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Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock TS Eliot Flashcards

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Alphabetically it’s the first symbol with a single letter as its symbol

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B for boron

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Movie opening lines
I had the craziest Dream Last night I was dancing thr white swan

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Black swan

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Movie opening lines
Saturday March 24 1984 shermer high school shermer Illinois
Dear Mr Vernon

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The breakfast club

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Movie opening lines
1986
Narration I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being
It happened in summer of 59

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Stand by me

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King Herod ordered the murder of all children 2 years or under in this city

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Bethlehem

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Joseph died at age 110 and he was put in a coffin in this country where he had high power

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Egypt

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Jesus first reported Miracle

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Water into wine at cana in Galilee

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At Paul wrote epistles to the Christian community he had founded in this Greek city on an isthmus of thr same name

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Corinth
The Corinthians

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Ming Nebuchadnezzar gave Daniel many great gods and made him ruler over this whole province of

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Babylon

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For a dry cleaning process Thomas Jennings is believed to have been first black American to be granted one of these in 1821

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Patent

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We’re not a rock band but we’re playing this element pd anyway - it’s used in de tel fillings and catalytic converters

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Palladium
Puh lay d um

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Hip replacements can utilize these two elements

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Titanium and zirconium zr right below titanium of pt

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Sliver chemical symbol

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Ag

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Online TIL is short for this phrase reflecting something new you found out

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Today I learned

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Adjective refers to the nature of a certain reference book or wide ranging knowledge in general

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Encyclopedic

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Another word for a storehouse or burial Place one of these of knowledge is someone who is full of useful info

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Repository

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When and where was the first known coin operated vending machine?

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Ancient Alexandria
The engineer Heron of Alexandria design everything from programmable robots to automatic doors to vending machine that dispense holy water

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In downtown Boise, Idaho, New Year’s is celebrated by dropping a giant what

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Potato
Idaho is known for potatoes and since 2013 Idaho’s Capitol city has celebrated New Year’s by dropping a 17 foot fiberglass potato at midnight

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What discovery’s Patton was sold to university for one dollar so proceeds could find new research

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Insulin
Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1921 and after he and John MacLeod, won Nobel two years later, they sold the patent to the university of Toronto to help fund future research

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Rapper André 3000’s first album in 17 years notably featured him playing this instrument

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Flute
OutKast fans have been dying for a new album André 3000 for almost 2 decades and were left saying wait not like that when he returned to play the flute for 8 tracks on new blue sun

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What animal can recognize and remember individual human faces?

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Bees can recognize thousands of different flowers so it makes sense they could recognize human faces too

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The agency, NOAA calls it a whirling column of Air and water mist

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Water spout

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This Russian’s 1881 violin Concerto was inspired by Joseph Kotek, a young musician with whom He was infatuated.

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Tchaikovsky

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Each side of el Castillo, a pyramid in this ancient Maya city in Mexico has 91 stairs add the step on the top and whoa that’s 365.

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Chick in it zuh

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Roasted pumpkin seeds are a tasty, healthy snack and called these in Spanish

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Pepitas

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Some say pumpkins are vegetables, some fruits either way they’re one of the winner varieties of this garden favorite

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Squash

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Also known as a rotary it’s a circular traffic intersection

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Roundabout

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Public schools in this state observe November 29 as former governor Nellie Taylow Ross day

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Wyoming first woman gov

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August 7 honors recipients of this military metal first awarded by George Washington

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Purple Heart

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Pumpkins are a good source of iron potassium, and this antioxidant substance converted into vitamin A in the body

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Beta carotene that’s correct

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Gabriel Labelle was cast in Saturday night to play this producer who was 30 in 1975 to emphasize his genius and demonstrate the generational divide

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Lorn Michaels

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Robert Downey Jr. was somewhat problematic a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude in this comedy

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Tropic thunder

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John Depp is dressed for success but doesn’t quite have a talent to back it up as this 1994 title character Director

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Ed wood

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This 1967 movie about life in the theater gave us the immortal line that’s our Hitler

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The producers

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Issuing a Bolo stands for

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Be on the lookout

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The first Friday in February is national wear this color day promoting awareness of women’s heart health

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Red

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Linking the Firth and Clyde canal to the Union canal 115 feet above the fall Kirk wheel takes boats for a spin in this country

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Scotland

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The cutthroat type of this fish gets its name from the red orange/on each side of the lower jaw

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Trout

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In 2017 this actor sunk his claws into the role of PT Barnum, the greatest showman

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Hugh Jackman

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In the Peanuts comics this character espouses belief in the great pumpkin who rises from the patch on Halloween

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Linus

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Look up from the waters of the boiling pot in Zambia below this landmark and you can see folks in Zimbabwe

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Victoria Falls

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Always a jokester he wrote on a horn Concerto manuscript that he has taken pity on Soloist Joseph loit gib ass ox and idiot

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Mozart

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June 21 is well day for these lanky mammals that include reticulated and muh sigh species experts warn of silent extinction

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Giraffes

44
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In Cinderella, a pumpkin is magically, turned into one of these

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Carriage

45
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Handle’s concerti , opus 4 are for this instrument but the smaller chamber not the church kind

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Organ

46
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Prince rilian was seated in this the title of the book 4 of the chronicles of Narnia

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The Silverchair

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Above and beyond is a true account of two pilots of these top-secret aircraft during the Cuban missile crisis

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U2s

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In the late 1980s government funds were used to bail out these failing financial entities, to the tune of 132 billion dollars

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Savings and loan

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The first African-American US senator

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Hiram revels Mississippi
Republican 1870

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In the sword of this constellation is a 24 light-year wide cloud of dust and gas a fab nebulous view through a telescope

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Orion

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The consolation Cas e o p uh borders messier 31 also known as this galaxy - look out it’s coming right at us!

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Andromeda

52
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In the 18th century, the recording of the transit of Venus across the sun help established the value of one AU short for this

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Astronomical unit

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I felt burning into the desert, explains the title character of this novel by Michale awn dah chee

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The English patient

54
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Even the best fall down sometimes. Even the wrong words seem to rhyme. Out of the doubt that fills my mind. I somehow find you and I…” are lyrics from what 2004 Howie Day song?

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Guess: (It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me
Answer: Collide

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Grossing over $250 million worldwide, this 1997 British comedy about six unemployed men who form their own striptease act earned a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

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Guess: The Full Monty

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time deal where if you order an 8-inch or bigger sandwich or wrap, you can upgrade it to a combo for free after 2 PM?
Guess: Subway
Answer: Jimmy John’s

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time deal where if you order an 8-inch or bigger sandwich or wrap, you can upgrade it to a combo for free after 2 PM?
Guess: Subway
Answer: Jimmy John’s

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The Hills and Newport Harbor were spin-offs and successors of what 2000’s MTV show?

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Guess: Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

58
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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando was the Prime Minister of
what European country during treaty talks after World War I?

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Guess: Belgium
Answer: Italy

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After making 7 All-Star teams in Atlanta, Brian McCann signed a deal with this American League team before the 2014 season.

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Guess: Baltimore Orioles
Answer: New York Yankees

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Undrafted out of Oklahoma, this Chiefs RB scored rushed for over 100 yards and scored two 4th Quarter TD’s in their win over the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.

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Guess: Wally Richardson
Answer: Damien Williams

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The David Stern vetoed Chris Paul to the Lakers trade of 2011 would have been a three-team deal with Pau Gasol getting sent to what Western Conference team?

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Guess: Houston Rockets

Balkan” is Bulgarian for “mountain”. (17 decks)

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