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Houston, We Have A Problem
3-Letter 'J' Words
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California’s only death row for male inmates, the largest in the United States, is located at the prison. It has a gas chamber, but since 1996, executions at the prison have been carried out by lethal injection. It opened in July 1852 and is the oldest prison in the state.
What is San Quentin State Prison?
100
It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the Florida Straits between the U.S. and Cuba, and with the Caribbean Sea (with which it forms the American Mediterranean Sea) via the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
100
August 21, 1959
What is Hawaii?
100
This Incident occurred on February 1, 2003, when, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members.
What is The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster?
100
To poke, or thrust abruptly or sharply, as with the end or point of a stick.
What is Jab?
200
A medium security prison for males in Atlanta, Georgia, USP it is primarily used as a transfer prison. It once held many Cuban refugees from the Mariel Boatlift. As of 2006 the prison was housing 3—5 in-transit prisoners in each approximately 56-square-foot (5.2 m2) isolation cell for up to eight weeks at a time.
What is The United States Penitentiary Atlanta?
200
DAILY DOUBLE: Also known as the Sea of Cortez or Sea of Cortés or Vermilion Sea, it is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
What is the Gulf of California?
200
February 14, 1912
What is Arizona?
200
This Disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle __________ (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida at 11:38 EST
What is The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster?
200
To press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible
What is Jam?
300
Located on a rocky island surrounded by the freezing water of the bay, it was believed to be inescapable. Of the 36 men that attempted escape, 23 were caught, 6 were shot and killed, and 2 drowned. The remaining 5 were never seen again after their escape attempt and it is believed that they drowned. Their bodies have never been recovered.
What is Alcatraz?
300
Often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic.
What is the English Channel?
300
December 7, 1787
What is Delaware?
300
This Crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled.
What is The 1966 NASA T-38 Crash?
300
A female given name, form of Janet.
What is Jan?
400
This Prison is flat and only a few metres above sea level, as a result of an ancient erosion event. Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on it for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid, as did current president Jacob Zuma
What is Robben Island?
400
This Gulf is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia.
What is The Gulf of Finland?
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January 2, 1788
What is Georgia?
400
Robert Lawrence was named the first African-American astronaut for the U.S. Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, but he never made it into space. He died when his F-104 Starfighter jet crashed at this Air Force Base, in California.
What is Edwards Air Force Base?
400
A stream of a liquid, gas, or small solid particles forcefully shooting forth from a nozzle, orifice, etc.
What is Jet?
500
Port this is a former convict colony in Tasmania, Australia. From 1833, until the 1850s, it was the destination for the hardest of convicted British and Irish criminals and rebellious inmates from other prisons. Today, many highly recognizable ruins remain, including the penitentiary, the hospital, the insane asylum, and a church built by the convicts. In 1996 it became the site of Australia’s deadliest gun massacre when a single shooter opened fire on visitors, killing 35 people.
What is Port Arthur?
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This Gulf is located in the Arabian Sea between Yemen, on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and Somalia in the Horn of Africa. In the northwest, it connects with the Red Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. It is the chief port of the Republic of Yemen.
What is The Gulf of Aden?
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June 25, 1788
What is Virginia?
500
Clifton "C.C." Williams was flying alone in a T-38 jet, from Cape Kennedy, Florida to Houston, Texas, via Mobile, Alabama. He radioed a distress mayday and crashed on a plantation near Miccosukee, Florida, about 15 miles north of this FL City near the Georgia border
What is Tallahassee?
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It Precedes 'breaker'
What is Jaw?