Kansas Sunflower State

Question 1

Before winning a Murrow award this British Iranian female reporter wqs an equestrian who competed as a child jockey

Answer 1

Christiane amanpour
Ahm in pour

Question 2

RBG favorite lace jab it from this location

Answer 2

Cape Town South Africa

Question 3

ESPN 30 for 30 - 157 in 2020
Name the sport
The 2 Escobars

Answer 3

Soccer
Pablo and Andre ?
Colombian soccer player who scored won goal in 94 World Cup
Hit put out on him - he wqs killed ?

Question 4

ESPN 30 for 30 - 157 in 2020
Name the sport
Pony excess

Answer 4

College football
SMU mustangs

Question 5

ESPN 30 for 30 - 157 in 2020
Name the sport
42 to 1

Answer 5

Boxing
Odds
James Buster Douglas against Mike Tyson

Question 6

ESPN 30 for 30 - 157 in 2020
Name the sport
The 16th man

Answer 6

Rugby
15 to a side in rugby

Question 7

ESPN 30 for 30 - 157 in 2020
Name the sport
The price of gold

Answer 7

Figure skating /ice skating
Nancy Kerrigan Tonya Harding

Question 8

Not this most famous Nickelodeon game show with the obstacle course but this other one where contestants would compete in a Final round called thr video zone

Answer 8

Not double dare but instead
Nick arcade - couldn’t get license for any good games

Question 9

This 78 film tells the true story of the escape of American billy hayes from a Turkish prison
Bonus who won his first Oscar for screenwriting

Answer 9

Midnight express
Also a WWE tag team - known more for tag team than often changing members - Jim cornette
Oliver stone - before famous writing Scarface

Question 10

Home of the NCAA’s Gaels :
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Answer 10

Iona College is a Roman Catholic school run by Christian Brothers in New Rochelle, New York. The Brothers named the college for the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland on which is located Iona Abbey, which was founded by St. Columba. The school’s sports teams are called the Iona Gaels, and the team mascot goes by the name “Killian”

Question 11

Computer-based civil disobedience :

Answer 11

HACKTIVISM
Anonymous is a network of Internet activists (known as “hacktivists”). Formed around 2003, the group has been responsible for several attacks on government, corporate and religious websites over the years. When members of Anonymous (known as “Anons”) appear in public, they do so wearing Guy Fawkes masks.

Question 12

a secondary living space or temporary accommodation, often somewhere to live in a big city that is some distance away from a primary residence. “is French for “foot on the ground”.

Answer 12

Pied-à-terre”

Question 13

Designer of Uma Thurman’s iconic 1995 lavender chiffon Oscar gown
Bonus award
Win?

Answer 13

PRADA
Uma Thurman was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Award at the Oscar ceremony held in 1995, for her performance in “Pulp Fiction”. She didn’t win (Dianne Wiest did, for “Bullets Over Broadway”), but Thurman did make her mark on the ceremony. She wore a lavender chiffon gown by Prada that attracted a lot of attention. It is credited with launching Prada as a mainstream clothier in America.

Question 14

Japanese stir-fried noodles :

Answer 14

YAKISOBA
Yakisoba is a dish from Japanese cuisine comprising fried noodles with chopped pork and vegetables. “Yakisoba” translates as “fried noodle”. Even though soba noodles are usually made from buckwheat flour, the soba noodles in yakisoba are made from wheat flour.

Question 15

——— spritz (cocktail)

Answer 15

Aperol
Ah puh rawl

Question 16

Movie link
Home alone
JFK
National lampoons vacation

Answer 16

John candy
Small parts

Home alone - back of uhaul
JFK -nice suit and sunglasses
National lampoons vacation - works at theme park
Polka king of the Midwest

Question 17

This name means goddess and is of Sanskrit origin and is name of thr hindu mother goddess
Also name the notable American who has this as middle name

Answer 17

devi (dave e)

Kamala Harris
Biden is robinette

Question 18

This university in thr American athletic conference is the smallest D 1 college measured by enrollment and boasts notable alumni like dr Phil and nfl hof and later congressman Steve largent

Answer 18

University of Tulsa
When largent retired wqs leading receiver - beat white receiver
Seahawk

Question 19

Spawning s box office franchise this action film wqs co-directed by Keanu reeves stunt double in 14

Answer 19

John wick

Question 20

Before people said cheese this word was requested by photographers to ensure a mouth appeared demure

Answer 20

Prunes
Exposure was long had to sit still so Smiling wasn’t an option

Question 21

He used his most famous invention for the first time 42 years after first developed

Answer 21

Henry Heimlich
In his late 90s

Question 22

In 1901 dr Douglas mcdougal identified 6 patients primarily with tuberculosis to measure weight of this

Answer 22

Soul - 21 grams
When you die you weigh 21 grams less
Sean Penn movie 21 grams

Question 23

When ranking best picture winner by total box office - not adjusted for inflation - only this film from the 80s was in top 10 grossing

Answer 23

Rain man
9th highest grossing best picture ?

Question 24

This opening chess move is named after a Syrian city in which Philip stam uh an 18th century chess master who popularized this movie
16 presidential candidate Gary Johnson would be no help

Answer 24

Queens gambit aka uh lep o gambit
Gary Johnson gaff- didn’t know city of uh lep o

Neal last name Fischer

Question 25

Known informally as the roundhouse this state capital has the only round state capital building

Answer 25

Santa Fe New Mexico
Building Designed to resemble the zia (zigh uh) sun symbol found on the state flag

Question 26

In madden 08 this player became the first to receive a perfect score 100 for speed

Answer 26

Devin Hester - all time leader in return tDs
Crank that is this Soulja boy

Question 27

Resouiver dogs
The first official record of dogs being used by American military wqs in 1835 when bloodhounds served in 2nd war named For this Native American tribe

Answer 27

Seminole (wars)

Question 28

Pulp Fiction
In this 1962 novel later a 71 film the protagonist first person narrates the story in norsat an English Russian slang

Answer 28

A clockwork orange by ?

Question 29

2023 award for Lionel Messi

Answer 29

Balloon d’or bale lunh door
8 most
Ronaldo most noms 18 with 5 wins

Question 30

Prime minister before and after Churchill

Answer 30

Attlee

Question 31

He was a Haitian politician who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death.[3] He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a military coup d’état in 1958, his regime rapidly became more autocratic and despotic.

Answer 31

François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc,

Question 32

Disciple of Haile Selassie, informally

Answer 32

Rasta

Question 33

She (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions.[1] A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, she has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won five times.[2] In June 2023, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that she will be one of the five artists recognized at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors.

Answer 33

Renée Lynn Fleming

Question 34

Sam Simeon castle builder

Answer 34

Hearst

Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada, is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, the castle was built between 1919 and 1947

Question 35

The 1500s
In the early 1500s he produced a codex in words and pictures on the flight of birds one of the many subjects that interested him

Answer 35

Da Vinci
Da vin is what we call him

Question 36

Kill bill
He killed it in the film version of Chicago singing and tapping dancing as this infamous defense lawyer
Also in 03 this member of a boy band portrayed the same character in a traveling Broadway version

Answer 36

Richard gere as billy Flynn
Kevin Richardson from bsb

Question 37

The hateful eight
In a landmark 1853 decision still the basis for patent law especially computer software the Supreme Court rejected as impermissiblely broad the 8th claim in a patent application filed by this famous painter and inventor

Answer 37

Samuel morse
Invented Telegraph