Entomology Life Sciences Aristotle Flashcards
Medieval places
One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said let us away knights; he will rise no more”
Canterbury cathedral
Thomas a (uh) becket
The famous murder in the cathedral
We actually have eyewitness testimony with dialogue even though it was 850 years ago which is nuts
Coined in the 1870s wire tapping originally meant illicitly recording messages from this device
Telegraph
After 9 seasons in Japan and 19 in MLB who has the most total hits in professional baseball
Ichiro Suzuki
In the 400s BC callicrates designed the temple of Athena on this hill
Acropolis
The first Roman emperor born outside Italy this slightly deaf and limping man took power in 41 AD
Claudius
The point in an orbit closest to earth
Perigee
The point in an orbit farthest to earth
Apogee
Shihuangdi United the Chinese empire but was paranoid and held a burning of these items in 213 BC
Books
Babylonia and Sumer were civilizations in this ancient region they gave us a little something called civilization
Mesopotamia
This al gore book is subtitles thr planetary emergency of global warning and what we can do about it
An inconvenient truth
University with sports teams known as the orange
Mascot name
Syracuse
Otto the orange
Elizabeth Taylor Oscar noms and wins
Rain tree county
Cat on a hot tin Roof - Williams play
Suddenly last summer - Williams play
Butterfield 8 - won
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf - won
2017 Tom cruise Movie is a biopic about Barry seal a former twa pilot who ends up running drugs for the med ah eeen cartel turning mean uh Arkansas into a major cocaine hub in the 80s
American made
This president declared a war on drugs and later created the drug enforcement agency
Nixon
This act enacted a ban of the domestic distribution of drugs in 1950
The Harrison narcotics tax act
First time the federal government enacted a drug ban
Beach boys #1 hits
I get around
Help me Rhonda
Good vibrations
Kokomo
This comedic band allegedly takes their name from a Marv Albert phrase ; the band in question isn’t yeeeeessss however they aren’t very funny
Tenacious D
For a players tenacious defense
In chess this is the only maneuver you can do that involves moving 2 pieces in a single turn
Castling
In 73 this rule change in baseball paved the way for Travis hafners and chili Davis to have long successful careers
Implementation of the DH rule
This actor was front and center in fat boy slims weapon of choice video ; his weapon was of course more cowbell
Christopher walken
Largest Fortune 500 company with a woman CEO in 19
Products include sonic and spark
Bonus name the CEO
General motors
Mary bar uh - went to Stanford
In 1848 at this convention - the first womens right convention- a resolution was passed in favor of womens suffrage
How many years after we’re women actually able to vote in a national election
Seneca falls convention
19th amendment was ratified by majority of states shortly before the 1920 election so
72 years
Last state to ratify the 19th amendment
Mississippi in 84!
First state to allow women to vote
Wyoming
1890 in state wide elections
