Talladega Nights Flashcards

1
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What Mediterranean island nation features an outline of itself on its national flag

A

Cypress in copper

Above 2 green olive branches on a white field

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2
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What English explorer was imprisoned in the Tower of London 3 times before his execution in 1618

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Sir water Raleigh

Rawl e

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3
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In memoriam 2022

On the death of this trailblazing man friend and mentor Oprah said for me the greatest of the great trees has fallen

A

Sidney Poitier

Pwah tee a

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4
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Vivien leigh best actress

A

Gone with the wind scarlet O’Hara

Streetcar named desire Blanche Dubois

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5
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Humphrey bogart best actor

A

The African queen

Lost for Casablanca and the Caine mutiny

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6
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Competitors hear what sound when they misspell a word in the final rounds at the scripps national spelling bee

A

A bell

Scripps is a newspaper company

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7
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Tequila sunrise

A

Orange juice and and grenadine

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8
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Due to its highly efficient kidneys ehat domesticated house pet can rehydrate by drinking salt water

A

Cat

Egyptians domesticated them

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9
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Who studied jazz clarinet as a student at julliard before moving on to other things

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Alan Greenspan who went on to be federal chairman of the federal reserve board

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10
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If you are fearful of the number 13 you suffer from

A

Triskaidekaphobia

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11
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Movie tribonds

Jeff goldbloom
Gena Davis
Jim Carey

A

Earth girls are easy

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12
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Movie tribonds

Eugene levy
Catherine O’Hara
Harry shear er

A

A mighty wind
Oscar nominated and Emmy winning
Won a Grammy for best song?

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13
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Upper chamber of Britain’s parliament

A

House of Lords

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14
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2 houses in Britain’s parliament

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House of Lords

House of Commons

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15
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When it comes to baking powder and baking soda which one contains the other as an ingredient

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Powder Contains soda

Baking soda is just sodium bicarbonate

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16
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Roy Raymond named what lingerie chain for a queen because he imagined his stores looking like the boudoirs of her era

A

Victoria’s Secret

17
Q

Alan Locke was the first African American to earn what elite educational grant to Oxford

A

Rhodes scholarship

Later known as the Father of the Harlem resistance

18
Q

In October 1787 what essay series began appearing in NY newspapers supporting ratification of the constitution

A

The federalist papers

19
Q

Since 1918 what as icon has worn a monocle spats and a top hat

A

Mr peanut

20
Q

What French lawn consists of hitting wooden balls through wire wickets with a mallet

A

Croquet

Crow K

21
Q

When a dropped flask coated in liquid plastic didn’t shatter it led to the creation of what windshield material

A

Safety glass

22
Q

Fish that catch prey by dangling a lure like appendage from their heads are known by what collective name

A

Angler fish

23
Q

Lambeth palace is the official London residence of ehat church official

A

Archbishop of Canterbury

24
Q

First countries to break off from Yugoslavia and when

A

Slovenia
Croatia
In the 90s

25
Q

On which Asian peninsula does every person turn a year older on New Year’s Day instead of birthday

A

Korea

26
Q

What country issues gold bullion coins known as gold pandas

A

China

27
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Like in the swine family a female raccoon is called

A

Sow

28
Q

The conquest of the world was an early title for what classic Parker bros board game

A

Risk

29
Q

Port royal was a British colonial city and a haven for pirates on what Caribbean island

A

Jamaica