South Padre Island Flashcards

1
Q

Ashurbanipal book lover and king of this ancient kingdom ruled from Nineveh built the worlds first known this in the 600 BCs
Ash er ban uh pal

A

Assyria uh sear e uh
Library

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This southern city’s name is based on its being the southern terminus of the western and mmm& Atlantic railroad line

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Atlanta

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To celebrate the birth of his friend Bertha fabers son this composer wrote his famous lullaby as a gift to her

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Johannes Brahms

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What poem by who contains the first appearance of her famous line rose is a rose is a rose is a rose

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Gertrude stein
Sacred Emily

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5
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Garry American is a popular variety of this wood used to make whiskey barrels

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Oak

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6
Q

Whose my king ?
Matilda
1100s

A

Geoffrey plan tahg uh nis
Uh claim it to the throne like Lady Jane grey ; overthrew her uncle Stephen but don’t go well but her son Henry II did take the throne

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7
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Whose my king ?
Katherine the II
Also aka

A

Emperor Peter III
Aka Katherine the great

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8
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Whose my king ?
Mary I
Bloody Mary
Was queen of England

A

Philip II of Spain

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9
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A record previously held by Kylie Jenner a picture of this object became the most liked photo ever on Instagram

A

Egg

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10
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Movie teibonds
Martin sheen
Leo DiCaprio
Christopher walken

A

Catch me if you can

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11
Q

Gold record is awarded for selling this many units
First person to earn an RIAA certified gold record
1958

A

500K
Perry como - catch a falling star

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12
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The Dublin murders premiered on starz in 19 and is based on the Dublin murders squad book series by this well known mystery writer who also wrote NYT bestsellers in the woods and the likeness

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Tana French

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13
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Triple crown of cycling

A

Grand tour

Comprised of

Tour duh France

Zhero duh italia - Italy

Volta espana- Spain

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14
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With eruptions dating back to 1500 BC this is the oldest active volcano

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Etna
Strato volcano
Off the coast of Italy

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15
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Murder she written was about her who lives in this town with a crazy high murder rate

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Mystery writer Fletcher lives in fictional town of Cabot cove Maine

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Though awarded posthumously he is the only president to receive the Medal of Honor

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Teddy Roosevelt- charge up San Juan hill - Spanish American war
Bestowed upon him because of his famous charge up a hill

17
Q

When a molecule has an asymmetric carbon center this property can occur ; it’s also referred to as a left or right hand molecule or non super impose-able

A

Corality ki rail it e or kuh?
Or ki rul molecules ?
Look like exact copies but opposite because of asymmetric center ; like left right hand

18
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This art movement developed in the early 18th century as a reaction against the grandeur and symmetry and strict regulations of the baroque period ; characterized by ornate light colored works depicting love and nature

A

Ruh co co

19
Q

Swim
Oh tit is extrerna has been known to affect many swimmers since submerged a bunch during swimming affecting this body part

A

Swimmers ear

20
Q

Bike
In a deck of bicycle playing cards this is the only queen that faces to the right

A

Queen of spades

21
Q

Run
The plot of the movie chicken run centers around a band of chickens who see rocky the rooster as the only hope to escape a farm wheee the owners want to turn into chicken pie
Released as a joint production between these 2 studios ; one a British studio more well known for these similarly animated characters

A

Dreamworks
R d man animations (aardman )- Wallace and gromit

22
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Beer
Some of the most well known draft horses are these appearing in bud commercials measuring 16.1 to 18 hands but the largest is this breed measuring 17-21 hands which is way longer than a hobbit

A

Clydesdale

23
Q

REM in sleep

A

Rapid eye movement

24
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This is the name of the research and development undertaking during ww2 that produced the first nuclear weapons including the first atomic bomb

A

The Manhattan project

25
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The longbow wqs one of the r first inventions to change warfare ; the English army led by him famously used to achieve victory despite being outnumbered in this famous battle fought on October 25 1415 during the 100 years war

A

Battle of agincourt

26
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First known use of a submersible craft in war was a tiny 1 man submarine propelled by the means of a treddle driven propeller and a hand opwratd crank during this war with this name

A

American Revolutionary war
Ship name turtle - used to blow up a British ship that was blockading thr Hudson

27
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Invented a spring loaded raid fire cyclic multi barrel gun used in US civil war

A

Richard gattling

28
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Only main actor to star in both movie and tv version of Mash

A

Gary burg off
Played radar

Not Alan all duh character played by Donald Sutherland in movie

29
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This well known war film from 67 involves army major rice men taking a group of convicted criminals behind enemy lines to lead them on a suicide mission to destroy a German stronghold
Bonus who played major

A

The dirty dozen
Lee Marvin played rice men
Telly suh val is played maggot

30
Q

IN 41 this actor starred in Sargent York about Alvin York a Tennessee hillbilly sharpshooter who claimed
To be a pacifist but ended up becoming a WW1 hero
Won Oscar for best leading actor in this movie and what other from 52

A

Gary cooper
High noon
York one of the most decorated WW1 soldiers received medal of honor
Shot at beck of group instead of front

31
Q

The island nation of São Tomé and principe is found in this gulf near the equator
Sow to may prince uh pay

A

Gulf of Guinea

32
Q

Opera lover Hegel befriended Anna milder Hauptmann the first to sing the role of this woman who disguises herself as fidelio

A

Lee oh nor

33
Q

Film taglines
When 400K men couldn’t get home home came for them
2017

A

Dunkirk

34
Q

Method of using opposing views to seek truth

A

Dialectic
Plato and hegel