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Jack Lamata Flashcards

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In castaway what piece of flotsome does Tom hanks use as a sail on his raft

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Portable toilet

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In what ocean did the film captain Phillips take place

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Indian Ocean
Somalia pirates

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In surfing This long fin at the bottom of the board that keeps you from having lateral movement

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dagger board

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With about 5 people per square mile it’s the most sparsely populated of the lower 48 states

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Wyoming

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It’s from the old French for wild creature

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Beast

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This adjective doe pearls of irregular shape also describes artists such as hyacinthe riguad

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Baroque

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Although a box office flop this movie inspired by Jacque Cousteau this movie stars bill Murray Angelica Houston Kate blanchet William dafoe Owen Wilson goldbloom among others

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The life aquatic with Steve zuzu
Wes Anderson

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The winner of this ocean race gets to keep the oldest trophy in international sports
First one in 1851

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Americas cup
Not held every year; winner has to be challenged and then is a 1 on 1 race via a series of races
NY yacht club won in 1851 and held onto for 132 years

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Evergreen state college has this interesting mascot which is also tasty seafood

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Gooey duck - clam
Spelled geoduck
Unusual college - students design their own curriculum
NAIA

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Yachting or sailing has been an event at every modern Olympic summer Games except this one

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St. Louis - 1904

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Captain Nemo is from this book
Bonus nationality

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20K leagues under the sea
Indian
Father wqs an Indian rajah or something like that

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Captain archibald haddock is a character from what comic book series

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The adventures of tin tin

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Captain ahab ship from this book
And what is the name of the ship bonus named after

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Moby dick
The p quod
A Indian tribe (Native American) in Connecticut area

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Captain Jack Aubrey is the Captain of this ship in this first book of a 20 + book series

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Ship is the Sophie
Master and commander - have you seen the movie?
Russel Crowe played him In the movie

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Actors part of the gang in the modern ocean 11 series
Bonus director
Double bonus all movies in series

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Soto berg

Clooney as Danny ocean
Pitt as rusty Ryan
Casey afleck
Matt Damon
Julia roberts as Tess ocean
Bernie Mac
Carl Reiner
Andy Garcia
Kate blanchet
Rihanna
Sara Paulson
Ann Hathaway
Don cheadle
Scott khan
Terry Benedict
Elliot Gould
Akwafina??

Sammy Davis Jr frank Sinatra in the original

8, 11, 12 , 13

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Two NHL teams with longest losing streaks
18 games

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Penguins 03-04
Buffalo 2021

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Team with the Longest losing streak in all sports pro and college
207

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Cal tech beavers men basketball team

18
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Jane Austen novel in which the main character is introduced in the first sentence as handsome clever and rich
With a happy disposition and had lived nearly 21 years in the world with very little to vex her

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Emma wood house in Emma

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Meerkats are native to the southern part of what continent

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Africa

20
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Young sun flowers exhibit this trait which means during the day they turn to face this celestial object

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Heliotropism
The sun

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Dutch Artist known for his two sunflower series of still life paintings created in the late 1800s

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Van gough

22
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Sunflower song that post Malone collaborated with who

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Swae lee

Sway lee

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In 2014 the first transgender person to appear on the cover of time

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Laverne Cox - during her time on orange is the new black
First man is Elliot page

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One of the fastest growing counties in the IS is Clark county located in

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Nevada
Contains the greater Las Vegas area
Known for entertainment and mining industry
City of enterprise is a major contributor

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While travelling as president elect with his family this presidents son Benjamin was killed in a train crash

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Pierce
1853
First Lady Jane did not make an appearance until 55 almost two years into term
Likely impacted pierce performance

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What is the deepest river in the world

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Congo in Africa

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Still ongoing with no end in sight flint Michigan water crisis is due to industrial pollution of ehat local river and water source for the town

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Flint river

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Prominent river in NY was the site for a miraculous emergency flight landing in 09
Bonus inspired what film

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Hudson
Sully

29
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Longest river in Europe

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Volga

30
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Largest type of tree in the world

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Sequoia

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