Hey Heel Or Should I Say Gil Flashcards
Bon appetit says these days the word aioli is synonymous with
Garlic
What journalist who wrote the red record received a posthumous Pulitzer citation in 2020
Ida be wells
Running from Pretoria to Cape Town what train is a luxury railway in where
The blue train in South Africa
In 1858 John landis mason patented a glass version of what container
Jar
Euphorias Maude apatow is the daughter of of
Judd apatow and Leslie Mann
What Fashionhas brands shopping bag been nicknamed the bushwick birkin
Telfar
In the Bible what unlucky number of guests attend the last supper
13
Greek and Roman god of love
Cupid Roman
Eros Greek
In Indian cuisine naan is traditionally cooked in
Tandoor
A clay oven
What legendary jazz pianist has the middle name sphere
Thelonious monk
How long was Texas an independent nation
10 years
After declaring independence from Mexico
European nation similar in size to Texas
France
Texas 2nd largest in area and population
Capita of texas named for
Stephen F Austin
Father of Texas
Republic first Secretary of State
Texas presidents
Had 4 By 3 different people
Houston 1 and 3
Lambert 2
Jones 4th an sin (signed over to US)
Division 1 football schools in Texas
12 TCU SMU Houston Baylor Texas tech Texas Texas A&M Rice UTSA UtEP Texas state North Texas
Texas state sport
Rodeo
Largest Texas high school football stadiums
Toyota center shared with MLS football club Dallas 20.5 K in Frisco
Memorial in mesquite Texas 20K exclusive
Elite group of actresses and actors that have been nominated for oscars for the same character in different films
Stallone for rocky 39 years
Paul Newman 24 years The color of money (won?) and the hustler
Al Pacino for playing Michael core lee ooon
Kate blanchet for playing Queen Elizabeth
Peter otoole playing Henry II in
Becket and the lion in winter
Bing Crosby in going my way and the bells of saint Mary playing father O’Malley
Top grossing film of the 2000s
Avatar
Also the worldwide gross
2nd worldwide the lord of the rings the return of the king
3rd pirates of the Caribbean
2017 Oscar nominated movie is about a high profile kidnapping and had extensive reshoots before release to sexual conduct accusations against one of the actors
The sinking of what British ship by a German U boat in 1915 contributed indirectly to America. Entering world war 1
Lusitania
Released in 2021 apple iTunes user agreement says you must agree. Not to use it to do what
Build a nuclear weapon
Teem for the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse
A hinny
Teem for the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
Mule
Earliest known coins where and made of what
Electrum is a natural alloy of gold and silver
Kingdom of Lydia
Lydian coins have the animal lion
US gov agency created in 1865 to fight counterfeiting
Secret service
Largest US bill denomination that has been in public circulation
10K
1945 discounted in 65
Who?
Largest US bill denomination that has ever been printed
100K
Never in public circulation
Salmon P?
Oldest and still in use currency in the world
Pound sterling
Highest income Tax ever in the US
94% in 45
FDR wanted 100%
Adam smith wrote
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
M18th century economist
Loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative chosen
Opportunity cost
Karl Marx famous for writing And partner (longtime collaborator)
Das capital
Communist manifesto
Ingles
In the top ten Forbes highest paid athletes from 12-17
Federer
James
Ruh Naldo
On 5X Kobe Mayweathwr (3x) but most overall Messi Mickelson
Professional sports league with the highest revenue from 15-17
NFL 2mLB 3NBA 4EPL 5 NHL
5 highest cause sports teams in 17
- Cowboys
- Yankees
- Manchester United
- Barcelona
- real Madrid
1980s football league that lost over 160mil over 3 years
Bonus how much did the team win in their successful antitrust suit
USFL
Jury awarded $1
Certain types of judgements are tripled
Was against the NFL
Long running head of state is on the bank notes of at least 34 different countries
Queen Elizabeth II
1985 mockumentary includes the song
Give me some money
This is spinal tap
One of neils favs