Iridium From Greek For Rainbow Flashcards
This hymn says above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our saviors birth
Go tell it on the mountain
To wool with this seductive look is to invite further attention and implies get adjacent to me
Come hither
Doubt playwright John Patrick shanley co wrote this 93 flick that has time traveling dinosaurs at the Macy’s day parade
We’re back
It only founded the society of Jesus he also served as its first superior general
St Ignatius of Loyola
Pope from 1963 until death in 78 he was cannonized in 18
Paul VI
In jurrasic park she played a paleo botanist who intimately learns about diet of triceratops
Laura dern
If you know you know
Date congress actually declared independence
July 2
Adams believed would be a national holiday
In one theory an neutron star called a magnetar produces fBRs fast bursts of these waves with a lower frequency then microwaves
Radio
Coined in 1957 this vermicular vernacular describes a hypothetical tunnel in space time
Worm hole
The shape of a lenticular galaxy is similar to this type of galaxy (like our Milky Way) but lacks swirling arms
Spiral
Polish man who found out we orbit a star
Copernicus
JFK assassination date
11/22/63
Stephen king book
MLK assassination day
April 4 68
Upon canonization in 16 mother Teresa became st Teresa of this city
Calcutta
Leon is Noel backwards and Leon day is this date at the start of summer
June 25
Six months from
Christmas
When chickens do this it means earlier actions cause trouble later
Come home to roost
Turkmenistan stands atop the stans in exports of this natural energy product with 38 cubic meters in 13
Gas
In a 33 film he stops a dinosaur from having fay Wray for on skull island
King Kong
23 New Year’s Eve was a popular wedding date because you can say it this way like counting steps for a waltz
123 123
Sn 1054 in this type of explosion that created the Crab Nebula observed on July 4 1054
Supernova
Thr theater
Of the 14 roles in a production of this play that opened on Broadway on October 28 04 none were played by females
12 angry men
14 jurors 1 guard voice of judge
Industrial members of the world give us this unsteady word for a member of that group
Wobblies
A type of shape which is also an adjective for warfare Pitting outnumbered insurgents against armies
Aysemtirx warfare
First company to hit 3 trillion mark in 23
California
Apple
Noun for property put up for sale
Or as adjective meaning an unsteady ship
Listing
Flamingos feathers are pink due to
Diet of shrimp
Shrimp pink because eat algae with carotenoid pigment
99 hit movie translated in China as he’s a ghost
The sixth sense
6 Oscar’s noms
#2 grossing
Longest muscle in body and nickname
Sartorius aka tailor muscle
Sartorial sense
Famous names yelled in streetcar named desire
Stella by Stanley
Mozart contemporary rumored to poison him
Salleri
No evidence ?
Lakers founded in this city
Minnesota- land of 10K lakes
Moved in 60
For your wall we shelled out 8 figures for 62s l’arc de triomphe by this artist who lived most in Brussels not in Paris
Larc d tree umph
Renee Magritte
Belgium
John Parker began his ranching dynasty in Hawaii in 1816 when he was given 2 acres on the slopes of this the states highest peak
Mah nuh key uh
Movie cowboy and his wife dale raided palomino walkers on his double r bar ranch near Victorville California
Roy Rodgers
7 word motto of NYT since 1896
All the news that’s fit to print
Working for the times Sydney schwnberg and dith pran collaboration in Cambodia led to a Pulitzer Prize and this 84 film
The killing fields
In 72 the times won a Pulitzer prize for the publication of this top secret study of Americas involvement in Vietnam
Pentagon papers
Genghis son ogodei was chosen over other sons to lead this empire which would later expand across all Persia and China
Oh go day
Mongol
Briticana said this man fils possessed a good measure of his fathers literary fecundity but work was very different
Fee shu
Fuh cun did T
Do mah
Dumas
3 first names or initials of JS Bach most famous son whose work bridges his fathers time and Mozart
CPE
Carol Philip Emanuel
was adopted by Barney and Betty Rubble in season four of The Flintstones.
“Bam Bam
How many Ms are in his name?”4
“third season of what FX Network show partly focuses on the rescue of Jax’s baby Abel from the IRA
Sons of anarchy
“During the run of Friends, Rest In Peace Chandler, how many babies did the six friends have either through fathering, birthing, or adopting?”
“So Ross fathered two kids. Yeah. The Chandler and Monica adopted two.
And Phoebe was a surrogate for her brother, but she had triplets. So the correct answer is seven.”
“What is the real name of baby Yoda from The Mandalorian? And for a bonus, how old is he on the first episode of that series?”
“It’s technically Din and Grogu.
I don’t know if Din is like part of his actual name or title or whatever, but never. And he was 50 years old.”
“How many bones does a typical baby have at birth?”
300 lot of fusing
“Speaking of bones, newborns don’t have any patella. What is a patella?”
Kneecaps
“What was notable about Louise Brown’s birth in 1978?”
Test tube baby IVF
“What test is given to babies one minute and five minutes after birth?”
Apgar test
Wonderlick
Sat
LSAT
“Virginia Dare was born in 1587. Where was she born”
“The Roanoke colony on the Roanoke island of North Carolina.”
“What phrase became popularized after the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain near Uluru in 1980
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A dingo ate my baby
“1934, Elzira Dion gave birth to multiple babies who became world famous and were essentially put on display until they were nine years old. How many babies were there?”
Quintuplets 5?
“What performer was born six weeks prematurely in 1950? Their premature birth combined with a high amount of oxygen in the incubator caused retinopathy of prematurity and subsequent blindness.”
Stevie wonder
“in what country do newlyweds traditionally keep the top layer of their wedding cake to sprinkle over their first born’s head at the child’s christening? The cake is made with an alcohol that is traditionally associated with this country. So what’s the country?”
Ireland
Whisky
“What vegetable is sacred to the Hopi tribe and is part of their birthing rituals? Expectant mothers keep one of these vegetables with them throughout pregnancy, and after birth, it remains in the baby’s crib for 20 days”
Corn
Hopi Known for cultivating a blue variety
“In one tradition from the Dominican Republic, an expectant mother sits in one of three chairs, which has a different piece of cutlery hidden underneath. What is the purpose of this custom?
So there’s three chairs. A pregnant mother will or an expectant mother will sit on one of the three chairs.
And there’s cutlery.
There’s a different piece of cutlery under each one.”
“The sex of the baby. So evidently, a spoon would be a girl, a boy would be a knife, and the fork is undetermined.
That’s what took me away from that answer.
I was like, I know I was trying to figure out what the third one would be too.
I love the idea.
It’s uncertain. Ask later. We got to give the spoon more time.
Come back.”
“And finally, in some Polish families on a child’s first birthday, they are presented with three objects that may determine future characteristics.
If a child reaches for the coin, they’ll be ambitious. If they pick the rosary, then they’ll be religious. But what is the significance if the child selects the shot glass?”
“Apparently so. I was tempted to give you points for it, but it’s it’s not family oriented, though.
It’s people.
Yeah, it’s people being sociable and stuff.
ANYTHING GOES
While adults are known as Parrotheads, young fans of which singer are known as Parakeets?
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correct
Jimmy Buffett
ARTS & CULTURE
In 1990 blank videotape sales in the U.S. jumped 40 percent the week which documentary premiered, still the highest-rated series in PBS history?
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The Civil War
ANIMALS & NATURE
Too dense to swim or float, which animal bounces along the bottoms of waterways on tiptoe?
Hippopotamus
MONEY & NUMBERS
How many miles is a half-marathon?
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13.1 miles
BIOGRAPHIES
Leading his high school to three Ohio state championships, which athlete signed a $90 million deal with Nike before ever playing a pro game?
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LeBron James
Doctor is best suited to treat Acid reflux
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gastroenterologist
HISTORY & SOCIETY
Which famous pair were astronomers before becoming land surveyors hired to settle a dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland?
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Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
GEOGRAPHY
Which waterway is known as the “Nine Dragons River” as it splits nine times flowing into the South China Sea?
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Mekong
Napping up to 22 hours a day in Australia what’s the world sleepiest animal?
Koala
when they’re awake koalas like to eat about 2 pounds of eucalyptus leaves a day
Where is the annual Coachella music festival held?
California
Coachella is held in the Colorado desert, which is in California ha ha ha ha ha ha
Anaerobic workouts occur when the body’s demand surpasses its supply of what
Oxygen
During high intensity, anaerobic workouts, the body needs more oxygen than it can access leading to burning energy from other sources
This Indian game dates back at least 2000 years and involves players tossing shelves to advance across-the-board
Parcheesi
Featuring some of his most famous art who crafted over 320 covers for the Saturday evening post
Norman Rockwell
Rockwell Saturday evening post covers have sold for millions including the rookie Red Sox locker room for 22,000,000 in 2014
What American food appeared in English cookbook from 1390
Apple pie
In the late 1300s, the cooks of King Richard, the second compiled recipes, including a form of apple pie into a cookbook, called the forme of curry
