More General Knowledge Trivia Flashcards
Winter 2017-2018
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“WINTER” WONDERLAND: It happens on or about December 21
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Winter Solstice
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: In the song “Winter Wonderland”, these “ring, are you listening”
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Sleigh Bells
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WINTER SONGS: “Later on we’ll conspire as we dream by the fire to face unafraid, the plans that we made” while doing this
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Walking in a winter wonderland
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HISTORY REPEATS: 5 years to the day after Lindbergh’s historic transatlantic flight, she became the first woman to complete the feat
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Amilia Earhart
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TOYS “R” US: A Hungarian professor designed the prototype of this puzzle in 1974; by the 1980s, it was a sensation
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Rubik’s Cube
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They’re with the band: Jesse Carmichael, Adam Levine
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Maroon 5
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They’re with the band: Tre Cool, Mike Dirnt
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Green Day
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CALIFORNIA: You can trace the history of blue jeans at this company’s museum in San Francisco
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Levi Strauss
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FOOD FESTIVALS: This Hawaiian island celebrates its famous sweet onion with a festival featuring a recipe contest
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Maui
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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS (missing vowels): LSN
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Louisiana
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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS: TH
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Utah
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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS: H
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Ohio
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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS: W
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Iowa
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What do you call a group of snakes?
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a bed (or a knot for anacondas)
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TURTLES: Some of the largest land turtles are found on these islands off the coast of Ecuador
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Galapagos Islands
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ON MY REEDING LIST: Sax man Kenny G’s holiday album “Miracles”, featuring “Away In A” this
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A Manger
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10-MILLION-SELLING ALBUMS: His soft sax sounds on “Breathless”
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Kenny G
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GOING TO THE DOCTOR: Your optometrist may use drops to dilate this circular opening in the center of the iris
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pupil
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TAKE A PHOTO: Colorful term for the undesired reflection of a flash off the blood vessels of a photo subject’s retinas
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red-eye
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ICE CREAM PARLOR WORDS: Along with the rods, they’re the other light-sensitive retinal cells
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cones
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IT’S PLAY TIME: Annie Sullivan spells out “water”, “egg” & “mug” for her pupil in living up to the title of this play
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The Miracle Worker
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“I” DOCTOR: This pigmented circular muscle surrounds the pupil of the eye
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iris
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FOR THE BIRDS: Someone with keen eyesight has this bird’s eye
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eagle eye
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ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY: From the Greek for “hard”, it’s the dense white part of the eye
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the sclera
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RUN!: Camera lens that brings a subject into closeup while retaining focus
a zoom lens
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SCIENCE: This transparent structure behind the iris focuses light entering the eye
lens
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ASIAN AMERICANS: Thai on his mom's side, he shot a 48 for 9 holes... at age 3! 12 years later, he was U.S. Jr. Amateur champ
Tiger Woods
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FOR YOUR RIGHT: A commission on it chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt led to Dec. 10 becoming this 2-word "Day"
Human Rights
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PUP CULTURE: This Elvis hit says, "you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine"
Hound Dog
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KIDDY LIT: A boy rides a magical train to visit Santa on Christmas Eve in this story by Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
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U.S. CITY NICKNAMES: "Lost Wages"
Las Vegas
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SPORTS: Superbowl trophy is named for this coach
Vince Lombardi
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WHO IS OUR LEADER?: Founder & CEO of amazon.com, he's been a leader in "predictive analytics", which matches ads to browsing history
Jeff Bezos
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"X" NOUNS: This video game console was released in 2001
Xbox
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LET'S ROCK: World-famous granite boulder with "1620" carved on it
Plymouth Rock
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MASSACHUSETTS: Appropriate in light of its early Colonial history, this is Massachusetts' state flower
the mayflower
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O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: With Christopher Jones as captain, this ship departed Plymouth, Mass. April 15, 1621 & returned to England
the Mayflower
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CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS: He's "nipping at your nose" in a Christmas song
Jack Frost
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WHERE and WHEN: The Wright Brothers first take off under power: the year
1903
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LADY "B" GOOD: Until 1904 she was president of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
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AMERICAN HISTORY: The Americans were protesting a tax and a monopoly with this Dec. 16, 1773 event
the Boston Tea Party
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UPRISINGS: This uprising started with the Great Fear of 1789
The French Revolution
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CHRISTMAS: He first described Santa as "chubby and plump" & "a right jolly old elf"
Clement Moore
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HISTORIC NICKNAMES: "The Angel of the Battlefield"
Clara Barton
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U.S. BODIES OF WATER: Islands lying within this California bay include Treasure Island & Yerba Buena
San Francisco Bay
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MUSIC: This cellist is the son of a composer from Shanghai and a mezzo-soprano from Hong Kong
Yo-Yo Ma
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NATIONS' MOST POPULOUS CITIES: China
Shanghai
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MUSEUMS BY CITY: The J. Paul Getty Museum (opened in 1997)
Los Angeles
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FICTIONAL GAMES: This novel by Chris Van Allsburg about a board game was made into a Robin Williams film
Jumanji
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SO. CAL. STUDIES: In September 2010 Tinker Bell got one of these on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
A star
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STREET MUSIC: Sheryl Crow told us, "All I wanna do is have some fun until the sun comes up over" this "Boulevard"
Santa Monica
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LET'S HAVE A BOWL: Since 1923 it's been played at its self-named stadium in Pasadena, California
The Rose Bowl
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BLOOM COUNTY: Here in L.A. County this flower is always in bloom in Pasadena around Jan. 1; there's even a big parade in its honor
rose
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TRAVELING ALONG ROUTE 66: In 2009 the Route 66 Alliance designated this California city's pier as the "end of the trail"
Santa Monica
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IMPRESSIVE SPORTS RECORDS: On March 23, 1952 the Blackhawks' Bill Mosienko performed this 3-goal feat in just 21 seconds
a hat trick
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TV TEENS: Tom Welling plays this teen, a future mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet
Clark Kent
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TV NICKNAMES: British actress Millie Bobby brown got this numeric nickname on "Stranger Things"
Eleven
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STEPHEN KING'S BAD FOLKS: It could only be this ageless creepy clown in "It"
Pennywise
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MISCELLANY: The board game has evolved into a video game that plays you in the 2017 "Welcome to the Jungle" sequel to this 1990s film
Jumanji
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WHERE and WHEN: The Wright Brothers first take off under power: the year
1903
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ART: This 1889 van Gogh work depicts a crescent moon in a swirling sky, a church spire & a cypress tree
Starry Night
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NFL QUARTERBACKS: NFL quarterback Archie Manning never reached the Super Bowl, but these 2 sons have each won a Super Bowl MVP award
Eli and Peyton
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ISLANDS IN THE "C"s: An old song says, "26 miles across the sea" this island "is a-waitin' for me"
Catalina
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THINGS HAVE CHANGED: The 45th pres. has changed the way the office talks to the public, including the use of this personal Twitter handle
@RealDonaldTrump
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MASCOTS: Originally named Jumpman, this Nintendo mascot got a new name for Donkey Kong Jr.
Mario
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FRUIT, NOT FRUIT: Nintendo says she "spent her...time in Bowser's castle" but now she "prefers to be the one doing the rescuing"
Princess Peach
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Song Lyrics:
Requests from Sam Smith: "I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand? Oh, won't you" do this title action
Stay With Me
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Song Lyrics: "This one for them hood girls, them good girls" in this megahit from Mars (& Ronson)
Uptown Funk
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NHL Logos:
A webbed foot forms the "D"
in this team's name on their logo
The Mighty Ducks
| (or The Aneheim Ducks)
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NHL Logos:
In 2010 they brought back crossed swords to their bison logo
Buffalo Sabres
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NHL Logos:
A sea creature is depicted chomping on a hockey stick on the logo of this San Jose team
The Sharks
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NHL Logos:
A musical note outlined in yellow & navy has served as their logo since 1998
The St. Louis Blues
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NHL Logos:
This team's flying wheel logo is the oldest unchanged logo in the NHL, created in 1948
The Detroit Redwings
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LANGUAGE LAB: These 2 South Asian languages, sometimes jointly abbreviated Hirdu, have few structural differences
Hindi and Urdu
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SPEAKING GERMAN: When greeting the new day, it precedes Morgen or Tag
guten
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THE LAND DOWN UNDER: It's not only Australia's largest city, it's the oldest as well
Sydney
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NATIONAL NICKNAMES: The Land Down Under
Australia
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INVENTION & INNOVATION: Percy Spencer got the idea to invent this type of oven after a magnetron melted his candy bar
a microwave
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: Leo Gerstenzang was inspired to invent this after seeing his wife use a toothpick with cotton to clean their baby's ears
Q-Tip
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STEM : Fibonacci knew this number was next in the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8... how 'bout you?
13
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WHAT'S IN A NAME?: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) The series I've begun writing [1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21] is named for this Italian
Leonardo Fibonacci
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WOMEN OF MUSIC: Nicknamed "T-Swizzle", she teamed with One Directioner Zayn Malik for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
Taylor Swift
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POP MUSIC: In 2015 Zayn Malik officially quit this band
One Direction
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TWO'S DAY: In "The 12 Days of Christmas", it's the gift on the second day
two turtledoves
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COUNTDOWN: "The 12 Days Of Christmas" gifts: 7. Swans a-swimming 6. Geese a-laying 5. These
golden rings
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MUSIC TO MY YEARS: This title of a 2014 Taylor Swift album is also the year of her birth
1989
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WOMEN OF MUSIC: Nicknamed "T-Swizzle", she teamed with One Directioner Zayn Malik for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
Taylor Swift
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GRIDIRON GREATS: Houston's J.J. Watt really put the bag on QBs in 2015, leading the NFL with 17 1/2 of these
sacks
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WAIT WATCHERS: On Dec. 5, 2015 throngs began lining up for this J.J. Abrams "Star Wars" flick, 12 days before it opened
The Force Awakens
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SPORTS PEOPLE: Sachin Tendulkar of India is a leading bowler in this sport
Cricket
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GRAMMAR: Tradition has it that this type of noun is capitalized
proper noun
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KIDDY LIT: She drank the cup of poison Captain Hook had intended for Peter Pan
Tinker Bell
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KIDDY LIT: The first thing this Dr. Seuss character says to Sally & her brother is "Why do you sit there like that?"
The Cat in the Hat
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KIDDY LIT: "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" was a follow-up to this 1964 book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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KIDDY LIT: In this book, a small train hauling toys chugs up a hill, puffing, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can"
The Little Engine that Could
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KIDDY LIT: This beloved Eric Carle book begins, "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf"
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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KIDDY LIT TITLE WORDS: "Where the ____ Things Are"
Wild
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KIDS IN LIT: In 2007 Greg Heffley's adventures began in "A Novel of Cartoons", book 1 of this series
Diary of the Wimpy Kid
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KIDDY LIT TITLE ADJECTIVES: "\_\_\_\_ with a Chance of Meatballs"
Cloudy
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GRIDIRON GREATS: AKA "Tom Terrific", he's won 4 Super Bowl MVP awards
Tom Brady
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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE DOME: In 2010 snow on the inflatable Teflon roof of this NFL team's Metrodome left the structure less-inflated
Minnesota Vikings
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SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN: Santa's heading up I-95 on his way from Winter Haven to this city of NFL Jaguars
Jacksonville
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AN "F" IN GEOGRAPHY: The New England Patriots are based in this Massachusetts town
Foxborough
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NFL EN ESPAÑOL: Las Aguilas
The Eagles
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ADVERTISING MASCOTS & ICONS: Oh yeaaaaah! This brand with a wall-busting spokes-pitcher was originally known as Fruit Smack
Kool-Aid
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GHOSTBUSTERS: Manhattan is menaced by this marshmallow man, come to life 100 feet tall
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
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APPLES: In a Grimm fairy tale a bit of poisoned apple lodged in her throat
Snow White
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1812: The first volume of these brothers' fairy tales was published
Grimm Brothers
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FOOD & DRINK BRANDS: Cherry vanilla & java chip are flavors from this ice cream brand with an umlaut in its name
Häagen-Dazs
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NUMBERS: Number of dots in an umlaut, or number of vowels joined together in a diphthong
2
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Who is this Swedish mathematician? (lived 1700-1782)
Daniel Bernoulli
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2-SYLLABLE WORDS: Eye see it's another term for student
Pupil
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LET'S PLAY CHESS: It's the only piece that can be promoted to one of greater value
the pawn
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LET'S PLAY CHESS: A tactic via which one piece attacks 2 opposing ones is called this, like a common dining utensil
a fork
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LET'S PLAY CHESS: Trading a knight or bishop for one of these more valuable pieces is known as winning the exchange
rook
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FEATURED CREATURES: In a book by Michael Bond, "Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met" this bear "on a railway platform"
Paddington
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BEATRIX POTTER TITLE ANIMALS: "The Tale of Peter \_\_\_"
Rabbit
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COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS: This school's Nittany Lions play home football games at Beaver Stadium
Penn State
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SUPER: The 2006 film "Superman Returns" contains a dedication to this actor who died in 2004
Christopher Reeve
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NATIONAL LANDMARKS: When he was home, George Washington slept here
Mount Vernon
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PRESIDENTS: The only president who fought in the French & Indian War
George Washington
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: On Dec. 26, 1776, at this location, Washington's troops woke up to find 4 more inches of snow on the ground
Valley Forge
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS: The 1845 "Narrative of the Life of" this man was published just 7 years after he escaped slavery
Frederick Douglass
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HISTORICAL QUOTES: This former slave once told Frederick Douglass that in all her journeys she "never lost a single passenger"
Harriet Tubman
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Must we tell you over & over again that this day, February 2, is partly based on ancient weather signs?
Groundhog's Day
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ANAGRAMMED SCIENTISTS' LAST NAMES: Ran hot & cold: FINE HEARTH
Fahrenheit
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SCIENTIFIC NON-AMERICAN: In 1714 this Dutch physicist made the first working mercury-in-glass thermometer
Daniel Fahrenheit
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SMARTIES: The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S.
Anders Celsius
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THE PENN.: Philadelphia's major league teams included the Phillies, Eagles, 76ers & this hockey team
The Flyers
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THERE'S A DRAFT IN THE ROOM: The first NFL draft was held in 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton in this city, & the hometown Eagles had the first pick
Philadelphia
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THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Not to be confused with "I am Groot", this exuberant tight end could declare, "I am Gronk"
Rob Gronkowski
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FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1857 this first U.S. woman doctor & her sister opened the New York Infirmary for Women & Children
Elizabeth Blackwell
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GROUNDHOG DAY: Before Groundhog Day took off, February 2nd was celebrated by the Catholic Church as this day for wax objects
Candlemas
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CHILDRENS LITERATURE: The illustrator of 1902's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
Beatrix Potter
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FAMILY MOVIES: 2003: "\_\_\_\_\_ Day Care"
Daddy
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SONGS ON THE MOVIE'S SOUNDTRACK: "I Am A Master Builder" & "Everything Is Awesome!!!"
The Lego Movie
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Who was the performer at the 52nd Superbowl?
Justin Timberlake
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WINTER OLYMPICS PREVIEW: The Pyeongchang games are the 2nd Olympics held in South Korea; the first were the 1988 summer games in this city
Seoul
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WINTER OLYMPICS PREVIEW: This all-time leader in women's skiing World Cup wins has been named an honorary ambassador at the Games
Lindsey Vonn
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WALK, THIS WAY: "Ain't nothin' gonna break my" this, long steps walked with vitality, "Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no"
stride
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LEAP YEARS: January 24: Apple's Macintosh computer goes on sale
1984
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THE CALENDAR: It takes about 365 1/4 days for the earth to orbit the sun, so we get one of these on the calendar every 4 years
Leap Year (leap day accepted)
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BY THE NUMBERS: Number of days there were in 1984
366
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SPORTS ABBREV.: In skiing it's all down hill, with obstacles: GS
Giant Slalom
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SPORTS UPSETS: The U.S. hockey team's upset of the Soviets in the Winter Olympics held in this town is called the "Miracle on Ice"
Lake Placid
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THE "OC": Where the Winter Olympics were held in 2014
Sochi
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CITIES IN SONG: Jay Z & Alicia Keys: "Now you're in" this city, "these streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you"
New York
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U.S. CITIES' INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: O'Hare
Chicago
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U.S. CITIES' INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Louis Armstrong International
New Orleans
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U.S. CITIES' INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Logan
Boston
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U.S. CITIES' INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: George Bush Intercontinental
Houston
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"CITY" CITIES: This state capital is about 10 miles southeast of a "Great" body of water
Salt Lake City
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U.S. CITIES: Home to Disneyland, this city was founded by German immigrants in 1857
Aneheim
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U.S. CITIES: The 64-story U.S. Steel Tower in this city is one of the tallest buildings in Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
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ANAGRAMMED NEW YORK CITIES: On the Hudson River: ANY LAB
Albany
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ANAGRAMMED NEW YORK CITIES: Very near Canada: ALL AFAR GAINS
Niagra Falls
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U.S. CITIES: The Olympics were held in the U.S. for the first time in 1904, hosted by this city that was also holding the World's Fair
St. Louis
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"U". "S". CITIES: California's capital
Sacramento
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4-LETTER U.S. CITIES: It's the gateway to California's "Wine Trail"
Napa
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MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS CITIES: The Jaguars
Jacksonville
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MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS CITIES: The Kings (2 cities, please)
Los Angeles and Sacramento
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LEGO ART: A prominent skateboarder commissioned this bird
Hawk
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FOREIGN BRAND NAMES: A model village made of Legos, Legoland is near the Lego factory in this Scandinavian country
Denmark
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WELSH WRITERS: Son of Norwegian immigrants, this "Charlie & the chocolate factory" author was born in Llandaff, Wales
Roald Dahl
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THE ROLE IN COMMON: Gene Wilder & Johnny Depp
Willy Wonka
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DINOSAURS: Mercuriceratops had on the sides of its head 2 structures resembling these, like on the god Mercury's helmet
wings
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DINOSAURS: The triangular plates on the back of this dinosaur genus may have regulated its temperature
Stegosaurs
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DINOSAURS: This "V"-named dinosaur reached a length of 6 feet & weighed about 100 pounds but was a swift predator
velociraptor
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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS: In the 1870s paleontologist Othniel Marsh discovered the first remains of this flying reptile in the United States
pterodactyl
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LET'S GO TO THE CIRCUS: In 1859 Jules Leotard became the first daring young man to perform on this apparatus
trapeze
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Describing the sport: Protect oval spheroid like it was Hope Diamond, drag it across line to score 6, then throw it away & dance!
Football
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Describe the Sport: Swat at disk of vulcanized rubber, hit twine to score, spend 5 minutes in the box for fighting, feel shame
Ice Hockey
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Isn't It "Grand"?: Bobby Fischer was only 15 when he earned this title in 1958
grandmaster (GM) in chess
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FITNESS: Capoeira, developed in this country in the 1500s, has become a popular dance & martial arts class
Brazil
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TITLE ANIMALS: 2008 animated film about a portly black & white hero who becomes the Dragon Warrior
Kung Fu Panda
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PRESIDENTIAL MUSIC?: He had a string of No. 1 hits with his brothers, including "ABC", as well as solo No. 1s, like "Black Or White"
Michael Jackson
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AROUND THE WHIRLED: North American national symbol: PALE FLAME
Maple Leaf
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TIME FOR A FLAT CIRCLE: In 1979 the Mint elected to put her on $1 coins
Susan B. Anthony
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THE LITERARY CHEERLEADER!: Stomp 'em! Stomp 'em! Like a T-rex in this author's "Jurassic Park"! Stomp 'em!
Michael Crichton
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Kid Lit: When "The Enormous Egg" hatches in an Oliver Butterworth book, one of these 3-horned dinosaurs emerges
a triceratops
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PSILENT "P": Let's park in the Jurassic to see this flying reptile with a birdlike beak
pterodactyl
