La Mer Flashcards
While on an exam table a woman in labor typically has her legs held up in what adjustable arms
Stirrups
What epic poem by sameul Taylor Coleridge tells the story of a seaman who loses his crew after killing an albatross
The Rime of the ancient marnier
Once sung by sailors what type of song shares its name with a crude dwelling
Shanty
First Secretary of war
George Knox
Appointed by Washington
Formed when water freezes around a dust particle dendrites secreted plates
And hollow columns are all types of ehat
Snowflakes
Insisting on tape delay so that he could gold more which crooner hosted the nations first pre-recorded radio show
Bing Crosby
The 9 daughters of who inspired artists and scientists were known by what collective name
Muses
Of Zeus
Since 2010 the ehat act has allowed children to stay covered under a parents health plan until ehat age
Affordable care
26
Only word in the nato alphabet that is both one syllable and the name of a sport
Golf
In what film does the main character famously type all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
The shining
From the Latin for tongs what surgical grasping tool resembles a pair of scissors with a curved clamp at the top
Forceps
Novel titles
A 1590 poem written for the retirement of queen Elizabeth’s champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American
A farewell to arms
Live music
These two went shelf 2.5 months and 2.5K miles apart in 1999 were the last of one major music happening and the first of another
Coachella and Woodstock
Say it in Italian
It’s an Italian word for mercy but also the name of a movie character who kills stracci and Carlo
Stra che
Clemenza from the word celemency
When classifying the proper length of a mans suit the letter R stand for
Regular
Whose autobiography were titled I am Spock and I am not spock
Leonard nimoy
Knee moy
Riverboat captainjoshua John popularized a rope woven version of what relaxation contraption
Hammock
What kind of fish attaches itself to sharks and boats
Remora rah more uh
Using a sucker disk on the top of its head
Completed when FDR was in office what structure is named for his predecessor
Hoover dam
Created lake mead
European unions official flag consists of what colors
Blue and gold
Who broke barriers in tennis when he won the gentleman’s singles title at Wimbledon in 1975
Arthur Ashe
Microsoft built its fortune by providing an operating system for clones of which company’s personal computer
DOS?
Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent
Australia
Beethoven’s only opera
It enjoyed little early success as Vienna was occupied by French troops during its premiere
Fidelio
The triumphal March is from this Verdi opera
Aida eye ede uh
In which Egypt triumphs over Ethiopia
State names
This state was named for a man born in herrenhausen palace in Hanover in 1683
Her in house in
Georgia
Named for king George II
Sporting event held every 4 years for Western Hemisphere countries
Modeled on the Olympics
Pan American games
State flower of Hawaii
Yellow species of the hibiscus
Edible
High bis cus
Mother of tiny Tim
Mrs. Cratchet
During WW 2 brassiere company produced over 28000 protective vests for what type of service animal
Pigeons
Maidenform
