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Mr. B's General Knowledge Trivia (clues from NPR Wait Wait, Jeopardy!, and some I made up myself) > Fall 2021 Trivia > Flashcards

Fall 2021 Trivia Flashcards

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CHEMISTRY: Of the 3 basic states of matter, this one has particles with the least kinetic energy

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solid

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MATTER: The 3 basic states of matter are solid, liquid & this; superfluids, plasmas & superconductors got defined later

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gas

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WORLD CITIES: 1 of only 2 Asian cities that hosted the Summer Olympics

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Tokyo or Seoul

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REEDING: Walter Reed led the team that proved that yellow fever was spread by these creatures

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mosquitos

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: Around 1790 Benjamin Banneker helped survey the land that became this city

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Washington DC

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HAVING A POSITIVE ALTITUDE: Located on the lower slopes of a volcano called Pichincha, this capital of Ecuador is up there at 9,350 feet

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Quito

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ON THE EQUATOR: The 3 oceans the equator crosses

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The Pacific, The Atlantic, and The Indian

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HISTORIC HOMES: Many believe the 160-room San Jose, California “Mystery House” built by the heiress to this rifle company is haunted

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Winchester

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3’s COMPANY: In 2018 this company met its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 sedans in a week

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Tesla

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A BREAK FOR SPRING: A state flower, the California species of this blooms in great numbers in the spring

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a poppy

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“Q”: The California valley type of this is California’s state bird

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Quail

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IN THE STATE CAPITAL: Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park

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Sacramento

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MORE THAN ONE MEANING: A person who mends shoes, or a type of fruit pie

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cobbler

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MEXICO: The name of this Mexican string band comes from the French word for marriage

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mariachi band

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CROSSING THE EQUATOR: The Equator crosses Ecuador just north of this capital city

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Quito

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CHARACTERS’ FULL NAMES: Magellan is the middle name of this naval cereal mascot; his first name is Horatio

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Cap’n Crunch

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LEADER OF THE PACK: Though a fight in the Philippines kept him from completing the trip, he led the first around-the-world voyage

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Magellan

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THE 1880s: In 1886, this 4-letter German patented his 3-wheeled motorwagen, which many consider the first automobile

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(Karl) Benz

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BEFORE and AFTER: Snoopy’s owner who’s a large forest-dwelling ursine creature

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Charlie Brown Bear

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“C” YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS: Schulz alter ego (Schulz second person)

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Charlie Brown

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SENIOR-ITIS: This “Father of the Waltz” (and of Jr.) composed more than 150 waltzes

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Johann Strauss

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“Z” END: Johann Strauss, Jr. was the “King” of it

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waltz

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THE COMICS: Odie is a drooling dog in the comic strip named for this feline

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Garfield

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WATER WORKS: Strauss composed this watery waltz around 1867 in Vienna

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The Blue Danube

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SENIORITIS: The wind is blowing, so instead of class, “Let’s Go” do this, also the title of a “Mary Poppins” song

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fly a kite

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“Q”: The California valley type of this is California’s state bird

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Quail

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CALIFORNIA: The California poppy is the state’s official flower and this tough critter is the official state animal

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the grizzly bear

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POPPY CULTURE: It’s the only state whose official flower is a poppy, a golden poppy

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California

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THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: This California city on a river of the same name grew rapidly during the rush and became the western end of the Pony Express

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Sacramento

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: United Nations Day is observed during this month

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October

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AMERICAN HISTORY: His “Icebox” & his “Folly” were nicknames for the purchase of Alaska

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William H. Seward

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PRESIDENTS’ MIDDLE NAMES: Howard

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William H. Taft

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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: Sputnik 1 launches the space race

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1957

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EASY SCIENCE: The name of this class of vertebrates is from the Greek for “double life”, referring to life in water and on land

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amphibian

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HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES : Some light lamps to invite the presence of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during this Hindu festival of lights

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Diwali

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SACRED BOOKS: The Hindu Vedas praise Agni, god of this fundamental force; “agni” is related to our word “ignite”

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fire

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ANCIENT TIMES: Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion

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Buddhism

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SPEARS: The Hindu god Shiva is often shown bearing one of these 3-pointed spears

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trident

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U.S. MUSEUMS: Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia has a wax museum devoted to this famed abolitionist

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John Brown

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CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH: National Magic Day, on the anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death

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October

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ANNUALLY OBSERVED: Celebrated in Asia in the fall, Diwali is an annual festival of lights of this religion

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Hinduism

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RUBIES: Only variety of this bird found east of the Mississippi and north of Florida is the ruby-throated

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humming bird

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RHYMES WITH SMART: Composer Wolfgang

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Mozart

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YOGA TIME: Yoga is mentioned in these ancient religious texts of India that date back 3,500 years

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The Vedas

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WORLD OF COLORS: In Mandarin Chinese: huang se

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yellow

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