Curling Stones Weigh 38-44lbs Flashcards

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5 largest counties in Europe my land area

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Not counting Russia
Ukraine
France 5.4%
Spain
Sweden
Norway

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1939 world fair was held in this city

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Flushing meadows in queens

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MLB team that allowed 14 runs in the first inning and 28 total to the Red Sox but despite this memorable performance went on to win the World Series in 2003

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Florida Marlins
Year of Bart man

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4
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Established as the first national monument in 1906 by teddy Roosevelt
Bonus what movie did it serve as the setting for the climatic scene

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Devils tower Butte in Wyoming located in bare lodge
Close encounters of the third kind

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5
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94 was a good year for ehat actor who had 3 #1 box office hits

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Jim Carey
Mask
Ace Ventura
Dumb and dumber

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While many tend to throw shade at this font it’s actually very useful for dyslexic people due to its asymmetric style that makes the letters easy to discern

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Comic sans

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7
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This news channel pays 58 airports across the US to broadcast their network
And other programming from this parent company

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CNN
Warner media

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8
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Movie subtitles
Final frontier

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Star Trek

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9
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Movie subtitles
Back in the habit

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Sister act

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Movie subtitles
Last blood

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Rambo

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Movie subtitles
A true underdog story

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Dodgeball

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12
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John 11:35 what is unique about it

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Shortest verse in the Bible
Jesus wept NIV translation
Then jesus wept King James Bible

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13
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Artihitect FLW son invented what popular children’s toy set after visiting this place in Japan that was designed by his father
Despite this fascinating story the manufacturer went with more of an American approach to this toy

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Jonathan
Imperial hotel
Lincoln logs
1916
1999 national toy hall of fame

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In 2014 what female comedian posted a picture topless riding a horse

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Chelsea handler

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What airlines plane features the face of a smiling Inuit

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Alaska air

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16
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An espadrille is a type of what

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Shoe

17
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Spring is the first concerto in what Vivaldi work

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four seasons

18
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A standard UFC ring is what shape

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Octagon

19
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What is the most abundant metal in the earths crust

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Aluminum

20
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Spike lee won his first competitive Oscar in 2019 for

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Blackclansman

21
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In 2022 Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of fraud as the CEO of what tech—

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Theranos

22
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When she married a commoner in 2021 princess mako left what country’s royal family

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Japan

23
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What Ernest Hemingway novel features the famous epigraph “you are all a lost generation “

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The sun also rises

24
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What pop star is the subject of the 2021 documentary subtitled the worlds a little blurry

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Billie eilish

25
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In 1944 Helen valentine founded ehat groundbreaking magazine for teen girls

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Seventeen

26
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Top 10 circulated newspapers

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NYT
USA Today
Wall Street journal
Los Angeles times
New York post
Washington post
Chicago tribune
Chicago sun times
Denver post
Daily news

27
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The British royal family

Price Philip’s titles included baron greenwich and duke of Edinburgh but not prince consort last used by this royal

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Prince albert married to queen Victoria

28
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Historic documents
The governor of Massachusetts wrote it is a ooor document but a mighty act…wrong in its delay until January but grand and sublime after all

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Emancipation proclamation
Many criticized Lincoln for a half hearted measure that only freed the slaves in the confederacy

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Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
All border what body of water

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Baltic Sea
Countries are referred to as the Baltics
Also the Baltic mountains

30
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Amazon flows into what ocean

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Atlantic