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Give Credit Where Credit Is Due Flashcards

1
Q

Filmmaker and star of the series girls

A

Lena Dunham

Sick tattoo on the back of her neck

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2
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Ship that was supposed to accompany the mayflower to being pilgrims to the new world

A

Speedwell
1620
Was abandoned after setting sail

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3
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What 2021 movie based on a theme park ride features rhe rock and Emily blunt as they travel in a boat down the Amazon river to find a healing tree

A

Jungle cruise

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4
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In the northern hemisphere what marks the beginning of fall

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The autumnal equinox in September

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5
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What intentions singer released a 10 episode docuseries on YouTube subtitled seasons

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Beiber

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6
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Refused to annul Henry 8 marriage to Catherine of Aragon or declare him supreme head of the Church of England

A

Sir Thomas moore

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7
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What classic show revolves around an architect and a talking horse

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Mr Ed

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8
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What 2004 U2 hit shares its title with an Alfred Hitchcock film

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Vertigo

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9
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In cycling sports BMX

A

Bicycle moto cross

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10
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Living throughout the Middle East what ethnic group is turkeys largest minority

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Kurds

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11
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Sapporo brand beer was first brewed in 1876 in what country

A

Japan

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12
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Real name of fergie

A

Stacy Ferguson

From the black eyed peas

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13
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What’s the name of Sherlock Holmes smarter but lazier older brother

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Mycroft

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14
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IAEA

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International atomic energy agency

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15
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Newspaper talk

Meaning an important part of the story this distinctive spelling helped distinguish the word from a substance used in typesetting

A

Lede

To distinguish from lead

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16
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Expression knuckles down originated with what game

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Marbles

17
Q

Only US state with a Spanish motto

A

Montana

Oro e plata gold and silver

18
Q

Another name for leproscy

A

Hansen’s disease

Caused by slow growing bacteria

19
Q

2 calls to arms during the Spanish American war

A

Cuba libre

Remember the Maine to hell with Spain

20
Q

This chocolate confection will have you living on a prayer

A

Bon bon jovi

21
Q

It’s very superstitious this brand of bread with red and blue balloons on its packaging

A

Stevie wonder bread

22
Q

Goddess of heart and home in Roman mythology

A

Vesta

Quiet vesta eventually creates a peaceful city

Queer uh nal
Vim uh nal
S qu line
Ka lee in
Aven tine 
Pal uh tine 
Capital line
23
Q

Expression knuckle down originated with what game

A

Marbles

24
Q

5 states visible from Empire State Building

A 
New York 
Pennsylvania 
New Jersey 
Massachusetts 
Connecticut

Has its own zip code 10118

25
Q

What city was president McKinley assassinated in

A

Buffalo

26
Q

How many plumes does the NBC preacock have before and now

A

11 before

6 now

27
Q

Us state with the highest average elevation

A

Colorado

Over a mile high

28
Q

Light emitted by heating a material to a high temperature

A

Incandescence

29
Q

George Elliot novel about Dorothea Brooke has 86 chapters so they must average about 10 pages

A

Middlemarch

30
Q

This tallest mountain in north America was formerly named for a US president

A

Denali

31
Q

Appropriately the mountains that border Death Valley

A

Funeral mountains

32
Q

In Israel not Hawaii the Hula valley is where 3 tributaries join to form this river

A

Jordan

33
Q

My narodnaya is the tallest park in this mountain range a traditonal border between Europe and Asia

A

Urals

34
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Fianna Fáil or soldiers of destiny has been one of the leading political parties since the 1930s in this country

A

Ireland

35
Q

You pass in this card game if you decline to make a bid when it’s your turn in the auction

A

Bridge

36
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The great this pass in the Pennine alps is where a famed breed of Rescue dog originated

A

St. Bernard

37
Q

A cold war era novel and a movie popularized this term for a device that’s supposed to prevent unanticipated disaster

A

Fail safe

38
Q

After Saturday night live she began hosting supermarket sweep

A

Leslie Jones

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