IED Signature Weapon Of Iraq War Flashcards by Michael Kridla

Nearly 30% of the moons nearside is made of this igneous rock. It holes were formed by gas bubbles Captured as lava cooled

Basalt

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In 2023 this Boston airport and Gateway to New England, celebrated it’s 100th anniversary

Logan

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The king Abdul Aziz airport in this country has a special Hajj terminal and a separate terminal for the royal family

Saudi, Arabia

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This capitals airport boasts a library , park and a museum

Skip ewl airport in Amsterdam

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The Bible tells us for wisdom is better than these gems, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it

Rubies

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The 3-D viewer was introduced at the 1939 world fair but hit it big in the 1950s went to acquire the rights to Disney characters

View master

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Undealt playing cards in this game are placed in a pile known as the ocean or the pool

Go fish

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A mountain on the moon is named for computer programmer Melba Roy Mouton, and it’s called the Latin word Mouton

Mons

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An impressive crater 53 miles in diameter in the southern Highlands of the moon is named for this eccentric 16 century dame,

Tyco bra he
Crater teek o

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It’s what amor wink it Omnia translates to

Love conquers all

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Charles Wilson PO was in the group that excavated one of these toothy behemoth and painted the scene circa 1806

Mastodon

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For Easter 1885 saw Alexander the third asked this jeweler to make a gift for the czarina and voila an enameled egg with jewels inside

Faberge

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In 1808 he registered the north River steamboat of Claremont and a new age was upon us

Fulton

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In 1801 Alexander Hamilton launched this big Apple paper that didn’t have a page 6 yet

New York Post

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Which element on the periodic table is named for the chemist who developed one of the first periodic tables?

Mendelevium

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Which Broadway musical includes the hit 1954 song “Earth Angel” and the hit 1985 song “Power of Love”?

Back to the Future: The Musical

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The name of which dish is derived from a Medieval Latin phrase for “ink pot”?

Calamari

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gym buff lifting a 25-kg weight is pumping roughly how much iron in pounds?

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Having yellow flowers and grown for its tubers, the Jerusalem artichoke plant is not an artichoke but rather belongs to what plant genus?

Sunflower

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Before helping Texas gain independence, what leader was a teen runaway adopted by the Cherokee people?

Sam Houston.

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Consisting of nearly one-sixth of the country’s land, which Canadian province is the largest?

Quebec

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Following a papal vacancy, Vatican officials use what sign to indicate a new pope has been elected?

Sending white smoke up a chimney

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addition to illustrating her own The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which author produced detailed illustrations of fungi, including for an academic paper she wrote?

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Beatrix Potter

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To make calculations simpler, in 2021 which country eliminated six zeroes from its hyperinflated currency, the bolivar?

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Venezuela

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Native to Siberia, what dog breed’s famous smile is due to upturned corners on its mouth, preventing drool that might turn into icicles?

Samoyed

In Serbia, National Science Day is celebrated every July 10 in honor of which scientist, who was a Serbian-American?

Nikola Tesla

His painting The Son of Man shows a man’s face obscured by what fruit?

René Magritte’s Apple

Its name derived from the Hungarian word for “herdsman’s meat,” what stew is made with beef, vegetables and paprika?

Goulash

Although about 9,800 miles away, what island hosted the surfing events of the 2024 Paris Olympics?

+100 correct Tahiti

The world’s oldest continuously running webcam, FogCam has documented the weather in which U.S. city since 1994?

+100 correct San Francisco

Allowing him to write quickly, which author typed the original manuscript of On the Road on a continuous 120-foot-long scroll?

+100 correct Jack Kerouac

Later retooled into an action series, which TV show was conceived as a real-time portrayal of a stressful day leading up to a wedding?

This is a large beach in which island group renowned for its giant tortoise population?

Tortuga Bay Galapagos

Purchased by Jerry Jones in 1989 for $150 million, in 2024 which sports franchise became the first to be valued at $10 billion?

correct Dallas Cowboys

Sometimes called the September Campaign, Germany’s 1939 invasion of which country is considered the triggering event of World War II?

Poland

Later growing up to become either a tom or a hen, which bird species’ young is known as a poult?

100 correct Turkey

Beating Brian Williams and Katie Couric, which comedian topped a 2009 Time magazine poll of the most trusted American newscasters?

Jon Stewart

This bean is actually not a bean

Coffee bean At typical coffee bean is actually the seed of a coffee cherry

This alcohol brand namesake was an actual pirate in real life

Henry Morgan Captain Henry Morgan was a privateer a.k.a. pirate but before he went into business from himself, he fought under the command of England’s Oliver Comwell in the Caribbean

Three most common house pets in the US

Dogs, cats fish According to the American veterinarian medical Association, dogs and cats are by far the most owned pets in the US appearing in 2.7% of American household fish edge out birds for third

The battle of bull run in the Civil War is widely, considered the origin of this modern sports tradition

Tailgating the first battle of Bill run became known as the picnic battle because spectators bought food and drink and enjoy before watching the fight in a very early example of tailgating

In the business world IPO stand for

Initial public offering When a private company moves to make stock available to the public is called an initial public offering

What city by far has the most Michelin star restaurants

Tokyo as of 2024 there are 194 Michelin star restaurants in Tokyo well ahead of 2nd Place Paris with 136

animals is the best fit to live in a vivarium?

Butterfly

Three of King Henry VIII’s six wives shared what first name?

Catherine

Latavius Murray was the leading rusher on this 13-3 NFC team in 2017.

Guess: Minnesota Vikings

Before back-to-back title wins in 2006 & 2007, Billy Donovan led Florida to the 2000 National Championship game, where they lost to this school.

Guess: Duke Answer: Michigan State

This Golfer won 2 Majors in 2024 and was one of three golfers to tie for runner-up at the 2019 Masters when Tigers Woods won.

Guess: Jordan Spieth Answer: Xander Schauffele

Branson is an Ozark town and a family vacation destination in this U.S. state.

Guess: Missouri

Founded in Austin in 2014, this brand is known for grain-free tortillas & chips and has a yellow bird as part of its logo.

Guess: Siete

After a major role on Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss has starred in this Emmy-winning Hulu dystopian drama since 2017.

Guess: The Handmaid's Tale

this 1992 RomCom, Eddie Murphy played a hot-shot ad executive and womanizer who falls for his new boss, played by Halle Berry, but it turns out she's as much of a player as him.

Guess: The Player Answer: Boomerang

Solange is the sister of what multi-platinum recording artist?

Beyoncé

GEOGRAPHY Often found in the American Southwest, which formation is notable for its wide, flat top and is named for the Spanish word for “table”? +100 correct

Mesa

Because ancient Jews didn’t have time to leaven bread when fleeing Egypt, only bread that is unleavened is eaten during the seven days of which Jewish holiday? +100 correct

Passover Not Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Hanukkah

BIOGRAPHIES Which U.S. first lady consulted with an astrologist who had seemingly predicted an assassination attempt on her husband? +100 correct

Nancy Reagan

SCIENCE & TECH Due to the lack of vitamin C in their diets on long voyages, many sailors died from what disease? +100 correct

Scurvy

ARTS & CULTURE Named for a mythic sculptor who fell in love with a statue that came to life, the play Pygmalion was adapted into what musical? +100 correct

My Fair Lady

ANIMALS & NATURE The venom of which lizard, the largest in the world, helps it to fell prey by preventing their blood from clotting? +100 correct

Komodo dragon

HISTORY & SOCIETY Coined in 1845, which term refers to the concept that the U.S. was entitled to spread out over the entire continent? +100 correct

Manifest Destiny

MONEY & NUMBERS The one rand coin of which country features their national animal the springbok, a type of antelope? +100 correct

South Africa

What style of hat is brimless?

Fez originated in Morocco fez hats are traditionally red with a black tassel on top

In the game show Jeopardy contestants answers must be in the form of a what

Question Merv Griffin‘s wife Julann suggested starting a game show with the answer and making contestants come up with a question

What brand mascot is known in Spain as Don limpio

Mr. clean In Mexico, Mr. clean is Maestro Limpio and in France Mr. propre

In the second Two and a Half Men, Ashton Kutcher was famously hired to replace what actor

Charlie Sheen, although ratings plummeted the show continued for four seasons with Kutcher

A standard set of golf clubs contains the most of which type of club

Iron Most golf club sets have between 12 to 14 clubs of which 5 to 7 are irons

Just like humans keep cows what animals keep aphids as pets and milk them for honeydew

Ants aphid turn sap from plants into honeydew which herder ants collect by stroking the back of the aphids

This layer of the Earth makes up more than 80% of its volume

Mantle

Spanish word for a cooking pot gives us this term for a type of volcanic crater

Caldera

The 20th century This country’s national radio launched in 1925 14 years later it fell into a long silence following a piano nocturne

Poland A Chopin nocturne after the Nazis invaded Poland Show pan

This protestant movement that followed Lutheranism is named for its founder who died in Switzerland in 1564

Calvinism

This rubber rainwear was named after a British military hero said at one time to have worn something similar

Wellington’s

Orange juice and vodka basically

Screwdriver

A JPEG or an MP3

File

On the movie map Actually, about IDi amin the last king of this

Scotland

On the movie map A documentary about gun violence, bowling for this

Columbine

For the way he pounded foes Charles 8th Century ruler of the Franks was known as Martel or this

Hammer

As a noun, it’s a cutting tool as a verb It’s a synonym for cheat.

Chisel

NFL Star Jack Reynolds got this nickname after using one to cut a car in half after a frustrating loss

Hacksaw

Bert lahr and e.g. Marshall were Estragon and Vladimir when this play opened on Broadway in 1956 Lahr

Waiting for godot guh dough Becket

On the movie map Where monsters go to get away from it all hotel this

Transylvania

On the movie map A 2006 sequel the fast and the furious this drift

Tokyo

On the movie map What a cast Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and Kate Hepburn The this story

Philadelphia

In 1980s play was on Broadway with Ian McAllen as salieri Jane Seymour as Constanze and Tim Curry in the title role Sal e r e

Amadeus

In 1967 this play based around a classic one debuted on Broadway and pretty much promised the two title guys wouldn’t make it out alive

Rosencrantz and Guild in stern are dead Hamlet

At one point, with over 200 locations but now down to around 79, this Northeastern pizza chain specializes in thin-crust pizza and calls itself The Official Pizza of New England.

Guess: Boston Market Answer: Papa Gino's

Born in 1864 and known for promoting alternative crops to cotton, like peanuts & sweet potatoes, this agricultural scientist & inventor was dubbed by Time Magazine as the "Black Leonardo."

Guess: Booker T. Washington Double Dip Guess: Eli Whitney Answer: George Washington Carver

This Tight End totaled over 6,000 receiving yards while playing for the Patriots, Browns, Saints, and Ravens from 2004-2019.

Guess: Mike Vrabel Answer: Ben Watson

Al Leiter had seven straight double-digit wins as a Starting Pitcher for this National League team from 1998-2004.

Guess: New York Mets Answer: New York Mets

Cody Hodgson, Tyler Ennis, and Drew Stafford were points leaders on this Eastern Conference team that had the worst record in the NHL in 2013-2014.

Guess: Buffalo Sabres Answer: Buffalo Sabres

Megan Mullaly earned 8 Emmy nominations & 2 Wins for her supporting role in this NBC sitcom that originally ran from 1998-2006 and had a reboot from 2017-2020.

Guess: Will and Grace

More than a decade before The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus played one-half of the McManus twins from this cult-favorite 1999 vigilante action thriller.

Guess: The Boondock Saints

Collaborating with Major Lazer, Lil Jon, Justin Bieber, and Cardi B, this DJ has had multiple major hits, including: "Lean On", "Turn Down For What", "Let Me Love You", and "Taki Taki".

Guess: DJ Snake