an alien race called the Yolkians.
3. Which flavor additive, first identified in 1908 by Kikunae Ikeda, is often used to enhance the umami flavor of meats and stews, particularly in Asian cuisine?
4. Which term for a musket-carrying class of Indian soldiers in the Mughal Empire is today better remembered for it's association with an unsuccessful 1857-1858 "Mutiny" of Indian soldiers against the rule of the British East India Company?
5. Which France-based electronics company publishes such series as Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, and Far Cry?
6. Dick Dale's rendition of the Eastern European folk song "Misirlou" was prominently sampled in "Pump It," a 2005 hit for which pop hip-hop group?
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