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Boys Town Father Flanagan Flashcards

1
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Imperial unit equivalent to 14 pounds
Wasnt brought over when US derived weights and measurements from British imperial units

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Stone

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This teams 2019 nba championship parade lasted over 5 hours
Also Kyle Lowry wore the jersey of this player the first ever draft pick for the team
95-96 rookie of thr year
Coach with Celtics

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Raptors

Day mun stod uh mire

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Super hero alter ego created by taking first name of 2 actors
1 thr king of Hollywood
Other appeared in more than 100 films

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Clark Kent
Clark gable
Kent Taylor - over 100 films b list actor

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When he died wqs burried with a pack of camel cigarettes a zippo lighter a dollar worth of dimes and bottle of this - reminder this is question no 7

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Frank Sinatra
Jack Daniels
Tennessee no 7

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5
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Dutch optamologist studied 92 films featuring this comedic duo concluding they suffered 88 eye injuries across with finger and fist serving as most common causes

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Laurel and hardy

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The final resting place of Mao Zedong is located in the center of this city

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Beijing

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This fruit is not considered vegan by some because pollinated by imported colonies of these insects

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Avocados
Bees

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A pointer called a yad is used to read this religious text

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Torah
When Jewish children reach bar or bat mitzvah

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Greek god of love

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Eros

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This Broadway musical describes its setting as “on a tiny Greek island a wedding is about to take place

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Mamma Mia!

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First woman major party candidate for VP

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Geraldine Ferraro
On Walter Mondale ticket

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12
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In the human body thr basil ganglia
gang lee uh are a group of structures near the center of this organ

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Brain

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Along came a spider and kiss the girls were the first 2 novels featuring this detective protagonist

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Alex cross
James Patterson

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Adam and Eve first resided in this idyllic garden

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Eden

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In meters shortest distance sprinted during track and field events at Olympics

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100

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16
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Thr righteous bros

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Bill medley and Bobby Hatfield
Boy related

17
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If Christmas falls on a Friday New Year’s Day falls on

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Friday

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It took 3 years for this 20th century artist to design the costumes for his only opera the magic flute

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Marc Chagall
Shh gall

19
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In 75 the African country of Angola gained independence from this European country

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Portugal

20
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Anne Baxter played the title character in this 1950 best picture winner

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All about Eve

21
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A dorgi

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Cross between corgi and dox in

22
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In cAr engines V6 refers to the shape formed by this part

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Cylinder ?

23
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Annie pru (proulx)wrote this shorty story about a forbidden romance between Wyoming tench hands

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Brokeback mountain

24
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An arcotophile is a person who likes or collects this toy that wqs introduced over a century ago

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Teddy bear

25
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Originally believed a coincidence this fruit is considered a symbol of death and violence in godfather films

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Orange

26
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Four biggest US cities in terms of area are found in this state

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Alaska
Sitka
Juneau
Wrangell
Anchorage

Jacksonville 6
Houston 9
Oklahoma city 10
Phoenix 11
Indy 18
Fort Worth 19
Dallas 20
Austin 22
SD 23
Philly 76

27
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This musician name makes it sound like he makes wagons rather them musix

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Rufus wainwright
Wains old name for wagons
Coopers do barrels
Tyler does tiles

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Scandinavian country with only 1 land border on European mainland

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Denmark with Germany to the south
But can get to Sweeden via ah muh son bridge ?

29
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In many Spanish speaking countries this type of creature brings gifts to children when they put baby teeth under pillow

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Mouse

30
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Because of hatred of suspenders mark Twain invented and patented a type of garment fastener that later became this

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Bra clasp
Take a bra off with his exquisite prose

31
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Wqs considered for role of bond in on her majesty’s secret service

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Dick van dyke
60s

32
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In 1865 skirmish with a Brazilian ship a Uruguayan ship ran out of heavy ammo and shot this from cannons instead

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Blocks of cheese

33
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Book characters
Early on in 66 novel this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him

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Algernon
Flowers for algernon
Briefly smart mouse

Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.[2] The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year’s Nebula Award for Best Novel

Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence. The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human subject for the surgery, and it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.

Although the book[5] has often been challenged for removal from libraries in the United States and Canada, sometimes successfully, it is frequently taught in schools around the world and has been adapted many times for television, theater, radio and as the Academy Award-winning film Charly

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has the nickname “Gem State”, mainly because almost every known type of gemstone has been found there.

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Idaho

Idaho is also sometimes called the Potato State, as potatoes are such a popular crop in the state. I’d go for the potatoes over the gems, but that’s probably just me. Oh, and Idaho license plates have borne the slogan “Famous Potatoes” for decades …

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has two main functions in the human body. In one role, it is part of the digestive system and secretes its juice into the digestive tract to neutralize stomach acids. In a second role, it secretes hormones (most notably insulin) that help regulate sugar levels in the blood.

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The pancreas

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