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Adage Flashcards

1
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Dallas stars origin

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Minnesota north stars
Came in 69 with penguins

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2
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What nurse earned the nickname the lady with the lamp while caring for injured soldiers in this war

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Florence nightingale during the Crimean war
She was British
Checking on soldiers in the middle of the night

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Replaced by the British fort Pitt what French port was established at the confluence of the muh nog uh hail uh and Allegheny rivers in 1754

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Fort do cane
Captured by a British expedition
Named for William pItt earl of chadam and suture prime minister

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4
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When not busy with the Sunday evening post who’s wa the artist for the Boy Scouts calendar 25-76 earning this highest Boy Scout adult award

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Norman Rockwell
Silver Buffalo

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5
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Tallest Mountain in the cascade mountain range and also one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world

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Mount Rainer
Brewery named after this famous peak

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Olympics with the bombing at centennial park depicted in this close to 2020 film

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Atlanta 96
Richard jewel - Kathy bates in it

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In an election campaign for us senate Abe drew crowds in the thousands when competing against this opponent in a series of 7 debates

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Stephen Douglas

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8
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Appointed at continental congress in 1775 who was the first post master general after previously holding office under British colonial rule

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Franklin

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Animated cartoon character with more films than any other became the official mascot of Warner bros entertainment

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Bugs bunny

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10
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First permanent English settlement in the Americas

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Jamestown
Virginia

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11
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Married architect and design duo created a high end popular lounge and office chair features in NY museum of modern art

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Charles and ray Eames
Eee mmmm sss

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12
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Father of queen Elizabeth II

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King George 6

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13
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Shaq palyed for these 6 teams
Whixh 2 did he win champs with
Rank in order of pop small to largest

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Orlando 277K
Cleveland 385K
Miami 440K
Boston 673K
Phoenix 1.6 M
LA

From the 2016 census hahaha

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Gangsta that was the cofounder and boss of the Chicago outfit
Nickname
Green mill - jazz club he used to frequent

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Al Capone
Scarface

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15
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Comic book series featured the debut of Superman in 1938

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Action comics

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CNN anchor and and heir of this family recently welcomed a son named Wyatt Morgan

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Anderson cooper
Vanderbilt heir

17
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Economics term that refers to the total cost divided by the number of goods produced

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Average cost

18
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Former solicitor general wqs appointed as special prosecutor during the watergate scandal and was subsequently fired by Nixon during this event

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Arch uh bald cox
Saturday night massacre

19
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Portrayed in the film the current wars what electrical system features an induction motor invented by this person and liscened by Westinghouse

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Alternating current
Nick uh luh Tesla

20
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Title of 16 sci-fi action film based on a video game franchise of the same name
18% rotten tomatoes
240M
Michael fast bender and co t ard

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Assassins creed

21
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NBA teams in central time zone

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Pelicans
Spurs
Mavericks
Rockets
OKC thunder
Bulls
Memphis grizzles
Milwaukee bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves

22
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sports teams in the mountain time zone
In NBA NHL NFL

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Jazz
Nuggets
Phoenix Suns?
Avalanche
Edmonton oilers
Calgary flames
Arizona Coyotes?
Arizona Cardinals?
Broncos

23
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Considered father of the constitution

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Madison - basically wrote most of it

24
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Library Revolution and the lunch bunch were early tires proposed for this movie
Bonus director

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The breakfast club
John Hughes

25
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The first athlete to perform an aerial spin known as the 900 in this sport

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Tony hawk
Skateboarding
Debuted at Olympics in Tokyo 20 but 21

26
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14 years after being established the library of congress was destroyed by a fire during this conflict

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War of 1812
Was in the capitol building which the British burned

27
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3 founders of Apple all worked together at this pong producing video game company

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Atari

28
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Which real life shipwreck inspired the events of the novel most dick and the account of the fated journey in the novel and the movie starring this actor in the heart of the sea

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Essex
Chris hemsworth
Ron Howard director
Harbor town named after it outside of Boston which is where they took off from

29
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Countries that start with the letter U

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USA
UK
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
UAE
Uruguay

30
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Dominican Republic capital
Largest city

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Santo Domingo
Both

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