Chee Chen Eet Zuh Flashcards

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Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson are credited with inventing this operating system

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Unix

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This desert consists of ice cream on a cake base that is placed briefly in an oven to brown it’s topping of meringue

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Baked Alaska

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Introduced in 1964 this doll was the first little sister to Barbie

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Skipper
Later joined by twins Todd and tutti
Then Stacey and Kelly and Chelsea and krissy were added along
Stop it what is this Barbie knowledge !

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4
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First female prime minister of India

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In dear uh ghandi
Grandfather pioneered the country’s independence movement

One of 3 ghandi PMs
Granddaughter of pandit Nehru and both her son Rajiv (rah Jeeve) and Italian born daughter in law Sonia were both PMs
It’s a family business

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5
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Giving advice across all mediums for decades who is the German born author rod sex for dummies

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Dr Ruth

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Name of the virtual reality world in the virtual reality world in 18 movie ready player one

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Oasis
Earnest Kline author
Spielberg directed
Book is amazing ; movie fine
Second book great so far

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Statehood
Congress relented in 1890 after this prospective state said it would wait 100 years rather then come in with out the women

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Wyoming
The equality state
The first to allow all women to vote

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8
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Starred in the nice guys

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Russel crow
Ryan gosling
Slow movie but a fun watch?

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James Franco ran into a tree requiring 3 stitches during the filming of this comedy movie

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Pineapple Express

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This British comedian has a starring role in muppets most wanted

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Ricky gervais- main antagonist
With Jason segal and Tina fey

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11
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Becky attends this university in pitch perfect

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Barden (Bella’s)

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12
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In the movie Paul he provides the voice of the title character

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Seth rogen - plays an alien?
Pegg and frost Did without Edgar right
Jason Bateman also inn
Sigorney Weaver also in ?
Rented at red box and never returned

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Victor Victorian
Thr novels Silas marner and middlemarch are 2 well known 19th century British novels written by

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Mary Ann evans who wrote under the masculine pennname George Eliot
Also wrote the mill on the floss

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14
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Overcoming obstacles
As a young girl this AA athletes leg and foot were severely weakened due to polio having to wear a leg brace however overcame her disability and at 16 won bronze at 56 Olympics in 400 by 100 m relay here ; 4 years later winning 3 gold medals as a sprinter at 60 Olympics here becoming known as the fastest woman on earth

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Wilma Rudolph
56 Melbourne
60 Rome

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15
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But web md says I’m dying
If you have jill bear syndrome you might find that when you get stressed or sick the whites of your eyes and skin made be a shade or 2 more yellow than usual due to the inability of this organ to transform billy Ruben into a more soluble form that can be excreted from the body

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Liver

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16
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Entertaining coincidences
Only instance in which a Broadway musical won tony for best new musical and unrelated film with the same name won academy award for best picture

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Titanic
Relatively obsecure musical April 97 winning 97 tony
Well known film December 97 winning 98 Oscar

17
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Old timey scandals
This 19th century American painter is probably most famous for the portrait of Madame X depicting a young woman wearing a black dress with a low cut neckline while not risqué by todays standards it caused such a scandal that this artist was forced to leave Paris and return to London to escape the backlash
Also painted this presidents official WH portrait

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John singer Sargent- famous Dude?
Teddy