March 1
Quick Hits
Questions
This player posted a save percentage of 0.980, recording an Olympic record of three shutouts while doing so. This player also was behind the net when the United States defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the gold medal game. So, naturally, this person did not receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Who is this goaltender (shown) for the United States women’s hockey team?
When Larry Ellison purchased a yacht (below) from a Japanese businessman in 1999, he found himself in an embarrassing situation. After the sale, he learned that the name, when viewed backwards, could be read as a short sentence that makes an offensive declaration - especially for someone like Ellison, who is Jewish. That was never the intention, as if read properly, the name of the yacht was meant to recall the mother of Iyo, Tsukushi, and Yamato (among others). This particular figure also has been likened by scholars to Persephone, as both ate food while in the underworld, making it impossible for those who care about them to free them from that particular place. What was the original name of that yacht of Larry Ellison?
This officially was renamed in 2023, though most writing that discusses this still uses the former name - that of a Russian explorer who came across this formation in 1878. About 45 miles long and some 350 square miles in area, it is the longest glacier in the world outside of the polar regions, with its meltwater eventually feeding the Amu Darya. What is this glacier (shown) found in the Pamir Mountains?
Its production dates to 16th century Venice, and it is made by fusing minerals like quartz and dolomite together at high temperatures to create what, essentially, is a glass, and one that will glow blue or pink when placed up against a dark background. In another context, it is contrasted with onyx, and it is thought that its mention occurs as a reference to the birthstone of an eleven-time Pro Bowler who has the most seasons with over a thousand receiving yards by a tight end, with seven. What stone (shown)?
Its most distinctive ingredient is kadayif, which is phyllo dough shredded into fine strands. That pastry is heated in butter, with a cheese local to the Middle East, like Nabulsi or Akkawi, then added, along with sugar, water, and additional touches like rose water or pistachios. It is associated with the iftar of Ramadan in particular, as one origin story places its creation in Fatimid Egypt, when an unnamed caliph is said to have wanted a new food for his Ramadan feast. What is the name of this traditional Arab dessert (shown)?
Shown are excerpts from two papers. They share what scientist as their author? The first paper, published in a September 1920 issue of Science, offered what would be the first argument that the energy of stars comes from the fusion of hydrogen into helium. The second paper, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society that same year, was much more empirical, relying on fieldwork obtained in Sobral and Spanish Guinea.
Kara Walker’s installation titled A Subtlety was located at a building that once had been run by a company with this word in its name. Zazie Beetz plays a character of this name in Deadpool 2, and a film of this name is about the unusual life of the daughter of actor Laurence Harvey. One song of this name is found on the album Who Are You and would become its performer highest-charting solo song in the United States, while another song of this name - meant as an homage to a New Orleans legend - opens His Band and the Street Choir. This same word first was articulated in public to describe a particular concept in an April 7, 1954, press conference, where President Eisenhower discussed the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ. What word, that when pluralized could imply that it also could be the combination of Bobby Whitlock, Carl Raddle, and Jim Gordon?
Its importance as a port goes back centuries, as it served at different points in time as the major port of the Ifat, Adal, and Isaaq sultanates. It has the potential to become an important port once again, as it is the key point of access to the sea for Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, and landlocked Ethiopia has funded its development with designs on a railroad system that would connect this port to Addis Ababa. What is the name of this city (shown below at the tag) on the Gulf of Aden?
It sounds like what might result if one attempted to combine the music of Gucci Mane with that of Led Zeppelin, but these two words actually are a term used to describe basalt, diabase, and gabbro in particular, as (unlike granite, which is also igneous) those materials form near the surface, from the cooling of lava. Part of the name of this term comes from the Swedish word for “stairs,” so it is no surprise that the stair-like formations found at Giant’s Causeway (shown) are made of this substance. Areas of the Deccan Plateau and Siberia have regions made of this as well - what substance is this?
At the Battle of the River Plate, the Admiral Graf Spee engaged, and ultimately was defeated by, three British ships: the Achilles, the Exeter, and one with this name. A “programming pattern” with this name combines JavaScript and XML to create applications that can use data from a server asynchronously without impacting the functioning of a web page. Following the Abadan crisis and Averell Harriman’s inability to achieve anything by negotiation, an operation of this name occurred. This word names a combination of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, sodium carbonate, and quartz sold by Colgate-Palmolive, and it also names the club whose last appearance in a UEFA Champions League final (as well as their home country’s) was a 1996 loss to Juventus on penalties. What word, which also could be used to name a son of Telamon, or (less likely) a son of Oileus?
