Statue Of Liberty Does Not Appear On Any Us Paper Currency Flashcards

(21 cards)

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Andrew Hodges, the enigma is the best selling biography of this mathematician and computer Pioneer

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Turing

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Buzz Lightyear’s catchphrase it’s also a Neil deGrasse Tyson book that takes readers to the farthest reaches of space

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To infinity and beyond

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A book by Riley, Black tells about the asteroid impact that brought on the last days of these

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Dinosaurs

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Anecdotal evidence suggests most viewers are hate watching this series with Lily Collins and Lucien lavaiScount

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Emily in Paris

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More than 1000 fountains shoot water 400 feet in the air in front of this Las Vegas hotel near Caesar’s Palace

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Bellagio

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A 19th century novel says a parting draught at this Italian fountain, ensure the travelers return
Draft - a current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a room.

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Trevi

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Longer than two football fields a fountain named for the city sways and sprays in Burj Khalifa lake

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Dubai

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A foliage covered giant spews water at the entrance of this crystal companies theme park in Austria

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Swarovski
Swuh rov ski

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Scientifically bombyx mori they are only 1/12 of an inch long at birth and fed Mulberry

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Silkworms

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Strictly come , dancing hosted by tess Daly in the UK came to the US as this show now co hosted by Julianne Hough

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Dancing with the Stars

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Most of Sunnydale was swallowed into the hell mouth on this series finale, the title girl and her pals left for a more normal life

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Used at least since the 1930s to hit the silk is slang for using this once made of silk

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Jump out a plane
Silk is the parachute

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Meaning thing to wear this term for a T shaped garment often made of silk dates back to the reign of emperor meiji
May he

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Kimono

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A sheen known as silk causes the asterisms in the star type of these like a 70 carrot one in Joan Crawford‘s engagement ring

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Sapphire

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Prometheus gazes l down from his fountain on winter skaters at this New York City landmark

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Rockefeller Center
Rock uh fell er

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The usual number in this nautical phrase for being very drunk is three but feel free to get as high as you want

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Three sheets to the wind

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Aussies and kiwis often flip our term for a standard piece of construction lumber and call it this

18
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It precedes exercise to mean a piano, practice piece or discount to mean an act of shoplifting

19
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Debunked theories about the origin of this phrase, meaning all the way: cement truck cubic volume ammunition belt length, and many more

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The whole 9 yards

20
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Dice gambling lingo, gave us this doubly numeric phrase meaning a state of disorder or confusion

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At sixes and sevens

21
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This composer and lyricist of songs like I get a kick out of you also composed musicals like 1955 silk stockings