Study 14 Flashcards
“holding strong to their no delivery policy, a location of what restaurant chain owned by the Morell family once famously refused delivery to the Pentagon”
Five Guys
Capital of the Federated States of Micronesia
Palikir
Chandler, Arizona hosts an annual festival dedicated to racing what leggy animal with an eye larger than its brain?
Ostrich
The person or organization that receives property being transported by a carrier
Cosignee
The islands of Murano and Burano are part of which coastal city?
Venice
About 9.2 billion oscillations between two energy levels of a cesium-133 atom: That’s the surprisingly-complex official definition of what unit?
Second
The first African-American to win the Nobel peace prize, this man was appointed to the UN Palestine commission in 1947
Ralph Bunche
This musical tops the World Almanac’s list of longest running Broadway shows
The Phantom of the Opera
On a map of time zones, you might find “+1 day” to the left of this “-1 day“ the right of it
The international date line
In 2015, nearly 60 years after the artist’s death, Tate Liverpool exhibited works from the atypically-colorless “Black Pourings” period of what American artist?
Jackson Pollock
In 2015, Microsoft tossed out the venerable Internet Explorer in favor of a new browser with what name?
Edge
Yerevan is the capital of
Armenia
The “Bashful Elephant” is a sad-looking rock formation in what New Mexico park with a buttload of bats?
Carlsbad Caverns
The nation’s unemployment rate was 25% when FDR took his first presidential oath of office in this year
1933
In 1856, American adventurer William Walker conquered this Central American country and ruled it as “president”
Nicaragua
In 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Deimos & Phobos, two tiny moons of this planet
Mars
This specialty of Sonora is actually a burrito that’s been fried
Chimichanga
The first major battle of the Civil War, in July 1861, was the first battle of here
Bull Run (Manassas)
This color obtained from a plant dye is also known as blue-violet
Indigo
His opera “Tristan und Isolde” was first performed in 1865
Wagner
At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys and this trio saying “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday“ in a tribute to Kobe Bryant
Boyz II Men
In one of his first major rules, Luis Guzman starred with Al Pacino in this 1993 film about a criminal trying to go straight
Carlito’s Way
In a pretty big 1987, who played a former angel in “Wings of Desire,” starred in the cult classic “Happy New Year,” and narrated “The Princess Bride”?
Peter Falk
What color makes up most of the flag of Bangladesh?
Green
Alphabetically, this French novels is the last man quoted in “Bartlett’s”
Emile Zola
Littleneck clams are named for a bay on what island?
Long Island
Vacationland is a nickname used in the license plates for this Eastern Time Zone US state
Maine
Offensive lineman Mekhi Becton only played 31 games for this AFC team from 2020-2023 after they drafted him 11th overall in 2020
New York Jets
“what is the name of the rustic themed camping resort that opened in 1971 at Walt Disney World?”
Fort Wilderness
“what Utah jazz player in the NBA is the NBA’s all-time leader in career assists and career steals”
John Stockton
The patron of people with hangovers, Bibiana is a saint both in Roman Catholicism and what other branch that hadn’t yet branched in the 4th century?
Orthodoxy
Renaissance-era soldiers too green for the cavalry had to fight on the ground, giving us what babyfied term for foot soldiers?
Infantry
A waterfall on this continent has the longest drop in the world, 3212 feet
South America
Angel Falls in Venezuela
In 1542, missionary sent by Ignatius of Loyola to Ireland, were hampered by this king
King Henry VIII
Thanks to a group of science students, in 2006 this largest mammal of Alabama became the state’s official mammal
The black bear
This cowboy has the most career rushing attempts with 4409; he’s not a bad dancer, either
Emmitt Smith
This “30 rock” actress changed her own name— it used to have a “J “before the second “K”
Jane Krakowski
The main European producer of peaches is this nation, growing vast quantities of them in it’s Campania region
Italy
On a sitcom he played cable TV host Tim Taylor
Tim Allen
Washington state has a yearly festival devoted to the Dungeness type of this
Crab
Most of the world’s biggest snakes are constrictors, but the longest venomous species is what royal jerk from Southeast Asia?
King cobra
Don’t say Hawaii: Marine Corps Base Hawaii is on the windward side of what island?
Oahu
Same answer: The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet is headquartered in Pearl Harbor, just west of Honolulu on what island?
Brass is an alloy of copper and what other metallic element?
Zinc
Popularized in the Pacific Theater of World War II, what ingredient is made by electrifying dough instead of heating it?
Panko
Sanaa is the capital of
Yemen
The lyrics to “The Lion King” were written by what guy who, uh, shares his name with a cereal grain?
Tim Rice
The lyrics to “Evita” were written by what guy who’s 2 years older than Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Found on Lake Michigan, it’s the largest city in Wisconsin
Milwaukee
(Capital is Madison)
In 1598 Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex, got cuffed by this royal after he turned his back on her
Queen Elizabeth I
Best Truman was born in the state in 1885
Missouri
Starts with a “D”:
It’s a woman who assists in childbirth and helps with the baby afterwards
Doula
By area, it’s the largest African country on the Mediterranean
Algeria
Ava Duvernay’s 2016 documentary examines the complicated history of this amendment
13th
This sport has long been known as the “sweet science“
Boxing
Before he was present, he went to Stanford and became a mining engineer
Herbert Hoover
31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933
This Alfonso Cuarón drama took the top price of the 2019 British film Academy award
Roma
Jessica “Miss Daisy” Tandy’s only feature-length collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock was the 1963 film, “The WHAT”?
The Birds
The only country in Central America with English as the official language
Belize
Written in 6/8 time that sounds an awful lot like 2/2, “Semper Fidelis” was written by what guy who was himself a U.S. Marine?
John Philip Sousa
He died in 1932.
“Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBos both won Academy Awards for playing the same character in different versions of what movie?”
West Side Story
Played Anita
The Roman Catholic funeral mass is named for what Latin word for “rest”?
Requiem
As the (correct) nickname implies, what “master gland” tells your other endocrine glands to secrete hormones?
Pituitary gland
The Nittany Lion is the mascot of what university
Penn State University
Represents an eastern mountain lion which once roamed the area.
The name “Nittany” is derived from Mount Nittany, a prominent feature near Penn State.
“Happy Together” (1967) band
The Turtles
He was Bob Woodward to Dustin Hoffman’s Carl Bernstein
Robert Redford
(All the President’s Men) 1976
June 19, 1970: with the purchase of a Reno casino, this billionaire became the biggest gambling operator in Nevada
Howard Hughes
The last arrow fired in an archery contest, today means a final result
Upshot
Resh is the 20th letter in this alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet
Because it blocks the metabolizing action of the enzyme CYP3A4, people who take Lipitor or Buspar should avoid what juicy fruit?
Grapefruit
Baby oysters are called
Spats
Baby octopus are called a
Fry
The most recently-discovered element, tennessine lines up in Group 17 on the periodic table. What’s that group’s common name?
Halogen
Fluorine and chlorine, but not sodium, belong to this elemental group that’s Greek for “salt-producing”
Actor who played Prince Charmont in the 2004 film Ella Enchanted and Will Graham in the television show Hannibal
Hugh Dancy
Hannibal ran from 2013-2015 The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris’ novels Red Dragon (1981), Hannibal (1999), and Hannibal Rising (2006) and focuses on the relationship between Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special investigator Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen)
In 1953, what American company introduced the ready-to-cook frozen fish stick?
Gorton’s
“What man-made lake is actually a reservoir that was created during the construction of the Hoover Dam?”
Lake Mead
“in 2022, what US gymnast became the youngest person ever to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom”
Simone Biles
Only US state where you can find diamond mines.
Arkansas
