General Flashcards
(67 cards)
1
Q
mile to yards
A
1760
2
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meter to feet
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3.3
3
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Acre to Square Yards
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120
4
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Kg in Lb
A
2.2
5
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Ton to Lbs
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2,000
6
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Speed of light (miles/sec)
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186,000
7
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Speed of sound (miles/hr)
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767
8
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Absolute 0
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-460 F ; -273 C
9
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Water boiling temp
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212
10
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Gallon to Ounces
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128
11
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Liter to Ounces
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33.8
12
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Bones in the body
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206
13
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Knots in miles
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0.87
14
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Big Bang theory originator
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Georges Lemaitre (primeval atom)
15
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Largest moon
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Ganymede (Jupiter)
16
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2nd largest moon
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Titan (Saturn)
17
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Year MLK assassination
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1968
18
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Malcom X assassination
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1965
19
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Post Civil War laws marginalizing blacks by denying right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities.
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Jim Crowe
20
Q
Number of ribs
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24
21
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Discovered Hawaii
A
James Cook
22
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Longest nerve
A
Sciatic
23
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Gland at front of neck. What it does.
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Thyroid. Controls metabolic rate.
24
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Smallest bones
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Ear bones Anvil, hammer, stirrup.
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Borough name synonymous with British Parliament
Westminster
26
Discovered the X ray
Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany)
27
Longest river in France
Loire
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Tanzania Capital
Dar Es Salaam
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Covered passage, open on the sides, connecting buildings or parts of a house.
Breezeways
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Central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.
Keystone
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Organization formed at Paris Peace Conference
League of Nations - 1919
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Atomic number
Number of Protons
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Right to vote for all men
15th Amendment
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Women's right to vote
19th Amendment
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NE Italy mountain range
Dolomites
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Size of a magnum bottle of wine
1.5 L
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Fire breathing creature with head of a lion, goat's head on its back, and tail of a serpent
Chimera (KAI-me-ra)
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Food poisoning caused by a bacterium (botulinum) growing on improperly sterilized canned meats and other preserved foods.
Botulism
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The horizontal beam above a door or a window
Lintel
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MRI Inventor
Peter Mansfield
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The Armistad
1839
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Flight of the Bumblebee composer
Rimsky-Korsakov
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Began conquest of Incas
Pizzaro - 1532
44
Died at Trafalgar
Nelson- 1805
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JFK killer and his killer
Lee Harvey Oswald; Jack Ruby
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Billy the Kid killer
Pat Garret 1881
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Egyptian leader assinated
Anwar Sadat - 1981
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Capital of Suriname
Paramaribo
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What liquor is Cognac
Brandy
50
Liquor distilled from wine
Brandy
51
Greek god of wine
Dionysus
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Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies started
Magellan - 1519
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Basin
Any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.
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Isthmus
Narrow strip of land linking two larger land areas.
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Caldera
Crater caused by the explosion and then collapse of a volcano's cone
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First to reach the south pole
Roald Amundsen (Norway)
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Discovered DNA structure
Watson & Crick
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Tool used to grab and twist small objects
Needle Nose pliers
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Hammer with a hemispherical head at one end
Ball Peen hammer
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Bar or wheel with a set of angled teeth in which a pawl engages, allowing motion in one direction only
Ratchet
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Ring shaped corral reef island which encloses a lagoon
Atoll (At-all)
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Greek/Roman goddess of the moon
Selene/Luna
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Name of full Moon that takes place closest to the autumn equinox.
Harvest Moon
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Peg of wood, metal, or plastic without a distinct head, used for holding together components of a structure.
Dowel
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Person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values.
Phillistine (Phil·uh·steen)
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Systematic rhythmic bodily exercises performed usually without apparatus
Calisthenics (callous·THEH·niks)
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Types of rock formed by deposition of small particles and subsequent cementation of mineral or organic particles on the floor of oceans or other bodies of water at the Earth's surface.
Sedimentary (said-uh·MENT-uh-ree)
