State 40 South Dakota 1889 Flashcards

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Presidential elections
He’s the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the Victor

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Al gore
Sitting VP - certifies electoral college count
Last sitting veep to lose to his opponent

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She is an actress who is perhaps best known for playing Denver in the 1998 film “Beloved” and the female lead Helen Simmons-McCarter in the 2005 film “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”.

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Kimberly Elise

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These are known as dogs and bitches, with the offspring called pups. Males and females are sometimes referred to as boars and sows. A collection is a bevy, family, lodge or perhaps a romp. When in water, a collection can be called a raft.

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Male and female otters

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By the 1620s, “this” was being used to mean the entire range of anything, the whole this

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gamut

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Bryce Canyon National Park locale :

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UTAH
Bryce Canyon National Park is a beautiful part of America. The strange thing is that Bryce isn’t a canyon at all, but rather is a natural amphitheater created by erosion of sedimentary rocks that are part of the Paunsaugunt Plateau.

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is a company with no significant assets or operations. They are a main component of the underground economy, especially those based in tax havens.

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shell corporation

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His Mersey of his son in 1581 led to this family dynasty that began in 1613 and would have thr last czarring role
Zarring

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Ivan thr terrible
Romanov

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In his royal.uK bio
Mentally unfit to rule during his reign; most attractive of thr hanoverian monarchs

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George 3

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Through quite sweet thr name of this almond flavored liqueur means litter butter

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Amaretto

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Many q classic cocktail class for a wee bit of this scotch whisky liqueur flavored with heather Honey

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Dram bue E

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This 12 letter word describes the Richness of life forms in a given environment

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Biodiversity

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Buddy holly song
Also this show clips in video

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Weezer
Happy days clips

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Balders gate 3 is a 23 video game jaugernaut based on the 5e rules for this tabletop role playing game

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Dungeons and dragons

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Red Hot Chili Peppers time implores take me to the place I love take me all the way

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Under the bridge

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American music fans know thr bwnd blurr foe their song that starts with this shriek or triumph

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Woo hooo

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As an interjection it means freaking awesome dude as a noun it’s a less freakin awesome unit of scientific measurement

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Rad
Unit of Radiation exposure

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Green or Brown film on surface of bronze or similar medals produced by oxidation over a long period

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Puh Tina

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This type of sailing ship has a high square fwah castle , 3 to 4 masts carry both square and foe and aft sails and up to 2 tiers of guns carried broad side
Also shares currency from HP

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Galleon
Not sickle or nut or kuh nut

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Biographical song first released in 78 had a resurgence in popularity
Just dwnce 2 video game -10
21 viral dance challenge tiktok
Also immortalized in a pop 97 animated film voiced by Christopher Lloyd

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Rasputin in film Anastasia

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the chemical which is responsible for the marijuana “high”.

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tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
Not Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical extracted from cannabis plants that is used as a herbal drug.

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This name “” comes from an Algonquin word ” meaning “where the river narrows”.

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Québec

Algonquin word “kebec

This refers to the area around Quebec City where the St. Lawrence River narrows as it flows through a gap lined by steep cliffs. The province has voted twice in referenda asking whether or not Quebec should become an independent country, once in 1980, and again in 1995. The 1995 result was 49% in favor of sovereignty, up from 40% in 1980.

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In a 78-card tarot deck, the picture cards are referred to as this

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Major Arcana. The remaining cards are known as the Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana included The Fool, the Wheel of Fortune, the Hanged Man, and Death.

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is a tiny European country with an area of just over 61 square miles that is located in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria.

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Liechtenstein
is one of only two doubly-landlocked nations in the world, the other being Uzbekistan. Liechtenstein has the highest gross domestic product per person in the world. The country is a winter sports haven attracting lots of visitors, and is also a tax haven with a strong financial center. There are actually more registered companies in Liechtenstein than there are citizens!

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was the Solicitor General of the United States who replaced Justice John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court. That made her the first female US Solicitor General

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Elena Kagan

and the fourth female US Supreme Court justice. I hear she is a fan of Jane Austen, and used to reread “Pride and Prejudice” once a year. Not a bad thing to do, I’d say …

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is an English novelist with a track record of writing well-received novels. His most famous work of recent years I would say is “Atonement” which has benefited from the success of a fabulous movie adaptation released in 2007.
Ian McEwan
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The character James Bond was the creation of writer him .
Ian Fleming Fleming “stole” the James Bond name from an American ornithologist. The number “007” was “stolen” from the real-life, 16th-century English spy named John Dee. Dee would sign his reports to Queen Elizabeth I with a stylized “007” to indicate that the reports were for “her eyes only”. There’s an entertaining miniseries that aired on BBC America called “Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond” that details Ian Fleming’s military career, and draws some nice parallels between Fleming’s experiences and aspirations and those of his hero James Bond. Recommended …
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She is a figure skater, an Olympic champion in 1992. She is quite the dancer too, having won “Dancing with the Stars” in 2008. She started skating and taking ballet as a young child as physical therapy, as she had club feet …
Kristi Yamaguchi
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Definitions vary, but it seems that the term “Generation Z” is reserved for the children of this group
Generation X”, and for the generation that follows the “Millennials” (Generation Y). Gen-Zers are also known as “Zoomers”, a portmanteau of “Z” and “boomer” (as in “baby boomer”).
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This measures distance traveled. “comes from the Greek “hodos” meaning “path” and “metron” meaning “measure”.
odometer
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The style is known as “” because the stylized calligraphic form of writing originated in Italy, probably in the Vatican
italic Italic type leans to the right, and is often used to provide emphasis in text.
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Gene mutation and fee no tip ick trait that results in needing extra novocaine to fully become numb
Red hair
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Quite the eventful year in US George Washington sworn in for second term Held First cabinet meeting and laid cornerstone in capitol building UNC chapel hill cornerstone for old east - oldest university building in country Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic These 2 king and queen were executed in France ; shorty after the French first republic declared war on Great Britain thr dutch republic and Spain
1793 Marie Antoinette and Louie 16
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I have been sentenced to confinement in my castle in 1610 for punishment of my crimes in kingdom of Hungary Most prolific and murderous female serial killer ever 60-650 young girls
Elizabeth bath re Countess Dracula and bloody countess for vampire like tendencies of bathing in blood of victims
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Clueless based on
Emma - Jane Austen
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Thomas Edison and William Dixson invented me in early 1890s Predecessor and catalyst to thr motion film projector : similar concept strip of film passes between a lens and electric lightbulb to create illusion of moving objects Single person viewing device using a peephole at the top
Cuh ned uh scope
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The “opposite” of an acid is this And color
base. Acids turn litmus paper red, and bases turn it blue. Acids and bases react with each other to form salts. An important subset of the chemicals called bases are alkalis, hydroxides of the alkali metals and of ammonium. The term “alkali” is sometimes used interchangeably with “base”, especially if that base is readily soluble in water.
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2nd most densely populated state
Rhode Island
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The plague author
Camus
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What is missing from a navel orange?
Seeds
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What did the license plate read on the team's response vehicle in the movie "Ghostbusters"?
Ecto-1
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What do you get when you mix tequila, triple sec and lime juice?
Margarita
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To whom was the first .com internet domain registered?
Symbolics.com
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Who wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"?
Edgar Allen Poe
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SCIENCE & TECH What element has the chemical symbol Hg, derived from the Latin hydrargyrum, meaning “liquid silver”? Platinum +100 correct
Mercury
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BIOGRAPHIES The original voice of several Looney Tunes characters, Mel Blanc has what cartoon catchphrase on his gravestone? +100 correct
“That’s all folks”
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ANIMALS & NATURE The eggs of what animal, the largest eggs of any bird, were hollowed out and used as drinking cups by ancient Egyptians? -1
Ostrich Not Emu
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ANYTHING GOES What board game was made by a retired teacher for children with polio in hospital isolation, letting them travel through the Gumdrop Mountains? -1
Candy Land Not Chutes and Ladders
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ARTS & CULTURE In 2025 Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham announced a reissue of Buckingham Nicks, a long-out-of-print album they had released before joining what band? +100 correct
Fleetwood Mac
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HISTORY & SOCIETY In 1987 Ronald Reagan’s advisers, including Colin Powell, tried to dissuade him from telling which leader to “tear down this wall”? +100 correct
Mikhail Gorbachev
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NYC original name
GEOGRAPHY Originally founded as New Amsterdam, what city got its current name when the English took it over in the 1600s? New Orleans Los Angeles Toronto +100 correct New York City
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4 Cs of diamonds
MONEY & NUMBERS In the early 1940s Robert M. Shipley developed the “4 Cs”—color, cut, clarity, and carat—to determine the quality of what? Gold nuggets Wagyu beef Pearls +100 correct Diamonds
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effervescent definition
effervescent adjective ef·​fer·​ves·​cent ˌe-fər-ˈve-sᵊnt Synonyms of effervescent 1 : having the property of forming bubbles : marked by or producing effervescence an effervescent beverage effervescent salts an effervescent tablet 2 : marked by or expressing an appealingly lively quality an effervescent person/personality a song with an effervescent melody She was a marvel with the press: fresh, direct, effervescent. —Bruce Anderson Conditions being as they were at Brinkley Court … I hadn't expected the evening meal to be particularly effervescent. Nor was it. Silent. Sombre. The whole thing more than a bit like Christmas dinner on Devil's Island. —P. G. Wodehouse effervescently adverb Ultimately, it was quite remarkable what this routine, nonstop sports vacation had done for this effervescently fit sportsman. —Curry Kirkpatrick VOCAB Fill in the blank: Ruthie had an _____ personality, which made it easy for her to make friends. +100 correct effervescent
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This Ancient Greek believed all matter were made of these 4 elements
Fire Air Earth Water Aristotle
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What grows in the brain when doing cognitive exercises?
Dendrites
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What is the name of the Tokyo Stock Market Index?
Nikkei
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The Golden Gate Bridge connects the city of San Francisco with what?
Marin county
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U2's David Evans is better known by which nickname?
The edge
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When it was first created in 1938, what was the minimum hourly federal wage in the US?
$.25
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People with hypertrichosis have lots of what?
Hair
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What is the handicap of a "scratch" golfer?
0
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What is the handicap of a "scratch" golfer?
0
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What is the handicap of a "scratch" golfer?
0