not a quadrilateral? Parabola Flashcards by Michael Kridla

Do what you want, but you’re never gonna break me. Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh-oh…” are lyrics from what 2008 Natasha Bedingfield song?

Guess: Unwritten
Answer: Pocketful of Sunshine

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After getting drafted 2nd Overall, this Dolphins RB totaled over 4,800 rushing yards from 2005-2010.

Guess: Lamar Miller
Answer: Ronnie Brown

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After playing together at Kentucky, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins were teammates on this Western Conference team during the 2020-2021 season.

Guess: Sacramento Kings
Answer: Houston Rockets

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Originally a Top 10 pick by Nashville, Scott Hartnell totaled over 300 points for this Eastern Conference team from 2007-2014.

Guess: Philadelphia Flyers

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Quito is the capital of this South American country.

Guess: Ecuador

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silver wrappers, what chocolate bar has described itself before as a: “Whipped Up, Fluffy Chocolate on Chocolate Taste”?

Guess: 3 Musketeers

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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose” is a mantra associated with this show that debuted on NBC in 2006.

Guess: Friday Night Lights

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Do what you want, but you’re never gonna break me. Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh-oh…” are lyrics from what 2008 Natasha Bedingfield song?

Guess: Unwritten
Answer: Pocketful of Sunshine

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After a 14-2 record during the 2005 regular season, this AFC team lost in the Divisional Round to the Steelers 18-21 after Mike Vanderjagt missed a game-tying field goal.

Guess: Denver Broncos
Answer: indianapolis Colts

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Chris Kaman played for this Western Conference team from 2003-2011, averaged over 15 points and 9 rebounds per game over his final four seasons, and was an All-Star in 2010

Guess: Sacramento Kings
Answer: Los Angeles Clippers

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This American golfer won his first major in 2016 by taking home the U.S. Open, then became the #1 golfer in the world in 2017, where he held the ranking for 64 consecutive weeks.

Guess: Jordan Spieth
Answer: Dustin Johnson

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Barbie’s and Hot Wheels are both produced by what famous toy brand

Mattel

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Now dwindling in locations, this East Coast chain of sit-down restaurants is known for their ice cream treats like the Jim Dandy, Monster Mash Sundae, and Fribble milkshakes.

Guess: Friendly’s

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Before becoming an A-List celebrity, Chris Pratt had a supporting role as-him on this NBC sitcom from 2009-2015.

Andy Dwyer

Guess: Parks and Recreation

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Later getting a 2009 sequel, Jason Statham plays a hitman who has to keep his adrenaline up to stay alive in this 2006 action film.

Guess: The Transporter
Answer: Crank

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With lead vocalist Axl Rose, this hard rock band’s 1987 debut studio album Appetite for Destruction is one of the top-selling albums of all time.

Guess: Guns N’ Roses
Answer: Guns N’ Roses

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BIOGRAPHIES
American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside popularized, and eventually lent a version of his name to, a specific type of which physical feature?

Facial hair

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HISTORY & SOCIETY
Two letters from Roman author Pliny the Younger, dated 79 ce, provided historians a detailed account of which event?
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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

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GEOGRAPHY
Freetown is the capital of which country, once a colony established by 18th-century British abolitionists to repatriate formerly enslaved people?

Sierra Leone

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SCIENCE & TECH
Because it contains pockets of gas in its pores, which is the only type of rock that can float on water?

Pumice

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ANIMALS & NATURE
Combining scientific classification and the name of a Canadian actor, the Vancouver Aquarium named which type of animal Ceph Rogen?

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Octopus

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Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 is the proper title for the painting better known as what?
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Whistler’s Mother

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MONEY & NUMBERS
Aided by what CEO Alfred Sloan called “dynamic obsolescence,” in 1955 which company was the first in the United States to earn $1 billion of annual profit?

General motors

GEOGRAPHY
Representing progress because it has difficulty moving backward, the flightless emu appears on the coat of arms of which country?

Australia

ANYTHING GOES Which of these phrases, Italian for “to the tooth,” describes pasta that is cooked to a firm consistency? +100 correct

Al dente

ANYTHING GOES Which of these phrases, Italian for “to the tooth,” describes pasta that is cooked to a firm consistency? +100 correct

Al dente

ANIMALS & NATURE Often thought to be blind because it uses echolocation, which animal has keener eyesight than many humans do?

Bat

MONEY & NUMBERS One of the wealthiest women in the world, MacKenzie Scott became a 4 percent stakeholder in Amazon following her 2019 divorce from whom? +100 correct

Jeff Bezos

SCIENCE & TECH With a name inspired by a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Chillah is the mascot for which app? +100 correct

Snapchat

ARTS & CULTURE After five previous nominations and losses for the best director Oscar, in 2007 Martin Scorsese finally the award for his work on which film? +100 correct

The Departed

At age 16 which illusionist taught a course on magic at New York University, a decade before making the Statue of Liberty “disappear”? +100 correct

David Copperfield

HISTORY & SOCIETY Which term refers to the 4,000-mile trade route that connected China to the Roman Empire, named for a good primarily sent westward?

Silk road

MONEY & NUMBERS After two years of continuous employment, workers at which company can turn all the “Bean Stock” they’ve earned into actual stock shares?

Starbucks

ARTS & CULTURE After the TV series finale in 2013, the Albuquerque Journal printed an obituary for which fictional character who had resided in that city on the show?

Walter White

ANYTHING GOES A ventriloquist doll named Slappy the Dummy is a recurring villain in which book series? correct

Goosebumps

BIOGRAPHIES Gifting them to the likes of Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt, Alexander Fleming made medallions containing samples of the mold used to create which medicine? Aspirin Morphine +100 correct

Penicillin

SCIENCE & TECH Though better known for his philosophy, who studied more than 500 animal species and is considered to be the “Father of Biology”? +100 correct

Aristotle

HISTORY & SOCIETY The lyrics to which song were inspired by Katharine Lee Bates’s 1893 trip from Massachusetts to Pikes Peak?

America the beautiful

ANIMALS & NATURE Lacking buccal muscles to draw in water, which animal must constantly swim with its mouth open to push water through its gills to breathe? +100 correct

Great white shark

GEOGRAPHY Which landmass connects Africa to Asia? +100 correct

Sinai Peninsula

A photo of Albert Einstein inspired the look of this Star Wars character

Yoda Yoda‘s creators directly incorporate aspects of Einsteins look to make the character appear older and wiser

During the US Civil War, what sign marked the home as a spot on the underground railroad

Red door, red doors have different meetings around the world in Scotland. They mean you’ve paid off your mortgage.

Thanks to it appearance what pasta shape translates to barley

Orzo, despite its name orzo contains only semolina flour and zero barley

Which of these was a dramatic group who fought against Roman rule in the fourth and fifth centuries

Goths By the early 400 A.D., the Goths had helped bring about the end of the Roman empire and the start of Europe’s medieval period

In a sport of cricket, the three steps protected by the batsmen are called a what

Wicket three sticks make up a wicket and on top of a wicket is a bail - another stick that the bowler tries to knock off by throwing a ball at it

What country generates the most nuclear power?

United States in relative terms, France produces the most nuclear power nearly 70% of the energy they use is nuclear

19th century lit All introduced in the same chapter of a novel Grimaud, mousqueton and Bazin are the servants of these men Gruh moe Mooose key ta Buh zan

The Three Musketeers one servant for each of them Dew mah Athos porthos Aramis

This word originally meant the happy time at the start of a marriage perhaps lasting for just one lunar cycle

Honeymoon

This amendment forbade the manufacture sale or what of intoxicating liquors

18th Transportation auto racing has origins in roots of running illegal whiskey

GEOGRAPHY The site of the Wright brothers’ first flight, Kitty Hawk is a town on the more than 175-mile-long Outer Banks island chain off the coast of which state? +100 correct

North Carolina

SCIENCE & TECH The name of which bone can be traced back to the Latin verb meaning “to chew”? +100 correct

Mandible

BIOGRAPHIES Publisher McGraw-Hill was sued for a 1970 book that claimed which woman faked her death in 1937 and assumed the name Irene Bolam? +100 correct

Amelia Earhart

ARTS & CULTURE The Kiss is considered the final painting of which artist’s Gold Period? +100 correct

Gustav Klimt

ANYTHING GOES Which game was originally titled “Pretzel” until Milton Bradley determined the name wasn’t available?

Twister

MONEY & NUMBERS Decorated with its flag’s checkerboard pattern, which country’s 10-, 20-, and 50-cent coins feature Nikola Tesla? +100 correct

Croatia

ANIMALS & NATURE Platypuses and echidnas are this classification , and are the only mammals to do what? +100 correct

monotremes Lay eggs

HISTORY & SOCIETY Purchased by the United States in 1898 through the Treaty of Paris, which country achieved independence in 1946? +100 correct

Philippines