Tom Wolfe Bonfire Of The Vanities Flashcards

1
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Bestselling studio of all time by a female act in any genre

A

Come on over 97 Shania Twain 3rd studio album - bestselling studio of all time by a female act in any genre and best selling country album of all time

Shania Twain - bestselling artist in country history

First female artist in history to have 3 consecutive albums certified diamond by RIAA

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Harold’s “Ghostbusters” role

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Harold Allen Ramis (/ˈreɪmɪs/; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, comedian, director and writer. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films.

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3
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Triangular abode

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Aframe

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4
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is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere, usually the left, of the brain[5] with functions linked to speech production.

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Broca’s area or the broca area
Bro kuh
Bro kuhs

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5
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the name given to the log-rolling event at a lumberjack competition

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Birling

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6
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Song lyrics
Baby is you drunk
Is you hot enough
Are you here looking for love
Got the club going crazy

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All eyes on you
Philly’s meek mill

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7
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Song lyrics
No one knows what it’s like to be the bad man

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Behind blue eyes by The Who

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8
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Song lyrics
He said the way my blue eyes shine put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said that’s a lie

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Tim McGraw by Taylor swift - her first hit
Went double platinum
Wrote during freshman year of HS

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9
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Song lyrics

She’s got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes and see and ounce of pain

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Sweet child of mine - only 1
guns and roses
Off of appetite for destruction debut album 87
Also included welcome to the jungle and paradise city

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10
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Whose glasses are used by the boys to start a fire but are later broken and stolen by him leaving this group without warmth

3 total answers

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Piggy’s glasses
Stolen by jack leaving Ralph’s group

Lord of the flies
William Golding

Nugget - a science one
Actually diverging lens due to near sight - couldn’t see in thr distance - so technically couldn’t start a fire

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11
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In this novel a billboard depicting eye glasses overlooks toms adultery and murtle getting run over by daisy

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The great gatsby

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12
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This character goes blind in thr second dune novel and eventually walks into the desert to die alone
Bonus name of this novel

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Paul uh trade e sss or mo ah deeb
In dune messiah

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13
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Jamie in Yellowstone

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Wes Bentley
Plays Jamie Dutton
Also in American beauty - Ricky fitts struggles with substance abuse after and in documentary my big break

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14
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You should be dancing song
76

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Bee gees

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15
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Who wrote the following in the novel by the shores of the silver lake
Mary and Carrie and baby grace and ma all had scarlet fever far worst of all the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes and she was blind

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Laura ingells wilder

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16
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In 1971 he was the only one to play this sport here

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Alan Shepard played gold on the moon

17
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West side story was the first Broadway musical by this lyricist

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Sondheim

18
Q

This Washington DC university is known as the Mecca

A

Howard

19
Q

ISRO is thr NASA equivalent of this country

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India

20
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Mezzo-soprano Beverly

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Wolff

21
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Snack brand since 1921

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Utz

22
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You’ve got mail bookstore
And male and female lead and screen name and director

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Kathleen’s based off on books of wonder
Nora ephron
Meg Ryan shop girl
Tom hanks

23
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H.G. Wells race

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Eloi

24
Q

To the nearest billion this is the worlds current population 2023

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8 bil

25
Q

This beverage is the official state drink of 20 US states

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Milk

26
Q

Pung and kong are types of melds in this game

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Mahjong

27
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This part of a car is known in Britain as the bonnet

A

Hood

28
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EPCOts iconic attraction is a giant geosphere called this

A

Spaceship earth

29
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Olympic teams
A city of about 2.5 M people since 84 for political reasons it has been in the name of an Olympic team

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Taipei - Taiwanese go by Chinese Taipei
Due to diplomatic standoff between Republic of China and peoples republic of China
That’s what it says on the tv said Ken

30
Q

Most common eye diseases
13

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Glaucoma
Car uh tuh cone is
Diabetic retinopathy
Macular degeneration
Near sightedness - a refractive error
Far sightedness - a refractive error
Astigmatism uh - a refractive error
Cataracts
Presbyopia pres b oh p uh
Floaters
Dry eyes
Tearing
Pink eye

31
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Atlas Shrugged” author

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Ayn rand

32
Q

Driver’s “Star Wars” role

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Kylo ren