Iridium From Greek For Rainbow Flashcards

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This hymn says above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our saviors birth

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Go tell it on the mountain

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To wool with this seductive look is to invite further attention and implies get adjacent to me

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Come hither

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Doubt playwright John Patrick shanley co wrote this 93 flick that has time traveling dinosaurs at the Macy’s day parade

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We’re back

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It only founded the society of Jesus he also served as its first superior general

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St Ignatius of Loyola

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Pope from 1963 until death in 78 he was cannonized in 18

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Paul VI

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In jurrasic park she played a paleo botanist who intimately learns about diet of triceratops

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Laura dern
If you know you know

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Date congress actually declared independence

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July 2
Adams believed would be a national holiday

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In one theory an neutron star called a magnetar produces fBRs fast bursts of these waves with a lower frequency then microwaves

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Radio

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Coined in 1957 this vermicular vernacular describes a hypothetical tunnel in space time

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Worm hole

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The shape of a lenticular galaxy is similar to this type of galaxy (like our Milky Way) but lacks swirling arms

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Spiral

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Polish man who found out we orbit a star

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Copernicus

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JFK assassination date

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11/22/63
Stephen king book

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MLK assassination day

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April 4 68

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Upon canonization in 16 mother Teresa became st Teresa of this city

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Calcutta

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Leon is Noel backwards and Leon day is this date at the start of summer

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June 25
Six months from
Christmas

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When chickens do this it means earlier actions cause trouble later

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Come home to roost

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Turkmenistan stands atop the stans in exports of this natural energy product with 38 cubic meters in 13

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Gas

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In a 33 film he stops a dinosaur from having fay Wray for on skull island

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King Kong

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23 New Year’s Eve was a popular wedding date because you can say it this way like counting steps for a waltz

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123 123

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Sn 1054 in this type of explosion that created the Crab Nebula observed on July 4 1054

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Supernova

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Thr theater
Of the 14 roles in a production of this play that opened on Broadway on October 28 04 none were played by females

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12 angry men
14 jurors 1 guard voice of judge

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Industrial members of the world give us this unsteady word for a member of that group

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Wobblies

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A type of shape which is also an adjective for warfare Pitting outnumbered insurgents against armies

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Aysemtirx warfare

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First company to hit 3 trillion mark in 23

California

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Apple

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Noun for property put up for sale Or as adjective meaning an unsteady ship
Listing
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Flamingos feathers are pink due to
Diet of shrimp Shrimp pink because eat algae with carotenoid pigment
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99 hit movie translated in China as he’s a ghost
The sixth sense 6 Oscar’s noms #2 grossing
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Longest muscle in body and nickname
Sartorius aka tailor muscle Sartorial sense
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Famous names yelled in streetcar named desire
Stella by Stanley
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Mozart contemporary rumored to poison him
Salleri No evidence ?
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Lakers founded in this city
Minnesota- land of 10K lakes Moved in 60
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For your wall we shelled out 8 figures for 62s l’arc de triomphe by this artist who lived most in Brussels not in Paris Larc d tree umph
Renee Magritte Belgium
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John Parker began his ranching dynasty in Hawaii in 1816 when he was given 2 acres on the slopes of this the states highest peak
Mah nuh key uh
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Movie cowboy and his wife dale raided palomino walkers on his double r bar ranch near Victorville California
Roy Rodgers
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7 word motto of NYT since 1896
All the news that’s fit to print
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Working for the times Sydney schwnberg and dith pran collaboration in Cambodia led to a Pulitzer Prize and this 84 film
The killing fields
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In 72 the times won a Pulitzer prize for the publication of this top secret study of Americas involvement in Vietnam
Pentagon papers
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Genghis son ogodei was chosen over other sons to lead this empire which would later expand across all Persia and China Oh go day
Mongol
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Briticana said this man fils possessed a good measure of his fathers literary fecundity but work was very different Fee shu Fuh cun did T
Do mah Dumas
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3 first names or initials of JS Bach most famous son whose work bridges his fathers time and Mozart
CPE Carol Philip Emanuel
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was adopted by Barney and Betty Rubble in season four of The Flintstones.
“Bam Bam How many Ms are in his name?”4
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“third season of what FX Network show partly focuses on the rescue of Jax's baby Abel from the IRA
Sons of anarchy
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“During the run of Friends, Rest In Peace Chandler, how many babies did the six friends have either through fathering, birthing, or adopting?”
“So Ross fathered two kids. Yeah. The Chandler and Monica adopted two. And Phoebe was a surrogate for her brother, but she had triplets. So the correct answer is seven.”
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“What is the real name of baby Yoda from The Mandalorian? And for a bonus, how old is he on the first episode of that series?”
“It's technically Din and Grogu. I don't know if Din is like part of his actual name or title or whatever, but never. And he was 50 years old.”
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“How many bones does a typical baby have at birth?”
300 lot of fusing
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“Speaking of bones, newborns don't have any patella. What is a patella?”
Kneecaps
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“What was notable about Louise Brown's birth in 1978?”
Test tube baby IVF
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“What test is given to babies one minute and five minutes after birth?”
Apgar test Wonderlick Sat LSAT
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“Virginia Dare was born in 1587. Where was she born”
“The Roanoke colony on the Roanoke island of North Carolina.”
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“What phrase became popularized after the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain near Uluru in 1980 .
A dingo ate my baby
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“1934, Elzira Dion gave birth to multiple babies who became world famous and were essentially put on display until they were nine years old. How many babies were there?”
Quintuplets 5?
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“What performer was born six weeks prematurely in 1950? Their premature birth combined with a high amount of oxygen in the incubator caused retinopathy of prematurity and subsequent blindness.”
Stevie wonder
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“in what country do newlyweds traditionally keep the top layer of their wedding cake to sprinkle over their first born's head at the child's christening? The cake is made with an alcohol that is traditionally associated with this country. So what's the country?”
Ireland Whisky
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“What vegetable is sacred to the Hopi tribe and is part of their birthing rituals? Expectant mothers keep one of these vegetables with them throughout pregnancy, and after birth, it remains in the baby's crib for 20 days”
Corn Hopi Known for cultivating a blue variety
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“In one tradition from the Dominican Republic, an expectant mother sits in one of three chairs, which has a different piece of cutlery hidden underneath. What is the purpose of this custom? So there's three chairs. A pregnant mother will or an expectant mother will sit on one of the three chairs. And there's cutlery. There's a different piece of cutlery under each one.”
“The sex of the baby. So evidently, a spoon would be a girl, a boy would be a knife, and the fork is undetermined. That's what took me away from that answer. I was like, I know I was trying to figure out what the third one would be too. I love the idea. It's uncertain. Ask later. We got to give the spoon more time. Come back.”
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“And finally, in some Polish families on a child's first birthday, they are presented with three objects that may determine future characteristics. If a child reaches for the coin, they'll be ambitious. If they pick the rosary, then they'll be religious. But what is the significance if the child selects the shot glass?”
“Apparently so. I was tempted to give you points for it, but it's it's not family oriented, though. It's people. Yeah, it's people being sociable and stuff.
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ANYTHING GOES While adults are known as Parrotheads, young fans of which singer are known as Parakeets? +100 correct
Jimmy Buffett
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ARTS & CULTURE In 1990 blank videotape sales in the U.S. jumped 40 percent the week which documentary premiered, still the highest-rated series in PBS history? +100 correct
The Civil War
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ANIMALS & NATURE Too dense to swim or float, which animal bounces along the bottoms of waterways on tiptoe?
Hippopotamus
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MONEY & NUMBERS How many miles is a half-marathon? +100 correct
13.1 miles
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BIOGRAPHIES Leading his high school to three Ohio state championships, which athlete signed a $90 million deal with Nike before ever playing a pro game? +100 correct
LeBron James
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Doctor is best suited to treat Acid reflux +100 correct
gastroenterologist
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HISTORY & SOCIETY Which famous pair were astronomers before becoming land surveyors hired to settle a dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland? +100 correct
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
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GEOGRAPHY Which waterway is known as the “Nine Dragons River” as it splits nine times flowing into the South China Sea? +100 correct
Mekong
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Napping up to 22 hours a day in Australia what’s the world sleepiest animal?
Koala when they’re awake koalas like to eat about 2 pounds of eucalyptus leaves a day
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Where is the annual Coachella music festival held?
California Coachella is held in the Colorado desert, which is in California ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Anaerobic workouts occur when the body’s demand surpasses its supply of what
Oxygen During high intensity, anaerobic workouts, the body needs more oxygen than it can access leading to burning energy from other sources
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This Indian game dates back at least 2000 years and involves players tossing shelves to advance across-the-board
Parcheesi
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Featuring some of his most famous art who crafted over 320 covers for the Saturday evening post
Norman Rockwell Rockwell Saturday evening post covers have sold for millions including the rookie Red Sox locker room for 22,000,000 in 2014
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What American food appeared in English cookbook from 1390
Apple pie In the late 1300s, the cooks of King Richard, the second compiled recipes, including a form of apple pie into a cookbook, called the forme of curry