Opening Day April 7 Flashcards
The Gobi desert is located on what continent
Asia
What style of sweater was named for James Thomas brudenell brew da nell
Cardigan
In astronomy what point is directly opposite the zenith
Nadir
What singer married film director guy Ritchie in 2000
Madonna
3 and -3 are square roots of
9
Name given to astronauts from China
Taikonaut
What celebrates children’s author wrote fantastic mr fox
Dahl
What punctuation mark is in the logo of yahoo
Exclamation point
Suez Canal
Links the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
What popular font gets its name from the Latin for Switzerland
Helvetica
Colony collapse disorder affects what insects
Bees
Austin powers movies dr evils pet
Cat named mr bigglesworth
Nonagenarian
Non uh
A person who is at least 90 years old
What British leader is often credited with inventing soft serve ice cream
Margaret thatcher
Eugenes 18 year old daughter married which 54 year old film star
Charlie Chaplin
Wrote the pickwick papers
Dickens
English novelist
Which company produced the The worlds first waterproof watch
oyster by Rolex
The word vulpine refers to something resembling what animal
Fox
International airport in Rome is named after
Davinci
How many times is the baton passed in the 4 x 100 relay
3
Not bloody likely is a line from what play
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in a region of what present day country
Germany
Wore a dress made out of meat at the 2010 awards
Lady Gaga
MTV music video awards
Colin firth won a beat actor Oscar in 2011 for what film
The king’s speech
A normal human typically has how many pairs of chromosomes
23
1953 set in 1692
Crucible by Arthur Miller
In 1965 what singer had a top 10 pop hit with papas for a brand new bag
James brown
Largest Italian island
Sicily
Which amendment of the US constitution created prohibition
18th
Neanderthal man is named after a valley in what modern day…
Germany
Name of the tissue that connects bone to bone
Ligament
Object of the ancient game is to get all of tour marbles to the other side of the board
Chinese checkers
Strategy board game of diplomacy conflict and conquest with the goal to occupy territories and eliminate other players
Risk
Marching your colored pawns from start space to home space while unapologetic hijinks pursues
Sorry
Word game that involves arranging tiles into a grid of connected words faster than opponents
Banana grams
Code guessing game consisting of a series of 4 colored pegs
Mastermind
In 1954 what sci-fi writer founded the church of Scientology
L ron Hubbard
How many different athletic events make up a heptathlon
7
What element of the periodic tale comes last alphabetically
Zirconium
What chef did Meryl Streep portray in a 2009 film
Julia child
