Xavier Cincinnati Flashcards

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Word came into use as a result of Irish land wars in 1880s
Referring to last name of British estate manager who tenants trying to ostricize
Means nonviolent intentional protest to stop using a product

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Boycott

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In the Jewish and Western Christian traditions, this Bible book contains 150 individual of these , divided into five sections.
From The Greek word “” originally meant “songs sung to a harp”,

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Book of Psalms

The Greek word “psalmoi” originally meant “songs sung to a harp”, and gave us the word “psalms”

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means “a place where three roads meet

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Trivia” is the plural of the Latin word “trivium” which

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The Latin word for this is “stannum”,

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tin

and so tin’s atomic symbol is “Sn”. One of the ores used as a source for of tin is “stannite”.

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the largest number of residents in a private school in the whole country.

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The main campus of the private New York University (NYU) is located right in Manhattan, in Washington Square in the heart of Greenwich Village

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Word for poses in yoga .

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In some forms of yoga, it is important to make smooth transitions between the asana (poses). Such a transition is known as a vinyasa.

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We’ve been using this term “” to describe a psychic since the nineteenth century. Prior to that, this was a clear-sighted person.

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clairvoyant

The term comes from French, with “clair” meaning “clear” and “voyant” meaning “seeing

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This ” is the French word for “wine steward”

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Sommelier

. If that steward is a female, then the term used in French is “sommelière”.

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This was a superstition cited as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox the World Series from 1918 until this year .

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The Curse of the Bambino

2004

The Curse was said to have been placed on the Red Sox by Babe “The Bambino” Ruth, who was reportedly angry at being traded to the Yankees.

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These plants are those with thickened stems and/or leaves that have evolved to retain water.

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Succulent

As such, succulents are often found where the climate is particularly dry. The term “succulent” comes from the Latin “sucus” meaning “juice, sap”.

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Language of a haka chant :

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MAORI
The haka is a war dance used by the Maori people of New Zealand. Famously, the New Zealand rugby team performs a haka before each of their matches.

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Four-color printing uses four different color inks:

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cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The black ink is also known as the “key”. The first letter of the colors (with black being ”key”) give the more common name for four-color printing, namely CMYK.

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Gold atomic number

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79

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This in fiction is manufactured with
ki ber crystals

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Light saber
Manufacturered long long Ago in a galaxy far far away

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N some versions of King Arthur legend he pulls this from a stone or anvil but in other versions given to him by whom

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Excalibur
Lady of the lake gives to

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The vor pull blade went snicker snack is a line from this poem

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Jabberwocky Lewis carol
Appears at the beginning of through the Looking glass

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This restaurant chain had its origins as a diner in hateville Georgia opened by s true it Cathy
Not until 86 first freestanding location
Bonus name of original diner

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Chick fill A
Peach bowl sponsor?
Original name - The dwarf grill or dwarf house

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Founded thr center for non violent social
Change in 68

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Coretta Scott king
Mlk assassination in 68

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Song lyrics
Let me tell you something
If you didn’t come to party
Don’t bother knocking on my door
I’ve got a line in my pocket and
Baby he’s ready to Roar

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1999 Prince
Wendy Lisa the doctor ?

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Element named for
Ancient Greek word for hidden

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Krypton 36
Don’t confuse with jure el and cal el home

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Statues of heber C kimball wilford woodruff and this man top salt like city’s this is the place monument

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Brigham young

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Michale Peña has a small role on moesha before his career grw Toni Clyde aiding this tiny title marvel guy in 15

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In 13 she was Haley in a episode of days of our lives but by 22 she’d learned how to scream in movies

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Jenna Ortega

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Her tale of a handmaids still in the future she played president Bartlett daughter Zoey on the west wing

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Elizabeth moss

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About 2 decades before being a true detective he was part of the Texas chainsaw massacre the next generation in 95
Matthew muh khan uh hey
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Before somehow making tennis steamy in 24 this single named star guested on Disney channels Good luck Charlie
Zendaya
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Describes a ripe pomegranate or an unappealing run down hotel
Seedy CD Roman numeral
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Roman numeral To perform Better then others
Excel XL
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Roman numeral A climbing member of the genus hedera Head uh ruh
Ivy IV
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Roman numeral A host who runs an event from thr stage and introduces others
Emcee MC
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Drakes 416 tattoo is the area code of this north of the border city his hometown
Toronto
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The tile of a Tennessee Williams play alludes to this tattooed on the chest of a characters deceased husband
Rose tattoo Name of the show a rose
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In 1769 this British captain wrote in his journal about Polynesians both sexes paint their bodies tattow as it is called
Captain Cook
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In 18 a falcon rocket with a dummy payload put a roadster from this company up in space
Tesla
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The weather satellite goes 16 wqs launxhed in 16 by NOAA short for this administration
National oceanic atmospheric administration
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In 22 this new telescope captured an image of maisie’s galaxy formed just 390 million years after the Big Bang
James webb space telescope Thanks Neil
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Well known to US tv audiences for a different role this actor wqs half of the brit comedy Jeeves and Wooster
Hugh Laurie
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In this 87 novel by Stephen king a historical romance writer is tortured by her
misery Anne Wilkes
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In an 1866 work a doctor worries that this villainous alter ego will destroy his written Confession
Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde
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John claggart is the mewn old master at arms aboard the indomitable in this Herman Melville tale
Billy budd
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In this 14 novel later made into a show with Penn Badgley Joe Goldberg obsesses over Guinevere beck
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