LearnedCompanion: LL84 MD2 (February 20, 2020)
The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on February 20, 2020.
1. Scheherazade, named for the main storyteller in the Arabian Nights, a a symphonic suite by which Russian composer and member of the Mighty Handful?
2. The Salinas River originates east of San Luis Obispo and flows north into which bay? Santa Cruz sits on the north shores of this bay.
3. Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura had a small role in which 1993 sci-fi action film about a cop and a criminal woken up after being cryogenically frozen for several decades?
4. During the 19th century, Cincinnati was known by what four-syllable nickname, due to the city's large slaughterhouse industry?
5. Which Shaker song, written by Joseph Brackett in 1848, was used as a melody for Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring?
6. Lady with an Ermine is one of only four portraits of women painted by which Renaissance master?
1. Scheherazade, named for the main storyteller in the Arabian Nights, a a symphonic suite by which Russian composer and member of the Mighty Handful?
2. The Salinas River originates east of San Luis Obispo and flows north into which bay? Santa Cruz sits on the north shores of this bay.
3. Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura had a small role in which 1993 sci-fi action film about a cop and a criminal woken up after being cryogenically frozen for several decades?
4. During the 19th century, Cincinnati was known by what four-syllable nickname, due to the city's large slaughterhouse industry?
5. Which Shaker song, written by Joseph Brackett in 1848, was used as a melody for Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring?
6. Lady with an Ermine is one of only four portraits of women painted by which Renaissance master?
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