Michner Tales Of The South Pacific Pulitizer Prize 48 Flashcards
This actor widely known for his role in a 40 Christmas movie was raised in Pennsylvania
Jimmy Stewart
It’s a wonderful life
Born in 89 in reading Pennsylvania this singer is a multi platinum 10 Grammy award winner who won AMA artist of decade in 19
Taylor swift
Born in 1915 this American singer and actor starred in from here to eternity and was also part of Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra before pursuing a solo career in 46
Frank Sinatra
Replaced jack Leonard as lewd singer of Dorsey band in 39
Gaton mot uh roz oh is an actor born in 02 rwised in NJ and has a medical condition clyto cranial displasia
Starring in this show
Stranger things
Dustin
Missing teeth
Part of clavicle missing - shoulders almost touch
You can get to this many NY boroughs directly from NJ via bridge
2
Manhattan - George Washington and Holland tunnel
Staten Island - via 3?
Beamer ville Nj is home to this type of geographical feature which is unusual to the area
Volcano - no longer active
This is notable about cen trail ville Pennsylvania
Coal veins on fire underneath the city
Since 1962
Smoldering - causes fumes and sinkholes
Inspiration for silent hill
Couldn’t have been fixed initially but not can’t
Pennsylvania had This distinguishing feature that set it apart from other 13 original colonies
No coastline (all others border l the Atlantic )
This Pennsylvania state drink has many uses including deer repellent
Milk
Dry milk sprinkled on plants will prevent deer from nibbling
This Pennsylvania state bug is a Beatle in the lam peer uh day family
Lighting bug or firefly
Blinking has to due with reproduction so light pollution is problematic - becoming endangered
This NJ state bug will hopefully give you something to buzz about with sweet treats and green thumb
Bee
Pollinate
Thr NJ state microbe is the first significant antibiotic discovered after this; discovered in heavily manured field in 43; used to treat tuberculosis plague and rat bite fever
Strep toe mice in
After penicillin
Antibiotics all End with in
Phillies were founded in this year and originally named after this religious group
1883
Quakers - really only formally , everyone calling Phillies ; quickly changed
Nickname of thr Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line throughout most of 70s
Steel curtain
Worst winning percentage of 32 NFL teams all time
2021
Tampa bay buccaneers 39.3% - around thr time acquired a QB with as many SB wins as the Steelers
Jets 27th
This longtime Philadelphia basketball player built a mansion called Ursa Major in bel air after being traded to lakers
Wilt chamberlain- the Big Dipper - had to dip his head every time going though a doorway
Davo Are we on tape delay - Neil it would actually be latency
New Jersey is known for this tomato pie
Also what primarily differentiates a tomato pie from
A pizza
Trenton tomato pie
Order of ingredients
Crust
Cheese
Toppings
Sauce
Invented by forest mars in these confections were first in outer space official candy of 84 Olympics and known worldwide
Bonus name of British candy that inspired
M&ms
British - smarties ; mats watching soldiers eat candy coated chocolates so wouldn’t melt during Spanish civil war
First peron to commercially produce root beer which is made from th root bark of this tree
Charles hiers of Philadelphia - native Americans invented )
High ers
Sassafras or ( sars puh rill yuh)
Latin for “eggs”
Ova
Founded the Red Door salon
Elizabeth Arden
Skewered snack in peanut sauce
Satay
This company founded in sharpsberg and now headquartered in Pittsburgh is known for this food item
Heinz - 57 varieties ; doesn’t mean anything just sounds cool
Making condiments
This European country was the first to claim land in what now is. NJ
Dutch west India company
Netherlands
In 1858 in haddonfield Nj William Hopkins discovered the first one of these in North America
Complete Dinosaur Skelton
Had vuh soar is
According to Ariana grande money can buy happiness ; this iconic closet staple she says cost thr same roughly at saks fifth avenue $695
Red bottoms
Louie vutton
Buh tons ?
The man who loved flowers - gallery magazine
Trucks cavalier magazine
I know what you need - Cosmopolitan
Assortment of Short stories written by who
Stephen king
Trucks became maximum overdrive
World renowned as the king of Bollywood
Appearing in more than 80 Hindi films and 14 film fair awards
(Shah rue) khan
Indian states known as the land of 5 rivers
Also what type of dance originated here
Punjab - poon job
Bong ruh - Bollywood dance
This select with atomic number 34 wqs not named after a artist whose posthumous album release went 59 times platinum
Selenium
Selena
3rd person to debut a posthumous album at 1 - others Jim crow che and Janis Joplin
Star cluster that resembles a bird of prey :
EAGLE NEBULA
The Eagle Nebula is a cluster of stars found in the Serpens constellation
It is home to the famous “Pillars of Creation”, three spires of interstellar gas and dust that resemble elephant trunks. The name “Pillars of Creation” was given to the spires when they were photographed in 1995 by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Mediterranean microstate : MONACO
The Principality of Monaco is on the Mediterranean coast, and is otherwise surrounded by France, even though it is just under 10 miles from the Italian border. Monaco is the world’s most densely populated country, and the world’s second smallest country (the smallest being Vatican City). The principality has been very prosperous since the late 1800s, with the economy given a tremendous boost with the opening of several gambling casinos.
Edgar Allen poe only complete novel
the narrative of Arthur Gordon pim of Nantucket
Credited for first teaching geographic reaching South Pole in 1911
Bonus from this country
Rold Ah muhnd son From Norway
Robert Scott arrived 34 days later but died on ray back
The regional headquarters of Lucas films in Singapore was modeled after This land based vehicle which first appeared in a 77 movie
Movie theater inside ?
Sand crawler in Star Wars a new hope used by jah wuhs
Not at at walker from 81 the empire strikes back
All Terrain Armored Transport, or AT-AT walker, is a four-legged transport and combat vehicle used by the Imperial ground forces.
