General Knowledge Flashcards
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RSVP
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Répondez s’il vous plaît
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Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro’s characters in Quiz Show
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Charles Van Doren, Herb Stemple
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The zodiac sign for January and February
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Aquarius
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The zodiac sign for May and June
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Gemini
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The zodiac sign for December and January
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Capricorn
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The zodiac sign for August and September
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Virgo
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The state of being extremely poor
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penury
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Someone who wanders from place to place without a home or job
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a vagabond
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A pleasurable kind of tiredness
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languor
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Literary term meaning dark or shadowy
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tenebrous
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Any aromatic plants
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a dittany
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Verb meaning to detain someone in conversation against their will
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buttonhole
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A box that predates a movie projector that displays an image onto a screen
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camera obscura
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Spending money recklessly
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prodigal
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Someone who leaves home to live lavishly but makes a repentant return
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a prodigal son (or daughter)
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A swollen and twisted vein in the leg
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varicose
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Dated colorful British slang for a police officer
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bluebottle
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Contracted into wrinkles and folds
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corrugated
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A group of motionless figures that represent a moment in history
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a tableau
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A paved area next to a building
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a terrace
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A short, thick stick that’s a weapon for British police
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a truncheon
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An open sore on or inside the body
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an ulcer
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Very small pieces or splinters of wood
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matchwood
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British term for a wrench
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a spanner
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A spanner in the UK is this in the US
a wrench
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The four C's of jewelry appraisal
cut, color, clarity, carat
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The director of Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Eliza Hittman
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Eliza Hittman's first three features
It Felt Like Love, Beach Rats, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
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Massachusetts city that used to be a whaling port
New Bedford
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Famous 19th century Czech composer
Antonín Dvořák
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Nationality of Dvořák
Czech
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Composer of the New World symphony
Antonín Dvořák
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Lobster dish served with cream sauce made with sherry
lobster Newberg
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Lobster dish served in a cream sauce and inside the shell
lobster thermidor
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Bobby Brown's R&B group
New Edition
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The world's largest animal
the blue whale
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Name the song title and the artist: "He may not be a Romeo, but he is a one-man show"
Let's Hear It for the Boy by Deneice Williams
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A repeated image or design that forms a pattern
a motif
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Someone who deserts and betrays an organization
a renegade
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A circle of light surrounding something, especially the head or body in art
an aureole
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A unit of a larger classical composition that can stand on its own as a complete work in itself
a movement
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Conceal one's true feelings or beliefs
dissemble
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Countenance as a verb means to [blank]
admit something is possible
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5-letter word meaning gloomy and drab
dingy
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General term for bulky equipment
impedimenta
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Someone who must do hard or dull work
a drudge
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British term for slingshot
catapult
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Military weapons and equipment
armament
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Small group of islands situated between Scotland, Norway, and Iceland
the Faroe Islands
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Emperor of Rome from 98 - 117
Trajan
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Roman emperor who expanded Rome's territory to Armenia, Mesopotamia and Assyria
Trajan
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The feeling of wanting a substance while trying to quit that substance
withdrawal
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Steve Coogan's signature character on British TV
Alan Partridge
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PDF
portable document format
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Thick, dark brown Australian food spread
Vegemite
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The taglines for Irreversible, both the original cut, and the Straight Cut
"Time destroys everything." "Time reveals all things."
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The most famous Applebee's slogan
"Eating good in the neighborhood"
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The most famous American Express slogan
"Don't leave home without it"
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The most famous Visa slogan
"It's everywhere you want to be"
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The most famous Capital One slogan
"What's in your wallet?"
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New York City park nearby Broadway
Zucotti Park
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Mozart's cities of birth and death
Salzburg, Leipzig
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Which country's leader? Nouri al-Maliki
Iraq
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Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006-2014
Nouri al-Maliki
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Quentin Tarantino's editor up through Inglourious Basterds
Sally Menke
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Full name of the Dallas airport
Dallas Love Field
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The Lyceum was founded by [blank]
Aristotle
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Cassie from Euphoria
Sydney Sweeney
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Maddie from Euphoria
Alexa Demie
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Having knowledge or awareness
cognizant
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4-letter word for butch lesbian
stud
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A lesbian who is androgynous but closer to femme
stemme
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Norman Rockwell worked for this magazine
the Saturday Evening Post
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Lead singer of Ladytron
Helen Marnie
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pricking the finger to draw a blood sample
a fingerstick
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the zodiac sign of february to march
pisces
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the zodiac sign of july to august
leo
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the zodiac sign of september to october
libra
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the zodiac sign of october to november
scorpio
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Today's go-to platform for low-budget black cinema
Tubi
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CNA
certified nursing assistant
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Name the song title and the artist: "I can't seem to shake this feelin"
The Boxer by The Chemical Brothers
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The zodiac sign of March and April
Aries
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The zodiac sign of April and May
Taurus
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The zodiac sign of June and July
Cancer
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McCarran International was renamed this in late 2021
Harry Reid International Airport
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The most trusted flag captain to Lord Nelson
Thomas Hardy
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The second book by Nick Hornby
Fever Pitch
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The largest lake located at least partially within the United States aside from the Great Lakes
Lake of the Woods
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Lake of the Woods is part of these two provinces
Manitoba, Ontario
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Lake of the Woods is part of this state
Minnesota
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The largest city of Manitoba
Winnipeg
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Winnipeg is in this province
Manitoba
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Signature character of Mike Connors
Mannix
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The actor who played Mannix
Mike Connors
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The finance concept S = I
savings = investment
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Major conservative economist who advised Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher
Milton Friedman
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The total volume of currency held by the public
the money supply
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A form of money recognized as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt
legal tender
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Transactional concept that refers to a willingness to negotiate
invitation to treat
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Economic theory that emphasizes the government's role in the amount of money in circulation
monetarism
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The major 20th century economist who argued against Keynesianism
Milton Friedman
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The terms for economic policy that is official and unofficial
commitment policy, discretionary policy
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The economic policy that recommends the money supply should be increased by a small percentage every year, regardless of business cycles
Friedman's k-percent rule
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Treaty that created a 14-month peace between Britain and France in 1802, during the Napoleonic Wars
the Treaty of Amiens
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The part of the Netherlands conquered by the French in 1794-1795
the Batavian Republic
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The Batavian Republic refers to the French-owned part of this country
the Netherlands
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The French Revolutionary government that lasted from 1795-1799
the Directory
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The name of the club in Cabaret
the Kit Kat Club
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Which song? “Left a good job in the city”
Proud Mary
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A writ that commands someone to testify in court
subpoena
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J. Wellington Wimpy's famous catchphrase
"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
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The first American to orbit the earth
John Glenn
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Large bridge recently constructed in Vietnam
Dragon Bridge
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Which country? Dragon Bridge
Vietnam
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aka high crime and low crime
felony, misdemeanor
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Famous MLB pitcher from 1890-1911
Cy Young
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Capital of the Czech Republic
Prague
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Prague is the capital of this country
Czech Republic
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The oldest bridge that crosses the Seine, as well as the next bridge downstream
Pont Neuf, Pont des Arts
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NAIRU
non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment
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Author of the True Blood books
Charlaine Harris
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The first prime minister of India
Nehru
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The first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy
the Dionne quintuplets
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Maine river nearby Augusta
Kennebec River
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Which state? Kennebec, Kennebunkport
Maine
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Whose book? The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
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Which character? "What's past is prologue"
Antonio
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Which play? "What's past is prologue"
The Tempest
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Which show? Daniel J. Travanti
Hill Street Blues
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The primary entrance for an Ancient Roman public bath
the apodyterium
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An apodyterium is the entryway to this
a (Ancient Roman) public bath
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The science of fermentation
zymology
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Zymology is the science of this
fermentation
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The process of seeking therapeutic benefits by hanging upside down
inversion therapy
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Whose painting? The Kiss
Gustav Klimt
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Famous Austrian turn-of-the-century symbolist painter
Gustav Klimt
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The unofficial naval war between America and France from 1798-1800
the Quasi-War
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French term for thinking of the perfect reply too late
l'esprit d'escalier
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Barack Obama's attorney general (2009-2015)
Eric Holder
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Name the song title and the band: "Love me, love me, say that you love me"
Lovefool by the Cardigans
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Name the cities: University of Arizona, Arizona State University
Tucson, Tempe
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Major university of Tempe, Arizona
Arizona State University
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Major university of Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona
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The two founders of Sears were Richard Sears and [blank]
Alvah Roebuck
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Ancient Greek meaning "march forth"
exelauno
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Hercules' fourth labor was to capture this [only 1 word needed]
(Erymanthian) boar
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Award for the top goalscorer in FIFA
the Golden Boot
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A device that converts toxic gas from a car engine into less toxic exhaust
a catalytic converter
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Name the poet: "Tyger, tyger, burning bright"
William Blake
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Which poem? "Tyger, tyger, burning bright"
Songs of Experience
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Troy's greatest warrior during the Trojan War
Hector
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The series of religious wars during the medieval era
the Crusades
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Years of the crusades (approximately)
1095 - 1291
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Pope during the first crusade
Urban II
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Pope from 1198 - 1216
Innocent III
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The name of the main trophy for the Indianapolis 500
Borg-Warner trophy
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The NHL trophy for best defense
the Selke trophy
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The three main types of rock
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
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aka magmatic rock
igneous rock
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Type of rock that transforms into new forms over time
metamorphic rock
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Type of rock that accumulates particles or layers
sedimentary rock
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The main constituent of plaster, blackboard, and chalk
gypsum
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AFL (but not the American Football League)
Australian Football League
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Major commercial intersection of Midtown Manhattan
Herald Square
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Who said it? "Peace for our time," often misquoted as "Peace in our time"
Neville Chamberlain
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The 2 primary gem varieties of corundum
ruby, sapphire
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An extremely hard mineral that can be used to make rubies
corundum
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NoHo and SoHo in New York City are named for this street
Houston Street
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Live-action Disney musical from 1992
Newsies
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Which song? "Left a good job in the city"
Proud Mary
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The study or collection of currency or coins
numismatics
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Singer of the 1990s who was famously great at singing the Star-Spangled Banner
Whitney Houston
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Wine where another spirit has been added, usually brandy
fortified wine
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Fortified wine usually adds this to wine
brandy
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A forest that has attained great age without disturbance from human activity
an old-growth forest
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A community of plants and animals that has achieved long-term stability
a climax community
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The perception of dizziness based on spinning around rapidly
the Coriolis effect
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risotto
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crookneck squash
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Name the title and artist
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
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The longest battle of World War I
the Battle of Verdun
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The Spanish islands off the coast of Morocco
the Canary Islands
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Portuguese archipelago far off the coast of Portugal
the Azores
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Which country? the Azores
Portugal
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Which country? the Canary Islands
Spain
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Famous cave of Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
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Which state? Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
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Author of Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
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1992 Western romance starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
Far and Away
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Medium-to-large seabirds [both the longer and shorter names]
cormorant, shag
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Pearl Harbor was on this island of Hawaii
Oahu
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The War of 1812 began when this was attacked by the British
Fort Sumter
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Whose song? Breakfast in America
Supertramp
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Shoe brand famous for its hiking boots
Timberland
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Famous amusement park of Copenhagen
Tivoli Gardens
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Photographer whose subjects included the NYC gay BDSM subculture
Robert Mapplethorpe
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Whose song? Candy-O
the Cars
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Tissue that transports water from roots to stems and leaves
xylem
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The tissue that transports sugar to the rest of the plant
phloem
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The fluid that flows through a plant
sap
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The sugar found especially in flowers
nectar
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Scientific term for the skin fold of the upper eyelid
epicanthus
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The three layers of the earth
core, mantle, crust
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Which state: "On, _____!"
Wisconsin
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V.C. Andrews' most famous book
Flowers in the Attic
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Author of Flowers in the Attic
V.C. Andrews
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Explorer who was imprisoned in the Tower of London twice, by Elizabeth I and James I
Sir Walter Raleigh
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English Explorer who contributed greatly to the legend of El Dorado
Sir Walter Raleigh
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The Native American who helped Lewis & Clark explore the Louisiana Territory
Sacagawea
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Italian chocolate brand with a French name
Mon Cheri
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Name the parent company: Oreo, Ritz
Nabisco
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Italy's largest seaport
Genoa
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One of the most important Senate committees since it oversees confirmation hearings for high-level positions in the State Department
the Senate Foreign Relations committee
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The House equivalent of the Senate's Foreign Relations committee
the Foreign Affairs committee
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The act of obstructing the work of the U.S. Congress
contempt of Congress
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Inventors of the hot air balloon
the Montgolfier brothers
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Professional organization of physicians and medical students
the American Medical Association
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A non-profit organization for U.S. war veterans
the American Legion
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The American Legion is headquartered in this city
Indianapolis
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A long-necked lute popular in Greece
the bouzouki
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the bouzouki
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The Golden Horn is nearby this major city
Istanbul
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Which song? "You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss"
As Time Goes By
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1988 romantic comedy starring Bette Midler
Beaches
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Another term for larva
grub
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The four stages of metamorphosis for an insect
egg, larva, pupa, imago
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A simpler term for imago
adult
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Major French journalist and politician who helped incite the French Revolution
Jean-Paul Marat
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French revolutionaries vs. British loyalists to the Stuarts
Jacobins, Jacobites
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Assassinator of Jean-Paul Marat
Charlotte Corday
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Name the title and artist
The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David
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Private university located in Dallas
Southern Methodist University
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The new suicide prevention hotline
988
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Rare genetic disorder that mostly affects the lungs and involves difficulty breathing and coughing up mucus
cystic fibrosis
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Which country? Jan Smuts
South Africa
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Which philosophers? The Academy, the Lyceum
Plato, Aristotle
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Name the schools: Plato, Aristotle
the Academy, the Lyceum
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the lamprey
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The mountain range that stretches through Italy
the Apennines
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The mountain range between Spain and France
the Pyrenees
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The Granite State
New Hampshire
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Solid nickname of New Hampshire
the Granite State
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Which state? "Live Free or Die"
New Hampshire
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The five biggest islands of Hawaii
Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai
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Joseph Haydn is considered the "Father" of these two things
the Symphony, the String Quartet
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Whose composition? the Unfinished Symphony
Franz Schubert
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Emperor of Mexico from 1864-1867
Maximilian I
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Wife of Maximilian
Carlota
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Maximilian I was archduke of this kingdom
Austria
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aka hircine
goatlike
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Wife of Zeus
Hera
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aka exeunt
exit
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aka the Nation's Newspaper
USA Today
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Which composer? Scheherazade
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Famous poem by Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene
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Which poet? The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser
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The protective liquid for the fetus
amniotic fluid
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Area of Paris that was popular among artists of the Belle Epoque
Montmartre
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Clothing brand famous for its velour tracksuits
Juicy Couture
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Fabric similar to velvet but cheaper
velour
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pedal-pushers
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Toni Morrison's first novel
The Bluest Eye
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CCP
Chinese Communist Party
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Communist initiative launched by Mao that caused a great famine
the Great Leap Forward
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Leader of China after Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
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aka China's "ten years of chaos"
the Cultural Revolution
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A great technological catastrophe that occurred during China's Cultural Revolution
the Banqiao Dam failure
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A mass student-led paramilitary movement that supported Mao Zedong
the Red Guards
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The small group that oversaw China alongside Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution
the Gang of Four
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Mao Zedong's last wife, the one who was part of the Gang of Four
Jiang Qing
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Book of quotations by Chairman Mao
The Little Red Book
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Alcoholic malt beverage with a Latin name
Four Loko
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Which network? Around the Horn
ESPN
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Mozart's final opera
The Magic Flute
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Whose opera? The Magic Flute
Mozart
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Ancient Indian side-blown flute
bansuri
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Fast-flowing air current
the jet stream
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Warm ocean current that flows up the Atlantic coast
the Gulf Stream
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Someone trained to parachute into a military operation
a paratrooper
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US skiing gold medalist
Lindsey Vonn
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German title meaning "count"
graf
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The 3 largest cities of the Netherlands
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague
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The 2 largest cities of Belgium
Antwerp, Ghent
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Author of The French Lieutenant's Woman
John Fowles
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Author of The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass
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The 2 states represented by Daniel Webster
New Hampshire, Massachusetts
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2 major congressmen who almost became president in the pre-Civil War 1800s
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster
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Nigeria's largest city
Lagos
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The capital of Nigeria
Abuja
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Northern central region of Italy
Lombardy
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Standard manual on parliamentary procedure
Robert's Rules of Order
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Aircraft that is designed to avoid detection using a variety of technologies
a stealth aircraft
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ADR
automated dialogue replacement
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Cooking technique where you coat wet or moist food with a dry ingredient prior to cooking
dredging
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The 2 main characters of The Boys
Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie
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A new home entertainment label that focuses on distributing Canadian avant-garde cinema
Black Zero
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Samsung laptop model that competes with the Macbook
Galaxy Book
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Samsung laptop model that competes with the Macbook
Galaxy Book
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Which school? The Huskies
the University of Connecticut
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Concept where an employee usually keeps getting promoted until they reach a level where they are no longer competent for the job they hold
the Peter principle
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Whose concept? Art is not a mirror that reflects reality but a hammer that shapes it
Bertolt Brecht
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A means of securing the necessities of life
livelihood
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Music used in counterpoint
contrapuntal
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The main character of Infinite Jest
Harold Incandenza
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3-letter word for a boil
wen
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British for excellent that sounds like a golf term
top-hole
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The capital of Alberta
Edmonton
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Which province? Edmonton
Alberta
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Mark with spots or smears of color
mottle
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Anatomical adjective that means to bend around something
circumflex
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Term for this accent mark when placed over a vowel: "^"
circumflex
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crewcut
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Term for the way a suit jacket is sometimes cut so that it has flaps
vents
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A bundle of objects, especially paper
sheaf
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Adjective meaning in agreement or harmony
congruent
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The effect that occurs when what you're looking at warps from seeing it through a mass of hot air
heat shimmer
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Relating to the cutting of gems
lapidary
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Latin meaning, "in a soft voice"
sotto voce
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Medieval university course involving the subjects of math, geometry, astronomy, and music
quadrivium
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Medieval university course involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic
trivium
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A drink that's effervescent and bubbly
carbonated
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The enlargement of a organ or tissue
hypertrophied
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A distinguishing badge or emblem
insignia
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Which college conference? the University of Arizona
the Pac-12
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When one hip is lower than the other
hipshot
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The RICO in RICO Act
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
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The law that protects witnesses from being intimidated or retaliated against
the RICO Act
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Term for a face with an unhealthy yellow or brown color
sallow
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Anatomical British term meaning not healthy or reliable
dickied
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A lump of earth or clay
a clod
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Medical condition where the eye loses focuses in middle age
presbyopia
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The part of an airport where aircraft can be parked and serviced
flight line
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A written character that symbolizes an idea without indicating the sounds used to say it, such as numbers or Chinese characters
an ideogram
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A fancier word for "hospital"
infirmary
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A suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other
enfilade
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A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end
enfilade
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Popular burger chain of the south, especially Texas, and headquartered in Houston
Whataburger
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espadrilles
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Term for a part of the bathroom where you pee standing up
the urinal
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Term for a tendril or hairlike filament
cirrus
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aka a strict disciplinarian
a martinet
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The science of studying the cause of a disease or condition
etiology
