Ctm Flashcards
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The dessert Tiramisú is also known as
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Tuscan Trifle
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Nippon is also know as
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Japan
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Capital de Portugal
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Lisbon
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When is celebrated Thanksgiving, in USA?
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The fourth Thursday in November
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______ _____ serve as shock absorbers for the spine
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Spinal discs
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How long does The Tour de France lasts?
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3 weeks
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Van Helsing hunts
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Dracula
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Table Mountain is in
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Cape Town, South Africa
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The US author Edgar Allan Poe was known for…
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His crime and horror stories
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The world’s largest flower
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Rafflesia
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The capital of El Salvador
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San Salvador
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Where were the first Iron Man competition?
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Hawaii
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The Iron Man triathlon consists of a…
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of a 3.86 km swim, a 180.25 km bicycle ride and a marathon 42.2 km run, raced in that order and without a break
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Capital of Chile
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Santiago
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Rhinos are
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Herbivores
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The capital of Iran is
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Teheran
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Chestnut, Oyster and Shiitake are all types of…
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Mushroom
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A Minotaur consists of
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Head of a bull and the body of a man
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A male goose is called
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Gander
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How many ribs are in the human body?
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12 pairs
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In golf, the term bogey means…
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Scoring one-over-par
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The musical term “adagio” means…
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Slow & leisurely
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Fernando Alonso is a
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F1 driver
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Marco Polo was from
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Italy
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Marco Polo was born in
1254, Venice
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Marco Polo was a
Merchant
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The former name of Sri Lanka
Ceylon
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The airborne Australian medical service is commonly known as
The Flying Doctor
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A dinner jacket in Britain is called ______ in America
Tuxedo
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"Shortsighted" is the opposite of
"Longsighted"
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The girlfriend of Robin Hood
Maid Marian
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War and Peace was written by
Leo Tolstoy
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Yellow in Dutch
Geel
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"The Scream" was draw by
Edvard Munch
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Describes a one-on-one game of poker
"Head-to-head"
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Optical illusions that can occur in the desert are called
Mirages
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The US president that was forced to resigned from office
Richard Nixon
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The mainly diet of Koalas
Eucalyptus
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The author of "The Canterbury Tales"
Goeffrey Chaucer
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Who invented the ballpoint pen?
Laszlo Biro
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Dumbwaiter
Small goods elevator
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Bob Marley is from
Jamaica
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The author of "The Da Vinci Code"
Dan Brown
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A marmot is a type of?
Squirrel
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The region that is home to the many of the world's largest technology corporations and startups
Silicon Valley
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The CDs came onto the market on the…
Early 1980s
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The terms curd and whey are associated with the making of
Cheese
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An angle of more than 180 degrees is called
A reflex angle
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The Greek god of love
Eros
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The largest planet on our solar system
Jupiter
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A still life describes a painting of
Inanimate objects
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An altimeter measures
Height of an object above a fixed level
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Sauerkraut is a typical food from?
Germany
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When did the extreme sport bungee became popular?
1970s
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During the First World War German airships were called
Zeppelins
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Storks are _____ birds
Migratory
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Carbon Monoxide is ____
Toxic
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A Geiger counter detects
Radiation
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In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet was a…
Capulet
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A cub is the young of a
Hyena
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How much does it takes for a ray of sunlight to reach the Earth
8 minutes
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Queen Victoria's husband
Prince Albert
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The speed that is faster than the speed of sound is called
Supersonic
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Photosynthesis is a process that results on the release of
Oxygen
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Hydrofracturing is more commonly known as
Fracking
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How many legs does a centipede has on each segment of it's body
Two
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The Greek Goddess of justice
Astraea
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The line of latitude runs _____ around Earth
Horizontally
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The Java Islands belong to
Indonesia
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How many cards are in a deck?
52
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Thank you in Russian
Spasiba
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A smack is a collective noun for
Jellyfish
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He became King of England in 1066
William the Conqueror
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A baby seal is called a
Pup
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Pizza is Italian for
Pie
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The sun is primarily composed of the chemical elements
Hydrogen and helium
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Dialysis
A blood purification process
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The dessert "gulab jamun" comes from
India
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In Greek mythology pan was
Half man and half goat
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The furniture store IKEA originated in
Scandinavia
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Strawberries grow on
Plants
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Aperitif
A drink served before a meal
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Sty
An inflation of the sebaceous gland in the eyelid
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The smallest penguin species
The Fairy Penguin
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Golf balls, in early years were Meade of
Leather and feathers
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Grapefruit in French
Pamplemousse
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The largest human organ
The skin
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Triad
A set of three notes - the root, the third and the fifth
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Ostriches are found on the wild in
Africa
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The word yogurt comes from the x language
Turkish
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Tanks were first used in
World War One
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How much minutes are in a day
1440
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A graphologist examines
Handwriting
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Diamond wedding anniversary
60 years
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Bodies of water always freeze from
The top down
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Pollyanna
Naively cheerful and optimistic person
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Air Force One
The name of the US President's airplane
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The official language of Liechtenstein
German
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Where did Sherlock Holmes lived at
221b Baker Street
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The lead singer of the band Queen
Freddy Mercury
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Arctic Monekys
* Alex Turner: lead vocals, lead, rhythm guitar
* Jamie Cook: rhythm/lead guitar
* Nick O'Malley: bass guitar, backing vocals
* Matt Helders: bass guitar, backing vocals
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The stethoscope was invented...
in France in 1816 by René Laennec
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Which US party does the donkey is the symbol of
Democratic
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Acupuncture is a practice derived from traditional ______ medicine
Chinese
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"Girl with the Pearl Earring" is a painting by
Artist: Johannes Vermeer
Location: Mauritshuis
Created: 1665
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Where is the Mauritshuis museum?
The Hague, Netherlands (Coast; near Amsterdam and Rotterdam)
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Malaria
causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache, which in severe cases can progress to coma or death. And is carried by mosquitoes
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Harpoon
Hunting tool used by whalers
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Rose hips
Escaramujos
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Rose hips is the fruit of which plant?
Rose plant
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The author of "The Old Man and the Sea"
From the US; EM Hermigway
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Sn (Tin)
Estaño
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Pb (Lead)
Plomo
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Peltre(pewter)
Aleación entre plomo y estaño
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Where's Dracula's castle?
Transylvania
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Who invented the fictional character Count Dracula at the end of the 19th century
Bram Stoker
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What does hedgehogs do when they are in danger?
Roll up into a ball
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North Korea capital
Pyongyang
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Korea's currency
Won and northkorean won
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Fecha de la Independencia de México
16/Sep/1810
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Participantes de la Independencia de México
Miguel Hidalgo, Ignacio Allende, José María Morelos, Guadalupe Victoria, Francisco Javier Mina
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Fecha de la Revolución Mexicana
20/Nov/1910
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Participantes en la revolución mexicana
Victoriano Huerta, Porfirio Díaz, Pascual Orozco, Emiliano Zapata
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Beligerante
adj. y com. [Potencia, estado o grupo] que está en guerra o que está de parte de alguno de los contendientes. Más en pl.:
naciones beligerantes.
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In the human body, where's located the labyrinth?
Ear
