Quincy Adams Calhoun Flashcards

1
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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

A

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
Q

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
Q

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

A

St Lawrence river

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10
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Knighted in 2004 for inventing the World Wide Web

A

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

A

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
Q

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

A

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

A

The epiphany

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15
Q

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

A

Entourage

17
Q

What romance novelist was the step grandmother of princess Diana

A

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
Q

The home where Ian Fleming wrote his 007 novels shares its names with what movie

A

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
Q

Despite its name which breed of dog was originally developed by the Germans to hunt boar

A

Great Dane
In an area which has been disputed Germany and Denmark
Shh les wig Holstein area

27
Q

Sugar maple is the official state tree of this green mountain state

A

Vermont

28
Q

During the world cup In 2010 a Tom of Americans were introduced to this object said to reach decibels of 127

A

Vew vew zale uh

29
Q

What 2 bands are on the shirts of Beavis and butthead

A

Metallica
AC/DC

30
Q

Introduced into American lexicon in 06
This makes all of the boys go loco

A

Fergulicious