Bahn Me (mi) Flashcards

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Only US president to hold a patent

A

Lincoln
Device to buoy and lifts boats over instructions on rivers

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Alexander Graham bell was born in ehat country in 1847 March

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Scotland

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Graham bell national historic site which contains a museum highlighting his inventions site near his residence Ben vre uh on Cape Breton Island in which province

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Nova Scotia

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Even though Edison was born in Ohio grew up in Michigan he is most closely associated with

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NJ
Where the Edison national historic park is located

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5
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Edison is most famous for improving the design of

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The lightbulb

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6
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Where was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born

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SultZberg Austria

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Worlds largest single drop waterfall by volume of water flowing over it
Bonus location

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Ki cher falls (as it kite)
Guyana

Kaiteur
Very remote part of the country
Have to fly in from the capital Georgetown

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Ford was born with what name

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Leslie lynch king jr

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9
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What does CVS stand for

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Customer Value store

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10
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What US president was said to be so large that he required a special bathtub

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Taft

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11
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musical that contains music by bjorn ew vah use of ABBA
Benny Anderson

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Chess
Mama Mia

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12
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Which character in C programming language is often used to retrieve the memory address of a stores variable

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Ampersand

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The tallest mountain in the US east of the Mississippi River

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Mount Mitchell in North Carolina
6.6K feet
Close behind mount Washington in NH @ 6.2K

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The Japanese pufferfish that is a 1000 times more deadly then cyanide if improperly prepared

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Fugu
Foo goo

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15
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An expert in matters of the home who is America’s first made self made billionaire

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Martha Stewart

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Jazz musician nat adderly was accomplished at what smaller relative of the trumpet

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Cornet
Trombone?

17
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Introduced the sharpie in 1964

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Sanford ink company

18
Q

City that has held the first at Patrick’s day celebration in the American colonies in 1737
Home to the centuries old charitable Irish society

19
Q

Bonnie and Clyde
Clydes last name

20
Q

Bonnie and Clyde and their gang committed numerous robberies during what 1930s period

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The Great Depression

21
Q

College sports team known as the banana slugs

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Santa Barbara in CA

22
Q

College sports team known as the banana slugs

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University of California at Santa Cruz

23
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Bridge in France that was a site for this particular lovers custom until 2016

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Pown day czar
Need a padlock
Officials began installing anti love lock Devices to keep it safe

24
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First 2 feature length Disney animated movies

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Snow White and the 7 dwarves 1938
Pinocchio 1940

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Allegedly named for Ruben cool uh kof ski a grocer in Ohama NB in the early 20th century what are the traditional ingredients
Corned beef Sauerkraut Swiss cheese Rye bread Thousand island
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Long Island is pretty long 118 miles end to end What is the longest island in the world
Greenland Not even close Also longest feom north to south However don’t be fooled by Mercator projections;it’s not as large as it appears on a map Roughly equivalent in size on a map to Africa yet Africa is 14x the size
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While paradoy songs do not infringe copyright laws weird al yank o Vick still seeks permission from any artist he intends to parody Paul McCartney refused to give blessing for ethical reasons for what song
Live and let die From wings? Weird al chicken pot pie McCartney is a vegetarian Weird al never recorded but you can catch him performing
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Briefcase in pulp fiction Necklace in titanic Maltese falcon in Maltese falcon Are all examples of what plot device Bonus popularized by who
Mcguffin - Scottish name Motivator in and of itself not important to the plot but important to move the plot along Hitchcock
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In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move is an opening line in a book of an inaccurately named trilogy by this humorist British novelist
Douglas Adams Restaurant at the end of the universe which is sequel to inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s trilogy consists of at least 5 books
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Fitting term that creates a new word when spelled backwards Stop pots
Emordnilap E mord nuh lap