Mccain Flashcards

1
Q

War and peace begins in this year

7 years before a fateful invasion

A

1805

Napoleon?

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2
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First and only woman to win an academy award for best director

A

Katherine Bigelow

For the hurt locker

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3
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Ehat is the name of the informal test that is a measure of the representation of women in fiction
What does it test

A

Beck dul (Wallace) test
Origin is from a comic strip where 2 women wanted to go to a movie about women having an intelligent conversation about something other then men
JUST went HOMe
Can 2 women talk to each other about something other than a man

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4
Q

Rayon is manufactured from what basic component

A

Cellulose

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5
Q

Inaugural balls

At the 1993 Tennessee inaugural ball
Paul Simon performed this song his most recent top 40 hit

A

You can call me al

To hone al gore who had just been inaugurated as VP

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6
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This 1931 Pearl buck novel became a Broadway play the next year with Claude rains as wang lung

A

The good earth

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7
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Where so the crimson tide play home games

A

Tuscaloosa Alabama

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8
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Where is el dorado located

A

Arkansas ?

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9
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Never gonna give you up

A

Rick astley?

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10
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This type of sailing vessel with a 4 letter name is still common in the Red Sea

A

Dhow

Dow

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11
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Real people in poetry

Milton wrote of this contemporary when by night the glass of him observes imagines lands and regions in the moon

A

Gailelo

His contemporary was not a poet in this case
Observing regions on the moon through his glass

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12
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What is John miltons most famous poet

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Paradise lost

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13
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It’s the only UN member state outside of Europe with Dutch as an official language

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Suriname

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14
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In my spiritual journey this exiled leader says I am no one special I am just a human being

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The dali llama

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15
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Shelby Foote is best known for his 3 volume history of this conflict

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Civil war

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16
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In nYT’s reporter Risen book state of war I examined secret and controversial efforts made by the CIA to delay this country’s nuclear arms program

A

Iran

17
Q

This author and historian was researching a book about the 58 NFL Cham lions hip when he was killed in a 07 car crash

A

Halberstam

18
Q

Chapter 1 in this classic book by Norman peele is believe in yourself

A

The power of positive thinking

19
Q

This demented British barber had a knack for close shaves and killer cuts

Commonly used in fish and chips due to mild flavor and dense flakey flesh

A

Sweeney cod

Sweeney Todd with cod

20
Q

Mass murder that donned a William shatner masked while terrorizing the town of haddonfield Illinois

This eastern team has 2 Stanley cup wins under their mask but haven’t won since 75

A

Michael flyers

Michael Myers
Philadelphia flyers

21
Q

If you value your limbs don’t hire this character for your next birthday bash

This character has managed to outlive even the most invincible of black cats and has died over 126 times in South Park

A

Penny wise
Kenny
Kenny wise

22
Q

This notorious neighborhood killer first appeared in 84 haunting the minds of sleeping victims and slashing them with a razor glove

This animatronic toy appeared a year later in 85 and could also be found lurking in bedrooms and telling stories that were played in an audio tape cassette deck built into the its back

A

Freddy Krueger
Teddy rexpin
Teddy Krueger

23
Q

This serial killer with a sophisticated pallet has an appreciation for savory dinners like liver and fava beans with a nice key an t

Desert sweet sugar rich liquid produced by plants attracts pollinating animals

A

Hannibal nectar

Hannibal lector

24
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Number one fan prefers to keep her idols captive can’t be trusted with sledgehammers and fly’s into fits of rage expressing her frustration with childish phrases

This seemingly sweet but overly protective caretaker prefers to keep her pet canary tweety captive

A

Annie wilks from misery
Granny
Granny wilks

25
Q

Leader of the sent uh bytes travels to earth through a puzzle box with intent to harvest human souls

Distilled alcoholic sport has haunted human gullets since the Middle Ages where it was originally considered a medicine because of its harvested herbal ingredients

A

Pinhead
Gin
Ginhead

26
Q

A locked door at the overlook hotel can’t save your from this madman smashing in and quoting late night TV hosts

The lead character and lady killer of this smash hit that debuted in 89 terrorized the hall of bayside highschool

A

Jack torrents

Zach Morris from saved by the bell

Zach torrents

27
Q

Not worthy of any parenting accolades this masked patriarch and dark lord wields a light saber and is a force to be reconked with

Not worthy of any hairstyling advice this basement dwelling metal loving sidekick wields drumsticks and stars on a public access tv program

A

Darth vadar

Garth algar

28
Q

Fittingly what is the state donut of Massachusetts

A

Boston cream

29
Q

Loops arches and whorls are the three types of pattens found in a persons what

A

Fingerprints

30
Q

What punctuation mark is used to end an interrogative sentence

Inter og uh tive

A

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