Mccain Flashcards
(30 cards)
War and peace begins in this year
7 years before a fateful invasion
1805
Napoleon?
First and only woman to win an academy award for best director
Katherine Bigelow
For the hurt locker
Ehat is the name of the informal test that is a measure of the representation of women in fiction
What does it test
Beck dul (Wallace) test
Origin is from a comic strip where 2 women wanted to go to a movie about women having an intelligent conversation about something other then men
JUST went HOMe
Can 2 women talk to each other about something other than a man
Rayon is manufactured from what basic component
Cellulose
Inaugural balls
At the 1993 Tennessee inaugural ball
Paul Simon performed this song his most recent top 40 hit
You can call me al
To hone al gore who had just been inaugurated as VP
This 1931 Pearl buck novel became a Broadway play the next year with Claude rains as wang lung
The good earth
Where so the crimson tide play home games
Tuscaloosa Alabama
Where is el dorado located
Arkansas ?
Never gonna give you up
Rick astley?
This type of sailing vessel with a 4 letter name is still common in the Red Sea
Dhow
Dow
Real people in poetry
Milton wrote of this contemporary when by night the glass of him observes imagines lands and regions in the moon
Gailelo
His contemporary was not a poet in this case
Observing regions on the moon through his glass
What is John miltons most famous poet
Paradise lost
It’s the only UN member state outside of Europe with Dutch as an official language
Suriname
In my spiritual journey this exiled leader says I am no one special I am just a human being
The dali llama
Shelby Foote is best known for his 3 volume history of this conflict
Civil war
In nYT’s reporter Risen book state of war I examined secret and controversial efforts made by the CIA to delay this country’s nuclear arms program
Iran
This author and historian was researching a book about the 58 NFL Cham lions hip when he was killed in a 07 car crash
Halberstam
Chapter 1 in this classic book by Norman peele is believe in yourself
The power of positive thinking
This demented British barber had a knack for close shaves and killer cuts
Commonly used in fish and chips due to mild flavor and dense flakey flesh
Sweeney cod
Sweeney Todd with cod
Mass murder that donned a William shatner masked while terrorizing the town of haddonfield Illinois
This eastern team has 2 Stanley cup wins under their mask but haven’t won since 75
Michael flyers
Michael Myers
Philadelphia flyers
If you value your limbs don’t hire this character for your next birthday bash
This character has managed to outlive even the most invincible of black cats and has died over 126 times in South Park
Penny wise
Kenny
Kenny wise
This notorious neighborhood killer first appeared in 84 haunting the minds of sleeping victims and slashing them with a razor glove
This animatronic toy appeared a year later in 85 and could also be found lurking in bedrooms and telling stories that were played in an audio tape cassette deck built into the its back
Freddy Krueger
Teddy rexpin
Teddy Krueger
This serial killer with a sophisticated pallet has an appreciation for savory dinners like liver and fava beans with a nice key an t
Desert sweet sugar rich liquid produced by plants attracts pollinating animals
Hannibal nectar
Hannibal lector
Number one fan prefers to keep her idols captive can’t be trusted with sledgehammers and fly’s into fits of rage expressing her frustration with childish phrases
This seemingly sweet but overly protective caretaker prefers to keep her pet canary tweety captive
Annie wilks from misery
Granny
Granny wilks
