Roswell New Mexico Flashcards

(31 cards)

1
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Nicknamed the golden boy this welterweight boxing champ also has a twin dance album. That topped the charts

A

Oscar de la Hoya

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2
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This is a word for a small boat or raft
Bonus from this language

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Dinghy ding e
Hindi

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3
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First woman elected to really any position of power

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Susanna madora salter

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4
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In the Chinese zodiac this 3 letter animal comes immediately after he year is the rooster

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Dog
Brooke is the year of the horse

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5
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Elon musk star link is a constellation of satellites designed to provide global access to this

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Internet
Star link is part of the spaceX program
Use falcon 9 rockets to launch small rockets to form this network orbiting the earth to provide internet

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Bark
The bArk of the cassia (Kesha ) tree is often sold as this spice

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Cinnamon

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7
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Quack
Line is Pauling is widely discredited for his beliefs that this vitamin cloud cure a wide variety of diseases including cancer

A

Vitamin C
Since rod the graduation song

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Q

Hiss
Common on automotive tires and some bicycle tires this is the name of the valve named after inventor

A

August shrader (valves)
Shray der
Presta is the valve on road bikes - they are weird ?

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9
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Hoot
Lead singer of hootie and the blowfish who went on to a solo country career

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Darius rutger

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10
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Chirp
This company later acquired by this other company introduced the 2 way push to talk chirp feature on its cell phones in the late 90s

A

Nextel - chirp (did it for contract )
Acquired by sprint
Boost mobile later did it for prepaid phones

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11
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The atmosphere of Venus primarily consists of which gas?

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Carbon dioxide

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12
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Bull rush? what is it and also known by this animalistic name

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A type of reed
Known as cat tails
Don’t bite them - they explode and taste horrible but look like nature corn dogs

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13
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Which is the only semitic language that is an official language of the EU?

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14
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Which Romanian dictator and his wife were executed on Christmas day 1989?

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Nick o lie
Cha chesk u and his wife elania
Last to be executed before abolition of capital punishment in Jan 90

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What would you find in the UK that measures 210 by 297 millimetres?

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A4 paper

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16
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Counties to not use the metric system
According to CIA

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US
Me ann mar
Liberia
Others maybe not officially

Mix and match - like England

17
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Released in 82 and becoming japans 2nd highest grossing arcade game of the year this games objective is to defeat all enemies by inflating or crushing

18
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This former member of the red dragon syndicate is the main protagonist of the anime cowboy bee bop

A

Spike spee gul
Great show ?

19
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Job applications for fed ex were said to have gone up 30% after the release of this 2000 Oscar nominated film

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Castaway
Wilson!
Volleyball 🏐

20
Q

Original name of volleyball

A

Mint toe net
Creator inspired by badminton

21
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Which is the only semitic language that is an official language of the EU?

22
Q

Toxophily is the love or addiction to what sport?
Tox saf uh lee

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Archery
Greek tox uh tees which were archers

23
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A group separated from the rest of the experiment where independent variable being tested cannot influence the results

24
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Amazing fantasy no 15 published in 62 marked The first appearance of this comic book character as a trial run

25
Tarrow sue juh moto Was selected by the sabres in the 11th round of 74 draft ; what about this player is notable
Fictional Owner was protesting the drafting process
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Although it is debates how effective the method actually is me throw dat ism is the practice of this ; a few hamlet characters could have benefited from giving it a shot
Slowly and intentionally poisoning yourself to build a tolerance Weening yourself on poison
27
The complex abstract design means circle in Sanskrit and can represent various spiritual elements such as balance and harmony
Men doll uh
28
Senator Stephen Douglas said in public debate that this man was 2 faced; his reply “I leave it up to my audience if I had another face Do you think I would wear this one “
Lincoln
29
Subject of the 30 for 30 episode titled student/athlete this notable Hawaiian place kicker gained his fame at notre dame in 88 to go onto a medical profession
Reginald ho
30
This wife of king Henry 8 was the only one to receive a queens funeral after giving birth to a son, becoming this king; she also did not star in a popular western tv series from the 90s
Jane Seymour - 3 Dr Quinn medicine woman played by Jane Seymour ? King Edward VI
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This film features 3 thieves breaking into the home of a veteran that they incorrectly perceive as an easy target because he is this
Don’t breathe He is blind