Donaldson Vs Anderson Flashcards

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Boxer 173-19-6 only tko in June of 52 to Joey maximum

A

Sugar ray Robinson

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2
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1952 Olympics

Capital cities 500 miles apart

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Helsinki summer

Oslo winter

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3
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Memphis record label founded in 1952

First to record Elvis Jerry lee Louis roy Orbison

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Sun records

But stacks is also Memphis founded as satellite records but not first to record Elvis

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4
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Christmas song by Jimmy Boyd that hit no 1 on the charts in December 1952
Has been covered by Jackson 5 row nets Amy winehouse rupaul

A

I saw mommy kissing Santa clause

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5
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Bird and diz was the name of a 1952 album released by

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Dizzy guilleppse 
Charlie Parker (nickname bird ) principal musician at bird land
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6
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In 1952 John cage composed a song in 3 movements titled 4 min 33 seconds
What is unusual about this song

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4 min 33 seconds of silence

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7
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Circuis epic was the highest grossing movie of 52

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The greatest show on earth

best picture winner

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Academy award winning Gary cooper western was intended to be a allegory for the red scare black list

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High noon

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9
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Musical had limited success when released in 52 but since has become one of the greatest musicals of all time

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Singing in the rain

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10
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First color feature film using this technology

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Color 3D movie

Bwana devil

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Anatheshiatogist determined a method for determining health of newborn babies

A

Virginia apgar
Scoring health of babies 10 point scale
Color of skin pulse face reflexes respiration 7-10 great

Pulse 
Grimace
Appearance 
Respiration 
Activity
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12
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Christine jourgensen was One of the first person to have this type of surgery
in Denmark Copenhagen
1952

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Sex reassignment

Outspoken transgender rights spokesperson

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13
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Operation Ivy

Punk band

A

Punk band

First successful test of hydrogen or thermo nuclear or fusion bomb
Until then only fission bombs up to ww2

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14
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Barcode patented in 52 but didn’t catch on until 74

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intro of UPC code first product scanned was wrigley gum

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15
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First African American to win an Oscar

Probably first African American women to sing on the radio
Died in October 1952

Star on the Hollywood walk of fame for acting and singing

A

Hattie McDaniel

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16
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In 2013 Queen Beatrix left the throne of what country

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The Netherlands

17
Q

Apollo 11 astronauts

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Neil Armstrong
Buzz aldrin
Michael Collins

18
Q

Sang the theme song for the Big Bang theory

A

Bare naked ladies

19
Q

Foo fighters parodied a commercial for this brand in one of their music videos
Bonus the song

A

Mentos

Big knee?

20
Q

What company had a long running ad campaign with Justin long and John hodgeman

A

Apple

21
Q

4 official languages is Switzerland

A

Italian
German
French
Romanche

22
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Anna may bullock
8 competitive Grammys
Renounced her US citizenship to become a Swiss citizen

A

Tina turner
Working for the man every night and day
Was rough but now nice and easy
Thunder dome

23
Q

Montreal jazz festival has been held annually since 1967 who had performed a record 21 times
Was part of the Miles Davis quintet in the 60s and won one of his many Grammys for the first mainstream song to feature record scratching

A

Herbie Hancock
First Grammy in 83 for rockit
Grammy album of the year river: the Joni letters

24
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Has an eight legged horse named slit near

Sleipnir

A

Odin

Horse mother is Loki

25
Q

When the death of balder was prophesied his mother did what

A

Frig went around the world and made every object on earth vow to not harm him except
Mistletoe

26
Q

Whose death heralded the beginning of ragnorrock

A

Balder

27
Q

How many days of the week have origins in Norse mythology

A
4
Tuesday -tear
Wednesday - oden 
Thursday - Thor 
Friday - friga
28
Q

Beyoncé is from

And how many #1 hits

A

Houston

22

29
Q

Movie that made J Lo a household name

A

Selena

Who sold 60 M albums

30
Q

On the map

It’s referred to as the blue eye of Siberia

A

Lake baikal bi cal

Worlds deepest lake

Contains more than 20% of the worlds unfrozen fresh water

31
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Medicine

Post this disease syndrome afffexts many survivors of which the US is estimated to have 300K the vast majority over 65

A

Polio