General Knowledge 1 Flashcards
Separates Italy from the Balkans.
Adriatic Sea
Boat with two hulls.
Catamaran
Bourbon based drink. Official drink of the Kentucky Derby.
Mint Julep
Youngest person to be Prime Minister in Finland.
Sanna Marin
German physicist. One of the main pioneers of quantum mechanics. Principal scientist for Nazi nuclear weapons.
Werner Heisenberg
Japanese luxury car company under Toyota.
Lexus
Latin words spoken by Pontius Pilate to crowd before Jesus’ crucifixion. Meaning “Behold the man.”
Ecce Homo
Roman equivalent of Zeus.
Jupiter (mythology)
Alloy of copper and zinc.
Brass
Ugandan president and dictator from 1971-79.
Idi Amin
Ruler of the Huns from 434-453. Feared enemy of romans. Plundered Balkans.
Atilla The Hun
Greek. Boasted she was more beautiful than Nereids. Poseidon sent sea monster Cetus to ravage the kingdom.
Cassiopeia
Military college in Charleston South Carolina.
The Citadel
In Norse mythology. Hall of slain warriors where they live under Odin.
Valhalla
Highest spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
Dalai Lama
Brazilian Portuguese novel by Paolo Coelho. Shepherd boy, Santiago, who travels across Egypt to pyramids after dreaming he found treasure there.
The Alchemist
American tennis player. Former no. 1 world tennis player.
Andre Agassi
Appears in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. In Bible, was to kill son Isaac to prove devotion to God. God switches Isaac with ram.
Abraham (religion)
Opera by Mozart and Da Ponte about servants, a barber and Susanna who wanted to get married and succeed.
The Marriage of Figaro
Measure power an engine produces. How much power is needed to move 550 tons one foot in one second.
Horsepower
Italian veal stew. Translates to “hole in bone”.
Ossobuco
English novelist 1907-1989. Wrote Rebecca.
Daphne De Maurier
French composer, 1838-1875. Romantic era. Wrote Carmen.
Georges Bizet
Italian opera & pop singer. Tenor. Is blind.
Andrea Boticelli
A group of islands, for example Galapagos.
Archipelago
Football team that recruited Michael Oher, subject of The Blind Side.
Baltimore Ravens
Non-profit organisation founded in 1920. To defend and preserve the rights of Americans.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- UK. William The Conqueror (Norman) vs King Harold Godwinson (Anglo-Saxon). Normandy won.
The Battle of Hastings
Novel by Russian poet and author Boris Pasternak. About Russian revolution. Used to be banned in Russia.
Doctor Zhivago
Part of the Appalachians in east US and Canada.
Allegheny Mountains
