Spains Owns The Canaries Flashcards

1
Q

This adjective meaning really big comes from Ancient Greek for a really big statue

A

Colossal

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2
Q

Disney quotes
Ohana means family
Family means nobody gets left behind

A

Lilo and stitch

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3
Q

Disney quotes
I shall call him squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my squishy

A

Finding Nemo

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4
Q

Corrupt 1880s elections led the US to adopt this type of paper ballot so other people’s don’t know who you voted for

A

Secret ballot

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5
Q

Which continent?
Is the birthplace of western civilization

A

Europe

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6
Q

Which continent?
Is home to the country that produces the most coffee

A

South America

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7
Q

Which continent?
Is the birthplace of most of the worlds religions

A

Asia

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8
Q

Which continent?
Is where you find the Adelie coast

A

Antarctica

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9
Q

Which continent?
Second largest in area and population

A

Africa

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10
Q

Fun with colors
5 colors on the Olympic Rings

A

Red
Yellow
Blue
Black
Green
Covers almost all flags on earth (originally at Olympics)
White in background

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11
Q

All the right moves
How many possible opening moves are there in chess

A

20
Pawns can go 1 or 2 =16
Knight left or right =4

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12
Q

Banned in the USA
Banned from SNL not by this creator/producer/director but by a fan vote losing 169K to 195K

A

Andy Kaufman who was kind of a member of the cast and also a host
Lorne Michaels
Dick eversol - producer at the time wrestling got on his nerve

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13
Q

This one is a gamble
In Texas holdem what is the name for the 5th community card dealt

A

River
First 3 flop?
4th turn ?

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14
Q

90s best pictures

A

Dances with wolves 90
The silence of the lambs
Unforgiven
Schindlers list won 7 WW2
Forest gump
Brave heart 95
The English patient won 9
Titanic
Shakespeare in love won 7 gwyenth Paltrow
American beauty

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15
Q

Most Oscar nominations - movie

A

All about Eve -14

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16
Q

Most Oscar nominations without a win

A

The turning point
The color purple
11

17
Q

7 Oscar wins

A

Going my way
The best years of our lives
All about Eve
The bridge on the river kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Patton
The sting
Out of Africa
Dances with wolves
Schindler’s list
Shakespeare in love
Gravity

18
Q

Massive Subterranean River that flows 13K feet below this other massive river
Identical in flow and length

A

Rio haaams uh below the Amazon

19
Q

River the proud Mary queen boat rolls down
Bonus performed by

A

Mississippi
CCR credence Clearwater revival

20
Q

What role does the corpus cuh low some play in the brain

A

Bundle of nerve fibers that connects r 2 hemispheres of the brain

21
Q

What salad takes its name from a famous New York hotel

A

Waldorf

22
Q

Name the book that contains the characters flopsy mopsey and cottontail

A

The tales of Peter rabbit by Potter

23
Q

Architect who designed thr Guggenheim

A

Frank Lloyd Wright

24
Q

First woman hanged by the US government

A

Surratt
For conspiring with John Wilkes booth in the murder of Abe

Mary Suh Rot

25
Q

With which country does Denmark share a land border

A

Germany

26
Q

Now that’s a spicy meatball
Early versions of this treat were in the 3 colors of the Italian flag

A

Neopolitan
Original version vanilla pistachio and cherry
Chocolate American addition

27
Q

Tainted love song

A

Soft cell

28
Q

What religion did mary baker Eddie found

A

Christian Science
Monitor?
A lot of stores everywhere?

29
Q

12th amendment
Year passed

A

President chooses a running mate
1804
Previously runner up became VP (ie second most electoral votes )

30
Q

As of November 15 17 what painting is now the most expensive ever sold

A

Salvatore moon d
Savior of the world