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What is blood
Transports oxygen and nutrients throughout the body.
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What is a Stalagmite
A mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water and often unitng with a stalactite.
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What is mozzarella
This rubbery Italian cheese is an important ingredient in pizza & lasagna.
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What is Green Day
A slang term for a day spent smoking marijuana.
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Who is John Muir
This Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservatioin of wilderness in the U.S. was known as "Father of the National Parks".
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Who is Lord Maximus Farquaad
Shrek antagonist.
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What are Sedimentary rocks
Igneous, Metaporhic, and this type of Mineral.
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What are eyes
Anatomical term for the holes in Swiss cheese.
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What is Alt-J
Pressing this keyboard combination will type the triangular Greek letter Delta (∆).
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Who is Richard Nixon; Tricky Dick
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established via the Reorganization Plan No. 3 on December 2, 1970. It was created and signed by this former U.S. President.
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Who is Loki
The god of fire and trickery in Norse mythology.
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What are Plate Tectonics
A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
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What is cottage cheese
The soft pot cheese, or schmierkase, is better known by this name.
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What is Depeche Mode
The name of this French fashion magazine translates literally to "Fashion Dispatch."
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Who are the Vanderbilts; the Vanderbilt family
This American dynasty was among the wealthiest and most influential of American families, who established an empire in the shipping and railroad industries. Branches of this family are found on the East Coast of the US. Contemporary descendents include actor Timothy Olyphant and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
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What is chlorine
The chemical used to keep tap water safe for public consumption.
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What is Iron Pyrite
This mineral often called "Fools Gold" has a chemical formula of FeS2.
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What is Brie
The town of Meaux is reputed to produce the best of this soft French cheese.
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What is 311
This is the police code for indecent exposure in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Who is Ro Khanna
This U.S. politician serves as the representative for CA's 17th congressional district. He was the first sitting member of Congress to join the progressive organization, the Justice Democrats, in which other U.S. Representatives subsequently joined, including Raúl Grijalva, Pramila Jayapal, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Who is H.P. Lovecraft
Famed horror author of the early 1900s known for “The Dunwich Horror.”
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What is Cleavage
This is the tendency of a mineral to break along $at planar surfaces as determined by the structure of its crystal lattice.
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What is Delft
You might want to serve this spiced Dutch cheese on the blue & white pottery of the same name.
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What is Wilco
This is the CB radio Radiotelephony procedure for "Will Comply."
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Who is B.F. Skinner
This Harvard professor, psychologist and philosopher founded the experimental analysis of behavior, which was built on the behavioral works of John B. Watson, Edward Thorndike, and Ivan Pavlov. His attempt to relate animal behavior from the lab to human behavior drew the ire of other philosophers, especially Noam Chomsky. He is the O.G. pigeon boiii.
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