Logan - Boston airport Flashcards

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is the French word for “born” when referring to a female. The male equivalent is this “.

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Née”
Male - né”

The term “née” is mainly used in English when referring to a married woman’s birth name, assuming that she has adopted her husband’s name, e.g. Michelle Obama née Robinson, Melania Trump née Knavs, and Jill Biden née Jacobs.

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“This city takes its name from a specific redwood tree called El Palo Alto (Spanish for “the tall stick”) that is located within the bounds of the city. The tree is 110 feet tall and over a thousand years old.

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Palo Alto, California

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Too Darn Hot” is a song written for this 1948 musical “In the original stage version, there is a line “According to the Kinsey Report”. That was altered for the 1953 film version of the musical to “According to the latest report”

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Cole Porter

Kiss Me, Kate”.

Cole Porter was a little unusual amongst his peers in that he was one of the few successful songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his compositions. Porter was seriously injured in a riding accident in his forties and was left disabled and in pain. Despite this, he continued to work and produced his most successful work after the accident.

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wrote a 1992 book called “The Five Love Languages” in which he suggested that there are five ways that someone might express and experience love. Those five “love languages” are:

Words of affirmation (compliments)
Quality time
Gifts
Acts of service
Physical touch

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Gary Chapman

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Fundraising group that supports female political candidates :

pro-choice Democratic female candidates running for office

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EMILY’S LIST

EMILY’s List is a political action committee (PAC) that contributes to the campaigns of pro-choice Democratic female candidates running for office. The PAC’s name is an acronym standing for “Early Money Is Like Yeast”, meaning that early contributions to a campaign really help to “raise dough”.

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She is an actress from Sweden. She gained recognition with American audiences when she played the humanoid robot in the fascinating 2015 film “Ex Machina”. In 2018, she played the title character in the film “Tomb Raider”. She is married to Irish actor Michael Fassbender.

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Alicia Vikander, e.g. : SWEDE
Alicia Vikander

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In 1863 he made the first breakfast cereal which was large nuggets of Graham flour so hard that required soaking overnight
This person copied and improved creating this Cereal

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James Caleb Jackson
John Harvey Kellogg created granola

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The charge of the light brigade wqs part of this battle which was part of the swift of this Russian port on the Black Sea

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Bahl uh clav uh
Stuh vas tuh pole - port

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A Red devil is the oldest food trademark stilll in use which was given to this company in 1870

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Underwood
Most famous product deviled ham

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This president was the first to make thanksgiving an annual holiday

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Lincoln
Previous presidents declared thanksgiving days Washington
John adams Madison

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First black athlete to appear on a wheaties box

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Jesse Owens
1935

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First night game in MLB took place in 35 between these 2 teams

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Cincinnati reds vs Phillies

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First NFL team to play a home game on artificial turf

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Eagles
Not oilers who were the first professional football team - Tricky because in AFL

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Once-sacred snakes :

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ASPS

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Highest selling jersey in 18
LB

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Kuh leal mack
Bears

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Characteristic of milk or nearly any other liquid that causes the last bits of your breakfast cereal to clump together

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Surface tension

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Name designated by the British intelligence of thr code used by Germans

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Ultra
Enigma is the machine to decipher the code

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Robert rashford is a Jamaican aerospace engineeer who is currently working on a component for f this telescope which is scheduled to be launched in March 21

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James webb space telescope
Nugget - Err uh see bo telescope falling apart

19
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Animated film featuring a sloth named Sid

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Ice age

20
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Sean of “Will & Grace”

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Hayes

21
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Gymnopédies” composer

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Erik Satie

22
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Colorful Galápagos bird

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blue-footed booby

It is one of six species of the genus Sula – known as boobies. It is easily recognizable by its distinctive bright blue feet, which is a sexually selected trait and a product of their diet. Males display their feet in an elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while strutting before the female. The female is slightly larger than the male and can measure up to 90 cm (35 in) long with a wingspan up to 1.5 m (5 ft).

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These honor the highest calibre of off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theatre to recognize brave work, champion new material, and advance careers in theatre. For more than sixty years, the Village Voice has put off and off-off Broadway on the map by recognizing the artistic power of downtown theatre.

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Obie Awards

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A clock tower in this city supposedly inspired him to conceive of the special theory of relativity in 1905

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Albert Einstein in bern
He worked at patent office in bern

25
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Puccini opera about an opera singer

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Tosca

26
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How to make green

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Blue
yellow

27
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How to make orange

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Red
Yellow

28
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This was the first color photography process introduced
And by who

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Autochrome by the lumiere bros

Lou me air bros

29
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Queen of hearts song

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Juice Newton

30
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There goes my baby song

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The drifters

31
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Take your time (do it right ) song
80

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SOS band

32
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Fear of 13

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Trisk uh deck uh phobia

33
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Song played in final destination before most of deaths

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Leaving on a jet plane
John Denver - died on a plane

34
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Caldecott winner about synonyms

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The right word about
roget