Mercury's Musings

The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD8. / / / / / / / / / / 1. sartorius 2. Silesia 3. Jimmy Connors 4. Muhammad Ali Jinnah 5. Peoria 6. License to Kill

The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 28, 2020. 1. The name for which muscle, the longest in the human body, comes from the Latin for "tailor?" 2. Which historical region, in which the Polish city of Wroclaw lies, was notably seized by Frederick the Great during the War of Austrian Succession? 3. Chris Evert participated in the mixed-doubles event at the 1974 US Open with which tennis star, to whom she was engaged at the time? Their engagement proved to be short lived, and was called off before the year was up. 4. Which statesman, who led the All-India Muslim League and served as the Governor-General of his nation, is known as the "Father of Pakistan?" 5. Caterpillar Inc., which manufactures various types of agricultural equipment, was established in which Illinois city, commonly used as a synecdoche for middle America? 6. Gladys Knight is likely best known for her single "Midnight Train to G...

 The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD7. / / / / / / / / / / 1. Peru 2. Booker T. and the M.G.s 3. Empire State Building 4. Parsifal 5. carbon 6. Dave Thomas

  The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 27, 2020. 1. Shining Path is a Maoist revolutionary political party based in what nation? 2. "Love Gun" by Kiss shares many of its lyrics with "The Hunter," song by which R&B band, composed of members of the house band at Stax Records? 3. A 1964 art film directed by Andy Warhol consists of 8 hours 5 minutes of slow motion footage of which iconic building? 4. Which opera, the final composed by Richard Wagner, follows the titular Arthurian knight as he attempts to find the Holy Grail? 5. Fullerenes, a class of compounds important in nanotechnology and named for Buckminster Fuller, consist of triple bonded structures of which non-metallic element? 6. The founder of the fast food chain Wendy's shares a first and last name with what cast member of Second City Television ?

 The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD6. / / / / / / / / / / 1. Night Gallery 2. A Mighty Wind 3. bonobo 4. Ericsson 5. Jordin Sparks 6. Phidias

 The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 26, 2020. 1. Which anthology series, running from 1970 to 1973, was Rod Serling's follow-up to The Twilight Zone ? 2. Which 2003 mockumentary, directed by Christopher Guest, follows several folk bands who come together for a reunion concert? 3. The genus Pan  consists of chimpanzees and which other species of ape, known for their complex social structure and prevalence of bisexuality? 4. In the early 2000's, Sony's mobile phone branch entered a joint venture with which Swedish telecommunications company, producing several mobile phones before encountering heavy competition from the iPhone? The venture was ultimately ended in 2012. 5. Belmont University alumna Melinda Doolittle finished third in the sixth season of American Idol, a season ultimately won by which singer, known for her songs "Battlefield" and "No Air?" 6. The statue of Zeus at Olympi...

The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD5. / / / / / / / / / / 1. Chinese Checkers 2. "Barracuda" 3. Minorca 4. Trojans 5. Ian Smith 6. Mr. Incredible

The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 25, 2020. 1. Which board game, played on a board with a six pointed star and which consists of colored pegs which can jump over opponents pieces, has an alliterative name that is a double misnomer, as the game is German in origin? 2. Which Heart song was written after singer Ann Wilson was baselessly asked by a radio host whether she and her sister were incestuous lovers? The song's title animal is reportedly a representation of the recording industry. 3. A type of spicy clam chowder prominently made in St. Augustine, Florida is traditionally held to have been introduced by settlers from which island? 4. Asteroids which share their orbital path with the planet Jupiter are known by what mythological name? 5. Which leader served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979, before the country became independent of the U.K.? 6. In a 2004 animated film, Craig T. Nelson voices ...

 The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD4. / / / / / / / / / / 1. Denmark, Greece 2. The China Syndrome 3. Acts (of the Apostles) 4. Kumbaya 5. Alexander von Humboldt 6. Bluebeard

 The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 24, 2020. 1. Prince Philip, notably challenged to tiddlywinks by Cambridge University in 1957, belongs to royal lineage of two countries (neither of which is in the U.K.); name either. 2. The title of what 1979 drama starring Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda comes from the notion of nuclear reactors melting down and releasing nuclear waste deep into the Earth's crust? 3. Cornelius the Centurion is converted to Christianity by Simon Peter in which Biblical book, the fifth of the New Testament? 4. Which spiritual folk song, sung by many Gullah people and common in Sea Islands culture, has a name that translates to "Come By Here?" 5. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac worked closely with which scientist, the author of Kosmos  and namesake of an oceanic current? 6. One of the folk tales collected in Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales  was about which wealthy character, who habit...

The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD3. / / / / / / / / / / 1. Cyprus 2. University of Missouri 3. Muhammad Ali 4. goon 5. Go 6. Cesar Awards

The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 21, 2020. 1. Commandaria is a fortified wine made in its namesake region in which European country? 2. Much of Barbara McClintock's research on maize genetics occurred during the middle part of her career at which university, based in the town of Columbia? 3. Regarded as a founder of modern Egypt, which Albanian Ottoman governor ruled Egypt from 1805 to 1848, conquering Sudan and massacring the Mamluks? This figure shares his name with the adopted name of a notable 20th century athlete. 4. In ice hockey, an enforcer is a player whose job is to aggressively seek out fights and aggression during the game. An enforcer is also known by what four-letter term, also the title of a 2011 comedy starring Seann William Scott? 5. A famous work by Yasunari Kawabata is titled The Master of  what game? Matches of this game can last for days or weeks, and the concept of atari  originates in ...

  The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD2. / / / / / / / / / / 1. Amherst 2. Nacre 3. The Sunshine Boys 4. John the Baptist 5. Rome 6. Epsom

  The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 20, 2020. 1. Emily Dickinson is known as "The Bard of" which Massachusetts city, where she lived most of her life? 2. Mother of pearl, a substance produced by pearls and composed predominantly of calcium carbonate, is also known by what five letter name? 3. George Burns won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in which 1975 film, based on a play by Neil Simon? 4. Biblically, Elizabeth and Zechariah are perhaps most well known for being the parents of which figure? 5. In an event sometimes cited as the end of the High Renaissance, in 1527 mutinous soldiers of Charles V sacked which city, a cultural and artistic center? 6. A heptahydrate of magnesium sulfate is named for which English town, in which it was historically mined?

 The following are the answers for the companion questions to LL86 MD1. / / / / / / / / / / 1. Groton, Connecticut 2. Pompidou Center 3. macaque 4. The Mindy Project 5. capo 6. Helen Hayes

 The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on August 19, 2020. 1. General Dynamics Electric Boat, a large supplier of vessels for the U.S. Navy, is headquartered in which Connecticut city, known as "The Submarine Capital of the World?" 2. The two most famous buildings designed by Richard Rogers are likely the Millennium Dome and which building complex, named for a former French president and home to a library and large collection of modern art? This structure was co-designed by Gianfranco Franchini and Renzo Piano. 3. The rhesus belongs to which genus of Old World monkeys found throughout Asia and North Africa? 4. Lahiri is the surname of the title character on which sitcom, which follows the life of an OB/GYN with a small practice in New York City? 5. What is the common four letter name of the device used to transpose the pitch of a guitar or other string instrument by clamping the device along the instrument's neck...