intersecting point between 0 degrees of latitude and 0 degrees of longitude, i.e. the Equator and Prime Meridian cross Flashcards

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2 suns in 24 who won a gold medal at 20 Olympics here

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Durant
Booker
Tokyo 21

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Nobel prize categories
Also nationality of founder

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Sweedish
Chemistry
Economics
Literature
Medicine
Physics
Peace

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Miley Cyrus Grammy

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best pop solo performance -
24 flowers

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World theater
This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt and a king dwelling in snowy mountains but it’s title character also spends time in Morocco and Egypt

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Peer gynt gint
Henrik Ibsen
Not Hedda gabbler

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Camila cabello billy Porter and James corden starred in a 21 Amazon prime movie musical that retells the story of

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Cinderella

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Washington origins presidential cabinet included this future president as Secretary of State

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Jefferson

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Traditonal japanese haiku poem has this many lines

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3
5 7 5 syllables

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  • only major to cross equator 2X
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Congo - also 80 Michael chricton book which later became movie

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Emmy coo sigh or see is a volcano that lies at the southwest end of thr tuh best e mountains and is highest peak in Sahara and is in this country

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Chad - no men from
This country are not hyper p alpha males

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When this bands cover of this Toto song wqs well received by public Toto proceeded to reciprocate and cover hashpipe

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Weezer covered Toto africa

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In her song or uh no co flow she sings we can reach we can beach on thr shores of trip uh lee which is capital of
Also what other continent is river on

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Libya - North Africa
Africa and South America. - Colombia and Venezuela
Orinoco- 4rh largest by discharge
Sail away sail away

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While Robert plant wqs on a long seemingly sunny endless drive through the wastelands of the Sahara in southern this country he inspired wrote this song which counterintuitively refers to a region in Asia

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Cashmere - disputed between India and Pakistan
Morocco
Gateway drug for Kels - Led Zeppelin?

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USA for Africa wqs a supergroup that sung this song which raised 60 M for African famine relief
Also who conceived of the idea after seeing success of this groups do they know it’s Christmas
Bonus 2 credited with writing

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We are the world song
Bandaid do they know it’s Christmas

Harry bellafonte Idea
Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie wrote
Quincy Jones produced

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Movie tribonds
Sigourney weaver
Julie Harris
Brown brown

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Gorillas in the midst
Goodall chimps
Fossey gorillas

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Movie tribonds
Matthew mccon uh hey
Steve zahn
Penelope Cruz

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Sahara

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Movie tribonds
Nick notle
Don cheadle
Wha keem Phoenix

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Hotel Rwanda

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Movie tribonds
David schwimmer
Sasha Barren ?Cohen
Jada pinket smith

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Madagascar

David schwimmer - giraffe
Sasha Barren ?Cohen
Jada pinket smith hippo
Chris rock zebra
Stiller lion

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African nation producing most NBA players

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Nigeria

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Meet me at our spot
21 collaboration between

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Willow smith and Tyler cole as the anxiety

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Anatomical name for the thigh bone

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Femur

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This area stretches roughly from paradise point to coolangatta in Queensland and largely consists of beach resorts

Get uh

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Gold Coast

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Place in India wqs dubbed the rome of the orient since it wqs a center for the Roman Catholic Church in the east

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Goa

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In the 1380s this Oxford theologian led an effort to translate the Bible into English

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Wycliffe

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Today this is a seaport on a peninsula that wqs captured by the ottomans in 1354; first foothold in Europe

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Guh lip oh lee

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It was primal in thr title of a Richard gere and Edward Norton film
fear
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13 letter toothed Dino bird of the Jurassic period
R key op tuh rix Archaeopteryx
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Second word of the tell tale heart ; narrator admits he was dreadfully so
Nervous
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Freuds works helped popularize this loan word for a general sense of unease or dread
Angst
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During the Great schism beginning in 1378 Robert of Genova reigned as clement 7 this type of guy
Antipope
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14 letters Christian doctrine laid out by Paul in Romans 8:29-30 so just doesn’t know all but foreknows all
Predestination
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Novel title objects A girl in a 1950 novel walks into this and got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them
The wardrobe From the lion the witch and the wardrobe
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Main international mens Football tournament held in Africa every 2 years Started in 57 Also country that has won the most
African cup of nations Egypt
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South African golfer only 1 of 4 to win a career grand slam Bonus other 3
Gary player - SA Jack Nicholas Tiger woods Gene sare uh zin
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Plastic monotone instrument creating havoc at football games in Africa
Vu vu zalea or zell uh World Cup SA 10 Made it heard to watch , not because of soccer
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Nile river flows north out of this lake and into this sea
Lake Victoria into Mediterranean sea
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3 women mentioned by this singer in she’s so high
Joan of arc Cleopatra Ah fruh dite E Tall Bachman - he
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Countries in mainland Africa that equator passes through
7 total 6 mainland Congo DRC Gabon Kenya Uganda Somalia Sah tomr and prince uh pay - island
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Which of the following is most likely true about a capacious car?
Spacious Fits a lot of people
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NATURE Growing a volume of wood equal to a 50-foot-tall tree annually, California’s “General Sherman” is what type of tree?
Giant sequoia
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ARTS & CULTURE The original of which masterpiece was appropriately painted on the wall of the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent dining hall?
Last supper
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BIOGRAPHIES Which entrepreneur chose blue as the primary color for his company’s logo because he has red-green colorblindness? +100 correct
Mark Zuckerberg
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ANYTHING GOES While filming on an aircraft nicknamed the Vomit Comet, a camera operator threw up on Kevin Bacon during production of which movie?
Apollo 13
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Believed to purify people from sin, which waterway is the most sacred river in Hinduism?
Ganges
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Forty years afterward, a reporter claimed to have fabricated the famous “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow” origin story of which city’s massive 1871 fire? +100 correct
Chicago
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The name of which chemical element is derived from the Latin word for “charcoal”? +100 correct
Carbon
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MONEY & NUMBERS Then the world’s largest retailer, which company in 1969 commissioned a skyscraper—the world’s tallest upon its completion—to consolidate its staff? +100 correct
Sears
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“Question number one. What was the title of the 1989 American crime drama that was written and directed by Gus Van Sant and starred Matt Dillon as a pharmacy robber and troubled addict?
Drugstore cowboy
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Reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006, this Atlanta-based rap group is most known for their song "Laffy Taffy".
Guess: 69 Boyz Answer: D4L
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Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, and Gwyneth Paltrow were all part of an eccentric family that was the focus of this 2001 dramedy directed by Wes Anderson.
Guess: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Answer: The Royal Tenenbaums
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Along with creating the series, this woman was the primary host of America's Next Top Model from 2003-2018.
Guess: Tyra Banks Answer: Tyra Banks
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Born in 1982, this Brazilian entrepreneur cofounded Facebook and later cofounded the venture capital firm B Capital.
Guess: Andrea Martin Answer: Eduardo Saverin
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After a limited-time launch in 2019, this major chocolate bar brand brought back its Pecan variety full-time in 2024.
Guess: Hershey Answer: Snickers
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In 2007, this pitcher achieved his 300th career Win while pitching for the Mets.
Guess: Kevin Appier Answer: Tom Glavine
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Carl Nassib was an All-American and 2015 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year after racking up 15.5 Sacks for this school.
Guess: Ohio State Answer: Penn State
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Dan Orlovksy went 0-7 as the starting QB of this NFC team during the 2008 season and had an infamous moment where he ran out the back of his own end zone.
Guess: Detroit Lions
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Question number two. What infamous and fashionable event is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, almost always on the first Saturday in May?
Kentucky derby
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Question number three. Portrayed by Wilmer Valderrama in the teen comedy show That 70s Show, what was the name of the foreign exchange student character who was assigned such racist other aliases as the foreigner and the foreign kid?
Fez
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Question number four. What transcontinental Central American country is home to the port of Cristobal and the Tokumen International Airport?
Panama Canal
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Question number five. What collectible line of stuffed toys emerges a major fad in the 1990s, but after declining sales, retired the line in 1999, with its final release of a bear called The End.
Beanie babies
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Question number six. Blake Snell, Hugh Darvish, and Mookie Betts are all famous, professional what? What?”
Baseball players
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“Question number seven. The 1985 Prince and the Revolution song with the lyrics, I was working part time in a five and dime. My boss was Mr. McGee. He told me several times that he didn't like my kind because I was a bit too leisurely, and so I decided to do leisurely is
Raspberry Beret.”
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“The question or clue that went along with this anagram was, what American country band topped the country music charts with such songs as Kissed You Good Night and Wild at Heart before disbanding in 2017?
And the answer is Gloriana. A loin rag scrambles up to be Gloriana.”