Biltmore North Carolina Flashcards

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This common business oriented programming language was considered the primary source of the Y2K bug ; used in 43% of banking systems still inn2017

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COBOL
Motives are incindental - scream reference
I’m picking up what you’re throwing down

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Who introduced the high performance and computing act of 91 in the senate which led to the development of this web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web

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Al gore jr - he took the steps that led to the creation of the internet
Mosaic

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Who did not direct 60 psycho
Ok who did and who directed the 98 remake

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Not Kubrick
Hitchcock
Gus van sant-98 off the heels of good will hunting and jay and silent bob strike back and later milk
Experiment to Prove he couldn’t recapture the magic of the original

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Directed house of 1000 corpses and the devils rejects

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Rob zombie

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In encanto almost the entire cast is brought together for this catchy song

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We don’t talk about bruno
The song will get stuck in your head for life
Animated film

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Rarely seen on menus today squab is a domesticated type of this bird

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Pigeon
Scandinavian term

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Who helped popularize the style of boots worn by dancers in 60s clubs

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Nancy Sinatra
Go go boots
Whiskey a (uh) go go club
French ah gogo means in abundance

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Long before Harry Potter this author wrote about a chosen boy attending a magic academy in this book

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A wizard of Earthsea by Ursula k luh gwin

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The first 2 Dimensional material ever discovered
Also Made of what element

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Graphene
One atom thick sheet of carbon
200x stronger than steel and 6 times as light
Conducts electricity better than copper

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10
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The US military
Losses over Asia in the 1960s led to the establishment of the program known as this at a San Diego navel base in 1969

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Top gun
Flight school got a lot more famous around 1986

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The British fought 2 wars against what settlers of South Africa also known as this

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Boers aka afrikaners africa khan ers

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Japanese call chopsticks

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Hashi
Ha she

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