Question

Answer the following about words and phrases that denote culture-specific forms of resilience, for 10 points each.
[10e] Especially in British English, emotionally detached endurance can be described as having this sort of “upper lip.” Singer Céline Dion has a neurological “syndrome” partly named for this adjective.
ANSWER: stiff [accept stiff upper lip; accept stiff-person syndrome; accept stiff-man syndrome]
[10m] This European language denotes hardy determination with the word sisu. The drinking toast kippis is from this language, whose native speakers include national prime minister Petteri Orpo.
ANSWER: Finnish language [or suomi or suomen kieli] (Petteri Orpo is the prime minister of Finland.)
[10h] This Japanese word for perseverance amid adversity, which should not be confused with the more active ganbaru, is repeatedly sung by a chorus of interned Japanese Americans in the musical Allegiance.
ANSWER: gaman
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Arizona StateLSE1010020
British ColumbiaPenn State1010020
Chicago BToronto B1010020
RITCornell B1010020
Illinois AWUSTL A10101030
Ohio StateIllinois B100010
StanfordIndiana100010
Toronto CIowa State1010020
MITJohns Hopkins1010020
MichiganMaryland1010020
Cornell AMinnesota1010020
North Carolina AToronto A1010020
Columbia ARutgers1010020
Virginia TechTexas1010020
UC Berkeley ANorthwestern100010
FloridaUC Berkeley B1010020
Columbia BUCF1010020
VanderbiltNorth Carolina B1010020
WUSTL BOttawa1010020
Waterloo AChicago A1010020
Georgia StateWaterloo B0000
VirginiaWinona State100010
NYUYale1010020
Georgia TechHarvard1010020