German Chocolate Cake Invented By Samuel German, Who Was Not German Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
Q

Expedia, made an ad using this group’s I’ll be your mirror; we await I’m waiting for the man and Venus and furs.

A

Velvet Underground

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Pat Benatar sang do this this title fire away and her challenge has been used to advertise Applebee’s loaded fajitas

A

Hit me with your best shot

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

The world’s first adhesive postage stamp it was issued on May 6, 1840 but it’s not rare over 68 million were printed and 1 million survive

A

penny black

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

This musical drama was first produced in Germany in 1928 “ die dreigroschenoper”

A

The three Patty opera

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

This artist 1899 painting blue dancers is a prime example of his pastels

A

Day gah
Degas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

This Director was the one time daughter-in-law of Carl Reiner

A

Penny Marshall

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

The Lincoln navigator driven on earth was advertised as a version of this band 1979 walking on the moon

A

The police

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Around 620 BC this Greek introduced his code of laws with penalty so severe it was said the laws were written in blood

A

Draco

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Edward the confessor was the son of this king the unready

A

Ethelred

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

He completed the conquest begun by his grandfather, and became the first Mongol to rule over all of China

A

Kublai khan
Coo blay

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

1831 Pedro the first Emperor of Brazil gave up the throne and return home to this country

A

Portugal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Sometime in the mid 1400s this man from mainz (minettzz) had the idea for printing from movable type

A

Gutenberg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

With a name, perhaps meeting man of the javelin this son of Enoch lived almost 1000 years
E knock

A

Methuselah
Oldest guy in the Bible

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

This prophet, whose name became a word for an angry rant ; they proceeded from evil to evil, and they know not me saith the lord

A

Jeremiah

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

This leader of the fo vists , began painting when he was recovering from appendicitis

A

Matisse
Muh teese

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

In 1838 Eugene del uh quah painted a double portrait of Chopin at the piano while this lover sat to his right
Show pan

A

George Sand

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Publius the leader on this Mediterranean island was kind to Paul, who was shipwrecked there after Paul helped Publius father

A

Malta

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

This king gave his daughter Michal as a wife to David, but later married her off to another

A

Saul

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

In 1887 before heading to Tahiti, this Frenchman was in Central America working briefly on a French attempt to build the Panama Canal

A

Paul go ghan

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

This noun means the relegation of someone to an unimportant position within a society or group(or piece of lined paper)

A

Marginalization
Mar gin uh lie zation

21
Q

In this legal situation, a person or institution is designated to take over and protect the interests of one deemed unfit

A

Conservatorship

22
Q

I’m going to a hardware shop. It might be useful to know that these are usually sold in penny lengths.

23
Q

A 2024 Volkswagen Super Bowl ad was set to this man’s song I am I said

24
Q

You’re the one that I want from this musical sells nexguard flea treatment

25
To the British, this fear mongering fowl in children’s literature is known as Henny Penny
Chicken little
26
George Brocks paintings made in the summer of 1908 including houses at luh stack are among the first of this ism
Beginning of Cubism
27
He refused to believe his follow apostles after missing an important visitation
Didymus or the twin Did uh miss A.k.a. Doubting Thomas
28
The NASA pathfinder was sent to what planet Also a lunar lander named for this person and a rover named for this person made up the Pathfinder
Mars A lander name for Carl Sagan, and a Rover name for sojourner truth So jern er 1997
29
Introduced in the early 1980s, this rhyming brand of Stouffer‘s frozen meals were marketed as under 300 cal
Lean cuisine Had to ration them initially
30
Played in 40 countries with nearly 600 teams the real life sport of Quidditch rebranded itself as what
Quad ball
31
This imaginary line of longitude since roughly opposite the prime meridian at 180°
International dateline Samoa went back-and-forth, not exactly a straight line squiggly make room for some countries
32
World flags The 12 stars on its flag symbolize perfection not geographic or political units
The European Union Not a nation of the world 12 stars in a circle
33
The northernmost of Japan 4 main islands. It’s also the second largest in area.
Hokkaido Ho kia dough
34
Turin and Ferrara are cities on this river
Po
35
This Saudi capital is located at the junction of two wadis , hanifa and al-batha
Re ahd Riyadh
36
Southern California area of canyons passes and great views Bob Seger rhyme them with diamonds and frills
Hollywood Hills
37
The idea that a certain animal can clean out an egg without breaking it may have led to this phrase for evasive language
Weasel words in honor of the cunning weasel
38
Around since at least the Vietnam war era, this attack is meant to suggest the precision of a medical procedure
Surgical strike
39
TV coupling Finn And Rachel, A match made in high school
Glee
40
TV coupling Sookie and Bill avoiding the daylight
True blood
41
TV coupling Sheldon and Amy, pure genius
The Big Bang Theory
42
TV coupling Morticia and Gomez getting ooky
The Addams family
43
A popular translation of a work by this Persian astronomer poet has lines like take the cash and let the credit go
Omar kia ammhhh Similar to cayenne
44
This Castilian military man flipped sides and joined the Moores in the 1080s but flipped again and captured Morris Valencia in 1094
El sid
45
Little is known of a 10th century Spanish woman known as ende the illuminator except she was a very good this
Artist
46
The name of this peak that overlooks Rio de Janeiro is Pao de acucar in Portuguese Pow duh ahhh su car
Sugarloaf Mountain
47
All belonging to Noble Venetian families, the 41 where the group of electors who chose this leader
Doge Dough zuh
48
is known as the treasure state for immense mineral wealth
The 41st state. Montana.