General Flashcards
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Zeus’s winged horse in mythology
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Pegasus
2
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What horse was grandson of Man o War and won a famous race in 1938?
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Seabiscuit
3
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What country is the island of Corfu in?
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Greece
4
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Ibiza is part of what country?
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Spain
5
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Rapa Nui is part of what country?
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Chile
6
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What is the girl’s name in Wizard of Oz?
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Dorothy Gale
7
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Most populous city in Sweden?
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Stockholm
8
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Who said “Cogito, ergo sum”, I think therefore I am?
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Rene Descartes
9
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An epidemic strikes Algeria in “The Plague” by what author?
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Albert Camus
10
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A mysterious microorganism from space wipes out most of an Arizona town in this thriller by Michael Crichton
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The Andromeda Strain
11
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Who wrote Dune?
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Frank Herbert
12
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A mysterious microorganism from space wipes out most of an Arizona town in this thriller by Michael Crichton
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The Andromeda strain
13
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What are the two bones in the forearm?
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Ulna and Radius
14
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What bone runs from the shoulder to the elbow?
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Humerus
15
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What bone connects the humerus with the clavicle?
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Scapula
16
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What is the largest and thickest bone in the human body?
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Femur
17
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What is the shinbone called?
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Tibia
18
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What is the smaller of the lower leg bones?
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Fibula
19
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What are the two green numbers in roulette?
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0 and 00 (double zero)
20
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Who plays the US district attorney in Billions and was also in Sideways?
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Paul Giamatti
21
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Who established the American Red Cross?
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Clara Barton
22
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Who wrote ‘The Faerie Queene’?
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Edmund Spenser
23
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Who wrote “Prufrock and Other Observations”?
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TS Eliot
24
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Who wrote “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”?
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Gil Scott-Heron
25
Who wrote "To a Louse"?
Robert Burns
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Who wrote "Paradise Lost"?
John Milton
27
What animals do the Sami of Scandinavia hunt?
Reindeer
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Who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress"?
John Bunyan
29
Titan is a moon of what planet?
Saturn
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What is the fifth planet from the sun?
Jupiter
31
What German astronomer is best known for his three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
32
What German born British astronomer discovered Uranus?
William Herschel
33
Who is the most famous ancient Greek astronomer, who believed the solar system revolved around the earth?
Ptolemy
34
What Polish astronomer proposed that the earth revolved around the sun?
Copernicus
35
What Italian astronomer improved the telescope and defended the idea that the earth revolved around the sun, and also discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn?
Galileo Galilei
36
What Dutch scientist improved the telescope and first discovered Saturn moon Titan?
Christiaan Huygens
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Newton's first law of motion is...
Body's in motion tend to stay in motion - Inertia
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Newton's second law of motion is...
F = ma: The greater the force the greater the acceleration. The greater the mass, the greater the force needed to move the object.
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Newton's third law of motion is...
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
40
What American anthropologist wrote about Samoan culture after spending time there?
Margaret Mead
41
What American abolitionist raided Harper's ferry?
John Brown
42
What was Paul Revere's occupation?
Silversmith
43
Who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride"?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
44
What American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin?
Jesse Owens
45
What easily frightened man was in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
Ichabod Crane
46
The B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on a city was named what?
Enola Gay
47
The first atomic was code named what and dropped on what city?
Little Boy on Hiroshima
48
This longest running Broadway musical premiered in 1986
Phantom of the Opera
49
Who wrote the music for Phantom of the Opera?
Andrew Lloyd Webber
50
What Broadway musical features murderers Velma and Roxie?
Chicago
51
What highest grossing Broadway musical was released in 1997?
Lion King
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What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical debuted on Broadway in 1982 and was based on a book of light verse by TS Elliot?
Cats
53
What Broadway musical released in 2003 tells the story of the green Galinda?
Wicked
54
What musical was set in revolutionary France and based on a novel by Victor Hugo?
Les Miserables
55
What 1975 musical centers on 17 dancers auditioning for a part?
A Chorus Line
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What risque musical revue debuted in 1969, and has nothing to do with India?
Oh, Calcutta!
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What most popular juke-box musical debuted in 1999?
Mamma Mia!
58
What musical debuted on Broadway in 1994 and is considered Broadway's first legitimate family show?
Beauty and the Beast
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What Jonathan Larson musical debuted on Broadway in 1996 and was loosely based on Puccini's 1896 opera La Boheme?
Rent
60
What musical won 9 Tony awards in 1965 and is focused on Tevye and his family in 1905 Russia?
Fiddler on the Roof
61
Who wrote 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'All the President's Men' (screenplay), 'Princess Bride' and 'Marathon Man'?
William Goldman
62
Who wrote the 1974 non-fiction book "All the President's Men"?
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
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Who were the two leads in the movie 'All the President's Men'?
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman
64
What famous Persian Islamic scholar and poet was born in 1048?
Omar Khayyam
65
What are the Nepal locals who assist mountain climbers called?
Sherpa
66
Who wrote Catch-22?
Joseph Heller
67
The Summoner's tale is part of what work by who?
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
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What center of Russian government is found on Red Square and finished in 1918?
The Kremlin
69
Around 985 who sailed from Iceland & founded a colony on Greenland?
Erik the Red
70
What six time Grammy winner wrote 'You've Got a Friend' and 'Fire and Ice'?
James Taylor
71
What Puccini opera released in 1904 centered on a teenage bride who ends up killing herself?
Madame Butterfly
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What Italian composer wrote La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904)?
Giacomo Puccini
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What Puccini opera released in 1890s centered on a group of bohemians living in 1830s Paris?
La boheme
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The actual area Bohemia is part of what modern country?
Czechia
75
What Puccini opera released in 1900 centered on Rome’s star opera singer trying to save her lover from the Chief of Police?
Tosca
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Who wrote the operas Tristan und Isolde, and the Ring cycle, including Siegfried?
Richard Wagner
77
What 1930s American opera focuses on a black crippled beggar?
Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin
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What 1850s opera focuses on the doomed love of Violetta the courtesan and Alfredo?
La traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi
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What 1870s opera focuses on a fiery gypsy dancer and a naive soldier?
Carmen, by Georges Bizet
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What 1790s singspiel opera is set in Ancient Egypt and borrows symbolism from Freemasonry?
The Magic Flute, by Mozart
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What 1810s comedy opera features Figaro as the main character?
The Barber of Seville, by Gioachino Rossini
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What 1850s opera features a hunchback court jester and his daughter Gilda?
Rigoletto, by Giuseppe Verdi
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What 1780s comedy opera...
The Marriage of Figaro, by Mozart
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Capital of China?
Beijing
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Capital of Japan
Tokyo
86
Capital of DR Congo
Kinshasa
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Capital of Russia
Moscow
88
Capital of Indonesia
Jakarta
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Capital of Egypt
Cairo
90
Capital of South Korea
Seoul
91
Capital of Peru
Lima
92
Capital of Iran
Tehran
93
Capital of Thailand
Bangkok
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Capital of Vietnam
Hanoi
95
Capital of Iraq
Baghdad
96
Capital of Colombia
Bogota
97
Capital of Chile
Santiago
98
Capital of Afghanistan
Kabul
99
Capital of Kenya
Nairobi
100
Capital of Germany
Berlin
101
Capital of Spain
Madrid
102
Capital of South Africa
Pretoria
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Capital of Ukraine
Kyiv
104
Capital of Argentina
Buenos Aries
105
Capital of Italy
Rome
106
Capital of Romania
Bucharest
107
What is the largest river in Europe?
Volga
108
What river flows through Russia, with 4/10 largest cities, incl Moscow, on its banks?
Volga
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What is the 2nd largest river in Europe?
Danube
110
What river starts in Germany, flows through Bucharest & Sofia, through Ukraine into the Black Sea?
Danube
111
What 3rd largest river of Europe flows from Russia through Kazakhstan in the Caspian Sea?
Ural
112
What river starts in Switzerland, forms much of it's border, and then flows through Germany & Holland into the North Sea?
Rhine
113
What river does Hamburg lie on?
Elbe
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What is the busiest port in Europe?
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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What is the second busiest port in Europe?
Antwerp, Belgium
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What is the largest city in Belgium?
Antwerp
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What is the largest city in Europe and in Germany?
Berlin
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What is the 2nd largest city in Europe and largest in Spain?
Madrid
