Intermediate Practice Pack #2 Flashcards by Tara Rosebery

What five-letter word refers to the traditional clothing of a nun?

habit

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What is the front of a boat called?

bow (or prow)

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In which country did the rock group Led Zeppelin originate?

England

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If 21 minus x equal 12, what is the value of x?

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Who wrote the best-selling non-fiction book “Baby and Child Care?”

Dr. Benjamin Spock

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Who wrote the novella that has been adapted for film numerous times, including several films called “Scrooge” and a version starring the Muppets?

Charles Dickens

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Which Wonderland creature took Alice to see the Mock Turtle?

Gryphon

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Which Augustinian friar is known as the Father of Genetics?

Gregor Mendel

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What group of organisms do ichthyologists study?

fish

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Part of class Insecta, which order of animals contains the most species?

beetles or coleoptera

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Which organ of the body does a pulmonary disease affect?

lungs

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In France and Quebec, what is the usual term for an underground railway system?

Metro

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What is a device which uses a pendulum to indicate tempo?

metronome

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What is a major city in a given country or region?

metropolis

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What is the science or system of weights and measures?

metrology

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The Churchill River flows through what two provinces?

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

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Hazel the Witch and Tubby Tompkins are characters in what comic strip?

Little Lulu

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Who is Donald Duck’s girlfriend?

Daisy

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Who is Popeye’s good friend who is almost always seen with, but rarely paying for, a hamburger?

Wimpy

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Which alliteratively-named youngster was bitten by a radioactive spider, thereby gaining some of its powers?

Peter Parker (or Miles Morales)

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In what comic stirp might I find Lucy and Linus?

Peanuts

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The Green Hornet’s partner was Kato, but what was his Black Beauty?

car

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What was the magic word that allowed Billy Batson to become Captain Marvel?

SHAZAM

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Who is Russ Myer’s greenish witch who hangs around with Irwin Troll?

Broom Hilda

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Which civil war was fought between 1936 and 1939?

Spanish (Civil War)

The 1854 Battle of Balaclava was fought during which war?

Crimean (War)

What popular actor of the forties and fifties was also the most decorated U.S. soldier in World War II?

Audie Murphy

In which board game would you find Gramma Nutt, Gloppy, and Lord Licorice?

Candyland

The first three letters in the name of what Canadian body of water known for its high tides suggest you'd have a good time visiting there?

(Bay of) Fundy

Name the part of speech that can serve as a "subjective completion" and describes nouns.

adjective

In chess, what is the fewest possible number of moves white can make in order to checkmate black?

three

Who, in 1907, was the first woman to receive the Order of Merit of the British Empire, partly for founding St. Thomas' Hospital in London

Florence Nightingale

What is a period of a thousand years called?

millennium

Dali, Breton, Ernst, and Magritte are major names in what early 20th century art movement?

surrealism

On what item of apparel would you find "broguings?"

shoes

I am a female athlete, born in 1976 in New York. In my sport I was the youngest player to be rated in the top 10, at just under 14 years, 8 months. As a 16-year-old, I defeated Steffi Graf to win the gold at the 1992 Olympics. Years later, after losing my dominance in the sport, I beat world number one Martina Hingis at the 2001 Australian Open to win my first major championship. Who am I?

Jennifer Capriati

Which ancient thinker developed a law to explain buoyancy and floatation, now named for him?

Archimedes

A two-word name, please: in which huge structure in Region 11 did ancient Rome hold its chariot races?

Circus Maximus

Which Bronze Age civilization flourished on Crete between about 2700 and 1450 BCE?

Minoan

In 1846 he was christened William Frederick Cody. By what nickname was he better known after he became a symbol of the Wild West?

Buffalo Bill

At 14, Cody became a rider for what short-lived attempt to speed up mail delivery in the American West?

Pony Express

In 1883, Cody organized his first Wild West Show. What Sioux chief became a member of this touring group?

Sitting Bull

Which sharpshooter joined the Show in 1885 with her husband, Frank Butler?

Annie Oakley

Express 6 and 1/4 as an improper fraction.

25/4

How many hours will it take an airplane to cover 3000 km at a speed of 1200 km per hour?

2.5 (hours)

If x + 7 = -18, what is the value of x?

-25

An angle measures 24 degrees -- what is the measure of its complement?

66 degrees

Which French palace contains the "Hall of Mirrors?"

Versailles

Who became Prime Minister of Canada for the first time in 1968?

Pierre Elliot Trudeau

What do we call the process by which complex foods are broken down in the body into simpler usable materials?

digestion

Name either of the two New Jersey municipalities that border Upper New York Bay, the mouth of the Hudson River.

Jersey City or Bayonne

With what standard recreational equipment are the 2,598,960 possible combinations of five?

(a deck of playing) cards

Born in 1587 and sharing a first name with a state, who is thought to have been the first English child born in America?

Virginia Dare

Which Classical Greek physician is remembered as the Father of Medicine?

Hippocrates (of Kos)

What scientific term refers to the tendency of an object to float or rise in a fluid?

buoyancy

What island country in the Indian Ocean lies close to the southern tip of India?

Sri Lanka

During its colonial history, at different times Sri Lanka was controlled by three European countries. One of these was Britain. Name either of the other two.

Portugal or Netherlands

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1959-1965 and 1970-1972. What unique distinction does she hold?

first woman Prime Minister in the modern world

Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of what product that is usually enjoyed steeped?

tea

The name of what popular flavouring agent that comes from an orchid has come to mean "ordinary" or "standard?"

vanilla

You can buy the "globe" or the "Jerusalem" variety of this plant, though botanically the Jerusalem isn't one at all. What plant is this?

artichoke

What type of algae is common in Japanese cuisine, where it is known as "nori?"

seaweed (or sea vegetables)

What is the German name for a beef or pork roast that is marinated in vinegar or wine for several days before cooking?

sauerbraten

I am one of the world's largest countries. Conquerors from Manchuria seized control of me in 1644. During the late 1800s, I was home to a secret society called "The Boxers." My people treat Canadian Dr. Norman Bethune as a national hero, due to his service with the Communist Eighth Route Army in a war against Japan. What am I?

China

Unscramble the following letters to name a Canadian province: O A M A T I N B

Manitoba

Unscramble these letters and create a Canadian river: A T A T O W

Ottawa

In which province would we find the town of Wawa?

Ontario

What 'A' word refers to a Canadian whose primary language is English?

anglophone

In 1901, Marconi sent the first transatlantic radio signal to a receiver in the territory of what future province?

Newfoundland (and Labrador)

John A. Macdonald's "National Policy" had three core elements: infrastructure, tariffs, and what third?

population growth (or immigration or settlement of the West)

How many stars are in our solar system?

one

Which U.S. city is known as "The Big D?"

Dallas

What term is applied to resources that are being used much faster than they are replenished?

non-renewable

Which Canadian hosted the popular television series "The Nature of Things?"

David Suzuki

Which queen was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt?

Cleopatra (VII Philopator)

Which province has the second-highest percentage of French-speaking inhabitants?

New Brunswick

Which beautiful woman was loved by the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Esmeralda

In internet parlance, what do the letters URL stand for?

Uniform Resource Locator

Which European capital city on the Danube River is name for the two old cities that joined to form it?

Budapest

Who starred in the original "Pink Panther" films as Inspector Jacques Clouseau?

Peter Sellers

What is the eleventh letter of our alphabet?

Name the official flower of British Columbia.

Pacific Dogwood

Who is the current Prime Minister of Italy?

Giuseppe Conte

In 1831, who coined the word "dynamo" with respect to electricity?

Michael Faraday