Chiefs Threepeat 23 2425 Flashcards
“Inspired by her work with terminally ill patients, what Swiss American psychiatrist introduced the five stages of grief in her 1969 book on death and dying?
And for a bonus, what was Allison’s mnemonic for the five stages? Because if you remember, we had this in ours.”
“Kubler-Ross.
Dabda.
D-A-B-D-A. Oh, good.”
“So yes, it is Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance equals Dabda. All right.
Question three.
Odds, as in gambling, are expressed as ratios. Here’s a story problem for you. Oh boy.
No blows.
Andy and Deva walk into a casino in downtown Las Vegas and find a roulette table. One of them bets on black and the other bets on red. What are the true odds that both of them will lose?”
2/38
1/19
“So there are 18 red spaces, 18 black spaces, and two green spaces, which makes the odds of the true odds being two to 38, or simplified to one in 19.”
“variation of the percentage sign that indicates a number is divided by 1000 instead of 100.”
“There is a symbol. It’s like a percent sign, but the bottom part of the percent has an extra zero.”
Having opposing functions, “abductors” and “adductors” are two groups of what body part?
Muscles
What kind of athletes participate in an event known as the “Super G”?
Skiers
What leader traditionally receives a ceremonial gold ring called the Ring of the Fisherman?
Pope
In 1993, who became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Toni Morrison
Which early geological time period got its name because of the assumption that, at the time, it was like hell on Earth?
Hadean
“LSD is a drug derived from mysurgic acid. Who first synthesized LSD in 1938? I should say, apparently, people in Australia are smarter than Americans.
Because some of these are a little bit tough. I actually dumbed some of them down for this audience.”
“The correct answer is Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman.”
From Brain Ladle Trivia: Episode 287-Cult Classics, Nov 21, 2023
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brain-ladle-trivia/id1378610256?i=1000635514230&r=427
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“who wrote the song White Rabbit,? The hard mode for 15 points.
Which album did the song White Rabbit appear on?”
“It was Grace Slick, and it was on the album Surrealistic Pillow”
performed by Jefferson Airplane
“And question four is a movie Tri-Bond. I’m going to give you three movies. You tell me the actor that it has in common.
It happened at the World’s Fair. The computer wore tennis shoes and the horse in the gray flannel suit.”
Kurt Russell
“What is centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California?”
Chinatown
“Who was the founder of the Chin Dynasty as well as the first emperor of a unified China?”
Discover the story of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang
MONEY & NUMBERS
George Washington appears on both sides of which U.S. state’s quarter, which shows him crossing the Delaware River?
New Jersey
The name of which religion comes from a term for its founder, taken from the Sanskrit word for “Awakened One”?
+100
correct
Buddhism
SCIENCE & TECH
Inspired by Greek mythology, which term describes a seemingly useful computer program that is secretly malicious?
Trojan horse
ANYTHING GOES
Its name derived from the Gaelic word for “purse,” a sporran is an accessory to which article of clothing?
Kilt
ANIMALS & NATURE
Bacteria are the only living things in which body of water, because the high salt density quickly kills any fish brought in by rivers and streams?
+100
correct
Dead Sea
BIOGRAPHIES
Eventually trading Geoffrey the Giraffe for Alex Cross, who cowrote the Toys ‘R’ Us jingle 11 years before publishing the novel Along Came a Spider?
+100
correct
James Patterson
Beating Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, and Nat King Cole, who was the first comedian to win a Grammy Award for album of the year?
+100
correct
Bob Newhart
GEOGRAPHY
Both Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes and Adolf Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess did time in which historic prison?
Tower of London
The ancient super strong concrete from this group was self healing thanks to what extra ingredient
Romans
Volcanic ash
The Ash in Roman concrete interacted with seawater to actually make Roman seawalls stronger overtime
Blake Sheldon appeared for a record 23 seasons on this reality competition show
The Voice
Shelton appeared on 23 consecutive seasons and coached a record nine winners on The Voice before leaving in 2023
Before Osborne Dorsey invented this latches and ropes were used in place of it
1878
Doorknob
This nickname was given to the prohibition team of law-enforcement agents led by him
Elliot ness led the Untouchables
Norman Collins, a.k.a. Sailor Jerry is one of the most famous artist ever in what field
Tattoos
Collins, Honolulu tattoo parlor combined Japanese and western ideas to create countless, iconic tattoo designs
This vowel heavy sea containing islands like kos and Patmos has a lovely shade of blue named for it
Cos
Aegean
Long time pirate number 22 Andrew McCutcheon won a 2012 gold glove by catching and throwing in this widest ranging outfield position
Centerfield
In 1970 Willow Jackson Senior wore 22 as the first black player in a game for this university football gators. His grandson now wears it there.
University of Florida
Fresh from 1964 Olympic gold in the 100 m dash in the city Bob Hayes became number 22 as a receiver for this team and then became a Hall of Famer
Tokyo Cowboys
In 1939 catcher Mo berg retired from wearing number 22 for the Red Sox
a few years later his team was this World War II era intelligence agency
OSS
Auroras happen as atoms interact with electrons and protons brought to the upper atmosphere by this flux of particles from our sun
Solar wind
After the clergy, the nobility and the public, the press became known as this
The fourth estate
An ordinal number is found three times in this phrase referring to the time the armistice ending World War I was enacted
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
Forefront of the CMYK color model is this one whose name comes from the Greek
Cyan
Sigh in
In a 2006 John boyne novel a nine-year-old German kid named Bruno sees a boy in these title clothes and makes friends with him
The striped pajamas
Like King Kong, the Astrodome and the Taj Mahal have been billed as this
The eighth wonder of the world
Seattle Seahawks fans are considered this at football games one more than are allowed to be fielded at a time
The 12th man
Not a surprise based on their names, glow worms and fire flies exhibit this a chemical reaction that produces light
BioLuminescence
Also, the title of an Oscar nominated film. This alliterative power is sometimes defined as intuition.
The Sixth sense
The bird in the title of this Kristen Hannah best seller is young Isabelle rossignol’s codename in the French resistance
The Nightingale
And this Marcus zusak novel, liesel steal something belonging to a grave digger and is seen doing so by the books narrator death
Zoo zack
The book thief
In this JG Ballard classic made into a 1987 film young Jim is separated from his parents in 1941 Shanghai
Empire of the Sun
A shade of blue is name for this daughter of Teddy Roosevelt
Her love of it sparked a fashion trend and a song
Alice
P is for this shade of blue also the name of a tiny sea snail
Periwinkle
There are shades of blue named for the Navy and this Colorado service Academy
Air Force
Beatitudes
Referencing two basic appetites blessed are they which do this, and this after righteousness, for they shall be filled
Hunger and thirst
The pencil appears to bend due to this property of physics as light waves move from one medium to another
Refraction
Here’s a city created by this process that uses lasers to make everything look futuristic
Holography
Huh log ruh fee
Superman might know that this element used in fluorescent lights is number 36 on the periodic table
Krypton
The Vikings haven’t retired the number 22 worn by Paul Krause, the NFL all-time leader in these
Interceptions
catching a pass from the opposing quarterback
Blessed are they that do this perhaps for a relative who has passed for they shall be comforted
Mourn
Batting third in the lineup is the star beattitude blessed are they for they shall inherit the earth
Meek
A twist on history, Harry turtledoves days of infamy imagines Japan occupying Hawaii after the attack here
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Beatitudes
Blessed, are these soothers of troubled waters for they shall be called the children of God
Peacemakers
Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in this for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
Spirit
Let’s go
countries
This country has the most time zones in the world, including its territories in South America and off the coast of Africa
France
12 or 13 depending on the time of the year
A 1st Round pick out of South Carolina, this 5x Pro Bowl Defensive End totaled 133.5 Sacks from 2000-2012 while playing for the Jets, Falcons, and Cardinals.
Guess: Ray Terrell
Answer: John Abraham
Rushing over 1,600 yards and 21 TD’s, Kevin Jones was a 2003 consensus All-American while playing for this current-day ACC school.
Guess: Clemson
Answer: Virginia Tech
The Sienna has been a minivan model produced by this automobile brand since 1998.
Guess: Volkswagen
Answer: Toyota
Jeremy Bonderman started 193 games for this American League team from 2003-2010, but never once posted a season with an ERA lower than 4.08.
Guess: Oakland Athletics
Answer: Detroit Tigers
Founded in 2011, this brand of sports drink has it classic version & flavors, as well as varieties with names like Flash I.V., Sportwater, and Lyte.
Guess: SmartWater
Answer: Body Armor
Matthew Rhys won the Emmy for Lead Actor in 2018 for his role in this FX series, where he starred alongside Keri Russell.
Guess: The Americans
Answer: The Americans
Winning the Oscar for Best Picture, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in this 1992 revisionist Western that also featured Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.
Guess: Unforgiven
One, two, three, they gonna run back to me,They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave…” are repeated lyrics from what 2015 Elle King song?
Guess: Ex’s & Oh’s
Answer: Ex’s & Oh’s
