Conudrum Flashcards
Is history
Challenged in a courtroom
That same Year 25’s butler act in Tennessee outlawed this activity and wasn’t repealed until 67
Teaching evolution
Scopes Trial - John t scopes found guilty
In the sense to sleep briefly this verb wqs already in; 24 saw it given a new meaning literally to abduct a pet
Catnap
From the ad
Where are you ? You’re on the boat with the man your man could smell like
Old spice
Japanese word means strips of meat or vegetables coated with flour egg and breadcrumbs and deep fried
Katsu
Cot sue
This waltz king also composed the comic opera die fledermaus which translates as this flying animals
D flater mouse
Johann straus II
Bat
Near south bend Indiana is this city which shares name with thr land Joseph told his brothers to settle in
Goshen
Sweeden chief seaport and also headquarter of Volvo
Gotenberg go then berg
Yo tuh ber uh
Formerly a city dump this park in Moscow was named for comrade maxim in 32
Gorky
From the ad
From thr 90s
Woman; what’s the paper say about tomorrow
man: another scorcher
WOman: cool
Sears
Air conditioner
The tiny population of this huge desert is mostly made up of Mongolia wnd Han Chinese
Gobi
Good thing the ilitch family sells lots of pizza from11 to 18 they paid Victor Martinez to hit for 118 M on this al team
Detroit tigers
Composer Franco Alfano finished this asia set opera after Puccini died
Turnandot
Tur In dot
When Charles goo no’s Faust is sung in the original French this evil fiend has accents on all 3 E’s in his name
Meph uh stof uh lees
In Rossini take on this tale Alex trebeck favorite opera not a fairy but the princes tutor gets the heroine to the ball
Cinderella
Famous painting also known as la gioconda
Guh con die
Mona Lisa
He earned a a nickname in an October 77 World Series gene blasting 3 homers on 3 consecutive pitches
Reggie Jackson
Mr October
Willie Stargell who ruled this Pittsburgh stadium as a cleanup hitter in thr 70s was at last game there in 00
Three rivers
This unintended silence during a radio or tv broadcast isn’t quite as fatal as it sounds
dead air
From the ad
For a streak free shine that let’s in more light
Windex
From the ad
Eatin good in the neighborhood
Applebees
Seems
Like this 2 word cardiac term for great anguish would’ve been in sooner
Than 2024
Broken heart
2 word term can mean a place where you might keep wallet or figuratively someone under your control
Back pocket
Luckier cleanup hitter of thr face of thr earth he got to hit fourth just behind this no 3
Lou Gehrig behind babe Ruth
In 1812 1 schooner called patriot disappeared along with passengers that included this veeps daughter theodosia
Aaron burr
Hamilton comes in handy
Growing up without mother Mary Wollstonecraft this author spent domsierwble time visiting her at her grave
Mary Shelly
Ambulance driver in WW1
High school member of swim team and rifle club
Hemingway
During ww2 he flew 60 combat missions as a U.S. Air Force bomardier
Isn’t that crazy or maybe not
Joseph heller
Catch 22
After quitting medics school
At Johns Hopkins she moved with her brother Leo to Paris where she met Alice B Toklas
Gertrude stein
Taught French in 90s and was on public assistance but money wqs no longer an issue worth 1 B in 23
J K Rowling
K in K2 stands for this great mountain system
Car uh core um
This song from despicable me 2 soundtrack became a global joy inspiring phenomenon
Happy
Actress William Brewster a director descendent of William Brewster a leader and church elder of this colony
Plymouth
Not to be confused with a prayer over wine this is the Jewish prayer for the dead which basically praises god
Cod ish
During his Munich period this Russian painter cofounded the der blaugh er writer (the blue rider )art movement
Kandinsky
Forced
To abdicate in 1918 he was the last German emperor with this title
wilhelm 2 vill helm
Kaiser
Thermal
Protection system on this type of craft has more than 24K ceramic tiles some of which could withstand 2,300 degrees
Space shuttle
Arizona kitt peak observatory has 2 telescopes that specialize in searching for neos which stands for this
Near
Earth objects
These items that ignite the air fuel mixture in a engine use ceramic insulators to provide greater thermal conductivity
Spark plugs
In 1774 this British ceramicist came up with his jasper ware a very fine grained stoneware colored throughout the body
Wedgewood
A telescope at thr paranal observatory in this Chilean desert west the first to photograph an exoplanet
Eggzo
Atacama
World largest solar telescope is on mount Haleakala on this Hawaiian island
Hal a ack uh luh
Maui
Cubist produced around 4K original ceramic pieces including taureau and l’estocado
Toro lestocado
Picasso
In 91 observatory at Vassar named for tbis 19C female astronomer was made a national historic landmark
Mariah Mitchell
