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Parasailing Flashcards

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The naval academy one is pretty grand though the word usually means smaller than or subordinate to a church

A

Chapel

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Longest movie with a theaterical release

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The cure for Insomnia
85 hours
3 days 15 hours

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Who and When was the idea of the atom first introduced
Written and accepted

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U sip is of mah leet us
450 BC
Comes from the word uh Tom os which means uncutable

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Highest domestic grossing films of all time adjusted for inflation

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Gone with the wind
Star Wars a new hope
The sound of music
ET
Titanic
10 commandments
Jaws
Dr z vagh o
Exorcist
Snow White

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Cleopatra is said to have died by the bite of this snake that actually wqs a symbol of royalty to the Egyptians

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Asp

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This type of tea takes its name from the fact that it is brewed using natural solar heat

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Sun tea

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Guadalupe Victoria was the first elected president of this country

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Mexico

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The guitar used by this nirvana singer at his 1993 mtv unplugged performance sold for 6 mil at auction.

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Kurt cobain

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At his publishers request ray Bradbury adapted his short story the fireman into this novel

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Fahrenheit 451

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For beauty women in Ancient Greece applies a white paint to their faces made from this toxic metal

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Lead

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Sales for this Italian shoe brand reportedly rose 30% in 96 after they were mentioned in this trial

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Bruno magli (mali) at Oj Simpson

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In 15 this party eliminated this informal poll in Iowa about how people felt about candidates

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Straw poll

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Fashion history
These decorative items get their name from their origin in the port city of strasbourg, on the border of France and Germany

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Rhinestones
Strasbourg A port on the Rhine river
Straous berg

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Crazy lake in Louisiana

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layk

paan
·
chuh
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trayn

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Top 2 winningest NCAA basketball coaches

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Coach K - 1157 wins sh chef ski at duke Jim bayhiem - 964 Syracuse
Both with 4 decades at the same school

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16
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You’ll hear “ in all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine” In this Hollywood classic
Bonus character who says

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Casablanca
Humphrey bogart as Rick Blaine
Based on a play everybody comes to ricks
Original title breakfast at ricks?

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In clue the 4 rooms with secret passages that connect diagonally so you can zip more quickly around the mansion

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Conservatory to the Lounge
Kitchen to thr study

Other rooms
Library
Dining hall

18
Q

Twin peaks created by this director originally ran from 90-91 and got a reboot in 17 with many of the same actors
labeled a popular surrealist by critics

A

David lynch

19
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West actor e win ray awn is best known for this role but also played nick mars in the dirt a 19 biopic of this band

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Sadistic villian Ramsey bolten from GOT - San sah sicked dogs on him in 16 prompted him to take on movie roles

Rock band motley crew he played the guitarist

20
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Figure skating drama at the 94 Olympics here involved who
Who won the gold

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Nancy Kerrigan was favorite
Tonya Harding boyfriend tried to take out Nancy
Upset by 16 year old Ukrain ox san uh buy ul

21
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A pair of entrepreneurial Nashville moms cle uh shearer and Joanna teplin turned aesthetically pleasing decluttering into an empire of books products Instagram followers and a new Netflix series creating this organization and interior design company that now caters to stars like Reese and Khloe

A

The home edit
Get organized with the home edit - Netflix show

22
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Plays real life baseball player shoeless Joe Jackson in field of dreams
Also this Hollywood legend in his final on screen role played the older version of fictional player archibald moonlight Graham

A

Ray lee oh tuh played shoeless
Burt Lancaster played graham - famous for from here to eternity
Not James earl Jones who was in the movie
89 movie released

23
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Red
When your down in fragle rock you’ll meet these 5 main characters

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Dudes are Gobo
Boo brr
Wembly

Females are animated stubborn and adventurous red and older spiritual hippy artist and mother figure mo key

I thought fragle rock was a fictional show the Flintstones watched

24
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White
Barry white and his sultry baritone voice were a staple on the r&b charts for nearly 3 decades but biggest success and his only number one hit by n billboard hot 100 happened in the 70s with this pop crossover

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Can’t get enough of your love babe

25
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Blue
Go blue is a sports rallying cry that extends across the campus of this university which also offers the go blue guarantee giving free tuition to qualifying students whose families make less than 65K

Part of this conference

A

University of Michigan
Part of big ten
Wolverines

26
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Logically w Pugh this is the province where iraqs capital is located

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Baghdad

27
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Sulaymaniyah province In this country dominated by this ethnic group is friendly ground for Americans - just don’t get too close to Iran as 3 hikers did in 09

A

Kurds
Iraq

28
Q

Though Iraq already had this many perfectly good provinces in Aug 1990 Saddam Husain wanted a 19th and declared this was it leading to war

A

18

Kuwait

29
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Hills province wqs renwmed as part of a program urging Iraqis to take pride in their ancient past; it became this after the city of Nebuchadnezzar whose ruins stand there

A

Babylon

30
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This company made r famous cabbage patch kids and a groundbreaking game console and at one point also the largest manufacturer of above ground swimming pools but began its business as

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Connecticut leather company

Kuh leak o

31
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Home to the European headquarters of Mastercard
Home to a major battle that took place near here on June 18 1815 between first French empire of Napoleon and the seventh coalition

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Waterloo
On April 6 74 abba song was winning entry for Sweden for Eurovision

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Appearing for the first time on October 4 1950 this comic strip dog was originally goin gto be named sniffy

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Snoopy
Charles Schultz- thanks to his mom

33
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Originally all 4 members of this band were to have nicknames but Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen dropped out

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U2
Edge
Bono
Mrs burns and thr jam jar - supposed to be other nicknames

34
Q

In Greek mythology, a little owl (Athene noctua) traditionally represents her or accompanies her

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Athena the virgin goddess of wisdom, or Minerva, her syncretic incarnation in Roman mythology.

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Plays
The January 13 1864 Washington evening star reported on a performance of this dashing comedy to a full and delighted house

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Our American cousin - Abe saw on the night of his p

36
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This strait west of Malaysia is thr shortest sea route from India to China

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Strait of malacca

Rizzo 162 (14 decks)

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