White House no red phone Flashcards

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In 2012 this late music artist was famously brought back as a hologram at Coachella

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Tupac Shakur
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg surprise everyone when they brought out their former collaborator 2Pac in hologram form to perform two songs at Coachella in 2012

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Before his acting career took off Harrison Ford supporting himself by doing what

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Carpentry
Ford had a wife and two children early in his career and said it was his work as a carpenter that allowed him to support them while holding out for better roles

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First phone text message sent and what year

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Merry Christmas 1992
22-year-old engineer sent merry Christmas to a colleague while working for the British company Vodafone UK

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On April 28, 1789 Fletcher Christian of the Royal Navy embarked on this new car”eer”

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Mutineer

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This North American colonial Empire seen on 16th century maps as Gallia nova ended with the fall of Quebec and Montreal
Gale e uh nova

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New France

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This lands choson dynasty was troubled by Prince Sado who kept killing eunuchs and was left to die in a rice chest
You knicks
Choh son

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Korea

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Once he had 32 as a freezing point, he put the thermometer in his armpit and was happy to find his body temp was close to a neat 3×32.

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Fahrenheit

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The first of this pair of battles on April 19, 1775 lasted a few minutes around sunrise ; the second took longer until around Sunset

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Lexington and Concord

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Make it singular
Graffiti

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Graffito
Gruh feet O

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Make it singular
Codices
Co duh sees

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Codex

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Make it singular
Strata

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Stratum

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Make it singular
Bison

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Bison

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When the ferry can’t go Madeline island in Lake superior is accessible by this two word conduit also in the title of the TV show

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Ice Road

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PI is for Port Authority in this acronym for the train That’s a vital length between Manhattan and New Jersey.

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PATH

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Upon reflection, it probably wasn’t the best look for the brand when this bus line owned a meat packing company from 1970 to 1983

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Greyhound

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2200 trains a day run between Boston and Washington DC in what Amtrak calls the Northeast this type of passageway

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Corridor

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Talk about a passel of kids this North American marsupial can give birth to as many as 20 babies at a time each no larger than a bee

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Opossum

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Hens dissolve their own bones if needed to get this element to make shells for their young

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Calcium

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Make it singular alumni seven letters

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Alumnus

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There’s a fluid specific to your specific job ;applying makeup can be part of it preserving more than dignity

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Embalmer

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Knows the proper use of propofol ;can count to 16 (letters in the job ) and tell people to count backward from 100

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anesthesiologist
Anesthesiologist
Ann s thee z ahl uh gist

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Field general millions look at every movie you make and critique it Otto Graham and Russell Wilson good examples

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Quarterback

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A work crew leader ; a jury leader less remunerative

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Foreman

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Just doing my job three letters dealing with numbers and exam section for it is called auditing and attestation the exam itself took 16 hours

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CPA

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Dad must be relieved when mom of the Emperor species of this returns from a long trek to the ocean and regurgitates fish for the chick
Penguin
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This time From the Latin for carrying can test any mom’s patience for an elephant it can be 22 months and an octopus 53.
Gestation
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APhids can produce young through this virgin birth method with no mating and produce pregnant babies holding more young
Parthenogenesis Parth n o genesis A type of asexual reproduction
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In the city with more fabled transit options, the number eight muni bus and a little walking will take you from Pier 39 to Chinatown
San Francisco
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Ice cube said he was inspired to write this hit in a state of euphoria I gotta say….
It was a good day
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Real name, Scott mesk uh D this rapper was just 24 when he released his hit debut single day and night
Kid Cudi
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Thursday, I don’t care about you It’s this cure title.
Friday, I’m in love
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6 o’clock already I was just in the middle of a dream begins this bangles hit that prince wrote
Manic Monday
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The name of this Bay Area pop punk band is slang for sunlit hours given over to smoking pot
Green Day Shocked to learn what it means
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It has a short name at just two ladders, but it flows 2268 miles across Russia as the seventh longest river in the world
Ob
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In a letter to penpal across the sea, Harriet Beecher Stowe she discussed her own novel Daniel duh Ron duh
George Elliott
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Joan Didion established her reputation as an essayist with this 1968 collection
Slouching towards Bethlehem
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You can breathe easier knowing that Terry McMillan wrote a sequel to this novel called getting to happy
Waiting to exhale
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This 700 mile long Russian territory between the sea of Oh kotsk and the Bering sea is home to 29 active volcanoes
Cam cha kuh
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Because of a dispute over the kuril islands in the western Pacific Russia, and this nation have never signed a treaty World War III Cure ill
Japan
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On the Apple TV+ show dark matter she plays Daniela dessden who exists in more than one timeline
Jennifer, Connelly
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First name is Gregory. This pill popping title doctor woke up in a burning building in the 2012 series finale.
House
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Also known as Leopold stotch this South Park lad has a feminine alter ego name Marjorine Mar guh reen
Butters
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On the boys, Jesse Usher plays this speedy superhero with a name familiar from a Duke Ellington number
A train
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2022 gave us the last episode of this weepy NBC drama that featured characters like Randall, Kate and Kevin
This is us
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My 1905 clair de lune shares its name with a poem by Paul Ver Lin
Deb u c
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Frank Franz served as an Indian agent of the Osage agency before becoming this territory’s last governor in 1906
Oklahoma
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Florida governor William Pope Duval tried to be fair to these people. The wars named for them were before and after his 1822 to 1834 tenure .
Seminoles
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I lasted 11 days as White House communications Director in July 2017
Scaramucci Scare uh moo chee
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As mayor of flavor town, I brought my frosted tips to diners and drive-ins, and even some dives
Guy fee et E
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They call me the prince of humanism and the greatest scholar of the northern renaissance, but you can call me Desi
Dez uh darius Erasmus?
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This metal stand of three legs is used the hold cooking vessels over a fire
Trivet
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Seven letter word for a decorative crest of hair on the crown of the head
Top knot
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I’m afraid you’re this again young person absent from school without permission
Truant
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Seize the day heavy projectiles could be hurled from one of these in the Middle Ages
Trebuchet Treb u shay
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This city was Russia capital from 1712 until just after the 1917 revolution
St. Petersburg
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Basically, all of Russia east of the ural mountains, this region name may come from a Tatar word meaning sleeping land Tah ter
Siberia
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Before his brief time as US president, he served 12 years as governor of the Indiana territory
William Henry Harrison
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In 1941 it’s Governor Joseph Poindexter protested the transfer of some of the Pacific fleet to the Atlantic
Hawaii He was right
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Call Zippy zesty and Zotti this debut novel cooked up by Bonnie Garmus became a streaming series starring brie Larson
Lessons in chemistry
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She dedicated Frankenstein to her father William Godwin
Mary ? Shelley
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It can refer to a sequence of RNA or written record on what was said orally
Transcript
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In 1992 I died in Little Rock, Arkansas after founding the largest retail sales chain in the United States
Sam Walton
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Arkansas governor James Miller was once famous for his quote. I will try sir during this early 19th century war
War of 1812
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ANIMALS & NATURE Which animal’s incisors have iron enamel, making them stronger than those of many other rodents? +100 correct
Beaver
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GOES The name of which hero’s alter ego came from combining the names of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce and the American revolutionary “Mad” Anthony Wayne? +100 correct
Batman
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GEOGRAPHY In which state, home to the largest Amish population in the U.S., does the Department of Transportation publish a Horse and Buggy Driver’s Manual?
Pennsylvania
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MONEY & NUMBERS At a 2024 auction a full fossilized skeleton, complete with back plates and tail spikes, of which dinosaur sold for a record $44.6 million? +100 correct
Stegosaurus
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SCIENCE & TECH Partnering with other A-list musicians, like his wife, Beyoncé, which rapper purchased the music streaming service TIDAL in 2015? correct
Jay-Z
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HISTORY & SOCIETY Eventually spreading to the U.S., the Cosa Nostra is a criminal organization that rose to power in the early 1800s on which island? +100 correct
Sicily
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ARTS & CULTURE According to Greek mythology, Prometheus angered Zeus by stealing which item and giving it to humans? +100 correct
Fire
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BIOGRAPHIES Opposing Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans, which actor sent activist Sacheen Littlefeather to reject the Oscar for best actor in 1973? +100 correct
Marlon Brando
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VOCAB Complete the sentence with the correctly spelled word: Wearing Hawaiian shirts to class was just one of Professor Stern’s many _____. +100 correct
idiosyncrasies
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Reverse Polish notation is commonly used in which of the following fields of study?
Mathematics
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What country is home to a historical marker that reads "On this spot Ferdinand Magellan died"?
Philippines
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What does the 150m high and 93m wide building, unveiled in Dubai in early 2018, depict?
Picture frame
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Ambergris, a waxy substance that was once used in making perfume, comes from what animal?
Sperm whale
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What people conquered Russia in the 13th century and established an empire known as "The Golden Horde"?
Mongols
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What was the real name of Pope John Paul I, who served as Pope for about a month in 1978?
Albino luciani
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What is the desert home of Luke Skywalker in the movie "Star Wars"?
Tatooine
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What popular song was sampled in the 1990 M.C. Hammer hit "U Can't Touch This"?
Super freak
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Which football (soccer) player has a black belt in taekwondo?
Ibrahimovic Zlatan
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La Niña weather patterns are brought about by what occurrence in the eastern Pacific Ocean?
Cold water