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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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49ers

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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secretary bird

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NAME THAT CRITTER: Ursus arctos horribilis

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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

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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

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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

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Susan B. Anthony

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CELEBRATED ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS: National Inventors Day, February 11

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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

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The Hudson River

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MYTHOLOGY: At the end of their story, Psyche & this cute Roman love god lived happily ever after

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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

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The Maple Leaf

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BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS: This woman: “Daring to Vote”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Valley Forge

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Y’ALL FROM GEORGIA?: This Georgia native won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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FAMOUS PAIRS’ OTHER NAMES: Explorers Meriwether and William

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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

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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…”

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Mulberry Street

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THE WORLD OF DR. SEUSS: Mack, who dethrones King Yertle with a burp, is this kind of animal

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turtle

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THE WORLD OF DR. SEUSS: Real last name of the good Doctor

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Geisel

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PLAY BALL!: It was invented in the winter of 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts

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basketball

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ORGANIZATIONS: Horrified at the treatment of horses, Henry Bergh founded the American version of this humane society

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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

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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

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Great Barrier Reef

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ARE YOU GAME?: There are 43 quintillion possible wrong solutions and 1 correct one for this cube

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Rubik’s Cube

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