Pegasus Flashcards

1
Q

In the 17th century sir Isaac Newton was one of the two men who created what branch of mathematics

A

Calculus

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2
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In 2015 who became Britain’s longest reigning monarch, surpassing who

A

Queen Elizabeth I

Surpassed queen Victoria

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3
Q

The iconic cover of what best selling 1969 novel depicts a hand manipulating puppet strings

A

The Godfather

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4
Q

Swan lake

A

Tchaikovsky

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5
Q

Associated with the Greek god bacchus what gemstone is sometimes said to keep its wearer from getting drunk

Bach isss

A

Amethyst

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6
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Known by 3 letters what Japanese company makes about half the zippers in the world

A

YKK

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7
Q

Camel lid family

A

Llama
alpaca
Vicuña ?

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8
Q

At the start of a chess game which pieces are placed on all 4 outside corners of the board

A

Rook

With 5 points

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9
Q

According to NASA what do astronauts aboard the international space station say is a nearly perfect food

A

PB

Lack of crumbs

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10
Q

Longest song to ever reach number 1 on the billboard hit 100

A

American pie
9 mins
Couldn’t fit in 1 side of a 45

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11
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The domesday book is a medieval record of all landholdings where and ordered by who

A

In England
William the conqueror
From Normandy France
Conquered England and eventually wanted to take reckoning

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12
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Architect Julia Morgan spent 28 years working on the design of ehat landmark

A

Hearst castle
Aka enchanted hill
Above the cloud line
in San Simeon

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13
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Since he had a natural sounding name what author of the birds of the West Indies is the namesake of a literary hero

A

Dr James Bond

Creator Ian Fleming said what a boring name

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14
Q

Reminiscent of a polite exclamation what technique for mending clothing uses interwoven stitches

A

Darning

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15
Q

Flamenco is a form of song and dance. I’m only associated with the Andalusia region of ehat country

A

Spain

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16
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A person can have the personality traits and horoscopes of 2 star signs if they are born on a zodiac what

A

Cusp

Not just the day the sign changes but about a window of 3 days on either side

17
Q

Often eaten on bagels with cream cheese lox comes from what type of fish

A

Salmon

18
Q

NaHCO3

A

Sodium bicarbonate

19
Q

The word used to refer to bears

A

Ursine

Err sign

20
Q

Which tony winning actor and writer of torch song trilogy played Tracy turnblad mother on Broadway in what show

A
Harvey fierstein (fire stein)
In hairspray
21
Q

What snack brand mascot is a bright or range cheetah

Bonus name

A

Cheetos

Chester

22
Q

A honey bee colony consists of what 3 kinds of bees

A

Drones
Queen
Worker

23
Q

Known as kuali in Malaysia ehat rounded pan is used for steaming stewing and stir frying

Ka wale

A

Wok

24
Q

German and New Yorker are examples of what nouns used to denote inhabitants of a particular named place

A

Demonym

Demo nym

25
Q

Now owned by Verizon and hat internet company mailed millions of promo cds from 93 to 2006

A

AOL

26
Q

Based on the city of Austin what police agency founded by this man was once nicknamed Los diablos tejanos

A

The Texas rangers

Stephen F Austin

27
Q

Now serving as an executive VP Debra McKee-Fowler is best known as the face of ehat food brand

A

Little Debbie

28
Q

Traditionally made from cottonwood what decorated Hopi dolls are representations of benevolent spirit beings

A

Kachina

Ka cheen uh

29
Q

A home built by shirleys Jackson’s own great grandfather was an inspiration for what fictional haunted house

A

Hill house

30
Q

Famous Americans

He was buried in 1969 in one of the ww2 uniform jackets named for him

A

Eisenhower

Iconic short waist jacket made for him and made famous by him?