All's Well That Ends (or Begins with) Well Quiz

Answer: Roswell

While it might otherwise be known as a major producer of mozzarella cheese, or as the home of the New Mexico Military Institute, or as the home of the International Law Enforcement Academy, Roswell is best known for its connection to UFOs. The local Roswell professional baseball team is known as the Invaders. Folk singer John Denver was born in Roswell, which may explain a lot.

Answer: Eric Arthur Blair

Blair wrote non-fiction about his experiences among the "down and out" which he thought would embarrass his family. Thus, in 1932, he chose the name George Orwell as a pseudonym to spare them. He wrote to a friend that he liked it because, "It is a good round English name".

Answer: automobile

The Maxwell Company built the Maxwell automobile until it went into near-bankruptcy and was bought out by Walter Chrysler who folded it into his Chrysler Corporation. It was a running gag on the Jack Benny Program that frugal Jack was too cheap to replace his 1916 Maxwell Model 25 Touring Car so long as it ran, no matter how poorly.

Answer: An unnamed Samaritan woman

The significance of this pericope requires a bit of knowledge of the customs of the time and place. Jewish men did not speak to women in public. Jews did not speak to Samaritans and vice versa; Jews tended to look down on Samaritans as "half breeds". Yet this woman became an early evangelist of sorts in that she returned home, told others about her encounter with Jesus and they came to him to see for themselves.

Answer: New York

Wells is very highly rated among liberal arts colleges in the United States. Among its notable alumni is Frances Folsom Cleveland, the wife of President Grover Cleveland. The school is located in the Finger Lakes area near both Ithaca and Auburn.

Answer: Bravo Zulu

Not only is Bravo Zulu used by hoisting these two signal flags in this order, it has become part of the parlance of sailors who speak the letters aloud to convey congratulations or approval. In naval slang, a BZ is another name for an award or commendation.

Answer: the founder of the Scout Movement

Lord Powell retired from the British Army as a lieutenant general. His 1908 book "Scouting for Boys" became the first manual of what would grow to become the Boy Scouts. He died and was buried in Nyeri, Kenya, where the government has declared his grave a national monument.

Answer: The Spice Girls

Ms. Halliwell portrayed "Ginger" Spice in the Spice Girls. After that group's dissolution, she went on to record solo albums, appear in movies and television, and write a series of books for children featuring Ugenia Lavender -- a "brat" based on herself.

Answer: Honeywell

The beginnings of the Honeywell Corporation occurred in 1885 with the invention of a damper-flapper for coal furnaces. Today it manufacturers popular heating-and-cooling controls. Honeywell products have gone into space with about 90% of the launches in the U.S. space program. The company is listed in the "Fortune" 100 rankings of major corporations.

Answer: The space between counsel tables and the judge's bench

The boundaries of the well of the court are invisible to the unknowing but very apparent to those who work in courtrooms. It is the typical custom for lawyers to ask the judge's consent before they enter or cross the well. In some courts, this is done by tradition; in others, by express court rule.

Answer: Arthur Stilwell, the founder of the Kansas City Southern Railway

Arthur Edward Stilwell (1859-1928) founded the Kansas City Southern Railway and served as its president. The town owed its existence to the construction of the railroad.

Answer: the end of the world, judgment day

The images of heavenly thunder, Gabriel's call, boiling seas and falling skies are all apocalyptic. They derive from the New Testament Book of Revelation and Milton's elaboration in "Paradise Lost" (1667).

Answer: 170 degrees F

The interior temperature of a piece of beef contributes to the taste, tenderness, juiciness and safety of the meat. Those who eat beefsteak "bleu" or extremely rare are taking a food risk thereby. Cooking beyond 170 degrees F interior temperature toughens and dries out beef.

Answer: Speedwell

Speedwell was twice found to be taking water at the very beginning of the voyage. There has been speculation that the crew sabotaged the vessel in order to escape from their year-long contract. This theory is developed in Phil Revell's novel "A Spurious Brood" (2011).

Answer: William Shakespeare

Not among Shakespeare's most popular plays, "All's Well that Ends Well" is neither purely comedy nor purely tragedy, although it contains elements of each. The title derives from a proverb which was in use around 1605 when the play was probably written.