Harvard Is The Oldest School Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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Plants that set seeds once and then die, is known as what kind of plant?
Bonus e.g.

A

Mono car pic (bamboo) as opposed to poly car pic which set seeds many times (mango tree)

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What Canadian rock band whose albums include moving pictures and permanent waves was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2013
Bonus lead singer

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Rush
Alex life son
Also John rut see later replaced by Neil pert
Jeff Jones replaced by Getty lee

Formed in 68 in Toronto

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Who scored the game-winning goal of the 1999 women’s World Cup?
Bonus opponent and how it ended

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Brandy chastain
5-4 shootout win over China

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Marlon Brando famous line “I could have been a contender” was in what iconic 1954 crime drama?

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On the waterfront
You don’t understand
I could had class I could have been a contender I could have been somebody instead of a bum which is what I am

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Who succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple?

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Tim Cook

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How many dice are thrown in a traditional game of Yahtzee?

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5

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A string of typographical symbols used in place of an obscenity is known as

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Grawlix

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What country has a capital that means Monday In its native language
Bonus capital and location
Double previous name

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Tajikistan t jeek uh Stan
Capital and largest city dew shan b -
Means Monday in Persian - second day due following Saturday
Previous Sta Lin uh bad - city of stalin

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Wrote the fantasy series the storm light archive

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Brandon Sanderson

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Sue key o me is the god of what

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Heavenly body of the moon
Shinto religion of Japan

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Only American pro athlete to be named an all star in both baseball and football

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Bo Jackson

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12
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River that divides Amsterdam into two

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The river Amstel
Capital took its name from the river

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Co Founder of Atari and this pizza chain in 1977

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Bushnell
Chuck E. Cheese

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14
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Liqueur flavored by raspberries

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Sham board

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In 1814 allies against Napoleon captured what and forced him to abdicate and was exiled to this island off the coast of Tuscany

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Captured Paris
Elba
2nd exile to st Helena

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Married Marilyn Monroe in 1956 and his daughter is currently married to this actor

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Arthur Miller who wrote the crucible
Daughter married to Daniel day Lewis

17
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On B 99 this captain and his husband Kevin own an adorable dog named
Bonus breed

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Captain holt
Cheddar
Pem Burke welsh core gee

18
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What NFL player famously returned a fumble 66 yards to the wrong end zone

19
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What 18th century danish scientist is known as the father of modern taxonomy

20
Q

Collective name for the species of animal that do not give birth to live young
Bonus how many

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Monotremes meaning 1 hole for putting things in and things coming out
Kels “it’s their Walmart”
5
1 platypus
4 echidnas eh kid nas

21
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Birds and mammals both maintain their own internal temps meaning they are

22
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I’d like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep because everything is never as it seems

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Fireflies by owl city
2009

23
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My child arrived just the other day
Came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away

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Cats in the cradle by Harry Chapin ch ay pin
1974

24
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I’m a man without conviction
I’m a man who doesn’t know how to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

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Karma chameleon by the culture club
1983

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Evolving characteristics independently is what type of evolution.
Convergent 2 mostly unrelated species evolve similar traits over time Birds and mammals both maintain their own internal temps Electric fish in Amazon and Africa that e Evolved electricity differently
26
Stainless steel is an alloy of
Chromium Iron
27
Bronze is an alloy of
Copper Tin
28
Icon Named the greatest male star of classic American cinema by AFI
Humphrey bogart
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Heaviest extant animal What does extant mean
Extant means Not extinct Blue whale
30
Where is Fort Knox
Kentucky