End Of Beginnign Song Djo Flashcards by Michael Kridla

Largest collegiate rowing event that was held in Philadelphia until 24 when moved to pensauken NJ

Dad veil regatta ruh got uh

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Large region in the Great Plains that experiences frequent Devastating storms which includes Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska

Tornado alley

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Season 1 finale of outer banks these 2 characters are presumed dead after boat capsizes during a tropical
Storm

John B
Sarah Cameron

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This weather phenomenon involves seasonal wind shifts bringing heavy rainfall during summer and dry conditions in thr winter and is most often associated with the Indian Ocean

Monsoon

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Ski resort near Salt Lake City :

ALTA
Alta ski resort actually lies within the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area. The first ski lift in the resort was opened way back in 1939. Today, Alta is one of only three ski resorts in the country that prohibits snowboarding (along with Deer Valley, Utah and Mad River Glen, Vermont). The ski resort of Snowbird, located next to Alta, has been in operation since 1971.

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Ski resort near Salt Lake City :

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” is a 1955 drama movie starring actor James Dean, who died just before the film’s release.

Rebel Without a Cause

The title comes from a 1944 book by psychiatrist Robert M. Lindner “Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath”, although the content of the book has no bearing on the movie’s storyline. The three lead actors in the movie all died tragically, and while relatively young:

James Dean (24), in a car crash in 1955
Sal Mineo (37), in a stabbing in 1976
Natalie Wood (43), in a drowning in 1981

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” is a geological term describing a section of the earth’s crust that moves upwards due to the action of tectonic plates.

Massif

The whole massif retains its structure, with movement taking place at surrounding fault lines. The term “massif” is also used for a group of mountains formed by such geological action. “Massif” is French for “massive”.

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The term comes from the Latin “annus”

“annal”

meaning “year”.

Annal” is a rarely used word, and is the singular of the more common “annals”. An annal would be the recorded events of one year, with annals being the chronological record of events in successive years.

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In the US, Montana is home to most of this group. They live on a reservation shared with the Ojibwe people. In Canada, most of them live in Manitoba.

Cree nation

The Cree are one of the largest groups of Native Americans on the continent.

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is a 1980 film that tells the life story of country music star Loretta Lynn.
Also title role

Coal Miner’s Daughter”

Sissy Spacek plays the title role, and won herself a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. Lynn was indeed a coal miner’s daughter, born into poverty in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.

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” is the Swahili word for “to build”

Jenga

Jenga is a relatively simple but entertaining game, one in which one stacks wooden blocks as high as possible until the resulting tower collapses.

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Indigo dye :

ANIL
“Anil” is another name for the indigo plant, as well as the name of the blue indigo dye that is obtained from it. The color of anil is relatively close to navy blue. The main coloring agent in indigo dye is a crystalline powder called indigotin.

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The name “” is from French dialect and means “hockey stick”. The game originated in Brittany in France, and was popularized in Ireland in the 1830s.

croquet

The very genteel game of croquet is played on lawns all over the world. It’s the game where mallets are used to hit wooden balls through hoops embedded in the grass.

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is a state in the far northeast of India, and just south of the Himalayas. It is noted for its tea, as well as its silk.

Assam

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is the smallest Canadian province, both in terms of land area and population.

PEI

was a Russian chemist. When he classified elements according to their chemical properties, he noticed patterns and was able to group elements into his famous 1869 Periodic Table. So powerful was his table that he actually predicted the properties of some elements that had not even been discovered in 1869.

Dmitri Mendeleev

Element number 101 is mendelevium and was named after Mendeleev.

Nickname for thr stock market crash of 29 - thr starting point of economic crisis that lasted 10 years

Black Tuesday
Great Depression

is one of a group of directors of horror movies known quite graphically as “The Splat Pack”. I can’t stand “splat” movies and avoid them as best I can. He is also famous for playing Donny Donowitz in the Quentin Tarantino movie “Inglourious Basterds”.

Eli Roth
Directed Knock Knock” is a 2015 thriller movie starring Keanu Reeves as a man who is seduced and victimized by two young women after he offers them shelter in his home in a rainstorm. His attackers are played by Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas.

is the principal character in the first six of the “Star Wars” movies.

Anakin “Ani” Skywalker

His progress chronologically through the series of films is:

Episode I: Anakin is a 9-year-old slave boy who earns the promise of Jedi training by young Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Episode II: Anakin is 18-years-old and goes on a murdering rampage to avenge the killing of his mother.
Episode III: Anakin is 21-years-old and a Jedi knight, but he turns to the Dark Side and becomes Darth Vader. His wife Padme gives birth to twins, Luke and Leia Skywalker.
Episode IV: Darth Vader, comes into conflict with his children, Luke Skywalker and the Princess Leia.
Episode V: Darth Vader attempts to coax his son Luke over to the dark side, and reveals to Luke that he is his father.
Episode VI: Luke learns that Leia is his sister, and takes on the task of bringing Darth Vader back from the Dark Side in order to save the Galaxy. Vader saves his son from the Emperor’s evil grip, dying in the process, but his spirit ends up alongside the spirits of Yoda and Obi-Wan. They all live happily ever after …

was an actress best known for her comedic roles, especially those directed by Mel Brooks. She also had her own TV sitcom, called “Oh Madeline”. But, it only lasted one season, in 1983.

Madeline Kahn

Birthplace of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was also the setting for much of “The Sound of Music”.

Salzburg is a city in Austria with a great musical tradition. It was the birthplace of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was also the setting for much of “The Sound of Music”.

” is a term used in the French wine industry that means “growth place”.

Cru

So, “cru” is the name of the location where the grapes are grown, as opposed to the name of a specific vineyard. The terms “premier cru” and “grand cru” are also used, but the usage depends on the specific wine region. Generally it is a classification awarded to specific vineyards denoting their potential for producing great wines. “Grand cru” is reserved for the very best vineyards, with “premier cru” the level just below.

Fifty Shades of Grey” is a 2015 erotic drama movie based on a 2011 novel of the same name by her
Also who stars in move

E.L. James

Starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, the film was widely panned by critics and won out of six nominations at the season’s Golden Raspberry Awards. Audiences didn’t care, though, and it was a box office smash. It also spawned two sequels: “Fifty Shades Darker” (2017) and “Fifty Shades Freed” (2018).

2 largest cities in Turkey Also money used

Ankara is the second largest city in Turkey, after Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). After WWI, the Ottoman Empire had been defeated and the Allies occupied the Ottoman capital of Istanbul. The victors planned to break up most of Turkey, leaving native Turks just part of their country for their own. In the inevitable War of Independence that followed, the Turkish Nationalists used Ankara as their base. When the Nationalists emerged victorious, they declared Ankara the new capital of Turkey. Ankara coins : LIRAS

Actress was best known for playing Sophia Petrillo on “The Golden Girls”

Estelle Getty Bea Arthur played Sophia’s daughter on the show, even though Estelle was actually a year younger than Bea in real life!

is an Arabic title used by the head of a family or by the head of a Muslim religious order.

Sheikh” (also “sheik”) The term arose in the 16th century and came from the Arabic word “shaykh”, meaning “chief, old man”.

A baby owl is an

owlet. The term “owlet” can also be used for the adults of the smaller species of owls.

This is a star-shape with five points that has been drawn using five straight lines. The name “” comes from the Greek for “five line”.

A pentagram The shape is sometimes also called a “pentacle”, “pentalpha” or “pentangle”. The pentagram is used as a prominent symbol in several religions and movements, notably in modern occultism.

Duet “beer for my horses”

One of Keith’s number one hits is a 2003 duet with Willie Nelson called “Beer for My Horses”.

The name of the city dates back to 1602, when Spanish explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno named the area after the Catholic Saint Didacus.

San Diego Saint Didacus was more commonly referred to as San Diego de Alcalá.

Studio whose logo says “Ars gratia artis” : Also translate

MGM It seems that the phrase “art for art’s sake” has its origins in France in the nineteenth century, where the slogan is expressed as “l’art pour l’art”. The Latin version “Ars gratia artis” came much later, in 1924. That’s when MGM’s publicist chose it for the studio’s logo, sitting under Leo the lion. Who’d a thunk it?

is absolution while formally forgetting that the crime took place.

Amnesty (“amnesty” is related to the term “amnesia”) Further, a pardon can only be awarded to someone who has been convicted, whereas amnesty can be awarded to individuals who have not yet faced trial.

She captained the US gold-winning teams in the Olympics in 2012 (“The Fierce Five”) and in 2016 (“The Final Five”).

Aly Raisman is a retired gymnast

Male and female otters are known as Also offspring

dogs and bitches, with the offspring called pups. Males and females are sometimes referred to as boars and sows. A collection of otters is a bevy, family, lodge or perhaps a romp. When in water, a collection of otters can be called a raft.

From The Greek for terrible and lizard

Dinosaurs were reptiles that roamed the Earth from the late Triassic period until the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The term “dinosaur” was coined by English paleontologist Sir Richard Owen in 1842. He used the Greek words “deinos” meaning “terrible” and “sauros” meaning “lizard” to come up with the name.

The TV show “” is a sci-fi series that premiered in 2021. It is set in present-day Los Angeles and follows a family who are separated when an earthquake opens a gigantic sinkhole that transports them through a portal to the Ice Age.

La Brea The sinkhole is located at the La Brea Tar Pits, hence the show’s title.

Rap great born Tracy Marrow :

ICE-T Rapper Ice-T must be tired of having his name come up as an answer in crossword puzzles (I know I am!). Born Tracy Marrow, Ice-T has been interested in acting for decades and made his film debut in the 1984 movie about breakdancing called “Breakin’”. He has also played Detective Fin Tutuola in the TV show “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” since the year 2000.