LearnedCompanion: LL84 MD23 (March 20, 2020)
The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on March 20, 2020.
1. Cairo, Illinois served as the inspiration for the hellish City of Eden in which notedly Anti-American novel by Charles Dickens?
2. Early theologian Origen was born in which North African city, founded by a Macedonian conqueror and home to a Wonder of the Ancient World known as the Pharos?
3. Genghis Khan founded his empire between the area of Manchuria and which Central Asian mountain range? This mountain range gives its name to a hypothetical language family which includes the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families.
4. The first issue of TV Guide, published in 1953, featured a baby whose birth was written into a plotline on a popular show, culminating in what was, at the time, the most watched television episode of all time. Who were this baby's parents?
5. The flag of New Zealand features the Union Jack in the upper left corner, and which constellation on the right? This constellation also appears on the flags of Australia, Brazil, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea.
6. Two plays which won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama in the 1980s were later adapted into films directed by Bruce Beresford. One was Crimes of the Heart. What was the other? The star of this film is the oldest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.
1. Cairo, Illinois served as the inspiration for the hellish City of Eden in which notedly Anti-American novel by Charles Dickens?
2. Early theologian Origen was born in which North African city, founded by a Macedonian conqueror and home to a Wonder of the Ancient World known as the Pharos?
3. Genghis Khan founded his empire between the area of Manchuria and which Central Asian mountain range? This mountain range gives its name to a hypothetical language family which includes the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families.
4. The first issue of TV Guide, published in 1953, featured a baby whose birth was written into a plotline on a popular show, culminating in what was, at the time, the most watched television episode of all time. Who were this baby's parents?
5. The flag of New Zealand features the Union Jack in the upper left corner, and which constellation on the right? This constellation also appears on the flags of Australia, Brazil, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea.
6. Two plays which won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama in the 1980s were later adapted into films directed by Bruce Beresford. One was Crimes of the Heart. What was the other? The star of this film is the oldest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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