Old Calendars Flashcards
Never Been Higher:
The furthest humans have ever been from Earth is 248,655 miles, when this ill-fated craft rounded the moon in 1970
What is Apollo 13?
Never Been Higher:
In 2005 former Mumbai sheriff Vijaypat Singhania reached 68,986 feet in one of these
What is a (hot air) balloon?
World Holidays and Observances:
At midnight on New Year’s Eve, Spaniards eat one of these vine fruits with each chime of a clock bell
What is a grape? (Acceptable: raisin)
The Big Blank Theory:
Big ______ : London attraction since 1859
What is Ben?
Candles:
A glass chimney protecting a candle is usually called this stormy type of lamp
What is a hurricane lamp?
Candles:
This petroleum-based wax was introduced in candlemaking in the 1850s and is still used today
What is paraffin?
Singers:
This Australian hip-hopper used the pet name / street name system to come up with her rap name
Who is Iggy Azlea?
Rocks and Minerals:
The luminescent effect that some minerals show is named for this, for the mineral Fluorite
What is fluorescence?
Rocks and Minerals:
Statuario is a slightly translucent type of this used in fine statuary
What is marble?
Rocks and Minerals:
A shade of gray is named for this rock originally used in blackboards
What is slate?
How do you…?:
Use a grip with the fingertips digging into the ball and try to push it to the catcher with no spin
What is throw a knuckleball?
How do you…?:
Cut blocks of hard snow, place them in a circle and add blocks on top of them to form a dome
What is build an igloo?
How do you…?:
Mix gelatin, kool-aid, sugar and water; place in a mold and freeze but don’t forget the stick
What is make a popsicle?
Biology:
Though jellyfish are spineless, they form a hydrostatic one of these structures when they take in water
What is a skeleton? (Acceptable: endoskeleton)
Santa’s Reindeer Games:
“Foxy” name for an ill-tempered woman
What is Vixen?
Santa’s Reindeer Games:
Profession of Derek Hough and Misty Copeland
What is Dancer?
Santa’s Reindeer Games:
Kohoutek or Shoemaker - Levy 9
What is Comet?
Word Origins:
This metal more valuable than gold has a name that mean “little silver” due to its appearance
What is platinum?
Word Origins:
This term for an amateur photographer comes from the device that opens and closes the aperture of a lens
What is a shutterbug?
Word Origins:
The name of this form of therapeutic massage using the thumbs and palms is Japanese for “finger pressure”
What is shiatsu?
Let’s Exercise:
Here’s your “K” ration for today: This is the study of mechanics and anatomy of movement
What is kinesiology?
A Game of Idioms:
“Step up to the plate” evokes this game
What is baseball?
A Game of Idioms:
“Saved by the bell” is from this sport
What is boxing?
A Game of Idioms:
Analysts use the term “down to the wire” to describe this sport
What is horse racing?
Four-Letter Words:
Be smart and do this “while you are ahead”
What is quit? (Acceptable: stop)
Four-Letter Words:
Dating from the 1500s when it was spelled with 5 letters, “there is no” this “like and old” this
What is fool?
Four-Letter Words:
From Shakespeare, one of these “by any other name would smell as sweet”
What is a rose?
Australia:
This 1,142-foot landmark was sighted in 1872 by explorer Ernest Giles
What is Ayers Rock? (Acceptable: Uluru)
A Christmas Songbook:
“Strike the harp and join the chorus, fa la la la la la la la la”
What is “Deck the Halls”?
A Christmas Songbook:
“He sees you when you’re sleeping, He knows when you’re awake”
What is “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”?
A Christmas Songbook:
“Good tidings we bring to you and your kin”
What is “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”?
Never Been Higher:
In 1975 Junko Tabei because the first woman to reach its summit
What is Mount Everest?
Gems:
For its resemblance to a golden-orange gem, citrine is sometimes called false this
What is topaz?
Stock Symbols:
You might do some healthy shopping here, WFM
What is Whole Foods Market Inc.?
Chick Lit:
A giant’s hen lays golden eggs in many versions of this story
What is “Jack and the Beanstalk”?
Science Mysteries:
In the not fully understood Mpema Effect, hot water sometimes does this faster than cold
What is freezes?
Science Mysteries:
Maybe they’re there to heighten our sense of touch, but no one is really sure why we have these aka dactylograms
What are fingerprints?
Science Mysteries:
Newton thought light was a particle; Huygens said it’s this; scientists are still debating
What is a wave?
Famous Americans:
In 1982, 72 years after his death, he became the first person inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians
Who is Mark Twain? (Acceptable: Samuel Clemens)
Money Talks:
Traditionally, to put in this amount is to give your opinion on an issue
What is two cents?
Money Talks:
If your money is doing this combusting act in your pocket, it means you’re eager to spend it
What is burning a hole?
Money Talks:
Giving funds to be part of an organization or struggling through challenges to earn your position
What is paying (your) dues?
City-Titled Movies:
In this film Ingrid Bergman asks Humphrey Bogart, “Was that cannon fire, or is it my heart pounding?”
What is Casablanca?
City-Titled Movies:
Frances McDormand wore a fake tummy filled with birdseed to make her appear pregnant in this film
What is Fargo?
City-Titled Movies:
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron danced to Gershwin in this 1951 Best Picture Oscar winner
What is an American in Paris?
The 1800s:
This agency was founded in 1865 to suppress counterfeit currency
What is the Secret Service?
Where is it?:
Van Gogh’s Irises: In this Los Angeles museum
What is the Getty?
Where is it?:
Volvo Automobile World Headquarters: In this country
What is Sweden?
Where is it?:
Monument Park: In this stadium
What is Yankee Stadium?
The Thanksgiving Meal:
The National Turkey Federation says your roasted turkey should be 180 degrees in the thigh or 170 in this part
What is breast?
The Thanksgiving Meal:
Whether fresh or sliding out of a can, these bog fruits are often served at Thanksgiving
What are cranberries?
The Thanksgiving Meal:
This gourd is often used to make Thanksgiving pies is rich in vitamin A
What is pumpkin?
Physical Science:
The exosphere, the edge of the atmosphere, is primarily made of particles of these two lightest elements
What are Hydrogen and Helium?
Stars of Business:
Naturally, this tuna brand dots the “i” in its name with a star
What is Starkist?
Stars of Business:
This brand of Italian sparkling mineral water has a red star on its label as well as a red star on its blue cap
What is (San or S.) Pellegrino?
Stars of Business:
In 1909 this company began using a logo with a green “t” superimposed on a red star
What is Texaco?
Candles:
According to the National Candle Association, about 35 percent of all candles sales occur during this holiday season
What is Christmas?
The Winners:
It was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture
What is The Godfather Part II?
The Winners:
With 23 golds, he’s the winningest olympic medalist in history
Who is Michael Phelps?
The Winners:
This team was the winner of the first Super Bowl
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
Prize-Winning Authors:
This women is truly “Beloved,” winning a Pulitzer in 1988 and a Nobel in 1993
Who is Toni Morrison?
Bartending Glossary:
This bartending tool looks like a little baseball bat and is used to crush fruit and herbs
What is a muddler? (Acceptable: muddling stick, pestle)
I Think I Love You:
In mythology, she pined away for Narcissus until nothing was left but her voice
Who is Echo?
I Think I Love You:
In “The Rave” by Edgar Allan Poe, she’s the young woman the poet will see “Nevermore”
Who is Lenore?
I Think I Love You:
This Tolstoy Character is one Aleksei’s lover and another Aleksei’s wife
Who is Anna Karenina?
Climate Talk:
The length of the day affects a region’s climate; at this latitude, days are always a nice, even 12 hours
What is the equator? (Acceptable: Zero degrees latitude)
Stock Symbols:
This company went public in 2012 as FB
What is Facebook?
Around the World:
The Bridge of the Americas crosses this feature at the city of Balboa
What is the Panama Canal?
Before and After:
An “Enthusiasm” challenged TV actor/writer is pretty, pretty, pretty good as a Dickens title guy
Who is Larry David Copperfield?
Gems:
Dive, Mate! The waters of Australia are rich in the White South Sea variety of these gems
What are pearls?
Stock Symbols:
Kids and adults like to create their own stuffed animals at this retailer, symbol BBW
What is Build-a-Bear (Workshop)?
Weather:
Spanish for “Little Girl,” it brings wetter, cooler conditions to the Pacific Northwest and drier conditions to the South
What is La Nina?
Weather:
In this index, 11+ means extreme exposure and you should avoid the sun between the hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm
What is the UV Index? (Acceptable: Ultraviolet Index)
Weather:
From the Middle English for “fall of dew,” it’s a light rain in which water droplets are less than .5mm in diameter
What is drizzle?
World Capitals:
One night in this Asian city, go to Wat Traimit, a temple with a 5 1/2 - ton solid gold Buddha statue
What is Bangkok?
“C” to “C”:
Having a common center
What is concentric?
“C” to “C”:
It can mean “universal” or refer to a particular Christian denomination
What is catholic?
Literary Landmarks:
You can visit the Belfast buildings where, as a child, this author saw a lion door knocker and an elaborate wardrobe
Who is C.S. Lewis?
Literary Landmarks:
In 2010 this late author’s museum and inerpretive center opened in Henning Tennessee, where he had deep roots
Who is Alex Haley?
Interior Design:
Although named for an Italian city, these window coverings with slats may have originated in Persia
What are Venetian blinds?
Interior Design:
Using urethane for this molding at the juncture of wall and ceiling will allow you to use adhesive instead of nails
What is crown molding?
