CSV Import TestOne_oldTech Flashcards
$200 ||| TRENDING ||| In 2024 a 40-ounce quencher tumbler from this company seemed harder to get than the same-named NHL trophy
Stanley
$200 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| A modification of a Portuguese guitar, it became popular in Hawaii in the late 19th century
ukulele
$200 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| 3-letter word meaning to hound with continued fault-finding
nag
$200 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| When driving a pal’s treasured 1964 Pontiac GTO, go easy on this pedal that releases the crankshaft
the clutch
$200 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| As this character, Tom Cruise radioed the tower, “This is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby” but was told the pattern was full
Maverick
$200 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| No stop at this Mexican port is complete without watching the cliff divers do their thing off La Quebrada
Acapulco
$400 ||| TRENDING ||| Oxford dictionaries once defined this 2-word event as when a group of strangers “perform a pointless act & then disperse”
a flash mob
$400 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| The double-action type of this instrument has 2 reeds tuned to the same note for extra fun when using the bellows
an accordion
$400 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| The high version of this hairstyle was worn by Barbara Eden in “I Dream of Jeannie” & has been seen on Ariana Grande
a high ponytail
$400 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| The star method is used to tighten these fasteners; follow each with the one diagonally opposite
lug nuts
$400 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| Client Rod Tidwell gets agent Jerry Maguire to say this 4-word phrase again & again, louder each time
show me the money
$400 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| Cruises in this country will likely begin at the port city of Piraeus, just 7 miles from the capital
Greece
$600 ||| TRENDING ||| The manual for this robotic ’90s toy says, “You can feed me by inserting your fingertip into my mouth”
a Furby
$600 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| Ben Franklin made a “glass” type of this instrument, totally different from the “mouth organ” type
a harmonica
$600 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| This equine term refers to an old veteran such as a politician or soldier who’s served a long time & has a lot of experience
a war horse
$600 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| The belt that drives your alternator, water pump & other important components is known by this snaky adjective
serpentine
$600 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| In this comedy, Tom as studio exec Les Grossman dances to “Low” by Flo Rida & T-Pain & says, “This is… when the job gets fun”
Tropic Thunder
$600 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| Many cruising to the Western Caribbean will set sail from this Texas city, the largest U.S. cruise port outside of Florida
Galveston
$800 ||| TRENDING ||| Co-founder Tom Anderson was your first friend on this social media platform; in 2005 he sold his company
Myspace
$800 ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| The Greek for “wood” gives us the name of this instrument that’s struck with padded mallets
xylophone
$800 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| These vertical pieces of wood, usually 2x4s, form the framework of an interior wall
a stud
$800 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| It’s what Tesla calls the place you stick the charger into; Ford & GM have agreed to use Tesla charging tech in their EVs
the (charge) port
$800 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| “I am the world’s last barman poet”, Tom declaims in this film, “America’s getting stinking on something I stir or shake”
Cocktail
$800 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| The light over this river’s estuary at Le Havre was one reason the city calls itself the cradle of Impressionism
the Seine River
$1000 ||| TRENDING ||| This 4-letter photo-editing app has given rise to a meme that describes a person with a specific fashion aesthetic
VSCO
DD ||| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ||| Also known as an etherophone, this boxy electronic instrument was used by The Beach Boys
a theremin
$1000 ||| EQUINE WORDS ||| Asked by Herod what she wanted, the daughter of Herodias replied, “Give me here John Baptist’s head in” one of these platters
a charger
$1000 ||| AUTO PARTS 101 ||| A seal between 2 mechanisms, the “head” one seals the combustion part of an engine to allow oil & coolant to circulate properly
a gasket
$1000 ||| CRUISE LINES ||| Tom Cruise tells Max von Sydow in this flick, “If you don’t kill me, precogs were wrong & pre-crime is over”
Minority Report
$1000 ||| PORTS OF CALL ||| Once you arrive at this Jamaican port whose name means “8 rivers”, you can swim with dolphins or visit Margaritaville
Ocho Rios
$400 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| In January 1861 President Buchanan sent supplies & reinforcements to this fort, but the ship turned back when fired upon
Fort Sumter
$400 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| One of the masterminds behind the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 was Daniel Burnham of this Midwestern “School”
the Chicago School
$400 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| This French novelist’s 1843 swashbuckling book “Georges” follows a mixed-race adventurer who leads a slave rebellion
Dumas
$400 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| He had a collab with Miles Davis called “Can I Play With U?”, included on a “Sign o’ the Times” reissue
Prince
$400 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| A twisting injury can cause this type of bone fracture characterized by a helical break
a spiral fracture
$400 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| Types of this household tool include slotted, hex & Robertson
screwdriver
$800 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| In 1860 California mountain man John Adams, nicknamed this, died from a head wound suffered while wrestling one of his pet bears
Grizzly
$800 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| In the 1960s Black architect Paul Williams co-designed the Ira Aldridge Theater at this D.C. university
Howard
DD ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| In this Hermann Hesse novel, Harry Haller reads a treatise about his dual inner self, caught between a man & a lupine creature
Steppenwolf
$800 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| This country singer collaborated with Leon Bridges on the song “If You Were Mine”
Miranda Lambert
$800 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| It’s the outer & narrower bone of the lower leg
the fibula
$800 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat
irregularity
DD ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| On December 2, 1859 he rode to the gallows on his coffin & remarked, “This is a beautiful country”
John Brown
$1200 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| He saw himself as a trimtab, a small but powerful rudder, for humanity, & his tombstone says, “‘Call me Trimtab’-Bucky”
Fuller
$1200 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| Made into a Scorsese film with Andrew Garfield, this novel by Shusaku Endo follows 17th century Jesuit priests in Japan
Silence
$1200 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| In 1986 Run-DMC collabed with Aerosmith on a version of this song that VH1 called history making
“Walk This Way”
$1200 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| 2 regions of this bone are the manubrium, which joins with the first ribs, & the xiphoid process, which is just fun to say
the sternum
$1200 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| This type of pilot in the early days of aviation would travel the country giving stunt-flying exhibitions
barnstormer
$1600 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| New York City’s citizens, including 103 who gave $1,000 each, raised the funds to build this church; the cornerstone was laid in 1858
St. Patrick’s
$1600 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| With his impressive Duomo in Florence, he was called the architect who “renewed Roman masonry work”
Brunelleschi
$1600 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit
Quo Vadis
$1600 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| 1990s hip-hop duo, Black Star, was a collaboration between Talib Kweli & this rapper, also known as Yasiin Bey
Mos Def
$1600 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| This bone extends from the scapula to the ulna
the humerus
$1600 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| Also a tropical cocktail, it’s a person who transports illegal liquor, no matter what type
a rumrunner
$2000 ||| DURING JAMES BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY ||| Regular mail across the continent began with this stage line & antonymically communication went under water via the transatlantic cable
the Overland Stage
$2000 ||| ARCHITECTS ||| During her Pritzker Prize acceptance speech, she said her secular & modern childhood in Iraq was an influence on her career
Hadid
$2000 ||| WORLD LITERATURE ||| This Chilean author of “The Savage Detectives” has gained wide fame in English translation since his early death in 2003
Roberto Bolaño
$2000 ||| MUSIC COLLABS ||| Billie Holiday & this sax player first linked up in 1934; soon enough they gave each other nicknames, Lady Day & Prez
Lester Young
$2000 ||| I’VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ||| Overproduction of the hormone somatotropin causes this form of gigantism marked by increased bone size
acromegaly
$2000 ||| THE 3 “R”s (Ken: The letter R will appear 3 times in each correct response.) ||| From the Latin for “earth” & meaning to make a planet suitable for human habitation, it dates back to a 1942 sci-fi story
terraforming
FJ ||| OLD WORDS ||| First appearing in an English dictionary in 1623, mesonoxian means pertaining to this word
midnight
$200 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| “Tomorrow Will Be Different” is by Sarah McBride, the first openly trans state senator from this state, known for being first
Delaware
$200 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| After visiting Michael Jackson’s family home in Gary, Ind., enjoy views of this Great Lake off I-94 East as you enter Benton Harbor
Lake Michigan
$200 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| Monopoly once added a few house rules, including all fees & taxes stashed in the middle of the board are yours when you land on this spot
Free Parking
$200 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| In the preface to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” we learn that these calming words are on the front of the reference book
don’t panic
$200 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| A mix of tomatoes, oranges, garlic & more, this bills itself as “the perfect complement to burgers, steak, chicken…”
A.1.
$200 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under C: “A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head”
a cabbage
$400 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| “The House of Hidden Meanings” is a 2024 memoir from this TV host & pop culture icon, both far from & totally a drag
RuPaul
$400 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| Put Kingman in your rear view, cruise I-40 & you’ll be in Standin’ on the Corner Park in this Arizona city in 3 hours
Winslow
$400 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| The nonprofit Free Software Foundation promotes this hyphenated type of software that, by definition, can be modified & shared
open-source
$400 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| This catchphrase of Ed McMahon was uttered with creepy efficiency in “The Shining”
Here’s Johnny
$400 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| The U.S. spent $100 billion to defend against this glitch that threatened to doom us all as 1999 ended
Y2K
$400 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under H: “An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another”
happiness
$600 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| This writer’s “test” on gender disparity in Hollywood movies began as “The Rule” in a 1985 comic strip
(Alison) Bechdel
DD ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| Columbia is about midway between these 2 same-state Midwest cities that squared off in the I-70 World Series in 1985
Kansas City & St. Louis
$600 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| R.E.M. titled a 1981 song for this broadcasting service that aimed to inform people under the grasp of the Soviets
Radio Free Europe
$600 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| Barney on “How I Met Your Mother” often implored his friends with this command that superheroes might receive
suit up
$600 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| The first movie with this designation was “Henry & June” in 1990
NC-17
$600 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under P: “A play in which the story is told without violence to the language”
a pantomime
$800 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| Oscar Wilde wrote 2 plays of “importance” but sadly, also a “Ballad” about this place of confinement
Reading Gaol
$800 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| Enjoy 1,700 miles of the I-95 system, south from Bangor to this 2-word city whose name comes from Spanish for “mouse’s mouth”
Boca Raton
$800 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| The Wilmot Proviso, which wanted no slavery in newly acquired Mexican lands, was a precursor to this political party
the Free Soil Party
$800 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| This memorable 1997 Apple ad campaign notably didn’t end with a “-ly”
Think Different
$800 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| This technology introduced in 2019 brought faster connectivity all over an area
5G
$800 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under N: “Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party”
nepotism
$1000 ||| LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS ||| This playwright has used his uniquely gravelly voice to speak about gay rights & wrote the book for “La Cage aux Folles”
Fierstein
$1000 ||| HOP ON THE INTERSTATE ||| It’s about 2 1/2 hours going west on I-80 from Davenport to this state capital
Des Moines
$1000 ||| FREE FOR ALL ||| The “free” type of this refers to an atom or molecule with a loose electron that can destabilize other molecules
a free radical
$1000 ||| 2-WORD POP CULTURE ||| Written by Sia, this Shakira song from “Zootopia” can be heard in commercials for Disney World
“Try Everything”
$1000 ||| ALPHANUMERICS ||| The Russian creator of this ubiquitous weapon was quoted as saying, “I would prefer to have invented… a lawnmower”
an AK-47
$1000 ||| DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY (Ken: And finally, the satirical work by Ambrose Bierce…) ||| Under Q: “A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it”
a quorum
$400 ||| BRITISH EXPLORERS ||| William Baffin was the first to determine degrees of this by watching the Moon pass in front of a star in 1615
longitude
$400 ||| ART TERMS ||| A painting on 2 panels, often hinged together; London’s National Gallery of Art has the Wilton one
a diptych
$400 ||| SCIENCE ||| Eccentricity measures how much this planetary path deviates from a circle
its orbit (an ellipse)
$400 ||| ROUND HERE ||| Since 1908, the roundel has been a symbol of this system that also contains “round”
the Underground
$400 ||| TOUGH VOCAB ||| In film when characters explain the plot verbally, it’s called this, also the name of a big public fair
exposition
$400 ||| HIP-POP ||| Cordell Broadus, son of this rapper who, like us, asked “Who am I?”, was a WR for UCLA & became a streetwear fashion designer
Snoop Dogg
