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What is a Run?
A form of movement faster than a walk and slower than a sprint; often used to describe a form of exercise.
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What is the Speed of Light
E=MC^2, Where E is Energy, M is Mass and E is this constant.
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What is Tennis
Originating in France, this sport is played using rackets, a ball, and a net.
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Who is Harry Houdini
Born Erik Weisz in 1874, this prestidigitator grew to fame as an elaborate escape artist.
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What is a Server?
A common term used for a machine that provides a service like data transfer and resource allotment.
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What is a Run?
This word can be used to describe the travel of bodies of water or distances.
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What is Photosynthesis
This process is used by plant matter to convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into glucose and oxygen.
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What is Basketball
Invented by Canadian James Naismith, this sport was originally played with a peach basket.
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What are the Niagra Falls
Not just a rollercoaster ride for barrel enthusiasts, this natural resource also produces 2.6 million kilowatts of energy per year.
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What is a Hard Drive?
Invented in 1956 by Rey Johnson, this form of data storage works using precise mechanical instruments such as an arm, magnet, and plates.
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What is a Run?
Used as part of a colloquialism, this phrase is used to describe a sentence that continues for multiple clauses. A [blank]-on sentence
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What is Osmosis
a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one.
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What is Cricket
This popular sport is played on a field and uses lower extremity alluding terms like long leg, leg cutter, and leg break.
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What is the Wolf Spider
These arthropods have a distinctive eye arrangement, where the front or anterior row is composed of four small eyes of roughly the same size arranged in almost a straight row
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What is an Email?
First sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, this mode of communication is often considered the downfall of its terrestrial mollusk related brethren.
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What is a Run?
An enclosed area in which domestic animals or birds can run freely in the open.
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What is Sublimation
The phase shift of gas to solid, completely bypassing the liquid phase through crystallization.
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What is Hockey
Thought to be invented in Egypt 4000 years ago, this sport is now played on ice with disk like objects used to score points.
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Who is Nicolas Cage
Born with the surname Coppola, this actor received a Golden Globe for his performance on "Leaving Las Vegas"
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What is Efficiency
In computer science, this term is used to define the ratio between process and resource. Often defined using Big O notation.
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What is a Run?
A point scored when a base runner reaches home plate after touching the other bases.
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What is the Mitochondrion
Quite often referred to as the powerhouse of the cell, this organelle's primary function is to produce ATP
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What is Lacrosse
Rooted in native american culture. This sport is now declared as the National Summer Sport of Canada
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Who is Ms. Frizzle
Voice acted by Lily Tomlin, this character provides the means for her students to observe the world in an almost magical perspective.
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What is a Logic Gate
AND, OR; NAND, NOR. This is used in both abstractions and physical devices to compute boolean functions.
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