Pegasus Flashcards
In the 17th century sir Isaac Newton was one of the two men who created what branch of mathematics
Calculus
In 2015 who became Britain’s longest reigning monarch, surpassing who
Queen Elizabeth I
Surpassed queen Victoria
The iconic cover of what best selling 1969 novel depicts a hand manipulating puppet strings
The Godfather
Swan lake
Tchaikovsky
Associated with the Greek god bacchus what gemstone is sometimes said to keep its wearer from getting drunk
Bach isss
Amethyst
Known by 3 letters what Japanese company makes about half the zippers in the world
YKK
Camel lid family
Llama
alpaca
Vicuña ?
At the start of a chess game which pieces are placed on all 4 outside corners of the board
Rook
With 5 points
According to NASA what do astronauts aboard the international space station say is a nearly perfect food
PB
Lack of crumbs
Longest song to ever reach number 1 on the billboard hit 100
American pie
9 mins
Couldn’t fit in 1 side of a 45
The domesday book is a medieval record of all landholdings where and ordered by who
In England
William the conqueror
From Normandy France
Conquered England and eventually wanted to take reckoning
Architect Julia Morgan spent 28 years working on the design of ehat landmark
Hearst castle
Aka enchanted hill
Above the cloud line
in San Simeon
Since he had a natural sounding name what author of the birds of the West Indies is the namesake of a literary hero
Dr James Bond
Creator Ian Fleming said what a boring name
Reminiscent of a polite exclamation what technique for mending clothing uses interwoven stitches
Darning
Flamenco is a form of song and dance. I’m only associated with the Andalusia region of ehat country
Spain
A person can have the personality traits and horoscopes of 2 star signs if they are born on a zodiac what
Cusp
Not just the day the sign changes but about a window of 3 days on either side
Often eaten on bagels with cream cheese lox comes from what type of fish
Salmon
NaHCO3
Sodium bicarbonate
The word used to refer to bears
Ursine
Err sign
Which tony winning actor and writer of torch song trilogy played Tracy turnblad mother on Broadway in what show
Harvey fierstein (fire stein) In hairspray
What snack brand mascot is a bright or range cheetah
Bonus name
Cheetos
Chester
A honey bee colony consists of what 3 kinds of bees
Drones
Queen
Worker
Known as kuali in Malaysia ehat rounded pan is used for steaming stewing and stir frying
Ka wale
Wok
German and New Yorker are examples of what nouns used to denote inhabitants of a particular named place
Demonym
Demo nym
