Quicksilver Mercury Flashcards

1
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Televangelist and former host of the PTL club was sentenced to jail for multiple counts of mail and wire fraud

A

Jim baker

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2
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Tina fey autobiography

A

Bossy pants

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3
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Tallest peak in SA

A

Mount ah con cog wa
In Andes
Argentina
Highest point in the Western Hemisphere

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4
Q

In addition to her 66 famous detective novels what English author also wrote 6 romance novels under the is pseudonym

A

Agatha Christie
Mary west mccott

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5
Q

Cocktail contains vodka tequila light rum triple sec gin and a splash of cola

A

Long Island iced tea

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6
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Pittsburgh 3 rivers

A

Allegheny
Ohio
Muh nog uh hey la

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7
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Manfred fon Rickstoven

A

Red Baron
WW1 flying ace for Germany

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8
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Only large scale commercial tea plantation in the US is located in

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South Carolina
ChArealston
Co owned by.bigelow

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9
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English rock band that auditioned for deca records on January 1 1962 but rejected in favor of brown Poole and the trem uh lows

A

Beatles
“The Beatles have no future in show business”

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10
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Tom hanks first best actor

A

Philadelphia 94
Gump in 95

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11
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States that border Colorado

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North: Wyoming Nebraska
East : Kansas
South : New Mexico ohlahoma
West: Utah

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12
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NabA hall of famer on the leagues logo

A

Jerry west
Doesn’t want to be on the logo because he feels it takes over his basketball legacy
Designed by seagal who was inspired by a photo of west

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13
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Type of tea that is oxidized the longest

A

Black
Green not oxidized at all

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14
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In 1979 Jimmy carter was threatened while fishing in his hometown of plains Georgia by this

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Swimming rabbit
Politically damaging
Sensationalized in Monty python and the holy grail

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15
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President nicknamed the little magician

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MVB 8
1837-41
Due to resourceful political skills and cunning ability to land on the winning side of political controversy

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16
Q

How many shades of pure red blue and green are possible in the standard RGB color space

A

256

17
Q

Characters or numbers typically placed before a hexadecimal to indicate the number is in base 16

A

OX

18
Q

Best case time complexity of the sorting algorithm bubble sort

A

O of N squared

19
Q

Most popular command line based text editor developed by the co founder of sun micro systems

A

Vem?

20
Q

Estimates the solution to finding the shortest round trip path among a collection of nodes
worst case the route this much longer than the actual shortest route

A

Chris tof uh d algorithm
50% longer then the shortest or 3/2 3 halves

21
Q

Tent like structure used by traveling circuses

A

Big top

22
Q

Ph nam buh list
Funambulist

A

Tightrope walker

23
Q

Unit of measure to express the thickness of individual threads or filaments in silgs used by airelists

A

Den near

24
Q

A member of ehat famous family of acrobats known for performing high wire acts without safety nets became the first airelist to walk over Niagara Falls on June 15 2012 live on ABC

A

Wuh lend uh family

25
Q

What showman served as mayor of Bridgeport ct after founding his namesake circus

A

PT Barnum

26
Q

What highway that traverses 6 states from the Canadian border to near Knoxville tn runs for 325 miles in Virginia much of ehat is along the Shan in doe uh valley

A

81

27
Q

Surpassing cats in 2014 this musical set in the jazz age is now the second longest show in Broadway history only behind this other musical

A

Chicago only behind rhe phantom of the opera
The west end revival became the longest running American musical to be on the west end in addition to the Broadway production
Movie won Oscar best picture in 2012

28
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In 1910 who became the first president to throw a ceremonial first pitch on opening day

A

Taft

29
Q

First African American Rhodes scholar and Dean of the Harlem Renaissance
Referred to his homosexuality as a point of vulnerability/ invulnerability meaning risk and strength

A

Alan Locke

30
Q

Due to national unity in the US following this war and the collapse of the federalist party this presidents time in office is referred to as the era of

A

Good feelings after the war of 1812 during Monroe’s presidency