La Mer Flashcards

1
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While on an exam table a woman in labor typically has her legs held up in what adjustable arms

A

Stirrups

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What epic poem by sameul Taylor Coleridge tells the story of a seaman who loses his crew after killing an albatross

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The Rime of the ancient marnier

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3
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Once sung by sailors what type of song shares its name with a crude dwelling

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Shanty

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4
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First Secretary of war

A

George Knox

Appointed by Washington

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5
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Formed when water freezes around a dust particle dendrites secreted plates
And hollow columns are all types of ehat

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Snowflakes

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6
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Insisting on tape delay so that he could gold more which crooner hosted the nations first pre-recorded radio show

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Bing Crosby

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7
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The 9 daughters of who inspired artists and scientists were known by what collective name

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Muses

Of Zeus

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Since 2010 the ehat act has allowed children to stay covered under a parents health plan until ehat age

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Affordable care

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9
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Only word in the nato alphabet that is both one syllable and the name of a sport

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Golf

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10
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In what film does the main character famously type all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

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The shining

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11
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From the Latin for tongs what surgical grasping tool resembles a pair of scissors with a curved clamp at the top

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Forceps

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12
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Novel titles

A 1590 poem written for the retirement of queen Elizabeth’s champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American

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A farewell to arms

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13
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Live music
These two went shelf 2.5 months and 2.5K miles apart in 1999 were the last of one major music happening and the first of another

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Coachella and Woodstock

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14
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Say it in Italian

It’s an Italian word for mercy but also the name of a movie character who kills stracci and Carlo

Stra che

A

Clemenza from the word celemency

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15
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When classifying the proper length of a mans suit the letter R stand for

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Regular

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16
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Whose autobiography were titled I am Spock and I am not spock

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Leonard nimoy

Knee moy

17
Q

Riverboat captainjoshua John popularized a rope woven version of what relaxation contraption

A

Hammock

18
Q

What kind of fish attaches itself to sharks and boats

A

Remora rah more uh

Using a sucker disk on the top of its head

19
Q

Completed when FDR was in office what structure is named for his predecessor

A

Hoover dam

Created lake mead

20
Q

European unions official flag consists of what colors

A

Blue and gold

21
Q

Who broke barriers in tennis when he won the gentleman’s singles title at Wimbledon in 1975

A

Arthur Ashe

22
Q

Microsoft built its fortune by providing an operating system for clones of which company’s personal computer

A

DOS?

23
Q

Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent

A

Australia

24
Q

Beethoven’s only opera

It enjoyed little early success as Vienna was occupied by French troops during its premiere

A

Fidelio

25
Q

The triumphal March is from this Verdi opera

A

Aida eye ede uh

In which Egypt triumphs over Ethiopia

26
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State names

This state was named for a man born in herrenhausen palace in Hanover in 1683

Her in house in

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Georgia

Named for king George II

27
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Sporting event held every 4 years for Western Hemisphere countries

Modeled on the Olympics

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Pan American games

28
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State flower of Hawaii

A

Yellow species of the hibiscus
Edible
High bis cus

29
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Mother of tiny Tim

A

Mrs. Cratchet

30
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During WW 2 brassiere company produced over 28000 protective vests for what type of service animal

A

Pigeons

Maidenform