Pasadena Cal Tech Flashcards
What religious structure was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to celebrate military victories?
St. Basil’s Cathedral
Later becoming the dish’s namesake, James Salisbury published a work in 1888 advocating what food as a treatment for numerous ailments?
Broiled beef
Borrowing a design from a 5th-century BCE coin, Greece’s €1 coin features which animal commonly associated with the goddess Athena?
Owl
wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while this was under attack during what conflict?
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
War of 1812
The male of what fish species has a pouch that can carry up to 2,000 fertilized eggs until they hatch?
Seahorse
During this 1971 Apollo mission he modified a rock scooper to play which sport on the Moon?
Apollo 14
Alan Shepard
Golf
Someone might get a reputation for being parsimonious if they…
But only discount clothes
Named for Maryland’s official flower, the black-eyed Susan is the official drink of what annual sporting event?
Preakness stakes
Exhumed in 2017, 28 years after his death, the body of which artist still had his signature mustache, resembling a clock showing 10:10?
Salvador Dali
British knights
A sir since 2018 he contracted TB as a teen in 1953 and spent years in a sanatorium where he learned to play the drums
Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey
Undisputed middleweight champ Clarissa shields appropriately caused herself the gwoat short for this
Greatest woman of all time
Boxing writer, bud Schober wrote how this boxers gift for public relations matched his boxing skills before a Zaire match
Ali
In 1964 citizens of this area could vote for their presidential electors for the first time getting to choose their neighbor
Washington DC
Amendment ?
1964 cars from Studebaker Packard were the first in the US to have these safety devices installed at standard equipment.
Seatbelt
After saving others, despite four wounds of his own green beret captain Roger Donlin received the first of these awarded for actions in Vietnam
Medal of honor
A red post that marked the border between the Houma and bayougoula tribes gave us the name of this state capital
Baton Rouge
The only capital with three sets of double letters in its name it was visited by De Soto in the 16th century
Tallahassee
The name of Germany’s fifth largest city differs by one letter from the name of this capital
Frankfort in Kentucky
As opposed to Frankfurt
In April 2022, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano squared off in the first women’s boxing match to headline this New York venue
Madison Square Garden
This first name of former WBC titleholder Mr. fury is appropriate for a heavyweight champ
Tyson
This heavyweight brown bomber was undefeated before shocking loss to the German Max Schmeling in 1936
Joe Lewis
Atleast diminutive word this type of long bench is commonly found in restaurants
Banquette
Bang ket
It can be a meal where you pick what you want or a sideboard table to store your China
Buffet
Quite comfy these oversized chairs share a name with a suit in a deck of cards
Club chair
At Asia’s first Olympic Games, isao okano won gold in this sport in the country where it was created
Judo in Japan Tokyo 1964
The first courtroom verdict on live network TV was when this assassins assassin was found guilty
1964
Jack Ruby, assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald
With the name of the state in the name of the capital the city 1910’s founding makes it the newbie of US capitals
Oklahoma City
These 2 capitals are named for a man who crossed the Atlantic ocean in 1492
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbus, Ohio
To pass another race car on the track by one complete circuit of the course
Lap
To increase gradually in size like earths natural satellite
Wax
To make a goofy face and ham it up for a photograph
Mug
In 2009 this comedian was there for the invention of lying
Ricky Gervais
To eviscerate, perhaps a dead sturgeon
Gut
To direct and motivate the rest of the crew in a rowing shell
Cox
The general maximum penalty for federal this a will false statement in court by one under oath is five years in prison
Perjury
In a commandment performance, Exodus 2016 says thou shall not bear this two word phrase against thy neighbor
False witness
Truth to tell lies and the lying liars who tell them was a number one best seller by this ex Minnesota senator
Franken
Players make up false answers, along with the correct one then vote on which one is real in this bluffing game by Mattel
Balderdash
This type of sofa is named for its individual pieces that can be rearranged in whatever wacky way you please
Sectional
A chesser is a portmanteau of these two storage units
Chest and dresser
