Quincy Adams Calhoun Flashcards

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Kosovo is

A

A country with a capital of pristina

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2
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Chinese basketball star Yao Ming played for what team

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Rockets

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3
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In 2010 scientists concluded that king tut died in part due to which of the following

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Broken leg

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4
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In addition to the US what other nation has a 4 corners point

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Canada - in a very remote part
North west territory Nunavut Manitoba Saskatchewan
2 provinces and 2 territories meet

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5
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Number of 3 separate highways each of which is a major bypass auxiliary route of I-5
Portland
Seattle
LA - busiest and most congested freeway in US

A

I 405

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6
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An incident in a bakery caused what massive disaster that destroyed much of England’s capital including this cathedral

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The great fire of London
St. Paul’s cathedral
Also bain erd castle western counterpart of Tower of London

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7
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Academy emmy and tony nominated actor severed over 2 years in marines before appearing in Star Wars, black clansman and marriage story
Earning a bFA at Juliard

A

Adam driver

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8
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President birthplace and library located in west branch Iowa

A

Hoover
Dominated by stock market crash and the Great Depression

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9
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River that flows through Montreal and Quebec City
And provides part of the border between nY and Ontario

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St Lawrence river

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10
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Knighted in 2004 for inventing the World Wide Web

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Tim berners-lee
Appeared during the opening ceremony on 2012 London Olympics
Gave away the rights to his invention

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11
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What 1981 song featured a resurgence in popularity after being featured on the sopranos and glee

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Journey

Don’t stop believin

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12
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London locales
To help fight malaria this former royal estate helped move quinine producing cinchona plants from South America to India

Sin con uh

A

Kew gardens where the royal botanical gardens were, used to help cure malaria
Cue

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13
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Sweetness sweetness I was only joking when I said I want to smash every tooth in your head
86 song

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Big mouth strikes again by the Smiths

Morrisey?

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14
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In the western Christian Church what festival is celebrated 12 days after Christmas

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The epiphany

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15
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For over 90 years converse has made an all star shoe named for whom

A

Chuck Taylor

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16
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The career of ari gold and his client were part of what hbo series

17
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What romance novelist was the step grandmother of princess Diana

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Barbara Cartland

18
Q

Come on Eileen

A

Deck sees midnight runners
Dexy’s

19
Q

Who recorded who can I turn to with Queen Latifah On his duets II album

A

Tony Bennett

20
Q

Who must be on board a US plane if it has the official designation Air Force 2

A

VP aka veep

21
Q

Best selling Christmas toy of 96 was what laughing toy

A

Tickle me Elmo

22
Q

Biathlon combines what 2 activities that James Bond should excel at

A

Cross country skiing
Shooting

23
Q

RAS

People suffering from this syndrome may use phrases such as vIN number and ATM machine

A

Redundant acronym syndrome

24
Q

You look at pictures of all the presidents of the US; how many Johnson’s will you see

A

2 Johnsons

25
The home where Ian Fleming wrote his 007 novels shares its names with what movie
Goldeneye Where he was reading a book about the birds of the West Indies written by bond and where he got the name from
26
Despite its name which breed of dog was originally developed by the Germans to hunt boar
Great Dane In an area which has been disputed Germany and Denmark Shh les wig Holstein area
27
Sugar maple is the official state tree of this green mountain state
Vermont
28
During the world cup In 2010 a Tom of Americans were introduced to this object said to reach decibels of 127
Vew vew zale uh
29
What 2 bands are on the shirts of Beavis and butthead
Metallica AC/DC
30
Introduced into American lexicon in 06 This makes all of the boys go loco
Fergulicious