One Paper Anniversary Flashcards
ANIMALS & NATURE
Helpful for gathering seeds for the winter, which animal’s cheek pouches can stretch to three times the size of its head?
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Chipmunk
SCIENCE & TECH
elements in the periodic table that is liquid at room temperature?
Other than bromine, which is the only
Mercury
ANYTHING GOES
A move he later regretted, Steven Spielberg digitally replaced guns with walkie-talkies in the 20th-anniversary re-release of which film?
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E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
GEOGRAPHY
Which place is home to a large rainforest, second in size only to the Amazon, commonly called the “lungs of Africa”?
Congo basin
ARTS & CULTURE
Explaining that “living people can dance, the dead cannot,” composer Sergey Prokofiev wrote a happy ending for his ballet adaptation of which Shakespeare play?
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Romeo and Juliet
HISTORY & SOCIETY
In 1847 Samuel Colt supplied the U.S. Army with 1,000 of which newly designed firearm, used in the Mexican-American War?
Revolver
MONEY & NUMBERS
When choosing a scent in 1921, which fashion icon sniffed samples labeled 1–5 and 20–24, electing to keep the designation of the one picked?
Coco Chanel
BIOGRAPHIES
Which dictator released the romance novel Zabibah and the King in 2000, three years before he was overthrown?
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Saddam Hussein
Approximately how tall is the Great Sphinx at Giza in Egypt?
20 meters
In the 1950s, Tunisia achieved independence from which European country?
France
In Disney’s “Snow White”, which dwarf was completely bald?
Dopey
word is derived from the name of legendary Scandinavian warriors?
Berserk
What was the first name of the French composer Gounod, famous for his opera “Faust”?
Charles
Who was the youngest U.S. president at his inauguration?
Teddy
By definition, where would you most likely find an epicanthic fold?
Human face
What Roman emperor ordered the construction of a 73-mile-long wall across northern England?
Hadrian
What sport, invented in 1895 by a YMCA physical education director, was originally called “Mintonette”?
Volleyball
In what country did the dance known as the rumba originate?
Cuba
Renaissance men
In a letter he wrote on August 7 1501 we determined that the new land was not an island but a continent
Amerigo Vespucci
For Continent named after him
Time person of the year
1986 this Filipina
Corazon Aquino
Uh keen O
Time person of the year
1981 this electrician and union leader
Walesa
Vuh less uh
Time person of the year
1936 this twice divorced American woman
Wallis Simpson
Time person of the year
1968 The astronauts of this Apollo mission. The first man one to orbit the moon.
Apollo 8
Not the V but the IB version of this planetary rocket carried crews to Skylab
Saturn
Titan series rockets like the ones that launched Viking and Voyager were originally conceived as ICBM’s short for these
Intercontinental Ballistic missiles
Miracle Gro suggest surrounding your plants with 2 to 3 inches of this five letter weed inhibiting substance
Mulch
Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim aided this professor’s early rocketry experiments at Roswell
Goddard
This Ivy League school dates its founding to 1740 with Ben Franklin being an early member of its board of trustees
University of Pennsylvania
In building a sanctuary in Exodus, the length of a board was 10 of these common biblical units
Cubits
A 1954 Supreme Court case that banned racial segregation in public schools, involved the Board of Education of the city
Topeka, Kansas
Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This Yankee shortstop hit the game winning homer in game four of the 2001 World Series on November 1
Earning this nickname
Derek Jeter, Mr. November
A world record holding sprinter recently trademarked this famous victory pose also his nickname
Usain Bolt
Lightning bolt
As a young tennis player, the Spanish phenom was nicknamed El Niño
Rafael Nadal
Kobe Bryant nickname and origin
Black mamba the codename of an assassin in the film, kill Bill
In 2003 using its long march 2F rocket it became the third nation to launch a man into earths orbit
China
This company proudly states that it’s falcon heavy rockets can lift 64 metric tons into orbit via 5,000,000 pounds of thrust
Space X
This person who is not fun at parties, was popularized by a Rachel Dratch SNL character
Debbie downer
This two word phrase, derives from a Latin, way of saying the position being reversed
Vice versa
On a road trip in my big old whip, we had to stop for fuel every couple of hours. The car is definitely one of these.
Gas guzzler
To achieve the ultimate triumph after failure is to have this
Last laugh
When a job is not a chore but a passion it’s this of this like hosting Jeopardy
 labor of love
This alliterative type of vegetation is named for how it protects and fortify soil when your garden would otherwise be there
Cover crop
A fairy ring is an natural occurring circle of these fungi on a lawn
Mushrooms
Ladybugs are beneficial garden insects. They can consume dozens per day of these also known as plant lice.
Aphids
A fids
Death *2 is one of the two dark blue properties in the return of the Jedi version of this board game and will cost yes $400
Monopoly
It’s the delicious advertising item that is a board a person wears
Sandwich board
Time of the year
1977 this Egyptian president who traveled to Israel to seek peace negotiations
Anwar Sadat
Suh dot
After an injury to the starting QB, Caleb Hanie threw for 153 yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions during this team’s NFC Championship loss in January of 2011.
Guess: Seattle Seahawks
Answer: Chicago Bears
Kevin Garnett played the final 43 games of his NBA career with what Western Conference team from 2015-2016?
Guess: Minnesota Timberwolves
Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and Xander Schauffele tied for 2nd place at the 2019 Masters, all coming up one stroke short to what American golfer?
Guess: Jordan Spieth
Answer: Tiger Woods
What German inventor and craftsman is credited with introducing letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press?
Guess: Johannes Gutenberg
Typically coming in chocolate, vanilla, and raspberry flavors, Zingers are a snack cake made and sold by what company?
Guess: Hostess
Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, and Christopher Meloni starred in this HBO drama set in a men’s prison from 1997-2003.
Guess: Oz
Answer: Oz
Nobody makes me bleed my own blood…NOBODY!” is a quote from what 2004 sports comedy?
Guess: Blades of Glory
Answer: Dodgeball
song “Dead and Gone”?
Guess: Justin Timberlake
TI 08
Compared to adults human babies typically have way more what
Bones
Babies need to be Bendy to pass through the birth canal so they have almost 100 more bones which later fuse together
In 2006 scientist finally figured out why it’s so difficult to break. What into exactly 2 pieces.
Spaghetti
if you try to break spaghetti in half it will almost never break into two pieces due to pretty complicated physics
The black Forest is a mountainous region in which country
Germany
Germany is black Forest get its name from forestation so bright it can block out the light
Most type of chorizo, sausage, are made from which type of meat
Pig
chorizo is cured sausage typically made from pork
The first ever US stamp featured, which two people
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
Washington and Franklin were chosen in 1847 because US Congress thought featuring living people on stamps would be too British
The widely used drug TheraFlu is made with a compound from which spice
Star anise contains shikimic acid which can prevent viruses from replicating
As you might guess Hall of Famer goalie Martin Brodeur known as Satan‘s wallpaper play 21 years with this NHL team?
New Jersey Devils
It sounds like a grassy roof covering, but this rooty lawn layer should be kept relatively thin
Thatch
The name for this sort of place you might visit for fun and knowledge comes to us from a group of sister goddesses
Museum
From the muses
Hebrew for lamp stand is the source of this regularly seen at the end of the year
Menorah
With just three eyes between them, these two beasties and monsters Inc. were voiced by who
Mike whu zow ski  and Sully
Voiced by Billy Chris and John Goodman
This post apocalyptic Netflix series follows Gus, who is part deer part human
And a big fan of candy
Sweet tooth
Clocks from the Amazon, the amphibian man in the Guillermo, Del Toro flick Falls for mute Eliza
Shape of water
With uncontrollable cravings in his past this friend of Elmo and Abby teaches kids about healthy eats with his food truck
Cookie Monster
The Vatican apostolic formally secret archives has the January 3, 1521 document excommunicating this German
Martin Luther
Russia’s archives hold discoveries like proof Stalin ordered the katyn massacre of 20 K officers and men in this country‘s army
Poland
Francis archives national has documents way back to the eighth century like one with this rulers KRLS signature
Charlemagne
This century’s old fair held outside a Dublin suburb gave its name to this type of free-for-all melee
Donnybrook
Disappointed because I failed to die, kiichi kawano created an archive of fellow pilot in this type of World War II unit
Kamikaze
Lou Gehrig’s disease is also known by this initial ism
ALS
Tuition is half off for latter-day Saints at this three letter school
BYU
Alan Dulles and President Eisenhower laid the cornerstone for its original headquarters building in 1959
CIA
Dulles headed
Number one best sellers
1989 nonfiction
my turn: the memoirs of this first lady turned heads and pages
Nancy Ragean
Number one best sellers
1974 fiction this book about espionage with four professions in the title worked its way to number one
Tinker tailer soldier, spy
Merida is the capital of this south eastern Peninsular state
Yucatán
Capital of the same name state but sometimes followed by de Zaragoza. It’s the site of the 1862 battle on Cinco de Mayo.
Zar uh go sah
Puebla
Mexicali is the capital of this northwestern Peninsular state
Baja California
Beautiful city of Villahermosa is the capital of this saucy state down south
Tabasco
You need 2 U’s to spell this with a Chinese name meaning gold citrus fruit
Kumquat
Number one best sellers
1973 non-fiction this book by Alex comfort was in the bedrooms of many curious couples
The joy of sex
Number one best sellers
2019 fiction the story of marsh girl had everyone humming along
where the crawdads sing
Three letter responses
The RAV4 or the rogue
SUV
The figure seen in silhouette on its logo was modeled after Jerry West
NBA
Like the J in it’s capital Guadalajara this state’s first letter J is also pronounced like an H
Jalisco
Huh lee sko
Number one best sellers
1969 fiction no one could refuse this Mario Puzo novel
Pew zo
The godfather
In 20 2425 DC’s national archives is exhibiting hundreds of its 1940s photos by Russell Lee of communities based on this activity
Coal mining
In hotel, Transylvania four Dennis is part this type of creature
his granddad who runs the place is simply batty
Vampire
Helpful in cooking this word derived from the Latin for take originally referred to how much medicine one should mix together
Recipe
