Bermuda island NOT in the Caribbean Flashcards

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Which substance led to the first Olympic doping disqualification?

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Alcohol

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What replaces pesticides in the aigamo method used in Japan to grow rice?

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Ducks

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What is the title of John Krasinski’s thriller that opened at theatres in 2021?

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A quiet place part 2

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Which is the only major city in Australia that has trams running on its streets?

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Melbourne

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Which of the following analytical techniques gives an “ion peak”?

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Mass spectrometry

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Which city in Ukraine was once the center of Vladimir I’s Viking state?

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Kyiv

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What is the name of the sugary substance that many insects get from flowers?

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Nectar

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MONEY & NUMBERS
A single from the album Life After Death, 1997’s “Mo Money Mo Problems” was a posthumous number one Billboard hit by which artist?

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The Notorious B.I.G.

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HISTORY & SOCIETY
Although he was never stuck in one, which U.S. president had a specially sized bathtub installed on the ship he took to the Panama Canal in 1909?
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William Howard Taft

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BIOGRAPHIES
What doctor invented cornflake cereal as food for his sanitarium patients?

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John Harvey Kellogg

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ANIMALS & NATURE
Which animal produces up to four times its weight annually in dung that is used by some Tibetans as heating fuel and wall plaster?

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Yak

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ARTS & CULTURE
Who declined further Emmy nominations after winning her fifth best actress in a comedy award for her role in Murphy Brown?

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Candice Bergen

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ANYTHING GOES
Referring to the occupation of St. Peter, what name is given to the ring worn by the Pope?

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Fisherman’s Ring

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GEOGRAPHY
Stretching for 600 miles along the Pacific, the Atacama Desert is one of the world’s driest places and is chiefly located in which country?

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Chile

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SCIENCE & TECH
What name was given to the first nuclear submarine, which logged twenty-thousand leagues under the sea without needing to refuel?

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Nautilus

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obstreperous definition

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adjective
ob·​strep·​er·​ous əb-ˈstre-p(ə-)rəs äb-
Synonyms of obstreperous
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: marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : CLAMOROUS
obstreperous merriment
an obstreperous argument
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: stubbornly resistant to control : UNRULY
obstreperous

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Seven American kennel club dog groups

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Toy
herding
working
hound,
terrier,
sporting, and non-sporting

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Famed artist Jane labowitch has re-created classic painting such as the mona Lisa using which kids toy

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Etch a sketch
Now famous on TikTok, labowitch has sold more than $13,000 worth of etch sketch art on Etsy

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What’s the name of the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox

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Harvest Moon
The name, harvest moon dates back to the time before electricity when farmers needed to work by the light of the moon

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What TV show’s blue product was actually rock Candy from the candy Lady a store in Albuquerque

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Breaking bad
the candy lady is still in business and will sell you 100 gram bags of breaking bad candy for $10

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Which countries’s official name is the Hellenic republic

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Greece
Hellas was the ancient Greek name for the area currently known as Greece

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Visors on NASA space helmets are coated with this precious metal to reflect solar radiation

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Gold
The layer of gold on Ashna advisors is .000002“ thick

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Trevor noah made this ultra low-cost airline carrier a particular butt of his jokes

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Spirit

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A TV show about this jet age airline with Christina Ricci and Margot Robbie what sort of mad men in the sky

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Pan am

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From 1961 Eastern Airlines had a huge success with a shuttle from NYC to these two cities about 200 miles north and south for 12 and $14
Boston and DC
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When Sabina, this European countries national airline got off the ground routes included Boma Leopoldville Elizabethville
Belgium All cities then in Belgian congo
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This airline was the official partner of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games
Air France paris games
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Emmy winning TV movies The makers of 2023 winner weird the Al Yankovic story knew this Britt was right when he asked what kind of accordion to buy
Daniel Radcliffe
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Emmy winning TV movies Girl, meets cow is how she described temple grandin in which she won an Emmy for playing the animal rights activist
Claire danes
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Emmy winning TV movies Take its title from one of his books the gathering storm looked at this Prime Minister‘s life just before World War II
Churchill
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This alliterative composer wrote two violin sonatas for fellow Hungarian jelly d’aranyi duh rahn E
Bela bartok
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“Geschichten aus dem wiener ward “is the beloved waltz tales from this place
Vienna, Woods
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In 1865 he headed south to Denmark wrote his only piano Sonata and dedicated it to Danish composer niels Gade God uh
Grieg
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Emile waldteufel’s skaters waltz imagines a glorious day in Paris, frolicking on this waterway
The seine Sen
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Along with his wistful moonlight Sonata, this composer has a pathetique one with a more sorrowful fuel
Beethoven
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Islands in the McKenzie River Delta have a layer of this perpetually cold soil just beneath the surface
Permafrost
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This nation is located in the Delta, where two major rivers converge the Ganges and the Brahmaputra
Bangladesh
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Cones of sediment from the Mississippi River Delta formed a 30 K square mile area of this large body of water
Gulf of Mexico
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Used as a decorative stone Mal uh kite gets its green color from this element
Copper
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Emmy winning TV movies This 1979 winner with an alliterative title tells of Michael Mullen killed accidentally in Vietnam by his own side
Friendly fire
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TWA This German Air Force was officially announced in 1935 at which time it already had hundreds of planes
Luftwaffe Louw wah fuh
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TWA There’s no wiggle room in this word for a miser
Tightwad
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TWA It’s a formal ruling on a point of Islamic law ;one was famously rendered against Salman Rushdie in 1989
Fatwa
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TWA It can mean asunder or a pair like in that famous line about them never meeting
Twain
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The inland Delta of the Niger river provides wetlands for this landlocked country of Western Africa
Mali
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G’day mate here’s an aerial view of the Ord River Delta found in the state called western this
Australia
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Emmy winning TV The political drama recount chronicle the tumultuous aftermath of the vote in Florida in this year
2000 gore versus bush
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Two main minerals that make up granite
Feldspar and quartz
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TWA It’s the feline name for the runway where models strut their stuff
Catwalk
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The pygmy type of this small monkey lives in the rainforest of South America
Marmoset Mar muh set
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A bit underappreciated it’s good for you. It can be eaten raw or cooked and his flavor is comparable to anise or licorice.
Fennel
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Beneath it it means whitish fur , the skin of this ursine mammal is black, which absorbs heat to keep it warm
Polar bear
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Authors Following his unexpected death in 2001 he was referred to as the Monty Python of science fiction
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 
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Gus Bradley went 14-48 as the Head Coach of this AFC team from 2013-2016.
Guess: Jacksonville Jaguars
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The same year this Thunder player finished 3rd in 2019 MVP voting, Damian Lillard hit a series-clinching buzzer-beater three over him in Round 1 of the playoffs.
Guess: Russell Westbrook Answer: Paul George
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Currently in an active playoff series, this Western Conference team's last playoff series win was in the 2015 1st Round when they defeated the Blues.
Guess: Minnesota Wild
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This Vice President became U.S. President in this year after Warren G. Harding passed away while in office.
1923 Guess: Calvin Coolidge
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This sandwich chain packages and sells its own branded potato chips, including an alternate version known as Thinny Chips.
Guess: Jimmy John's
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With the same name as the 1995 movie, this teen sitcom ran on ABC/UPN from 1996-1999 with Rachel Blanchard as Cher Horowitz & Stacey Dash reprising her role as Dee Davenport.
Guess: Bad Girls Club Answer: Clueless
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The daughter of a famous filmmaker, this actress has starred in films like The Village, The Help, 50/50, Spider-Man 3, and Jurrasic World.
Guess: Jessica Biel Answer: Bryce Dallas Howard
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With Rihanna providing vocals: "Fast cars, shooting stars" and "If you want it, you can get it for the rest of your life" are lyrics from this 2010 Kanye West song.
Guess: Diamonds Answer: All of the Lights