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Go Fly A Kite!
Potpourri
100
a group of owls is known by this collective name that anagrams to PERT ANIMAL
What is Parliament?
100
It's more fun than on of these full of monkeys, which is to say Pretty Darn Fun.
What is a barrel?
100
This festival, held in Oaxaca, Mexico every November, features altars, marigold paths, parades, where we celebrate our ancestors who have passed.
What is Dia De Los Muertos?
100
in 1849, she became the first woman to receive her medical degree in the United States. Her sister Emily was the third.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
100
He and this co-star were in 10 movies together, including The Odd Couple, Grumpy Old Men and The Front Page.
Who is Walter Matthau?
100
The song "Let's Go Fly A Kite" was written for this 1964 film.
What is Mary Poppins?
100
Describing a person as “sinistral” is a fancy way of saying they are this.
What is Left-handed?
200
The Great Horned Owl mascot at Temple University in Philadelphia shares this name with Stanley Kowalski's wife in A Streetcar Named Desire.
What is Stella?
200
This monkey which has a white head, was named because it resembles the white-capped monk of the religious order of the same name.
What is a Capuchin?
200
Caribana, Carnival of the North, brings Caribbean culture to this Canadian city every August.
What is Toronto?
200
Born in Pennsylvania in 1907, this Marine Biologist and Conservationist wrote her most famous book, Silent Spring in 1962, exposing the effects of pesticides on the environment and human health. of course, the major chemical companies insisted she was being hysterical
Who is Rachel Carson?
200
His performance as Jerry/Daphne in this 1959 film is ranked #29 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
What is Some Like it Hot?
200
Kite flying was banned in this Asian country in 1760 because too many people preferred to fly kites than work.
What is Japan?
200
The movie Fargo takes place predominantly in this state.
What is Minnesota?
300
The Little Owl, sometimes called the Owl of this Goddess of Wisdom and the Arts, is the national bird of Greece
Who is Athena?
300
This rainforest primate is the loudest land mammal. Its call can be heard up to 10 miles away
What is a Howler Monkey?
300
Every October/November in Alba, Piedmont, Italy, you can attend a festival dedicated to this edible fungus that grows wild and thrives in a symbiotic relationship with oak and hazelnut trees.
What is the white truffle?
300
From 1977-2015, Nichelle Nichols, famous for playing this role on Star Trek, partnered with NASA to recruit people from marginalized communities to become astronauts. She was involved in the recruitment of Sally Ride and Colonel Guion Bluford, both firsts in their own groups.
Who is Lt Commander Nyota Uhura?
300
His production company, Jalem, produced this 1967 Paul Newman film named for its lead character and his audacious, unflappable style in a poker game.
What is Cool Hand Luke?
300
This Italian inventor used a kite to help lift an antenna which was used to receive the first transatlantic radio message on Dec. 12, 1901.
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
300
On nearly every episode of this iconic reality show, the loser of the Lip-Sync contest is told to "Sashay Away."
What is Ru Paul's Drag Race?
400
"An Occurrence at (This Place)" is a short story by author Ambrose Bierce, about a Confederate soldier about to be hanged by Union soldiers during the Civil War.
What is Owl Creek Bridge?
400
These ginger primates are known for their very long, strong arms. Right Turn, Clyde!
What is an orangutan?
400
Held annually in July, The Wife-Carrying Championships in Eastern Finland promises exactly what the name suggests. Competitors carry their partner (doesn't have to be a "wife") through a rugged obstacle course, in whatever safe method their choose. The prize is this.
What is "Their Partner's Weight in Beer"?
400
Antonia Novello is a Puerto Rican-born physician and public official, the first woman and the first Hispanic person to serve in this position in the US, from 1990-1993.
What is Surgeon General?
400
in 1947, while at Harvard University, he was the president of this is oldest collegiate theatrical organization in the U.S. It is famous for its student-written burlesque musical, annual Man/Woman of the Year awards, cross-dressing performances, and a long tradition of satire.
What is the Hasty Pudding Club?
400
Samuel Franklin Cody who invented the Cody man-lifting kite system was the first man to cross this body of water, towed by kites in 1903.
What is the English Channel?
400
By definition, an abyssopalegic animal live here
What is the bottom of the sea?
500
Give a hoot, don't pollute! This is the name of the U.S. Forest Service's owl mascot, created by the same publishing company as Smokey Bear.
Who is Woodsy Owl?
500
These apes, generally part of a matriarchal society, are from the lowlands of the Congo and were thought to be mainly vegetarian. But scientists have recently learned that they also sometimes attack and eat smaller monkeys.
What are Bonobos?
500
This aesthetic and literary movement that focuses on the intersection of Black history, culture, science fiction, and technology to imagine liberated futures holds its own Accra, Ghana every December.
What is Afrofuturism?
500
This biophysicist made key contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA. Her work on X-ray crystallography provided critical evidence for the double helix structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
500
His gravestone looks like a movie title screen. It simply says: "JACK LEMMON" and this two letter word.
What is IN?
500
A kiteboarder is often called by this name, that of a comic book character who is plagued by a kite-eating tree whenever he goes flying.
Who is Charlie Brown?
500
Benjamin Franklin once keenly observed that these two items “stink after three days”.
What are fish and visitors?