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Rizzo 162 > Claremont Mckenna California Colleges > Flashcards

Claremont Mckenna California Colleges Flashcards

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19th century science
In 1824 Anglican priest William buckland wrote a pioneering paper on megalosaurus a creature whose name means this

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Lizard

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On June 14 1982 Argentina forces surrendered to these forces on these islands

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Falkland Islands to British forces

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The site of a major American naval victory over Japan in June 1942 its located 1.3K miles northwest of Hawaii

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Midway

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4
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The Faroe Islands belong to this country

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Denmark
Scandinavian country of

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This 147 sq mile island where queen Victoria had a seaside home is just off the hampshire coast

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Isle of Wight

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6
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Quiche kingdom

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Lorraine

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Smallest states by area

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Rhode Island
Delaware
Connecticut
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Maryland
West Virginia
South Carolina
Maine
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama

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6 states with pop lees than 1 mil

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Wyoming
Vermont
DC - bonus
Alaska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Delaware

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9
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Where is the US constitution currently displayed
Bonus when was it moved and to where

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National archives building in DC
Moved to Fort Knox during ww2

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10
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The constitution wqs penned by this Pennsylvania general assembly clerk for this much

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Jacob shall is
$30 worth 830 in 2020

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Before going private this fine art auction house trades on the NYSE using the ticker symbol BID

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Sothebys
Suth uh bees

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12
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Taye diggs made his big screen debut when he helped who do this

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Stella get her groove back

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13
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Blue jays play here where they serve pickle poutine covered in peanut butter gravy

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Rogers centre

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14
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Where are the Spanish steps

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Italy

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15
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This company supplies the official tennis balls 🎾 of the us open

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Wilson

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16
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After playing wii James park wqs inspired to create this wearable exercise tracking device

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Fit bit

17
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When exposed to water this oxidizes and creates this 4 letter compound

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Iron creates rust

18
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Common name for the button on top of a baseball cap

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Squatchee
Squa chee

19
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An old shed is a portal to a parallel universe in this best selling novel

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Fairy tale by Stephen king

20
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Jack Harlow samples this no 1 fergie hit in a song about fancy accommodations

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First class samples glamorous

21
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These 2 groups debated the need for a constitution

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Federalists
Anti federalists
Andrew Jackson invented Democratic
Republican right before civil war

22
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Amendment 1

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Freedom of religion
Assembly
Speech
Press

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Amendment 2

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Right to bear arms

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Amendment 3

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Housing of soldiers

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Amendment 4

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Search and arrest warrants

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Amendment 5

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Rights in criminal cases

27
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If you’ve watched whee of fortune you should know the most commonly used letter in English is

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E

28
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Despite its name this type of symbols would NOT sit well on your head

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Hi Hat

29
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A New York statue appears in the background of commercials for this company whose slogan is only pay for what you need

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Liberty mutual

30
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The early 2000s movies about a boy and high fidelity were based on books by this British author

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Nick hornby

31
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Wrap a tortilla around chicken and cream cheese to get this Spanish dish whose name means spices with Chile

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Enchilada

32
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Films by tagline
1986
The first casualty of war is innocence

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Platoon

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Formed in chihuahua the fuerteriver in f Mexico flies southwestward 180 miles into this gulf

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Gulf of California

34
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First map of America Pennsylvania doesn’t have access to this lake which it got in a 1792 purchase

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Erie

35
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Film by tagline
1976
His whole life was a million to one shot

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Rocky

36
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Serrano and other chiles help flavor and. Name this cheese

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Pepper Jack

37
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Much of hegels work reacts to this older german philosopher though his son Emmanuel was named for another Immanuel

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Kant

38
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Key world event of hegels youth was this which broke out in the spring and summer of 1789 when he was 18

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French Revolution

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