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Orlando Is Not Located On A River Flashcards

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Northern most permanently inhabited place in the world

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Alert at the tip of ellsmere island in the expansive Canadian territory of noon uh voot
Roughly the size of Mexico

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A bus or van for example
HOV

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High occupancy vehicle

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Often seen in classifieds
EOE

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Equal opportunity employer

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A unit of energy
kWh

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Kilowatt-hours

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5
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What infamous senator became known for allegeding communists had infiltrated many US institutions
Bonus senator from what state

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McCarthy
Wisconsin

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6
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Border cities located directly across international border from a foreign city with the exact same name

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Nogales Arizona and senora in Mexico
Sue sen Marie in Michigan and Ontario

Lora do Texas NOT new luevo Lorado

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Won 5 gold medals across 3 winter Olympics competing in speed skating
Starting in 88

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Bonnie Blair
Calgary
Albertville
Lilyhammer

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What lake has shoreline in 4 states and 1 Canadian province
Name the states and province

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Lake Erie
NY
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Ontario

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Lake that touches 4 states but no Canadian provinces

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Michigan

Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin

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First person in US executed for treason
Around October 1859
Tried to initiate a slave revolt in the southern states

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John brown - abolitionist
Against the commonwealth of Virginia following his raid on the US arsenal at harpers ferry in 1859

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French mathematician psyxhisixst and -philosopher and Had an intense religious experience in a dream in 1654and documented in a writing called the memorial

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Blaze pascal

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Nancy Pulosi speaker of the house during how many presidents administrations

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4
W bush
Obama
Regained in 2019 when trumpet was president
Biden
Who took over in the middle?

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US national park contains triple Divide peak and
What does the water drain

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Glacier national park in Montana

Hydrological apex of the North American continent at 8K feet
North arctic ocean via the Hudson Bay
West to the pacific
South and east side to the Atlantic via Gulf of Mexico

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Countries of the world
It’s home to 58 UNESCO heritage sites more than any other country in the world; the sites include a volcano and a lagoon

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Italy
Mt etna
Lagoon is Venetian

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Known for his atomic theory

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Dalton
Atomic mass unit is a dalton

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Sports and 91
MLB pitcher with a record 7 cy young awards with his 3rd in 91

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Roger Clemens

17
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Only to win 4 ? consecutive Cy youngs

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Greg Maddox
Randy Johnson - explodes a bird with a fastball

18
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Sports and 91
Originally intended to air on espn
pro stars wqs a short lived Saturday cartoon focusing on these 3 athletes meant to represent the pinnacle of the 4 professional sports
Nike knows there were only 3
Only 1 season

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MJ - captain
Bo Jackson - baseball/football
Wayne Gretzky

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She may not have been friends with Rachel but this tennis superstar defeated steffi graff at 16 and was dominant between 91-93 before being viciously attacked during a match in this location
8 grand slam titles during teenage years
19 on tennis channel top 100

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Monica sell s
Hamburg Germany
Career greatly affected by the stabbing and never the same
Superfan of stefi or anti Yugoslavia person?

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Standard unit of measure for distance in horse racing
Quite possibly related to John Connor in T2 judgement day
How many mile?

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Furlong
John Connor in T2 judgement day Edward furlong
1/8 of a mile

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Will smith steals
The spotlight from Carlton on courting disaster French prince of bel air episode and dreams about beating this 12 time nba all star 2 time champ and Chicago native bad boy

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Isiah Thomas - bad boy piston

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
Hamlet and Walt Disney walk into a bar

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The lion king

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
Unmarried woman in ho chi min city

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Miss Saigon

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
Fashionable aerosol can

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Hair spray

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
Recipients of the best picture Oscar statuette

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The producers

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
Temporary use of a good service or property

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Rent

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
Found on Hoodies at LSU TCU Kansas state and northwestern to name a few

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The color purple

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
Sorry Reginald Dwight it’s based on a Verdi opera of the same name

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Aida
Verdi opera that he adopted
Billy Elliot not based on eltons childhood ?

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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17
How a local Bostonian would describe the green monster

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Wicked

30
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Broadway aka -top 29 highest grossing musicals as of 17 the preferred mystery meat of the round table

A

Spam a lot

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