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Know It All General Trivia Flashcards

Winter 2019 - Holidays and other things that kids study during the winter.

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GIVING TUESDAY: Give at least $1,000 annually to this organization and you’ll be recognized as a Clara Barton Society member

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The Red Cross

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LADY “B” GOOD: Until 1904 she was president of the American Red Cross

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Clara Barton

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ANIMAL TALK: Completes the Clement Clarke Moore line, “Not a creature was stirring–”

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not even a mouse

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SOUNDS LIKE IG-PAY ATIN-LAY: December 26, when British servants traditionally get gifts

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Boxing Day

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HISTORIC OBJECTS: The first of these Times Square objects was 700 pounds, made out of iron and wood and; covered with 100 light bulbs

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New Year’s Ball

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YOUR NEW CLASS SCHEDULE: History: Study up on this ship that anchored in Plymouth Harbor on Dec. 26, 1620

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The Mayflower

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MASSACHUSETTS STATE SYMBOLS: Hey Pilgrim! It’s Massachusetts’ State Historical Rock

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Plymouth Rock

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AIRPORTS: A general aviation airport 12 miles south of Dayton, Ohio is named for these 2 men

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Wright Brothers

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GUNS N’ ROSES: On Jan. 1, 2005, a 207-foot train spouting fireworks and a 50-foot robot were highlights of this event

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The Rose Parade

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NAME THAT MOON: One of Saturn’s many moons is named for this 2-faced Roman god

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Janus

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CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH: Bill of Rights Day and Wright Brothers Day

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December

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FAMOUS THREESOMES: Their names are Melchior, Balthasar and Gaspar

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The Three Wise Men (or the Magi)

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MISSING LINKS: … Melchior, Balthasar

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Gaspar

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NUMBER 12: A cost analysis of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” said these 12 12th day items would set you back $2,854.80

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12 drummers drumming

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HIS STORY: “The World at His Fingertips” tells the story of this handicapped Frenchman

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Louis Braille

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SOME SCIENCE, THEN DEATH: His life’s work amounted to more than peanuts when he died in Tuskegee January 5, 1943

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George Washington Carver

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NORTH BY NORTHWEST: of New Hampshire: This Canadian province

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Quebec

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BOOTS: According to Charles Perrault’s version, this feline belonged to the master of Carabas

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Puss in Boots

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VISITING ATLANTA: His crypt, in a reflecting pool, is engraved, “Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I’m free at last”

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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ELECTRICITY: His experiments in electricity led him to invent the lightning rod

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Benjamin Franklin

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DWIGHT BOY: Joe Montana’s unbelievable 1982 playoff touchdown pass to this receiver is known simply as “The Catch”

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Dwight Clark

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BRANDS OF JEANS: Levi’s has its name on this NFL team’s home stadium

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NOTABLE NAMES: While a teen in Paris, he devised his raised dot reading system for the blind

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Louis Braille

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SOME SCIENCE, THEN DEATH: His life’s work amounted to more than peanuts when he died in Tuskegee January 5, 1943

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George Washington Carver

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LEFTOVERS: When the Dominion of Canada was created in 1867, John MacDonald became the first to hold this post
prime minister
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A WORLD OF "P"OETS: This Frenchman who gave us the "Sleeping Beauty" story also wrote such poems as "Le Siecle de Louis le Grand"
Charles Perrault (pronounced: peh-roh)
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IT'S RAINING MENSA: Mensa man Markus Persson sold this create-a-world-out-of-blocks computer game to Microsoft for $2.5 billion
Minecraft
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FEATHERED FRIENDS: This bird got its name because its erectile crest looked like the pen behind the ear of a clerk
secretary bird
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NAME THAT CRITTER: Ursus arctos horribilis
Grizzly Bear
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"GOOD" and "BAD": There has never been a "bad" Supreme Court justice, but we did have this "good" one
Thurgood Marshall
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Thomas Edison regularly worked 80-hour weeks and punched his own time clock, making him a living example of his familiar dictum: "Genius is 1% inspiration, 99%" this
perspiration
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CENTS OF A WOMAN: The first U.S. circulating coin to depict a real woman was the $1 coin featuring this suffragist
Susan B. Anthony
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CELEBRATED ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS: National Inventors Day, February 11
Thomas Edison
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DOWN BY THE WATER: I'm on board the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, just yards from the spot where Captain "Sully" Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on this river
The Hudson River
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MYTHOLOGY: At the end of their story, Psyche & this cute Roman love god lived happily ever after
Cupid
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FLAGS: This emblem on Canada's flag was changed from green to red to show the maturity of the country
The Maple Leaf
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BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS: This woman: "Daring to Vote"
Susan B Anthony
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EARNING BEYOND THE GRAVE: This singer & dancer beyond compare from Gary, Indiana topped the list with $75 million
Michael Jackson
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FAMOUS WOMEN: Freed from slavery in 1827, she went to court to get her son back from the South; "verify" her
Sojourner Truth
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BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION : A British effort to march on Concord and destroy colonial guns and ammo led to the first battle of the war, in April of this year
1775
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Washington and his men wintered at this Pennsylvania site in 1777-'78, not only freezing but thinking over recent defeats
Valley Forge
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Y'ALL FROM GEORGIA?: This Georgia native won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
Martin Luther King Jr.
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FAMOUS PAIRS' OTHER NAMES: Explorers Meriwether and William
Lewis and Clark
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NOTABLE TEENS: This Shoshone teen was an asset in many ways for Lewis and Clark, including finding edible plants during the journey
Sacagewea
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FINISH THE SEUSS LINE: "Say! That makes a story that no one can beat, when I say that I saw it on..."
Mulberry Street
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THE WORLD OF DR. SEUSS: Mack, who dethrones King Yertle with a burp, is this kind of animal
turtle
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THE WORLD OF DR. SEUSS: Real last name of the good Doctor
Geisel
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PLAY BALL!: It was invented in the winter of 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts
basketball
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ORGANIZATIONS: Horrified at the treatment of horses, Henry Bergh founded the American version of this humane society
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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WORLD CAPITALS: Among the many sights to see in this capital is the home where Albert Einstein lived from 1903 to 1905
Bern
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AUSTRALIA: More than 1,200 miles long, this top tourist attraction can't be seen from the shore of the mainland
Great Barrier Reef
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ARE YOU GAME?: There are 43 quintillion possible wrong solutions and 1 correct one for this cube
Rubik's Cube

Mr. B's General Knowledge Trivia (clues from NPR Wait Wait, Jeopardy!, and some I made up myself) (75 decks)

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