Vitamin A beta carotene Flashcards
Which ’80s cartoon used a catchphrase that was inspired by an old proverb: “the first blow is half the battle”?
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Derived from an Arabic word for “blowing” or “blasting wind,” haboob describes which type of weather event?
Dust storm
Sometimes known as the “nine-yard wonder,” which of these garments has no seams?
Sari
Trumpeter, mute, and tundra are the three species of which bird found in North America?
Swan
Worshipped as a living fertility goddess during the 14th century BCE, which person has a name that means “a beautiful woman has come”?
Nefertiti
Once called Kaiser-Wilhelm Spitze, the top of which mountain is now known as Uhuru Peak, from the Kiswahili word for “freedom”?
Kilimanjaro
Then the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1987, which politician released a folk music album titled We Shall Overcome?
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Bernie sanders
The Cape honey bee and the gazelle-like springbok appear on coins minted by which country?
South Africa
In 1996, Larry Brown won Super Bowl XXX MVP honors while playing for what team?
Guess: Las Vegas Raiders
Answer: Dallas Cowboys
Kevin Jones, Brandon Flowers, and Kam Chancellor all were players in the 2000’s at this current ACC school.
Guess: Clemson
Answer: Virginia Tech
Starting Pitcher finished 3rd in 2016 Cy Young voting and won the ERA Title.
Guess: Doc Kerr
Answer: Kyle Hendricks
Frank Herbert wrote this 1965 epic science fiction novel that was adapted into a 1984 film starring Kyle MacLachlan and a 2021 film starring Timothee Chalamet.
Guess: Dune
Answer: Dune
Since 1971, the company Nissin has produced this brand of instant ramen.
Guess: Top Ramen
Answer: Cup Noodles
Sydney Sweeney had a breakout role playing Cassie Howard on this HBO series that debuted in 2019.
Guess: Euphoria
Who took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for their role as Tommy DeVito in the 1990 film Goodfellas?
Guess: Joe Pesci
First charting in 2008, this country music group has produced hits like: “Chicken Fried”, “Whatever It Is”, and “Knee Deep”.
Guess: Zac Brown Band
This tea comes from a different plant than others
Chamomile tea
White green, black and oolong tea all come from the Camila sinenis plant
This band lead singer used a stage name inspired by the Roman messenger God
Queen
Farrokh balsara at birth queens frontman chose Freddie Mercury as a stage name with Mercury being the Roman messenger God the name was first used in Queen song, my fairy king when Freddy sings mother Mercury look what they’ve done to me
Bend Oregon is home to the last remaining location of what once massive chain
Blockbuster video which at peak had more than 9000 locations
B and V in nato phonetic alphabet
bravo Victor
The words were chosen to sound as different from one another as possible while being accessible to speakers of English French in Spanish
This President famously said ich bin ein Berliner
JFK speaking in front of a crowd of 120,000 shortly after the construction of the Berlin wall president Kennedy declared solidarity with West Berlin, saying all free men are citizens of Berlin and ich bin ein Berliner
This phrase went mainstream after heavy use in the Emmy winning show the bear
Yes, chef
People debate whether the best comedy winner of 2023 is actually comedy or drama but the phrase yes chef actually does come from the restaurant world which means I hear you while showing respect
David Livingston went missing searching for it in the 1860s
The source of an Nile
This author refreshed the vampire genre in interview with the vampire. Her first published work.
Ann rice
Jesus falls the first time and Jesus is laid the tomb are parts of this reflective, right
Two of the 14 stations of the cross
Sav uh nuh roll uh’s Infamous pyre of destruction
Pire rhymes with higher
Bonfire of the vanities
After providing 13 billion in aid to Europe, this recovery program officially ended in December 1951
Marshall plan
To a friend who has betrayed you, you might use a slide and phrase from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Et tu brew tay
Going back to Galatians chapter 5 verse four this expression means to lose favor or lapse into sin
Fall from Grace
It’s the same idea as 15 minutes of fame and can be applied literally to Lady Jane Gray
Nine days wonder
In 1931 the Star-Spangled Banner officially became the national anthem more than a century after was written during this conflict
War of 1812 Francis Scott key
Red dwarf fuse Hydrogen into this element, but don’t have the mass to then produce Carbon so they bypass red giant stage and end up white dwarfs
Helium
In this novel, Amy seems to be a favorite with her aunts a ring from aunt March and a trip to Europe with aunt Carol
Little women
Do me a favor and I’ll do you one
tell us that in Latin it’s manus manum lavat
One hand washes the other
After his son uncas dies, chingach cook becomes this as in the title of an 1826 book
The last of the Mohicans
The Empire is in danger in foundation based on the classic sci-fi series by this author
Asimov
In 2024 net flex released this limited series based on a tearjerker by David Nichols about a couples July 15s over the years
One day
Thomas Brody Sangster plays this Dickens character pull back into a life of crime by fagin
Artful dodger
Reportedly for physicist, Richard Feynman, this three work cliché was this dying is boring
Fineman
famous last words
Bally’s beads are dots of sunlight seen through the moons peaks and valleys during these events
Solar eclipse
Mandala Stenberg doubles the fun playing OSHA and May on the Star Wars series set during the high Republic
The acolyte
The big cigar is a dramatization of an escape to Cuba by this black panther party cofounder
Huey P Newton
NASA says it’s some 13.1 septillion pounds if it’s on your shoulders idiomatically, you have tons of things to worry about
The weight of the world
This first name proceeds light of my life fire of my loins to start a classic by Nabokov
Nab uh kov
Lolita
College towns
two schools in the south eastern conference are located in cities with the same name, but in different states
Columbia
University of Missouri and South Carolina with campuses there
Since 1990, the black rock desert has been home to this annual event
Burning man
Something celestial bodies tend to do this was deemed by men’s health the new ghosting, i.e. no contact but following online
Orbiting
A pear tree planted around 1647 by this Dutch colonial governor stood at third Avenue and 13th St. until it was killed in a 19 century carriage wreck
Sty vuh sent
Head to this Texas City to visit the Dr. pepper Museum where you might get a free beverage
Waco
Harry Truman made it the official presidential retreat in 1945
Camp David
If you’re looking for instruction on how to be a better you ask for an LPT short for this
there’s a sub Reddit with tons of them
Life pro tip
In 1979 tropical storm tip upgraded to super this tip and raged through the western Pacific with 190 mph wins
Typhoon
If follows WhatsApp in an app that connects people far and near
Messenger
The movie now Voyager partly inspired this number 1 80s hit
Betty Davis eyes
These trees at ruh dough hall home of Canada. Governor General include plantings by Haile Selassie and king bo dwan of Belgium.
Maple trees
This actually a volcano is Oregon’s highest point
Mount Hood
Researchers at Marine land in Canada, so this pale whale blows bubbles in meaningful ways from bored to startled
Beluga
