Roswell New Mexico Flashcards

1
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Nicknamed the golden boy this welterweight boxing champ also has a twin dance album. That topped the charts

A

Oscar de la Hoya

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2
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This is a word for a small boat or raft
Bonus from this language

A

Dinghy ding e
Hindi

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3
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First woman elected to really any position of power

A

Susanna madora salter

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4
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In the Chinese zodiac this 3 letter animal comes immediately after he year is the rooster

A

Dog
Brooke is the year of the horse

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5
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Elon musk star link is a constellation of satellites designed to provide global access to this

A

Internet
Star link is part of the spaceX program
Use falcon 9 rockets to launch small rockets to form this network orbiting the earth to provide internet

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6
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Bark
The bArk of the cassia (Kesha ) tree is often sold as this spice

A

Cinnamon

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7
Q

Quack
Line is Pauling is widely discredited for his beliefs that this vitamin cloud cure a wide variety of diseases including cancer

A

Vitamin C
Since rod the graduation song

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8
Q

Hiss
Common on automotive tires and some bicycle tires this is the name of the valve named after inventor

A

August shrader (valves)
Shray der
Presta is the valve on road bikes - they are weird ?

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9
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Hoot
Lead singer of hootie and the blowfish who went on to a solo country career

A

Darius rutger

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10
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Chirp
This company later acquired by this other company introduced the 2 way push to talk chirp feature on its cell phones in the late 90s

A

Nextel - chirp (did it for contract )
Acquired by sprint
Boost mobile later did it for prepaid phones

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11
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The atmosphere of Venus primarily consists of which gas?

A

Carbon dioxide

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12
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Bull rush? what is it and also known by this animalistic name

A

A type of reed
Known as cat tails
Don’t bite them - they explode and taste horrible but look like nature corn dogs

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13
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Which is the only semitic language that is an official language of the EU?

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14
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Which Romanian dictator and his wife were executed on Christmas day 1989?

A

Nick o lie
Cha chesk u and his wife elania
Last to be executed before abolition of capital punishment in Jan 90

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15
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What would you find in the UK that measures 210 by 297 millimetres?

A

A4 paper

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16
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Counties to not use the metric system
According to CIA

A

US
Me ann mar
Liberia
Others maybe not officially

Mix and match - like England

17
Q

Released in 82 and becoming japans 2nd highest grossing arcade game of the year this games objective is to defeat all enemies by inflating or crushing

A

Dig dug

18
Q

This former member of the red dragon syndicate is the main protagonist of the anime cowboy bee bop

A

Spike spee gul
Great show ?

19
Q

Job applications for fed ex were said to have gone up 30% after the release of this 2000 Oscar nominated film

A

Castaway
Wilson!
Volleyball 🏐

20
Q

Original name of volleyball

A

Mint toe net
Creator inspired by badminton

21
Q

Which is the only semitic language that is an official language of the EU?

A

Maltese

22
Q

Toxophily is the love or addiction to what sport?
Tox saf uh lee

A

Archery
Greek tox uh tees which were archers

23
Q

A group separated from the rest of the experiment where independent variable being tested cannot influence the results

A

Control

24
Q

Amazing fantasy no 15 published in 62 marked The first appearance of this comic book character as a trial run

A

Spider man

25
Q

Tarrow sue juh moto Was selected by the sabres in the 11th round of 74 draft ; what about this player is notable

A

Fictional
Owner was protesting the drafting process

26
Q

Although it is debates how effective the method actually is me throw dat ism is the practice of this ; a few hamlet characters could have benefited from giving it a shot

A

Slowly and intentionally poisoning yourself to build a tolerance
Weening yourself on poison

27
Q

The complex abstract design means circle in Sanskrit and can represent various spiritual elements such as balance and harmony

A

Men doll uh

28
Q

Senator Stephen Douglas said in public debate that this man was 2 faced; his reply
“I leave it up to my audience if I had another face Do you think I would wear this one “

A

Lincoln

29
Q

Subject of the 30 for 30 episode titled student/athlete this notable Hawaiian place kicker gained his fame at notre dame in 88 to go onto a medical profession

A

Reginald ho

30
Q

This wife of king Henry 8 was the only one to receive a queens funeral after giving birth to a son, becoming this king; she also did not star in a popular western tv series from the 90s

A

Jane Seymour - 3
Dr Quinn medicine woman played by Jane Seymour ?
King Edward VI

31
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This film features 3 thieves breaking into the home of a veteran that they incorrectly perceive as an easy target because he is this

A

Don’t breathe
He is blind