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Known as the abbr. CUMAAD
Credit Card, Upgrade, Matching Gift, Amount, Approved by, and Designation
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9 people were shot in this city.
Charleston, South Carolina.
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The parents of Emma Swan in ABC's Once Upon a Time?
Who are Snow White and Prince Charming
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If f is continuous on the closed interval [a,b] and F is the indefinite integral of f on [a,b], then int_a^b f(x)dx=F(b)-F(a).
The first fundamental theorem of Calculus.
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Translate these sentences to English: Dime cómo llegar al 1599 Clifton Road . Empiezo mi trabajo en el telefund hoy.
Tell me how to get to 1599 Clifton Road. I start my job at the telefund today.
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What days do Meghan work at the Telefund?
Monday through Friday.
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This team was the winner of the 2015 NBA Playoffs.
Golden State Warriors
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Who are the 3 children of Victoria Grayson from ABC's Revenge?
Patrick Osborne, Daniel Grayson, and Charlotte Grayson
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Element 54, a Noble Gas
What is Xenon
200
The author of Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, and Dandelion Wine
Who is Ray Bradbury.
300
Name 10 Rules/Policies of the Telefund
Answers as taken.
300
Hilary Clinton and Jeb Bush, have gained notoriety for having a spouse and brother, respectively, in the White House. Name two pairs of presidents that have had been related by blood.
George W. Bush (the 43rd president) is the son of George Bush (the 41st president). John Quincy Adams (the 6th president) was the son of John Adams (the 2nd president). Benjamin Harrison (the 23rd president) was the grandson of William Henry Harrison (the 9th president). James Madison (the 4th president) and Zachary Taylor (the 12th president) were second cousins. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the 32nd president) was a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt (the 26th president). Genealogists have determined that FDR was distantly related to a total of 11 U.S. presidents, 5 by blood and 6 by marriage: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, James Madison, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, and George Washington.
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This judge of Chopped, who Jonathan disagrees with, typically sits in the middle and is a celebrity chef and executive chef at New York City's Butter restaurant and was executive chef at the award-winning The Darby restaurant before its closing.
Alex Guarnaschelli
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How come in free fall you feel weightless even though gravity is pulling down on you? (ignore air resistance when answering this question).
The reason you feel weightless is because there is no force pushing against you, since you are not in contact with anything. Gravity is pulling equally on all the particles in your body. This creates a sensation where no forces are acting on you and you feel weightless. It would be the same sensation as if you were floating in space.
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Composed the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Catholic Mass (renditions), and Brandenburg Concertos.
Johann Sebastian Bach
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How many weeks are the summer calling session? Optional Calling does not count.
12 weeks.
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As of April 8, 2015, the four leading candidates for the new $20 bill were Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks,Wilma Mankiller, and this person.On May 11, 2015, this person was announced as the winning candidate.
Harriet Tubman
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This character from ABC's Once Upon a Time was the brief lover of Baelfire. She kidnapped Henry and fled to Neverland.
Who is Tamara
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It states that the partial vapor pressure of each component of an ideal mixture of liquids is equal to the vapor pressure of the pure component multiplied by its mole fraction in the mixture.
What is Raoult's Law.
400
In this year saw Riots at the Democratic Convention, the assassination of Martin Luther King, and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
What is 1968
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What day, regardless of date, marks the official start of Fall Calling (FY16).
The Tuesday after Labor Day.
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What will be one of the iPhone's new features this fall as a part of Apple's HealthKit Features.
When your iPhone updates to iOS 9 in the fall, you'll be able to track your reproductive health -- including how often you have sex and whether or not you used protection. This is included but not limited to menstrual cycles.
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The show Revenge, is based on this famous novel by Alexandre Dumas.
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Assume a situation. There is an earthquake which is one point higher on the Richter scale than another earthquake which is ten times powerful. Now how much powerful do you think the earthquake will be if it was just 1/2 a point higher on the Richter scale?
The answer will be the square root of ten i.e. 3.16.
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The Current U.S. Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera
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