Chvrches Over Flashcards

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Assigned an approximately mathematical value of 2.72

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E

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2
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Highest ranking and Cleanest burning coal available

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Anthracite

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In 2019 a giant raft of this rock measuring more than 50 sq miles was found floating in the pacific near Tonga

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Pumic
From an underwater eruption

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In 1939 billie holiday recorded this song which was a protest against racism and especially lynching; it has been covered by many other and names song of the century by time magazine in 99

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Strange fruit
Haunting song - hard to listen to ; strange fruit are bodies of black men hanging from trees that have been lynched
Kels fav version Nina Simone

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5
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17 Harry styles song shares a name with a kind of fruit
Reached 40 in US but for some reason 2 in New Zealand

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Kiwi
New Zealanders Known as kiwis for the bird
Neil recommends the song

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This Brazilian singer from the first half of the 20th century is known for her fruity hats

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Carmen Miranda
Famous for the Chiquita banana song
Ostracized is Brazil foe being too Americanized

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This fruity band had a hit with play that funky music

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Wild cherry
Named after a cough drop
Ramones were named After a pseudonym of Paul McCartney- would register at hotels as Joe ramone?

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8
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This is the most commonly transplanted organ in the US

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Kidney

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9
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How many Oscar’s did Fargo win and takes place in primarily this state

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2
Minnesota
Even though Fargo is in North Dakota it’s right by the border
They talk about bemidji and the twin cities

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10
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Most popular fruit in the world by metric tons

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Tomatoes
Banana
Watermelon
Apples
Grapefruit
Grapes
Oranges
Mangos
Plantains
Tangerines
Pears
Pineapple

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Aspirin is one of the most common drugs in the world with something like 40 K tons being consumed annually - in tens of billions of pills and is derived from the bark of this tree

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Willow
References back to using willow bark and leaves for pain Relief 500 BCE
Scientists isolate acid in 1800s sal uh sil ick acid

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12
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Cocaine and crack increase the level of this chemical which acts as a hormone and neurotransmitter and is generally considered to be the chemical of pleasure in the body

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Dopamine

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13
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This halloucgin was invented in 1938 by a Swiss chemist and later used by the CIA to explore mind control in the MK ultra program

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LSD
Experimenting with mushrooms
Trip known as the bicycle ride because this guy rode his book home during the first LSD trip

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This life saving drug was found accidentally by scientists in 1938 when removing a pancreas from a dog to see what would happen

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Insulin
Dogs urine had a lot of sugar in it - because gave dog diabetes
Without pancreas can’t regulate blood sugar

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15
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This 2011 song about a prostitute addicted to crack is this English singer debut song

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The a team by
Ed Sheeran
Nominated for a Grammy ?

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16
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I can’t feel my face song may be about doing large amounts of cocaine by this Canadian singer
2015

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The weekend

17
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Kickstart my heart is a 89 song by this heavy metal band recently featured in a Netflix biopic that supposedly refers to the ep uh nef rin injected into a band members heart after he overdosed

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Motley crew
Nicky 6 overdosed

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This artist outlined how getting high prevented him from doing daily chores paying child support and eventually ruined his life in an 01 song

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Afroman because I got high

19
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Lance Armstrong admitted in 13 to doping and steroids and other drug use during his career - all of these wins were vacated as a result
How many

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Won the Tour duh France
7 times (consecutive) big gap in the record book now - didn’t retroactively give to 2nd place

20
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2nd pick in the 86 nba draft who died of a cocaine overdose 2 days after the draft
Bonus what university did he attend

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Len bias from university of Maryland
Boston Celtics defending champs
Happened on campus - touchstone event that made an impact on drug awareness
Not while e coyote from acme

21
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In the late 19th and early 20th century this plant derived poison was used a a performance enhancer for distance athletes sue to its convulsive effects

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Strick 9

22
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This 8 time grand slam winner tested positive for ampheduhmeans in 97 as his career was in a decline

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Andre Ag uh see
Who is married to steffi graph also was married to Brooke shields

23
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This movie from 58 is about an alcoholic football ex player
Who stars
Also based on this play

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Cat on a hot tin roof
Elizabeth Taylor (butterfield 8 won an academy for ) and Paul Newman
Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tennessee Williams

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This was a film about a man named Renton who was deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene and trying to clean up his life
What was his drug of choice

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Trainspotting
Heroine was the drug

25
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This academy award best picture winner not only portrayed the use of hallucinogens and other drugs but could also be considered the first LGBT film to win the award

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Midnight cowboy in 69
Only X rated to win best picture
X rated because of drugs and homosexual theMes
Jon voight was a male prostitute

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The battle of guh lip uh lee was a major military campaign during WW1 in this present day country

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Turkey - Ottoman Empire at the time

guh lip uh lee peninsula part of Turkey

guh lip uh lee Italian form of Greek name meaning beautiful city

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First produced by lou dens in 36 this fashionable sounding cAndy bar now produced by Hershey’s consists of peanut butter crunch layers and chocolate similar to this company’s butterfinger

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Fifth avenue bar - attempt to associate candy with fashionable street in nYC
Nestle - butterfinger

28
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Known among Latin communities as a tool for disciplining children a chancla (chank luh) is a type of this object

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Flip flop or slipper or some type of footwear
San Antonio minor league team flying chank luh at least briefly - to show how intimidating

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With a net worth of 70 B Spanish businessman or man c o Ortega cofounded this flagship fast fashion retailer in 75

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Zara- females know

30
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Fictional media conglomerates in succession

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Way star roy co
Starring brown cox and children played by Keriian caulkin Alan rook Sarah snook and Jeremy strong

31
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Singer profiled in the 2022 Netflix documentary “Halftime,” familiarly :

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J.LO
”Jennifer Lopez: Halftime” is a 2022 documentary about Jennifer Lopez. It gives a behind-the-scenes look at her performance at the halftime show for Super Bowl LIV, and at the making of the 2019 movie “Hustlers”, in which she had a supporting role.

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Friends in Low Places” is a 1990 song released by

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Garth Brooks. He first recorded the song in 1989 as a demo, before Brooks released his debut album, and when he was relatively unknown as a performer. After the success of that first album, Brooks contacted the writers to see if the song was still available. He then re-recorded “Friends in Low Places”, and released it as the first single from his second album, “No Fences”.

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Oct. 24 observance :

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UN DAY
The Charter of the United Nations was signed by the member states in San Francisco in June 1945 and came into force on 24 October 1945. October 24 was chosen as United Nations Day in 1947. In 1971, the United Nations further resolved to make UN Day a public holiday in all UN member states.

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The French word for lightning is “

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éclair”, but no one seems to be too sure how it came to be used for the rather delicious bakery item.

The name for the pastry known as an “éclair” is clearly French in origin.

35
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Colorado State’s sports team :

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RAMS
Colorado State University (CSU) was founded in Fort Collins in 1870 as the Colorado Agricultural College. The school’s athletic teams are known as the Colorado State Rams, although back in the days of the Colorado Agricultural College, the teams were referred to as the Aggies.

36
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Jellicle Ball attendee

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CAT
Jellicle cats are the creation of T. S. Eliot in his unpublished poem “Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats”, with the title being a corruption of “poor little dogs and dear little cats”. Eliot later wrote another poem “The Song of the Jellicles”, which is included in his collection “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”. Famously, this collection was the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats”.

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Dust in the Wind” is a lovely 1977 song recorded by the prog rock band

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Kansas
that was written by one of the group’s founding members, Kerry Livgren. It was to be the only top-ten hit for Kansas in the US

38
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Verona is a city in northern Italy. Famously, William Shakespeare set these three of his plays in Verona: “

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Romeo and Juliet”, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” and “The Taming of the Shrew”.