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35 Is Coral Flashcards

1
Q

What word is used to describe a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side?

A

Plateau

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2
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The area where players fight the Ender Dragon is called what?

A

The end

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3
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What country was renamed from the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar?

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Tanzania

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4
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Who both preceeded and succeeded Clement Attlee as Prime Minister of the UK?

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Churchill

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5
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What kind of fruit is a canteloupe?

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Melon
Variety of the musk melon species

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6
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What state was originally part of Massachusetts before being admitted to the union in 1820

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Maine

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7
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In a standard drum line the numbers by the bass drums signify

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The pitch of the drum
Larger number the lower the pitch

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In Britain what is the colloquial term for a strong cup of tea often consumed by laborers during a break in the work day

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Builders

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9
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Which playwright is credited with crediting the knock knock joke
Bonus play

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Shakespeare
Originated in Macbeth with the Porter right before discovering the king has been murdered by Macbeth

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10
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Mislabeled a failed Star which planet is made of hydrogen and helium and would need about 75 times its own mass to ignite

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Jupiter

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11
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Enforced by its creators what long running sitcom operated under the mantra no hugging no learning

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Seinfeld

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12
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You might have a condition called Stendhal syndrome if you’ve ever fainted while doing ehat

Sten doll

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Looking at a painting
Overcome with emotion when gazing at something with aesthetic value

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13
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A symbol for peace around the world the sculpture non violence is also known by what name
Bonus where

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The knotted gun
Grounds of the UN in New York

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14
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Which of these belief systems does not subscribe to a concept known as karma

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Shintoism

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15
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What writer famously claimed to have met JFK Bobby Kennedy lee Harvey Oswald and sirhan sirhan

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Capote

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16
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The corporation now called Bank of America has its roots in a company called

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Bank of Italy
Started in San Fran?

17
Q

What figure of speech is showcased in the stirring Michael Bolton lyric
How can we be lovers if we can be friends

A

Rhetorical question

18
Q

Which of the following would a person most likely put on their axilia

A

Deodorant
Armpit

19
Q

Making it a one stop workshop what flagship Detroit clothing store offers free rents tools and workspace for all customers

A

Carhart

20
Q

The cause of burns both real and metamorphical which angry term refers to sulfuric acid

A

Vitriol

21
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Countries of the world

It has the most water area of an country nearly 350K sq miles about 9% of its total area

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Canada
More lakes than all other world countries combined

22
Q

Mussolini oversaw the genocide of this African nation which Italy had begun to colonize in 1911

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Libya
Capital Tripoli
Right there on the Mediterranean Sea

23
Q

Interstate with just over 76 miles that connects northern Virginia to DC Via the Theodore Roosevelt bridge

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66

24
Q

How are Interstates that serve as bypass routes designated
Like a lip that goes around a city

A

3 digits and and even leading number

25
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How are interstates that are offshoots of interstates that go into a downtown area designated

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3 digits leading number is odd

26
Q

2 famous Colorado national parks

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Mesa verse and Rocky Mountain national park

27
Q

Stravinsky ballet famous for its pagan themes inspired an audience to riot after its premiere in Paris in 1913

A

The rite of spring

28
Q

Color of fire extinguishers in restaurant kitchens to indicate they are designed for oils and fats

A

Silver not signal red
Also yellow for combustible medals

29
Q

Though I’ve too al choirs have become a fixture of the pandemic ehat American composer has been conducting his virtual choir for over a decade

A

Whitaker
Is he American born in Reno went to juliard fancy
Sing gently project 17K singers from 129 countries

30
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This 5th longest interstate highway originates-at a Baltimore park and ride

A

70
Western terminus is cove fort Utah at 15

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