Rand 3.5 Flashcards
This anthology of English lit is now in its 10th edition, supervised by Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt
The Norton Anthology
This scholar put together the most complete catalog of Mozart’s work in chronological order, the source of the K. numbers
Kochel
More than 15,000 feet up, the world’s highest intl. paved road is the Karakoram Highway, shared by these 2 countries
Pakistan and China
This English scholar was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika
Sir Richard Burton
In “The American Scholar”, he wrote that “Character is higher than intellect”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Transcendentalism) “Self Reliance” “Nature” “The American Scholar”
It’s the only state from which rainwater flows to the Pacific, the Atlantic & Hudson Bay
Montana
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Old Ironsides poet
This country is home to the highest mountain outside Asia
Argentina (Mt Aconcagua)
the only country crossed by both the Tropic of Capricorn & the equator
Brazil
This metal, the lightest solid element, was discovered here in Sweden by J.A. Arfvedson
Lithium
The title character of this Puccini opera kisses her son goodbye before taking her own life with her father’s dagger
Madame Butterfly
Wagner opera with “Here Comes the Bride”
Lohengrin
Wagner called this not an opera but a music drama
Parsifal (Arthur knight Parsifal searches for the Holy Grail)
Danish architect of Sydney opera house
Utzon
Brazilian acrhitecture
Oscar Niemeyer
Japanese states
Prefectures
First black American in space
Guion Bluford
Prominent Bostonians
Brahmins
The Karakoram Highway connects China to this country via the Himalayas & Hindu Kush
Pakistan
The shorter of the 2 great epic poems of ancient India, its title translates from Sanskrit as “Rama’s Exploits”
The Ramayana
The Rio Grande forms part of the border between these 2 U.S. states
NM and Texas
7 daughters of Atlas & Pleione are known as these
The Pleiades
Brightest star night sky
Sirius (Dog Star)
Atlas Shrugged character
John Galt
