Lady Lazarus Sylvia Plath Flashcards
Going with atomic number 8 this single letter symbol represents something you can live without
Oxygen
Historical possessives
“An armed conflict between an alliance of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Northern Arapaho peoples against the United States and the Crow Nation that took place in Wyoming and Montana territories from 1866 to 1868. And have an easy mode if you need it for half points
Red cloud’s war
“The easy mode was a picture of a battle fought under a crimson sky”
Historical possessives
“Taken without consent, they’ve had an immortal impact on medical science and bioethics.”
“Henrietta Lacks Cancer Cells”
“Only three countries on the United Nations official list of member states contain an apostrophe. Name three of those countries.”
“Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Very nice.
And the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.”
“In May 2022, the Turkish government requested that the United Nations replace the English spelling of their country with the Turkish spelling. So, how does this new spelling make it unique among the UN’s official list of member states?”
It has umlauts
Native language of Hawaii contains how many letters
And what are they
13
5 vowels
7 traditional constants
Okina - “okina, which is represented by a reverse apostrophe.
Its sound is defined as an obstruction of air in the vocal tract and can be described as a kind of catch in the throat. What is the linguistic term for the sound of an okina, that the sound of an okina represents?” It is a guttural stop
“Okina is considered the eighth consonant in the Hawaiian alphabet. And she says the cockney accent is a great example of the glottal stop. If you say, if you say butter like butter, you pretty much got it.”
In the fairy tale “Jack and the Beanstalk,” what did Jack trade to get the magic beans?
Cow
Chris Hemsworth admits to taking hammers home from films in which he plays what superhero?
Thor
A land area must meet what qualification to be officially labeled a desert?
Have less than 10 inches of rain a year
Actress Janet Leigh would take only baths, never showers, after filming her infamous death scene in what classic thriller?
Psycho
Though they don’t cause warts in humans, the wartlike glands of what animal produce a toxic substance when in danger?
Toad
A superstitious person might describe seeing a black cat as a…
Portent
Brazil was not colonized by Spain because the terms of this 1494 gave it to which country?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Portugal
In the European Union, Black Forest ham must come from the Black Forest region of which country?
Germany
Now a top-shelf drink at clubs, what alcoholic beverage was created for Tsar Alexander II, who had a penchant for fine champagne?
Cristal
secret police attempted to recruit which future politician, who declined, saying she couldn’t keep a secret?
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Angela Merkel
ARTS & CULTURE
Before finding a permanent home at the Louvre, what masterpiece resided in Napoleon’s bedroom?
Mina Lisa
ANIMALS & NATURE
Many species of which birds have bare heads since feathers would become matted with blood?
Vultures
MONEY & NUMBERS
In 2012 what country issued 100 peso banknotes of former first lady Eva Perón?
Argentina
SCIENCE & TECH
Launched in 1997, this search engine was named for this book character?
P.G. Wodehouse
Ask Jeeves
HISTORY & SOCIETY
Thanks to a crew working around the clock to preserve his body, whose remains have been on display for visitors since 1924?
Vladimir Lenin
With the staff dressed as medical personnel, visitors to BabyLand General Hospital can witness what toy being “born”?
Cabbage Patch Kids
Nicknamed the “pale mountains” for their light coloring, these northern Italy’s are mountains connected to what range?
Dolomites
correct
The Alps
Which actor received CIA torture-endurance training to tolerate the extensive makeup process needed to film How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
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Jim Carrey
thousands of people each year attempt to swim 1.5 miles from Alcatraz Island to which city?
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San Francisco
Colorful powder is traditionally thrown by Hindu celebrants during which holiday?
Holi
In which movie does the character Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, proclaim, “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good”?
Wall Street
Launched by Meta in 2023, which app had 100 million sign-ups in its first five days, the fastest in history to reach that mark?
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Threads
Although he never actually said it, U.S. Pres. Gerald Ford was quoted in a famous 1975 headline as telling which city to “drop dead”?
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New York
