Conwy Island Hot Dog 1800s Amusement Flashcards

1
Q

So athletes could play in 2 hemispheres this country intended to build this stadium along this imaginary line

A

Brazil
Zerao stadium along the equator
Zuh ray o

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As a prank moving into the frame of a photograph as it is being taken is known by this explosive term

A

Photo bomb

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These 2 states are home to the headwaters and mouth of the Mississippi River

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Minnesota
Louisiana

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Pop Music then and nOw
The song 2002 released by her in 18 references these 6 popular songs from 98-04 in the chorous to showcase the love of the music she grew up with

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Ann Marie

baby one more time
99 problems
Oops I did it again
Ride with me
Bye bye bye
The next episode

Oops I got 99 problems singing bye bye bye if you wanna go and take a ride with me better hit me baby one more time

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Little drummer boy
Cofounder of The Beach Boys
And the only true surfer in the band ?
Bonus instrument

A

Dennis Wilson - drowned ; battles with substance abuse
Drummer
Carol also died
Brian still rocking
Not John stamos- beach boys were on full house all of the time ; stamos drummed foe them; close friends
Drummer for Led Zeppelin- John bon um also died early

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Mountains and rivers
According to world atlas.com the yarlung tsangpo river at 14.8K ft (sang po)is the highest river in the world and can be found in this self governing region
Bonus capital

A

Tibet - chinas never going to let them go ? Funny to call them self governing
Capital Lhasa lah sah

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Older than the trees
While trees have been in existence for over 350M years this animal predates it having lived for 400M

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Sharks

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Country music
In 17-18 this song became the all time longest reigning billboard hot country #1 single with 50 consecutive weeks at the top spot

A

Meant to be
Bebe rexha and Florida Georgia line

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Roads
Route 66 - one of the most legendary roads is also known as

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Will Rodgers memorial highway

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A favorite in the business world this 98 self help book features 2 mice named sniff and scurry

A

Who moved my cheese ?

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This is the term for a congressional member organization on Capitol Hill and the word Iowa uses for its presidential primary

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Caucus

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Embassy suites and Hampton inn are both brands owned by this hotel company

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Hilton

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This was the first human internal organ to be transplanted successfully

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Kidney

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Part of the coup to overthrow this king who became the president of Egypt in 1956

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King Farouk

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The first human to populate North America came via a lane bridge across this body of water

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Bering strait

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Apiology is the scientific study of these insects

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Bees

17
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This 13 letter term for a bachelors degree is also a religious service helped before commencement

A

Baccalaureate
Back uh lar e it

18
Q

This underground cartoonist and creator of zap comix coined the hippie motto keep on truckin

A

R crumb

19
Q

Only Shakespeare play with a subtitle

A

Twelfth night
Subtitle : Or what you will

20
Q

The old mr Boston bartenders guide calls for this liqueur to be used in a stinger cocktail

A

Crème de menthe

21
Q

Using South Carolina’s marshes to his advantage revolutionary war leader Francis Marion earned this nickname

A

Swamp fox

22
Q

This razor toothed sea monster threatened his journey in homers epic

A

Scylla - sill uh
Odysseus in the odyssey

23
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In her performance of cut piece this artist invites audience members to snip away pieces of her clothing

A

Yoko ono

24
Q

Founded in 1088 the oldest university in Europe is named for this city

A

Bologna
Buh lone yuh

25
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Historic groups
Originally a term for security escorts for commanders this group was a designated an official imperial force

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Praetorian guard
Originally bodyguard for Roman generals

26
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While there was no majority votes in this election who was elected by the House of Representatives

A

John Quincy adams in the 1824 election

27
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In 18 philly served as the final venue for a U.S. tour for this band cofounded by guitarist and singer Jeff lynn which had a big impact on the 70s charts scoring 15 top 20 singles the biggest of which was don’t bring me down which went to no 4 in late 79

A

ELO
Electric light orchestra