Deck 1 Flashcards
Star Trek: The Next Generation originally aired in what year?
1987
Which snake, who’s untreated bite is almost 100 percent fatal, is the world’s fastest snake on land?
Black Mamba
In French cuisine, what is the name for the following: béchamel sauce, espagnole sauce, hollandaise sauce, tomato sauce, and velouté sauce?
Mother sauces
The Black Forest is located in what European country?
Germany
In which country did cheddar cheese originate?
England
The slogan “Just Do It” was created in 1988 for which company?
Nike
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Skin
What did the letters of the former communist country U.S.S.R. stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The final link of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States was completed in which state?
Utah
The Arabian camel, also called dromedary, has how many humps?
One
The Lone Star State is the nickname for which U.S. State?
Texas
Madeira, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, is autonomous region of what country?
Portugal
Which is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
Andromeda galaxy
Who declined the 1964 Nobel Prize for literature?
Jean-Paul Sartre
Which artist is credited with developing linear perspective?
Brunelleschi
