Trivia 5 Flashcards
How did the slave known as Onesimus help save people from smallpox in 1721?
He shared a procedure that was done in Africa where smallpox puss was rubbed into an open wound. This was called variolation. Cotton Mather became a proponent of the procedure.
Reduced deaths from 1 in 7 to 1 in 40
What was the name of the only doctor in Boston in 1721 who supported Onesimus’s variolation procedure?
Zabdiel Boylston
What is inoculation?
Introducing the body to a weaker or smaller form of a disease not through injection, to produce immunity.
What did Carole King do before “Tapestry”?
She and her then husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote many hits such as “Natural Woman” - Aretha Franklin
“Will you still love me tomorrow” - Shirelles. “The Loco-motion”
“Pleasant Valley Sunday”- Monkees
“I’m into Something Good” - Herman’s Hermits
“Going Back” - Dusty Springfield
When did Carole King’s Tapestry come out?
Her second solo album (Writer was her first) I. 1971 after she had broken up with husband.
A group of sea turtles is called a…
Bale
What is a loupe?
Not loop
A small magnifier used by jewelers and watchmakers.
What’s the name of the series created by Courtney Kemp that ran for six seasons about about a drug king pin who attempts to go legit as a nightclub owner staring 50 Cent as Kanan and has spawned one hit sequel series and 3 more on the way?
Power 2014-2020
What’s rapper, 50 Cent’s real name
Curtis James Jackson III
Who writes the books in the YA series, Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead
What is the Archimedes Principle?
also known as the law of buoyancy, states that any object fully or partially immersed in a fluid will experience an upward force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
What are Archimedes contributions to mathematics and engineering
Law of buoyancy
Pi pi” (π), is greater than 3 1/7 but less than 3 10/71;
The law of the lever
The compound pulley
The Archimedes screw (for raising water)
What is pi a calculation of?
the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter,
What problem was Archimedes working on when he discovered the law of buoyancy?
A way to check if King Hiero II’scrown was made completely of gold or had other metals.
When did Archimedes live?
Where did he live?
287-212 BC
Syracuse on the Island of Sicily. He was Greek and this part of Italy was part of the Greek empire.
What’s the equation to achieve equilibrium on a lever?
D1W1=D2W2
D= distance from fulcrum
W= weight
1 and 2 are what’s on either side.
Who was Lawrence of Arabia?
A British archeologist, diplomat and intelligence officer who helped Arabs fight against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. He identified with the Arab people and preferred their style of dress. He advocated unsuccessfully for independence for the Arab countries.
Thomas Edward Lawrence was more commonly known as…?
Lawrence of Arabia
Who was the main character on the TV show, Power
James St. Patrick
Played by Omari Hardwick
Actor David Harbour is known for…
Playing Jim Hopper on Stranger Things also Red Guardian in Black Widow Hellboy in 2019 version Also in Quantum of Solace First Suicide Squad Movie Brokeback Mountain
How many films set in Jungles as Dwayne Johnson starred in?
Five! The Rundown Journey 2: the Mysterious Island Jumanji 1 an 2 And now Jungle Cruise
Who is Hopper (David Harbour) married to?
Lily Allen !!
What does Neolithic mean?
When capitalized : of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age characterized by polished stone implements
Not capitalized: belonging to an earlier age and now outmoded
(Beginning of agriculture and widespread use of bronze)
When we’re the first Dead Sea scrolls discovered and by who?
In 1947 by Bedouin goat herders.
The oldest found Dead Sea scrolls date back to…?
3rd century BC
When was the Neolithic period
10,000 - 2300 BC
What was the Beatles first hit/first single. What year did it come out?
Love Me Do
1962
What’s the difference between a cation and an anion?
Cation: positively charged, more protons
Anion: negatively charged, more electrons than protons
Who was Frida Kahlo’s first husband
Acclaimed artist, Diego Rivera who was 16 years older.
Frida Kahlo’s painting “Henry Ford Hospital” is about…
Her second miscarriage
What is depicted in Frida Kahlo’s “A Few Small Nips”
Reaction to her husband’s affair. She’s lying naked on the bed, cut up and bleeding with Diego standing over her with a knife.
What does måneskin mean?
Moonshine in Danish
Who wins The Squid Game?
Seong Gi-Hun
456
In what year was the King James Bible translation completed?
1611
What’s the historical and spiritual significance of the King James Bible?
For the first time, people had access to the word of God since the invention of printing presses made books more affordable. It was the most faithful and scholarly translation to date. Formerly, bibles were only in churches and read by the clergy.
Who was William Tyndale?
Produced first English translation of New Testament in 1525 with severe opposition from England’s monarchy and Catholic Church. His passion was to teach the people of England the good news of justification by faith.
What happened to William Tyndale?
He was tried and executed (burned at the stake) as a heretic in 1536. His life was full of teaching and ministering.
What did the Celts believe happened on Samhain?
The boundary between the worlds of the living and dead became blurred and ghosts returned to earth. They would cause trouble and damage crops, but Druids, Celtic Priests, found it easier to predict the future.
How did Celts celebrate Samhain?
Druids built a huge, sacred bonfire where people gathered to burn crops and animal sacrifices. Celts wore costumes of animal skins and heads and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes.
Where does the tradition of bobbing for apples come from?
When Romans conquered their land in 43 AD, they combined their festivals with Samhain, one of which honored Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees, symbolized by an apple.
“Word” in French
“Food” in French
Mot (Mō)
Nourriture (NU ree chur)
When and how did Halloween come to America?
With Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine in the 1840’s. They would play pranks and ask for a treat. If one didn’t oblige, they’d play a prank. All hallow’s Eve had been around with various incarnations in different regions, but wasn’t celebrated in colonial Puritan New England.
Before we carved pumpkins, the Irish chiseled faces onto…
Turnips
Carving jack-o-lanterns comes from what Irish folktale?
Stingy Jack who invited the devil for a drink but did not want to pay for it. He trapped the devil with a cross twice and freed him on the condition the devil wouldn’t claim his soul. When he died he wasn’t let into Heaven and the devil kept his word and gave Jack one burning coal that Jack put into a hollowed out turnip.
Who was Elizabeth Krebs
An avid gardener who wanted to stop the vandalism of her yard on mischief night in 1914.
How did Elizabeth Krebs change the way Halloween is celebrated?
She wanted to tire the children out so she threw a big party for the community called “the Hiawatha Halloween Frolic where people would wear costumes, play games and get treats, there was a costume parade and contest. There was music dancing and guessing each other’s costumes. In Hiawatha, Kansas
What is a sett?
Underground chamber and tunnel system where badgers live
What weird reproductive advantage do female badgers have?
They can maintain embryos in a sort of suspended animation in uterus for months and delay implantation so babies are born in ideal season.
What does Ensorcell mean?
To bewitch, enchant
Definition of profligate?
Wildly extravagant
Shamelessly immoral
A person horribly extravagant and self indulgent
In Doctor Who, what’s the name of the villain who created the Daleks?
Davros
What does specious mean?
How about traipse?
Specious: having a false look of truth or genuineness. Sophistic, having a deceptive allure
Traipse: to go on foot, travel about without apparent plan or purpose
Approximately what percentage of food is wasted in the US?
30-40
English food waste activists who wrote the book “Waste”
Tristram Stuart
Many foods are wasted solely because …
They don’t look right. There’s nothing wrong with their taste and nutrition.
Twenty
Vingt
Who was Vincent Price?
A beloved actor whose career spanned 60 years. Lady film was Edward Scissorhands. Known mainly as a star of classic horror films, but his roles were very diverse
Some of the most known movies starring Vincent Price?
Laura 1944, the Tingler 1958, theatre of blood 1972, Last Man on Earth 1964, the Abominable Dr. Phibes, the Pit and the Pendulum 1962, the House on Haunted Hill 1959
…many more
Who was the first European to land in Hawaii and when?
Captain James Cook in 1778
Where did Cook first land in Hawaii?
Waimea River on Kauai
First people to settle Hawaii and when?
Approximately 400 AD from the Marquesas Islands
What did Cook name the Hawaiian Islands?
The Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich
When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
Who was Hawaii’s last indigenous ruler?
Queen Lili’uokalani, she was deposed in the 1890s
What’s the name of Queen Lili’uokalani’s palace? What song did she write?
Iolani Palace in Honolulu. “Aloha Oe”
What happened on Captain Cook’s second trip to Hawaii?
He ended up being killed. The Europeans exploited the Hawaiians who thought they were gods. When a crewman died, the Hawaiians were angry.
What did the Hawaiians do with Cook’s body after they killed him.?
Cut off his hands and preserved them in salt and buttocks?? Roasted his body not to eat him but remove the bones per their funerary practices for important people
What’s a wendigo or windigo
: a cannibalistic creature of Algonquian mythology believed to have been a lost hunter forced by hunger to eat human flesh and thereafter to have become a crazed man-eating ogre roaming the forest often portrayed with a antlered stag’s head.
Name some economic advantages of the polar ice melting that are being exploited?
Mining, drilling for oil, tourism like a cruise ship that sails the Northwestern Passage. Arctic Ocean being used as a faster shipping passage.
Who are the Nenets?
The indigenous nomadic reindeer herders who live on the Yamal Peninsula of Russia.
Captain Cook’s accomplishments
Discovered Hawaii, first to circumnavigate and chart New Zealand, first to cross Antarctic Circle, first to encounter aborigines, made detailed maps of New Foundland,, discovered New Caledonia, charted Tonga and Easter Islands. Successfully prevented scurvy on his ships.
Who was Daniel Inouye?
A Japanese American who fought in World War II and was the first Japanese American to serve in the House of Representatives and in the senate representing Hawaii.
What’s a supermoon, also called sugar or sap moon?
When the moon shows at its largest and brightest (7% bigger and 14% brighter than usual)
When does the supermoon happen? Why?
When the moon is closest to earth in its elliptical orbit.
What’s interesting about the shark fossil found in a quarry in Mexico in 2012?
It’s of a shark with long wings, kind of manta ray like
What’s a group of badgers called?
A cete, clan or colony
What’s a group of porcupines called?
A prickle
What’s a group of alligators called?
A congregation
What’s a group of jellyfish called?
A smack
More than one hippopotamus is a…
Bloat
What lost city came before Macau?
Tamão
How long was Macau a Portuguese colony?
1557-1999
Who founded the first European settlement in China and when?
Jorge Álvares from Portugal in 1513
How long did the Tamão settlement last? What was interesting about it?
Eight years, fusion of Chinese and European cultures
Who created the legend of Atlantis?
Plato
What ended the Portuguese trading town of Tamão?
Portuguese Captain Simao de Andrade did not respect the delicate amicable relationship Alvares had established with the Chinese. de Andrade refused to pay taxes to China, assaulted a Chinese official and started building a fort suggesting military presence. Final straw was when navy refused to suspend trading upon death of Ming Dynasty emperor Zhengde. Chinese navy came in and a bloody battle ensued and surviving Portuguese fled.
What major Chinese city used to be called Canton and resides at the mouth of the Pearl River?
Guangzhou
Places around the mouth of China’s Pearl River?
Guangzhou, Shenzhen Macau, Hong Kong
What country is closer to Japan and Russia than to Southeast Asian countries?
North and South Korea
Who was Eddie Aikau?
A renowned lifeguard and big wave surfer in Waimea Bay, Honolulu. He and his brother Clyde never lost a person. Eddie saved over 500 people. 1967-1978
How did Eddie Aikau die?
At age 31, he was on the Hoku’le voyage to Tahiti in a canoe. It got a hole and capsized. Eddie paddled towards Lanai to get help and was never seen again.
What does “Eddie would go!” mean?
Eddie Aikau would go out into the biggest waves to save people while others wouldn’t.
What’s the difference between pahoehoe and aa lava
Pahoehoe lava is smooth and slow moving, dries to look like fabric or “ropy” easy to walk on. Aa is jagged and what is formed if the conditions aren’t right for pahoehoe. These are types of lava seen on the surface.
How is blocky lava different from aa?
Blocky lava is like aa but with bigger blocks and has a high silica content.
What type of lava is formed underwater?
Pillow lava, blobs of lava are cooled quickly by water and form round pillowy shapes about 1 meter across.
