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POTpourri Flashcards

1
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The “Bugsy” in Bugsy Siegel stands for what?

A

Benjamin.

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2
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How many Oscars did Gone With the Wind win?

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9.
(Best Actress (Vivian Leigh), Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel), Best Director (Victor Fleming), Best Picture, Editing, Screenplay, Art Direction, and Cinematography. R.D. Musgrave won an award for Technical Achievement, as well. It was also nominated for Original Score, Sound, and Best Actor (Clark Gable). The movie also received two special awards for color and for equipment projection.)

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3
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The White Witch is from what?

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Jadis.

Who froze Narnia in the Hundred Years Winter. Born in Charn.

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Ozymandias is a character in which comic book?

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Watchmen.
(by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.)
(Alternative name for Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II.)
(Sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley.)

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5
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Steven Segall knows what “way of harmonious spirit” founded by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious belief.

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Aikido.

All about REDIRECTING THE FORCE OF THE ATTACKER.

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6
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What is the test for color blindness called?

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Ishihara Color Test (1917).

For Red-Green.

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7
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What is the name of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography?

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A Long Walk to Freedom

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8
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What is the name of Thor’s sword?

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Mjolnir.

MYOL-neer.

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9
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What state were the Scottsboro Boys from?

What did they do?

A

Alabama.

Nine black teenagers accused of Rape.

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10
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In what year was the United Nations founded? In what year did they win the Nobel Peace Prize?

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1945.
October 24.
Won Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.

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11
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What current fashion name was a part of the Nazi machine?

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Hugo Boss.

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12
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Year? Ship?

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1964.

USS Maddox.

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13
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Color TV, invented when?

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1951.

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14
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In which city was the Titanic built?

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Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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15
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In what year did the Boer war end?

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1902.

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16
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Who was the Canadian Prime Minister in 2006?

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Stephen Harper.

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17
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Disposable contacts appeared on the market in what year?

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1987.

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18
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How many Greek letters are there?

A

24.

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19
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When did the first iphone come out?

A

2007.

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20
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AK-47 was replaced by what gun?

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AK-74.

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21
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What do you call a young pigeon?

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Squab.

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22
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What band had the hit “Incense and Peppermints?”

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Strawberry Alarm Clock

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23
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Greek goddess of the moon.

A

Selene.

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24
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“Apple Tree” and “Come See About Me” Band.

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

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25
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Where was the 2013 G20 conducted?

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Northern Ireland.

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26
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Who sings “She?”

A

Charles Azvanour.

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27
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What’s the real name of Swiss Cheese

A

Emmen.

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28
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Tito was a dictator where?

A

Yugoslavia.

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29
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Montreal has what river?

A

St. Lawrence.

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30
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Who starred as Madame Sousatzka

A

Shirley MacLaine.

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31
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In what year was Chicago founded?

What indians were up in that bitch?

A

1833.

Potawatomi.

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32
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Soviet premier in 1964-1982.

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Leonid Brezhnev.

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33
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Who wrote the Wayward Bus?

A

Steinbeck.

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34
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Name associated with Rhodesia?

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Ian Smith.

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35
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Emperor Jones written by?

A

Oneill.

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36
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Until 1950, what was the westernmost MLB team?

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St. Louis.

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37
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What country spawned Robert Louis Stevenson?

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Scotland.

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38
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What Cabinet department has no secretary?

A

Department of Justice.

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39
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Name the Mars rover?

A

Curiosity.

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40
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Units of magnetic force?

A

Teslas.

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41
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Where was president Tyler from?

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Virginia.

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42
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1904 opera. Title Character’s dad commits suicide?

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Madame Butterfly.

By Puccini.

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43
Q

Who’s the dude associated with Jezebel?

A

Ahab?

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44
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What famous ship was sunk in 1941?

A

The Bismarck.

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45
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1790 Pandora mutiny, Bligh…

A

Fletcher Christian. (?)

46
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What state is home to Fort Wood?

A

Missouri.

47
Q

What state is home to Fort Bliss?

A

Texas.

48
Q

BS is the abbreviation for what country?

A

Bahamas.

49
Q

In addition to RKO, Orson Welles founded what theatre?

A

The Mercury Theatre.

50
Q

Kevin Rudd lost to whom for Prime Minister of Australia, in 2013?

A

Tony Abbott.

51
Q

What is the capital of the Yukon Territory?

A

Whitehorse.

52
Q

What is the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory?

A

Darwin.

53
Q

What country singer sang “You are my sunshine?”

A

Loretta Lynn.

54
Q

What do you call a purple quartz from Uruguay?

A

Amethyst.

55
Q

Red spots of what rock give Bloodstone its name?

A

Jasper.

56
Q

Wilhemena ruled what country around 1890-1948?

A

Holland

57
Q

Supercillium is another word for what?

A

Eyebrow.

58
Q

Pulmo relates to what?

A

lungs.

59
Q

Genu is french for what body part?

A

Knee.

60
Q

From what country is artist Munch? What did he paint?

A

Norway. The Scream.

61
Q

Queen Elizabeth II took the throne in what year?

A

1952

62
Q

The BBC took to the air in what year? Same year that Lindbergh did his shit.

A

1927.

63
Q

USSR got the bomb in what year?

A

1949.

64
Q

Malcolm X was killed in what year?

A

1965.

65
Q

What US President came up with the Fair Deal?

How about the Square Deal?

A

Truman.

TR.

66
Q

Panam hijacked flight - year & location:

A

1988 Lockerbee, Scotland.

More…

67
Q

When did Ferdinand Marcos flee the Phillipines?

A

1986.

68
Q

Who is Searle?

A

Philosopher, Intentionality, Chinese Room Thought Experiment. Debunked by Dennett and others.

69
Q

Who are A.P. Hill and D.H. Hill?

A

Not related, but both served in Civil War.
For the confederates.
A.P. Hill = Little Powell (ambrose powell)
Daniel Harvey was a scholar, too.

70
Q

Who was U.S. Grant’s wife?

A

Julia Dent.

71
Q

Texas was independent until what year?

A

1848

72
Q

What was the battle just before Antietam?

A

South Mountain.

73
Q

PGT in PGT Beauregard stood for what?

A

Pierre Gustave Toutont.

74
Q

The Merrimack was the…

A

Uss Virginia.

The famous battle with the Monitor was Battle of Hampton Roads.

75
Q

Alaska was whose folly, in what year?

A

SEc of State Seward, 1867.

76
Q

Civil war battle, “Place of peace” - also “hornet’s nest”

A

Shiloh.

77
Q

Who painted Luncheon on the Grass?

A

Manet.

78
Q

Who wrote Fear of Flying?

A

Erica Jong.

79
Q

When was the year of the four emperors?

A

69 AD.

Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian

80
Q

Aida. who?
La boheme?
Madame Butterfly.

A

Verdi.
Puccini.
Puccini.

81
Q

The Guffaw is a painting turned meme surrounding what royal figure?

A

Ducreux.

82
Q

Who wrote Zorro?

A

McCulley.

83
Q

Talleyrand was an ambassador around when?

A

early 1800s.

84
Q

Who was the Merry Monarch?

A

Charles II.

85
Q

Who was the agincourt person?

A

Henry 5.

86
Q

2013 Canadian won Nobel Prize in Lit.

A

Alice Munro.

87
Q

What is Tintagel?

A

It’s a place in Mists of Avalon, which is a reworking of the Arthurian legends, with a focus on the women.
Written by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Was A TV mini series.
With Joan Allen, Julianna Margulies, and Anjelica Huston.

88
Q

Who wrote The Pale Horse?

A

Agatha Christie.

89
Q

1st Little Leaguer to play in MLB?
1st Hall of Famer?
Founder of little league?

A

Joey Jay.
Yastremski.
Stotts.

90
Q

Bridges of Madison County is in what state?

A

Iowa.

91
Q

Muskogee is in what state?

A

Oklahoma.

92
Q

Who’s the biggest toilet maker?

A

Kohler.

93
Q

What musician did Running with the Devil?

A

Van Halen.

94
Q

Band: “I melt with you”

A

Modern English.

95
Q

What does the G in G6 stand for?

A

Gulfstream.

96
Q

Only mammal with true flight.

A

Bats.

97
Q

De profundis is about what author’s affair with Alfred Douglas?

A

Oscar Wilde.

98
Q

1966 TV emmy, drama.

A

The Fugitive.

99
Q

Kyoto protocols what year?

A

1997.

100
Q

What bird looks like a penguin but can fly?

A

Auk.

101
Q

Earl Scruggs played what instrument?

A

Banjo.

102
Q

Which Kennedy founded the Special Olympics (and was retarded I think)?

A

Eunice Kennedy.

103
Q

What muscle also means to cripple?

A

Hamstring.

104
Q

Wozniak was with ____.

Paul Allen was with _____.

A

Jobs.

Gates.

105
Q

What Russian president served 16 years in KGB?

A

Putin.

106
Q

Jewish LA hospital.

A

Cedar Sinai.

107
Q

1st heart trasnsplant, what country?

A

South Africa.

108
Q

1959, Cuba leader deposed:

A

Fulgencio Bautista

109
Q

King Solomon’s Mine, written by…

A

Hagard.

110
Q

Sloan and…

A

Kettering.

111
Q

Boston hospital?

A

Boston Mass General.

112
Q

Who wrote Raisin in the Sun?

A

Lorraine Hansbury.

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