Venezuela Boliviar Flashcards by Michael Kridla

During the 2008 season, this Hall of Famer led the Arizona Cardinals in rushing yards and helped them make it to the Super Bowl.

Guess: Anquan Boldin
Answer: Edgerrin James

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After three seasons in San Antonio, the Spurs traded George Hill on Draft Night in 2011 to this Eastern Conference team in exchange for the pick to select Kawhi Leonard.

Guess: Indiana Pacers

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The host of five U.S. Opens and soon to be home to a 6th in 2026, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is located in what U.S. state?

Guess: North Carolina
Answer: New York

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This 1908 classic children’s novel followed an 11-year-old orphan girl sent by mistake to two middle-aged siblings who had originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm.

Guess: Animal Farm
Answer: Anne of Green Gables

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Coming in Pepperoni & Cheese, Chicken & Cheese, and Double Cheese varieties, what major chain currently offers the snack option known as Footlong Dippers?

Guess: Subway

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What legendary TV actor earned three Emmy nominations for his role as Michael on NBC’s The Good Place from 2016-2020?

Guess: Ted Danson

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A detective begins a relationship with an enigmatic writer & the suspect in a murder case he’s investigating in this 1992 erotic thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone.

Guess: Basic Instinct

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If I took you home, it’d be a home run, show me how you do. I wanna shut down the club with you. Hey, I heard you like…” are lyrics from what 2011 Flo Rida song featuring Sia?

Guess: Wild Ones

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This began in 1934 and crossed 18 mountain ranges and 24 Rivers before reaching shaanxi province the following year
Shahn she

The long march

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A major war began in 1618 and ended with the peace of Westfalia in this year. Know the event do the math and your home.

1648
The 30 years war

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The sequence of US vice presidents goes Breckenridge Hannibal Hamlin , this man, but tragedy saw him serve only a few few weeks

Andrew Johnson

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In 1940 he became chief of the NAACP legal defense and educational fund 27 years later he became a supreme authority

Thurgood Marshall, not Clarence Thomas

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Queen Mary, docked the throne in 1553 but set sail for the hereafter in 1558 and a new age dawned with this royal

Queen Elizabeth

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Showbiz is easy! Anna paquin won an Oscar for her first screen role in this 1993 film film and was instrumental to its success

The piano

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Pre Sherlock he had an early role on British TV as Rory slippery on 40 something

Cumberbatch

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Set in the Aussie outback 1983 Bush Christmas was the feature film debut of this Oscar winning actress

Nicole Kidman

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Her first IMDb credit is for married with children. She then checked into General Hospital, but eventually she made a royal exit.

Meghan Markle

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Schwarzenegger made his film debut as this strong man of myth in New York but his voice didn’t ;Arnold got dubbed over by an American

Hercules

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Animal anagrams
Aquatic and endangered :emanate

Manatee

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Animal anagrams
Plated for protection : radio mall

Armadillo

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I’m putting you on red because I’m a guest on the really good podcast with this host and she is so serious that it’s scaring me

Bobbi Althoff
Al toff

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I didn’t answer your phone because I was knee-deep in some low tide, muck, searching for razor and butter types of this bi valve

Clams

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Animal anagrams
Popular pet : Amherst

Hamster

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Animal anagrams
Horny herbivore :
Choir snore

Rhinoceros

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A famous 1880s experiment showed there is no evidence for this luminiferous medium thought to carry light waves

Ether

Keep your receipts! In this two word arrangement in which employer pays for lunches and such Pete Campbell on madman had one

Expense account

Ancient receipts for sacrifices are preserved on this material from a water plant. Could your Wendy’s receipt the museum bound?

Papyrus

Animal anagrams Barnyard bovid : toga

Patrick Mahomes is the goat

You can get a donation receipt for gifts to worthy causes like this Memphis hospital fighting pediatric cancer since 1962

Saint Jude’s

Need proof the Earth is round watch this device called fu co this change direction as the planet spins

Pendulum

Andrew Wiles electrified the 1990s math world with a proof of the 350-year-old mystery known as this man’s last theorem

Fer ma

Receipts can be uploaded speedily, of course to this intuit service to let business owners track finances

Quick books

Whether your cart is full of its Kirkland signature goods or not, you’ll have to show your receipt when exiting this store

Costco

I’m busy updating my iPhone with iOS 18, the OS short for this

Operating system

In the 1920s Robert Millikan prove that certain high energy rays came from outer space and coined this time to describe them

Cosmic rays

I can’t talk. I can only boogie. I’m trying to get an AA while playing this double talk arcade game

DDR dance dance revolution

In 2023 two teenagers presented an impossible proof for this theorem named for an ancient Greek to the American mathematical society

Pythagorean theorem for Pythagoras

His majesty king jigme kzar rules over the small Asian nation that promotes the gross national happiness index

Bhutan

Moving to music in two four-time with three quick steps and a hop this lively Bohemian folk dance can be seen in smetana’s the bartered bride Smet nuh’s

Polka

In 2021 this gymnast became the first woman to land a Yurchenko double pike in a competition in 2023 It was renamed to honor her.

Simone Biles

On May 26, 1991, Willie T ribs became the first African-American to drive in this auto race

Indy 500 Indy 500

Term for the transmission of light through a translucent material

Oh, diffusion

When making this German dish note, Farmer rabbit is milder than wild and may not need marinating as long as in Oma’s recipe

Hahs en Pfeffer

In 2014 acche din aane wale hain or you pay good times are coming with a slogan use by the BJP to elect this leader

Modi, in India

Before taking a higher position, he was mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998

Erdogan Er dough wan President of Turkey

In 1749 the French laid out this capital in a grid pattern around a port called low p tahl

Port uh prince Haiti

Gustavq capital of Saint Barts was named for this country’s King Gustav III

Sweden

This capital of the US Virgin Islands was founded in 1666 as taphus danish for beer hall Tah poohs

Charlotte Amalie Ah mahl e uh

In a story within this 1880 Russian novel, Ivan tells his sibling ahl e oh shhh a tale about Jesus and the grand inquisitor in Spain

The brothers Karamazov

“Six, rainbows in San Francisco and other foggy places can appear to be this color due to the water droplets absorbing the color.

White foggy rainbows

Seven, what severe Midwest windstorm is born from multiple thunderstorms? It can reach speeds of 100 miles per hour and leave mass destruction across long stretches of land.

“Deracos.” Derick cos?

Number eight, where is the wettest place on earth, Mossenram, M-A-W-S-Y-N-R-A-M, averaging 467 inches of precipitation annually? Just give me the country that Mossenram is in. Number nine, where is the driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert, averaging less than one millimeter of precipitation per year?

India

Some areas haven't seen any rain for 500 years, and I'll need the name of that country. The Atacama Desert is in this country.

Chile

And number ten, this tornado of 1999 in Oklahoma reached speeds of 301 miles per hour?

Bridge Creek Tornado

Which restaurant chain misses out on an estimated $1.2 billion annually by closing all its locations on Sundays?

Chick-fil-A

SCIENCE & TECH Wider than Earth and hundreds of years old, the is a massive storm located on which planet? +100 correct

Great Red Spot on Jupiter

A 330,000-acre wildlife preserve in Queensland, Australia, was created in 2007 and named for which conservationist? +100 correct

Steve Irwin

Which word, describing a person who is foolishly impractical, is based on the title character of Miguel de Cervantes’s famous novel? +100 correct

Quixotic

ANIMALS & NATURE The deep taproot of which plant, often considered a weed, can be roasted and used to make a caffeine-free coffee alternative?

Dandelion

ANYTHING GOES Making its NHL debut in 1993, which sports franchise was originally named for a fictional team from a hit Disney movie? +100 correct

Anaheim Ducks

HISTORY & SOCIETY Fought for control of the Mediterranean, the Punic Wars were a series of three conflicts between which powers? +100 correct

Roman Republic and Carthage

BIOGRAPHIES Responsible for funding more than 2,500 worldwide, including one in his Scottish hometown, who was called the “patron saint of libraries”? +100 correct

Andrew Carnegie

ARTS & CULTURE Best known for his paintings of ballerinas, which artist created Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, the only sculpture he exhibited publicly in his lifetime? +100 correct

Edgar Degas

What nickname is given to the most stolen painting, a portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III?

Takeaway Rembrandt

The remains of Cleopatra's palace were discovered in the late 1990s off the coast of which Egyptian city?

Alexandria

Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor, the voice actors behind which cartoon couple, actually got married in real life?

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

What 1953 novel marked the first appearance of Ian Fleming's agent James Bond?

Casino royale

In April 1964, what fictional character received his own ZIP code due to the thousands of letters sent to him each year?

Smokey bear

All identical twins, have different what

Fingerprints fingerprint patterns can be affected by several factors, including umbilical cord length and position in the womb

From 1894 1910 he made 18 paintings of dogs playing this game

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge Playing poker Of the 18 poker dog paintings 16 were commissioned to advertise cigars

Not wanting extra sunshine during the hot summer which state opted out of daylight saving time in 1968

Arizona Land in Arizona that belongs to the Navajo nation does observe daylight saving time

A Pell grant is a financial gift given by the government to use for what

College Name for a Rhode Island senator the Pell grant is the largest federal grant program for undergraduate students

As a sign of friendship, what country sent the US 3000 cherry blossom trees which were planted in Washington DC in 1912

Japan DC holds an annual national cherry blossom festival for two weeks in March April to celebrate the trees blooming

Name some animals in Beatles songs

Octopus, walrus, raccoon, blackbird, bulldog, pony, monkey

As a lab grown crystal miassite can act as one of these meaning has no electrical resistance once cooled Me ass ite

Super conductor

Sometimes fried in, baking, fat, healthy, as can be this colorful potato dish is pressed into flat cakes in a pan

Hashbrowns

Omaha steaks Private reserve of this boneless cut from the small end of the tenderloin cost $540 for 12 10 ounce ones

Filet mignon

Oh Canada, this type of potato with buttery yellow flesh is great for mashing

Yukon gold

The black death hit this colorful Mongol group in 1346 and 47 and it was downhill from there

Golden horde

The New Testament has now abideth this trio of virtues with the last one being the greatest

Faith hope charity

On May 31 and June 1, 1921 a white mob in this city pillaged and burned a prosperous business district known as Black Wall Street

Tulsa Oklahoma

Playing Achilles in the movie Troy, this actor managed to injure his yep you guessed it Achilles tendon

Brad Pitt

After nannying identical twins played by Lindsay Lohan in this 1998 film, she had real life identical twins of my own and they even share the characters birthday Talk about life, imitating art

Parent trap Lisa Ann Walter

After winning a Super Bowl with the Ravens, Trent Dilfer played for this NFC team from 2001-2004.

Guess: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Answer: Seattle Seahawks

Playing both WR & QB at Kentucky, this player totaled 5 passing TD's, 22 rushing TD's, and 13 TD catches from 2007-2009 before getting drafted by the Packers.

Guess: Aaron Jones Answer: Randall Cobb

Carl Crawford spent the final four seasons of his MLB career with this National League team from 2013-2016.

Guess: St. Louis Cardinals Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers

With a little over 73,000 people, this city in Michigan is the 10th most populated U.S. city or town beginning with the letter "K".

Guess: Kalamazoo Answer: Kalamazoo

With its logo being its name behind a leaf, Coca-Cola produces this brand of sugar-filled teas with flavors like Lemon + Sweet Tea, Pineapple + Mango, and Watermelon + Lime.

Guess: Sweet Leaf Double Dip Guess: Nestle Pure Life Answer: Fuze

In his mid-60's, this former movie star & SNL cast member took on a supporting role as Pierce Hawthorne on NBC's Community in 2009.

Guess: Chevy Chase

hit overseas and a cult favorite in America, this 2016 Korean action horror film was primarily set on a train as passengers try to survive a zombie outbreak.

Guess: Bullet Train Answer: Train to Busan

This rapper had three Billboard Hot 100 hits in 1998 with his songs: "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It", "Miami", and "Just The Two Of Us".

Guess: Will Smith Answer: Will Smith

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