Hairless Cat Sphinx Flashcards
What is Malcom X birth name
Malcolm little
First black women millionaire in America thanks to her home made line of hair care products
Madam CJ walker
Traditional method of shaping eyebrows
Threading
Hold me closer tony Danza is a comically misheard lyric of this song
Tiny dancer
Elton John
Joe burrow unexpectedly led this team to its first super bowl performance in 33 years
Bengals
Rookie thr unicorn is the mascot of this popular toilet stool
Squatty potty
Sports and the movies
A Geena Davis institute study found shortly after a 2012 franchise films release womens participation in this sport rose 105%
Archery
Hunger games
This band was formed at the university of Vermont in 1983 and has an ice cream flavored named after it
Phish (food)
Bend and Jerry’s
Jason muh mow uh plays this superhero
Aqua man
Largest city in Oregon
Portland
Also in Maine
This 16 tons singer released 2 albums in 61 called civil war songs of thr north and civil war songs of the south
Bonus appearances on this sitcom made him become a household name
Tennessee Ernie ford
Played cousin Ernie on I love Lucy
This Famous song during the civil war commemorated this famous abolitionist and martyr
John browns body for John brown which became the battle hymn of the republic
Julia ward Howe wrote the new lyrics
Between 1939-2001 this postseason college football all star game between players from northern and southern schools wqs played at this location
The blue gray football classic in Alabama
Way for players not in owl games to be seen by scouts but now combines serve that role
During the civil war on at least one occasion soldiers reportedly used a cannonball in this sport
Bowling
This civil War general was falsely declared the inventor of baseball based on testimony of one man who provided no evidence and committed to a psychiatric hospital after murdering his wife
Abner Doubleday
All along the watch tower immortalized by who and written by who
Jimmy Hendrix
Written by bob Dylan
This is the largest freshwater fish in the world
beluga sturgeon
In the early 1900s he built a pineapple plantation and cannery in this state
James dole in Hawaii
Historic organizations
A senator called the 49 pact that formed this a fraternity of peace that makes the obligation plain …..for us and others
NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization
The North Atlantic Alliance was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. Its purpose was to secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom – all of this in the context of countering the threat posed at the time by the Soviet Union. The Alliance’s founding treaty was signed in Washington in 1949 by a dozen European and North American countries.
This word for a underground network of burrows foe rabbits is a Alina common proper name
Warren
Living in this country this large creature that sleeps in a nest is the worlds heaviest tree dwelling animal
Orangutan in Borneo
5 founding members of OPEC
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Venezula
Kuwait
This name was given to unusual symbol used by prince on his recording
Love symbol #2
Dispute with record label so changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol
The habitable zone around a star describes an area where conditions on a planet allow this to exist
Liquid water
Goldilocks zone where conditions have to be warm enough for water to exist in liquid form but not too hot
It has to be just right
A print made from this part of a dog is as unique as a human fingerprint
Nose
A word with 2 meanings that are opposite from one another
Bonus example
Contronym
Sanction
Trim
First to win 6 competitive acting tony awards and first to win in all 4 acting categories - name them
Audrey McDonald
Lead actress in a musical
Featured actress in a musical
Lead actress in a play
Featured actress in a play
Porgy and Bess
Carousel
Masterclass
Rag time
Lady day at Emerson’s bar and grill
A raisin in thr sun
First first
Lady to announce best picture winner
85th AAs
Also announced this winner which is tied for shortest title to win
Michelle Obama
13
Argo
Others GIGi and coda
GG
She launched her solo singing career in 2002, after making her first appearance as an actor. In 2006 she played the lead in the very successful movie adaptation of the Broadway musical “Dreamgirls”.
Also 23 record breaking tour
Beyoncé is married to rap star Jay-Z. She is also referred to affectionately as “Queen Bey”, a play on the phrase “the queen bee”. Her fan base goes by the name “Beyhive”.
Renaissance Tour
In ancient times this city in Yemen was a trading port for incense and spices
Aden
Ah din
The daughter of herodias requested this gruesome gift from king Herod
Huh road e is
The head of John the Baptist
This queen states if I perish I perish after agreeing to find a way to derail a murderous decree instigated by haman
Hay muh
Esther
Jacob marries Leah after 7 years of hard labor for her dad ; after 7 more years of work he marries this sister of Leah
Rachel
This Aretha Franklin songs says for five long years I thought you were my man but I found out I’m just a link in your chain
Chain of fools
Chain chain chain
Tip 5 hit by mamas and papas was written on a Cold winter night in Manhattan
California dreamin
This folk trio has a 69 top 10 hit with leaving on a jet plane
Peter paul and Mary
Poem lamenting a death ; toi derricotte wrote a moving one “for my husband “
Elegy
Sherman bros of Disney fame wrote this song of young love that mentions peaches and cream and lips like strawberry wine
You’re 16
Marvin Gaye first no 1 hit it got new life when it wqs used in a commercial for California raisins in 80s
I heard it through the grapevine
In acts 17 a woman named Damaris was receptive to a sermon in Athens by this apostle of tarsus
Paul
This widow with a Bible book named after her remarried but remains devoted to her first mother in law Naomi
Ruth
Penumbral term for hinting at things to come in a work of fiction
Pen numberal
Foreshadowing
Capital on the aare river
R uh
Bern
Give peace a chance at the Nobel peace center in this world capital
Oslo
