Giraffe And Humans Have Rhe Same Number Of Vertebrae In Their Neck Flashcards

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World capitals
Amongst it’s nicknames are the city of classical music and possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938 thr city of dreams

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Vienna
Austria
Freud the famous resident in question.

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2
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On the $100 Australian note

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Helen Porter Mitchell
Operatic career
First Aussie to receive international recognition as a classical singer
Concert hall named after her

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Erie Canal connects these two bodies of water in these 2 cities
Completed in 1825

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Niagara river in Buffalo to the Hudson river in Albany
Runs the length of the state of NY
Helped the state grow politically and economically

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1788 German game anthology contains the first reference of this single player card game

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Solitaire

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5
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Even though it has benefits as an herbal remedy this tea actually exacerbates ragweed allergies

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Chamomile

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6
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In what year did obama take office

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09

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What year did U2 debut

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78

In what year did Mario bros computer game debut

83 ?

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The invention of the car spurred the creation of the first modern day nail polish and led to this company becoming the first established brand releasing this color

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Revelon
Cream color

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9
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Disney adjacent

While soMe are familiar with Bruce the villianous great white shark from jaws where did his name come from

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Spielberg ex wife divorce attorney ?
Never actually given the name in the film
Divorce from
Jaws 76 Amy Irving

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What large cat is a slang term for an older woman who dates younger men

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Cougar

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Q

The compass app on an iPhone has an icon the depicts what letters

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N
S
E
W

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12
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Drake real name

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Aubrey Graham
Start on a Canadian kiss show degrassi

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What WNBA Star fought the wrongful conviction of Jonathan irons her current husband

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Maya moore

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14
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Which joint of the body shares its name with a type of pasta

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Elbow

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Napoleon Bonaparte wqs defeated
for the final time by who at this battle
Idiom meaning one has met their final or decisive outcome usually a failure

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Duke of wEllington at the battle of Waterloo
Met your Waterloo

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Before the annual Belmont stakes it is tradition to play this signature song by a rat pack singer honoring the city where the race takes place

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Sinatra New York New York

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Name given to a tin or jar of tea

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Caddy
Unit of measure in Southeast Asia
We’re equipped with a lock and tea because tea was expensive

18
Q

Us presidents
He was sworn in twice as president within 2 years first by his father and then later by a former US president

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Coolidge
First time when Harding died and then later by former President Taft

19
Q

“To happily follow wherever you may lead“ employs this once verboten but lees so today

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Split infinitive

20
Q

They won the battle
The 1689 battle of killiecrankie in this country; the jacobites
Jack uh bites

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Scotland

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Medical history
A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the US in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines

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Whopping cough
Pertussis

DTaP vaccine

diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough

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Q

Known as German measles or three day measles

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Rubella

23
Q

Mount Elbert location.

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Colorado
No 14

24
Q

2nd highest US mountain

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Mount saint Elias

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The generally accepted highest summit in Europe is

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Mount Elbrus (5,642 m or 18,510 ft) in the Caucasus, appearing

However, because the location of the boundary between Asia and Europe is not universally agreed upon, its inclusion in Europe is disputed

if the Kuma–Manych Depression is used as the geological border between Asia and Europe, the Caucasus and Elbrus lie wholly in Asia. If the Greater Caucasus watershed is used instead, Elbrus’ peaks are wholly in Europe, albeit close to the border with Asia. Mont Blanc (4,810 m or 15,781 ft), lying on the border between France and Italy in the Graian Alps, is seen by some to be the highest mountain in Europe

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Capital of Bolivia

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La Paz

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Henry Kessler conceived of his peppermint pattie in this Pennsylvania city

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York

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In a theater a speech expressing a character’s inner thoughts addressed to no one is called

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Soliloquy

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This future British leader wqs second in command of the parliament army who opposed Charles I

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Oliver Cromwell

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Q

A region near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on windless waters is called

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The doldrums