Trivia 2 Flashcards
Who was Apollonius the Wonder Worker Apollonius of Tyana?
A neopythagorean philosopher, charismatic teacher, contemporary of Jesus, lived and ascetic vegetarian lifestyle, traveled and taught his beliefs, believed to have visions and prophecy.
When did Apollonius of Tyana live?
15-100 AD it is guessed
Who wrote the only surviving biography of Apollonius the Wonder Worker?
Philostratus, his sources have been lost, at the request of Empress Julia Domna
When was Caligula Emperor?
37-41 AD
After Tiberius
What was Caligula’s real name. How was he related to Tiberius?
Gaius Caesar, later Gaius Caesar Germanicus after his father. Germanicus was Tiberius’s nephew and adopted son.
Caligula’s mother’s name?
Vipsania Agrippina
Who were the four emperors after Augustus?
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
What were the names of Caligula’s three sisters?
Julia Drusilla - Caligula’s favorite, died young & deified
Julia Livilla - youngest
Agrippina the Younger- Claudius’s fourth wife, Mother of Nero
When did legal gambling start in Las Vegas?
1931
First Casinos in Las Vegas?
The Flamingo - Pink Flamingo at first was first luxury hotel casino on the strip
Pair O Dice and Red Rooster 1931
El Rancho Vegas first casino hotel
Theories of why Bugsy Siegel was killed
Bc Siegel was careless spending other big mob guys money?
Fight with girlfriend Virginia Hill who he beat, possibly her brother?
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
Who was Meyer Lansky?
Who was Charles “Lucky” Luciano?
Lansky: Bugsy Siegel’s lifetime friend
Lucky: big mob boss at the time
“Moulin rouge” means…
Red mill
What was historic about the Moulin Rouge casino in Las Vegas?
First racially integrated casino in America, opened May 24th 1955. Lasted only 6 months.
Who were the Saxons?
A Germanic people who were allegedly barbaric and illiterate and opposed Rome in 300-400 AD, raiders along the North Sea Coast and pushed into Britain Sussex, Wessex and Essex.
Anglo-Saxons refers to..,
Coastal Germanic groups who entered England after Breakup of Roman Empire. Angles, Saxons and Jutes, Established kingdoms in Essex, Sussex, and Wessex
Circa 500 AD Anglo-Saxons were opposed by?
A Christian Roman British king some ascribe to King Arthur.
The Anglo-Saxon period?
410-1066 AD
What ended the Ango-Saxon period?
Battle of Hastings in 1066. King Harold II was defeated by Norman forces led by William the Conquerer.
Aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture.
Simple wooden buildings even for elite,
We’re pagans believing in gods similar to Scandinavians, Woden, Thunor, Frige, Tiw - Tuesday WednesdayThursday Friday. System of tribal chieftains or Lords, many feuds, death had to be avenged until wergild
When was the Tudor Period?
August 22, 1485-May 24, 1603.
The Tudor period includes which period?
The Elizabethan Period, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Who were the 5 monarchs of the Tudor period?
Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary 1, Elizabeth I
Historically, the Tudor period included…
Henry VIII and his 6 wives, exploration of America, and Shakespeare, The Reformation,
What was The Reformation in England?
Transformed England from Catholicism to Protestantism.
When was the Stuart period in British history?
1603-1714
Stuart period included…?
Jacobean era
Caroline era
Interregnum
Restoration
English Civil War
7 monarchs of Stuart era
James I, Charles I ( executed by Oliver Cromwell), Charles II, James II, Mary II, William III, Anne
What’s the Interregnum?
The time that England was a republic and not a monarchy. Oliver Cromwell
Definition of Interregnum:
the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
2 : a period during which the normal functions of government or control are suspended
3 : a lapse or pause in a continuous series
Definition of bivouac?
1 : a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter
2a : encampment usually for a night
b : a temporary or casual shelter or lodging
Where’s Tannu Tuva?
When was it a sovereign country?
1921 -1944
Between Mongolia and Russia
Tannu Tuva’s capital?
Kyzyl
Where is the restaurant, please?
Oú est le restaurant, s’il vous plait?
Where is
Oú est
To have and conjugations
Avoir
J’ai Tu as I’ll/elle a Ils/elles ont They Nous avons
What are and what causes lenticularis clouds (altocumulus lenticularis)
Smooth and round, look like flying saucers, seems to hover in place,
Caused by invisible standing wave of stable, humid air when air hits a mountain and has to stream over it and overshoot
What are nacreous clouds
A stratospheric cloud, small amounts of moisture condense in the usually dry stratosphere forming ice crystals that reflect sun after it has set. Harmful to ozone layer.
Where do nacreous clouds form?
Close the the poles in the extreme cold of winter.
How do nacreous clouds hurt the ozone layer?
Nacreous clouds accelerate the chemical reactions that convert benign chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) into ozone-destroying chlorine
Regarding cloud names, what does nimbus, cirrus, stratus and cumulus mean?
Cumulus = heap Cirrus = curl Stratus = layer Nimbus = rain
Who was Luke Howard?
Skywatcher who started naming clouds back in 1802?
What are asperitas clouds? Where can they be seen?
0They are the first new type of cloud to be identified in over half a century. 2015 They consist of dark, chaotic waves that seem to swirl and tumble haphazardly across the sky.
Found in North American plains chasing connective thunderstorms
What is a Kelvin-Helmholtz wave?
Rare and fleeting cloud formation that can occur anywhere.
What causes Kelvin-Helmholtz waves? What is it a warning of?
swift, warm air flows over a colder, denser, more sluggish layer.
the difference in the speeds and densities of these fluids creates a shearing force where they meet, producing undulations in the boundary between the two.
In Mark 3:17 Jesus refers to brother John and James as
Boanerges, sons of thunder because of their temper, wanted to call down fire on Samaritan village in Luke 9:54
What’s interesting about the Movile caves in Romania.
In a deep underground cave, just discovered in 1986, in a carbon dioxide and Hydrogen sulphide rich atmosphere and sulphuric lakes lies an isolated ecosystem teeming with creepy crawlies.
What do the creatures in Movile caves eat?
The bacteria that comprise a film over the water.
Who was Mirabai/ Meera
A 16th century poet, devotee of shri Krishna, born into a royal
Family. Legendary figure, Bhakti and god Krishna we’re her thing. She continued in her devotion despite persecution.
Where does the term “grapes of wrath” come from?
It’s an allusion to Revelations 14:19-20
‘So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God.’’
From Battle Hymn of the Republic”Glory Glory hallelujah song actual term, “grapes of wrath”
Who wrote …”Glory Glory hallelujah song…his truth is marching on”?
Julia Howe in 1861 in time of Civil War.
When was the Civil War?
1861-1865
Who was the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What happened to the Native American population between 1492-1600?
The Native American population declined by approximately 90% after Europeans arrived. The main cause of death was smallpox.
Which disciples were in Jesus’s inner circle?
Peter and brothers John and James (sons of thunder)
Which apostles were brothers?
Peter and Andrew
John and James - sons of Zebedee
Where do scientists think water in Movile caves comes from and why?
Theorized water never touched surface, but cones from underground limestone. Water in caves contains no plant matter nor radioactive caesium or strontium from Chernobyl disaster.
What is “La Cancha de Bochas”?
One of many strange rock formations found in Argentina’s remote Valley of the Moon - Ischigualasto Provincial Park - beyond city of San Juan, that contain perfect sphere rock formations that look like balls strewn about the ground. Feels like another planet, many fossils and dinosaur bones (oldest found) found there.
Means (bocce court)
What are the Moeraki Boulders?
Large round, naturally occurring boulders on the Otago Coast in New Zealand.
In geology, what is concretion?
Often round rocks where mineral cement forms first around a piece of organic matter, usually embedded in a larger rock of a different composition and exposed when outside eroded away. Often mistaken for dinosaur eggs or fossilized turtle shells.
In Geology, what is septaria?
Angular cracks, often with calcite crystals inside, formed by drying of sediment from decomposed organic matter long ago when rock formed.
Where is the real Lost Lake in Oregon? Why is it called that?
In the Cascade Mountains, Central Oregon near small town on Sisters, never gets too deep. Approximately 79 acres. (There are around 19ish lakes named “Lost Lake in Oregon”
What happens to the water in Lost Lake, Cascade Mountains, Oregon?
It drains down a 6-7 foot lava tube in the Spring and becomes a quiet meadow. Then fills up again in the winter. Routinely, every year, without fail. Input exceeds drainage
What are penitentes?
Unusual, spiky snow formations that occur at high altitudes where the air is dry. Tall thin blades of hard, closely spaced ice or snow that can be meters high. Name means “penitent-shaped snows) look like Spanish monks in their white spiky hoods doing penance
What causes Nieves penitentes formations?
When suns rays cause evaporation/sublimation, ice directly to vapor. Tiny irregularities in the snows surface traps and reflects sunlight widening certain spaces.
Where in Antarctica is Blood Falls located?
Taylor Glacier, Mcmurdo Dry Valley. South of Australia.
What causes the red flow in Blood Falls, Antarctica?
Iron rich unusually salty water in a sub glacial rivers and lakes. High salt content keeps it from freezing.
What’s interesting about Lambay Island, Ireland?
It has wild wallabies living there. Wallabies can also be found living in the wild in Inchconnachan, Scotland, Isle of Man and in the Peak District?
What is the ferroelectric nematic phase
A liquid crystal phase where the charged molecules spontaneously fall into a polar ordered state with domains facing one direction.
What is nematic liquid crystal?
The substance used in lcd screens/displays Liquid Crystal Display. Nematic means threadlike. (Molecules align themselves in threads) One end of the molecule is positive, the other negative, nematic liquid crystal causes polarization of light waves that passes through it. Amount of polarization can be changed depending on applied voltage.
What is the liquid crystal phase?
Molecules aren’t ordered like a liquid, but there is some structure. Flow like a liquid, but molecules oriented in a crystal like way.
Who first discovered the properties of liquid crystal?
Friedrich Reinitzer in 1888 discovered liquid crystal accidentally as he was studying carrots. Cholesteryl benzoate, a substance found in carrots, seemed to have two melting points, melts and becomes cloudy, then clear at another temperature and could reflect polarized light and rotate polarization direction.
Another European island that had wallabies?
Loch Lomond Scotland, Inchconnachan, deliberately introduced by Lady Arran Colquhoun (Fiona Bryde Colquhoun
What is a capercaillie?
A large game bird, type of grouse, found now only in Scotland, lives in less dense pine forests.
What does polarized light mean?
Waves oscillate and hit eye/ surface on only one plane.
How does a polarizer work?
It reflects or absorbs all waves oscillating on undesired plane.
What are liquid crystals two possible substates or phases?
Nematic and smectic
What’s the difference between nematic and smectic liquid crystal substates?
Nematic: molecules can move around and shuffle past each other but stay mostly facing same direction, like matches.
Smectic: once cooled, form into layers that can slide past each other but don’t move into other layers
How do nematic liquid crystals work in an lcd screen?
Molecules have a twisted up/viewing spiral straight on structure. When electricity is applied, they straighten out and allow light through.
What are liquid crystals in lcd made of?
Polymeric organic molecules
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
What are polymers?
Very large, long, macromolecules comprised of repeating subunits
Names of the two babies born on the Mayflower?
Oceanus Hopkins and Peregrine White.
Who was Massasoit?
Native American chief of Wampanoag entered into 50 year treaty with pilgrims and helped them learn to farm.
Mutual defense agreement. Pilgrims helped fight Massasoit’s enemies.
Pilgrim’s colony was established in…
A dead Patuxet village still with corpses in it, theorized died from smallpox from traders, Squanto last of Patuxet tribe.
What does cholesteric mean with regards to microbiology?
Arranged in a helix, like DNA
Where is liquid crystal in nature?
DNA simple life forms, cellulose in plants, collagen in bones, chitin in bug exoskeletons, cornea, fish scales. Responsible for iridescence in nature.
What are biomimetics?
Study of structure of biological substances with hopes of producing said substances artificially.
William McGuffey is most famous for?
Creating the McGuffey readers, first widely used series of elementary school textbooks.
1800-1873 books used up till 1960s
William Holmes McGuffey
When was the McGuffey reader first published? How did it differ from modern textbooks?
1836
Contained religious messages and sought to instill morality in its readers, was a long standing bestseller next to the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary.
What are badlands?
Dry, Hard to traverse areas of canyons of loose rock and mud with little vegetation. Badlands tend to be full of color allowing one to see many layers and strange rock formations. Very old eroded down mountains.
The name badlands comes from?
Lakota called Region of Western North Dakota “maco sica ” which roughly translates to bad land. French traders also referred to it as bad land to travel.
Ganges (Ganga) River runs…
Through northern India, gets water from Himalayas and empties in Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.
Where’s Indus River?
Runs through Eastern side of Pakistan
Where Punjab region of India?
Small region, northwest bordering on Pakistan
Where are badlands found in the United States?
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, Badlands National Park South Dakota, Hells Half-Half Acre, Natrona County Wyoming, Toadstool Geologic Park, in NW corner of Nebraska, Makoshika State Park, Montana, Honeycomb Buttes, Red Desert, Wyoming, Painted Hills, Blue Basin John Day fossil beds National Monument, Oregon, The Pillar of Rome, Owyhee River Oregon, Blast zone badlands, Mount Saint Helens, South Washington Cascades,The Chinle Badlands, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Ut, The Painted Desert, AZ, Bisti Badlands, San Juan Basin, NM, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, Ca
What was Ira Petrine known for?
Ira Burton Perrine 1861-1943, a farmer, rancher and businessman, He founded Twin Falls, Idaho along Snake River Canyon, irrigation pioneer t
What are the three main types of rock?
Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.
What is Igneous rock?
Rocks formed from melted material, from lava.
What’s intrusive and extrusive igneous rock?
Intrusive: cools slowly under earths crust and creates large crystals
Extrusive: cools quickly on earths surface and creates small crystals
What is Rhyolite?
A ghost town in Nye County, NV
An extrusive igneous rock with high silica content, pale in color, buggy and not useful in construction nor manufacturing but can have gemstones within it
Why is Thousand Island dressing called that?
Named after Thousand Islands, New York where it was first prepared by Sophie Lalonde, famous people liked it and it made its way to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York
What’s in Thousand Island Dressing?
Mayonnaise, ketchup, pickle relish, vinegar are main ingredients olive oil, lemon juice, paprika, onions,
What’s Worcester sauce made of?
Aged mixture of anchovies , onions and garlic
Malt, spirit vinegar, molasses, red onions, garlic, anchovies, tamarind
Who invented Worcester sauce?
2 chemist, John Wheeley Lea and William Perrins, mixed it, hated it, left in in their cellar, came back after awhile and it was food bc needs to ferment, went on sale first in 1837
What does Charlie Brown’s dad to for a living?
He’s a barber
What is a riparian habitat
Habitat along a moving water source such as a freshwater river or stream, that is surrounded by vegetation
Which predator tends to eat skunks?
The Great Horned Owl.
What causes geysers?
When water underground meets magma, it becomes steam quickly and pressure builds up
Besides Yellowstone, where else in the world can geysers be found?
Russia, Kamchatka, New Zealand, el Tatio, North Chile, Nevada, Minas Gerais Brazil, Haukadalir, Iceland, Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria, Sijarinska Banja, Serbia,
Ganges is polluted with…
Flower wreathes, hundreds of times the safe levels of fecal bacteria, ashes of the dead and some whole corpses
There are approximately how many geysers in the world? Most of which are in?
1000
Yellowstone National Park
Worlds seven most spectacular geysers?
Old Faithful
El Tatio, largest field of geysers, Andes, Atacama
The Great Geysir, Iceland
The Lady Knox Geyser, New Zealand
Steamboat Geyser, Yellowstone
The Andernach Geyser, Germany cold water, caused by carbon dioxide
Suwa Geyser, Japan
Second biggest geyser area in world
Kamchatka, Russia, valley of geysers
Who was Samuel Coleridge-Taylor?
An English composer of mixed race in early 1900s
What are some of Coleridge-Taylor’s most noteworthy works?
The Song of Hiawatha, a trilogy of cantatas based on epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about and Indian warrior and his love, Minnehaha
Also, African Suite, Summer is Gone, Moorish Dance
Who was Ji Kang?
Lived 224-264 AD, Chinese Daoist philosopher, born into influential family, alchemist and poet. Member of Seven Sages of Bamboo Grove, his ideas and behavior were considered scandalous and subversive. Was executed at 39
What’s the difference between a cantata and sonata?
Cantata has vocal parts, a sonata is just instrumental
What’s an iconoclast?
1 : a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
2 : a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
Who was Zeus’s father in Greek mythology?
Kronos/Cronus
Who was Zeus’s mother?
Rhea
What are blemmyes?
Headless beings with faces in their chests believed to inhabit the edges of civilization such as Western Libya and northern Nile. Later, in 15th century, in Guyana.
