Cranberries can float on water Flashcards
(85 cards)
The longest bridge of any kind in the world is found in which country?
China
How many countries border Australia?
0
What name is given to the Cape that is the most Southerly point in South America?
Cape Horn
Subscapularis is part of which joint?
Shoulder
Who proposed the theory of evolution?
Darwin
What animal is responsible for producing mohair?
Goat
What colour is a mandrill’s beard?
Yellow
What name is given to the dried meat strips predominantly eaten in South Africa?
Biltong
A lusophone is someone who speaks which language?
Portuguese
ANYTHING GOES
Five of which company’s Munchkins are roughly equivalent to one of its donuts?
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Dunkin’
SCIENCE & TECH
Which part of the body can be treated with LASIK surgery?
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Eyes
ANIMALS & NATURE
The great horned owl has a poor sense of smell, a useful deficiency since it is the chief predator of which animal?
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Skunk
CULTURE
Which comedian came out as gay in the posthumously released 2025 documentary Pee-Wee as Himself?
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Paul Reubens
VOCAB
Fill in the blank: The kids had fun _____ around the pool all summer.
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cavorting
GEOGRAPHY
Which of these islands is located not in the West Indies but about 800 miles to the northeast?
Bermuda
One of Europe’s leading winemakers, Ilja Gort insured which body part for $8 million?
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Nose
HISTORY & SOCIETY
There were more than 22,000 Americans casualties during the daylong Battle of Antietam, fought during which war?
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American Civil War
BIOGRAPHIES
Which TV star sang at the remains of the Berlin Wall on New Year’s Eve in 1989 to celebrate reunification?
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David Hasselhoff
Known as carrotenemia, eating too many carrots, can cause what to happen
Skin turns orange
carrotenemia happens when too much of the pigment beta carotene is consumed
Before Mike Myers took over, he had recorded most of the lines for which movie title character
Chris Farley for Shrek
Shrek producers didn’t tell Mike Myers that he was replacing Farley when they hired him as new voice
 anteaters are rare among mammals in that they don’t have what
Teeth
giant anteaters tongue can be 2 feet long and flick in and out of its mouth 150 times a minute
What car makers 4 ring logo commemorate 1932 merge of German companies
Audi,
the Audi rings represent unity of four companies, Audi, DKW Horch, and wanderer
Ronald Reagan began his political career in 1966 when he was elected what
Governor of California
Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Pat Brown by over 1 million votes and won a second California term in 1970
In the final scene of the classic death of a salesman, this character reveals he sells what
Willie Lohman never tells us what he sells
Playwright Arthur Miller purposely kept Willie’s line of work as a secret to make him more of an every man