March 19, 2024: Questions
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1. After gaining their independence from neighboring Colombia in 1904, what 29,000-square mile Central American republic named its new and enduring national currency after Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the legendary Spanish conquistador credited as being the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the New World?
2. With a radius of nearly 1,700 miles, the largest object in our solar system that is not a planet - and is in fact bigger than both Mercury and Pluto - is Ganymede, one of the four primary moons of what gas giant?
3. Founded by a group of settlers led by Spanish colonial officer Pedro de Peralta in 1610, what UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Arts - whose official name roughly translates into English as ‘The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi - is the oldest state capital in the United States?
4. Introduced into the English lexicon by 19th century Scottish poet Sir Walter Scott, what seven-letter term defined by the OED as: ‘out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied,’ is derived from the name of a legendary class of ruthless Norse Viking warriors, mythically believed – according some accounts - to shapeshift into bears while in battle?
5. Now a universally recognizable fixture of the sport, the pre-play football ‘huddle’ was originally created, in 1894, by the starting quarterback – sophomore Paul Hubbard - of the school team from what Washington D.C. university, founded in 1864 to educate the deaf and hard of hearing?
6. For his memorable role as title character Patrick Bateman in the 2000 adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, Christian Bale drew inspiration not only from the portrayal of Bateman in the novel, but also from the mannerisms and demeanor of what iconic Syracuse, New York-born American actor and action hero?
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