Adage Flashcards
Dallas stars origin
Minnesota north stars
Came in 69 with penguins
What nurse earned the nickname the lady with the lamp while caring for injured soldiers in this war
Florence nightingale during the Crimean war
She was British
Checking on soldiers in the middle of the night
Replaced by the British fort Pitt what French port was established at the confluence of the muh nog uh hail uh and Allegheny rivers in 1754
Fort do cane
Captured by a British expedition
Named for William pItt earl of chadam and suture prime minister
When not busy with the Sunday evening post who’s wa the artist for the Boy Scouts calendar 25-76 earning this highest Boy Scout adult award
Norman Rockwell
Silver Buffalo
Tallest Mountain in the cascade mountain range and also one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world
Mount Rainer
Brewery named after this famous peak
Olympics with the bombing at centennial park depicted in this close to 2020 film
Atlanta 96
Richard jewel - Kathy bates in it
In an election campaign for us senate Abe drew crowds in the thousands when competing against this opponent in a series of 7 debates
Stephen Douglas
Appointed at continental congress in 1775 who was the first post master general after previously holding office under British colonial rule
Franklin
Animated cartoon character with more films than any other became the official mascot of Warner bros entertainment
Bugs bunny
First permanent English settlement in the Americas
Jamestown
Virginia
Married architect and design duo created a high end popular lounge and office chair features in NY museum of modern art
Charles and ray Eames
Eee mmmm sss
Father of queen Elizabeth II
King George 6
Shaq palyed for these 6 teams
Whixh 2 did he win champs with
Rank in order of pop small to largest
Orlando 277K
Cleveland 385K
Miami 440K
Boston 673K
Phoenix 1.6 M
LA
From the 2016 census hahaha
Gangsta that was the cofounder and boss of the Chicago outfit
Nickname
Green mill - jazz club he used to frequent
Al Capone
Scarface
Comic book series featured the debut of Superman in 1938
Action comics
CNN anchor and and heir of this family recently welcomed a son named Wyatt Morgan
Anderson cooper
Vanderbilt heir
Economics term that refers to the total cost divided by the number of goods produced
Average cost
Former solicitor general wqs appointed as special prosecutor during the watergate scandal and was subsequently fired by Nixon during this event
Arch uh bald cox
Saturday night massacre
Portrayed in the film the current wars what electrical system features an induction motor invented by this person and liscened by Westinghouse
Alternating current
Nick uh luh Tesla
Title of 16 sci-fi action film based on a video game franchise of the same name
18% rotten tomatoes
240M
Michael fast bender and co t ard
Assassins creed
NBA teams in central time zone
Pelicans
Spurs
Mavericks
Rockets
OKC thunder
Bulls
Memphis grizzles
Milwaukee bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
sports teams in the mountain time zone
In NBA NHL NFL
Jazz
Nuggets
Phoenix Suns?
Avalanche
Edmonton oilers
Calgary flames
Arizona Coyotes?
Arizona Cardinals?
Broncos
Considered father of the constitution
Madison - basically wrote most of it
Library Revolution and the lunch bunch were early tires proposed for this movie
Bonus director
The breakfast club
John Hughes
The first athlete to perform an aerial spin known as the 900 in this sport
Tony hawk
Skateboarding
Debuted at Olympics in Tokyo 20 but 21
14 years after being established the library of congress was destroyed by a fire during this conflict
War of 1812
Was in the capitol building which the British burned
3 founders of Apple all worked together at this pong producing video game company
Atari
Which real life shipwreck inspired the events of the novel most dick and the account of the fated journey in the novel and the movie starring this actor in the heart of the sea
Essex
Chris hemsworth
Ron Howard director
Harbor town named after it outside of Boston which is where they took off from
Countries that start with the letter U
USA
UK
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
UAE
Uruguay
Dominican Republic capital
Largest city
Santo Domingo
Both
In the world of music, this is a curved line that connects neighboring notes that are to be played smoothly, without separation.
slur
This is a private group that works to influence the outcome of a particular election or group of elections. Any group becomes one by law when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.
political action committee (PAC)
In 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that PACS that did not make direct contributions to candidates or parties could accept unlimited contributions. These “independent, expenditure-only committees” are commonly referred to as “super PACs”.
NSA in dating
No strings attached
This Japanese city used to be called Naniwa, with the name changing to Osaka sometime before 1500.
It” can be translated either as “large hill” or “large slope”.
Osaka
Osaka is sometimes referred to as “the Chicago of Japan” as it is a major center of commerce and industry. The city has also been named the “nation’s kitchen”, and was a center for Japan’s rice trade for centuries.
