Hanukkah 8 Days Flashcards
For her role in Erin Brockovich, who was the first actress to earn $20 million for a single film?
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Julia Roberts
When celebrating Burns Night every January 25 for this poet in Scotland, what dish is traditionally served for dinner?
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Robert Burns
Haggis
Now known for dishing out stars to high-end eateries, Michelin began reviewing restaurants as an indirect way to sell what product?
Tires
Who was the poultry editor for the St. Louis Star newspaper prior to writing Little House on the Prairie?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Site of a teenager’s visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858, which city receives 20,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims each day, second only to Rome?
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Lourdes, France
Mimicking a technique seen in documentaries such as 1990’s The Civil War, an iMovie tool that pans and zooms over still images is known as what?
Ken burns effect
By definition, ungulates such as camels, giraffes, and gazelles must have what body part?
Hoofs
Puerto Rico and Guam became U.S. territories when they were ceded after what conflict?
Spanish-American war
What explorer named the Pacific Ocean the “Pacific Ocean”?
Magellan
In what sport do athletes compete for the Davis Cup?
Tennis
Which of the following was co-invented by Jacques Cousteau while he was an officer in the French navy?
Aqua-lung
Feature NOT visible in the painting of the Mona Lisa?
Eyebrows
What kind of tree appears on the official flag of Lebanon?
Cedar
The Earth is divided into how many standard time zones?
24
The slang term “hang ten” comes from what recreational activity?
Surfing
Chemical compounds that end with the suffix “-ose” are types of what?
Sugars
Legendary work of art not found in museum
The last supper
Is one of the world‘s most famous works apart, but it can’t be seen in a museum. It hangs in the dining hall of a monastery in Milan, Italy.
This Halloween tradition comes from an Irish folktale about a man who tried to trick the devil
jack-o’-lantern
An Irish folklore stingy Jack was a man who tried to make a deal with the devil to get out of paying for a drink and ended up, stuck in purgatory with only a burning coal in a turnip to light his way
stingy Jack gourd with a flame became known as Jack O lantern
When in space astronauts get notably what
Taller
Thanks to weightlessness astronauts get approximately 3% taller over the first three days in space
This sweetener is made from coal tar
Saccharine sometimes sold as sodium salt is about 500 times sweeter than sugar
During World War II, Poland, Haddon, enlisted soldier name, wojtak who was a what
Bear
In 1942 Polish prisoners of war discovered a bear cub in the mountains of Iran, raised him and took him with them when they were released after allies negotiated with Stalin
Help carry ammunition wnd was promoted to
First scripted TV show air swearword on network TV
With shit happens
Chicago Hope
While many people, including President Nixon had sworn on TV and live or unscripted moments prior to 1999 Mark Harmon made history in 1999 on Chicago hope when he said shit happens
In 1949 le combat was first performed as an extended one of these French named ballet dances for two performers
Low comb bot
Pah deh duh
In 1989 he became NFL’s first black head coach of the modern era
Art shell
when he took over the Raiders a team he once played for
When major-league baseball included negro league stats this hitter came out on top with a career batting average five points over Thai Cobbs
Josh Gibson
In 1957 she became the first African-Americans to win Wimbledon singles later she was the first black woman to join the LPGA
Althea Gibson
The Scottish folk song about my Bonnie may actually be about royal pretender Prince Charlie
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
The sun shines bright on this Stephen Foster tune written in the 1850s and designated a state song in 1928
My old Kentucky home
Moving to music in 2/4time with three quick steps and a hop, this lively Bohemian folk dance can be seen in smet nuh’s the bartered bride
Polka
Often by being between two objects it’s something that lessens or absorbs the shock of an impact
Buffer
Time for the transmission of light through a translucent material
Diffusion
When making this German dish, note, farm raised rabbit is milder than wild and may not need marinating as long as in Oma’s recipe
Hasenpfeffer
Hahs n feffer
In March 2024, Vaughn gething a Zambian born lawyer was elected. First minister of this UK constituent unit by the senedd
Wales
It’s a crew representation of a person such as Guy faukes , sometimes destroyed as a form of protest or ridicule
Effigy
Taking five from a whale towel in the town-ho’s story this narrator tells of a mutiny while smoking with some buds in Lima Peru
Ishmael
The postmodern the crying of lot 49 includes summary of a fake revenge play from this literary era that began in 1603
Jacko Be in era
The almendares river traverses this Caribbean capital and empties into the straits of Florida
Havana
Ness added to great is an example of this
Suffix
On the TV show servant of the people he played a high school teacher who became president after a viral video
Zelenski
Tourists in this Jamaican may want to visit the Bob Marley museum and liberty Hall, a museum devoted to Marcus Garvey
Kingston
On November 26, 1945 the saxophone great recorded Coco with Dizzy Gillespie and a teenage Miles Davis
Charlie Parker
A man cuckolds himself in the man who was recklessly curious, which is read by a priest in this Cervantes‘s work
Don Quijote
In this collection, the Porter and the three ladies of Baghdad leads to the first cuh lander’s tale which leads to even more stories
1001 nights the Arabian nights
Movies
More than 25 cast members from this 1990s film drama would later appear on an HBO series with a similar theme
Goodfellas
Lorraine Bracco Michael Imperioli
