Lavar Burton Flashcards

1
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Difference between frog and toads

A

No difference taxonomicily
People think frogs live in water
Toads on land

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Oliver headly was a Barbadian chemist who developed Photo vul tay ick cells
what are they used for

A

Solar energy

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Dr Kendrick Lewis from Grenada is a chemist known for his work with inorganic chemistry especially with element 14 which is becoming increasingly important in today’s world
Bonus what element is associated most closely with organic chemistry

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Silicon

Bonus carbon

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Robert rashford is a Jamaican aerospace engineer Working on a component for this telescope expected to launch in March 2021

A

James webb space telescope

Going to be awesome and blow the Hubble away

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The small islands that make up the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea are collectively known as

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Lesser Antilles

Go from maybe Virgin Islands (politically but not geographically) to Trinidad and Tobago

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6
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Greater Antilles

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Hispaniola 
Cuba 
Puerto Rico
Cayman Islands
Jamaica
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EStella and pip are 2 characters in this dickens literary classic known for its memorable opening line

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Great expectations

Really memorable opening line?

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In the musical the damn Yankees the devil went by this name that he shares with an actress who Is known to outlive her babysitter in a 91 film

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Mr applegate

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9
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Sylvester Stallone franchise and

How many movies

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Rocky 7
Rambo 4
Expendables Barney Ross 3

Total 14

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Vin diesel character in fast and furious and how many movies

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Dominic tuh retto
7
Released 8

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11
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How many films did George las en bee portray bond

A

1

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12
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Song 22

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T swift

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13
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Last Stuart monarch

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Queen Anne

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14
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Weezer first album

Bonus other colors

A

Blue

Green
Red
White
Black

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In 1980 Brooke shields won a golden raspberry for this movie about being shipwrecked on a tropical island with her brother

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The Blue lagoon

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16
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1983 song How does it feel to treat me like you do when you’ve laid your hands upon me and told me who you are ….tell me how do I feel tell me now how do I feel

A

New order

Blue Monday

17
Q

In 39 classic wizard of oz what color are doethys slippers

Bonus what color in the novel

A

Ruby in the movie

Baum made them silver

18
Q

Nickname given to the tough Denver Broncos defense of the late 70s early 80s

A

Orange crush

19
Q

Name of the championship game of the CFL

Bonus what is the trophy called

A

Gray cup
Both
!

20
Q

Path of the original Milwaukee brewers

A

1902 moved to St. Louis and became the browns

1954 moved to Baltimore and renamed the orioles

21
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This halfback from the university of Illinois helped to legitimize the NFL when signing with the Chicago bears in 1925
Bonus nickname

A

Red grange

The galloping ghost

22
Q

Star Wars character with the purple lightsaber

A

Mace win do

23
Q

This river forms the border between Texas and Oklahoma

A

Red river
If you want to call it a river
More like a gully

24
Q

Capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Bonus what body of river located on
Population of 20 K

A

Yellow knife

Great slave lake

25
Capital of Yukon Territory
White horse
26
Getting its name from the oppressive canopy of evergreens living above what popular region is Often associated with the brothers Grimm
The Black Forest South west Germany
27
Originally built in flint Michigan and st Louis mO since 81 the corvette has been exclusively manufactured in this city in the bluegrass state
Bowling green
28
Litmus paper will turn one of two colors or a slight variation of when this happens
Turns red (acid) Blue (base or alkaline) Comes in contact with an acid or alkaline substance
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Approximately 6-7 mil of these tiny photo receptors in this part of the eye that allow the eye to process and receive color
Cones | In the Retina
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The persistent irrational fear of colors is known as
Chrom uh phobia (chro mat uh phobia ) | Greek word for color chroma