Season 1 Episode 3 Flashcards
In what state did the Boston Tea Party take place?
The Boston Tea Party took place in Massachusetts.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Tea Party, (December 16, 1773), was an incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea (taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.
Including the sixth man, how many players make up the starting five?
They make up five.
What cube did Erno Rubik invent ?
He invented the Rubik’s Cube.
Who is Erno Rubik?
Erno Rubik, (born July 13, 1944, Budapest, Hung.) inventor of Rubik’s Cube, a popular toy of the 1980s. Rubik’s Cube consists of 26 small cubes that rotate on a central axis; nine coloured cube faces, in three rows of three each, form each side of the cube. When the cube is twisted out of its original arrangement, the player must then return it to the original configuration, one among 43 quintillion possible ones.
How many months have 28 days?
The Gregorian calendar has four months with a length of 30 days and seven months that are 31 days long. February is the only month that is 28 days long in common years and 29 days long in leap years.
What is a leap year?
It is a year, occurring once every four years, that has 366 days including February 29 as an intercalary day.
Intercalary: (of a day or a month) inserted in the calendar to harmonize it with the solar year, e.g., February 29 in leap years.
What is the Gregorian Calendar?
The Gregorian calendar, also called New Style Calendar , is a solar dating system now in general use. It was proclaimed in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a reform of the Julian calendar.
Julian calendar, also called Old Style calendar, dating system established by Julius Caesar as a reform of the Roman republican calendar.
