Ah Sense E Own Paraguay Flashcards by Michael Kridla

This Supreme Court decision upheld the constitutionality of separate but equal

Plessy v Ferguson
Homer plessy had one aa grandparent (which meant had to be segregated)and looked white
Made clear he was black and showed absurdity of segregation

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Toni Morrisonn famous novels

Beloved

thr bluest eye
Song of Solomon

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1 steamed standup special on Netflix as of 2020

Bonus #2

Dave chapelle
Kevin heart -2

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He played this many characters in coming to America

4 Eddie Murphy
Prince Hakeem
Clarence the barber
Jewish gentlemen in barbershop
Randy Watson

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Solomon northup norththup is the autobiographical author of this brutal story turned into a modern day film

12 years a slave

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This writer -among other titles - was born margarite Annie Johnson in St. Louis Mo in 1928

Maya Angelou

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This is the name for the 1920 literary movement that was an early manifestation of blaxk consciousness

Harlem Renaissance
More than just literature
Prob not right to classify as literary movement

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Body positive activist and model and Star of DNCE music video for toothbrush

Ashley Graham

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Experienced single parenthood on both cw/Netflix and nbc

Lauren Graham

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Fictional catholic school supper star and nervous sniffer

Mary Katherine Gallagher
Molly Shannon

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Sparred in the courtroom with Spencer Tracy in adams rib

Katherine Hepburn

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the first American to orbit the Earth

John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth during the three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7.

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RSVP” is an initialism of the French phrase,

“répondez s’il vous plaît.

Re pon day Sil vew play

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Milla of the “Resident Evil” films

Jovovich

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It must have been love song
90

Roxette

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Pig on green acres

Arnold Ziffel was the porcine character featured in Green Acres, an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1965 to 1971.

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Orange County airport

What is John Wayne Airport called now? John Wayne Airport (SNA) is also known as the “Santa Ana Airport” or “Orange County Airport” for its location in Santa Ana, California.

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Daddy don’t you walk so fast

Wayne Newton

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Lesson Before Dying novel

A Lesson Before Dying is Ernest J. Gaines’ eighth novel, published in 1993. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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How many pairs of parallel sides does a trapezoid have

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A structure off the coast of Cornwall England was rhe inspiration for this Virginia woolfe novel

To the lighthouse

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In homers epic poem this hero is tied to the mast of his ship to avoid being lured to his death by sirens

Odysseus
O dis e is

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You can compare the heat of various chili peppers by consulting this scale

Sco ville scale

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In George Clooney’s oceans trilogy this is the tote of all the numbers in thr titles

36
11+12+13

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Tech mogul Larry Ellison purchased more than 90% of this Hawaiian island in 12

Lanai Pineapple island

This brand of foam Balls debuted with the tagline you can’t hurt babies or old people

Nerf

Hinged at the bottom this v shaped barbecue tool is used for picking up food

Tongs

EPA - full name of the gov agency

Environmental protection agency

Referring to a complex problem this metaphor wqs literally slices in half by Alexander the Great in 333 BC

Gordian knot Gore d in

This river runs through the heart of soul

Han

were the first team to retire a uniform number,

The Yankees doing so on July 4, 1939. That day they retired the number 4 in honor of Lou Gehrig.

is an actor who might be best known for playing Maeby Fünke on the sitcom “Arrested Development”. She is best friends with fellow actor Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page), whom she met while filming the 2009 movie “Whip It”.

Alia Shawkat

Tennis great who won 18 Grand Slam singles championships : is a former professional tennis player from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Chris Evert She has the best winning percentage in professional tennis, man or woman worldwide, losing fewer than 10% of all her matches. Evert was also the first female athlete to host “Saturday Night Live”, doing so in 1994 just after she had retired from professional tennis.

” is a TV drama created by Ava DuVernay that is based on a 2014 novel of the same name by Natalie Baszile. It’s all about three estranged siblings who reunite to save their family’s failing sugarcane farm in Louisiana.

Queen Sugar

The symbol of which currency is a Cyrillic “P” with a horizontal stroke? +100 correct

Russian ruble

SCIENCE & TECH Which tech device was originally patented with the title “X-Y position indicator for a display system”? +100 correct

Mouse

HISTORY & SOCIETY Rumors of British colonizers arming native troops with ammo coated in pigs’ and cows’ lard contributed to an 1857 rebellion in which place? +100 correct

India

BIOGRAPHIES Which explorer had a permanent limp after suffering a leg injury during a Portuguese attack on a Moroccan stronghold?

Ferdinand Magellan

ANIMALS & NATURE Derived in part from a Greek word for “roll” or “wrap,” heliciculture describes the farming of which animals? +100 correct

Snails

ANYTHING GOES A beef patty topped with a hash brown, the Big Rösti was available at McDonald’s in which country?

Germany

ARTS & CULTURE At 22 years old, which musician turned down a spot in the Duke Ellington Orchestra so he could complete Birth of the Cool? +100 correct

Miles Davis

GEOGRAPHY The 40° north line of latitude runs through or near three of these cities. Which does it not run near?

London

ANIMALS & NATURE Following the release of the 2013 documentary Blackfish, SeaWorld announced that it would phase out its live shows and breeding programs involving which animal? +100 correct

Orca

MONEY & NUMBERS A collector paid $28 million at a 2024 auction to purchase the famous these red Ruby shoes worn by her in which film? +100 correct

The Wizard of Oz Judy Garland

GEOGRAPHY The world’s first airport brewery when it opened in 1999, Airbräu is located in which city’s airport? +100 correct

Munich

BIOGRAPHIES Which infamous person kept a private zoo with some 200 animals, including four hippos that have multiplied to become an invasive species in Colombia? Theodore Kaczynski +100 correct

Pablo Escobar

HISTORY & SOCIETY Whose criticism of the Roman Catholic Church in the Ninety-five Theses helped instigate Europe’s Protestant Reformation? +100 correct

Martin Luther

ARTS & CULTURE Considered the luckiest of the 12, which is the only mythical creature among the animals of the Chinese zodiac? Unicorn +100 correct

Dragon

SCIENCE & TECH Which website requires 75 percent of reviews to be positive for it to grant “Certified Fresh” status? +100 correct

Rotten Tomatoes

ANYTHING GOES Overheating from his prosthetics, Colin Farrell cooled off in a massively air-conditioned tent he dubbed “the igloo” on the set of which show

The penguin

Swap a vowel A plan offered for acceptance, and to in or from for example

Proposition and preposition

Like mammals amphibians were only mildly affected by the mass extinction at the end of this period reptiles well…

Cretaceous Cruh tay shus

The difference between these two types of amphibians of the order anura ? smooth skin and long legs versus rough skin and short legs mostly

Toads and frogs

The familiar name of these big salamanders comes from the mistaken belief that they could bark

MudPuppies.

Discovered only in 1986 and now critically endanger, the pink iguana lives only on Isabella Island in this archipelago

Galapagos

These echinoderms found near the shore are adorned with five petaloids that serve as gills uh kine uh derms

Sand dollars

David lagercrantz took over from this Swedish author writing about Elizabeth’s salander and the girl in the spider‘s Web Sah lhan der

Steig Larson

Afantasy romance series kicks off with a court of thorns and these flowers Also author

Sarah J maas Roses Mass

Swap a vowel A kick on the grid iron and a serving of beer

Punt and pint

The $ sign is used in many nations, including this big country, whose currency is the Real Ray ahl

Brazil

In the first verse of tomorrow, Annie advises you to do this tomorrow there’ll be sun

Bet your bottom dollar

Walter camp captain of this Connecticut schools football team in the 1870s introduced the quarterback position and 11 man teams

Yale

In 1875 due to waning interest, the all England croquet club offered this other lawn sport as an added attraction

Tennis

Maybe if you’ve got a nice lawyer, you can give him one dollar as one of these ; the fee procures his services

Retainer

When lawyers want a potential juror to be excused they use a challenge either for cause or this type without any explanation

Peremptory Puh rem tuh ree

From old French for to speak the truth, it’s the preliminary examination of perspective, jurors drawers by a judge lawyer

Vwar deer

Milton Obote returned as president of Uganda after the overthrow of this man in 1979

Idi amin E d ah mean

AFI catalog Based on the real life unavailability of Coors banquet beer outside the 11 western US states ….where it was sanctioned

Smokey and the bandit That’s what gets the plot going

From the AFI catalog Spielberg cast 13 year-old actor Christian Bale ….principal photography began March 1, 1987

Empire of the Sun

From the AFI catalog The exteriors of the Desmond mansion were shot at a 25 room mansion on Wilshire Boulevard … The studio added the swimming pool

Sunset Boulevard He always wanted a swimming pool

From the AFI catalog From 1993 the banned advertisements included finally a movie for everyone who did inhale

Dazed and confused

The grand jury doesn’t decide guilt or innocence, but whether a person should be this, formally charged and then arraigned

Indicted

From the AFI catalog Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly as stated in the July 7, 1985 Chicago tribune

Back to the future

After Alexander‘s death, one of his generals began this Egyptian dynasty that lasted about 300 years until Cleopatra‘s death

Ptolemaic Toll uh may ick Ptolemy’s

It’s the action of placing a jury out of public reach in a hotel for example

Sequestering

Alberto Fujimori a controversial former leader of this nation passed away in 2024 and was buried after three days of national morning

Peru

In 1978 via rail took over running the trains of this towering company Founded 60 years earlier.

Scotland’s James, the second who sided with Lancaster versus York in these 15 century wars died when one of his own cannons blew up beside him

War of the roses

Bigger than Banff this Alberta national Park was sadly in the news in 2024 when July wildfires closed it for the rest of the summer

Jasper national Park

The apple fritter and Dutchy donuts were on the menu in 1964 when this Canadian coffee chain opened

Tim Hortons

Cezanne and Gaugin were leaders of this move that came onto the scene a little after Monet and renoir Say zahn go gan rhymes with ann

Post impressionism

The ew feets E displays his la Primavera, as well as as an even more famous one of his works featuring a goddess

Botticelli Birth of Venus

You probably think of it as a synonym for curtain but to an art lover, it means the picture of the folds of clothing

Drapery

In his blue period He painted an old man playing one of these later He used sheet metal to sculpt a 3-D one.

Picasso guitar

JMW Turner was a master of this type of painting, also known as aquarelle Rel

Watercolor

This western province whose flag is seen here joined the dominion of Canada in 1871

British Columbia

Founded in 1863 this international organization won its first of three Nobel peace prizes in 1917

Red Cross

Canadian TV viewers get used to hearing that show is on at eight oclock, 830 on this Atlantic Island

Newfoundland Or as they say newfound land Half hour time difference

Crossword clues R Poison from castor beans, five letters

Ricin

Crossword clues R A formula or category Not a cube inventor six letters

Rubric With thr R

In criminal case the jury must be convinced of guilt beyond this otherwise they must’ve acquit

Reasonable doubt

Crossword clues R A magic spell or a letter in an old Anglo-Saxon alphabet four letters

Rune

Crossword clues R A type of treatment or an exercise routine Seven letters

Regimen

Crossword clues R In myth, Iris personified it Seven letters

Rainbow

Fictional characters Dressed in white in her first scene, this play character says her name means white Woods

BLANCHE Dubois

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