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Potpourri (mixed subject trivia) Flashcards

Fall Winter 2016

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June 2016 thousands gathered to celebrate the _______________ first NBA championship title

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Cleveland Caveliers

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2016 Golden State Warriors point guard player _____________ broke his own record for most 3-pointers in a season

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Stephen Curry

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1984 - This “Doctor” struck out 11 batters on September 7, giving him an MLB rookie record for a season.

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Doc Gooden (Dwight)

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What is the sport that is raced to win the America’s Cup?

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Yachting

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A sloop, yawl, ketch and a schooner are all types of these…

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Boats

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It’s the small sail in front of the main sail. (Hint: it starts with a J)

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Jib

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What is the name of one Western nation in which women were granted the right to vote in general elections only as late as 1971?

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Switzerland

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In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to give women this right.

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The right to vote

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On August 26 1920, which Amendment was added that gave women the right to vote?

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19th

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Nature Study: Imperfect flowers lack one of these 2 reproductive organs.

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Pistils and stamen

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This part of a flower’s stamen contains the pollen.

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The anther

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The pistils of most flowers have 3 main parts: the stigma, the style and this round base where egg cells are formed

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The ovary

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1 of the main parts of a flower, its main function is to attract insects

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The petal (or the corolla)

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The rocket with this “planetary” name used 560,000 gallons of propellants in the first 3 minutes of flight

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Saturn

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Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy aboard one of these mighty rockets

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A Saturn V

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Parts of its cycle are full, new and quarter phases

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The moon

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For the Moon this process is the opposite of waning

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Waxing

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4 letter verb: To decrease gradually in intensity, such as the moon in passing from full to new

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Wane

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Kiddy Lit: This beloved Eric Carle book begins, “In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf”

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The Very Hungry Catepillar

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Tranquillity Park in this Texas city was built to commemorate the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing

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Houston

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Barbara Park writes a series of children’s books of a trouble maker girl. What’s the title of the series?

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Junie B. Jones

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What country own Guam?

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USA

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If Stephen Curry made 4 3-pointers in a row, how many points did he earn for the Warriors?

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12 points

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What is the closest star to us?

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The Sun

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On a staff signature, what is the name of the clef on the top? Played by the right hand?

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Treble Clef

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Vice president Joe Biden was a US Senator representing which state?

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Delaware

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What is the two-letter postal abbreviation for Maine?

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ME

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What is the two-letter postal abbreviation for California?

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CA

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Which college football team has appeared in more bowl games than any other team?

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Alabama

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What is the most commonly used nickame for college sports teams in the US? (76 colleges)

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Eagles

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During this Jewish holiday, it is customary to greet neighbors with “May you Be Inscribed for a Good Year”

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Rosh Hashanah

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Challah, a type of this, is served in a twisted form on the Sabbath

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Bread

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It’s the Hebrew-derived name for a loaf of bread baked for the Sabbath

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Challah

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Online Shopping: The name of this online shoe store is an alteration of the Spanish word for “shoes”

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Zappos.com

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Spell the first name: Donald Trump’s current wife

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M-E-L-A-N-I-A

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Before they were first ladies: In 1983 she was Akansas’ Woman of the Year

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Hillary Clinton

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The first televised presidential debate took place in 1960 between these 2 men

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Nixon and Kennedy

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Before signing on as First Lady, she handled community and external affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center

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Michelle Obama

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Who will win,Crusher or Hothead

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Hothead

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What was the new hit made by Nintendo and Ninteck in 2016

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Pokemon Go

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41
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How many pokemon are in the world

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721

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Rescue Me: in 1950 this future symbol of fire prevention was rescued from a fire in a New Mexico forest.

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Smokey the Bear

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Happy Hanukkah :The first haunkkah was sort of a belted celebration of this harvest festival that uses little huts

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Sukkot

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Music: Johann Pachelbel was considered one of the great masters of this instrument before the generation of J.S. Bach

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Organ

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Classical Music: One of the 3 “B”s, he was appointed director of music for the Protestant churches in Leipzig in 1723.

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Bach

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State Flower: What is the state flower of Massachusetts?

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Mayflower

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American Poetry: In “THe Courtship of Miles Standish”, Longfellow wrote, “Youngest of all was he of the men who came in” this ship

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The Mayflower

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Astronomy: The Moon’s phase occurring between the first quarter and the full moon is described as gibbous and this, meaning growing, as the illuminated area is increasing.

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A waxing gibbous

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Animal Names: Floating in the waters off Majorca, you might find the fried egg this–we don’t suggest it for breakfast

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Jellyfish

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Nature: Jellyfish aren’t fish but these, part of a phylum of creatures with one saclike body cavity

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Coelenterates

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Compound words: In biology, Medusa refers to a stage in the life cycle of one of these invertebrates

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A jellyfish

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Prehistoric Times: Homo sapiens had a higher and more rounded one of these than did Homo erectus

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A skull

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Evolution: Modern man is the only living member of this species

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Homo sapiens

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Young Abe Lincoln: In 1816 7 year-old Abe Lincoln moved with his family from this birth state to neighboring Indiana

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Kentucky

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Islands in the Sea: Lesbos and Lemnos

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The Aegean

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Ancient History: In 1700 B.C. The palace of Knossos on this Minoan island was destroyed by an earthquake

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Crete

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Elevation Destination: Satellite tech officially set its height at 29,035 feet but the geological forces that made it still occur, so it’s growing

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Mount Everest

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Pirates: This colorful pirate’s reign of terror along the Carolina coast ended when he was killed in battle on Nov. 22, 1718

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Blackbeard

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I Saw it on TV: In September 2011 I saw some of the 1,600 homes burned out by wildfires around Bastrop in this state

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Texas

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Chess Champs: He resigned for good in 2008 in Iceland, where he’d beaten Boris Spassky in 1972

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Bobby Fischer

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Lady “B” Good: This “Freckle Juice” author works with the National Coalition Against Censorship

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Judy Blume

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Hamburger Joints: What restaurant sells the Quarter Poinder with cheese?

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McDonalds

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Hamburger Joints: Which restaurant seeks the Bacon and Swiss Buttery Jack?

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Jack in the Box

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Hamburger Joints: Which restaurant sells the Big King Sandwich?

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Burger King

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Hamburger Joints: Which restaurant sells the Flamethrower Grillburger (save room for a Blizzard)

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Dairy Queen

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Hamburger Joints: Which restaurant sells the Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster?

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Sonic

67
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Spot Me: These spots found on fair-skinned kids come in simple and sunburn types

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Freckles

68
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What “itis” is it? It inflames a 3 1/2-inch abdominal tube of unknown purpose

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Appendicitis

69
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Big City Newspapers: This heavenly body News in San Jose

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the San Jose Mercury News

70
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State Quarters: A cow, a round of cheese, an ear of corn and the state motto “Forward”

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Wisconsin

71
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State Quarters: Lewis and Clark paddling in a canoe with the Gateway Arch in the background

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Missouri

72
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State Quarters: A bison skull above a diverse landscape and the words “Big Sky Country”

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Montana

73
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Ship Shape: In an amazing engineering feat in 2013 the Costa Concordia was raised from the rocks off this country’s coast

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Italy

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On the Map: It’s the longest river in the world that flows mainly from south to north

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The Nile

75
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Official Languages: Kenya, since 2010

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Swahili

76
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Toy Story: Players stack and remove wooden blocks in this game whose name is from Swahili for “to build”

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Jenga

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Presidents: Born in Honolulu August 4, 1961, he was given the same Swahili name as his father; it means “blessed by God”

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Barack Obama

78
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The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Bartholdi and it was modeled after his _____________.

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Mother

79
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8 letter word: The base of the Statue of Liberty is an 11-pointed star and that it rests on an 89-foot high granite ________.

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Pedestal

80
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Who was president when the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in October 1886?

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Grover Cleveland

81
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THe Statue of Liberty was sent to the United States from France in this many pieces.

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214

82
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How tall is the Statue of Liberty in feet from the base to the torch?

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152

83
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How many pounds does the Statue of Liberty weigh?

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450,000

84
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Who is the author of the poem on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?

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Emma Lazarus

85
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What leaf appears on the Canadian flag?

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Maple leaf

86
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What is the largest island in the Atlantic?

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Greenland

87
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Harry Houdini, one of America’s greatest magicians, died on this day in 1926.

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October 31

88
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On this festival all over India, Hindus fill clay saucers with mustard oil, and cotton wicks are floated in them.

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Diwali

89
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On Diwali it is believed that Lakshmi the goddess of this, will find and bless each lighted home.

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Prosperity

90
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Nobel Categories by Winner: Frederick Banting

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Medicine

91
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Fab 5 Freddy: In 1921 a team including Frederick Banting discovered this hormone produced by the pancreas

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Insulin

92
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It’s Hard Out Here for a Shrimp: Many small shrimp eat this tiny drifting aquatic organism, also a rival restaurant owner on “SpongeBob”

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Plankton

93
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Star Fish: The shark in the original “Jaws” was this species

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The Great White Shark

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Star Fish: This forgetful blue tang from “Finding Nemo” got her own movie in 2016

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Dory

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Gone Fishing: From where they prefer to dine, sole and catfish are classified as these

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Bottom-dwellers/feeders

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Food and Drink: Type of fish canned on Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row”

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Sardines

97
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Things that make you go “HM”: A computer is really good at executing this, defined as a series of steps to reach a goal

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Algorithm

98
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Popular websites: As of February 2016, this .com boastd 281.9 million blogs

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Tumblr

99
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Jack Dorsey, a co-founder of this microblogging site, sent its first message March 21, 2006

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Twitter

100
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TV: On Disney Channel, siblings discover that their pet can talk and write in the rhymingly titled “Dog with” one of these

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Blog

101
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Photography: National Geographic landscapes often include a person wearing this color, your eye goes to it first

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Red

102
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Computer Terms: In the acronym BIOS, these 2 words come between “basic” and “system”

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Input & Output

103
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Year Double Zero: In his 2000 farewell he wrote, “Snoopy, Linus, Lucy… how can I ever forget them?”

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Charles Schulz

104
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Pup Culture: In the comics, he was the first beagle on the moon

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Snoopy

105
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You’ve got me in historics: On April 21, 1918 this German pilot credited with downing 80 enemy aircraft was killed in his triplane; Snoopy’s revenge?

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The Red Baron

106
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Celebrity Dog Breeds: Snoopy

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Beagle

107
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Ancient History: The Olympic Games began in 776 B.C., took a long break and reappeared in 1896 in this country

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Greece

108
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After this queen died in 30 B.C., Egypt fell under Roman domination

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Cleopatra

109
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Ancient History: Covering 120,000 square miles fro Mexico into Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and the Honduras, this civilization peaked from 250 to 900 A.D.

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The Mayans

110
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Ancient History: Born in China in 551 B.C., this teacher and philosopher is also referred to as Kongfuzi, or “Master Kong”

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Confucius

111
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This person was a famous scientist that researched agriculture, and discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut.

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George Washington Carver

112
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This inventor was born on January 4th 1809 and invented a type of printing with raised dots that allows the blind to read and to write.

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Louis Braille

113
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Her real name was Araminta. People called her Moses.

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Harriet Tubman

114
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Who was the first lady for George W. Bush?

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Laura Bush

115
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Bruce Willis is an actor that has this real first name.

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Walter

116
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Tales of Olden Times is a collection of stories that includes Cinderella by this author.

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Charles Perrault

117
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John A. MacDonald was the first prime minister in 1867 of this country.

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Canada

118
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Oh, Canada: The Parliament Buildings in this city include the restored office of Canada’s first P.M., Sir John A. MacDonald

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Ottawa

119
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Canadian History: The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867; this transplanted Scot became the country’s first prime minister

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John A. Macdonald

120
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Literary Brothers: These brothers were so close that Jakob lived in the same home with Wilhelmina even after Wilhelmina got married in 1825

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The Grimm Brothers

121
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Grimm, Grim: Her mom dies in paragraph 1, her 2 evil stepsisters arrive in No. 2, but it words out; in the end, pigeons peck out their eyes

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Cinderella

122
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Baseball In San Diego on August 4,2007, Barry Bonds hit this ball 382 feet to tie the all-time home run record of this man technically.

A

Hank Aaron

123
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Rons, Dons and Johns: In 1968 this NYC real estate guy and ‘uge, ‘uge reality TV star got his economics degree from Wharton

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Donald Trump

124
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New York Politicians: As senator, she was appointed to the Armed Services panel, the first New Yorker to serve on the committee

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Hillary Clinton

125
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Constitution Day: Both the 15th and the 19th Amendment give U.S. citizens the right to do this

A

Vote

126
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Recent Bestsellers: Ashlee Vance’s bio of this tech titan delves into his experiences with SpaceX and Tesla Motors

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Elon Musk

127
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Incredible Machine: The Model S from this car company named for an inventor has 0 emissions and goes from 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds

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Tesla

128
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“Every good boy does fine” for the lines of the treble clef is an example of this device to enhance access to memories

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A mnemonic

129
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Classical Music: This composer’s “Trout Quintet” is one of the most popular pieces of classical chamber music

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Franz Schubert

130
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Composers: There’s nothing fishy about his “Trout” quintet

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Franz Schubert

131
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Groundhog Day: In 1886 the first U.S. Groundhog Day was observed in this Pennsylvania city

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Punxsutawney

132
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Groundhog Day: Before Groundhog Day took off, February 2nd was celebrated by the Catholic Church as this day for wax objects

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Candlemas

133
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Annual events: An old belief says that if the sun shines on Candlemas Day, now observed on this date, 6 weeks of winter will ensue

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Feb. 2

134
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Animated Movie songs: in “Bee Movie” you’ll hear the words “honey honey” in this song by the Archie’s

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Sugar, sugar

135
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Who provided the voice of Barry B. Benson in “Bee Movie”

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Jerry Seinfeld

136
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Fun facts about states and capitals: The only state capital whose name ends in 3 vowels, it’s also the northernmost

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Juneau

137
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Fun facts about states and capitals: The only state whose name ends in 3 vowels

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Hawaii

138
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Fun facts about states and capitals: One of the original 13, it’s the only state whose name ends in 3 consonants

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Massachusetts

139
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Lady “B” Good: The USA’s first female M.D., she co-founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children

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Elizabeth Blackwell

140
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She was the first black woman to head a U.S. Federal agency. (Born in 1875 with initials M.M.B

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Mary McLeod Bethune

141
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African-American History: This institute founder was the first African American featured on a U.S. Postage stamp

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Booker T. Washington

142
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Famous Americans: At has death in 1915, this educator was buried on the campus of his Tuskegee institute

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Booker T. Washington

143
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What is the state flower of Kansas?

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Sunflower

144
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What is the 31st state that was admitted to the union in 1850?

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California

145
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This state had the first McDonald’s in San Bernadino (in 1948)

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California

146
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The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted suffrage rights to African-American men. What does “suffrage” mean?

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The right to vote (The Fifteenth Amendment was adopted in 1870)

147
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Every year, on New Year’s Day, in this city, a very special parade is seen by millions of people, called the Tournament of Roses Parade.

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Pasadena, California

148
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There’s a Crowd: Unnamed in the Bible, these visitors to the baby Jesus are traditionally aka Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar

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The Three Kings (Three Wise Men)

149
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Popular Songs: In 1988 buying your true love all the gifts mentioned in this song would have cost $67,745.54

A

The Twelve Days of Christmas

150
Q

Bright “Light”s: it’s another name for Hanukkah

A

Festival/Feast of Lights

151
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“Men” at work: A 9-branch Hanukkah candelabrum

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A menorah

152
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Non-Potent Potables: “Oh, yeahhh!” Artificially fruit-flavored and made from powder, it’s the state soft drink of Nebraska

A

Kool-Aid

153
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Sweets: This sweet treat was originally made from a marsh plant called the mallow.

A

Marshmallow

154
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Video Games: Meaning “pocket monster” in Japanese, there are about 150 of these Nintendo Game Boy creatures

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Pockemon

155
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In which decade: The Black Panther Party is organized

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60’s

156
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What state’s former capital was New Haven?

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Connecticut

157
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What state’s former capital was Knoxville?

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Tennessee

158
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What state’s FORMER capital was Augusta?

A

Georgia

159
Q

What is the only state capital whose name ends in 3 consonants, namely R,C & K?

A

Bismarck, North Dakota

160
Q

What is the only US state’s name that begins with 2 vowels?

A

Iowa

161
Q

U.S. Geography: 2 of the 4 U.S. States that have capitals with “City” in their names

A

Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma and Utah

162
Q

World Capitals: One of the 2 European capitals closest to the United States

A

Lisbon, Reykjavik

163
Q

What are the two states that begin with “M” whose capitals begin with “J”

A

Mississippi (Jackson), Missouri (Jefferson City)

Mr. B's General Knowledge Trivia (clues from NPR Wait Wait, Jeopardy!, and some I made up myself) (75 decks)

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