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
In general, a person with this blood type is a universal donor, meaning that his or her blood can be used for transfusion into persons with any other blood type: A, B, AB or O, negative or positive (although there are other considerations)
O-negative blood
2023 SNL Weekend Update” co-hosts
Michael Che is a standup comedian from New York City. Che had worked as a writer for “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), and then started to appear in front of SNL cameras in September 2014. He became co-anchor for the “Weekend Update” segment of the show, alongside Colin Jost. They make a great team …
Comedian Colin Jost is perhaps best known as co-host of “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), along with Michael Che (and how great are they together?). Offscreen, Jost shared a dorm with 2020 US presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, and ended up portraying him on “SNL”. While on the “SNL” cast, Jost met actress Scarlett Johansson on one of the occasions she hosted the show. They married in 2020.
is an actress and screenwriter whose biggest break came with the 2002 film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, which she wrote and in which she starred. The film tells the story of a Greek-American woman marrying a non-Greek Caucasian American who converts to the Greek Orthodox Church to facilitate the marriage. The storyline reflects the actual experiences of her and her husband, actor Ian Gomez.
Nia Vardalos
Vardalos and Gomez appeared together as hosts for two seasons of the reality competition “The Great American Baking Show”
Space
Since it has caused spacecraft to malfunction a region called the south Atlantic anomaly is known as the
Bermuda Triangle of space
Van Allen radiation belt interfere with spacecraft and satellite there
Modern piece of clothing worn by group of women in the 4th century Mossaic thr coronation of thr winner Found at the villa Romano del cah sal a
Bonus what city
Sports Bra in Sicily
Sun also rises book
Hemingway
The house of mirth book
Edith Wharton
Evil under thr sun book
Agatha Christie
Thr golden bowl book
Henry James
Sun also rises
Theodore golden bowl
Evil under thr sun
The house of mirth
All derive title from this book of thr bible
Ecclesiastes
Uh cleaze as tees
Most nihilistic book of Bible ; so dark almost didn’t make it in the Bible
Authors seem to love it
This popular chain of sports bars removed the word weck from name in 98
Buffalo Wild Wings (& weck)
weck - German for chipped or roast beef on top of a sandwich
On
On March 10 33 the crooked circle starring zazu Pitts and James Gleason became the first feature film to be shown Here
On TV
Before hayes code
Introduced ?
Balance
Donald Brennan credited with coining this geopolitical balancing act term in 62
Mutually or mutual assured destruction
End each other with a push of a button
Off
Cricket matches have breaks
40 minute for lunch
20 minute break between afternoon and evening play for this
Tea
Palace
This former nfl stadium hosted this Wrestlemania in 87 in which savage lost to Ricky steamboat and savages creamy meltdown
Pontiac Silver dome in Detroit
WM 3? Hogan and Andre
Doesn’t matter
This is the result when antimatter comes in contact with matter
Annihilation
Both anti matter and matter annihilated only pure energy remains
Also a 18 sci-fi film directed by Alex garland starring Natalie Portman
