Concord Flashcards

1
Q

What pork and pineapple taco variety has a name that literally means Shepard style

A

Al pastor

All pas tor

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2
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Only US state whose name begins with an A but does not end with an A

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Arkansas

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3
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Business students might be excited to know that the little ball in your can of Guinness is called

A

Widget
For air ration purposes
Release nitrogen to create a draft experience

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4
Q

MLB player diagnosed with ameo trophic lateral suh row sis

A

Lou gherig

ALS

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5
Q

According to its jingle Big Mac ingredients

A
2 all beef patties 
Special sauce 
Lettuce 
Cheese 
Pickles 

Onions
On a sesame seed bun

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60s Children’s author that Wrote the chart topping hit a boy named sue

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Shell Silverstein; has book named a boy named sue and actually also a song
Johnny cash hit

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7
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Kids bop volume 1 contained wonderful covers of songs such as all star slide bye bye bye what year was this album released

A

2001

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8
Q

More people in Africa are killed by this anima than any other

A

Hippopotamus

Terrible swimmers Fast runners (running and. Bouncing off bottom of the water)

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9
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60+ HRs in a season

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Sosa 3 
Bonds 2
McGuire 1
Maris 1
Babe with 60
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10
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This NFL franchise launched a million schoolboy fantasies with the introduction of the first professional cheerleading squad in the 70s

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Cowboys

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11
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In what year did emperor emperor here o heat o die

A

1989

Axis leader

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12
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A dutiful Italian father tries to shelter his son from the dangerous truth of the Holocaust

A

Life is beautiful

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13
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This absurdist take on propaganda film depicts the brutal death of hitler

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Inglorious bastards

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14
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One of the greatest films ever made this film practically set the standard for the war torn romance genre

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Casablanca

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15
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2 Japanese children struggle to survive in the waning days of Ww2 in this highly celebrated animated film

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Grave of the fireflies

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16
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US mint produced pennies of ehat medal during Ww2 and why

A

Steel

To Conserve the use of bronze

17
Q

Series W savings bond were more commonly known as

A

War bonds

18
Q

Quote
I’d rather have more sinful aluminum now than good aluminum too late for the war
What monopoly is being referenced?

A

Alcoa
Said By Secretary of war stimpson
“Alcoa can’t wait” commercial promoting themselves as progressive company

19
Q

The US spent about 350 bil on domestic war time projects with about 10% spent in what state

A

California because they built ships?

20
Q

7 modern wonders of the world west to east

A
Chicken itsa Mexico City
Manchu pichu Peru
Christ the redeemer Rio de janiero 
Collesum in Italy 
Petra in Jordan 
Taj Mahal Agra
Great Wall of China
21
Q

19th century contemporaries

Congratulations her on the 1869 release of her biography Frederick Douglas wrote I have wrought in the day you in the night

A

Harriet Tubman

22
Q

When this tennesse Williams plays debuted in 1947 the cast included marlon Brando Kim hunter and Jessica Tandy

A

A streetcar named desire

23
Q

The 2008 Pulitzer went to Tracy letts for this play

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August:osage county

24
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Jonathan Larson posthumously won a Pulitzer in 96 for coming up with this bohemian musical

A

Rent

25
Q

This Wendy Wasserstein play follows the life of an art historian from high school through her 30s

A

The heidi chronicles

26
Q

Eugene O’Neil Pulitzers in the 20s

A

Beyond the horizon
Anna Christie
Strange interlude

27
Q

Around 218 BC this cArthagian led 20K infantry into Italy via the alps while dealing with the elephant out of the room

A

Hannibal

28
Q

This Union general swung north in Feb 1865 through the Carolinas toward Virginia

A

William t Sherman

29
Q

After it’s futile appeal to the Supreme Court this tribe lost 4 K members along the 1830s trail of tears

A

cherokee

30
Q

The 2nd offensive by this offensive German lasted from Jan to July 1942 with stops in Tobruk and Benghazi

A

Erwin Rommel