1971 French Connection 70 Patton Flashcards
In 1714, Britain offered £20,000 to the first person to devise an accurate way to measure what?
Longitude
If named after its clinical term, what would the film Total Recall be called?
Eidetic memory
What magazine claims to have popularized the phrase “sex appeal”?
When a car’s air bags are activated, they are usually inflated with what kind of gas?
Nitrogen
Hospital MRI machines are calibrated by their magnetic flux density, which is measured in units named for what scientist?
Nikola Tesla
BIOGRAPHIES
Who listed his middle name as “Handcuff” on his World War I draft card?
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Harry Houdini
HISTORY & SOCIETY
Now a part of France, this region was ceded to what country from 1871 to 1919 and again from 1940 to 1945?
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Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
MONEY & NUMBERS
On a standard 6-sided die, each set of opposite sides adds up to what?
7
ARTS & CULTURE
Despite its portrayal in several film adaptations, the notion of balloon travel is quickly discarded by Phileas Fogg in which novel?
correct
Around the World in Eighty Days
Which video game character has a punnily named sidekick Miles Prower, though he is often just called “Tails”?
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Winsome typically describes a person who is…
charming
ANIMALS & NATURE
Although it might resemble a piercing weapon, the long bill of which animal is swiped side-to-side to stun its prey?
Blue marlin
TECH
Reflecting on his own invention, in 1912 who predicted that “the coming of the wireless era will make war impossible, because it will make war ridiculous”?
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Guglielmo Marconi
GEOGRAPHY
Although it is a perfect square, the flag of which country features a white cross with arms slightly longer than they are wide?
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correct
Switzerland
Not sweden
The taro suit known as wands rods or batons equates to the suit in the modern playing card deck
Clubs
The southernmost portion of US Highway one the overseas highway runs about 100 miles between these two islands
Key West and Key Largo
The God Mercury would enter with a branding iron to make sure you weren’t faking dead , and then this ferryman of Hades would hit you with the hammer he carried in eh trusk in myth
Charon
Karen
Derek Jack uh bee famously starred in a miniseries as this Roman emperor the only one known to have been told those about to die salute you
He is Claudius
Romans won the love of the people with gladiator shows and in 46 BC this conqueror of gaul put on a gory extravaganza and also introduced the giraffe to Rome later use in the combat
Julius Caesar
Lowest level of the Colosseum, it had this Latin word for a platform you stand on that some use for what you’re standing behind
Podium
Not necessarily a bad thing the character on this card is often portrayed riding a white horse or holding a sickle
Death
This tarot card also known as Le Pandu is upside down when drawing the namesake figure on it appears upright
The hanged man
Tarot deck is divided into the major and minor of this Aladdin plural meaning secrets
Arcana
R cahn uh
A street brawl between rival news teams was to be cut from the script of this comedy. It quickly escalated into an iconic scene.
Anchorman
Somehow, Javier Bardem, as anton shh gore made tossing a coin seem malevolent in this film
No country for old men 07
Melissa McCarthy‘s memorable moments in this 2011 film include hitting on an air marshal on a flight to Vegas for a bachelor party
Bridesmaids
Another day of sun was a song and dance number on a ramp from the 105 to the 110 freeway in this 2016 film
La La Land
What does I drink Your milkshake have to do with oil? drainage We learn from Daniel Day-Lewis in the 2007 film
There will be blood
Trump card the high priestess is also known as the papess or female this
Pay pes
Pope
Soap brand or hearty enjoyment, perhaps for life
Zest
It can be the grounds for legal action or the main point of something if you get the…..
Gist
Proofread it means to let it stand and ignore a previous correction
Stet
It’s a cousin to rigatoni, but usually with a smooth surface
Ziti
An early one of these golf devices was a nail or peg with a rubber ring attached
TEe
The price of this CRWD dropped about $50 a share in the week after July 2024 computer outage
Crowd strike
CVS is well CVS; CVX is this energy giant
Chevron
After helping the Royals reach the 2014 World Series, James Shields signed a 4-year $75 million deal with this National League team.
Guess: St. Louis Cardinals
Answer: San Diego Padres
While he didn’t score any points during his college basketball career at Clemson, this WR totaled over 8,600 yards in his first 7 seasons while playing for an AFC South team from 2013-2019.
Guess: DeAndre Hopkins
After gaining notoriety for their bench celebrations, this college out of New Jersey failed to make the 2016 NCAA tournament following a 27-7 season.
Guess: Saint Peters
Answer: Monmouth
Vienna is the capital of what European country?
Guess: Austria
beverages are mostly found attached to Dairy Queen’s.
Guess: Orange Julius
After her run on 24, Elisha Cuthbert had a major role on this cult-favorite ABC sitcom from 2011-2013.
Guess: Happy Endings
Released in 2000, “I’m Like a Bird” was a hit song from this singer-songwriter.
Guess: Nelly Furtado
What actor/comedian voiced Remy the Rat in the 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille?
Guess: Patton Oswalt
What city has the worlds oldest St. Patrick’s Day parade?
NYC
NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade started in 1762 long before the US was formed or any St. Patrick’s parades were held in Europe
Considered less flavorful this grade of olive oil is next after extra-virgin and virgin
Refined
The worst kind of olive oil is probably lampante olive oil, which is too toxic for human consumption
Almost all clover have how many leaves
Three
Four leaf clover are fairly rare mutations study suggest one in 5000 clovers have four leaves
Borrow from German this word refers to the joy you feel at someone else’s troubles
Schadenfreude
Who has more neck, bones, a giraffe or human?
Same
Giraffes like humans have seven neck vertebrae the giraffes neck bones are just way bigger
Likely born in either Scotland or Wales how did Saint Patrick end up living in Ireland?
Captured by pirates
At age 16 Saint Patrick was captured by Pirates and forced to live in Ireland later becoming a priest
Stock symbols
Grab a BUD, this hyphenated beverage giant
Anheuser-Busch
150 mile route known as the pilgrims Way connect Winchester with this other English cathedral city
Canterbury
No visit to Paris is complete without a straw along this avenue that runs from the plass de la Concorde to the Arc d tree umph
Chahmps e luh zay
Crossing the continental divide at Logan pass Montana going to the Sun Road is the major route through this national park
Glacier
Visiting Germany remember they’re actually are speed limit on about 30% of this road network
The Audubon
The most successful gladiator revolt began in a brutal gladiator school
The captives escaped using knives and spits from the school‘s kitchen and assume this man became leader
Spartacus
Stock symbols
This cloud storage and file transfer provider goes by DBX
Dropbox
Stock symbols
Get the door it’s DPZ this chain that expanded from one location in 1960 to more than 20,000 today
Domino’s pizza
Before she became a platinum selling artist, this singer was a Disney Channel star, as she appeared in High Musical: The Musical: The Series and Bizaardvark.
Guess: Sabrina Carpenter
Answer: Olivia Rodrigo
Vin Diesel first played the character Riddick in this 2000 sci-fi action horror film that also starred Cole Hauser.
Guess: The Chronicles of Riddick
Answer: Pitch Black
Excuse my charisma, vodka with a spritzer…” is a lyric from what 2011 Lil Wayne song?
Guess: 6 Foot 7 Foot
2025, what major brand of chips introduced Golden Sriracha flavor variety?
Guess: Frito-Lay
Answer: Doritos
During World War II, the Allied forces famously stormed the beaches of Normandy; in what country does Normandy reside?
Guess: France
Due to the 2020 tournament getting canceled, this 29-2 Atlantic-10 school with the AP Player of the Year did not get a shot at the National Title.
Guess: Georgetown
Answer: Dayton
Duce Staley totaled over 4,800 rushing yards for this NFC team from 1997-2003.
Guess: Philadelphia Eagles
After winning a National Title with Louisville in 2013, this energetic big man won 2020 6th Man of the Year while playing for the Clippers.
Guess: Andre Drummond
Answer: Montrezl Harrell
“He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with blank.”
Fleas
“We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all blank.”
“we shall all hang separately..
Uttered by Benjamin Franklin.
Ben Franklin.
After the olive branch petition was returned by King George III, saying, I’m going to kill all of you.”
“there never was a good war or a blank.”
Bad peace
“What current NFL team was once known as the Frankfurt Yellow Jackets?”
Eagles
“What movie character says, man, come on, I had a rough night and I hate the f***ing Eagles to his taxi driver?”
“Jeff Lebowski.
Bobby Boucher.
The dude does not abide the Eagles.
And Davo. I said the dude. Quick answer is the dude from the big Lebowski, aka Jeff.
I was thinking the football Eagles the whole time. All right. It dawned on me.
Question three. What is the five letter word for an eagle’s nest?”
Aerie or eyrie
What desert surrounds the city of Las Vegas?
Mojave
the title of Philip Glass’s 1976 opera, what 20th-century icon is “on the Beach”?
Einstein
