Sham O Knee Flashcards
The Japanese transport Shinkansen has what speedy nickname
Sheen khan sin
The bullet train
What star of TVs Luther was on the wire
Bonus character
Idris Elba
Russel bell
What tyrannical leader rules Cambodia from 75 to 79
Pol pot
What chess word comes from a foreign phrase meaning the king is defeated
Checkmate
What’s the largest species of penguin
Emperor
The vitamin thiamin is also know as
B1
In 2014 what state became the first in the nation to allow recreational pot stores
Colorado
In may 2014 what American idol star won a congressional primary in North Carolina
Clay Aiken
Superstar Mia hamm won Olympic gold medals in ehat sport
Soccer
Largest desert in Asia notable in history of severa important cities along the Silk Road
Gobi desert
Desert rose was an 99 top 10 hit
With the video featuring him riding through the Mohave desert in a jag in style
Sting
Check out
Origin of the name of Death Valley
Traveling group perished trying to cross in 1849
In 79 what nephew of Scooby-Doo brought puppy power to the w inmates franchise
Scrappy doo
Like cousin Oliver - Brady bunch
Your new character but everybody find them annoying
Nicknamed the Hartford of the west this major city is located in Polk county with a small part extending into warren county
Ranked as Americas wealthiest city by NBC in 14
Duh moin Iowa
In 1045 BC the city of gee shing was built marking the start of that areas Evolution into what modern Chinese city of over 21 m inhabitants
Beijing
Largest national capita in the world
Jiggering and jollying are examples of techniques used in this practice of creating containers from clay or mud
Pottery
Highway known as the Baltimore beltway
695
That’s fine - Cecelia
Nixon VPs
Agnew resigned due to corruption unrelated to watergate from Maryland
Ford
A group of jellyfish
Smack
Altitude of the capital of Colorado
Denver is at 5280 - a mile high
7/14/1789 revolutionaries stormed this political prison
Bastielle
Seem as a symbol of the absolute monarchy abuse of power
We’re not sure whether it’s named after the alternative name for this war in which he served in the Royal Navy or because Blackbeard supported the last Stuart monarch but we do know this was the name of his ship
Queen Ann’s (revenge)
War of Spanish succession
In 2015 John Oliver introduced a new character called Jeff the diseased lung in a cowboy hat which is a direct parody of this advertising icon
Marlboro man
What bakery item is believed to be named after emperor franz Joseph 1 of Austria who led the empire form 1848 to 1916
Kaiser roll
Maurice cheeks ended his career in 93 as the leader in this statistical category but has since fallen to 5th behind these other players
Steals
Stockton
Kidd
MJ
Payton
1976 family comedy Gus is about a mule from Yugoslavia who finds success on these stars football team playing this position
Ed asner and don knots
Placekicker
Elements that take their name from astronomical objects
Helium - after the sun
Uranium 92
Neptunium 93
Plutonium 94
Titanium
Palladium- after second asteroid (palace)
Tellurium- Telus - Latin for earth tuh lure e um
Cerium- after dwarf planet Ceres - first ever asteroid found and largest asteroid ever found
Mercury
Selenium- moon
On Gilmore girls she serves as Rory idol but in real life this icon of the newsroom was born in London raised in Tehran became chief international correspondent for CNN and was announced as the permanent replacement as Charlie rose on pBS following his sexual misconduct allegations
Christ tee an
am en poor
First appearing in the English language in the mid 16th century this 7 letter H word is defined as lacking excitement or variety; monotonous
Humdrum
From the Latin for with highest honor this title is bestowed upon those who graduate within top 5% of the class
Suma cum laude loud ey
