Kansas Sunflower State Flashcards
Before winning a Murrow award this British Iranian female reporter wqs an equestrian who competed as a child jockey
Christiane amanpour
Ahm in pour
RBG favorite lace jab it from this location
Cape Town South Africa
ESPN 30 for 30 - 157 in 2020
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The 2 Escobars
Soccer
Pablo and Andre ?
Colombian soccer player who scored won goal in 94 World Cup
Hit put out on him - he wqs killed ?
ESPN 30 for 30 - 157 in 2020
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Pony excess
College football
SMU mustangs
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42 to 1
Boxing
Odds
James Buster Douglas against Mike Tyson
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The 16th man
Rugby
15 to a side in rugby
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The price of gold
Figure skating /ice skating
Nancy Kerrigan Tonya Harding
Not this most famous Nickelodeon game show with the obstacle course but this other one where contestants would compete in a Final round called thr video zone
Not double dare but instead
Nick arcade - couldn’t get license for any good games
This 78 film tells the true story of the escape of American billy hayes from a Turkish prison
Bonus who won his first Oscar for screenwriting
Midnight express
Also a WWE tag team - known more for tag team than often changing members - Jim cornette
Oliver stone - before famous writing Scarface
Home of the NCAA’s Gaels :
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Iona College is a Roman Catholic school run by Christian Brothers in New Rochelle, New York. The Brothers named the college for the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland on which is located Iona Abbey, which was founded by St. Columba. The school’s sports teams are called the Iona Gaels, and the team mascot goes by the name “Killian”
Computer-based civil disobedience :
HACKTIVISM
Anonymous is a network of Internet activists (known as “hacktivists”). Formed around 2003, the group has been responsible for several attacks on government, corporate and religious websites over the years. When members of Anonymous (known as “Anons”) appear in public, they do so wearing Guy Fawkes masks.
a secondary living space or temporary accommodation, often somewhere to live in a big city that is some distance away from a primary residence. “is French for “foot on the ground”.
Pied-à-terre”
Designer of Uma Thurman’s iconic 1995 lavender chiffon Oscar gown
Bonus award
Win?
PRADA
Uma Thurman was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Award at the Oscar ceremony held in 1995, for her performance in “Pulp Fiction”. She didn’t win (Dianne Wiest did, for “Bullets Over Broadway”), but Thurman did make her mark on the ceremony. She wore a lavender chiffon gown by Prada that attracted a lot of attention. It is credited with launching Prada as a mainstream clothier in America.
Japanese stir-fried noodles :
YAKISOBA
Yakisoba is a dish from Japanese cuisine comprising fried noodles with chopped pork and vegetables. “Yakisoba” translates as “fried noodle”. Even though soba noodles are usually made from buckwheat flour, the soba noodles in yakisoba are made from wheat flour.
——— spritz (cocktail)
Aperol
Ah puh rawl
Movie link
Home alone
JFK
National lampoons vacation
John candy
Small parts
Home alone - back of uhaul
JFK -nice suit and sunglasses
National lampoons vacation - works at theme park
Polka king of the Midwest
This name means goddess and is of Sanskrit origin and is name of thr hindu mother goddess
Also name the notable American who has this as middle name
devi (dave e)
Kamala Harris
Biden is robinette
This university in thr American athletic conference is the smallest D 1 college measured by enrollment and boasts notable alumni like dr Phil and nfl hof and later congressman Steve largent
University of Tulsa
When largent retired wqs leading receiver - beat white receiver
Seahawk
Spawning s box office franchise this action film wqs co-directed by Keanu reeves stunt double in 14
John wick
Before people said cheese this word was requested by photographers to ensure a mouth appeared demure
Prunes
Exposure was long had to sit still so Smiling wasn’t an option
He used his most famous invention for the first time 42 years after first developed
Henry Heimlich
In his late 90s
In 1901 dr Douglas mcdougal identified 6 patients primarily with tuberculosis to measure weight of this
Soul - 21 grams
When you die you weigh 21 grams less
Sean Penn movie 21 grams
When ranking best picture winner by total box office - not adjusted for inflation - only this film from the 80s was in top 10 grossing
Rain man
9th highest grossing best picture ?
This opening chess move is named after a Syrian city in which Philip stam uh an 18th century chess master who popularized this movie
16 presidential candidate Gary Johnson would be no help
Queens gambit aka uh lep o gambit
Gary Johnson gaff- didn’t know city of uh lep o
Neal last name Fischer
Known informally as the roundhouse this state capital has the only round state capital building
Santa Fe New Mexico
Building Designed to resemble the zia (zigh uh) sun symbol found on the state flag
In madden 08 this player became the first to receive a perfect score 100 for speed
Devin Hester - all time leader in return tDs
Crank that is this Soulja boy
Resouiver dogs
The first official record of dogs being used by American military wqs in 1835 when bloodhounds served in 2nd war named For this Native American tribe
Seminole (wars)
Pulp Fiction
In this 1962 novel later a 71 film the protagonist first person narrates the story in norsat an English Russian slang
A clockwork orange by ?
2023 award for Lionel Messi
Balloon d’or bale lunh door
8 most
Ronaldo most noms 18 with 5 wins
Prime minister before and after Churchill
Attlee
He was a Haitian politician who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death.[3] He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a military coup d’état in 1958, his regime rapidly became more autocratic and despotic.
François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc,
Disciple of Haile Selassie, informally
Rasta
She (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions.[1] A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, she has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won five times.[2] In June 2023, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that she will be one of the five artists recognized at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors.
Renée Lynn Fleming
Sam Simeon castle builder
Hearst
Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada, is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, the castle was built between 1919 and 1947
The 1500s
In the early 1500s he produced a codex in words and pictures on the flight of birds one of the many subjects that interested him
Da Vinci
Da vin is what we call him
Kill bill
He killed it in the film version of Chicago singing and tapping dancing as this infamous defense lawyer
Also in 03 this member of a boy band portrayed the same character in a traveling Broadway version
Richard gere as billy Flynn
Kevin Richardson from bsb
The hateful eight
In a landmark 1853 decision still the basis for patent law especially computer software the Supreme Court rejected as impermissiblely broad the 8th claim in a patent application filed by this famous painter and inventor
Samuel morse
Invented Telegraph
