Isle Of Man Flashcards
European rivers
The flooding of this river in 1966 destroyed or damaged some 14K works of art many of them priceless
Arno
Birthplace of the resinnance
Florence Italy
River near the louve
Seine
Sen
Explorers
Confirming a theory fossils found with this explorer in 1912 included a plant from more than 250 million years ago
Robert falcon Scott fossils were found with his body as he
Did not survive the journey back
Proving that Antarctica was once densely forested
First to reach the South Pole
Amundsen (made it back)
2nd Scott(did not survive)
Current longest serving member of the Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas appointed by HW
Members of the Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
John Roberts (Chief Justice)
Samuel alito
Sonia sotomayor
Elena kagan
Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh
Amy coney Barrett
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Chief Justice of Supreme Court before current
Rehnquist before roberts (current)
Only president to serve on the Supreme Court
Bonus appointed by who
Taft aka 27
Appointed as Chief Justice by Harding 29
Mountain range that separates Europe form Asia
Urals
Mountain range on the border of France and Spain
Pyrenees
For years couples have put locks on a bridge in what European capital to symbolize a tradition often followed by throwing the key in the river below
Paris
In 2015 a railing loaded with love locks was removed
This popular tourism city in the US known for its ski slopes is also named after a tree type
Aspen
What European city has sunk 12 to 25 centimeters every 100 years since it was built
Venice
How many men does each player start a game of checkers with
12
3 rows of 4
What American ship was bombed in 2000
Bonus Where and who
While docking at the Yemeni poet of aiden with the attach attributed to osama bin landed
USS coal
Name the year
Hurricane Katrina
Million dollar baby best picture Oscar
Iraq held its first free elections in over 50 years
We belong together Mariah Carey and Gwen stefani topped the charts
Rosa parks Johnny Carson Eugene McCarthy Richard Pryor John Paul II hunter s Thompson
2005
Space shuttle disintegrated on it’s reentey into earths atmosphere on feb 1 2003 killing all 7 crew members
Columbia
Led to the retirement of the space shuttle program and the establishment of the constellation program
Last Apollo mission to land on the moon
Apollo 17
Apollo missions to land on the moon
11
12
14
15
16
17
Most recent person to stand on the moon
Cernan
Transylvania is a large western province of ehat country
Romania
What is a group of witches called
Coven
Because mate I want to do you slowly
Keating
Australian Pm didn’t want to concede an election immediately
Brass composed of
Cooper
Zinc
Bronze composed of
Copper
Tin
Business and movies
The motto of the parent company of google is also thr title of what film which debuted both Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez
Do the right thing
Music
What big 10 schools fight song is sampled in the song be true to your school by this band
Wisconsin
Beach boys song
Musical that opened on Broadway in 2017 and announced its reopening in may 2021 and shooting a film version for Apple TV
Come from away
Original production won tony for best direction of a musical
A leading cause of the US entering WW1
Sent from who to who
Zimmerman telegram
Germany invited Mexico
Promises support in helping reclaim Texas Arizona and New Mexico
Location of Wright bros first flight using a heavier than air aircraft
Kitty hawk NC
Outer banks of NC
From Dayton and also location of aviation historic park to honor achievement plus acquitance poet Dunbar
