Naismith Created Basketball Flashcards

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Christmas song originally written to celebrate Thanksgiving

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Jingle bells

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Has not completed a full orbit around sun since discovery by humans

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Pluto
2178

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Political position
JFK
Robert F Kennedy and Ted

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Senator
RFK New York
Ted and JFK Massachusetts

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Line of athletic shoes designed for babies and children

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Weeboks
86

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Some
Counties Nile passes through

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Egypt
Uganda
Kenya
Ethiopia
11 total

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New York Times
Book reviews
1958 a review of this book now considered a classic called it repulsive disgusting and highbrow pornography

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Lolita by valadimr nuh bo kov

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They directed themselves
In maestro

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Bradley cooper

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They directed themselves
In Tropic thunder

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Ben stiller

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They directed themselves
In fences
Best actor Oscar nomination

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Denzel Washington

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They directed themselves
In yentl

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Barbara Streisand

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They directed themselves
In thr monuments men

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George Clooney

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Hit song by new order the horse that won 1915 Kentucky derby and agonizing misery of bad decisions in past

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Regret

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Kind of pre fear
Covers a group of psychology disorders and in 40s WH Auden wrote his longest poem called the age of this

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Anxiety

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Moons of mars
And personified Greek spirit names shared with

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Phobos and day mos
Fear and dread

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At start of act 3 she despairs over hamlet acting crazy and uses this 3 word phrase that starts with a 3 letter emotion to describe her pain

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Ophelia
Woe is me

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Santa Cruz mountains are home to this yellow mollusk the mascot for UC Santa Cruz

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Banana slug

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Begun in 1885 and inaugurated in 1911 the Victor Emmanuel II monument commemorates the unification of this country

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Italy

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Monument to Triangle shirtwaist factory fire dedicated in 23 on Washington place in this nyc area

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Greenwich village

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A field of 168 empty chairs represents each of the victims killed in the bombing of a federal building in this city April 19 95

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Oklahoma City

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Known simply as the monument a 200 ft London landmark was built in the 1670s a decade after this event it commemorates

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The great fire of London

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A poem by Carol Anne Duffy about the woman who married the fool who wished for gold is titled this mythic king

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Midas

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Today in a temple in this capital
City on the chao pry uh river the golden Buddha contains 5 and a half tons of pure gold

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Bangcock Thailand

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24 gold wing motorcycle from this Japanese manufacturer
1833cc liquid cooled engine

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Honda

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Jan award won by Emma stone for poor things

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Golden globe

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Nov 15 1919 a fed up senate applied this rule for the first time 2 months after debating treaty of Versailles
Cloture
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On October 25 01 the senate approved this act by a vote of 98-1 with Wisconsin’s Russ feingold as the lone dissenter
Patriot act
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1834 senate censured this president for pulling all federal money out of this
Jackson Bank of The United States
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In 1935 Charles Watkins became first official one of these experts who advise the senate on its rules and procedures
Parliamentarian
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Only one of these to be chosen by the senate under the 12th amendment
Richard M Johnson 1837 as VP
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Ax uh lot ul found here
Mexico City
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In his opera bout the valkyries there are 9 of them led by this daughter of wotan
Wagner vanger Brunhilda
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Mr. pickle Mr. Egg, and Mr. hotdog chase chef Peter Pepper as he tries to make sandwiches and this arcade game
Burger time
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In 2014 physicists sped up lithium ions to measure time dilation and gave new confirmation of this special theory
Relativity
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What pasta dish was likely invented in Rome during World War II using US soldiers bacon
Carbonara It can’t be proven, but spaghetti carbonara was likely invented by Italian chef Renato gualandi cooking for US officers
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In medieval times, which of these words once specifically meant 1.5 minutes
Moment in the eighth century monks like Saint bede use moments to break up hours into 40 segments
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Drums triangles symbols, and anything else that has to be struck to make a sound make up this section of an orchestra
Percussion Bass drum example
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Back in the 1500s which thing was banned by Henry the eighth
Soccer because it took away from military training Henry the eighth banned ordinary people from sports, including shuffleboard, tennis and soccer
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Diamond dust is a type of snow that occurs in what unusual conditions
Clear skies diamond dust is also called clear sky precipitation, and occurs when there is moist air over a temperature inversion
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With credits, including MacGyver and Dune, what’s unusual about film Director Alan Smithee
Doesn’t exist Since 1969 directors unhappy with how a film or TV episode turned out have let the fictional Alan Smithee take the directing credit
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Board games based on the same ancient Indian cross and circle game
Sorry, Parcheesi Ludo
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A latin word for decree drops an I and becomes a synonym for plump
Fiat and fat Fee aht
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It’s a useful tool, but as an idiom this simian hindrance dates back to at least the early 1900s
Monkey wrench
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Types of these include coping, miter, and bone
SawS
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Poke an I out of a three syllable, figure of speech and get a grin
Simile and smile
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We cherished Lisa Kudrow, as Valerie cherish a faded celeb desperately trying to return to the big time on this HBO comedy
The comeback, Ken says great show
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The deep throat type of this named for and shaped like the third letter has extra long jaws that let it perform is grasping task
C clamp
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Jennifer Addison has a pleasurable experience after her boyfriend. Jim Carrey finds God in this film.
Bruce Almighty
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The verb meeting made a god of loses and I and it’s exhausted status to become combative as a verb meaning challenged or confronted
Deify and defy D uh figh
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Last lines of books Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger
The life of pi the life of pie the life of pie
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The last lines of books A five word title in that enchanted place on the top of the forest a little boy and his bear will always be playing
The house at Pooh corner 2nd book
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She wed Carl in 1947 published the feminine mystique 16 years later and died on her 85th birthday in 2006
Betty Friedan Free dan
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In 1996 she played gale weathers in scream and we hope she didn’t feel like her career was stuck when she played gale in scream in 2022
Courtney Cox
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At least a half dozen West Virginia, highways or sections have been named for this one time Senate majority leader
Robert Byrd
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An I gets lost in a large flat and grassy area of land and becomes a strategy to get something done
Plain and plan
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Last lines of books and so as tiny Tim observed, God bless us everyone
A Christmas Carol
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Last line of books Thank goodness, said Bilbo laughing and handed him the tobacco jar
The Hobbit
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From 1949-1975, this man went 53-50-1 as a starting QB for the Bears, Colts, Oilers, and Raiders, and also played Kicker, where he ranks Top 30 All-Time in career Fields Goals made.
Guess: Gus Coppens Answer: George Blanda
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Winslow, Rancid Rabbit, Cliff, Shriek, and Lube were recurring or tertiary characters from this Nickelodeon cartoon that debuted in 1998.
Guess: CatDog Answer: CatDog
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This 2012 entry in the Paranormal Activity film franchise featured the use of the Xbox Kinect.
Guess: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Answer: Paranormal Activity 4
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It doesn't matter what I say. So long as I sing with inflection..." are lyrics from what 1994 Blues Traveler song?
Guess: Run-Around Answer: Hook
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It doesn't matter what I say. So long as I sing with inflection..." are lyrics from what 1994 Blues Traveler song?
Guess: Run-Around Answer: Hook