Brenner Pass Border Between Austria And Italy Flashcards

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In computer terminology, what does the acronym RAM stand for?

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Random access memory

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The Mango is a member of which family?

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Cashew

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Carpal tunnel syndrome affects which part of the body?

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Wrist

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How many states in the US border Canada?

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13

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How is Sodium Bicarbonate more commonly known?

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Baking soda

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The prefix “hemo” refers to what?

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Blood

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Skopje is the capital of which country?

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Macedonia

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Served on a stick, Mu ping is what type of meat?

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Pork

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Which country did the USSR invade in 1979?

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Afghanistan

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The play within a play, Pyramus and Thisbe, appears in which Shakespeare play?

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A midsummer night’s dream

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GEOGRAPHY
Which major U.S. city, the first founded after the American Revolution, is named for a Roman dictator who voluntarily gave up power?

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Cincinnati, OH
Not San Antonio, TX

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MONEY & NUMBERS
What building is on the back of the U.S. $50 bill?

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U.S. Capitol

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GEOGRAPHY
What is the only country Denmark shares a land border with?
France
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Germany

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MONEY & NUMBERS
Which rock star owned the private jets “Hound Dog II” and “Lisa Marie,” now on display at his Graceland museum?
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Elvis Presley

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SCIENCE & TECH
Which three-letter abbreviation is used when expressing the effectiveness of sunblock?

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SPF

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ARTS & CULTURE
In 1939 what filmmaker was given seven smaller Academy Awards plus one regular-size one?

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Walt Disney

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ANIMALS & NATURE
Which of the following is a common use of a beaver’s wide, flat tail?

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Slapping water to warn others of danger

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ANYTHING GOES
Which of these games’ name comes from the French word for “small wheel”?
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Roulette

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HISTORY & SOCIETY
A former press secretary for John F. Kennedy claimed the president ordered 1,000 cigars the night before enacting an embargo against what country?
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Cuba

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BIOGRAPHIES
Which author’s autobiography was Spare, the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever, with more than 1.4 million copies sold on its release day?
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Prince Harry

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VOCAB
Which of the following is most likely to be described as viscous?

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Maple syrup
Not milk or water

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What street do the women of “Desperate Housewives” live on?

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Wisteria lane

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pentagram’s four lower points symbolize

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air, fire, water and which other item?
Earth

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In The Simpsons, what is the name of Ned Flanders’ specialty store?

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The leftorium

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What animal's fingerprints resembles a human's the closest?
Koala
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What is Sean Connery's real first name?
Thomas
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What is Sean Connery's real first name?
MAN
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When someone is inexperienced they are said to be what color?
Green
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Gongoozler
Which of these words means "idle spectator"?
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The words "bungalow" and "shampoo" originate from the languages of which country?
India
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Ducati makes
Motorcycles
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Tzeitel’s husband in “Fiddler on the Roof”
MOTEL
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Mosquito or a vampire, by nature
BITER
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New Attitude” singer
LaBelle PATTI
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Sitar compositions
RAGAS
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OSAGE is a variety of
Orange
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Basket-maker’s willow
OSIER
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High-IQ group
MENSA
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Buona ___” (greeting in Pisa)
SERA
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Which major art house hosted the first NFT art sale
Christie’s It was Christie’s first auction to accept crypto a major shift for a 250 year-old institution dabbling in digital cash
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What excellent but short lived HBO drama feature Shakespearean dialogue that fans and critics called cowboy poetry
Deadwood Dead packed over 3000 profanities into 3 seasons averaging 1.56 swears per minute if cursing currency it be the richest town in the west
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Which 1999 sci-fi epic popularized bullet time a slow motion effect that shows bullets in mid air
The matrix Bullet-time combines high-speed photography with a ring of still cameras, fired in sequence to create a 360° freeze and spin effect
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Which famously mountainous race sees participants regularly burn 5000 cal a day
Tour de France Pro sometimes pee while riding and if the cameras catch it, that’s just tour tradition
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Which comedian landed in hot water for a segment on their TV show dedicated to shark week in 2013
Anthony Jeselnik The controversial segment was his shark we bit on the Jeselnik offensive in which he joked about celebrating a real life shark attack
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Which agency once briefly lost the moonlighting tapes after accidentally recording over them
NASA In 2009 NASA restored and digitally remastered that footage using the best copies available from TV networks and film archives
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Leonardo DiCaprio says I’m afraid I haven’t been a very good host old sport as the title fella in this 20’s set piece
The great Gatsby
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Thailand has a long skinny section on this peninsula just south of this country that borders most of Thailand on the west
The Malay peninsula Myanmar borders
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Before and after Spurs home in the Lonestar state that played Armand the vampire on film
San Antonio Banderas
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Before and after Seat for tickling the ivies while lifting a weight bar upward over your supine body
Piano bench press
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Atoms of this metallic element bond weekly with others of their kind so it’s a liquid as low as 72°
Mercury
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Despite a popular slander these fish carassius auratus actually have excellent memories Cuh rass e is r ahh tis
Goldfish
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In Saint Petersburg, you can visit the cross- in one of these ships that rescued a stuck, Italian polar expedition back in the day
Icebreaker
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Flush with grant money, Charles Darwin, penned zoology of the voyage of this ship
HMS beagle
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In 1950, Robert Stroud and Machine Gun Kelly (not that one )could be found at this location
Alcatraz
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What SA countries does Brazil not border?
Chile and Ecuador
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Theater The title of a Pulitzer-winning play from 2007 mentions this month as does another winner 54 years prior
August August Osage County Teahouse of the August moon
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Oh dear, they died and had some help! in 43 BC the head and hands of this order were placed on the speakers platform at the forum
Cicero Sis uh row
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She went beyond the help of the American Red Cross April 12, 1912 a few days before the Titanic went down
Clara Barton
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The “survived” in a memorable rhyme. She only survived her hazardous husband by just under two years.
Katherine parr Henry VIII final wife
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1965 James Leo Herlihy published this book about non-sportscaster Joe Buck New to New York City
Midnight cowboy He’s the hustler
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The name of a chain known until 1946 as tote’m stores reflected these new openings and closing times of day
711
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Good afternoon, Mirabilis jalapa are commonly known as these timely flowers because they don’t open until late in the day
4 o’clocks the marvel of Peru
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Differential is one type of this branch of math
Calculus
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A castrato is one of these a man lacking a certain something
You knick
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ACL
Anterior cruciate ligament Crew c it
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MCL
Medial collateral ligament
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Movies in Italian 2017 Chiamami col tuo nome
Call me by your name
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Movies in Italian 69 Un colpo all italiana 03 remake use the English
The Italian job
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Movies in Italian 03 Sotto il sole Della toscana that’s fine thanks
Under the Tuscan Sun
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In addition to battling booze, the WCTU short for women’s Christian this fought for voting rights and prison reform
Temperance Union
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Movies in Italian 1972 Il padrino
Godfather