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Greek Light Green Chlorine Flashcards

1
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Sia had this huge hit in 14 about the struggles of a party girl

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Chandelier

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Original name of thr band starship

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Jefferson airplane

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Making debut in 95 this band was named after a world war 2 term for unidentified flying objects

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Foo fighters

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2000 album all that you can’t leave behind
Bonus cover picture band standing in this airport

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Charles duh Gaul airport in Paris
U2 - shares name with reconnaissance aircraft in thr news in 60s
Won 7 Grammys
Only album with multiple tracks that won record of the year - released in different years
Beautiful day
Walk on

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5
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War what is it good for song
And originally written for

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Edwin star
Temptations- original ; recorded but Edwin released first

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A U2 wqs shot down in 60 over Soviet Union and the international affair was the focal point of this 15 movie

Also name of pilot shot down

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Bridge of spies - Tom hanks
Frances Gary powers

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Earliest documented example of wartime aviation when a manned this was used to spy for military intelligence
Also where

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In China a kite

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An iconic photograph taken on April 29 75 of this event when a helicopter landed on a building at 22 g uh long street with several people boarding

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Fall of Saigon
Or evacuation
Vietnam war ?

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Red Baron
Real name
And considered ace of aces during this war

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Manfred von Rick toe vin
During ww1

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Thr Hughes H 4 Hercules aka this common name was made from birch wood and only flew once in 47 and until 19 held the record for largest wingspan of any aircraft

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Spruce goose

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First orbiter in US space shuttle program
Constructed without functioning heat shield or engines
Bonus Soviet space shuttle program and first and only orbiter

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Enterprise - Never flew only approach and landing tests ; didn’t have orbital capacity

Russian Buran (buh ran) - went into space one time without a crew and stored in a warehouse that collapsed inn02 ; also ship on Star Trek discovery

What are we doing - playing a game 10 points per question

Can I get 69 For A minute

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Broke the sound barrier and name of the plane

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Chuck Yeager
Officially X1 nicknamed glamorous glenis as a dedication to his wife

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First known as the Ryan NYP this aircraft now hangs in the Smithsonian institution national air and space museum

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Spirit of St. Louis - Charles Lindbergh
2nd most famous flight nes to Wright bros

NYP can be thought of as NY to P
New York to Paris not Pennsylvania

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According to this biography yertle thr turtle wqs the first kids book in which a character did this

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being dr Seuss
Burped - scandalous

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Over a decade ago rotten tomatoes named her the best action heroine of all time

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Michelle yeoh YO

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This state is home to the only active diamond mine in the US

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Arkansas
Crater or diamond parks public can search and keep what they find

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Take your time (do it right) song
80

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SOS band

18
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Opening its first factory in 46 this Brenda name is Italian for meat based pasta sauce

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Ragu

19
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Patron Saint of messengers and postal workers

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Archangel Gabriel

20
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In musical production of thr phantom of the opera this prop crashes onto the stage to conclude the first act

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Chandelier

21
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Ingredient in bibimbap and congee

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Rice

22
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Subject of da is Attenborough blue planet series

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Ocean

23
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Sanders 16 campaign slogan

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Fee the bern

24
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Squids defense

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Ink

25
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The old man the boat
Man role in sentence

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Verb

26
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John Lennon first wife

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Cynthia Powell

27
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Word that can mean Paying off a debt in installments or by paying into a sinking fund

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Amortization

28
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I married a Beatle
Barbara bach

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Ringo

29
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Peppery that makes water act like a stretched membrane at least in space

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Surface tension

30
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This San Fran street gets all the press but technically Vermont street is more crooked

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Lombard

31
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An oak tree wannabe

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Acorn

32
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In 07 this bird a national symbol was removed from the endangered species list

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Bald eagle

33
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This hairstyle used to have serious buzz

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Beehive

34
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Paul McCartney wife

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Linda Eastman

35
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The territory is home to this space center that is frequently used for launches by the European space industry.

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the Guiana Space Centre
In duh Guiana

36
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English stage and screen actor. Like many English actors it seems,he has played a lot of villains in Hollywood movies e.g. in “Air Force One” and “The Fifth Element”. A favorite performance is as Ludwig van Beethoven in “Immortal Beloved”.
He also gave an outstanding, and Oscar-winning, portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour”

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Gary oldman

37
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played QB for the Chiefs in the first ever Super Bowl, losing badly to the Green Bay Packers. However, he was on the winning team in Super Bowl IV, when the Chiefs defeated this team.

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Dawson

Minnesota Vikings - Quarterback Dawson was named the MVP that day.

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Nelson Mandela biography

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Long Walk to Freedom” is a 1994 autobiography by the revolutionary and eventual statesman Nelson Mandela. The book was adapted into a very successful film entitled “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”, with English actor Idris Elba in the title role. The movie was released in South Africa at the end of November 2013, and Nelson Mandela passed away just a few days later.

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holy trinity” of vegetables,

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namely celery, bell peppers and onion. Okra used to be a requirement but this is no longer the case. Okra gave the dish its name as the vernacular word for the African vegetable is “okingumbo”, from the Bantu language spoken by many of the slaves brought to America.

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Online brokerage pioneer that used to produce those famous Super Bowl ads with the talking babies staring into a webcam.

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E trade

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