Guilding the Stone - June

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1. SCI/TECH. A pearl consists mainly of which chemical compound? potassium nitrate sodium chloride calcium carbonate magnesium silicate

2. MOVIES. The term “cliffhanger” is said to come from a 1914 serial called “The Perils of Pauline”, in which one episode, filmed around the New Jersey palisades, ended with the heroine dangling over the edge of a cliff. What was the name of the actress who played the heroine? Pearl Elmore Pearl Bailey Pearl White Pearl Cook

3. HISTORY. Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? Chester W. Nimitz Ernest J. King William F. Halsey Husband E. Kimmel

4. WORLD (CULTURES). In which city might you find Pearly Kings and Queens? Rio de Janeiro Dublin Mumbai London

5. GEOGRAPHY. Which US state capital stands on the Pearl River? Lansing, Michigan Jackson, Mississippi Bismarck, North Dakota Little Rock, Arkansas

6. LITERATURE. Pearl Buck was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Several of her early novels were set in the country where she spent much of her early life. Which country was this? Australia Mexico China Ireland

7. HUMANITIES (ART). In the Tate Britain gallery in London hangs a painting by Joshua Reynolds of the courtesan Kitty Fisher, enacting the part of a famous ruler who is said to have dissolved a pearl in a goblet of vinegar. Which ruler was this? Catherine the Great of Russia Cleopatra VII of Egypt Elizabeth I of England Empress Ci Xi of China

8. RELIGION. Where in the Bible (King James Version) do we find mention of a “pearl of great price”? Matthew Isaiah Revelation Job

9. MUSIC. Among the classical pieces that sometimes appear in the hit parade is the tenor/baritone duet “Au fond du temple saint” from the opera “The Pearl Fishers”. Who composed this opera? Georges Bizet Hector Berlioz Charles Gounod Camille de Saint-Saens

10. GENERAL (NAME GAME). Pearl has often been used as a female name, but which other female name means Pearl? Margaret Jennifer Sheila Barbara