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Emerald Island Ireland Flashcards

1
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Elements with 4 letters

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Gold
Iron
Lead
Neon
Zinc

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Until 19 a piece of platinum uh rid e um alloy was used to define a standard for this property of matter

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Mass
Was the standard for thr kilogram but now a calculation
Problem wqs that thr alloy sheds and gains molecules from time to time so fluctuates from time to time ; new calculation is based on constants

So does my ass

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This danish psychicist won a Nobel prize in 22 for his work on atomic structure

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Niels bore
Nucleus in the middle
concentric rings of electrons

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Force X distance =

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Work

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Movie tribonds
Woody Allen
Gene Hackman
Sharon stone

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Antz

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Movie tribonds
Richard Dreyfus
Roy shy der
Robert Shaw

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Jaws

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Movie tribonds
Elliot page
Michael cera
Jennifer garner

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Juno
Good soundtrack

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Movie tribonds
Morgan freeman
Scarlet Johansson
Choy min sick

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Lucy

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This professional sports team has a cheerleading squad called the flight crew

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First major white act to perform at the Apollo venue

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Buddy holly and the crickets - buddy holly so inspirational to music Beatles took name from

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American pie song
Basis of thr song also

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Don McLean
The day the music died - Buddy holly died along with Richie valence and the big Bopper who was JP Richardson on Sunday February 3 59
Young pilot

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This famous song was written Chris christofferson and Fred foster originally performed by roger Miller in 69
In 72 Jerry lee Lewis released a version that reached 1 on xountey charts
The most famous version reached 1 by this famous artist and defined very short career

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Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin

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A change is gonna come was not originally a major hit for this artist
Also Written as a protest to support this

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Sam cook
Civil rights anthem

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She recorded the first gospel song in October 38 at 23 called rock me
Considered original soul sister and godmother of rock and roll
Down by the river 44 song in library of congress
Inducted inducted in rock and roll HOF

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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This 21 year old had first no 1 hit to spend 10’weeks on hot 100 top spot ; 25 weeks total of chart
Won Grammy for best new artist in 77?
And record of the year and best female vocalist performance nominated
Beat female vocalist of thr year by academy of country music
Won several Grammys for other gospel songs but one hit wonder

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Debbie Boone
Father had 26 top 20 billboard hits mainly covering blaxk r&b artists and rock and roll legends and 27 movie credits
In-laws rosemary Clooney ok shut up Barry

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Scottish born singer
Real name Marie McDonald McLaughlin Laurie
Gained fame for her version of their song shout
Beat song hit billboard 100 in 67 which wqs hit song for movie of thr same name Which she costarred
Married to Maurice Gibb

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Lou Lou - 1 hit wonder 1 named artist
Song to sir with love -
shout - Isley bros

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Ancient geography
Britain became an island less than 10K years ago as warning weather and melting ice filled in this sea

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North Sea
Until all ice sheets melted you could walk from England to the Netherlands

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British history
At Leicester cathedral in March 2015 thr archbishop of Canterbury led a religious ceremony for this deceased english monarch

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Richard III
Reinterment of Richard III
Recently rediscovered in Leicester

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Not woman to be inducted into rock and roll HOF as a non performer

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Carol king - # 1 hit album tapestry
As a Songwriter ; later inducted as a performer
Partnered with griffin?
25 solo albums

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First rock and roll chart record
Artist covered Jackie Bernstein (steen) and the delta cats - rocket 88- first rock and roll song but wait Ike turner on the vocals

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Crazy man crazy by bill Haley and thr comets (saddleman at the time ) - Texas swing
In 54 recorded the first rock and roll number 1

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Second British Invasion band to appear on Ed Sullivan show
17 top 40 hits
Rock and roll HOf

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Dave Clark 5 - quintet
Beatles first

22
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First posthumously #1 single
1968

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Sittin on thr dock of thr bay - Otis Redding
Rereleased after his death and rocketed to #1

23
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First inductee in rock and roll HOF and who did he handpick to introduce

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Chuck berry - father of rock and roll
Introduced by Keith Richard (s)? From Rolling Stones

24
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This musical group took its. Name from an aboriginal custom or slang used to describe when Extremely cold outside

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3 dog night - might want to snuggle up with the dog when it’s cold
20+ top 4 hits
71 hit of thr year

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Rock and roll legend who wrote songs using the first and middle name
Charles harden
Band had 8 hits in top 40

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Buddy holly

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Born earnest evans in 1941 raised in south Philadelphia
Did an impersonation of a famous singer on American band stand - dick cLark wife compared him to another artist of thr time and this he had a new stage name

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Chubby checker compared to antwon fats domino
Skinny domino haha
Andy’s so pissed haha

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An impromptu jam Session at this record company led to thr million dollar quartet made up of
December 4 56 - kels birthday

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Johnny cash
Elvis Presley
Jerry lee Lewis
CArl Perkins

Sun records

Also a play?

28
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This song was written by and Jerry lever and Mike stoller
Only hit for big mama Thorton
Best known version released in 56 and ranked by Rolling Stones as 19 greatest song of all time and best single selling record by the artist

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Hound dog
Elvis
Check out big mama Thorton version

29
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Blinded by the light wqs a huge hit for this band in 77
Also who wrote and originally recorded in 73

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Manfred man earth band
Wrapped up like up a deuce not do shhh
Originally - bruce Springsteen - greetings from asbury park New Jersey

30
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68
Black magic woman originally recording band - Written by Peter green but did not chart
Also His version hit number 4 in 71

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The famous band Fleetwood Mac - original ; Although their version of this song not famous English band ; Peter green founding member but not wee known ; Stevie nicks Lindsay buckingham other members
Carlos Santana - 4

31
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Only song released to hit US charts #1 twice with identical version

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Twist
Orignally recorded by hank Ballard and his group the midnighters
Summer of 60
Winter of 61
Spurred early 60s craze

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Elvis number 1 hits and charted on hot 100
The number

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18 -#1s
91 in hot 100
Billboard 100 started in 58 so some would have qualified they didn’t

33
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Lauren green 64 1 hit song about a gunfighter named Johnny

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Ringo - means apple in Japanese -
Johnny last name
His name came to prominence not by this song but by another means around same time aka Beatles

34
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This band leader had a no 1 hit with Calcutta

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Lawrence welk- hey aunt B
Odd but popular
Had a prime time show from 51-82
Champagne music ?
From North Dakota

35
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First artist to perform at Woodstock
Bonus set list at Woodstock - 3 songs
Bonus date

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Richie havens
Biggest cAreer hit was a cover of Beatles song
Set list - with a little help from my friends strawberry fields forever blended into hey Jude
August 69

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