State 40 South Dakota 1889 Flashcards
Presidential elections
He’s the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the Victor
Al gore
Sitting VP - certifies electoral college count
Last sitting veep to lose to his opponent
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”.
Kimberly Elise
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.
Male and female otters
By the 1620s, “this” was being used to mean the entire range of anything, the whole this
gamut
Bryce Canyon National Park locale :
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.
is a company with no significant assets or operations. They are a main component of the underground economy, especially those based in tax havens.
shell corporation
His Mersey of his son in 1581 led to this family dynasty that began in 1613 and would have thr last czarring role
Zarring
Ivan thr terrible
Romanov
In his royal.uK bio
Mentally unfit to rule during his reign; most attractive of thr hanoverian monarchs
George 3
Through quite sweet thr name of this almond flavored liqueur means litter butter
Amaretto
Many q classic cocktail class for a wee bit of this scotch whisky liqueur flavored with heather Honey
Dram bue E
This 12 letter word describes the Richness of life forms in a given environment
Biodiversity
Buddy holly song
Also this show clips in video
Weezer
Happy days clips
Balders gate 3 is a 23 video game jaugernaut based on the 5e rules for this tabletop role playing game
Dungeons and dragons
Red Hot Chili Peppers time implores take me to the place I love take me all the way
Under the bridge
American music fans know thr bwnd blurr foe their song that starts with this shriek or triumph
Woo hooo
As an interjection it means freaking awesome dude as a noun it’s a less freakin awesome unit of scientific measurement
Rad
Unit of Radiation exposure
Green or Brown film on surface of bronze or similar medals produced by oxidation over a long period
Puh Tina
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
Galleon
Not sickle or nut or kuh nut
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
Rasputin in film Anastasia
the chemical which is responsible for the marijuana “high”.
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
Not Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical extracted from cannabis plants that is used as a herbal drug.
This name “” comes from an Algonquin word ” meaning “where the river narrows”.
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.
In a 78-card tarot deck, the picture cards are referred to as this
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.
is a tiny European country with an area of just over 61 square miles that is located in the Alps between Switzerland and Austria.
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!
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
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 …
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
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 …
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
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”).
This measures distance traveled. “comes from the Greek “hodos” meaning “path” and “metron” meaning “measure”.
odometer
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.
Gene mutation and fee no tip ick trait that results in needing extra novocaine to fully become numb
Red hair
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
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
Clueless based on
Emma - Jane Austen
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
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.
