One knot equals one nautical mile per hour, or roughly 1.15 statute mph Flashcards

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This 1994 comedy movie “” stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson. Arnie plays a scientist who undergoes a male pregnancy.

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Junior

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Name the book
Janelle canon
How can we be so different and feel so much alike mused flitter
Also pip

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Stella Luna-about a bat

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Name the book
Monroe leaf
He wouldn’t be fierce and fight no matter what they did just say and smelled
The ban duh lore O’s were mad and pick uh door o’s were madder and matador mad

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Thr story of Ferdinand
Ferdinand thr bull

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Name the book
Monroe leaf
He wouldn’t be fierce and fight no matter what they did just say and smelled
The ban duh lore O’s were mad and pick uh door o’s were madder and matador mad

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Thr story of Ferdinand
Ferdinand thr bull

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Name the book
Don freeman
Blank is a bear who once lived in the toy departments of a big store

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Core duh roy
Not padington - blue hat and yellow Macintosh

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Newspaper founded in 1851 states in inaugural issue we shall be conservative when essential to public good and radical which may seem radical treatment or reform
We do not believe everything is exactly is exactly right or wrong

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NYT
All the news that’s fit to print

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Iconic sports arena has also hosted naval battles and animal hunts and lots of nudity

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Roman Collesium
Give a thumbs up if you know the answer

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Controversial figure immortalized by aqua has been a teenage fashion icon for over 60 years

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Barbie
Millicent Rodgers ?
In the Barbie world

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This black explorer learned the la gauge and skills of thr inuit people on many trips searching for the North Pole

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Matthew Henson

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In 1850s congress awarded this man 20K for negotiating the kanagawa treaty
Khan uh gow uh

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Commodore Perry

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He served as Zimbabwe PM and president for 37 years resigning in 17 after politics military pressure

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Mugabe
Muh gah bay

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Niagara falls is a city in NY at Canadian border : similarly this is a town in Zimbabwe at thr zambian border

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Victoria falls

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Named for an African chiefs this capital city of Zimbabwe is home to the national archives and the university of Zimbabwe

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Huh rhar A

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Thr pv in hpv; there’s a vaccine for that

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Papilloma virus
Pap uh low muh

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From Latin for conversation it’s an informal or regional expression like bodacious

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Colloquialism
Co lok we uh lis Um

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The day octopus can shape shift and blend into the rough and smooth surfaces of coral in this site off nOrth eastern Australia

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Great Barrier Reef

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19th C liberation fighter jose de San Martin got about as high in thr military as possible named this of thr republic of Peru
Mar teen

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General lis e mo

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A group callled zimas combats thr stigma of this pigment - lacking condition unusually common in Zimbabwe; sunscreens and hats can help

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Albinism
Al been ism

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Former radical left Greek PM Alexis tsipras gave his son the middle name earnesto after this man
See priss

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Earnesto Che Guevara
Guh var uh

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Boylston street

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Boston

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Jose marti national library

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Cuba

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Meaning tireless it was the first British ship sunk at the 1916 battle of Jutland

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Indefatigable
In duh fat uh guh bull

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Trinity college library architect

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Wren

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Zimbabwe bore thr name of this 19th C British colonizer

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Rhodes
Until 1980

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Nassau library university

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Princeton

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20th century authors
Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full length plays and collaborated with moms mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue

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Zora neale Hurston
Their eyes were watching god

moms mabley- famous AA comedian

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Table for Two” author

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Novelist Amor Towles worked as an investment banker for over a decade before turning to writing full-time as a career. The success of his first book, 2011’s “Rules of Civility”, afforded him the resources to drop the office job. Towles’ third novel, “The Lincoln Highway”, was chosen as the best book of 2021 by Amazon.

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Astrological lion and nUmber :

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LEO
Leo is the fifth astrological sign of the Zodiac. People born from July 23 to August 22 are Leos.

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According to the Bible, this is the mountain on which Moses was given the Ten Commandments.

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Mount Sinai in exodus

The Biblical Mount Sinai is probably not the mountain in Egypt that today has the same name, although this is the subject of much debate. The Egyptian Mount Sinai has two developed routes that one can take to reach the summit. The longer gentler climb takes about 2 1/2 hours, but there is also the steeper climb up the 3,750 “steps of penitence”.

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City translates as “January River”. The name reflects the discovery of the bay on which it sits, on New Year’s Day in 1502.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil (after São Paulo).

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This is the colored part of the eye. It has an aperture in the center that can open or close depending on the level of light hitting the eye.

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iris

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This is the colored part of the eye. It has an aperture in the center that can open or close depending on the level of light hitting the eye.

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iris

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is the co-creator of the Showtime drama series “The L Word”. The show deals with lesbian, bisexual and transgender people living in West Hollywood. The title refers to “the L word”: lesbian.

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Ilene Chaiken

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is the co-creator of the Showtime drama series “The L Word”. The show deals with lesbian, bisexual and transgender people living in West Hollywood. The title refers to “the L word”: lesbian.

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Ilene Chaiken

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The US Triple Crown horse races are, in order through the year:

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The Kentucky Derby
The Preakness Stakes
The Belmont Stakes

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The sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress is known as this

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obi. The obi can be tied at the back in what is called a butterfly knot. The term “obi” is also used for the thick cotton belts that are an essential part of the outfits worn by practitioners of many martial arts. The color of the martial arts obi signifies the wearer’s skill level.

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The sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress is known as this

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obi. The obi can be tied at the back in what is called a butterfly knot. The term “obi” is also used for the thick cotton belts that are an essential part of the outfits worn by practitioners of many martial arts. The color of the martial arts obi signifies the wearer’s skill level.

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This in St. Petersburg, Florida is home to the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. It is a domed stadium, with four catwalks hanging from the roof. Those catwalks can interfere with the flight of a well-hit ball, and I’m told that upsets a lot of people …

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Tropicana Field (“The Trop”) i

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” is an entertaining 2015 film starring Melissa McCarthy as a CIA agent who ventures out into the field for the first time. Beyond McCarthy, this movie has a strong cast including Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Miranda Hart and Allison Janney.

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Spy

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The St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team plays at

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Busch Stadium. Busch Stadium is the third stadium in the history of St. Louis to have the Busch name. The first two were named for Gussie Busch, the brewing magnate and former Cardinals team owner. The current stadium is named for the brewery though, and not Gussie per se.

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The lovely Japanese this is a garment worn by men, women and children. The word “” translates simply as “thing to wear”,

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kimono

with “ki” meaning “wear” and “mono” meaning “thing”.