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Massachusetts First To Legalize Same Sex Marriage Flashcards

1
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American inventor widely considered to have created first commercially successful steamboat in 1807

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Robert Fulton

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Sydney locTed in this state

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New South Wales

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3
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Credited with inventing first submarine

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Robert Fulton
Had a snorkel

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4
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The Miller squire and summoner all 1 of 24 stories in this 14th century work of literature

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The Canterbury tales

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5
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Movie musical With songs come alive and tightrope

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The greatest showman

Least pop songs ?

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6
Q

Subtitle of sister act 2

Rhymes with

Children’s book gifted to Kathy by chandler
On behalf of Joey on friends

A

Back in the habit
Lauryn hill solos

Thr Velveteen rabbit
season 4

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7
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Nantucket sleigh ride refers to

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Boat being pulled by a whale

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8
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First element of periodic table

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Hydrogen
1 proton in nucleus
Atomic number 1

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9
Q

Us state with neither income or sales tax

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Alaska

New Hampshire close tax income on dividends

9 no income 7 no sales

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10
Q

Grinch stole
Christmas thr grinxh is as cuddly as this and as charming as this

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Cuddly cactus
Charming eel
Sing by thurl ravenscroft in 66
He was also voice of tony thr tiger

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Only game which chips can exceed 1.55 inches in diameter

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Baccarat

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Jackson 5

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Michael - 10 when hit it big
Jermaine
Tito
Marlon
Jackie

Not Janet

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13
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Mission that have gone to thr moon

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Apollo
11
12
14
15
16
17
12 people total

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14
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When kotaro isakas high speed thriller wqs trwnslated into English it got this title
E sock uh

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Bullet train

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15
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In 1602 Bartholomew gosnold didn’t just find the obvious at this cape but also herring and mackerel

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Cape cod

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16
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The melody of a traditional piece for the koto called echigo- jishi is used in act 1 of this opera
G she
Eh chi go

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Madame butterfly
Muh dom uh butterfly

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17
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This novel opens on a rather bleak note mother died today or maybe it was yesterday I don’t know

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The stranger
Cah muh

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18
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Large groups like the soul rebels and rebirth are this type of band named for an instrument family

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Brass band

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19
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In 09 Bruce said his deepest friendships are with members of this band

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E street

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20
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Membership in this band has shifted over the years but currently includes quest love black and tuba gooding jr black thought

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the roots

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21
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Ska band from Boston with a mighty number of members had a hit with the impression that I get

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Mighty mighty bosstones

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Mothership connection between parliament funkadelic and the p funk allstars is this man dr funk in stein himself

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George Clinton

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23
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Toss off thr cough with one of this medicinal tablets

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Lozenge

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24
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The animated bee movie didn’t precede this 73 movie that conned its way into winning 7 Oscar’s

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The sting

25
Q

Galen was learning medicine in Greece about thr time this Egyptian astronomer wqs writing his Almagest
Gay lin
All muh gest

A

Ptolemy
Thall uh me

26
Q

Boat captainEd by JFK sunk by a destroyer from this country in 43

A

PT 109
By Japanese Destroyer
Patrol torpedo

27
Q

Prisoners would be taken by boat through the traitors gate to enter this multipurpose building

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Tower of London
Bunch of different things including prison now houses Crown Jewels

28
Q

Monday’s child is fair of face
Tuesday’s child is full of grace
Wednesday’s child is this

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Full of woe
Wednesday character name inspiration

29
Q

Wednesday island is small country in this strait which separates these 2 countries

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Torres Strait
Australia and pop uh wuh New Guinea
New Zealand again ?? What’s the deal ??

30
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1975 man Friday is a retelling of this story
Also starring these 2 one of who is sometimes called first black action hero

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Robinson Caruso by babies dafoe
Peter otoole
Richard roundtree

31
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85 dystopian film with a country as its title wqs not a prequel to this 78 film with Gregory peck as Josef mengele
Meng uh luh

A

The boys from Brazil
85 film Brazil

32
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Sounds plausible but this 58!Hitchcock film set in San Fran is not the sequel to wuthering heights

A

Vertigo

33
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Through the titles imply causality knives outs didn’t cause this 07 film about turn of the century prospecting

A

there will be blood

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Q

Mainly Chinese tourists in this East Asian capital can see the peoples republic of culture and the revolutionary mArtyrs cemetery

A

Ppp yhang yong
North Korea

35
Q

Behind the Tomb of Muhammad 5 is the huh san tower in this North African capital

A

Rabat ruh not
Morocco

36
Q

After a trip to this city’s kocatepe mosque which can hold 24K people maybe stop at the Byzantine citadel
Co juh tep A

A

Ankara turkey
Awn cuh ruh

37
Q

Karpman drama triangle describes a dysfunctional trio of roles ; mean persecutor noble rescuer and helpless this one

A

Victim

38
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In 63 it was said that this phenomenon sets girls screaming and impels boys to cultivate mushroom style hair

11 letters

A

Beatlemania

39
Q

From Latin for strengthened it means to back up another person’s account of events

11 letters

A

corroborate

40
Q

Carl jrs burgers have been this cooked on a rack at high heat and maybe even burned a little

A

Char broiled or grilled

41
Q

An idealized life story particularly of a saint
11 letters

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Hag e og ruh fee
Hagiography

42
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Word for a spineless person comes from the last name of Caspar in the comic the timid soul

11 letters

A

Milquetoast

43
Q

Stoey goes Southwest Airlines began when Roland king grabbed a napkin and drew a triangle of these cities

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Dallas
Houston
San Antonio

44
Q

Numbers in any direction total the same number in thr arrangement called this

A

Magic square or triangle

45
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Running side by side in thr neck are the internal jugular vein and this artery

A

Car uh tid ?
Carotid

46
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Fatty sheath that surrounds the axons of some nerves enables the rapid transmission of impulses

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Myelin sheath

47
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From thr latin word for wool it’s a layer of fine hair that covers a fetus and some newborns

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Lanugo
Luh new go

48
Q

Historian huh rot uh tis is thought to have met this ann tig uh knee author in Athens

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Sof uh clees

49
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Rabbinical Judaism scholar akiva ben Yosef wqs born just a few years after this Jewish historian but outlived him by 35

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Joe see phis

50
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Legend says when this mighty ruler offered to grant any request Diogenes reply was basically you’re blocking my light

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Alexander the Great

51
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This governor of Jude’s is said to have killer himself at the order of his new emperor Caligula

A

Pilot

52
Q

Plaza day Mayo and casa rosada presidential palace located

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Buenos Aires

53
Q

Chris t awns borg palace in this capital
Monarchs have ruled from for years

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Copenhagen

54
Q

Now part of nestle this pet food brwnd is headquartered at checkerboard square in St. Louis on a campus with 3 dog parks

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Purina

55
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Below diaphragm is this organ that filters out worn red blood cells and is largest single mass of lymphatic tissue in the body

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spleen

56
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Renal pyramids sections of tissues found in these organs

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Kidney

57
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Film of raisin in thr sun sounds like it could be a sequel to this 40 film starring Henry Fonda

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Grapes of wrath

58
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Literature
In one story he is enslaved by the old man of the sea and uses apes to pick fruit so he can afford his fare back to Baghdad

A

Sinbad
1001 nights
Seven voyages
Aladdin from dame work

59
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On December 14 1825 the Decembrist revolt in this port city sought to end serfdom; harshly forcefully serfdom did not end

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St. Petersburg

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