Monroe Tompkins Flashcards

1
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Artists
Sabena airlines commissioned a painting by this artist Loiseau de ciel a bird whose body is filled with clouds in a blue sky

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A

Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte
National carrier of Belgium

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2
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From 1974 to 76 Isabel peron was its president

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Argentina

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3
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1980s president agatha Barbara was part of this Mediterranean islands 50s and 60s struggle for independence from Britain

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Malta

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4
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Until 2011 this country in northeastern Africa was the continents biggest in area

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Sudan

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5
Q

Largest landlocked country in Africa

A

Chad

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6
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Smallest country in Africa

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Seychelles
Gambia continental

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7
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What social media company did j Tim partially but in 2011

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My space

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8
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World cities
The name of this city may come from Dur meaning water a reference to the Helvetians peoples settlement on a lake

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Zurich
Switzerland
Helvetians were the ancient Swiss

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9
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In October of 2016 teenage you tuber James Charles became the first to achieve this distinction

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First male spokesperson for cover girl
Make up tutorials

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10
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93 film that had to be filmed at night due to location being in use during the day

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Clerks

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11
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In poker a pair of 8s and aces
Genesis of the name

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Deadman’s hand
Held by wild bill hickcock when he was murdered

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12
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In poetry what character is killed with a vor pull blade
Must have been hard to hit it with its slick dancing moves

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Jabberwocky
Dancers from Americas next best dance crew
From Alice in wonderland
Lewis Carroll

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13
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Seth Cohen creates the greatest super holiday known to man on this greatest teen drama

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Chris muh cuh
The OC

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14
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Division 1 school that has the distinction of being known as the penguins

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Youngstown state in Ohio

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15
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Club going up on a Tuesday seems like a good thing
City going down on a Tuesday not as much
What city fell on a Tuesday leading to this group considering it the most Un luckiest day of the week

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Constantinople - not a Greek city though
The Greeks

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16
Q

Peacock is a male…female is

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Pea hen

17
Q

What is an uh steer e is rubens
How many eyes
No telling if it can use them to see in hot dog flavored water

A

Starfish
5 eyes
Limp bizket album - chocolate starfish and the hotdog flavored water

18
Q

Daniel pest co wits Is famous from this tv show
These hoes single spelled heoux

A

Catch me outside girl on Dr Phil

19
Q

Former capital city is the only major city to be located concurrently on 2 continents

A

Instanbul
Major choke point for Russia getting to the sea until the northern sea ice melts

20
Q

PSI

A

Pounds per square inch
I measure everything in bar

21
Q

Mass energy equivalence is more frequently expressed as this notation

A

E=mc2
Energy = mass X the speed of light squared

22
Q

Gotta support the team
What NFL team retired the number 12 in honor of their fans which call themselves the 12th man

A

Seattle Seahawks
Set noise record for a crowd twice
Call themselves the 12s because Texas A&M claims ownership of 12th man

23
Q

It’s fun to stay there
What were the 6 characters portrayed by the members of the village people

A

Cowboy
Native American
Construction worker
Police officer
Biker
Military man

24
Q

Getting lit
There is no standard size for a shot of alcohol in the US except in this state where a shot = 1.5 ounces
What state can you be certain the the bartenders are definitely getting jigger with it

A

Utah
Can’t serve doubles

25
Q

Colorful anatomy
Over 1/2 of all blue footed boobies on the planet are found in this location

A

Galápagos Islands

26
Q

In a galaxy far far away

Scenes filmed for Star Wars in the fictional planet tat too ween were filmed in this African country

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Tunisia
Based off a real city tat 2 ween locAted near the filming

27
Q

Phrases from the ancient world

Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling by a horse hair ; his guest begged to leave

A

The sword of Damocles

28
Q

Obligatory Director question
Mr show back together again in this movie
Also who and what is mr show

A

Spielberg movie the post
Sketch comedy show with David cross and bob odenkirk

29
Q

Chemical element names
The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are
1 is synthetic
1 is natural

A

Iodine
Einsteinium
Europium

30
Q

Belgrade is

A

The capital of Serbia