Palmdoor Golden Palm Flashcards

1
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Where is Timbuktu

A

Mali

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2
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Where is lake tittcockuh

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On the border of Peru and Bolivia
Deep fresh water lake
Highest navigable lake

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3
Q

This is a 135 square kilometer Australian territory island
Population of 1800
Bonus south of this xountey
Song title by Andrew sister Leon redbone Jimmy buffet and de pesh mode

A

Christmas Island
217 miles South of Indonesia
Kels brought some eggnog and chestnuts

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4
Q

Rocky steps location
And number of steps

A

Philadelphia museum of art
72 steps

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5
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Only country in the world named after a geographic feature

A

Ecuador after thr duh equator
Not coat duh var or Morocco

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6
Q

Double landlocked countries

A

Lichtenstein - Europe
Uzbekistan - Asia

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7
Q

While there are 22 rivers that flow in this direction in the US only one this one flows directly this
318 miles

A

Red river of thr north - boundary between North Dakota and Minnesota

2 rivers with the name and each has a different geographic name so guess there is a red river of thr South

What is the new mah drid fault line ?

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8
Q

Only country named after a woman

A

St Lucia
Lou shhh

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9
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This fictional town was the setting of back to the future
85

A

Hill valley

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10
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Springwood Ohio wqs thr setting of this movie

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Nightmare of elm street
Franchise

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11
Q

Thr matrix features these fictional cities

A

Zion
Mega city

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12
Q

Castle rock Maine provided thr setting for these 5 movies

A

Cujo
The dark half
The dead zone
Needful things
Stand by me - based on book thr body

Stephen king

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13
Q

From 40 to 62 these 2 teamed
Up for 7 “road to movies “

A

Bob hope and bing Crosby

Road to Singapore - first
Road to Zanzibar
Road to Morocco
Road to utopia
Road to Rio
Road to Bali
Road to Hong Kong

Not xandu

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14
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This is the most populous city not located on shoreline bank of a river or beside an inland lake

A

Johannesburg South Africa
4 mil in city proper
7 m bordering metro area
Elon musk grew up 38 miles from
Phoenix on salt river -what’s the pop?

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15
Q

Top 2 counties in Africa by size

A

Algeria
DRC Democratic republic of Congo

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16
Q

Geographic center of North America is located

A

Rugby North Dakota
Kansas -contiguous US ?

17
Q

Music tribond - common name in the titles
Ray Charles
Charlie Daniels
Gladys knight

A

Georgia

Ray Charles - Georgia on my mind
Charlie Daniels - devil went down to Georgia
Gladys knight - midnight train to Georgia

18
Q

Suwanne river location
246 miles
215 miles in this state

A

Florida
Where’s the rest?

19
Q

98 animated movie with Val Kilmer Patrick Stewart and Sandra bullock

A

Thr prince of Egypt

Val Kilmer - Moses
Patrick Stewart -Ramses?
Sandra bullock -

20
Q

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid flee to this country after going on the run following after a string of train robberies

A

Bolivia

21
Q

This book is set in maycomb Alabama

A

To kill a mockingbird

22
Q

On April 1 1999 these two new territories were created after new borders drawn on the map of this country
Also first change to the country since this province joined the federation in 49

A

Split up Northwest Territories into
1 Nunavut none uh vut (Inuit for our land )
2 New Northwest territory

Newfoundland and Labrador most recent province
Let’s rage !!!

23
Q

South Dakota state bird
Also native to this country

A

Ring neck peasants - Barry’s grandfather brought to redfield pheasant capita of the world
Chinese ring neck pheasants so China

24
Q

Mountains over 8000 M or 2600 ft are called this
And how many
In 19 a guy did it in 6 months
First person to do did it over 16 years

A

Eight thousanders
There are 14
Nickname nims

25
Q

India and China have this percent of worlds pop

A

36%

26
Q

Countries or dependencies in Asia with less than 6 mil people
Make sure you get the 2 smallest

A

Singapore 5.8 M
Palestine
Oman
Kuwait
Georgia
10 Mongolia - 80% have lineage to Genghis khan he was slayin
Armenia
Qatar
Bah rain
Timor leste tee more lest e
Cyprus - Asia or Europe ?
Bhutan
Macaw
Maldives -2
Brunei - 1

Nepal has 29 mil

27
Q

No of stars in Big Dipper

A

7

28
Q

This African animal species was originally imported by this drug lord for private estate in Columbia and is now considered an invasive species ; after his death in 93 too difficult to transport to zoos so left to wander in mag duh lean uh river basin

A

Pqblo Escobar
Cocaine hippopotamuses

29
Q

Jennifer Jones national
Debut in 88 super bowl halftime show made history because it was the first time this happened
Then 63 year old NYC based dance company previously scrutinized by civil rights advocates

A

African American performed with rockettes

30
Q

In a parody of a famous artist impressionist’s painting this UK artist added shopping carts and traffic cones to a pond of water Lillie’s to show modern day impact of consumerism and pollution
Also name of painting which combined impressionist name and famous catch phrase from rod Tidwell in 96 movie

A

Banks e
Show me the mo nay

Tidwell- Jerry McGuire Tom cruise movie

31
Q

Kid in the shining
Also appeared as the grownup main character in this novel

A

Danny Torrence
Dr sleep - was earlier

32
Q

This city hosts the biggest and most famous celebration of this pre Lenten festival

A

Rio de Janeiro
Carnival

33
Q

Good housekeeping magazine warns that misusing this metallic sounding cosmetic can make you appear orange

A

Bronzer

34
Q

Rihanna born in this country

A

Barbados
Caribbean island

35
Q

The four events of womens artistic gymnastics include

A

Floor exercise
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Vault

36
Q

This 65 Bernard waber childrens book centers on a large aquatic reptile in NYC who lives in a house on east 88th street
Way brr

A

Lyle Lyle crocodile

37
Q

This English navigator of thr 16th century had a flagship called thr golden hind

A

Sue Francis drake

38
Q

First catholic president and VP

A

John Kennedy
Biden - VP and 2nd president