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Academic Team Flashcards, Part One

This overview highlights notable individuals from various fields, including John Jay, the first Chief Justice, and Jean-Paul Sartre, a prominent existentialist philosopher. It delves into significant inventions, like the air brake by Westinghouse and the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Roentgen. Also featured are acclaimed works by authors such as Jack Kerouac, Lady Murasaki Shikibu, and Oscar Wilde. Explore contributions from the Beat Generation, the highest mountains in continents, and the artistic mastery of Da Vinci and Salvador Dali that shaped culture and society.

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Academic Team Flashcards, Part One

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  1. Academic TeamFlashcards, Part One

  2. First Chief Justice

  3. John Jay

  4. Most famous philosopher of Existentialism

  5. Jean Paul Sartre

  6. Painted “The Haywain”

  7. John Constable

  8. Discovered X-Rays

  9. Wilhelm Roentgen

  10. Author of “On the Road”

  11. Jack Kerouac

  12. Two friends of Jack Kerouac

  13. Allen Ginsberg andWilliam S. Burroughs • Members of the “Beat Generation”

  14. Highest mountain in Antarctica

  15. The Vinson Massif

  16. Tallest mountain in South America

  17. Mt. Aconcagua

  18. Highest mountain in North America

  19. Mt. McKinley • Also known as Denali

  20. Designed Central Park

  21. Frederick Law Olmstead • Also worked on UC Berkeley Campus, Stanford Campus, Capitol Building landscape, University of Chicago Campus • Lesser known: Point Chautauqua in NY

  22. Author of Tales of Genji

  23. Lady Murasaki Shikibu • Recognized as world’s first novel

  24. Inventor of the Air Brake

  25. Westinghouse

  26. Inventor of the Reaper

  27. Cyrus McCormick

  28. Author of “Winesburg, Ohio”

  29. Sherwood Anderson • Book of short stories

  30. “Kidnapped” and “Treasure Island” were written by this man

  31. Robert Louis Stephenson

  32. State Department official accused of being a communist spy in the 1950’s

  33. Alger Hiss

  34. Author of “rags to riches” stories in the 1800’s

  35. Horatio Alger • Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps

  36. Author of “The Importance of Being Earnest”

  37. Oscar Wilde

  38. Who painted “The Last Supper?”

  39. Leonardo Da Vinci

  40. Who gave the “Cross of Gold” speech in the 1890’s?

  41. William Jennings Bryan

  42. Who opposed William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes “Monkey” Trial in 1925?

  43. Clarence Darrow

  44. Who painted “The Persistence of Memory?”

  45. Salvador Dali Surrealism

  46. Author of the famous Russian play “The Seagull”

  47. Anton Chekhov

  48. Russian author of “Dr. Zhivago”

  49. Boris Pasternak

  50. Who painted “Guernica?”

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