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King Houdini Flashcards

1
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When did sheep roam around the White House

A

Woodrow Wilson presidency
WW 1
In an effort to cut down on manpower to maintain the White House

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How many Punic wars

Bonus: participants

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3 total

Rome and Carthage

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Anchors aweigh is the unofficial theme song of ehat US military branch

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Navy

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In 2021 jasmine Harrison became the youngest woman to row solo across what body of water

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Atlantic Ocean

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5
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A powerful ingredient in skin care products what is derived from vitamin A

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Retinol

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Something being sold at auction.is said to be going under the what

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Hammer

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Video game phenom Tyler blevins is better known by what name

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Ninja

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The core i7 and pentium are computer processors made by

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Intel

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9
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In her hit Jenny from the block j lo informs us she grew up in what New York City borough

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Bronx

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When he died in 2020 what soccer star was called the hand of god with feet of divinity

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Diego mar uh Donna

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The odyssey follows whose journey to where

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Odysseus to Ithaca (his home Greek kingdom)

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In 1986 who became the first female president of the Philippines

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Uh keen o

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13
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The studio that produced popeye the sailor man also created what jazz singing flapper

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Berry booop

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14
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Us passports are issued by

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The department of the state

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15
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In Astronomy a star being torn into thin strands as it’s sucked into a black hole is an event known as what

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Spaghettifaction

Sp get uh fi cation

Gravity so much stronger at the near end than the far end

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The word maverick was inspired by Samuel maverick a Texas land baron who couldn’t be bothered to do what

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Brand his cattle

17
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What US states official Twitter account joked that the texting abbreviation WTH stand for want Taylor ham

A

New Jersey

18
Q

What chain will often give your dog a free cup of whipped cream when you order a puppuccino

A

Starbucks

19
Q

In the US prohibition began and started

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1920 to 1933

20
Q

SKIMS is a women’s shape wear line created by what celeb

A

Kim K

21
Q

Showing a man riding a horse at a bullfight Le picador is what artists first painting

A

Picasso

22
Q

Showing a man riding a horse at a bullfight le picador is what artists first painting

Luh
Pick a door

A

Picasso

23
Q

Lorentz force Better known as what type of force

A

Electromagnetic

Named after a Dutch physicist

24
Q

In the Netflix series pretend it’s a city martin Scorsese listens to what kvetching writer

A

Fran lebowitz

25
Q

Founded in 1938 ehat South Korean company originally sold vegetables and dried fish

A

Samsung

26
Q

N the late 90s gidget the chichiwawa Mascot of for what fast food chain

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Taco Bell

27
Q

94 voice role of Mufasa was reprised in 2019 by what actor

A

James earl Jones

28
Q

What legendary figure died after winning a race against a steam drill

A

John Henry

29
Q

In 1937 what engineer wrote a poem titled the mighty task is done upon the completion of what mighty landmark

A

Strauss

Golden Gate Bridge

30
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Catz and jammer kids known for this distinction

First appearing in 1897

A

Longest running comic strip of all time
Created by Rudolph dirks
First to have character express dialogue through speech bubbles
2013

31
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Code name of us air land conflict from Jan 17 1991 to April 11 1991

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Operation desert storm

In Kuwait

32
Q

Air jordans debuted

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1984

33
Q

3 is a magic number is the pilot for

A

Schoolhouse rock

34
Q

If you were brown in 1970 you’d be part of what demographic

A

Gen X

35
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While the rest od the world is busy celebrating Pi day what city is busy celebrating the date that matches its area code

A

St. Louis

36
Q

Native to Africa kirks dik-dik is a tiny variety of what animal

A

Antelope

Tiny little deer like things

37
Q

In which of these places would you find a vast flat area known as a abyssal plain

A

Atlantic Ocean

38
Q

Last element

A

Zirconium

39
Q

Oxfords word of the year for 2021 was this 3 letter one, short for a word that goes back to the Latin for cow

A

Vax

First vaccine derived from cowpox
From Latin Vacca

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