Eco The Name Of The Rose Flashcards

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While more than 500 people have been on the fBI’s 10 most wanted fugitive list only 10 of them have been

A

Women
First in the late 60s for kidnapping an heiress

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2
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The YouTube logo incorporates this geometric shape that typically represents the play button

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Triangle

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The MV Astoria was known as this when it caused which historic shipwreck

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Andrea doria

MV active until 2020 was called the Stockholm

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4
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At the same desk where he wrote the James Bond books he wrote the most played song in radio history

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Ian Fleming
Every breath you take by sting
Lyrics are creepy? Says beastie

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This term refers to traveling at the speed of sound

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Mach 1
760 miles per hour
Travel the speed of light you turn into spaghetti

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For decades and apparently not subject to the cost of inflation a vowel on wheel of fortune costs this much

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$250

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In European palaces some servants were occasionally called on to serve in what roles also known as fools

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(Court )jesters

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According to it’s website this heat resistant glass cookware was originally named in reference to a desert dish

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Pyrex
Originally called Pyrate as it came from a pie plate

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9
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English literature
It says the mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell a hell of heaven what matter where if I be still the same

A

Paradise lost
Lucifer giving himself a pep talk after his fall

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According to wedding wire newlywed report this is traditionally the most popular holiday to propose on

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Christmas

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11
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What is the fictional town in the play our town

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Grover’s corners

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12
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This popular German automobile brand means the peoples car

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Volkswagen

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13
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The Oscar’s
Born in 1932 and the son of a Percussionist in the CBS radio orchestra, he has been nominated for 53 Oscar’s

A

John Williams
The legendary composer

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