Vitamin A beta carotene Flashcards

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Which ’80s cartoon used a catchphrase that was inspired by an old proverb: “the first blow is half the battle”?

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

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Derived from an Arabic word for “blowing” or “blasting wind,” haboob describes which type of weather event?

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Dust storm

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Sometimes known as the “nine-yard wonder,” which of these garments has no seams?

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Sari

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Trumpeter, mute, and tundra are the three species of which bird found in North America?

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Swan

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Worshipped as a living fertility goddess during the 14th century BCE, which person has a name that means “a beautiful woman has come”?

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Nefertiti

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Once called Kaiser-Wilhelm Spitze, the top of which mountain is now known as Uhuru Peak, from the Kiswahili word for “freedom”?

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Kilimanjaro

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Then the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1987, which politician released a folk music album titled We Shall Overcome?
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Bernie sanders

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The Cape honey bee and the gazelle-like springbok appear on coins minted by which country?

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South Africa

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In 1996, Larry Brown won Super Bowl XXX MVP honors while playing for what team?

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Guess: Las Vegas Raiders
Answer: Dallas Cowboys

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Kevin Jones, Brandon Flowers, and Kam Chancellor all were players in the 2000’s at this current ACC school.

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Guess: Clemson
Answer: Virginia Tech

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Starting Pitcher finished 3rd in 2016 Cy Young voting and won the ERA Title.

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Guess: Doc Kerr
Answer: Kyle Hendricks

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Frank Herbert wrote this 1965 epic science fiction novel that was adapted into a 1984 film starring Kyle MacLachlan and a 2021 film starring Timothee Chalamet.

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Guess: Dune
Answer: Dune

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Since 1971, the company Nissin has produced this brand of instant ramen.

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Guess: Top Ramen
Answer: Cup Noodles

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Sydney Sweeney had a breakout role playing Cassie Howard on this HBO series that debuted in 2019.

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Guess: Euphoria

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Who took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for their role as Tommy DeVito in the 1990 film Goodfellas?

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Guess: Joe Pesci

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First charting in 2008, this country music group has produced hits like: “Chicken Fried”, “Whatever It Is”, and “Knee Deep”.

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Guess: Zac Brown Band

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This tea comes from a different plant than others

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Chamomile tea
White green, black and oolong tea all come from the Camila sinenis plant

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This band lead singer used a stage name inspired by the Roman messenger God

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Queen
Farrokh balsara at birth queens frontman chose Freddie Mercury as a stage name with Mercury being the Roman messenger God the name was first used in Queen song, my fairy king when Freddy sings mother Mercury look what they’ve done to me

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Bend Oregon is home to the last remaining location of what once massive chain

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Blockbuster video which at peak had more than 9000 locations

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B and V in nato phonetic alphabet

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bravo Victor
The words were chosen to sound as different from one another as possible while being accessible to speakers of English French in Spanish

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This President famously said ich bin ein Berliner

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JFK speaking in front of a crowd of 120,000 shortly after the construction of the Berlin wall president Kennedy declared solidarity with West Berlin, saying all free men are citizens of Berlin and ich bin ein Berliner

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This phrase went mainstream after heavy use in the Emmy winning show the bear

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Yes, chef
People debate whether the best comedy winner of 2023 is actually comedy or drama but the phrase yes chef actually does come from the restaurant world which means I hear you while showing respect

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David Livingston went missing searching for it in the 1860s

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The source of an Nile

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This author refreshed the vampire genre in interview with the vampire. Her first published work.

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Jesus falls the first time and Jesus is laid the tomb are parts of this reflective, right
Two of the 14 stations of the cross
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Sav uh nuh roll uh’s Infamous pyre of destruction Pire rhymes with higher
Bonfire of the vanities
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After providing 13 billion in aid to Europe, this recovery program officially ended in December 1951
Marshall plan
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To a friend who has betrayed you, you might use a slide and phrase from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Et tu brew tay
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Going back to Galatians chapter 5 verse four this expression means to lose favor or lapse into sin
Fall from Grace
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It’s the same idea as 15 minutes of fame and can be applied literally to Lady Jane Gray
Nine days wonder
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In 1931 the Star-Spangled Banner officially became the national anthem more than a century after was written during this conflict
War of 1812 Francis Scott key
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Red dwarf fuse Hydrogen into this element, but don’t have the mass to then produce Carbon so they bypass red giant stage and end up white dwarfs
Helium
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In this novel, Amy seems to be a favorite with her aunts a ring from aunt March and a trip to Europe with aunt Carol
Little women
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Do me a favor and I’ll do you one tell us that in Latin it’s manus manum lavat
One hand washes the other
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After his son uncas dies, chingach cook becomes this as in the title of an 1826 book
The last of the Mohicans
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The Empire is in danger in foundation based on the classic sci-fi series by this author
Asimov
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In 2024 net flex released this limited series based on a tearjerker by David Nichols about a couples July 15s over the years
One day
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Thomas Brody Sangster plays this Dickens character pull back into a life of crime by fagin
Artful dodger
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Reportedly for physicist, Richard Feynman, this three work cliché was this dying is boring Fineman
famous last words
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Bally’s beads are dots of sunlight seen through the moons peaks and valleys during these events
Solar eclipse
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Mandala Stenberg doubles the fun playing OSHA and May on the Star Wars series set during the high Republic
The acolyte
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The big cigar is a dramatization of an escape to Cuba by this black panther party cofounder
Huey P Newton
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NASA says it’s some 13.1 septillion pounds if it’s on your shoulders idiomatically, you have tons of things to worry about
The weight of the world
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This first name proceeds light of my life fire of my loins to start a classic by Nabokov Nab uh kov
Lolita
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College towns two schools in the south eastern conference are located in cities with the same name, but in different states
Columbia University of Missouri and South Carolina with campuses there
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Since 1990, the black rock desert has been home to this annual event
Burning man
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Something celestial bodies tend to do this was deemed by men’s health the new ghosting, i.e. no contact but following online
Orbiting
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A pear tree planted around 1647 by this Dutch colonial governor stood at third Avenue and 13th St. until it was killed in a 19 century carriage wreck
Sty vuh sent
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Head to this Texas City to visit the Dr. pepper Museum where you might get a free beverage
Waco
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Harry Truman made it the official presidential retreat in 1945
Camp David
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If you’re looking for instruction on how to be a better you ask for an LPT short for this there’s a sub Reddit with tons of them
Life pro tip
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In 1979 tropical storm tip upgraded to super this tip and raged through the western Pacific with 190 mph wins
Typhoon
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If follows WhatsApp in an app that connects people far and near
Messenger
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The movie now Voyager partly inspired this number 1 80s hit
Betty Davis eyes
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These trees at ruh dough hall home of Canada. Governor General include plantings by Haile Selassie and king bo dwan of Belgium.
Maple trees
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This actually a volcano is Oregon’s highest point
Mount Hood
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Researchers at Marine land in Canada, so this pale whale blows bubbles in meaningful ways from bored to startled
Beluga