Peru, Tanzania Madagascar below the equator Flashcards

(30 cards)

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ANYTHING GOES
At what company do 80 percent of all employees work only during the first four months of the year?
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H&R Block

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ARTS & CULTURE
An annual museum fundraiser known for its over-the-top outfits, the Costume Institute Benefit is also called what?

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Met Gala

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ANIMALS & NATURE
Helpful for regulating body temperature in the desert, what body parts of fennec foxes can be half their body size?

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Ears

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HISTORY & SOCIETY
Signed in 1928, this was an attempt to make war illegal in the wake of World War I

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

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MONEY & NUMBERS
Auctioned off for $6.24 million in 2024, Comedian is a work of art made by duct-taping what fruit to a wall?

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Banana

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GEOGRAPHY
Built as a Christian church by a Byzantine emperor, the Hagia Sophia is now an iconic mosque located in what city?

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Istanbul

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SCIENCE & TECH
Which of these words was formed by combining the Japanese for “picture” and “written character”?

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Emoji

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BIOGRAPHIES
Chief Sitting Bull gave what person the Lakota name Watanya Cicilia, or “Little Sure Shot”?

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Annie Oakley

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The U.S. Supreme Court a group of nine justices is an example of an because the…
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ennead
N e ad

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Best selling girl group of all time

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Spice Girls
worldwide sales of more than 100 million records
Scary , posh spice ,sporty ?

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Buy definition, crepuscular animal, such as deer and rabbits are most active when

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Twilight
Animals who are active at Dawn and dusk can more easily evade predators

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As any gym rat Should know FITT stands for

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Frequency, intensity, time and type

Type refers to whether your workout will focus on cardio or strength training

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Over 30,000 people used the underground railroad to escape slavery and find freedom in this country

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Canada,
while the underground route also provided a escape to free northern US states Canada held a reduced risk of extradition

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The Los Angeles Dodgers name is a shortened version of this nickname from the teams early days in Brooklyn

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Trolley Dodgers
The Dodgers earned their nickname in 1895 due to the street cars that weaved their way through the streets of Brooklyn

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What actor gained 100 pounds in five months to prepare for his role in Batman begins

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Christian Bale
Bale Gained so much muscle that Director Chris Nolan asked him to lose some weight before filming

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Edible and musical before and after
A Hawaiian popstar has the uptown Funk as a candy item most popular in Britain

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Bruno Mars bar

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This archipelago at the bottom of South America lends its name to a type of fox the southernmost living canid
Can id

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Fuegian fox from Tierra del Fuego
Fway g in fox

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Display your wisdom and name this sea that separates the same named islands from New Guinea

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Edible and musical before and after

Are we having fun yet?
A dark German rye bread enriches the band that asks are we having fun yet in how you remind me

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Pumper Nickelback

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Edible and musical before and after
Not like us legend whose mystique gets a little bit fluffier with a small ingredient

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Kendrick Lamarshmellow

21
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Five random words from novels
Is
squadron
Nately
crazy
Appleby’s (applebees)
not Applebee’s

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Five random words from novels
Kerosene once iF books Beatty

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Fahrenheit 451

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Edible and musical before and after
A double talk, chocolate confection that doubles as the you give love a bad name, power rockers

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Edible and musical before and after
The brass monkey rap crew becomes a little fruit on a prickly bush

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Beastie Boys in Berry

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This form Portuguese colony lies between Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Angola
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Zanzibar Sultan Khalid bin barghash is one of the many exiles to reluctantly visit this remote South Atlantic aisle
Saint Helena
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In 1939 Thomas Merton opened the Bible to Luke 120 and read behold you shall be this and he decided to become a trappist monk
Silent
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Five random words from the novel Maycomb, calpurnia reckon were shotgun
To kill a Mockingbird
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Five random words from the novel agerstown Crumby school Phoebe at
Catcher in the rye
30
The first U.S. coin to honor a female citizen was in 1979 when the Mint began creating dollar coins honoring this U.S. women's rights activist that lived from 1820-1906.
Guess: Sojourner Truth Double Dip Guess: Kerry Washington Answer: Susan B. Anthony