Entomology Life Sciences Aristotle

Question 1

Medieval places
One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said let us away knights; he will rise no more”

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Coined in the 1870s wire tapping originally meant illicitly recording messages from this device

Answer 2

Telegraph

Question 3

After 9 seasons in Japan and 19 in MLB who has the most total hits in professional baseball

Answer 3

Ichiro Suzuki

Question 4

In the 400s BC callicrates designed the temple of Athena on this hill

Answer 4

Acropolis

Question 5

The first Roman emperor born outside Italy this slightly deaf and limping man took power in 41 AD

Answer 5

Claudius

Question 6

The point in an orbit closest to earth

Answer 6

Perigee

Question 7

The point in an orbit farthest to earth

Answer 7

Apogee

Question 8

Shihuangdi United the Chinese empire but was paranoid and held a burning of these items in 213 BC

Answer 8

Books

Question 9

Babylonia and Sumer were civilizations in this ancient region they gave us a little something called civilization

Answer 9

Mesopotamia

Question 10

This al gore book is subtitles thr planetary emergency of global warning and what we can do about it

Answer 10

An inconvenient truth

Question 11

University with sports teams known as the orange
Mascot name

Answer 11

Syracuse
Otto the orange

Question 12

Elizabeth Taylor Oscar noms and wins

Answer 12

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

Question 13

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

Answer 13

American made

Question 14

This president declared a war on drugs and later created the drug enforcement agency

Answer 14

Nixon

Question 15

This act enacted a ban of the domestic distribution of drugs in 1950

Answer 15

The Harrison narcotics tax act
First time the federal government enacted a drug ban

Question 16

Beach boys #1 hits

Answer 16

I get around
Help me Rhonda
Good vibrations
Kokomo

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Tenacious D
For a players tenacious defense

Question 18

In chess this is the only maneuver you can do that involves moving 2 pieces in a single turn

Answer 18

Castling

Question 19

In 73 this rule change in baseball paved the way for Travis hafners and chili Davis to have long successful careers

Answer 19

Implementation of the DH rule

Question 20

This actor was front and center in fat boy slims weapon of choice video ; his weapon was of course more cowbell

Answer 20

Christopher walken

Question 21

Largest Fortune 500 company with a woman CEO in 19
Products include sonic and spark
Bonus name the CEO

Answer 21

General motors
Mary bar uh - went to Stanford

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Seneca falls convention
19th amendment was ratified by majority of states shortly before the 1920 election so
72 years

Question 23

Last state to ratify the 19th amendment

Answer 23

Mississippi in 84!

Question 24

First state to allow women to vote

Answer 24

Wyoming
1890 in state wide elections

Question 25

Valentina ter is cove uh
Krista mccollugh and
Ilene Collins distinguish themselves
All distinguished themselves in this profession

Answer 25

Astronaut
Mccollugh on challenger crew
Collins first female pilot and commander of a space shuttle

Valentina ter is cove uh

Question 26

2 points on the globe that are exact geographic opposites
Where would you end up if drilling straight down from the US

Answer 26

Antipodes - 2 sets of coordinates exact opposites

Indian Ocean