Francis Scott Key Bridge Baltimore Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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This 18th century poet famously wrote on being brought from Africa to America

A

Phillis Wheatley

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this series is named for a New York City avenue

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Mad men
Madison ave

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Technically called foamed polystyrene styrofoam is at least 90% this

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Air

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4
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Cabinet department established under Carter’s administration

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Education
Dept of veterans affairs 1989
Agriculture goes back to 1800s

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5
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Olympic gold medals are comprised mostly of this metal

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Silver

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6
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With over 38 million people this city has the most populous metropolitan area in the world

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Tokyo

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7
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In 1936 40 years after his death, his body wqs moved from Molokai to Leuven Belgium

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Father Damien

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8
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This authors ashes were buried under a large walnut tree in front of his office on Ventura blvd in tarzana California

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Edgar rice Burroughs

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9
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This entertainers tomb in the Hollywood hills is marked with his familiar signature and piano drawing

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Liberace

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10
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French poet and monk Peter Abelard had a tragic love affair and shared letters with this one time pupil
Al buh Lard?

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Heloise

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11
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The southernmost mainland point in Central America is in this country

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Panama

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This March composed in 1914 wqs famously whistled in the bridge on the River Kwai

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Colonel bogey March

Bo ghees

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Typically with syrup and nuts this ice cream treat most likely derives it’s name from a day of the week

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Ice cream sundae

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14
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From mamma Mia to 007 this Irish actor picked up an interesting and dangerous hobby of fire eating ; perfected working 3 years foe the circus
Who is this scorching man of mystery

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Pierce bros nin

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This legendary musician and noble prize recipient may not be known in the musical genre metal but has a passion for working with metals ; when he isn’t sending his free time blowing in the wind he likes to crest metal sculpture and enjoys welding

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Bob Dylan

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16
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She perfected the edgy practice of knife throwing while working on movies and has quite the collection ; rumored that she picks movie projects by blindly hurling knives at random pile of scripts ;
This may explain her selections the tourist and gone in 60 seconds

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Angelina Jolie - learned when filming tomb raider as Lara craft

17
Q

A quote from job 1:21 says the lord gave and the lord hath that’s what

18
Q

A sudden twisting motion is the usual cause of Injury to this central ligament of the knee

A

ACL anterior

PCL also in the knee and MCL AND LCL
Posterior Cruciate ligament

Crew she et

19
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A seafood substitute for its pricey relative this crustaceans name means little lobster in Spanish

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Langostino
Lan go stino
Looks like a shrimp and tastes like a lobster

20
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In London a 1/30th size replica of the HMS victory is believed to be the largest example of this hobby craft

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Ship in a bottle
Large for a small thing

21
Q

The play a raisin in the sun took its title from a line in this poem by this writer

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Harlem Langston Hughes

22
Q

Major American football bowl game has been helped annually in Texas since 1937

23
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This 81 John waters film stars Devine as a suburban housewife named Francine fishpaw

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Polyester
Glen milstead real name ?

24
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Named for their shells these are the largest ocean species of turtles

25
This AMC drama franchise puts prospective extras through an audition process called walker university
The walking dead
26
The name of this Florida city is an apalachee term for old town
Capita Tallahassee
27
This brand of rum is named for and features the image of a tea life 17th century ship commander
Captain Morgan
28
He famously wrote a 7 part musical suite about this scientific group
Gustav holt The planets
29
You can visit this Vermont ice cream company flavors graveyard featuring discontinued flavors like holt cannoli
Ben and Jerry’s
30
IGA province is the birthplace of the black clad Japanese assassins known as
Ninjas