Provincetown Massachusetts Flashcards

1
Q

A baby kangaroo is called what

A

Joey
Newborn Joey are only 1 inch long at birth and are carrying her mother’s pouch until they are about four months old

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2
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Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings was famously defeated by a computer named this

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Watson
IBM named its Jeopardy playing Watson at the Sherlock Holmes helpful friend and the company still uses Watson as AI technology

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3
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The sun appears overhead at noon on the December solstice here

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Tropic of Cancer 23.4394 degrees
Southern counterpart Capricorn

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4
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Tennis grand slams, and type of courts

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US and Australian open about each played on hard court
French Open on a slightly squishy court
Wimbledon on grass

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5
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Late night TV host with billboard hot 100 hit

A

Fallon with Will i am ew! In 14
Hit 26

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6
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In the 1700s, Russia Catherine, the great installing one of the worlds first what

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Rollercoaster
With wheel cars fitting into the Groover rails on top of a hill, Catherine the second roller coaster could reach up to 50 mph

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7
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Phillips medical system sells a heart start Home model one of these devices

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Defibrillator

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8
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The Venice of America, and at the height of spring break Fort Liquordale

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Fort Lauderdale

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9
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The home of the blues city

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Memphis Tennessee

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10
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Woodrow Wilson tried to reshape international relations with this numerical 1918 program

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14 points

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11
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In a fit of rage Don Jose stabs her to death outside of bullring after she throws away the ring he had given her

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Carmen

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12
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Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were the first cities rediscovered from this agent civilization on the Indian subcontinent

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Indus valley civilization

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13
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In May 1954 the battle by a small mountain outpost near Laos effectively added the first Indo China war

A

Dien bien poo

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14
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I’m in national nickname of our mean e us who defeated three Roman legions at the battle of toy tuh berg Forest

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Herman, the German

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15
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This method that uses a mother tongue approach to teach kids to play musical instruments, his name for a Japanese violinist

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Suzuki

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16
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The spa city in Arkansas

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Hot springs

17
Q

The town 2 tough to die in Arizona

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Tombstone

18
Q

Dog breeds said to have originated in the mountainous terrain of Western Asia

A

Afghan

19
Q

The Brits called this mild Analgesic drug paracetamol
Ann ewl g zic

A

Acetaminophen
Uh seat uh min uh fin

20
Q

It’s the study of church songs like below my vision and guide me oh great Jehovah

A

Hymnology

21
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In medieval Italy, this faction was pitted against the gwelphs and the pope

A

Gib uh leans
Ghi

22
Q

Suzanne, countess rosina maid is betrothed to this valet of count Alma viva, but of course there are complications

A

The marriage of Figaro

23
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In a Puccini opera, this tempestuous , opera, singer fights to save her lover Mario Cah vah dough row see from a sadistic police chief

A

Tosca
Tahh suh cuh

24
Q

The French title of this 2023 courtroom drama is anatome doon shoot

A

Anatomy of a fall

25
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These two words complete the title of a romance set in 18 century Brittany, portrait of a lady

A

On fire

26
Q

At its completion newspaper wrote the great continent of Africa is at length literally an island

A

Suez Canal

27
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This Germany name for a type of school is meant to give the idea that the tots would grow and thrive like plants

A

Kindergarten

28
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In 1923 the college she found it in Florida merged with the Cookman Institute

A

Bethune
Buh thoon

29
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One of Edith Piaf’s signature songs it was the title of a 2007 biopic of her.

A

Lah v en rose

30
Q

This actor won an Oscar for playing silent screen idol. George Valentine in 2011 the artist.

A

Jean Dujardin
Dew jhar dan

31
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This Director had a bit role as a snitch in his 1960 classic breathless

A

John Luke Godard

32
Q

As this Verde opera ends, Violetta dies of consumption with her lover Alfredo Germont at her bedside

A

La Traviata

33
Q

In order to rescue her husband, florestan stand from prison Leonore disguises herself as his title man and gets a job there

A

Fidelio

34
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Literary characters
in a 1980 national book award winner wheel learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late dad - technical sergeant

A

TS garp in John Irving’s thr world according to garp

35
Q

An attraction at Carlsbad caverns is one of these long formations known as the sword of Damocles

A

Stalactite
Stuh lack tight stag mites on the bottom on the ground the wind let’s go Afghan. I don’t understand Afghanistan. 

36
Q

Laos capital

A

V n t n