Trivia 8 Flashcards
What year was the Angkor Wat temple built
12th Century
Who had Angkor Wat built?
Khmer King Suryavarman II
What inspired the architecture of the Angkor Wat temple?
Hinduism ´s holy mount Meru
Define quincunx
an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center, used for the five on dice or playing cards, and in planting trees.
2.
ASTROLOGY
an aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs.
What does Angkor Wat mean?
City of Temples in Khmer
How big is Angkor Wat?
Covers 400 acres, comprises over 1,000 buildings. Central tower nearly 200 feet high. Must cross 617 foot bridge
At its height in the 12th and 13th centuries, Angkor Wat wasn’t just a temple, it was also…
A city of hundreds of thousands
The Khmer empire at its height stretched from
Burma, Cambodia, Laos Vietnam
When did the Khmer abandon the Angkor Wat complex
In the 1430s moved to phnom Pen
What are those trendy shiny campers called?
Airstream is the company that makes them, the oldest camper company in the US which began in the 1930s
Wally Byam was the founder of
Airstream Campers
What were the first buildings built in Las Vegas?
The Old Mormon Fort built in 1855. Before that the Paiutes lived in the area and the Spanish traveled through going from Santa Fe to California.
Where was the original spring that causes the Las Vegas oasis and was settled?
The Springs Preserve. The water is gone from overuse.
The Angkor Wat complex is near what river?
The Mekong River
After Angkor Wat was abandoned in 1431?
It was reclaimed as a Buddhist temple in latter 1400s. Mid 1500s Portuguese and Spanish merchants and missionaries discovered and wrote of it. European fascination peaked in mid 1800s
Other impressive things about Angkor Wat?
Largest preindustrial city with and impressive system of artificial dikes, canals and reservoirs
What is Angkor Thom?
Built by the order of Jayavarman VII north of Angkor Wat, contained an impressive temple called the Bayon temple.
Signifiant years in the Khmer empire and Angkor Thom?
1116 Suryavarman II began building Angkor Wat (City of Temples-there’s an existing city)
1200 Jayavarman VIII builds Angkor Thom.
1431 after Siamese/Ayatthuya attack, capital is moved to Phnom Penh
First Europeans in Las Vegas and when?
Rafael Rivera, the scout from Antonio Armijo’s caravan. was the first to set eyes upon the valley.Armijo’s group named is Las Vegasandmade it a stop along the Spanish Trail from Santa Fe to Los Angeles. 1829
What year did first Europeans discover Las Vegas?
1829
What is an artesian spring?
A spring where groundwater comes to the surface naturally due to built up pressure.
The name «artesian» comes from?
Artois France, where there is an artesian spring.
Who led the Mormons to Las Vegas in 1855? Why did they leave during the summer?
William Bringhurst led approximately men. They wanted to share their faith with the native Americans and had a sense of urgency.
Who was Helen J. Stewart? What was interesting about her?
She was suddenly widowed with four children and one on the way, left alone to pay off her husbands debt and run their ranch in 1884. She bought adjacent land, figured out how to run the ranch successfully and became the largest landowner in the county.
What happened with Archibald Stewart, Helen J. Stewart’s husband ?
He was a successful businessman. In 1879, he loaned money to Octavius Gass with the ranch as collateral. Gass defaulted and their ranch was foreclosed on. So they moved to Las Vegas. Stewart was then murdered at Kiel Ranch in 1884.
The first postmaster and referred to as «The First Lady of Las Vegas?
Helen J. Stewart
Who bought and moved into the old Mormon Fort in 1865?
Octavius Decatur Gass, prospector, businessman & politician. Changed name to Los Vegas Rancho
Name some chivalrous medieval knights beyond the Rountable.
Godfrey of Bouillon 1160-1100. Reclaimed Jerusalem from Islam
William Marshal 1146-1219 advisor to 4 English Kings
Ulrich von Liechtenstein 1200-1278 Austria troubadour
Jean II le Meingre (Boucicaut) 1366-1421
What ended the age of knightly chivalry?
Advances in weapons in the late 1400s. England had crossbows and gun powder. Enemies could be killed from far away by un knighted foot soldiers. Monarchs taxed the people and built armies.
What was Godfrey of Bouillon known for?
He was a crusader and reclaimed Jerusalem from the Islamic throne. The most current of the Nine Worthies. Refused the crown as King of Jerusalem. Later decided that the Knight of the Swan was his grandfather.
Who were Jacques de Longuyon’s Nine Worthies (Neuf Preux) in Vows of the Peacock?
Trojan Hero, Hector, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Joshua, King David, Judas Maccabaeus, King Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon
What four kings did William Marshal advise?
Henry II, Richard I (Lionheart) John and Henry III
When did using children as chimney sweeps start in England?
After the Great Fire of London in 1666. New buildings had to have narrower chimneys.
When did using children as chimney sweeps officially end?
1875 after a 12 year old boy died in a chimney and his master was charged with manslaughter. The practice continued in the US
At what age did children become chimney sweep apprentices?
6 but there were reports some were as young as four.
How horrible was the employment of children as chimney sweeps.
Masters were cruel and treated children harshly and as slaves. They received no wages, didn’t have beds, barely lived past middle age, the constant constricted climbing damaged their ankles, spines, growth, as well as being exposed to soot. Frequently died from scrotal cancer. Boys were bought from orphanages or the impoverished. They only got one day off a year.
“The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby,” written by Reverend Charles Kingsley was a story about…
Chimney sweeping children. Published in 1863
Where did the term “lighting a fire under someone’s butt” originate?
It’s what the master chimney sweeps used to do to get the young chimney sweeps to work faster.
What was a tosher in Victorian England?
Someone who traveled the sewers looking for valuables people accidentally lost down the drain. They would rake through raw sewage.
What was a pure finders job in Victorian England?
A pure finder would collect dog poop from London streets to be used by leather tanners. Dog poop was called pure bc it was used to purify leather and make it more flexible.
Where did children work during the Victorian era?
Mines, factories, cotton mills, as chimney sweeps, on farms, as household servants
What does it mean when someone posts “rabbit rabbit” ?
A superstition in UK and North America that it’s good luck to say upon waking the first day of the month.
William Marshal was noteworthy for…?
Champion at jousting in tournaments. Guarded King Richard I’s throne while he crusading and aided King John when succession was in dispute and during the Baron Wars.
When did Ulrich von Liechtenstein live?
1200-1278
Where was Ulrich von Liechtenstein from? What is he famous for?
Styria (part of Austria today)
He was a troubadour and wrote of his own adventures
What disguises does Ulrich von Liechtenstein wear in his autobiographical adventure stories?
The godess, Venus and King Arthur.
John II le Meingre was more commonly known as…
Boucicaut, meaning fish basket or cautious ox, thé great knight and marshal of France. Lived 1366-1421
Boucicaut’s noteworthy battles…
Fought alongside Teutonic order against Lithuanians
Fought for John of Castile in Spain against English
Backed Byzantine emperor in the Balkans against the Turks
Sacked Tripoli, Sidon and Beirut
Where is Waziristan?
North and South Waziristan are part of the tribal regions of Pakistan on the central northwest border of Afghanistan.
Characteristics of the region of Waziristan?
It’s an isolated region high mountains, dense forests and hot deserts. Historically, it was left alone by conquerors such as Alexander and Akbar the Great. The tribes have governed through jirga, a group of elders and lived autonomously, largely left alone by central government until 9/11 and US came through searching for Al Qaida
Pakistani tribal governments were typically…
A council of elders who preferred mediation over revenge driven violence called for in their code. Tribes were subdivided into clans according to a common ancestor.
What are the two main tribes of South Waziristan?
The Wazirs and Mehsud/Maseed, subdivisions of Pashtun tribe who speak Pashto
What does ESR measure in a blood test?
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
(Red Blood Cells)
It tests how slowly they settle to the bottom of a test tube. They should settle slowly. If they settle fast, that indicates an immune response/inflammation
How many days are in a year?
365 usually (leap year)
First five presidents of the US?
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
5.James Monroe
How were Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt related?
FDR was Teddy’s 5th cousin. Eleanor Roosevelt (FDR’s wife) was Teddy’s niece
When was Teddy Roosevelt President? When was FDR?
Teddy: 1901-1909
FDR :1933-1945
LuvE’s phone number?
702-843-5535
Kitten’s cell number?
725-218-6744
The House of Bolkiah?
Is the ruling royal family of Brunei.
In what year did Brunei gain its independence from Britain?
1984
Been British Protectorate since 1888
How many different countries exist in the island of Borneo. Kalimantan refers too…
Three. Indonesia, Malaysia, northern part, Brunei (within northern part)
Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion.
Why is Brunei so rich?
They have oil.
How long has the royal family ruled Brunei ?
Since 1363, 659 years ago beginning with Muhammad Shah
When and where did the Protestant Reformation begin?
In Wittenberg Germany, October 31, 1517.
What and when was the diet of Worms?
1521 in a place in Germany called Worms. A diet was the name for an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire. The subject was how to respond to Martin Luther’s teachings.
What is the Edict of Worms?
Holy Roman Empire forbade anyone from sheltering or giving aid to Martin Luther.
What are «The Ninety Five Thesis»
Written by Martin Luther, it contained 95 objections to the Roman Catholic Church.
When did the Byzantine Empire fall?
In 1453 after the Ottoman Empire stormed Constantinople
First person to be hanged at the Salem Witch Trials and when?
Bridget Bishop in 1692
The 1555 Peace of Augsburg allowed for…
A peaceful coexistence of Protestantism and Catholicism in Germany
What particular Catholic practice sparked Martin Luther’s call to reform?
The selling of indulgences meaning people could pay for a reprieve from penance.
What is a pluviophile?
A lover of rain
What’s the fancy word for a cat lover?
Ailurophile
What’s the name of the Norse squirrel god?
Ratatoskr
What is Calvinism?
A denomination of Protestantism that adheres to the teachings of John Calvin and others of his era.
Central idea of Calvinism that differs from Protestantism states…
God chose and predestined some to be saved and some to rebel.
Jesus only died for those predestined to be saved.
Calvinism started when and where
In Switzerland in 1519. Huldrych Zwingli and Guillaume Farel were also involved.
When and where did the Episcopal church start?
After the American Revolution, the the colonists who established Anglican Church redefined the church sans the English King’s authority. It elected its own priests and bishops but tenets remained the same
Who is the head of the Anglican Church?
The Archbishop of Canterbury
The Anglican and episcopal church differ from Catholicism is that?
Each church has autonomy in its interpretation of scripture. There isn’t rigidly controlled tradition from one authority.
Define presbytery
A body of Church elders and ministers, serving as an administrative body representing all the local congregations of a district.
House where a priest lives
Define synod
A Presbyterian ecclesiastical court
An assembly of the clergy and sometimes laity of a church
Etymology of word “Presbyterian “
From Greek word presbyteros which means “elder”
Presbyterian church founded by who?
When?
Where?
John Knox in Scotland in 1557
The Presbyterian church was founded based on who’s teaching?
John Calvin of Switzerland
Considered a denomination of Protestantism
Presbyterian beliefs:
Presbyterian churches founded in the colonies in the 1630s
Follow a confessional tradition, recite during church established confessions of faith from the “book of Confessions”
Need to share God’s word with others
Voting and elections to make decisions
Baptism and communion as sacraments - will do babies and sometimes sprinkle
Believe in Calvinist predestination
What are the two Presbyterian divisions in the US?
PCA
PCUSA
What countries border Liechtenstein?
Switzerland and Austria
Who is Gabbo on the Simpsons?
The Howdy Doodylike ventriloquist dummy that almost destroyed Krusty’s show.
After “Krusty is Kancelled” do we ever see Gabbo again?
Yes, in the movie and in about 7 other episodes
Who does the voice of Homer Simpson?
Dan Castellaneta
Who is the voice of Marge Simpson?
Julie Kavner
What is Marge Simpson’s middle name?
Jacqueline
Who plays
Alma
Calamity Jane
Trixie
In Deadwood?
Alma: Molly Parker
Jane: Robin Weichert
Trixie: Paula Malcolmsen
Who was Dudley “Tal” Stokes?
One of the real Jamaican bobsled Olympic teams from 1988.
The real Jamaican bobsled team of 1988…
Was comprised of soldiers, not failed track stars and silly guys. They were warmly welcomed to the Olympics and not ridiculed.
Who played Sanka in Cool Runnings?
Doug E. Doug, an actor and comedian, also in Dumbo Drop
Cosby, Class Act, Hangin with the Home Boys
What are the three data classes of privacy in business
Protected Sensitive highly sensitive. Protected is the least strict.
Protected data is…
Non PII (personally identifying information” or non BSI (business sensitive information) used for routine business.
Some examples of protected data
Age, address, (city,state)DOB, appearance traits,
Bank routing number, household income,
Why were police called in the first place on the day they killed George Floyd?
Over a convenience store clerks report he used a counterfeit twenty to buy cigarettes.
George Floyd’s death happened what year?
May 2020
What spurred George Floyd’s relapse into drug use?
His life was going well and he was clean until his roommate overdosed and died.
Difference between a ninja and a samurai
Samurai’s were an elite class of trained fighters who fought for their medieval lords, depicted in armor. Ninjas are largely mythical, depicted as stealthy mercenary assasins.
What does “bushido” refer to?
The honorable samurai code of contact that came after samurais had been around for awhile. Samurais raped, killed and looted and betrayed their masters.
What is a shogun?
The hereditary commander of feudal Japan. Samurais would be his army
What period came before the Tokugawa Edo period in Japan’s history?
The Sengoku Period 1467-1603
When was the Sengoku Period?
1467-1603
What’s fentonyl?
A powerful synthetic opioid that’s used as a pain killer, is highly addictive and often abused.
Who plays the four kids who’re friends in Stand By Me?
Corey Feldman - Teddy
Jerry O’Connell - Vern
Wil Wheaton - Gordy
River Phoenix- Chris
When did the movie, Stand By Me come out? When does it take place?
1986
1959
In addition to the four friends, what other actors were in Stand by Me who you could see when they’re young?
John Cusack (Denny) and Kiefer Sutherland (Ace)
Sensitive data is confidential to…
The company
Examples of sensitive data
Business plans, AMA requests, compensation, criminal records, address (streets, numbers) application info
What is highly sensitive data?
Legally, certification or contract protected
Examples of highly sensitive data
SSN number, cc numbers, CVV numbers, biometric data, DL number, debit card number
What are the handling standards for highly sensitive data?
Strong controls from creation to destruction
PCI (pmt card industry) numbers require encryption before transmission
SSN numbers must be redacted to last four digits
Exceptions in handling must undergo a Policy Exception Review
What does this Hazmat symbol mean?
Substance presents serious health dangers
What does this hazmat symbol mean?
Gas under pressure
What does this hazmat symbol mean
Hazardous to health
What does this hazmat symbol mean?
Substance that can cause another substance to ignite.
Causes or helps other substances to burn.
What does this hazmat symbol mean?
Limited quantity label LQ
Means hazardous goods are packed in smaller boxes therefore posing less of a risk
What’s a normal pulse ox reading?
Pulse oximeter should be 95% or higher. 90% for someone with lung problems.
When was the Meiji Era in Japanese History.
1868-1912
Characteristics of the Meiji Era.
Japan modernized under the Emperor, Meiji, and went from an isolated feudal society to bring an emergent great power.
When was the Shengoku Era in Japanese history?
1467-1615
1467-1598
1493-1590
Before Edo era (1603-1868)
Way b4 Tomoe Gozen (12th century)
The Sengoku Period was marked by…
Turbulent and violent period of civil war. “Warring States Period”
The Sengoku Period opened with …
The Onin War 1467-1477
When was the Muramachi Period and what family ruled the shogunate?
1336-1573 (runs into/through Sengoku Period.
The Ashikaga Family
Bakufu means
“Tent government” synonymous with shogunate
Where/what was the Onin-Bunmei War
In Kyoto, Japan’s capital at that time and in surrounding regions. They were trying to overthrow the Muromachi bakufu, the Ashikaga Shogunate
Where is the Atlit Fortress? Historical significance?
Israeli coast, one of the few natural coves on the Carmel coast, Ancient Bronze Age Egyptians sought shelter there along trade routes. Crusaders in early 1200s built fortress. Also called Pilgrim’s Cove
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Passed in 1882, banned Chinese labor immigration and denied naturalization to immigrants already in US
What are malasadas?
Portuguese fried dough, rounded with lemon zest and sugar coating
When was the first wave of Chinese immigration to the US?
In the 1850s. Mostly Chinese men immigrated to California and the western US
Who was Wong Kim Ark?
Born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents in the late 1800s, he was denied entry back into the United States and was detained offshore for 5 months. Took his case to the Supreme Court and won. He’s a citizen bc he was born in US.
Who successfully charted the northwest passage and when
Roald Amundsen in 1906
What was the west coast’s equivalent of Ellis Island?
Angel Island in San Francisco processed immigrants
What are the five main types of true tea?
Black, green, white, oolong and pu-erh
What 3 minerals comprise basalt?
Plagioclace, pyroxene and olivine
Southernmost town in the US?
Na’alehu on the Big Island
What is a poke bowl
A Hawaiian dish consisting of raw cut marinated fish
What is poi?
Traditional Hawaiian dish of usually taro mashed into a creamy paste
Why is Albrecht Dürer’s “Knight, Death and Devil” so impressive?
It’s a print, not drawing meaning the artist engraved a copper plate with amazingly intricate detail to be pressed onto paper. Done in 1513
Who were the Etruscans?
The dominant people of Italy before Rome, traded with Greece, had language completely different from any European language.
Which Roman Emperor spoke, read, studied the Etruscans and wrote 20 volumes of their history which was lost?
Claudius
The Etruscan sun god and water god?
Usil (Roman god is Helios ?
Nethun (Neptune)
When did Narmer unify Egypt?
Circa 3000 BC
Who was the lead singer of Velvet Underground ?
Lou Reed
What is this flag?
Hawaiian flag sans symbols of colonialism. Original native flag of royal family. Colors represent 3 classes.
What is this flag?
Other flag of Hawaii. Contains Union Jack because King Kamehameha I voluntarily joined British kingdom and was able to remain sovereign
Where in Hawaii did Captain Cook die?
Kealakekua Bay, Big Island
What is lilikoi exactly?
A type of Passion fruit with yellow skin and tarter fruit
The oldest depiction of an Egyptian pharaoh ?
Thé Narmer Palette circa 3200 - 3000 BC
What are What are serpopards?
Wild cats with long serpentine necks, seen in Mesopotamian art, but also on the Narmer Palette
What’s the oldest example of Egyptian writing ever found?
An ivory tag dating 3400-3150 BC found in the tomb of a predynastic ruler found in the Abydos necropolis
Dionysus was the Greek god of…
Wine, fertility, fruitfulness, theater and ecstasy and abandon
The Roman equivalent of Dionysus was…
Bacchus
Dionysus’s mother in Greek mythology?
Friend/tutor/servant?
Mortal princess Semele
Silenus
Oldest reference to Dionysus found?
From 13 century BC written in Mycenaean script on clay tablets found in the palace at Pylos
What does “aloha” mean?
It’s a greeting, but also means love, pity, compassion & many more things.
When did Hawaii become a state?
March 1959
Hawaii’s state flower
The yellow hibiscus
What’s the official flower of the Big Island
Red pua lehua (ohia) blossom
What is a Loco Moco?
A Hawaiian dish of rice, hamburger patty, egg and brown gravy.
What does “Mauka” and “Makai” mean in Hawaiian
Mauka towards the Mountain
Makai towards the ocean
How many letters are in the Hawaiian alphabet?
13
What is a pommel on a sword?
An enlarged fitting at the top to the handle, usually round or flared. Used by European knights.
Did pommels serve a purpose beyond ornamentation?
They kept the sword from slipping out of the hands?
Etymology of word “pommel”
Meant “little apple” in Norman
Difference between crusader and ottoman swords?
European swords were straight with a pommel on the end. Ottoman ones tended to be curved with a simple cap on the end
Who was Ira Hayes?
Ira Hamilton Hayes was a member of the Pima tribe in Arizona and the first Native American to become a marine paratrooper. He was one of the six men in the iconic WWII photo showing soldiers raising the flag over Iwo Jima.
Define enjoin
: to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition
enjoined us to be careful
2a : FORBID, PROHIBIT
Define rejoin
to answer the replication of the plaintiff
transitive verb
1 : to join again
2 : to say often sharply or critically in response especially as a reply to a reply
What surprising animal can be found in Edgewater, New Jersey?
Monk parakeets, about 40 of them, descendants of escaped pets, survive the harsh winter by living in a huge nest on a telephone pole, each bird has its own compartment
How do you pronounce «Dionysus «
Dī uh NĪ sis
Characteristics of black tea
Most consumed
Most oxidized
Highest caffeine content
How does black tea’s caffeine content compare to coffee?
Though black tea has the most caffeine of the true teas, it only has half as much as coffee.
Which tea is completely un oxidized ?
Green tea
How does one control the amount of oxidation is teas?
Heating tea leaves halts oxidization
Yerba mate and rooibos (red teas)
Are not made from actual tea leaves. Neither is chamomile
What is a tisane?
A type of tea not made with actual tea leaves
What is oolong tea?
It’s semi-oxidized so it has less caffeine than black but more than green. It’s in between the two
Which tea is the least processed of all teas?
White tea
What is white tea?
With white tea, only unopened buds and leaves covered in silver fuzz are used. Has even less caffeine than white tea. Not heated, just withered and dried
Why is pu-ehr tea so special?
From the Yunan province of China, it comes from only wild tea trees. The leaves are pressed together and allowed to ferment. .oxidation levels vary
What is Earl Grey tea?
Black tea infused with the bergamot citrus fruit.
What’s a bergamot ?
A type of citrus fruit that’s very fragrant, acidy and sharply bitter. It’s shaped like a pair and colored like a lime.
What is dry downing?
Also called secondary drowning or submersion injuries. It’s when a little bit of water gets into the lungs causing swelling and inflammation then lungs can’t exchange air properly.. can happen after a water rescue
What is cholecystitis?
Inflammation of the gall bladder
What dietary habits increase the risk for gall stones?
High fat
High cholesterol
Low fiber
Who was Sofonisba Anguissola?
One of the few Renaissance era female painters. Born in Cremona Italy in 1532
Other famous artists from Cremona Italy?
Besides Sofonisba Anguissola
Composer, Claudio Monteverdi & Antonio Stradivari (violin maker)
About Sofonisba Anguissola’s family & childhood
She had one brother and five sisters. The family was close knit & the father encouraged the girls as well as the one son to get a high level of education and be artistic.
What was Michelangelo’s full name?
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Who did Sofonisba meet and impress at age 22?
Michelangelo
Who’s royal court did Sofonisba serve in as the portrait painter and teacher of Queen’s children?
Philip II of Spain and his wife, teenage queen Isabel
The Anguissola family traced their origins to
Carthage, Sofonisba was named after the virtuous Carthaginian princess. The surname “Anguissola “ comes from a Byzantine nobleman who heroically defeated the Muslims.
Who was Artemisia Gentileschi?
An Italian baroque era female painter.
What language is spoken in Ethiopia
Amharic
What are some of the African languages that have the most speaker?
Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo and Fula
In what countries is Swahili spoken ?
In East central Africa: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Somalia, Mozambique Malawi, Zambia, Comoros.
What is Swahili known as to its native speakers?
Kiswahili
Which country has the highest concentration of Swahili speaker?
Tanzania
Where is Yoruba spoken?
Nigeria
And some Benin, Togo & Sierra Leone
Where is Igbo or Ibo spoken?
Mostly Nigeria
Also Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon
Haiti, Barbados, Belize, Trinidad & Tobago
Where is Fula spoken
Northwest Africa
Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and all around that area
What is plagioclase?
primary aluminium-bearing mineral in mafic rocks formed at low pressure. It is normally the first and most abundant feldspar to crystallize from a cooling primitive magma.
What elements are in feldspars
Mostly silicate (silicon and oxygen) but calcium and sodium (plagioclase) and potassium (orthoclase) are also present.
Plagioclases can be divided into what categories and based on what?
Anorthite (pure calcium) and albite (sodium containing)
When was the “little ice age”
How long did it last?
Began in the 1300s
Began declining in the 1500
Mostly in Northern hemisphere
What was English band Escape Club’s big hit?
Wild Wild West 1988
Also “I’ll be there” was top ten in 1986
What band was Van Morrison in in the sixties? What famous song by Them did he write?
Gloria
Them
Who’s Jordan Turpin
She escaped her abusive home at 17 and went to the police and saved her 12 siblings. They were chained to beds or locked up and not allowed to go outside and often didn’t eat. She was abused in the foster homes she was placed in. 21 now and living on her own. Was at 3rd grade level, but got GED within a year.
What’s an amphibole?
any of a group of complex silicate minerals with like crystal structures that contain calcium, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, or iron ions or a combination of them
Thoughts about Nimrod?
“Mighty hunter mighty warrior “ genesis 10:8-12
Founder of Babylon
A great king
Great grandson of Noah thru Cush
Involved in tower of Babylon
Etymology of «Polynesia»
From Greek
Poly = many
Nēsoi = islands
What are the three points of the Polynesian triangle?
Hawaii (northeasternmost)
New Zealand
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
New Zealand journalist Oriini Kaipara is interesting because…
She’s the first Māori journalist with traditional face tattoos to host a prime time news show.
Why can’t a whale ever actually swallow a human? What’s the one species that possibly can?
Sperm whale
Though their mouths are large, their throat is actually the size of a human fist.
Who founded the actual Illuminati secret society?
Adam Weishaupt, in Inglostasdt, Bavaria on May 1, 1776
What was Weishaupt’s motivation for starting the Illuminati?
He disagreed with Bavaria’s rigid Catholic system of government which suppressed free thinking. Believed government should be completely changed.
What were Weishaupt’s ideas?
to create “a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches,
Believed that religious ideas were no longer an adequate belief system to govern modern societies,
How much land did Louisiana lose between 1936 and 2016?
2000 square miles
What’s the plan to stop Louisiana’s land loss?
Divert river sediment to areas to add to land and recreate marshes
How did the first levées to protect New Orleans in 1717 hurt the environment
It diverted water from the Mississippi river to prevent floods, but it drained the wetlands. Wetlands provide protection from land erosion
How do the oil pipes harm the land in Louisiana?
The pipes cause salt water intrusion which kills the marsh vegetation.
What’s the purpose of the gall bladder?
It’s a storage pouch for bile which produced by the liver and aids in the digestion of fats
Gall bladder removal surgery is called…?
Cholecystectomy
What’s inflammation of the gall bladder called?
Cholecystitis
What’s biliary colic?
Usually a duller pain in upper right abdomen that occurs when a gall stone blocks the bile duct which leads to the intestine
In Ancient Greece, who was the Pythia?
The female oracle of Delphi who was believed to speak the very words of Apollo. They were highly regarded and went into a dreamlike trance to speak Apollo’s words.
About the Oracle of Delphi?
9 days a year between 8th & 6th centuries BC, the Pythia, a young female Delphi native would come, bath in the fountain and enter the inner sanctum. She would inhale vapors and go into a dreamlike trance and utter nonsense that the priests would interpret for a very small select group who bought their way in.
What was the cult of Mithras
The Mithraic Mysteries rose in first century AD and was centered around the indopersian. god mithra or mithras Mithra was seen as a savior. Cult was popular among Roman troops
About the cult of Mithras
Members had to pass seven complex levels of initiation. Let in a cavelike space known as a mithraeum. Focus was glorifying war, overcoming evil and finding salvation. In Rome?
Why were the Knights of Templar established?
Their purpose was to protect Christians visiting the Holy Land.
The Knights of Templar were created by who and when?
French knight, Hugues de Payens around 1118
The Knights of Templar’s uniforms?
White habits with a simple Red Cross. No embellishments allowed.
Characteristics of the Knights of Templar?
Lived austere life of poverty, chastity, obedience and daily prayer. No gambling, drinking or swearing. Established very successful banking system and became very wealthy and powerful
Name some of the odder rules Knights of the Templar had to follow.
Two to a bowl
Can only have meat 3 days a week
Do not leave table unless crisis
Eating on the floor was a punishment
Napkins. Sometimes required, other times forbidden
Can’t carry money without permission
Can’t receive letters without permission
No pointed shoes or shoelaces
Can’t kiss any woman, not even mom
Cannot speak about women
No kids or being a godparent
Must ask permission to bathe
No finery on saddle
Cannot throw a lance or repair a sword without permission
What is scuttling of a ship?
Act of sinking it deliberately
What are the three (or four?) types of coffee bean?
Arabica (most common/most desired) Robusta, Liberica and Excelsa (considered a kind of Liberica by some) found mainly in Asia
What is a Monstera?
Interesting plant I saw in Hawaii with holes in the leaves, not from bugs. An evergreen tropical shrub native to Central America that has been introduced to Hawaii
What fruit comes from the same family as the Tillandsia flowers I often see at the Belagio?
Pineapples are also bromeliads
Most notable characteristic of bromeliads?
Umbrella shaped scales water-absorbant in their leaves and stems
What is a xerophyte?
A plant that needs very little water.
Characteristics of bromeliads
They are xerophytes
What is Puya Raimondii?
Tallest bromeliad. Can grow up to 50? 33? Feet
Largest flower stalk of any plant on earth. Found in the Andes
What are epiphytes?
Also called air plants, any plants that grow in other plants simply for support. They don’t use roots to draw water and nutrition from the ground and aren’t parasitic.
What three men went on that historic first trip to the moon?
Neil Armstrong, Edwin (Buzz Aldrin) and Michael Collins
A musician named Davy Jones has to change his name because the lead singer of the Monkees already had that name. So what did he change it to?
David Bowie
What is Spanish moss?
Not actually a moss but an air plant or epiphyte (gets all its nutrients from air, not roots, a bromeliad. It’s that stuff that looks like dried pond slime on trees in swamps.
What’s the role of the ACE enzyme vs. the ACE II enzyme?
ACE converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II which can be harmful in large quantities.
ACE2 receptors break down angiotensin II
Where in the body can ACE2 receptors be found?
The receptors that COVID binds to are found in epithelial cells throughout the body.
What does angiotensin II do?
Increases blood pressure and inflammation
All bromeliads are endemic to the americas EXCEPT ?
Pitcairnia feliciana of coastal west Africa, mainly Guinea
Thé first known reference to Stonehenge
Medieval historian, Henry Huntingdon
What do macrophages do?
From Greek Macro=big phage=eat
Big immune cells that engulf target cells
What’s a phagocyte?
An immune cell that does phagocytosis which is engulfing and devouring germs and dead cells.
What does the innate immune system refer to?
The immunity you were born with as opposed to developing immunity after being exposed to a microbe.
Three categories of white blood cells and the types of white blood cells within each category?
- Granulocytes: have small granules containing proteins
- Lymphocytes : B cells, T cells, natural killer cells
- Monocytes; become macrophages and are present when the body fights off chronic infection
What are the three types of granulocytes?
- Basophils
- Eosinophils
- Neutrophils
What are neutrophils
A phagocytosis granulocyte white blood cell that makes up the majority of the white blood cells in the body. Part of the innate immune system.
Relationship between monocytes and macrophages
Monocytes are small white blood cells found in the blood stream, made by bone marrow. The migrate to the tissue of the body and differentiate meaning they may become specific types of macrophages or dendritic cells. Macrophages are found the extra cellular fluid and produce cytokines.
What are cytokines?
Substances secreted by immune cells that effect other cells
What is an erythrocyte?
A red blood cell. It’s job is to bring oxygen to cells throughout the body.
How is inflammation helpful?
Helps isolate the threatening substance. Brings cells that can destroy and remove foreign substance to the sight of infection.
What causes inflammation on a cellular level?
Damaged cells release histamine and other chemicals which cause blood vessels to leak fluid into the tissues.
Characteristics of T cells
T cells aren’t activated until they find their specific antigen. (Foreign or threatening substance) They’re part of the adaptive immune system.
T cells life cycle
Originate in the bone marrow but are matured in the thymus.
What are T cells functions?
Killing antigens, activating other immune cells, releasing cytokines, regulating the immune response
What exactly is an antigen?
That which your immune system recognizes as a threat and attacks.
toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body,
What is the function of the thymus
To train T cells
The thymus, spleen and tonsils are part of the…?
Immune system, lymphatic system
Who wrote The Screwtape Letters?
C.S. Lewis
If a recipe calls for sherry, what can you substitute?
Any white wine.
