Francis Scott Key Bridge Baltimore Flashcards

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

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

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Taken away

18
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A sudden twisting motion is the usual cause of Injury to this central ligament of the knee

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

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Cotton bowl

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 ?

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

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Leatherbacks

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This AMC drama franchise puts prospective extras through an audition process called walker university

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The walking dead

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The name of this Florida city is an apalachee term for old town

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Capita Tallahassee

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This brand of rum is named for and features the image of a tea life 17th century ship commander

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Captain Morgan

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He famously wrote a 7 part musical suite about this scientific group

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Gustav holt
The planets

29
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You can visit this Vermont ice cream company flavors graveyard featuring discontinued flavors like holt cannoli

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Ben and Jerry’s

30
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IGA province is the birthplace of the black clad Japanese assassins known as

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Ninjas