Ethereum Cryptid Flashcards by Michael Kridla

What is a cryptid

Mythological creature
Sasquatch
Chupacabra

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Mariam Webster defines this word as to hold the attention of as if by a Spell
Svengali would not need the definition if he was a spelling bee contestant

Hypnotize

Svengali - Svengali (/svɛŋˈɡɑːli/) is a character in the novel Trilby which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a Jewish man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young half-Irish girl, and makes her into a famous singer
Hypnotize subject

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A common thread
The 17th OS for Mac - current in 21
Nickname of state which Helena is capital and the title of first movie directed by a woman to gross more than 100 M have this word in common

Big
Big - movie
Big sky country - Montana
Big Sur - apple

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Shake shake shake song
And subtitle

KC and the sunshine band
Shake your booty

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Fashion imitating art
Hip hop and skateboarding lifestyle brand that ripped off artist Barbara Krueger famous for statements on feminism and anti capitalism
Some Say its just a love child of fashion of art but debate hasn’t been taken to court yet
Logo - Signature red box and bold white future uh text

Supreme
Love child is a song of the group
but debate hasn’t been taken to court yet ?

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Angry Larry birds
Introduced in NBA in 90-91 season the act of excessive or violent content against an opponent during play whether unintentional or purposeful

Flagrant foul
In the future a draymond

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Peter roger and bugs
Bad bunny was the second male to appear solo on the cover of this magazine

Playboy - first digital issue
Fittingly - bunny

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Hans wills dorf foundation provided assistance to a lot of thrill seekers including James Cameron exploring Mariana trench Edmund Hillary climbing Everest Mercedes gluh uhitzs Gleitze first English woman to swim English Channel and despite being registered as a charitable foundation makes a bunch of money with products such as
Oyster preputial
Sea dweller
Yacht master
What is the company’s more recognizable name ?

Rolex

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This syndicated morning talk show host has been on the same show since 01 but it’s title has changed five times

Kelly ripa
Live with Regis philbin
Strahan
Seacrest
Kelly
Mark con sway luh

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Using its fleshy pendulous nose to attract mates the long nosed monkey is commonly
known by this name
Pend u lus

Proboscis monkey pro boss kiss
Evolved long nose to attract mates - serves as an echo chamber to make call louder

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In the musical grease Gen by Marty and Jan are members of this social club

The pink ladies
Cool Pink jackets

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Before becoming queen this British royal worked as secretary and receptionist

Camilla
Queen consort to King Charles III
Have a morganatic marriage meaning children would not be part of the royal succession but question is academic why?
Doesn’t have the Regnal powers reg null

More guh gnat ick

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This US cabinet department administers daylight saving time

Transportation

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Whoa that girl song
87

Madonna

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It must have been love song
90

Roxette

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Daddy don’t you walk so fast song

Wayne Newton

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Mad about you song
86

Belinda Carlisle

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This is the most common religion in Africa per capita

51% Christian
30% Islam - mostly northern part

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AL288-1 is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized
Bone of individual awl strah luh pis uh kiss aff uh ren sis from Ethiopia and better known as

Lucy

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The star of this movie - one of thr most popular South African movies ever - was reportedly paid with 12 head of cattle
Actually filmed In Botswana and Tanzania

The gods must be crazy
Star was a bushman

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This Nigerian singer won a best music video Grammy for collaborating with Beyoncé on this song

Whiz kid on brown skin girl

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This country is closest to Antarctica
2 accepted

Chile OR
Argentina

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Movie tribond
Kurt Russell
Wilford brim lee
TK carter

John carpenters the thing

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Heteronym
An injury or coiled up tightly

Wound

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This musical opens with Anna arrival in Bangkok An uh

The king and I

Palindromic years Though having financial problems and shunned Rembrandt still received several important commissions

1661

Finnegans wake

James Joyce

Heteronyms The top of thr hewd or a dish made with goose liver

Pate paaaaaht Pah tay

The late earl Scruggs was best known as a master of this instrument

Banjo

Sir Charles Wheatstone this instrument which was largely replaced by the accordion

Concertina

Musical settings Middle eastern town of ah gruh bah which is almost an anagram of Baghdad

Aladian

Musical setttings This show takes place on a Greek isle while a single mother prepares for her daughters wedding

Mamma mia

The music man takes place right here in this fictional city

River city Iowa

Thr 60s set hairspray takes place in this American city

Baltimore

Heteronym An undercoat of paint or an old time school book

Primer prime R - paint Prim R

Mosaics found in the galley in 2022 have the earliest known depiction of jael and Deborah heroines from this book of the Old Testament Jail

Judges

A military museum in Vienna has the car in which this archduke and his wife were assassinated in 1914

France, Ferdinand

The town of volcano lies on the slopes of this active volcano on the island of Hawaii

Kill uh way uh Kilauea

Old Testament It’s twins for Rebekah the first came out, red all over like an hairy garment, and they called his name this

Esau e sow And Jacob

Tough four letter words From Latin, it’s a beginner or novice in learning something

Tyro

Tough four letter words Alphabetically between pier and slip is this synonym perhaps at a port

Key With a Q Quay

She is the first hmong American to compete in the Olympics In 2024 this gymnast added three more medals to her collection Mung

Suni Lee

Margaret Chung , the first known Chinese American woman to become a physician opened a clinic in the 1920s in the city’s Chinatown

San Francisco

Born in Thailand, this Iraq war veteran has represented Illinois in both the house and the Senate

Tammy Duckworth she’s Asian? Wow

Electric city Washington began as a community to house personnel working on the construction of this huge project

Grand Coulee Dam Cool E

This barrier island of Texas was once named wild horse for the wild horses that Roamed there

Mustang island

Tough four letter words This synonym of joke begins and ends with the same letters as joke

Jape

This Aussie band known for hits like new sensation has a four letter name that sounds like a phrase meaning too much

Inxs In excess

This British band known for hits like senses working overtime has a three letter name that sounds like a word for great delight

XTC Like ecstasy One of Ken’s favorites

After getting shot, Bob Marley left Jamaica for London, where he recorded this song about movement of jah people

Exodus

Old Testament In an 18th century artwork, he’s not conducting a band, but bringing water from a rock by striking it disobeying God

Moses

A Pennsylvania town sounds like it’s named for a country singer, but Glenn is the Glenwood coal company and this last name was a superintendent there

Campbell just like the singer

Elle King hit the top 10 with this tune that’s about former lovers

Ex’s and Ohs

Asian Americans The cake for his 100th birthday celebration was in the shape of one of his last buildings, the museum of Islamic art in Doha

I am pay IM pei

found in front of many a restaurants name it means at the house of in French

Chez Shay

Meaning to sharpen with a whet stone it also refers to perfecting any craft

Hone

This British star had a big US hit with boom clap and inspired the brat summer of 2024

Charli XCX

His death mask was made from two sheets of gold inlaid with semi precious stones

King tut Tutankhamen Toot in common

The world of science Nobel prize.org says some papers of the scientist are stored in lead boxes a legacy that is literally untouchable

Marie Curie cure E Because of still radioactive Two radioactive consult and still will be too radioactive in like 1000 years

The kumquat is a small Chinese variety of which fruit?

Orange

In which city is the famous Prado museum?

Madrid

Ekasilicon was once the name of which substance?

Germanium

Who was charged with the murder of Robert Kennedy?

Sirhan Sirhan

Plating steel for containers are made from what?

Tin

In which state is the annual "Burning Man" Festival held?

Nevada

Which month of the year was named after Julius Caesar?

July

Which nation supplies the guards for the Vatican

Switzerland

Which language is spoken in Brazil?

Portuguese

What is Dr. Dolittle's first name?

John

In the modernised version of the board game Cluedo, which character is a billionaire video game designer?

Professor plum

In the 13th century, Margaret, Maid of Norway, was Queen of which country?

Scotland

If you traveled due south from London, which African country would you reach first?

Algeria

Woolsthorpe Manor, in Lincolnshire, was the home of which scientist?

Isaac newton

What is the name of the instrument that records breathing movements?

Spirometer

ANIMALS & NATURE Signaling to potential predators that it is unsafe to eat, which spider often has a red hourglass on its abdomen? +100 correct

Black widow

GEOGRAPHY Ancient temples of Abu Simbel were dismantled and relocated to avoid flooding when the Aswan High Dam was being built on which river? +100 correct

Nile

SCIENCE & TECH A product manager for which company claimed it briefly used all CD production capacity worldwide in 1998 to create their free trial discs? +100 correct

America Online

HISTORY & SOCIETY Named for their colorful headgear, the Blue Helmets are the military peacekeepers of what organization? +100 correct

United Nations

MONEY & NUMBERS With the success of 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, who is the only filmmaker to direct three movies that grossed over $2 billion each? +100 correct

James Cameron

BIOGRAPHIES Entrepreneur both founded the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain and cofounded which gaming company in the 1970s? +100 correct

Nolan Bushnell Atari

ARTS & CULTURE Which literary character nicknames her daughter “Bonnie Blue” after an early Confederate States of America flag? Hermione Granger Katniss Everdeen +100 correct

Scarlett O'Hara

ANYTHING GOES These Olympics, featuring a logo with twin infants nursing at the teat of a large she-wolf, were held in which city? +100 correct

Rome 1960

scurrilous definition

adjective scur·ri·lous ˈskər-ə-ləs ˈskə-rə- Synonyms of scurrilous 1 a : using or given to coarse language b : vulgar and evil scurrilous imposters who used a religious exterior to rob poor people —Edwin Benson 2 : containing obscenities, abuse, or slander scurrilous accusations

Which competitive sport originated in Korea

Tae kwon do South Korea designated tae kwon do the countries national sport in 1971

Goldfish Medusa and piglet have been costumes worn by winners of which real reality show

The masked Singer Other winning masked Singer costumes include the buffaloes and queen of hearts

Which animal can hold his breath for far longer than a dolphin

Sloth sloth metabolism is so slow that they can hold their breath up to 40 minutes and can take up to a month to digest a meal

A petition with 130,000 signatures try to change the name of chef Guy Fieri’s Ohio hometown to what

Flavor town Fieri, who was born in Columbus, said he was flattered by the petition

First Amtrak train traveled from which city to which city 1971 May 1

From New York City to Philadelphia Trains on the original Amtrak route were known as clockers because of how regularly they ran

In 1983 screening of which film led this president to push for federal oversight of cyber security

Wargames Ronald Reagan A year later, Reagan signed a directive called national policy on telecommunications and automated information systems security

Africa’s largest exporter of gold

Ghana