Rhind Papyrus Egyptian Civilization Flashcards
Longfellow bridge is located in this city
Boston
The earliest surviving peace treaty was signed by
Hittites and Egyptians
Seating was segregated at thr 1922 dedication ceremony of this national monument
Lincoln memorial
Because learning card tricks would have taken too much time paul Newman used a hand double in this 73 con artist film
The sting
Adults have this many incisor teeth
8
Yiddish for musical instrument this style of Jewish folk music often features clarinets and Violins
Klezmer
Ares parents
Zeus and hera
Founded in Wichita this pizza chain is so named partly because the song had room for only 8 letters
Pizza Hut
Last book of thr Bible named for a person
Jude
Reminiscent of a Beatles song title
Shortest US state motto
Hope
Tony state of Rhode Island
Lunar collatoral ligament reconstruction is commonly known as
Tommy John surgery
First underwent procedure
Though published over 50 years later this book is considered the radically different first draft of to kill a mockingbird
Go set a watchman - best part wqs childhood reminiscences which turned into mockingbird
Harper Lee
Zeus was born in a cave at Mount Ida, the highest peak on this island.
Crete was also home to the Labyrinth where the Minotaur was slain by Theseus. Icarus and Daedalus, after having crafted the Labyrinth, escaped from the island using wings that they crafted.
The film “Zorba the Greek” and the musical “Zorba” are adaptations of the 1952 novel “Zorba the Greek” by him . The 1964 film version stars him in the title role, and Alan Bates.
Anthony Quinn
Nikos Kazantzakis - author
The movie is set and was filmed on location on the island of Crete, the home of author Kazantzakis.
LA wnba team
Sparks
This , meaning “short time, instant” is thought originally to be thieves’ slang for “lightning
Jiff”, or “jiffy”
A southpaw is someone who is
left-handed. The term “southpaw” arose as baseball slang in the mid-1880s to describe a left-handed pitcher. Back then, baseball diamonds were often laid out with home plate to the west. So, a pitcher’s left hand would be on his “south” side as he faced the batter.
” was the first feature movie released by Dreamworks SKG, the studio founded by Steven Spielberg and two partners in 1994. “” came out in 1998, and has a stellar cast that includes Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Gene Hackman and many, many other big names. The cartoon is quite unique in that the facial features of the voice actors are reflected in the animated characters.
Antz
Wailing spirit of Irish folklore :
BANSHEE
A banshee is a female spirit in Irish mythology, from the Irish “bean sí” meaning “woman of the fairy mounds”. The banshee is supposedly heard wailing in the night, especially when someone is about to die
Bialy kin :
BAGEL
“Bialy” is a Yiddish name for a small onion roll that takes its name from Bialystok, a city in Poland.
Our word this means “experienced through another”. The term comes from the Latin “”, meaning “substitute, deputy
vicarious
vicarius - Latin
is the study of the manipulation of matter at the atomic and molecular level. Nanotechnology is essential to the electronic and biomaterials industries.
Nanotechnology
was the first person to see Saturn’s rings, when he turned his primitive telescope towards the night sky in 1610. However, he misinterpreted what he was observing and assumed that the rings were in fact two smaller planets located at either side of the larger Saturn.
Galileo
Saturn is easily visible from Earth with the unaided eye, but we need some help to see the planet’s famous rings
person with this type blood is a universal recipient, meaning that he or she can receive a transfusion of blood of any type: A, B, AB or O, negative or positive.
AB-positive
