Fall 2020 Flashcards
CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS: It followed the imaginative adventures of a 6-year-old boy and his trusty toy tiger
Calvin and Hobbes
10-LETTER WORDS: “Madam, I’m Adam” is a famous one
palindrome
2020 ANNIVERSARIES: 400 years ago, it reached Plymouth carrying 102 passengers
The Mayflower
TV SHOWS BY CATCHPHRASE: “Is that your final answer?”
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
GRAMMAR A-Z: P: The building blocks of a sentence are subject this, what is said of the subject
predicate
AMERICANA: Naval Academy graduate Edward “Butch” O’Hare, class of 1937, had one of these named for him in 1949
airport
HISTORIC HOMES: Many believe the 160-room San Jose, California “Mystery House” built by the heiress to this rifle company is haunted
Winchester Mystery House
PRO BONOBO WORK: For some odd reason, bonobos at this famed Southern California zoo clap while they groom each other
San Diego Zoo
ACA”D”MIA: Form of education focused on methods to help students not on site but attending via the internet or other means
distance learning
DWIGHT EISENHOWER: From 1971 to 1978 Eisenhower’s image graced the front of this U.S. coin
the dollar
ON THE FIRST LADY’S IMDB PAGE: “Miss Universe Pageant” (1999) as “herself - judge”
Melania Trump
HEALTH and MEDICINE: From a Greek word for “people”, it describes a disease that affects many people at one time
pandemic
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Classical musicians refer to this “national” instrument as simply “the horn”
French horn
ANAGRAMMED REPTILES: A venomous southwesterner: INTRO GLEAMS (2 words)
Gila monster
ANIMALS: The only 2 venomous species of lizards, Gila monsters & beaded lizard, are native to this continent
North America
