Crist-all -> "Created especially for Alexander II, P. Diddy is rumored to be the world’s largest purchaser of this drink, which is mentioned in the opening lines of Jay Z’s Excuse Me Miss."
Housewife refugee -> term for a woman who starts her own business after her family is grown or after she no longer needs to do household duties.
Goo Gone -> household cleaner manufactured by Magic American Corporation of Cleveland
Pat C Rendezvous < record-setting brindle greyhound racing dog aka Rhonda (dog) Was inducted in the Greyhound hall of fame but so were thirty other dogs
International Quiet Sun Year, IQSY (International Year of the Quiet Sun) -> An international cooperative effort, similar to the International Geophysical Year, extending through 1964 and 1965, to study the sun and its terrestrial and planetary effects during the minimum of the 11-year cycle of solar activity.
Dhuleti -> "This Indian holiday immediately after Holi marks the ushering in of warmer spring and is also a day of celebration."
Piggy Palace Good Times Society -> organization registered in Canada in 1996 by Robert Pickton to "organize, co-ordinate, manage and operate special events, functions, dances, shows and exhibitions on behalf of service organizations, sports organizations and other worthy groups.", Although it was considerably more insidious than that.
Cirque basin -> a steep, semicircular hollow formed high on a mountain slope by the erosive action of a glacier. They usually fill up and become lakes called tarns
Indian Ring scandal -> In 1876, William Belknap accepted bribes from licensed companies to trade on Native American reservations. During the Grant administration, Secretary of War William Belknap took bribes from companies looking to do business on Native American reservations.quiz bowl answer
Percy's Rebellion -> "Named for the family that rebelled against King Henry IV, its primary conflict occurred at Shrewsbury in 1403. Harry Hotspur, a member of that family, joined Owen Glendower at Shrewsbury but was killed by an arrow"
Non-Saturating -> "ECL and Schottky TTL are both examples of this type of logic family, so named because the transistors are unable to enter a certain mode of operation. Logic families of this type are generally quite fast."
First Order Predicate Logic -> in artificial intelligence, a knowledge representation form that involves objects, relations on those objects (such as brother of or bigger than), and properties on those objects (such as red or round) - redirect to First-order logic
Latin dance and Smooth dance -> Categories of ballroom dancing used in international competitions. It's possible that these categories are separate, as I've seen them both grouped together as well as named the "two major types of ballroom dancing".
Literature
the American Caravan -> "This poetry and fiction magazine started in 1927 with Van Wyck Brooks and Lewis Mumford as its first editors. It featured works by Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Caldwell before ending its run in 1936"
Chicago group -> "literary group dealing with western themes operating from 1912 to 1925. Included Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Edgar Lee Masters, and Theodore Dreiser."
Myth of the Metals -> In Plato's Republic, this “noble lie” is Plato’s attempt to justify the class system inherent in his state. It claims that people are predestined for certain roles by their physical makeup.
Daemonic character -> "Many of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's works, including “Gotz von Berlichingen” and “Egmont”, concern this character type possessing a powerful personality which sweeps others along in its violent destiny.
My Soldier - Program started by Sgt. Juan Salas where people wear red bands who have a personal connection to armed forces overseas
Deductively valid - An argument in which there is no possible world in which all the premises are true and the conclusion is false is deemed to be this. [1]
Deductively sound - An argument is considered to be this if and only if it is valid and all the premises are true in the actual world (meaning the facts as they stand now in the world). [2]
I Have a Future - Program Foster founded in order to combat teen pregnancy.[3]
Collection lookup - operation performed by the exclamation mark in visual basic (Given a computer language, identify what the exclamation mark does for ten points each. ... visual basic[4])
Heart-Mate -> tradename for an implantable pneumatic left-ventricular assist system which, implanted into the body, pumps blood instead of the ailing heart. This device works by assisting the heart's main pumping chamber so that it continues to perform.
The Festival of Izcalli Izcalli is the name of the Eighteenth and last month of the Aztec calendar. It is also a festival in the Aztec religion, the principal deity is Xiuhtecuhtli the fire God and old People are honored this month and is known as Rebirth Month
Erhu -> small two stringed Chinese string instrument, played upright with a bow.
