LearnedCompanion: LL84 MD24 (March 23, 2020)
The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on March 23, 2020.
1. Which English chemist, who performed most of his work in the early 19th century, is known for naming aluminum, isolating potassium and sodium, and inventing an early form of arc lamp?
2. During World War I, war bonds or defense bonds issued by the U.S. government were known as bonds described by what patriotic word? In the same time frame, U.S. citizens referred to sauerkraut as "cabbage" described by this word.
3. A German-Jewish philosopher with the first name Moses is the grandfather of two composers, a brother and sister, with what surname?
4. Louise Nevelson served as an assistant to, and had an affair with, which artist while the later created his work Man at the Crossroads?
5. The line "I am the Senate," possibly inspired by Louis XIV's apocryphal statement "L'etat c'est moi," is spoken to a Samuel L. Jackson played character by which famous film villain in a blockbuster released in 2005?
6. Complete the analogy: Grand Fenwick : The Mouse the Roared :: Freedonia : ________ ? The film in question was released in 1933.
1. Which English chemist, who performed most of his work in the early 19th century, is known for naming aluminum, isolating potassium and sodium, and inventing an early form of arc lamp?
2. During World War I, war bonds or defense bonds issued by the U.S. government were known as bonds described by what patriotic word? In the same time frame, U.S. citizens referred to sauerkraut as "cabbage" described by this word.
3. A German-Jewish philosopher with the first name Moses is the grandfather of two composers, a brother and sister, with what surname?
4. Louise Nevelson served as an assistant to, and had an affair with, which artist while the later created his work Man at the Crossroads?
5. The line "I am the Senate," possibly inspired by Louis XIV's apocryphal statement "L'etat c'est moi," is spoken to a Samuel L. Jackson played character by which famous film villain in a blockbuster released in 2005?
6. Complete the analogy: Grand Fenwick : The Mouse the Roared :: Freedonia : ________ ? The film in question was released in 1933.
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