Ukraine
Hollywood
SAT Vocabulary
Known As
History's Mysteries
100
What is the capital city of Ukraine?
What is Kiev
100
Gravity got Oscar nominations in seven categories. Name one of the other 5 movies in history to have earned this many nominations.
What is Titanic, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Avatar, Hugo, and Life of Pi
100
What is a *Conformist?*
What is Someone who conforms (follows & obeys) the mainstream rules and customs
100
Stemming from the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, a yellow ribbon often signifies what in the United States?
What is Support the Troops?
100
This ancient monument in southern England is made up of large stones, over 200 lbs each, that came from several hundred miles away. It remains a mystery how the stones were transported and constructed.
What is Stonehenge?
200
Where is Crimea and why is it important?
What is southern Ukraine / region on the Black Sea / important because it's a port, for trade and transit of oil and gas pipelines
200
Steve McQueen became the third black filmmaker to ever receive an Oscar nomination for his film...
What is 12 Years a Slave
200
If something is *Inevitable,* what is it?
What is Unavoidable, certain
200
Called a "seamroy" in the Gaelic language, this was celebrated by the Celts as the symbol of the rebirth of spring. An important symbol of Celtic culture, we know it as what in modern English?
What is a Shamrock / Clover
200
An unofficial name for a region of the Atlantic Ocean that is west of Florida and north of Puerto Rico, known in popular lore as an area of mysterious disappearances. Statistically, though, this area shows no unusual activity and is part of one of the world's busiest shipping lanes up from South America.
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
300
Crimean recently held a referendum to join Russia. Why would Crimeans vote to join Russia?
What is Ethnic majority is Russian / hoping for favoritism or benefit / afraid of Russian military presence already in Crimea / the referendum was clearly rigged or manipulated, with 97% supposedly voting to join Russia
300
This city in Canada is fast becoming a more affordable location to shoot movies, and is jokingly called "North Hollywood." It is only a 2-hour flight from the California namesake. Filed here: Twilight, Night at the Museum, Juno, X-Men... over $1 billion each year in film industry-related business!
What is Vancouver, British Columbia
300
What is *Prosperity?*
What is Wealth, success, fortune
300
What famous, doomed Texan fort is the symbol of heroic (though futile) resistance and struggle for independence?
What is the Alamo?
300
Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro is infamously known for massacring thousands of Incan people in his obsessed search for the lost city of gold, known as this.
What is El Dorado?
400
Why doesn't anyone but Russia think the Crimean referendum is valid?
What is Intimidation / Sparks civil war / Not constitutional in Ukrainian law / Russian power grab
400
What entertainment is fast overtaking traditional Hollywood film?
What is TV?
400
If you are acting in a *Surreptitious* way, how are you acting?
What is Sneaky, secretive, stealthy
400
What is often known as Black Gold?
What is Oil?
400
Roswell, New Mexico, is famous for what great mystery?
What is UFO sightings / mysterious spotting in the sky / see also Area 51 in southern Nevada
500
One of the biggest worries in Crimea is the ethnic minority Tatar population. Tatars are Muslim and ethnically close to Turkish people. The entire population of Tatars, over 200,000 people, were exiled to Gulag labor camps by WHICH Soviet leader, near the end of World War Two.
Who is Josef Stalin
500
Barkhad Abdi became the first actor ever from this nation to receive an Oscar Nomination.
What is Somalia?
500
If something is *Ephemeral,* how would you describe it?
What is Momentary, fleeting, not lasting, transient
500
The Harlem Hellfighters, the 369th Infantry Regiment, served in World War One, and were known for what reason?
What is they were the first African-American fighting regiment to serve in the American armed forces overseas?
500
According to legend, this 7-9 foot tall, hominid-like creature is believed to roam the forests of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. There are many (totally serious) people and tracker associations that believe in the existence of what creature?
What is Sasquatch or Bigfoot?
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