April 2008 Twenty Questions

1. Name this premier painter of Americana.

2. The French call it filet de boeuf en croute -- fillet of beef in pastry. The French have reason to dislike what more usual name for this elegant dish, introduced not long after the Battle of Waterloo?

3. Researchers working above the Arctic Circle in Norway found the fossil of a 50-foot pliosaur, a fierce sea animal with teeth as big as cucumbers. What geological period did the creature live in?

4. The FBI said it was analyzing this tattered parachute, which children recently found in southwestern Washington. Investigators said the parachute might be linked to whom?

5. From 1508 to 1511, who painted the fresco walls in the Stanza della Segnatura?

6. This weapon was named for which U.S. Army officer, who designed it for use in trench warfare?

7. She recently donated $1 million to the World Food Program, of which she serves as ambassador. The money will be used to feed thousands of schoolchildren in Kenya. Name the Hollywood actress.

8. In which national park would you view this feature?

9. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is made out of what metal?

10. This rare photo of a well-known person was found recently in an elderly man's family album. Who is the child in the picture?

11. Identify the French word for a one-piece swimsuit.

12. A graduate student surprised scientists with this photo of an animal in the northern part of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. What was it?

13. This scene was painted by an American who, along with John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood, developed a style they called "Regionalism." Spring on the Missouri is a typical example of that genre. Who painted it?

14. Last year, Kate Middleton sought legal protection from the dozens of paparazzi and TV cameras that followed her everywhere she went. The media were interested because she was whose girlfriend?

15. Which gem has more iron oxide than any other variety of quartz?

16. Stuffed grape leaves are the most popular way to make which traditional Greek dish?

17. This is a map of which Florentine's voyages?

18. Name the only Middle Eastern country that doesn't have a desert within its boundaries.

19. Which eminent playwright has declared that he is "no longer a brain-dead liberal?"

20. A person is 100 m from a tower. The angle subtended by the top of the tower with the ground is 30 degrees. Calculate the height of the tower.

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