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Hungary Capital
Budapest
President June 21, 1798 said to break off relations with France
John Adamas
Last German Offensive in the West During WWII "You've won the ardennes"
Battle of the Bulge
Peanuts little "siren"
Little Red Haired Girl
City Where Dixieland Jazz Originated
New Orleans
Hemingway Novel about American Soldier/Ambulance Driver in love w/an English Nurse in WWI
Farewell to Arms
1961 attempt by US to send american trained Cuban Exiles to invade Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Secretary of Interior Albert B Fall was convicted of accepting Bribes having to do with oil fields in Wyoming & California in this scandal of 1920's
teapot dome scandal
Hamlet Kills him thinking he is the King
Polonius
Capital of Indonesia
Jakarta
An angel who was the greatest of angels and fell from heaven to Hell for rebelling against God
Lucifer
17th C. English Philosopher who argued that governments depend on the consent of the governed and against the divine right of kings
John Locke (his political ideas were taken by the American Founding Fathers & Influenced the Dec of Independence.
Australian for a stagnant pool of backwater
Billabong
Pastor tells eerie tale of "Haunted" Boy partly inspired this 1971 Bestseller
The Exorcist
Festival held the day before Ash Wednesday
Mardi Gras
What european country has 26 Cantons
Switzerland
Mormons moved west under the leadership of him
Brigham Young
16th C German priest who began the reformation by posting 95 Theses
Martin Luther
the book revealed to mormom founder Joseph Smith
Book of Mormon
Artist in a mental Hospital
Van Gogh
Capital of Canada's Smallest Province
Charlottetown, PEI
pirsig: "____ and the art of Motorcycle maintenance"
Zen
who attacked Rome 408 AD
Visigoths (they wanted pepper)
1st solo hit was "cry me a river"
Justin Timberlake
In cold Blood author
Truman Capote
Kingdom formed by
King of Al-Hijaz
Saudi Arabia
N.C. Coastal Island settled in 1580
Roanoke
19th Cent Amer Writer of
The Pit and the Pendulum (story)
Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven poet
Edgar Allan Poe
19th C Amer writer of poem The Bells
Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amantillado writer
Edgar Allan Poe
When Paul had his famous vision what city was he going to?
Damascus
20th C Amer Photographer noted for black & white of American West including Yosemite
Ansel Adams
Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Protestant Denomination founded by John Wesley & his Brother Charles Wesley in 18th Century
Methodists
Birthplace of Muhammad
Mecca
Saga of a young doctor's adventures during WWI and the Russian Revolution
Doctor Zhivago
Muslims believe the Koran was dictated to him by an angel from God
Muhammad
Goal of early crusades during Middle Ages was conquest of this city
Jerusalem
City in Portugal on the Tagus River (Neutral city that was center for international political activity in WWII)
Lisbon
Catholic Priests administer 7 of these acts like Penance & Holy Orders
sacraments
instrument of Benny Goodman
Clarinet
Style of Painting assoc w/ Degas, Manet, Monet & Renoir
impressionism
Style of painting known for indistinct outlines & small brushstrokes, often pastels
impressionism
author of Mission Earth
L. Ron Hubbard
Atlas Shrugged
ayn rand
Jimi Hendrix was born & buried in this city
Seattle
Youngest person to become president
Theodore Roosevelt
meaning "holy wisdom" was once the central church building of the Easter Orthodox church. Now a Museum
hagia Sophia
Actor Good friend of Hemingway starred in Farewell to Arms
Gary Cooper
President that was president of princeton1902-10 then governer of NJ 1911-13
Woodrow Wilson
Award given for science fiction or fantasy every year since 1955.
Hugo Award - named after Hugo Gernsback ..founder of the sci fi magazine Amazing Stories
wrote 2001: A space Odyssey
knighted by Britain
Received Sri Lanka's highest civil honor - Sri Lankabhimanya
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Who wrote 1984
George Orwell
To Kill a Mockingbird author
Harper Lee
16th President 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Republican National President with VPs Hannibal Hamlin & Andrew Johnson
Lincoln
Lincoln's two VPs
Hannibal Hamlin & Andrew Johnson
Composer/Lyricist wrote lyrics for West Side Story & Gypsy
Steven Sondheim
Composer/Lyricist for Sunday in the Park with George
into the Woods
Assassins
Steven Sondheim
Composer/lyricist who studied with Hammerstein and wrote Into the Woods
Steven Sondheim
Lord of the Rings Author
J.R.R. Tolkein
Vacation spot of Tyrol is in this Country
Austria
State Motto is Eureka!
California
Death of Salesman playwright
Arthur Miller
Railway Sleeping Car inventor
Pullman
Brave New World Author
huxley
Physically the Heaviest President ever elected
Taft
last us. president to have facial hair while in office
Taft
Lawyer & poet late 18th-19thC
wrote the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
Turretted Castle in this SE city is Britain's "Key To England"
Dover
"love me two time" artist
The Doors
A kind of carving of sculpture in which figures are raised a few inches from flat background
bas-relief
Basis of Arab-israeli conflict
Arab opposition to Jewist State on what they consider Arab territory
Confederate Commander in charge of rebel forces at Bull Run. turned it into "Good Looking" victory
Beauregard
3 stringed Russian Instrument with triangular body
balalaika
Mountains in Western Massachussetts
Berkshires
"Proud Mary" artist
Credence Clearwater Revival
Last British Monarch Buried in Westminster Abbey
George II
Ouagadougou is capital of
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso capital
Ouagadougou
O'Casey: "______ and the paycock"
Juneau
Cosmopolitan Editor who wrote Sex and the Single Girl
Helen Gurley Brown
A very slow musical tempo
adagio
17th Century English Author of The Pilgrim's Progress
(main character Christian journeys from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City"
John Bunyan
17th Century art movement
Rococo
most famous painters of the Rococo movement
Jeane Antoine Watteau, François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
Jeane Antoine Watteau painted in this style
Rococo
François Boucher painted in this style
Rococo
Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted in this style.
Rococo
Month Supreme Court annual term starts in
First Monday in October
First black person to sing with Metropolitan Opera of NYC.
Marian Anderson
20th Century African American Controalto known for opera and spirituals
Marian Anderson
Mount Rushmore State
South Dakota
Country HQ to EU & NATO
Belgium
Who sings The Tracks of My Tears
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
NYC Manhattan neighborhood known for Bohemian lifestyle
Greenwich Village
Andrew Jackson home
The Hermitage
Where is Cathedral of Hagia Sophia located
Istanbul Turkey
Playwright of:
The Seagull
The Cherry Orchard
Uncle Vanya
Three Sisters (Russian)
Anton Chekov
Mexican City in Baja California norte known for racetracks and bullfights
Tijuana
Japanese Religion
Shinto
Male singing voice higher than bass, lower than tenor
Baritone
Vitamin needed for healthy eyes discovered by McCollum 1913
Vitamin A
British explorer David Livinstone visited here in 1851, was Northern Rhodesia from 1953-1964.
Zambia
20th Century African American jazz pianist & bandleader. Real first name is William. Known for "Big Band" sound fo 30's & 40's
Count Basie
Common name of the sacrament of Communion
Mass
"Devil Inside" Singers
INXS
T.S. in T.S. Elliot
Thomas Stearns
Swan Lake composer
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2 Countries Bordering Panama
Columbia & Costa Rica
A belief in 1 god
Monotheism
"Katyn" From this country, story of killing of army officers by soviets in 1940.
Poland
PM Mossadegh of this country was to be toppled; cia representative kermit Roosevelt. Operation Ajax
Iran
Lemony Colored Quartz
Citrene
Aztec God of the Sun
Tonatiuh
Slaughterhouse Five was based on Authors experience where?
Kurt Vonnegut's time as POW in Dresden
Who wrote Slaughterhouse Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Patriotic American song sung to tune of "God Save the Queen"
"America"
Who sailed the ship Pelican which was renamed The Golden Hind
Sir Frances Drake
11th President, Democratic, March 4, 1845-March 4 1849. VP George M Dallas
James K Polk
Who invented Jet engine?
Frank Whittle
Major Mountain Range from east. former Yugoslavia through Bulgaria to Black Sea
Balkans
Popular resort, British Comonwealth member in West Indies
Barbados
What are Timpani AKA
Kettle Drums
Most prominent of the Apostle's
Peter
Who played Lt. Col. Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now"
Robert Duvall
Artistic style of Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, George Rouault
Expressionism
Van Gogh painted in this style
Expressionism
Edvard Munch painted in this style
Expressionism
George Rouault painted in this style
Expressionism
NBC Sunday morning news show
Meet The Press
Losing Presidential Ticket 1968
Pres Humphrey & VP Muskie
Losing Presidential Ticket 1976
Pres Ford & VP Dole
Losing Presidential Ticket 1952
VP Sparkman & Pres Adlai Stevenson
Arm of Mediterranean Sea bordered by Italy to the West & North, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovinia, Yugoslavia & Albania to the East
Adriatic
Year of the Arab Oil Embargo
1973
Mexico's southern border (2 nations)
Belize & Guatemala
Romulus and Remus who killed who?
Romulus killed Remus. Romans made Romulus a god. Rome Named for Romulus
Tahitian landscape artist
Paul Gauguin
A Woman of No Importance 'wit' playwright
Oscar Wilde
Wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Oscar Wilde
Wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Oscar Wilde
Title of Arabian Nights story including "Open sesame" to open a cave door
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
American Frontier life Author of My Antonia
Willa Cather
Poem & Poet on Statue of Liberty
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
Capital of Bavaria, location of the Beer Hall Putsch
Munich
The Cornhusker State
Nebraska
2 native American civilizations in Mexico before the Spanish
Mayan, Aztec
Highest point in Europe
Mount El'brus Russia
Lowest point in Europe
Caspian Sea
Largest Continent
Asia
Smallest continent
Australia
2nd largest Continent
Africa
Vinson Massif is the highest point of what continent
Antarctica
Deep Lake is the lowest point on this continent
Antarctica
3rd largest continent
North America
4th largest continent
South America
5th largest continent
Antarctica
6th largest continent
Europe
Highest point in Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kilimanjaro is in this country
Tanzania
Lowest point in Africa
Lake Assal In Djibouti
In 1917 this president declared war on Germany
Woodrow Wilson
"Buttonhole" in French
Boutonnière
Mount Aconcagua is the highest point on which continent
South America
Mount Aconcagua is located in this country
Argentina
Laguna Del Carbon is the lowest point on which continent
South America
Laguna Del Carbon is located in which country
Argentina
18th Century Scottish Author "Life of Samuel Johnson"
James Boswell
James Boswell is known for this type of written work
Biography
What is the lowest point in Asia
Dead Sea
What is the highest point in Asia
Mt. Everest
Dead Sea is bordered by which 2 countries?
Israel & Jordan
What is June's birthstone
Pearl
Ancient retreat of Inca Royalty in Southeast Peru
Machu Picchu
Who is the son of Daedalus (died when escaping from labyrinth with artificial wings)
Icarus
Worlds highest waterfall
Angel Falls in Venezuela
Where is Angel Falls located
Venezuela
God with Winged Sandals & Cap
Hermes / Mercury
Roman Goddess married to Jupiter who protected marriage, known for jealousy
Juno
Who wrote "La Comedie Humaine"
Balzac
Where is Tikal National Park
Ancient Mayan ruins in Northern Guatemala
87th Precinct Novels written by Evan Hunter under what pen name
Ed McBain
The only president to be a US Representative to the U.N.
George H. W. Bush
Kuala Lumpur towers
Petronas Towers
Who sculpted Statue of Liberty
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Statue of Liberty's real name
Liberty Enlightening the World
World's 3rd tallest free standing tower
CN Tower in Toronto
World's tallest building
Burj Khalifa in Dubai UAE
World's tallest free standing tower
Tokyo Sky Tree
Dniester, Danube, Dnieper Rivers all flow into this sea
Black Sea
Venezuelan Lake
Lake Maracaibo
Norma Desmond is a character from this....
Sunset BLVD
Who sings Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Who sings I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash
Who sings Help!
The Beatles
Pearl Street Power station 1882 1st in this city
NYC
Power company that was one of the first 12 in the Dow Jones
GE
Official name of the UK
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Great Britain consists of these 3 countries
England, Scotland, Wales
Sea between Black & Aegean Sea
Sea of Marmara
Connects Aegean & Marmara Sea
Dardanelles Strait
Connects Marmara Sea & Black Sea
Bosporus Strait
Vaiaku Village is the capital of
Tuvalu
Lusaka is the capital of
Zambia
Zambia's capital is
Lusaka
Tuvalu's capital is
Vaiaku Village
Where is Mount Everest located?
Tibet & Nepal border
How tall is Mount Everest?
29,029 feet (official) but really 29,035 feet.
When was Mount Everest first climbed? & By who?
1953, Tenzing Norgay & Edmund Percival Hillary of New Zealand
20th Century Female British author of "Children of Violence", "The Golden Notebook" and short stories book "African Stories"
Doris Lessing
Capital of Ukraine
Kiev
Kiev is the capital of?
Ukraine
Kiev is on which river?
Dnieper
Watership Down author (A story about rabbits)
Richard Adams
"What'd I say" is a song by
Ray Charles
Who sang "A change is Gonna Come"
Sam Cooke
Who sings Blowin' In the Wind
Bob Dylan
Provincial capital of Ontario
Toronto
Toronto is located on what lake?
Lake Ontario
Who wrote "Diary of a Madman"
Nikolai Gogol
Who wrote "The Great White Hope"
Howard Sackler
Capital city on the Vltava River
Prague (River eventually merges with the Elbe)
7 Countries on the Arabian Peninsula
UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
The Allegory of Love was written by this 20th Century British Author
C.S. Lewis
What 2 authors died on the day JFK was assassinated?
C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley
20th Century British author wrote The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
20th Century British author wrote Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
20th Century British author wrote The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis
20th Century British author wrote The Space Trilogy
C.S. Lewis
20th Century British author wrote Till We Have Faces
C.S. Lewis
20th Century British author wrote Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
C.S. Lewis
Also called the azure coast "Cote d'Azur"
French Riviera
Renaissance master sculptor with angels pointing (was also a Baroque architect)
succeeded Michelangelo
Bernini 1598-1680
What is Papal Conclave?
It is the meeting of Cardinals during a period of vacancy in the papal office to elect a Bishop of Rome who becomes Pope
Ohio Doctor accused of murdering his pregnant wife in 1954
Sam Shepherd (convicted 1954 overturned after almost 10 years in prison, retried in 1966 and acquitted)
Ashgabat is the capital of
Turkmenistan
Trukmenistan's capital
Ashgabat
Ljubljana is the capital of
Slovenia
Slovenia's capital is
Ljubljana
Paramaribo is the capital of
Suriname
Suriname's capital is
Paramaribo
"Beyond Good & Evil" Author 1886
nietzsche
Mid 17th Century View Painter in Venice, Joseph Smith Patron
Canaletto
Czech Composer of "The Bartered Bride"
Bedřich Smetana
Promoted Back to Africa Movement in 1920's, Jamaican
Marcus Garvey
Wessex ruler 871-899
Alfred the Great
Maugham "The Moon and ?????"
Sixpence
Who wrote "Of Human Bondage"
W. Somerset Maugham
Who wrote "The Letter"
W. Somerset Maugham
32nd president 1933-1945
fdr
democratic president with v.p.s John Nance Garner, Henry A Wallace & Harry S Truman
FDR
20th c dutch born artist known for geometric paintings w/ perpendicular lines & planes of pure primary colors
Piet Mondrian
Dutch born artist
"Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue" & "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
Piet Mondrian
who wrote Rain
W. Somerset Maugham
who wrote The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham
Late 19th Century Poet, Casey at the Bat, set in Mudville
Ernest Thayer
Range of the Appalachians Southern PA to Northern GA
Blue Ridge Mountains
Term for dutch artistic movement founded in 1917 aka De Stijl
neo plasticism (coined by Piet Mondrian)
Year of Cuban Revolution
1959
author of " An essay on man"
Alexander pope
Source of "Hope springs eternal..
An essay on man by alexander pope
"The course of true love never did run smooth" from which shakespeare play
A midsummer night's dream
Movement that stresses people are entirely free and responsible for what they make of themselves
existentialism
i think therefore I am
descartes
belief that events are determined by an impersonal fate and cannot be changed by human beings
fatalism
"locksley Hall" poet
TEnnyson
the charge of the light brigade poet
lord tennyson
Idylls of the king poet
Tennyson
ulysses (blank verse) poet
tennyson
Aeneas, Jason & Odysseus had to sail between this 6 headed monster on one side of a strait, and a whirlpool on the other. What are the monster and whirlpool's names?
Scylla (SIL-UH) and Charybdis (Kuh-Rib-Dis)
"Don't Give Up The Ship" comes from which war?
From Commander James Lawrence during a battle in the War of 1812
"The Quiet American" author
Graham Greene (one of most cinematic 20th century authors, at least 66 titles based on his material from 1934-2010)
What play has the line "Discretion is the better part of valor"
Falstaff spoke it in King Henry IV Part One
20th century Mexican writer of "The Death of Artemio Cruz"
Carlos Fuentes
The Old Gringo (1985) was written by
Carlos Fuentes (Mexican)
"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast" (beast is oft substituted incorrectly) comes from "the Mourning Bride" by him
William Congreve (English 1670-1729)
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned" paraphrased to "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" comes from "The Mourning Bride" by
William Congreve (English 1670-1729)
Maputo is the capital of
Mozambique
Mozambique's capital is
Maputo
a futile endeavor may be called a "labor of ?????"
Sisyphus
Jewish folk music
Klezmer
The novel "Mason & Dixon" (1997) includes learned english dogs, written by
Thomas Pynchon (1937- postmodern American)
3rd and most celebrated Novel "Gravity's Rainbow" (1973) was written by
Thomas Pynchon (1937- postmodern American)
20th Century Russian author wrote Doctor Zhivago winning 1958 Nobel Prize but was forced to reject it (it was banned in USSR)
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
Author of Frankenstein (who is the doctor who makes the monster)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (married to percy Shelley)
20th Cent Amer Poet
The Road Not Taken
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Mending Wall
Robert Frost
Poem that includes "miles to go before I sleep"
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Poem that includes "good fences make good neighbors"
Mending Wall by Robert Frost
Pirate who's ship was Queen Anne's Revenge
Blackbeard
Decade of the Panama Canal
1910s
Baroque Composer famous for cantatas
Bach
Speech made by Nixon in 1952 to keep himself on the ballot as VP w/eisenhower defending his finance .
Checkers speech
other name for "Volstead Act" that was vetoed by Wilson in 1919 but still passed by Congress
National Prohibition Act
May Birthstone
Emerald
Lenin Led this "majority" revolutionary power
the Bolsheviks
Napoleon Birthplace. Part of France SE of the mainland north of Sardinia Italy
Corsica
"the Little Corporal"
Napoleon
city that was capital of eastern roman empire then byzantine empire then ottoman empire consecutively. And seat of the Easter Orthodox church
Istanbul (Constantinople)
River in Idaho
Snake River
Rock type that changed form
metamorphic
nation of five small islands south of sicily. Independent in 1964 with close ties to Britain
Malta
Group in power in afghanistan 1995-2001 imposed strict & repressive islamic law
Taliban
The moluccas (islands) rich in nutmeg and cloves in eastern part of indonesia are called this
spice islands
Invasion of this country by Germany in 1939 precipitated wwii
poland
Headwater reservoir for the Nile River
Lake Victoria
Lake explored by Henry Stanley in 1875
Lake Victoria
a brisk, lively musical tempo
Italian for Cheerful
allegro
painter of "american gothic"
grant wood
Capital(s) of Bolivia
La Paz (admin) & Sucre (judicial)
Arm of Atlantic Ocean northwest of Central Europe Oil discovered in 1970
North Sea
broadway show - alfred hitchcock classic about Snave Londoner who meets a mysterious woman and gets caught up in her dangerous world
Over 100 roles are played by 4 actors
the 39 steps
Federal Reserve Act creating Federal Reserve System & the central Banking system signed into law by this pres
Woodrow Wilson
Country w/ highest per capital national income in Latin America (due to oil exports) was a founder of OPEC
Venezuela
Charlie Chaplin Character who wore shabby black suit, derby hat, floppy shoes, walked w/cane
the Little tramp
1890s furniture style inspired by California Churches
Mission
Called Rommel a "magnificent bastard" on film
Patton
The desert fox
Erwin Rommel German field master of WWII
Grapes of Wrath author
John Steinbeck
Main Characters of the Grapes of Wrath
the Joads a family of sharecroppers
War in which Joan of Arc Fought
The Hundred Year's War
A Farewell to Arms author
Hemingway
Book about Lt Frederic Henry who is ambulance driver in Italy in WWI
A Farewell to Arms
Most populous city in Asia Mainlaind /Largest city in China
Shanghai
chinese city that sits at the mouth of the yangtze river
shanghai
Thoroughbred breed traces back to which 2 breeds
Arabian Stallion & english mare
in 17th&18th cent england. (74 mares/3 stallions)
Religious and civil leader of Tibet forced into exile in 1959 when the chinese annexed the country
Dalai Lama
Don Juan writer known for Brooding Letharios
Lord Byron
vast grassy plains associated w/easter Russia and Siberia
steppes
1898 battle of San juan hill from what war
Spanish - American War
1951 Battle of Heartbreak Ridge from what war
Korean War
1971 song ---- was a bull frog
jeremiah
omelette made with ham onion and green peppers
denver
his company had monopoly on steamships on hudson river
robert fulton
oldest roman road
appian way
where is san simeon state park
california
showman with mansion called "iranastan"
pt barnum
prohibition amendment number
18
Caesar's last words in play Julius Caesar
et tu brute
greek province associated with alexander the great
macedonia
18th c irish author - Gulliver's travels
Jonathan swift
18th c irish author - a modest proposal
Jonathan swift
Site of first atomic bomb dropped in populated area - august 6, 1945
hiroshima
Site of 2 atomic bomb dropped in populated area aug 9 1945
nagasaki
1990-91 war when iraq invaded kuwait - u.n. forces led by the US
Persian Gulf War
lowest point in N American desert in SE Calif & SW Nevada
Death Valley
Santa Fe Trail End points
Santa Fe, NM and Independence,MO (or Franklin, MO)
Area in Paris on South Side of the Seine River known for artistic & student life
the left bank
2 states divided by mason-dixon line
maryland & pA
Part of Appalachians runs north-south in Vermont
Green Mtns
15000 black american freed slaves settled in this african country that had civil war 1989-mid 19902 claiming 150,000 lives
liberia
distinctively shaped alp mountain on border of italy & switzerland
the matterhorn
river that was the scene of Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist
Jordan River
region containing countries on the arabian peninsula - egypt, iran, iraq, israel, jordan, lebanon, syria, turkey
middle east
Elemental fusion in the sun
H + H -> He
narrow strip of land connecting larger land masses with water on both sides
isthmus
the old curiousity shoppe author
charles dickens
Paul McCartneys Fashion Designer Daughter
Stella McCartney
Hemorrhage inhibiting vitamin
K
Famous Easter Egg Roll
white house
Star of the Good, the bad & the ugly
Clint Eastwood
what italian city film festival awards Golden Lion
Venice
2nd most populous country
INdia
Largest city in Turkey
Istanbul
Former names of Istanbul
Constantinople & Byzantium
Stonehenge is on what plain in wiltshire?
Salisbury Plain
Paul McCartney's other band in 1976
wings
Sirius steamship was first to cross which ocean by steam power only
Atlantic Ocean
Commanded 7th Cavalry
George Custer
October Birthstone
Opal
Who sang My Girl
The Temptations
Who sang Ring Of FIre
Johnny Cash
Assissinated Robert F Kennedy in 1968
sirhan sirhan ( a palestinian)
Other terms for the same area include Canaan, Zion, the Land of Israel, Syria Palaestina, Southern Syria, Jund Filastin, Outremer, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant.[8]
palestine
Broadway Musical - Nathan detroit bets sky masterson that he can't romance sarah brown ( a missionary).
Guys & Dolls
Broadway musical with songs:
"i've never been in love before"
"more i cannot wish you"
"sit down you're rockin the boat"
"luck be a lady"
"adelaide's lament"
Guys & Dolls
Broadway musical- based on british film about motherless boy who wants to give up boxing for dancing - northern england in mid-1980s
Billy Elliot
broadway musical - with puppets. recent university grad moves into his first apartment
Avenue Q
broadway musical with songs - "the internet is great for ..." "if you were gay"
Avenue Q
Boers from this country first settled South africa
Netherlands
first manned lunar mission in 1968
apollo 8
Frank Borman, James Lovell, & William Anders - became the first humans to travel past Earth's Low orbit, first to see earth as a whole planet, first to see dark side of the moon directly were on this apollo mission
apollo 8
River rises in the rockies and forms the arizona california border
colorado river
president when california gold rush began
polk
how many companies in dow jones
30
"8th wonder of the world" dam
grand cooley dam
"sweet" composition by ferde groefe
The grand canyon suite
horatio hornblower job
sailor (officer)
lew archer job
P.I.
howard roark job
architect
george smiley job
spy
conquest of gaul in 58-51 b.c.by this leader
julius caesar
irish is a form of this language
gaelic
priestly class of celts
druids
woman of the fairies - in celtic folklore whose mournful wails & screams foretold death
banshee
name of james cook's ship
the endeavor
what day is d-day
june 6 1944
branch of math with arabic name
algebra
macarthur foundation gives a fellowship nicknamed this:
genius award
nazi captured in argentina
eickmann
orbited earth once in april 1961
yuri gagarin
year of bay of pigs
1961
mario puzo novel published in 1969
the godfather
father who worked with lepers in hawaii
father damian
"god it'll get you for that, walter" sitcom
maude
charles & david brothers no. 18&19 on forbes richest list that are big in conservative politics
koch
ferdinand is one of these in a beloved children's tale
bull
he suggested sun was center of solar system
copernicus
theory by truman thought that a nation's fall to communism would cause neighboring nations to follow suit
the domino theory
cat scans use this type of electromagnetic radiation
xrays
sigmund freud coined term of therapy - "psych"
psychoanalysis
"birthplace of california"
san diego
fort that is birthplace of star spangled banner
fort mchenry
birthplace of aviation
dayton ohio
massachussetts city birthplace of basketball
springfield
ring cycle composer (ring cycle has 4 operas)
wagner
french term meaning a feat requiring great strength
tour de force
hero who kills medusa by aiming his sword by looking at her reflection in a shield
perseus
nickles are 75% this element
copper
killed nine headed monster hydra
hercules
families involved in war of the roses
lancaster & york
roman god of metalworking & fire "the blacksmith of the gods" - son of jupiter
Vulcan
greek name for vulcan
Hephaestus
roman name of Hephaestus
Vulcan
king who ordered labyrinth built
minos
opera that Pinkerton is in
Madame Butterfly
in medieval times an act of bravery got you dubbed a knight & won you a pair of golden these
spurs
articles of confederation were written by this meeting
2nd continental congress
estonia capital
tallinn
333 bc darius III was king of this
Persia
central American country w/english as official language
belize
1880s transcon railroad went through gadsen purchase land
southern pacific
Battle of belleau wood
WWI
Composer of Aida
Giuseppi Verdi
Verdi's opera about ancient egypt
Aida
Opera with characters: Radames, high priest Ramfis, Amneris
Aida
Barber of Seville Opera Composer
Giachino Rossini
Rossini opera with characters: Figaro, Bartolo, Rosina, Count Almaviva, maid Berta
Barber of Seville
Formerly called Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo also formerly Belgian Congo
Movie Quote: "Plastics"
The Graduate
1994 "Live From Hell" comedy album, cue scream....
Sam Kinison
Other DC River
Anacostia
Capital of Bulgaria
Sofia
Benjamin Britten Opera based on Herman Melville novel
Billy Budd
Billy Budd opera's English composer
Benjamin Britten
20th Cent English Composer, Conductor & Pianist with operas "Peter Grimes" , Paul Bunyan, The Turn of the Screw, Owen Wingrave,
Benjamin Britten
Don Giovanni opera Composer
Mozart
Mozart opera with characters: leporello (servant) and the Commendatore
Don Giovanni
Sofia is the capital of
Bulgaria
Where & Who of Easter Rebellion
Dublin, Irish against British rule
Rollover Beethoven
Chuck Berry
Bach's greatest choral work
Mass in B Minor
Capital of San Marino
San Marino
"The Gathering Place" island
Oahu
Capital of Cyprus
Nicosia
Nicosia is the capital of
Cyprus
2008 top US General in Iraq named to run central command
David Petraeus, currently director CIA
Water snake constellation
Hydra
italian composer of L'elisir d'amore (the elixir of Love) opera
Donizetti
New Baroque opera with lovers from "a midsummer night's dream" are shipwrecked on island of "the tempest"
with music from handel, vivaldi, rameau
The Enchanted Island
Composer of Ernani opera. where don juan of aragon has lost his title and takes on this name of Ernani
Verdi
Faust german playwright
Goethe
English author of "the history of Doctor Faustus"
Christopher Marlowe
Titian, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese artists from this city
Venice
Defending the Caveman playwright
Rob Becker
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress author
Robert Heinlein 20th century american science fiction writer
wrote Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert Heinlein 20th century american science fiction writer
Rwanda gained independence from this country in 1962
Belgium
Thomas mann 1947 book about german legend
Doctor Faustus
Opera with characters: Valentin, Marguerite, Mephistopheles & Siebel
Faust
The Ring Cycle composer
Richard Wagner
Gotterdammerung is a piece of this work by Wagner
The Ring Cycle
Composer of Madame Butterfly
Puccini
Puccini Opera with characters Pinkerton, Suzuki, & Cio-Cio-San aka Title character
Madame Butterfly
Broadway musical based on Madame Butterfly
Miss Saigon
19th C. Russian Composer innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. Works: Boris Godunov, Khovanschina, Night on Bald Mountain
Mussorgsky
Composer of Macbeth Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi's opera based on Shakespeare play about scottish prince
MacBeth
3 named scientist came up with natural selection
Alfred Russell Wallace 19-20th century British (Welsh) naturalist
"The Joke" & "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" & The Unbearable Lightness of Being author
Milan Kundera (20-21 century Czech born now French)
"Invictus" poem - Latin for "unconquered"
William Ernest Henry (English late 19th century)
20th Century Female American writer & critic "The groves of Academe" & "The Group", "Memories of a Catholic Girlhood"
Mary McCarthy
Who wrote Toys in the Attic
Lillian Hellman (20th century American)
Czech Composer (1854-1928) of operas "the Makropoulos affair" "her stepdaughter" "from the house of the dead"
Leos Janacek
late 19th early 20th c french composer best known for operas Manon & Werther
Jules Massenet
Massenet's opera where the main character is supposed to enter a convent but doesn't
Manon
Tosca composer
Giacomo Puccini
Puccini opera where main character is a singer whose lover dies in a firing squad
Tosca
La Traviata Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Opera with "the red dress"
La Traviata
Verdi Opera with lead role of Violetta
La Traviata
Verdi Opera that translates to "the fallen woman"
La Traviata
Wagner's work that consists of these parts:
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
The Ring Cycle
Dutch-born 20th Century American artist who was a leader of Abstract Expressionism. Highly colored, often violent include "Woman" 1950's
Willem de Kooning
Writer of "The Decameron" also called Prince Galehaut & also wrote "On Famous Women"
Giovanni Boccaccio (14th century Italian)
Last president born in the 19th Century, oversaw cease-fire of Korean War
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For band
U2
Good Golly Miss Molly
Little Richard
Das Rheingold is what part of ring cycle
1st part
Die Walkure is what part of ring cycle
2 part
Siegfried is what part of ring cycle
3rd part
Gotterdammerung (twilight of the Gods) is what part of ring cycle
4th part
Puccini Opera Rent is based on
La Boheme
Composer of La Boheme
Puccini
fairy tale opera composed by Englebert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
The Magic Flute composer
Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro Composer
Mozart
Rigoletto composer
Verdi
la cenerentola opera composer
Rossini
Turandot composer
Puccini
Lucia di Lammermoor composer
Donizetti
Pagliacci composer
Leoncavallo
Cosi Fan Tutte composer
Mozart
Composer of "Funeral Music for Queen Mary" used in "A Clockwork Orange"
Henry Purcell (17th Century English Baroque)
Country where President died in 1994 in suspicious plane crash. Hutu militia killed 500k tutsis in act of genocide
Rwanda
Who sings "Georgia on My Mind"
Ray Charles
Who sings "Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
"The Times They Are A Changing"
Bob Dylan
il trovatore opera composer
verdi
Faust composer
Gounod
Die Fledermaus composer
J. Strauss
l'elisir d'amore composer
donizetti
Lynchburg Whiskey
Jack Daniels
What is the official name of South Korea
Republic of Korea
"Front Porch" campaign, 1880 Ohio Candidate
James Garfield
18th Century Austrian Classical composer. Credited with establishing symphony "Surprise Symphony" Clock Symphony" & many string quartets
Franz Josef Haydn
Who wrote The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
Who wrote Death comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
Painters known as "The Primitives" including Van Eyck
Flemish
1829 Novelist of "Les Chovans"
Balzac (19th century French novelist/playwright)
"magnus opus" or masterpiece of Balzac
La Comédie humaine (a series of short stories & novels set in the years after the fall of Napoleon in 1815)
Musical direction meaning "to be performed loudly" opposite is piano
Forte
Where is Marrakesh?
Morocco
Amendment requiring jury trials in civil suits where value exceeds $20
7th
Ernest Rutherford discovered this in 1911
Nucleus (He was a Kiwi worked in London and Canada too) Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1908. Discovered concept of "half-life", father of nuclear physics, widely credited for splitting the atom in 1917.
Who beat the Danes in 886 to keep all of England from being conquered
King Alfred the Great, 9th century, house of Wessex, only "The Great" British, king 871-899
Quetzalcoatl was an ancient nature god & Legendary ruler of these people of Mexico, usually a plumed serpent
Toltec (800-1000) CE, Aztecs (14-16th century) saw them as predecessors
Source of "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"
"An Essay on Criticism" by Alexander Pope (18th century English poet, 3rd most quoted in Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare & Tennyson; he is known for heroic couplet)
What stables did Hercules have to clean in his Labors?
Augean Stables
Danish Astronomer
Tycho Brahe 16th century (from Scania now Sweden then Denmark last of the great 'naked eye' astronomers)
State Motto, "The Last Frontier"
Alaska
State Motto, "The Keystone State"
Pennsylvania
Last book by James Joyce
Finnegan's Wake (Joyce is an early 20th century Irish novelist and poet)
Who wrote Dubliners
James Joyce (early 20th century Irish novelist and poet)
Who wrote A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce (early 20th century Irish novelist and poet)
Who wrote Exiles and poetry
James Joyce (early 20th century Irish novelist and poet)
Who wrote Ulysses
James Joyce (early 20th century Irish novelist and poet)
Festival commemorating the exodus of Jews from Slavery in Egypt
Passover
acts done to make up for sin
Penance
religious order of men that spearheaded the counter reformation
jesuits
members of the society of Jesus
Jesuits
Members of the religious order founded by Ignacius of Loyola
Jesuits
Founder of the jesuits
Ignacius of Loyola
Shaolin order is a chinese order of this religion
Buddhism
Carmelites, Dominicans, Fransciscans are known as these groups
Religious Orders
Religious orders sometimes known has black friars due to the black cloak they wear over their white habit
Dominicans
Founder of Dominicans in the 1200s
Saint Dominic
Religious order known has Jacobins in France b/c their first convent in Paris was built near church of Saint Jacques
Dominicans
latin pun on the name of this religious order gives them nickname hounds of the lord
Dominicans = domini canes
Saint Bertold is reported to be the founder this religious order
Carmelites
How religious order carmelites got their name
B/c they were founded near Mt. Carmel
Playwright of "A Doll's House", "Hedda Gabler", "Peer Gynt", "Pillars of Society", "Ghosts", "An Enemy of the People", "The Wild Duck" - Norwegian
Henrik Ibsen (19th century Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet)
Who sings "Yesterday"
The Beatles
Who sings "Louie Louie"
The Kingsmen
Who sings Layla
Derek and the Dominoes
Who sings "She Loves You"
The Beatles
Mbabane is the capital of
Swaziland
Swaziland's capital is
Mbabane
1930-40's catchphrase Who's Yehoodi? "Men" fiddler, one of 20th Century's greatest violin virtuoso
Yehudi Menuhin (happened on the bob hope show when he was a guest, continued on after that show)
The Silver State
Nevada
The Garden State
New Jersey
Who sings Light My Fire
The Doors
You've Lost That Loving' Feeling
The Righteous Brothers
2nd wife of Henry VIII Bore QE 1
Anne Boleyn, accused of adultery, lost her head
"Paris of the North"
Copenhagen
Who sings "Crying"
Roy Orbison
Baltimore paper
the Sun
Milwaukee paper
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The "sage of baltimore"
HL mencken
Who gave the scopes trial the "monkey" trial nickname
HL Mencken
how wrote "the american language" and "happy days" (his memoir
HL Mencken
Fresno paper
The Fresno Bee
German Painter & engraver 15th-16th c @ beginning of reformation. Notable woodcuts and many religious subjects
Albrecht Durer
His well-known works include the Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514), he was known for woodcuts & engravings
Albrecht Durer
Roman Goddess of agriculture
Ceres
Greek counterpart of Roman Goddess Ceres
Demeter
Who Sings "Love and Happiness"
Al Green
Who directed the film "La Strada"
Federico Fellini (20th century Italian director and screenwriter)
This Amendment ensures gender cannot be used as a voting criteria
19th
19th Amendment
gender cannot be used as a voting criteria
Film director John Woo's home city
Hong Kong
mother of persephone
Demeter
Goddess -queen of underworld - who is obliged to spend half the year in the underworld
Persephone
2 Chicago Papers
tribune & Sun-times
Salt Lake City Paper
The Salt Lake tribune
The prince of tides book & screenplay author
pat conroy
Two books by Pat Conroy that were made into oscar nominated films
Prince of tides & the great santini
San Diego paper
Union Tribune
Charlotte PaPER
The Charlotte Observer
Seattle Papers (2)
the Seattle Times & the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Play about Inez choosing hell face to face
No exit
US Standard lock type started 1965
yale
Who sings Sunshine of Your Love
Cream
Who sings Dead or Alive
Bon Jovi
Who sings Rollover Beethoven
Chuck Berry
Who sings walk on By
Dionne Warwick
Who wrote "Knowledge is Power"
Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626 English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method)
Amendment ensured no tax could be charged to vote for any federal office 1964
24
24th amendment
no tax charged to vote for any federal office
City formerly known as Petrograd (start of WWI to 1924) then Leningrad (1924 to fall of communism)
St. Petersburg
Source of "Eat, Drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die"
Bible, Ecclesiastes & Isaiah
Existentialist author of "No Exit" play
Jean Paul Sartre
13th letter of the Greek Alphabet
Nu
Broadway play - comedy about extravagant & incompetent king. His first wife queen marguerite trys to convince him he only has 90 minutes left to live (starred geoffrey rush & susan sarandon)
Exit the King
Romanian/French playwright of the theater of the absurd who wrote Exit the King
Eugene Ionesco
"absurd" writer whose works include: The Lesson (1951), The Chairs (1952), and Rhinoceros (1959).
Eugene Ionesco
18th-19th c German Composer Fifth Symphony & Ninth Symphony ("choral")
Ludwig van Beethoven
Greek and Roman God fo the west wind considered the most pleasant of the winds
Zephyr
Happily found time to finish "trout" quintet
Franz Schubert
Austrian Composer with a famous "unfinished symphony" - eighth
Franz Schubert
18th-19th c prolific austrian composer from early romantic period.
Franz Schubert
Hideous female monsters who relentlessly pursued evildoers
Furies
"The love of money is the root of all evil" who said
Paul in First Epistle of Paul to Timothy (new testament)
Venezuelan Lake
Lake Maracaibo
Rutherford discovered this particle in 1919
Proton
17th Century French author known for his Fables in which he pokes fun at the human condition
Jean de La Fontaine
Twins in Gone with the wind
Tarleton twins
Year Gone with the wind won best picture/actress/supporting actress/screenplay/director/cinematography etc.
1940
Father of PAN
Hermes/Mercury (or zeus or odysseus)
Type of being Pan is most like
satyr
He is on the $20 bill
Andrew Jackson
He is on $1 bill
Washington
He is on $5 bill
Lincoln
He is on $2 bill
Jefferson
He is on $10 bill
Alexander Hamilton
he is on $50 bill
Grant
He is on $100 bill
Ben Franklin
he is on the $100,000 bill
Woodrow Wilson
Treasury secretary under lincoln (and 6th Chief Justice of supreme court) on $10,000 bill
Salmon P Chase
"free Soil" party senator from Ohio 1849-1855
Salmon P Chase
Bill with Salmon P Chase that was printed 1928-1946
$10,000
Chief Justice who presided over impeachment of Andrew Johnson trial, and admitted John Rock - first african american attorney to argue a case in front of the supreme court
Salmon P Chase
he is on $5000 bill
James Madison
Largest denomination of bill that was only printed December 18, 1934 through January 9, 1935 and not released to circulation
$100, 000
Current denominations of paper money
1, 2, 5, 10 ,20, 50 , 100
president on the $1000 bill
Grover Cleveland
Mckinley is on this large denomination bill
$500
Alexander hamilton is on what bill
$10
Grover Cleveland is on this large denomination bill
$1000
Salmon P Chase was on this large bill
$10,000
James Madison was on this large bill
$5,000
Woodrow wilson was on this large bill
$100,000
New Orleans Paper
Times-Picayune
President that was a leader of Bourbon Democrats (conservative democrats)
Grover Cleveland
1876-1904 democrats who represented business interests, fought corrupt city bosses including Boss Tweed
Bourbon Democrats
early biographer of george washington who told story of washington cutting down cherry tree
Mason Weems
Mason ("Parson") weems most famous work is about the life of this president
Washington
King Arthur kinsman and enemy who causes his downfall
Mordred/Modred (some consider his illegitimate son, some nephew)
Mother of Titans & the cyclops
Gaia (greek)
Cormac McCarthy title from yeats poem
No country for old men
Cormac McCarthy book that became a best picture winner
with Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones & Josh Brolin
No country for old men
Greek Hero in the trojan war that conceived of the Trojan Horse
Odysseus
Haitian American Graffiti Artist
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Indianapolis Newspaper
Indianapolis star
great exhibition hall built in London in mid 19th c one of the first prefabricated buildings and w/large expanses of glass wall
Crystal Palace
king nicknamed "beauclerc" & "lion of justice" 1100-1135
Henry I
Number of Henry that succeeded his brother William II to the throne in 1100
Henry the first aka (beauclerc & Lion of Justice)
Long epic poem by Ovid w/numerous classical mythology stories. Many deal with miraculous transformations
Metamorphoses (Ovid was Roman 43bc-ad17or 18)
Composer of Così fan tutte (1790)
mozart (late 18th century Salzburg Austria was Holy Roman Empire @ that time; Classical style)
Principal composers of Baroque period
JS Bach, George Frederick Handel
Order of musical styles
Baroque (Bach), Classical (Mozart & Beethoven), Romantic (Beethoven)
Crusading Irish Journalist Veronica
Veronica Guerin (late 20th century murdered by drug lords)
14th President 1853-1857 democratic with VP william R King ( the VP died in office)
Franklin Pierce
The hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified Latin for "place of the skull" & its ancient name
calvary aka golgotha
Ft Worth Paper
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
St. Louis Paper
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
He interpreted the handwriting on the wall that the king & his kingdom would fall
Daniel
King that is killed by persians shortly after Daniel interprets the handwriting on the wall (written by a supernatural hand))
Belshazzar
Armenia Capital
Yerevan
Oklahoma paper
The oklahoman
Asmara is capital of
Eritrea
Tarawa Atoll is capital of
Kiribati
Japanese warrior ritual of suicide
hara kiri (har-i-keer-ee)
Libyan currency
dinar
Island nation of Kiribati was originally named this after the Britsh Captain who sighted them in 1788
Gilbert Islands
Porto Novo is capital of
Benin
Cincinnati Paper
The Cincinati Enquirer
Buffalo Paper
buffalo News
Thimphu is capital of
Bhutan
Democratic Replublic of the Congo capital
Kinshasa
Portugal Dictator served as PM from 1932-1968
Antonio de Salazar
Amer Officer William PRescott at the Battle of Bunker Hill is famous for this quote
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes
in 1940 Life magazine called him "the greatest Portuguese since Prince Henry the Navigator"
Antonio de Salazar
He founded & led Estado Novo (New state) that controlled Portugal 1932-74
Antonio de Salazar
Battle with quote: "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
Battle of Bunker Hill
Roman Name for the Titan who was the father of zeus
Saturn
Roman name for Zeus
Jupiter
Greek name for Saturn
Cronus
Roman counterpart for Cronus
Saturn
Zodiac sign March 21-april 20
Aries
Jacob and Esau's mother
Rebecca
12th president 1849-1850 Whig with Millard Fillmore VP
Zachary Taylor
Sacramento paper
The Sacramento Bee
Tampa Paper
Tampa Tribune
17th Century French mathmetician scientist, and religious thinker whose religious thoughts are collected in Pensées (thouhts)
Blaise Pascal (mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher)
1st solo hit "Mother and Child Reunion"
Paul Simon
What is in a lock
Tumblers and cylinders
Ballet composer of "Fancy Free"
Leonard Bernstein (20th century american conductor, composer, author, music lecturer, & pianist)
1740 Book, "Pamela: Or ????? Rewarded" written by Samuel Richardson
Virtue
She is currently on current $1 "golden dollar" coin
Sacagawea
he is on the dime
FDR
he is on the nickel
Jefferson
Toledo paper
The Blade
story of two friends. one set to be excuted. other stayed in his place while he went home to get affairs in order. King impressed by their friendship.
Damon & Pythias
Story of king tired of a nobleman's flattery sat him at a banquet under a sword hung by a single hair
sword of damocles
US Poet indicted for treason for fascist propaganda in wwii
Ezra Pound
"traitorous" poet that wrote "the cantos" or "the pisan cantos"
Ezra Pound
21st President - Republican 1881-1885 no vp
Chester Arthur (no vp b/c of assassination of garfield)
1883 act that stipulated government jobs should be awarded based on merit
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act aka Pendleton Act
King Arthur's Nephew - Brash warrior, loyal to king, consummate ladies man, defender of poor
Sir Gawain
Sir Gawain appears in a story with this color Knight
Green
Star of Chico & the Man
Freddie Prinze
the division between sunni & shi'ite
dispute over muhammad's successor. sunni's thought should be by election/consensus/majority.
Shi'ite thought should be from family
First section of "the Divine Comedy" by Dante
Inferno
epic poet with last name alighieri
Dante
Epic Poem in 3 parts (canticas) Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
Divine Comedy
Author of Divine Comedy
Dante
men's fraternal organization that claim descent from the builders of the temple of Jerusalem
Freemasons
President assassinated by Charles J Guiteau
James Garfield
Made the first solo round the world flight in 1933 improving on his previous time record for around the world with navigator Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Will Rogers died in a plane crash with this pilot
Wiley Post
Mountain upon which Noah's ARk came to rest
Mt Ararat
what amelia earhart was trying to do when she disappeared in 1937
fly around the world
reached the South Pole 1st & 2nd
1st - Roald Amundsen, 2nd Robert Scott
First person undisputedly reach both north & south poles
Roald Amundsen
British explorer Robert F Scott was the second to arrive here
South Pole
US Frederick Cook & Brit Robert Peary claim to be the first here in 1908 & 1909 respectively
North Pole
Musicals, Funny Girl and Funny Lady are based on her life
Fannie Brice
1960 Summer Olympics location
Rome
She headlined Ziegfield Follies in 1910-1911 and was played by Barbara Streisand
Fannie Brice
A change is gonna come singer
Sam cooke
Priest in Troy during Trojan war "I am wary of greeks even when they are bringing gifts" - he & his 2 sons are killed by two enormous snakes sent by poseidon or athena
Laocoon
Irish poet (and playwright) of Leda and the Swan (about zeus as a swan seducing Leda)
W.B. Yeats
Little Rock Paper
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
San Antonio paper
San Antonio Express News
Columbus Paper
The Columbus Dispatch
Hannukkah celebrates Jewish vicotry over who in 2nd century bc
Syrians
Qatar capital
Doha
Bhagavad Gita & the vedas are sacred writings of this religion
Hinduism
Composer of The Barber of Seville
Gioacchino Rossini - about Figaro
Fairy tale character poisoned by a poisoned apple
Snow White
15th President 1857-1861 democrat with John C Breckenridge VP
James Buchanan
Boston Papers (2)
Globe & Herald
Arizona paper
The Arizona Republic
Orlando paper
The Orlando Sentinel
Tree in Garden of Eden
Tree of Knowledge of good and evil
who discovered jamaica
christopher columbus
"De Mian" is a bildungsroman by this german novelist & poet
herman hesse
German-swiss poet/author won nobel prize in literature in 1946 best known works include: Steppenwolf,Siddhartha the glass bead game
Herman hesse
San Jose Newspaper
San Jose Mercury News
Tulsa paper
Tulsa World
Who created detective Philip Marlowe
Raymond Chandler
Fictional detective in "the big sleep" & "the long goodbye" by raymond chandler
Philip Marlowe
22nd president 1885-1889 Democratic - vp was thomas a Hendricks (who died)
Grover Cleveland
22nd & 24th President
Grover Cleveland
P.M sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960)
Sri Lanka
Artist who popularized donkey & elephant for us political parties
Thomas Nast
German-born american artist and caricaturist credited with modern version of santa claus & uncle sam
Thomas Nast
editorial cartoonist considered "father of the american cartoon"
Thomas Nast
Stadium billed as the Eighth wonder of the world
Astrodome
What is Butterfield 8
Telephone Exchange 288 - service to ritzy Manhattan Upper East Side
God made covenant w/him priomising to give his family the land of canaan
abraham
Port Said is on what canal
Suez Canal
world's widest river
amazon
Angel in Jewish, Christian and muslim belief as a messenger from god including appearing to Mary
Gabriel
conquest, War, Famine & Plague are who?
4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse
4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse have what color horses
White-Conquest, Red - War, Famine - Black, Plague - Pale
elvis presley middle name
aaron
Former british possession on chinese mainland
hong kong
New York City political organization run by boss tweed
Tammany Hall or Society of St. Tammany or Sons of St Tammany
Tammany hall was weakened by the election of this mayor on a republican fusion ticket in 1934
Fiorello La Guardia
Bible book containing the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Revelation
Calf killed for the return of the prodigal son
the fatted calf
the greatest virtue according to Paul
Charity
The three great virtues for Christians in the new testament
faith, hope & charity
1st racehorse to win $1,000,000 (late 40s/early 50s)
Citation
what erupts every hour at yellowstone
old faithful
america's first national park
Yellowstone
National park in wyoming, montana & idaho
Yellowstone
What did archimedes say when discovering principal of bouyancy
eureka!
200s BC Greek physicist, mathematician, engineer, inventor (from syracuse)
Archimedes
Greek with a screw named after him - and who had to determine if silver was used in a gold crown
Archimedes
Old testament book containing reflections of "the PReacher" philosopher
ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes means this in hebrew
Preacher
author of this book of bible introduces himself as "Son of david, king of jerusalem"
Ecclesiastes
book of the bible with quotes: "the sun also rises" , "nothing new under the sun", "he who increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow"
Ecclesiastes
It is believed King Solomon might be the author of this book of the bible
ecclesiastes
What is the Golden Rule
do unto others as you would have them do unto you
a follower of jesus - adhered to his teaching and transmitted it to others
disciple (the 12 closest are the apostles)
Collection of writings containing nearly all of the old testatment found in a cave in 1940s
Dead sea scrolls
Who played lois lane in 1978 super man movie?
Margot kidder
According to the Gospels, Jesus is descended from this king
David
Country bounded in part by indian ocean, coral sea & tasman sea
australia
Successor to King Saul
David
First king of the united kingdom of Israel
Saul
Main account of King Saul's life is in this book of the bible
Book of Samuel
Bible king who fell on his sword to avoid capture by PHilistines. His son-in-law David succeeded him
King Saul
King Saul comes from this tribe from the youngest son of Jacob by Rachael
Benjamin
Bible man renamed "israel" by an angel
Jacob
Bible king famed as a harpist
David
Goliath was a giant warrior of these peopLE
Philistines
city on crete aka labyrinth excavated by Sir Arthur Evans
Knossos
town that was probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan society
Knossos/Labyrinth
He was thrown in a lions' den but emerged unharmed the next day
Daniel
Sun God of Ancient Egypt
Ra
What the Roman SOldiers put on the head of Jesus before the crucifixion
Crown of thorns
Egyption god of the afterlife/underworld/dead
Osiris
Egyptian god oldest son of Earth God Geb & Sky God Nut married his sister Isis
Osiris
Egyptian Goddess depicted with throne on her head married her brother Osiris
Isis
Egyptian god of earth
Geb
Egyptian god of sky
Nut
Isis is oft considered the mother of this hawk-headed god of war and protection
Horace
Other son of Geb & Nut who married twin Nepthys and conflicted with Osiris, isis & Horace
Set
Egyptian god whose depiction is part "typhonic" beast
Set
In the bible an agreement between God and his people
Covenant
The Four Gospels in the BIble
Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
Teachings of Jesus - From latin for "blessed" including: blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth"
Beatitudes
Set of teachings of Jesus that appear in Matthew & Luke
Beatitudes
Sermon on the Mount containing 8 beatitudes appears in this book of the bible
Matthew
who wrote "the dragons of eden" & "broca's Brain"
carl sagan
American astronomer/writer who one pulitzer prize for literature in 1978 (book written in 1977)
Carl Sagan
American astronomer known for his television series Cosmos
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan wrote this novel that became a Hugo Award winning film starring Jodie Foster
Contact
He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. & helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957
MLK, Jr
Year MLK delivered his I have a dream speech at the March on Washington
1963
Year & Place MLK was assassinated
1968, Memphis, TN at the Lorraine Motel
Who Assassinated MLK, Jr
James Earl Ray
He was known for the concepts of perestroika & glasnost
Mikhail Gorbachev
Russian word for economic/political restructuring
perestroika
russian word for openness
glasnost
Attempt to overthrow Gorbachev in 1991 aka with this "monthly" name
August Putsch or August Coup
First president of the Russian Federataion 1991-1999
Boris Yeltsin
Second president of the Russian Federation (after yeltsin) and current prime minister
Vladimir Putin
His attempt to seek a third non-consecutive term as president is believed to have caused the 2011 Russian election protests
Vladimir Putin
West Bank is "west bank" of what river
Jordan River
Country previously known as the "united arab republic"
egypt
War in 1967 where Israel gained control of West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip & East Jerusalem
Six Day War
Aka Third Arab-Israeli War
Six Day War
Burmese diplomat who was the third UN Secretary General after Hammarskjold died
U Thant
Third UN Secretary General serving 1961-1971
U Thant (from Burma)
Former Capital of Burma (myanmar) that is still the largest city . Where crisis occurred over burial of U Thant
Rangoon
This country has a "built to order" capital - Nai Pyi Taw that replaced Rangoon/Yangon as the capital
Burma/myanmar
Honiara is the capital of the now-independent country where JFK shipwrecked
Solomon Islands
JFK's Boat
PT-109
Battle in the solomon islands that was codenamed "Operation Watchtower" by the allied forces whose victory helped changed from defensive to strategic postition for the Allies
Battle of Guadalcanal
War with Battle of Guadalcanal
WWII
African American author/essayist known for Essay "notes of a native son" and 1st book "go tell it on a mountain"
James Baldwin
Novel by Richard Wright telling the storry of 20 year old african american Bigger Thomas growing up in poverty in Chicago
Native Son
Playwright's last play was "finishing the picture" the story of the making of "the misfits"
Arthur Miller
1961 Movie that was the last film appearance for Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe,where screenplay was written by Arthur Miller
The Misfits
Death of Salesman playwright
Arthur Miller
The Crucible playwright
Arthur Miller
A View from the Bridge playwright
Arthur Miller
Daniel Day Lewis is the son in law of this American playwright
Arthur Miller
3 wives of this american playwright are: Mary Slattery, Marilyn Monroe, Inge Morath
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller married this famous actress
Marilyn Monroe
Play about the Salem Witch Trials by Arthur Miller
The Crucible
Playwright interviewed by the house of reps committee on Un-american Activities and convicted of "contempt of congress" in 1956
Arthur Miller
Arthur MIller play that won 1949 Pulitzer prize for Drama & Tony award for best play
Death of a Salesman
The "salesman" in Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Arthur miller play about Eddie Carbone, an italian american longshoreman with inappropriate feelings toward his niece Catherine
A View from the Bridge (the bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge)
"sweet" appalachian folk instrument
Dolcemer
Blind Propeht who revealed the truth of Oedipus
Tiresias
The blind prophet of Thebes in Greek Mythology famous for clairvoyance & being transformed to a women for 7 years
Tiresias
Roman Goddes of the Hearth and home (cities were supposed to have a public hearth w/fire constantly burning dedicated to her)
Vesta
Greek Goddes of the Earth who gave birth to sky, mountains & the sea
Gaea or Gaia
Source of "nothing will come of nothing" -
King Lear in Shakespeare's King Lear - telling daughter Cordelia that she will not get anything from him if she does not make elaborate speeches regarding love for him.
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown - source
King Henry IV Part Two -by shakespeare
Goneril, Regan & Cordelia are his daughters
King Lear
Duke of Albany, husband to Goneril[4]
Duke of Cornwall, husband to Regan
Earl of Gloucester (sometimes written as Gloster)
Earl of Kent,
are characters in this Shakespeare play
King Lear
Source of "pride goeth before the fall"
adapted from sayings in Proverbs
A little Night Music Composer (for orchestra)
Mozart
German-born 20th c architect was a founder of Bauhaus school & functionalism
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius found this school of architecture
Bauhaus
Roman god of doors and gatewys and beginnings. January is named for him/her
Janus
the proof of the pudding is in the eating - source book
Don quixote by cervantes
British king 1901-10 first of the house Saxo-Coburg and Gotha - which his son George V renamed House of Windsor
Edward VII
Son of Queen Victoria who held the title of Prince of Wales the longest
Edward VII
King popularly called the "peacemaker" for good relations with European countries, but still could not prevent WWI (in 1914 4 years after his death)
Edward VII
Number of King George 1910-36
George V
Son of King George V that succeeded him
Edward VIII
One of the shortest reigns of King at 326 days - abdicated throne to marry Wallis Simpson - American divorcee
Edward VIII
Prince Albert Became this king upon abdication by his brother Edward VIII
George VI
Number of Labors of Hercules
12
George Santayana (spanish born amer. author) 19th-20th C said "those who cannot remember the past are --- --- --- --
Condemned to repeat it
We have me the enemy and they are us - referred to this in comic strip "pogo"
the turmoil caused by Vietnam War - adaptation of Oliver Perry saying - "we have met the enemy and they are ours" after naval battle
tragedy by sophocles where title character is punished for burying her brother
Antigone
Author who introduced the GLass family in 1948 short story - " a perfect day for bananafish"
j. d. salinger
Fictional family of characters in several short stories by J. D. Salinger
Glass Family
Operation Barbarossa - was the code name of Nazis invading this country
Russia
Baroque composer who worked for Frederick the Great
Bach
"The Musical Offering" is a collection of canons and fugues and other pieces by this composer dedicated to Frederick the Great -
Bach
Book where the title character Emma, is dissatisfied w/her marriage and seeks happiness in adultery. finally commits suicide.
Madame Bovary
French Author of Madame Bovary(1857)
Gustave Flaubert
According to Roman poet, who spent half life as man & half as woman and blinded by Juno
Tiresias
Automotive Flop named for only child of Henry FOrd
Edsel
Book where the title character Emma, is dissatisfied w/her marriage and seeks happiness in adultery. finally commits suicide.
Madame Bovary
What to the French Call La Manche
English Channel
French Author of Madame Bovary(1857)
Gustave Flaubert
Book where the title character Emma, is dissatisfied w/her marriage and seeks happiness in adultery. finally commits suicide.
Madame Bovary
According to Roman poet, who spent half life as man & half as woman and blinded by Juno
Tiresias
Automotive Flop named for only child of Henry FOrd
Edsel
French Author of Madame Bovary(1857)
Gustave Flaubert
What to the French Call La Manche
English Channel
Book where the title character Emma, is dissatisfied w/her marriage and seeks happiness in adultery. finally commits suicide.
Madame Bovary
According to Roman poet, who spent half life as man & half as woman and blinded by Juno
Tiresias
Book where the title character Emma, is dissatisfied w/her marriage and seeks happiness in adultery. finally commits suicide.
Madame Bovary
French Author of Madame Bovary(1857)
Gustave Flaubert
Automotive Flop named for only child of Henry FOrd
Edsel
French Author of Madame Bovary(1857)
Gustave Flaubert
According to Roman poet, who spent half life as man & half as woman and blinded by Juno
Tiresias
What to the French Call La Manche
English Channel
According to Roman poet, who spent half life as man & half as woman and blinded by Juno
Tiresias
Automotive Flop named for only child of Henry FOrd
Edsel
Automotive Flop named for only child of Henry FOrd
Edsel
What to the French Call La Manche
English Channel
What to the French Call La Manche
English Channel
4th president that was on the $5,000 bill
Madison
Joseph & benjamin's mother
Rachel
Another name for Satan from Milton's Paradise Lost - starts & ends in "B"
Beelzebub
17th c english poet of Paradise Lost
John Milton
Epic poem recounting the Fall of Man - The temptation of Adam & Eve by Satan
Paradise Lost
Milton's purpose in writing this was to "justify the ways of God to men"
Paradise Lost
Milton poem that deals with the temptation of Christ as recounted in Gospel of Luke
Paradise Regained
the story of jesus when he fasted for 40 days after baptism and was tempted by Satan - which he declined. Told in Matthew, Mark & Luke
Temptation of Christ
who got a "coat of many colors" and from whom?
Joseph got the coat from Jacob
President 22 & 24 was on the $1,000 bill
Grover Cleveland
What country's currency is the bolivar
Venezuela
Venezeulan millitary & political leader who witnessed the coronation of Napolean at Notre Dame while in Paris
Simon Bolivar
Venezuelan military & political leader who led fight for independence for Colombia (aka New Granada), and the areas of venezuela, peru..etc
Simon Bolivar
UNESCO headquarters building is in what city
Paris
Son Cursed by Noah for not turning away when NOah was drunk & naked
Ham
Austin Paper
Austin American- Statesman
Portland, OR paper
The Oregonian
rum + coconut milk +pineapple
Pina colada
COuntry with the most Dams
The US
Dam in Washington that is the largest electric power producing facility in the US
Grand Coulee dam
State & River of Grand Coulee Dam
Washington Columbia River
State(S) & River of the Hoover Dam
Border of Arizona & Nevada - Colorado river
Dam once known as Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
Lake on one side of Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
Boulder City, NV is a municipality original created for workers on this construction project
Hoover Dam construction
what is a cherub (plural cherubum)
Angel
Who did the burning bush appear to?>
Moses
Where did burning bush appear?
Mt. Sinai
Book of Bible with story of Moses
Exodus
Original use of Leaning Tower of Pisa
Bell Tower
Pittsburgh Paper
Pittsburgh post-Gazette
AL Capone's nickname
Scarface
Brooklyn born gangster - moved to Chicago and had many prohibition-era Bootlegging & smuggling activities
Al 'scarface" Capone
Chicago Gangster involved in St Valentine's Day Massacre when 7 rival gang members (of Bugs Moran)were executed
Al 'scarface' Capone
Al "scarface" Capone spent 1934-1939 term in prison at this newly opened prison
Alcatraz
Name shared by a gang in NYC in the mid 19th cent & group of fictional NYC characters subject of films from 1946-58
Bowery Boys
The Cisco Kid's Faithful sidekick
Pancho
Group of 13 federal agents led by Elliot Ness to take down Al "scarface" Capone . They were legendary for being fearless & incorruptible
The Untouchables
Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro & Sean Connery star in this 1987 crime drama directed by Brian de Palma & written by David Mamet (based on a bookO)
The Untouchables
First tv series filmed in color - about two desperados
The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid was first introduced in a story by this gift of the maji author
O Henry
Their horses were named Diablo & Loco
Cisco & Pancho
Creator of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
The beginning and end of the Greek Alphabet
Alpha & Omega
Cy Young Award is for this position
Pitcher
He pitched the first perfect game in baseball's "modern era" - and holds the record for most career innings pitched and career games started
Cy Young
Word for someone who is not a Jew
Gentile
Best knwon work of 20th C French Writer and aviator chronicled early years in commerical aviation w "wind, sand and stars" Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The little prince
Greek God of the Wedding feast
Hymen
Frequently recurring bit of melody, usually in Opera associated w/person, thing or emotion - particularly associated with Richard Wagner operas
Leitmotif
Gene Hackman played this role in The French Connection
Popeye Doyle (1971 film by William Friedkin, first r rated Oscar Best Picture, fictionalized account of heroin trade france to NYC Best actor Hackman, Best director, Best film editing, Best adapted screenplay)
'Dis' is another name for him
Hades/Pluto - Dis Pater was roman (gaulish) god of the underworld later subsumed by Hades/Pluto
Who was replaced by Castro
Fulgencio Batista leader of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959
My Kingdom for a Horse? Shakespeare
King Richard the Third (1591)
Fabled Inca stone fortress in Peru
Machu Picchu (15th century, unknown to spanish, incomplete)
Odette is a character in what ballet
Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky 1875-6) Bolshoi Ballet premier 1877
20th Century American playwright known for theater of the absurd. "A Delicate Balance", "Tiny Alice", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "The Zoo Story", "The Goat:or who is sylvia", "The american dream"
Edward Albee (American playwright 1928-
2nd longest Chinese river
The Yellow River
Siberian Lake - The world's deepest
Lake Baikal
Darwin's ship
the beagle
Musical containing bali Hai
South Pacific
washington irving character had "an insuperable aversionn to all kinds of profitable labor"
rip van winkle
"franny" & "zoe" stories author -
JD Salinger
F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories "tales of" this - first is "my last flappers"
The jazz age
Alf Landon state
Kansas
english poet thomas hoccleve, a contemporary of this man, called him the "firste fyndere of our fair language"
Chaucer
Medieval English Writer often called "Father of English Literature"
Chaucer
what movie:
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
Gone with the wind - Rhett Butler(clark gable) 1939
what movie:
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
Don Vito Corleone (Brando) in The Godfather (to Johnny fontane about Woltz) -1972
What movie:
"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
Terry Mallow (Marlon Brando) in On the Waterfront - 1954
"Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) in The Wizard of Oz 1939
"here's looking at you, kid"
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) in Casablanca
"Go ahead, make my day"
Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) in Sudden Impact (4th in Dirty Harry series films) 1983
"All Right, Mr. Demille, I'm ready for my close-up"
Norma Desmond(Gloria Swanson) in Sunset Boulevard
"may the force be with you"
Han Solo (harrison ford) in Star Wars
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve
"You talkin' to me?"
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Taxi Driver
Marmee is a character in this book?
Little Woman
From Latin "to Suffer" describes couples who get along
Compatible
U.S. bay that is submerged valley of the Susquehanna river
Chesapeake Bay
Fairy tale character from Charles Perrault, monstrous villain who marries seven women kills first 6 of them for disobedience for looking behind a certain door
Bluebeard
From the sublime to the ridiculous is ??? ??? ????
But a step (attributed to Napoleon & Talleyrand french statesman)
Play based on 1954 novel: mother discovers her daughter Rhoda is an amoral murderer
The Bad Seed
20th Century French architect & city planner known for buildings w/unusual curves and unconventional shapes
Le Corbusier
Broadway Muscial about northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, score includes Latin, hip-hop & old fashioned ballads
In the Heights (final performance 4/3/2011, 2008 tony best musical)
Russian Czar 1547-84
Ivan the Terrible
Rick James song (a very kinky girl)
Superfreak
Commonwealth day in england originally on may 24 birthday of 19th century queen
Victoria
20th century british author "Sons and Lovers" "Women in Love" "Lady Chatterly's Lover"
D.H. Lawrence
20th Century American Composer and Band Leader "In The Mood", "Moonlight Serenade" band known for numbers like those
Glenn Miller
16th Century French writer known for his "Essays"
Michel de Montaigne, father of Modern Skepticism, Renaissance
Hubert Selby Jr. Brooklyn Novel
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) 20th century american writer, died 2004
"what we've got here is failure to communicate"
Captain (strother martin) Cool Hand Luke 1967
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
Lt. Col Bill Kilgore (robert duvall) apocalypse Now 1979
"Love means never having to say you're sorry"
Jennifer Cavilleri (ali macgraw) Love Story 1970
"the stuff that dreams are made of."
Sam Spade (humphrey bogart) The Maltese Falcon 1941
"E.T. phone home"
ET (pat welsh) E.T. the extra-terrestrial 1982
"they call me mister tibbs!"
Virgil Tibbs (sidney poitier) In the heat of the night 1967
"rosebud."
Charles Foster Kan (Orson Welles) Citizen Kane 1941
"Made it, Ma! Top of the World!"
Arthur "cody" jarrett (james cagney) White Heat 1949
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Howard Beale (Peter Finch) Network 1976
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) Casablanca
"Bond. James Bond"
james Bond (sean connery) Dr. No 1962
"There's no place like home"
Dorothy Gale (judy garland) the wizard of oz 1939
"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."
Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) Sunset Boulevard 1950
"show me the money!"
Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding, Jr) Jerry Maguire 1996
"why don't you come up sometime and see me?"
Lady Lou (Mae West) She done him wrong 1933
"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!"
"ratso" Rizzo (dustin Hoffman) Midnight Cowboy 1969
The only X rated film ever to win Best Picture
Midnight Cowboy
"Play it, Sam. Play "as time goes by""
Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) Casablanca 1942
"You can't handle the truth!"
Col. Nathan R Jessep (jack nicholson) A Few Good men 1992
"I want to be alone"
Grusinskaya (greta garbo) Grand Hotel 1932
Who wrote "The Assistant"
Bernard Malamoud (20th century american jewish author) First book was The Natural
Author of "The Social Contract" an important influence on the french revolution
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (18th century Swiss born )
This straight connect Sea of Marmara with Aegean Sea
Dardanelles
No excessive bail or fines and no cruel or unusual punishments ammendment
8th amendment
20th century austrian author of "the Trial" and "the metamorphosis"
Franz Kafka (1883-1924 born in Prague jewish)
"After All, tomorrow is another day!"
Scarlett O'Hara (vivien Leigh) Gone with the wind 1939
"round up the usual suspects."
Capt Louis Renault (Claude Rains) Casablanca
"I'll have what she's having"
Customer (estelle reiner) When Harry met Sally... 1989
"You know how to whistle, don't you steve? You just put your lips together and blow."
Marie "slim" Browning (Lauren Bacall) To have and have not 1944
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) Jaws 1975
"badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"
"Gold Hat" (Alfonso Bedoya) The treasure of the sierra Madre 1948
"I'll be back"
The Terminator (arnold schwarzenegger) The Terminator 1984
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth"
Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper) The Pride of the Yankees 1942
"if you build it, he will come"
Shoeless Joe Jackson (ray Liotta -voice) Field of Dreams 1989
"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Forrest Gump (Tom hanks) Forrest Gump 1994
"we rob banks."
Clyde barrow. (Warren Beatty) Bonnie and Clyde 1967
"Plastics."
Mr. Maguire (walter brooke) the graduate 1967
"we'll always have paris"
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) Casablanca 1942
"I see dead people"
Cole sear (haley Joel Osment) The Sixth Sense 1999
"Stella! Hey, Stella"
Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando) A streetcar named desire 1951
"oh, jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."
Charlotte Vale (bette davis) Now, Voyager 1942
"shane. Shane. Come back!"
Joey Starrett (Brandon De Wilde) shane 1953
"Well, Nobody's perfect."
Osgood Fielding III (Joe E Brown) Some Like it Hot 1959
"it's alive! It's alive!"
Henry Frankenstein (colin Clive) Frankenstein 1931
"Houston, we have a problem"
Jim Lovell (tom hanks) apollo 13 1995
"Boer" & Paul Kruger = what country
South Africa
North extension of Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska
Bering Sea (connects to arctic through Bering Strait)
Hungarian Piano Virtuoso aka "Napoleon of the Piano"
Liszt (19th century)
First public electric supply in 1881 in this country
England
Chinua Achebe wrote what book?
"Things Fall Apart" (Chinua Achebe born 1930- Nigerian) 8 million copies translated into 50 languages.
Most prestigious international prize for mathematicians given every 4 years
Fields Medal
River runs from BC to pacific & passes between Oregon & Washington. Bonneville & Grand Coulee Dams, great salmon runs
Columbia river
Names of Space Shuttles
Columbia, challenger, discovery, atlantis, endeavor
Space Shuttle that blew up 73 seconds after take off
Challenger
Space Shuttle that blew up on reentry
Columbia
chrissie hynde is guitarist/singer in this group
the pretenders
Dave Grohl band that recorded "wasting light" in 2011
The Foo Fighters
Paul Simonon Group recorded "london Calling"
the clash
Dolore O'riordan is lead singer of this group with hit "linger"
The Cranberries
ithaca NY University
Cornell
Pasadena california geek school
Cal tech
the name of the Hunchback of notre dame
Quasimoto
Language in use in the region of al andalus in spain in the middle ages
Arabic (moors were in control)
Author of Decameron
Boccaccio
Major ports on this river include yaroslavl, nizhny novgorod, rybinsk
The Volga
longest muscle in the body
sartorius
river that a canadian gold rush is named for (not yukon)
klondike
fabled lost city of gold
el dorado
Ruler of judea attempted to kill the infant jesus
Herrod
This period began in 1660 with the return of charles II
The Restoration
First major city to have a female mayor
Seattle (Bertha Landes)
Female Supreme court justice from NY Born to puerto rican parents
sonia sotomayor
this desert of moses
Sinai
Singapore has historical ties to this country
Malaysia
since 1066 the longest consecutive period when the monarch had the same name was 116 years with this given name
George
French named style of furniture that was "new" around 1900 was characterized by the graceful whiplash curve
(art) nouveau
Nixies of German mythology and Naiads of greek live in this environment
water
wee supernatural being from latin for "spirit"
sprite
forbidden dance from 1990 film
lambada
early nuclear submarine
nautilus
swinging sixites london was scene for this woman born lesley hornby
twiggy
french for shelf
etagere
Runner at Oregon with 7 NCAA track titles tragically died at 24
Steve Prefontaine
Al Oerter won this event four times in the olympics (track & field)
discus
line that passes through the two foci of an ellipse ("major")
Major axis
GBS play about a woman who joins the salvation army ("major")
Major Barbara
Commissioned officer in army that wears two stars ("major")
Major General
She won first olympic marathon in 1984 & ran under 2;50 in the NY marathon in 2009
Joan Benoit (american)
"call of the wild" author
Jack london
"white fang" author
Jack london
Main Character in "call of the wild"
Buck
City where Mckinley is shot
Buffalo
French word for deep fissure in a glacier
crevasse
"all earth" super continent
pangea
songrwriter of "anything goes" which includes "i get a kick out of you"
Cole porter
American Author (and one time candidate for california governer) of the Jungle (about meat-packing industry)
Upton Sinclair
Time magazine called this muckraking author a man with "every gift except humor and silence.:"
Upton Sinclair
"rabbit, run" author
John Updike
in 1930 he became the first american author to win the nobel prize in literature
Sinclair Lewis
american author of "Babbit", "Elmer Gantry" & "It can't happen here"
Sinclair Lewis
"colorful" Richard Llewellyn novel set in a welsh mining community was made intoa a 1941 oscar-winning film
How green was my valley
First a cappella recording to top the billboard 100 - inspired by a meher baba saying
Don't worry be happy
Movie "A Mighty Heart" about this journalist in Pakistan & wife Mariane
Daniel Pearl
name of the Pope's Hat
Mitre
Social events in Judaism for boys & girls at 13
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
The Buddha is considered an avatar of this Hindu god
Vishnu
novel about a trial of one of four brothers for the murder of his father
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (19th century russian)
Wrote "Notes from the Underground"
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (19th century russian)
Wrote Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (19th century russian)
Wrote "The Idiot"
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (19th century russian)
Daughter of King Oedipus buried her brother (was forbidden to do so) and then condemned to death for her crime
Antigone
The Divine Comedy was written as memorial to her, who Dante loved
Beatrice
1937 classic disney movie that had a special honorary oscar
Snow White and the seven dwarfs
First Movie to have an official soundtrack released album
Snow White and the seven dwarfs
Disney film considered the first full length animated film
Snow White and the Seven dwarfs
california valley that hosted the 1960 winter olympics
Squaw Valley
in 1870s new york society, newland archer falls in love with ellen olenska in this novel
Age of Innocence
Age of Innocence author (1920)
Edith wharton
Edith Wharton won the 1921 PUlitzer prize for this novel
Age of Innocence
She won the first Pulitzer awarded to a woman
Edith Wharton
Author of "the house of Mirth"
Edith Wharton
One possible origin of "keeping up with the joneses" is that it is based on this american author's father's family
Edith Wharton
American Author of "Ethan Frome" & "The marne" who also wrote books on design
Edith Wharton
Hemingway Novel, with Robert Jordan - a young us professor- serves as a dynamiter in the spanish civil war
For whom the bell tolls
The title of his 1959 novel "the mansion" refers to the de spain home in jefferson, mississipp
William Faulkner
Chester Gillette's murder of his pregnant girlfriend inspired this 1925 theordore dreiser novel
An American Tragedy
American author of the Naturalist school who wrote Sister Carrie & An American Tragedy
THeodore Dreiser
The 1951 Movie " A place in the sun" is based on this 1925 novel
An American Tragedy
5 star general & defense secretary, in 1953 he became the first career military man to receive the nobel peace prize
George C Marshall
5-star general who was Chief of staff of the army, secretary of state & defense secretary
George C Marshall
This was the basis of the awarding of the 1953 Peace prize to a US WWII era general
The Marshall Plan
Large scale economic plan for US to help rebuild Europe after WWII
The Marshall Plan
he was called the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill
George C Marshall
This south carolinian was known as the "great nullifier" for his view that states could reject natl. laws
John C Calhoun
beaded lizard is this "country"
Mexican
This african country has castle of Goede Hoop
South Africa
synonym for spying was the name of a 1917 wartime act of congress
espionage
Noah released these two birds to test for dry land dove & this
raven
vitamin b9 is also known as this
folic acid
herb often paired with goldenseal to fight colds - be cautious if you have allergy to plants like ragweed
echinacea
EPA is one of these fatty acids from fish oils said to help lower blood pressure
omega 3
1987 vice president
george hw bush
1977 vp (carter's vp)
walter mondale
Nickname & location of VP's residence
Admiral's house at the us naval observatory (Number one observatory circle)
Vp for Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
only president never to be elected President or Vice President by electoral college
Gerald Ford
Ford's Previous position before being VP
Republican Minority Leader of the house
Who resigned for Ford to become VP
Spiro Agnew
State Spiro Agnew was governor of
Maryland
Two lovers. He brings her from Ireland to be his Uncle's bride. They drink a potion that makes them love each other. Uncle (king) gets mad and banishes him. She comes to him after he is dead. She dies next to him.
Tristan & Iseult (i-soohlt)
"you can't make a silk purse from ????"
A sow's ear
Country also the name of a greek province marked by conflict between minority albanians and majority slavs
Macedonia
2 bodies of water Israel Borders
Mediterranean & Gulf of Aqaba (arm of red sea)
Nobel prizes except for Peace are awarded in this city
Stockholm
First greek american to be governor & VP of the US
Spiro Agnew
South american Camel spelled with a tilde
Vicuna
Group with Frontman Steven Tyler
Aerosmith
group with frontman ozzy osborne
black sabbath
group with frontman adam levine
maroon five
group with frontwoman Bjork
the Sugarcubes
group with frontwoman debbie harry
blondie
Where is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded?
Oslo Norway
1685-1757 Italian Composer, friend of Handel (his dad taught Handel), became music master to a Portuguese princess who later became Queen of Spain taking him w/her. Compose the 555 sonatas aka essercizi for the harpsichord
Domenico Scarlatti (Baroque, influenced classical style)
country nickname : "breadbasket of europe" stretching from uzhgorod to luhansk
Ukraine
St petersburg is on this sea
baltic sea
Gulf of baltic sea that st petersburg is on
Gulf of Finland
what space shuttle launched the Hubble telescope in 1990
Discovery
The great northern war around 1700 was Russia (let by peter the great) and this scandinavian kingdom
Sweden
country part of sweden 12-19th c and autonomous grand duchy of russia 1809-1917
Finland
Loner in the group of Breakfast club played by her
Ali Sheedy
Year of German unification
1990
captain created by ted turner in 1990 who fights eco villians
captain planet
State against miranda in original supreme court case
arizona
a blend of two or more words to become one - like smoke+fog=smog
portmonteau
laker lamar odom (now maverick) married which kardashian
khloe
shakespeare roman general who cut off his hand
Titus Andronicus
cafeteria on movie studio lot
commissary
journalism more serious than correction - and means we take the whole thing back
retraction
Maestro Maazel with this american orchestra in 2008
New york philharmonic
WGA stands for this (guild)
Writers Guild of America
AFl-CIO stands for this & Congress of INdustrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
AFT union
American Federation of Teachers
AKA the wobblies they are the IWW
Industrial workers of the world
BORAT star
Sacha baron cohen
John Krasinski married this "devil wears prada star"
emily blunt
Brandenburg Concertos baroque composer
bach
Better known for wearing pants 19th c feminist began paper for women called the lily
amelia bloomer
Gospel that says" consider the lilies of the field..."
Matthew
water lily sacred to hindus, egyptians, buddhists
lotus
painted "les nympheas" series of painting of lilies in a pond
monet
botanist famous for potatoes
burbank
2 cities were only two confederate state capitals not captured by union forces
austin & tallahassee
almond shaped greek olives
calamata
BORAT star
Sacha baron cohen
John Krasinski married this "devil wears prada star"
emily blunt
Brandenburg Concertos baroque composer
bach
Better known for wearing pants 19th c feminist began paper for women called the lily
amelia bloomer
Gospel that says" consider the lilies of the field..."
Matthew
water lily sacred to hindus, egyptians, buddhists
lotus
painted "les nympheas" series of painting of lilies in a pond
monet
botanist famous for potatoes
burbank
2 cities were only two confederate state capitals not captured by union forces
austin & tallahassee
almond shaped greek olives
calamata
synonym for kingdom comes from latin for regal
realm
1906 natural disaster in this city
san francisco
well-preserved bodies in this italian city found by 16th c artchitect
pompeii
Pompeii was buried by this volcano
mt vesuvius
painting stolen aug 21 1911 from louvre
The Mona LIsa
ptolemy 1 & II developed library here that had 500,000 scrolls
Alexandria
my --- laundrette - movie
beautiful
O is homophone for the french word for this
water (eau)
aka gliding vowel - two adjacent vowel sounds occuring in the same syllable
dipthong
newscorp is controlled by this man
rupert murdoch
First major antiwar movie of the modern era. Won academy award for best picture
All quiet on the western front
Novel written by Erich Maria Remarque (german)
All quiet on the western front
Southern US city named for King Charles II
Charleston, SC
What was Marco Polo's home town?
Venice
Baseball Stadium with center field memorials
Yankee Stadium
Chicago gangster who says "public service is my motto"
Al Capone
He was on $500 bill
Mckinley
STate motto "liberty and INdependence"
Delaware
one of 3 main styles of Greek Architecture - columns are slender & fluted the capital has leaves
Corinthian
Brideshead Revisited author
Evelyn waugh
His best-known works include his early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), his novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) and his trilogy of Second World War novels collectively known as Sword of Honour (1952–61).
Evelyn waugh
fictional palatial home of the Marchmain family (friend of Charles Ryder)_
Brideshead
Name of Maiden carved by Pygmalion and Goddess who brought her to life
Galitea & Aphrodite
A Clockwork Orange Author
Anthony Burgess
18th Cent eng poet who wrote
"the rape of the lock", "an essay on criticism" & "An essay on man"
Alexander Pope
Norwegian playwright
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre
Co-Founder of Cornell 1865
Ezra Cornell (19th century American businessman and education administrator. He was a founder of Western Union)
20th Century Welsh Poet "Collected Poems", "A Child's Christmas in Wales", "Under Milk Wood" "Do not go gentle into that good night"
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953 Modernism & Romanticism
Composer of Requiem
Mozart (died while working on it finished by a student based on his outline)
Sang 1972's roundabout
Yes
20th c Amer Writer posthumous poems "ariel" & semi-autobiographical novel - "the Bell jar"
Sylvia Plath
To the lighthouse - author
Virginia Woolf
Piano piece "claire de lune" (moonlight- but not moonlight sonata) and orchestra piece "la mer" (the sea) are by the 19-20th c french composer
Debussy
sang- fool in the rain
led zeppelin
greek architecture has heavy & fluted columns w/ a plain top ("capital")
doric
three principal orders of greek and roman architecture
doric, ionic, corinthian
Stranger in a Strange Land author
Robert Heinlein
story of Micahel Valentine Smith - a human raised by amrtians on mars - then returns to earth in early adulthood
Stranger in a Strange land
Who are the big three of science fiction?
Heinlein, Asimov & Clarke
The Moon is a harsh mistress author
Robert Heinlein
City home to James Joyce, Jonathon Swift & William Butler Yeats
Dublin
Book: The Murder of Bob Crane
Film:
Autofocus
3.5 million sq mile desert
Sahara
Country led by communist Tito
Yugoslavia (1892-1980, in office 1953-1980)
President of South Africa who released Mandela & Repealed some Apartheid laws
F.W. deklerk
The second largest & second lowest pitched woodwind
bassoon
1930 Emperor of Ethiopia
Halei Salasi
The french lieutenant's woman - 20th c british author
John Fowles
six characters in search of an ____
author - by luigi pirandello
"the harp weaver" poet
edna st vincent millay
19-20th american poet & feminist known for her activism & many love affairs and won pulitzer prize in poetry
Edna St Vincent millay
Steepletop (in NY) was home to this "harp weaver" poet
Edna St Vincent Millay
The conflict between irish catholics & protestants dates back to this king
Henry Viii
eng poet/illustrator/paintor who founded the Pre-raphaelite brotherhood with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais
dante gabriel rossetti
Losing presidential ticket 1960 & 1964
1960 Nixon & henry Cabot Lodge Jr
1964 William Miller & Goldwater
Biafra was a secessionist state of this african country 1967-1970
Nigeria
"moles and men" & "their eyes were watching God" 20th c american author during Harlem Renaissance
Zora Neale Hurston
Order of the Triple Crown
Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
Longest race of triple crown - 1 1/2 miles
Belmont Stakes
Shortest race of triple crown - 1 3/16 miles
Preakness Stakes
Length of Kentucky Derby
1 1/4 miles
current country that is location of city-state of Benin - that flourished from 14-17th centuries. famous for cast-gold sculptures
Nigeria
Author of "the little foxes"
lillian hellman
American author/playwright/screenplay writer who had off and on relationship with Dashiel Hammett
Lillian Hellman
Author of "the Children's hour", "an Unfinished woman: a memoir", & "toys in the attic"
Lillian Hellman
he was on $10,000 bill
Salmon P Chase
Zimbabwe was a colony of this until 1965
Britain
broadway play by yasmina reza - deals w/playground altercation between 2 boys and what happens when their parents meet to talk about it (starred gandolfini, marcia gay harden & jeff daniels)
God of Carnage
World economic forum held yearly in this swiss town
Davos, Switzerland
Korea's oldest city
Pyongyang
"spoon river anthology" poet
Edgar Lee Masters
he was on the $100,000 bill
woodrow wilson
woman who was time's man of the year in 1952
Queen Elizabeth II
Kazuo Ishiguro novel
Remains of the Day (Japanese-British novelist 1954-? also known for Never Let Me Go)
Edward VI was this religion
Protestant (reigned from 9 until 15), mother Jane Seymour, Father Henry VIII. He took over for Henry VIII, succeeded by jane grey (9 days), then his sister Mary I (catholic)
19th president 1877-1881 republican VP - William A Wheeler
Rutherford b hayes
Greek Goddess of the rainbow
iris
"Nice Guys finish last"- is attribute to this base ball manager
Leo Derocher
Port-Vila is the capital of this survivor locale
Vanuatu
Roman name of Odysseus
Ulysses
Philadelphia paper
Inquirer
she becomes immortal after performing harsh tasks and marries cupid
psyche
Barrymore the Butler & Stapleton are characters in Holmes novel
Hound of the Baskervilles
Hartford Paper
the Hartford courant
author of "the winds of war"
Herman Wouk
Holiest name of God in Hebrew
Jehovah
Bandar Seri Begawan is capital of
Brunei
Series of Novels - "remembrance of things past" author l 19th-e20th c French Author
Marcel proust
Current Highest Value $ bill
100
November 11th
Veterans Day
he is on $100 Bill
Benjamin Franklin
Nashville paper
The Tennesseean
Honolulu Paper
The Honolulu Advertiser
11th President Democrat - vp George M Dallas
1845-1849
James K Polk
The official name of the jurisdiction of the Pope
Holy See
----- is the soul of wit - from Hamlet
Brevity
3 branches of Judaism
Reform Judaism (most liberal)
Conservative Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
author of "Gargantua and Pantagruel"
16th c French writer
humor is grotesque & bawdy
Francois Rabelais
Author of Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
Bible Book tells the story of God's covenant w/Abraham and Abraham and Isaac
Genesis
Sequel to Herman Wouk's "The winds of war"
War and Remembrance
3 gifts wise men brought to Jesus
Gold, Frankincense & myrrh
author of "the autobiography of Malcolm X"
Alex Haley
Only US pres & VP never elected to either office
Ford
Robber Baron Jay Gould caused a black panic by speculating on this
Gold
part of the Indian Ocean whose main arms are Gulf of Oman & Gulf of Den. Trade route from Indian subcontinent & states of persian gult & med sea
Arabian Sea
Along with Bach, greatest composer of Baroque period
Handle
Baroque Composer who's patron was the elector of Hanover who became George I (English)
Handle
Broadway musical starring Constantine Maroulis
Rock of Ages
Broadway Musical "Age of Aquarius", "good Morning starshine", "Let the sunshine in"
Hair
Composer of "the marriage of Figaro" 1786
Mozart
My Fair Lady is based on this play
Pygmalion - GBS
comprised of caroline islands, the marshall islands, the marianas islands - includes 2000+ islands held by the US under UN trusteeship
Pacific Islands
third Saturday in May
Armed Forces Day
First Monday in September
Labor Day
katherine Hepburn often costarred with him
Spencer Tracy
Sao Tome and Principe capital
Sao Tome
Beverly Cleary Character
Ramona
What's going on - singer
marvin gaye
cleveland paper
Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man", American writer, diplomat, & civil rights leader early 20th C
James Weldon Johnson remembered best for his leadership within the NAACP
popular american song from 20th Century about a railway engineer who saved his assistant & passengers but died applying train brakes in crash
Casey Jones
Raskolnikov is main character in this book
Crime and Punishment
book where main character kills 2 old women b/c he believes he is beyond the bounds of good & evil
Crime and Punishment
Author of Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
this title for Christian Clergyman comes from shepherd idea
pastor
source of "you cannot server God and mammon (money)"
Jesus in the Gospels
Minneapolis Paper
Minneapolis Star-tribune
he is on $2 bill
Thomas Jefferson
Subject of Lester David's "the Lonely lady of San Clemente"
Pat Nixon
John Wayne's Last movie
The Shootist
1500 state troopers, sheriff deputies & guards stormed this 11/13/1971
Attica state prison
This US city is named for a British prime minister
Pittsburgh
by James Thurber - about a henpecked husband with extravagant daydreams
The secret life of walter mitty
2 people who wrote "confessions" (at different times)
Augustine - 4th C details his conversion to christianity

18th c philosopher Rousseau
1st 5 books of old testament
genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy
the four gospels of the new testament
matthew, mark, luke, john
2nd book of old testament
Exodus
Book of Bible that tells story of Israelites leaving Egypt
Exodus
country called bharat in Hindi
India
How many players on a cricket side
11
1st man made satelite in orbit
Sputnik I
Cousin of Mordecai
Esther
jewish woman chosen by king of Persia to be queen. She stops a plot to massacre the Jews in Persia
Esther
Queen of Israel who tried to kill Elijah
Jezebel
prophet of Old testament taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire
Elijah
the "good news" of salvation
gospels
psalm begins w/"the lord is my shepherd"
psalm 23
descendants of Abraham and Isaac esp. through Isaac's son Jacob (the israelites)
Hebrews
1936 Chaplin film satirizes horrors of mechanical age
Modern times
Prohet of the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols and incurred the wrath of Jezebel who tried to kill him
Elijah
zodiac symbol for Capricorn
goat
Zodiac for approx Dec 22 (winter solstice) to Jan 20
Capricorn
first american world chess champion
Bobby Fischer
where are the crown jewels in london?
The Tower of London
20th century american sculptor known for his mobiles
Alexander Calder
Author of Syntactic Structures
Noam Chomsky
Time's man of the year 1938
Adolf Hitler
What does a styptic pencil do?
Stop Bleeding
Author of "rich man, poor man" & "the young lions"
irwin shaw
Phenomenon on Mark Twain's birthday and day of death
halley's comet
two countries separated by juan de fuca strait
Us & Canada
number of feet in a mile
5280
she sprung fully grown from the forehead of her father zeus
athena
king Arthur's Queen
Guinevere
sword withdrawn by king arthur to ascend to throne
Excalibur
food of the gods - those who ate it became immortal
ambrosia
trinidad & tobago capital
port of spain
victoria is the capital of
Seychelles
amendment that ensured all citizens of all states enjyed rights at federal level & on the state level. removed the 3/5 counting of slaves in the census. & ensured loyalty of confederate side of legislature
14th amendment
norfolk, Virginia paper
The Virginian-Pilot
Saint Paul Paper
St Paul Pioneer Press
Las Vegas Paper
Las vegas review journal
20th c american dancer famous mainly in europe. her choreography helped with formation of modern dance
Isadora Duncan
composer of "amahl and the night visitors" - won 2 pulitzers
John carlo menati
celebrated 20th c spanish cellist went into exile after franco came to power (to france then puerto rico) famous performance @ white house in 1961
Pablo Casals
mythological creature w/100 eyes. (hera put his eyes in the tail of a peacock)
argus
companinos of Jason in the quest for the Golden Fleece
Argonauts
Black rock desert state
Nevada
Italian tenor of the l 19th-e 20th c considered one of the greatest tenors in Opera History
Enrico Caruso
Protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government 1789
1st
Protects the right to bear arms 1789
2nd
Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers out of war time 1789
3rd
Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause 1789
4th
Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy 1789
5th
Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel 1789
6th
Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law 1789
7th
Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment 1789
8th
Asserts the existence of unenumerated rights retained by the people 1789
9th
Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution 1789
10th
Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity 1794
11
Revises presidential election procedures 1803
12
Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime 1865
13th
Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues 1866
14th
Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude 1869
15th
Allows the federal government to collect income tax 1909
16th
Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote 1912
17th
Establishes Prohibition of alcohol (Repealed by Twenty-first Amendment) 1917
18th
Establishes women's suffrage 1919
19th
Fixes the dates of term commencements for Congress (January 3) and the President (January 20); known as the "lame duck amendment" 1932
20th
Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment -(which was prohibition) 1933
21
Limits the president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years (i.e., if a Vice President serves not more than one half of a President's term, he or she can be elected to a further two terms 1947
22
Provides for representation of Washington, D.C. in the Electoral College 1960
23
Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of poll taxes 1962
24
Codifies the Tyler Precedent; defines the process of presidential succession 1965
25
Establishes the official voting age to be 18 years old. 1971
26
Prevents laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until the beginning of the next session of Congress (1789-1992)
27 (was originally proposed in 1789 to be in the bill of rights but wasnt fully ratified until 1992)
much rumored military base 90 miles from vegas
area 51
Highest peak on South American
Aconcagua
alliterative name of highest points on all continents
7 summits
highest peak in europe
ELbrus
highest peak in oceania
carstenz pyramid
Vinson is the highest pt of this continent
Antarctica
Massive chinese structure is no1 in megawatt generation
3 gorges dam
john wayne title hat
green beret
eisner & kirby awards for these printed items
comics
maurice podoloff trophy in nba
MVP
after leaving hud in 2003 he was elected us senator from florida
mel martinez
current louisiana senator - landrieu
Mary Landrieu
current governor of NY
andrew cuomo
father of current governor of NY who was also governer
Mario Cuomo
in caravaggio painting jesus is summoning this man the tax collector
Matthew
who painted "the calling of st Matthew"
Caravaggio
who painted "the martyrdom of st matthew"
Caravaggio
Chilean poet/diplomat who won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet/diplomat called "the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pablo Neruda
Chilean dictator who gained power in 1973 coup-de-tat - he was president from 73-90 when transferred to a democratically elected president
Augusto Pinochet
the name of the stars in the heads of gemini
castor & pollux
name dropped by nissan under which it sold cars in us
datsun
1944 republican presidential candidate used the campaign slogan "time for a change"
Dewey
Losing republican candidate ran with Bricker in 44 & Earl Warren in 48
Thomas E Dewey
Year that Chicago daily tribune mistakingly printed "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"
1948
1980 Solidarity Labor Union was formed when the GDANSK shipworkers went on stirke in this country
Poland
Coolidge was governor of this st
Massachussetts
Union founded by cezar chavez
UFW(A) - United Farm Workers of America
1894 Railway strike
Pullman Strike
Kim Carnes Song "eye"
Bette Davis Eyes
"behind these hazel eyes" was a hit for this idol
kelly clarkson
"double vision" british-american rock group
foreigner
who killed desdemona
othello
how did hamlet kill
polonius
thane of fife that killed macbeth
Macduff
Romeo killed this relative of Juliet with a sword
Tybalt
type of snake that moccasins are with fangs
Viper fish
aka "the rosewater dish"
Women's trophy at wimbledon
Franz Joseph was emperor of this dual monarchy (late 1800s)
Austria-hungary
flat country west of trincomalee on the "teardrop island"
sri lanka
Menelik II was emperor here until 1913
Ethiopia
180 soldiers led by this spaniard attacked the incas in 1532
Pizarro
conquistador who founded Lima
Francisco Pizarro
these people of Peru were conquered by Pizarro
Incas
Cortes conquered this country
Mexico
people conquered by Hernan Cortes
Aztecs
Civilization that covered from
Honduras, Guatemala, Northern El Salvador up to central Mexico
Mayans
french romantic novelist
victor hugo
first word of "bleak house" is this city
London
Famous Annie Photographer
Annie Leibovitz
it was oakland, ca her girlhood home, that she wrote "there is no there there"
Gertrude Stein
Only Roman catholic signer of Dec of INdependence was from this state
maryland
In Rene magritte's "the son of man" man is wearing a bowler hat with his face mostly obscured by what?
apple (green)
In Rene magritte's "the son of man" man is wearing a bowler hat with his face mostly obscured by what?
apple (green)
20th c Belgian Surrealist with recurring bowler hat in paintings
Rene Magritte
20th c Belgian Surrealist with recurring bowler hat in paintings
Rene Magritte
Artistic style of Belgian painter Rene Magritte
Surrealism
Artistic style of Belgian painter Rene Magritte
Surrealism
Style of Salvador Dali painting
Surrealism
Style of Salvador Dali painting
Surrealism
Famous "melted clocks" painting
"The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali
Famous "melted clocks" painting
"The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali
Style of Van Gogh's Starry night
Expressionist
"still life with apples" French Artist
Paul Cezanne
Billboard's number 1 of all time
Chubby Checker - The Twist
1999 Billboard hit by Santana featuring (and co-written) by Rob Thomas (from matchbox twenty)
Smooth
teen idol recorded Mack The Knife in 1959
Bobby Darin
Renaissance Artist from Florence who was famous for bas relief - shadow relief sculpture
Donatello
"How do I live" artist
Leann Rimes
Paul Cezanne was famous for what style?
cubism
1996 Los Del Rio hit that AL Gore performed his own version at the democratic national convention
Macarena - Al Gore stood completely still and then asked the audience if they would like to see it again
Olivia Newton John aerobic staple that garnered Video of the Year Grammy in 1981
Physical
Pat Boone's Daughter (lead of Boone Sisters) that recorded the hit "You Light Up My Life"
Debbie Boone
Pat Boone Daughter that won Best New Artist Grammy in 1978 and tied with Barbara Streisand in Song of the Year
Debbie Boone - You Light up My Life
Rare Tie for Grammy song of the year - 1978 Best Song was this song by Debbie Boone, and this one by Barabara Streisand
You Light up My LIfe & Love Theme From a Star is Born
Longest reigning #1 hit for Beatles
Hey Jude
Song written by Paul McCartney to Julian Lennon to comfort him on the divorce of this parents
Hey Jude
Beatles own record Label
Apple Records
Songstress with 2005 Comeback Album "the Emancipation of Mimi"
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey leaves this actor at the alter for old beau Wentworth Miller (from prison break) in her video for "we belong together"
Eric Roberts
Singer of "Unbreak my heart" - video stars her & Tyson Beckford
Toni Braxton
"Yeah!" by this artist also features Lil Jon & Ludacris
Usher
His fourth album was "Confessions" in 2004 - had the single "Yeah!" on it
Usher
This Atlanta born artist's first hit was "Think of You"
Usher (Raymond) - he was sixteen at the time.
"You make me wanna" r&b artist
Usher
Kim Carnes Song that won Grammy best song & record
Bette Davis Eyes (1981)
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross duet that spent 9 weeks at number 1 in 1981
Endless Love
Singer of 1976's Tonight's the Night (Gonna be Alright)
Rod Stewart
Song by Rod Stewart where you can herar romantic murmuring in French near the fade-out from actress Britt Ekland, Stewart's girlfriend at the time.
Tonight's the Night
Singer of Foolish Games. Married to rodeo star Ty Murray
Jewel
Singer of You were Meant for ME (raised in rural alaska)
Jewel
1991 Bryan Adams song played during credits of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
(Everything I do) I do it for you
Maid marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Mary Elizabeth mastrantonio
Katherine Heigl Stars as this Janet evanovich heroine in One for the Money
Stephanie Plum
Group that sang 1994 hit "I'll make love to you"
Boyz II Men
Movie whose theme by Percy Faith is in Billboards top 20 of all time
A Summer Place
Classic movie starring Sandra Dee & Troy Donahue on resort island where there parents (her dad, his mom) have affair then get divorces & marry. .and Molly (Dee) & Johnny(donahue) get pregnant and married
A Summer Place
This Group of "Le Freak" is said to have inspired groups like Queen & Blondie
Chic
Who Sang "How deep is your love?" from 1977
the Bee Gees
The ballad won the 1977 Grammy Award for best pop performance for a duo or group with vocal. and was the first hit from "Saturday Night Fever" to hit no 1
How deep is your love
Survivor's Eye of the Tiger was featured in this movie
Rocky III
younger brother of the Bee Gees with his own solo career
Andy Gibb
English Singer of I just want to be your everything (1977)
Andy Gibb
Singer with hits: "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" and "Shadow Dancing," the No. 1 single of 1978.
Andy Gibb
Rapper of 2008 "Low" featuring T-Pain
Flo Rida
Minneapolis trio who's only no 1 pop hit is "too close" in 1998
Next
Every breath you take group
the Police
the first and only no 1 billboard hit for the Police
Every Breath you take
Flash dance...What a feeling singer
Irene Cara
Star & themesong singer of Fame
Irene Cara
Movie about: A woman with two jobs - welder & exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.
Flashdance
Star of Flashdance
Jennifer Beals
Colony founded by London company in 1697
Virginia
Colony founded by John Winthrop 1620
Massachusetts
Colony founded by John Wheelwright 1623
New Hampshire
Colony founded by Sir George Calvert
Maryland (he was Lord Baltimore)
Colony founded by THomas Hooker 1635
Connecticut
Colony founded by Roger Williams 1636
Rhode Island
Colony founded by Peter Minuit and New Sweden Company 1638
Delaware
Colony founded by Virginians in 1653
North Carolina
Colony founded by Eigth Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II 1663
South Carolina
Colony founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret 1664
New Jersey
Colony founded by Duke of York in 1664
New York
Colony founded by william penn 1682
Pennsylvania
Colony founded by James Oglethorpe 1732
Georgia
chezeray(cesare) borgis is said to be the Model for Machiavialli's...
The Prince
Formerly called Bechuanaland
Botswana (was under british rule when bechuanaland)
Landlocked mountainous country in IndoChina
Laos
who said.. no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the american people
HL Mencken
Squirrel who stars in Beatrix Potter tale
Squirrel Nutkin
who sang Maybellene
Chuck Berry
Greek mythology - winged monster w/head of a woman & body of a lion. Killed travelers near thebes who couldn't answer riddle. oedipus answered correctly
Sphinx
Author of "The fox and the grapes"
Aesop