Madagascar Below The Equator Flashcards
He invented thr cotton gin in 1793 but wasn’t able to make much money from it so in 98 he accepted a contract to mass produce this item for thr government
Eli Whitney
Musket
This brand name which has now become a generic term is derived from a Connecticut pie company and is now thr main athletic equipment used by ALDU and Raleigh flyers
Frisbee
Wasn’t invented in Connecticut - saw kids at Yale throwing the pin tins from frisbee pie company
In 1846 Elias howl founded a comapny In Bridgeport Connecticut whose desendents are still in use today
Sewing machine
Used in textile industry
Beatles credited help movie to howl - why?
He didn’t invent rubber tires but created this process in his Connecticut factory to produce much more stable ones
Charles Goodyear
Vulcanization
These states border Connecticut
New York - west
Massachusetts north
Rhode Island - east
This Canadian province borders New Hampshire
Quebec
Technically Connecticut doesn’t have any oven front because it borders this
Long Island sound
Estuary - where rivers enter the ocean - several dozen enter it
Even though six times larger than Rhode Island this state has the smallest coastline
1/3 of Rhode Island at 130 miles
New Hampshire - birthplace of Seth Myers
Rhode Island has at least 1 haunted house which wqs the inspiration for this 13 horror film starring ron Livingston and lily taylor
The conjuring
Budget 20M
Gross 300M
They were thr parents
Vira far mig uh Patrick Wilson thr stars
Rhode Island is known as this state and as such has 21 of these along its coastline
Ocean state
21 lighthouses
This singer released a cover of a song in 60 that started a dance craze and then released his own song the following year asking the listen to dance again
Chubby checker
Checkers is what you play in the park
This athlete wqs married to Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
Won best Oscar actress in 09
Kate winslet
5th longest river in North America
Also forms thr border between
Rio grande not Ariana
Texas and Mexico
This gloomy character created by A A Milne proclaimed its not much of a tail but I’m sort of attached to it
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