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ultimate frisbee

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soccer-type game played with frisbee

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“ultimate”

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official name of ultimate frisbee

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scoober

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a type of throw in ultimate frisbee: forward and at an angle

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Dutch Schultz

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mobster prosecuted by Thomas Dewey

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Joe Sakic

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hockey player for the Quebec Nordiques

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fate of the Quebec Nordiques hockey team

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franchise moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche

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breaking ball

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any pitches in baseball that does not travel straight

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slider

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fastball that then breaks to the side and down at the e

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Dutch angle

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in filmmaking and photography, composition of frame with camera at an angle to give the illusion of looking askance

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liter vs. quart

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liter is slightly larger

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vertebrae at birth vs. in adulthood

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33 vertebrae at birth, but by adulthood some have fused

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Helsinki Accords

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1975 document signed by almost all European nations as well as U.S. and Canada, contained non-binding resolutions promoting peaceful resolution of disputes

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bassinet

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basket-type cradle for babies

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“40 Concerts for Bassoon” composer

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Vivaldi (composition named for number and instrument)

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barcarola

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folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers

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Tales of Hoffman

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opera composed by Offenbach

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Susan Rice

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National Security Advisor and ambassador to the UN under Biden

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Despicable Me franchise

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franchise centered on movies featuring Yellow Minions

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ILGWU

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International Ladies Garment Workers Union (“Look for the Union Label”)

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LWS

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League of Women Shoppers, consumer advocacy and social justice group

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Earl Warren

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Republican governor of California and then Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

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bar requirement in the U.S. for practicing law

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32 states have mandatory bar requirement, in remaining states you don’t have to be member of the bar in order to practice law

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“Lavender Scare”

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anti-gay crusade that ran parallel to Second Red Scare of McCarthy and also targeted officials in the U.S. government

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sexual anorexia

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fear of sexual intimacy

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Operation Dixie
post-WWII CIO campaign to organize textile, lumber, and tobacco industries in the American South
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Scottsboro Boys
9 African American male teenagers accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931
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Mossadegh
Iranian prime minister in early 50s who was overthrown with the help of the CIA
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Savak
Iranian intelligence service under the Shah
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Allen Dulles
first Director of Central Intelligence
30
John Foster Dulles
secretary of state under Eisenhower
31
relationship of Allen and John Foster Dulles
the two Dulles brothers
32
Arbenz
president of Guatemala ousted in 1954
33
ousting of Arbenz
CIA at urging of United Fruit Company helped oust Arbenz as president of Guatemala in 1954
34
Bao Dai
last ruler of Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam, puppet ruler for the French
35
calico
a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton
36
Rye House Plot
1683 plot to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James
37
pasty
British baked pastry with meat and vegetable filling, also called a "Cornish pasty"
38
"Merry Christmas, Darling"
1970 Carpenters Christmas song
39
Mary Mead
famous female pirate who sailed with Calico Jack
40
Calico Jack
British sea pirate of early 18th century
41
Act of Settlement
1701 British law fixing the succession to the throne within the House of Hanover
42
The War of the Spanish Succession
European conflict from 1701 to 1714
43
Queen Anne's War
North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession from 1702 to 1713
44
Jacobite
supporter of the restoration of the Stuart line in Great Britain, from 1688 to the 1780s
45
River Severn
longest river in Great Britain
46
Russell 's paradox
"the set of all sets that do not contain themselves": does it contain itself? (if it doesn't, then it does, but if it does, then it doesn't)
47
another name for the terebinth tree
turpentine tree
48
origin of turpentine
fluid obtained from distillation of resin from pine trees
49
per curiam
in law, decision attributed to an entire court or panel of judges rather than individual judge or judges
50
certiorari
a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency
51
soccer-type game played with frisbee
ultimate frisbee
52
official name of ultimate frisbee
"ultimate"
53
a type of throw in ultimate frisbee: forward and at an angle
scoober
54
mobster prosecuted by Thomas Dewey
Dutch Schultz
55
hockey player for the Quebec Nordiques
Joe Sakic
56
franchise moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche
fate of the Quebec Nordiques hockey team
57
any pitches in baseball that does not travel straight
breaking ball
58
fastball that then breaks to the side and down at the e
slider
59
in filmmaking and photography, composition of frame with camera at an angle to give the illusion of looking askance
Dutch angle
60
liter is slightly larger
liter vs. quart
61
33 vertebrae at birth, but by adulthood some have fused
vertebrae at birth vs. in adulthood
62
1975 document signed by almost all European nations as well as U.S. and Canada, contained non-binding resolutions promoting peaceful resolution of disputes
Helsinki Accords
63
basket-type cradle for babies
bassinet
64
Vivaldi (composition named for number and instrument)
"40 Concerts for Bassoon" composer
65
folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers
barcarola
66
opera composed by Offenbach
_Tales of Hoffman_
67
National Security Advisor and ambassador to the UN under Biden
Susan Rice
68
franchise centered on movies featuring Yellow Minions
_Despicable Me_ franchise
69
International Ladies Garment Workers Union ("Look for the Union Label")
ILGWU
70
League of Women Shoppers, consumer advocacy and social justice group
LWS
71
Republican governor of California and then Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Earl Warren
72
32 states have mandatory bar requirement, in remaining states you don't have to be member of the bar in order to practice law
bar requirement in the U.S. for practicing law
73
anti-gay crusade that ran parallel to Second Red Scare of McCarthy and also targeted officials in the U.S. government
"Lavender Scare"
74
fear of sexual intimacy
sexual anorexia
75
post-WWII CIO campaign to organize textile, lumber, and tobacco industries in the American South
Operation Dixie
76
9 African American male teenagers accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931
Scottsboro Boys
77
Iranian prime minister in early 50s who was overthrown with the help of the CIA
Mossadegh
78
Iranian intelligence service under the Shah
Savak
79
first Director of Central Intelligence
Allen Dulles
80
secretary of state under Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
81
the two Dulles brothers
relationship of Allen and John Foster Dulles
82
president of Guatemala ousted in 1954
Arbenz
83
CIA at urging of United Fruit Company helped oust Arbenz as president of Guatemala in 1954
ousting of Arbenz
84
last ruler of Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam, puppet ruler for the French
Bao Dai
85
a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton
calico
86
1683 plot to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James
Rye House Plot
87
British baked pastry with meat and vegetable filling, also called a "Cornish pasty"
pasty
88
1970 Carpenters Christmas song
"Merry Christmas, Darling"
89
famous female pirate who sailed with Calico Jack
Mary Mead
90
British sea pirate of early 18th century
Calico Jack
91
1701 British law fixing the succession to the throne within the House of Hanover
Act of Settlement
92
European conflict from 1701 to 1714
The War of the Spanish Succession
93
North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession from 1702 to 1713
Queen Anne's War
94
supporter of the restoration of the Stuart line in Great Britain, from 1688 to the 1780s
Jacobite
95
longest river in Great Britain
River Severn
96
"the set of all sets that do not contain themselves": does it contain itself? (if it doesn't, then it does, but if it does, then it doesn't)
Russell 's paradox
97
turpentine tree
another name for the terebinth tree
98
fluid obtained from distillation of resin from pine trees
origin of turpentine
99
in law, decision attributed to an entire court or panel of judges rather than individual judge or judges
per curiam
100
a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency
certiorari

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