Zodiac Sign Associated With Justice Flashcards

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Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at Waterloo by Wellington’s army and what other force?

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Prussian

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What do scientists believe is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy?

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Black hole

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On what day do Mexicans celebrate their army’s defeat of the French in the Battle of Puebla?

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May 5th

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The 1990 film “GoodFellas” chronicles the story of what real-life mobster and FBI informant?

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Henry hill

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What is the name of the largest section of the human brain?

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Cerebrum

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At which famed venue do amateurs rub a tree stump called the Tree of Hope for luck before going onstage?

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Apollo theater

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Starting in Chicago, which Amtrak train route crosses Lake Pontchartrain before reaching its final destination?

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City of New Orleans

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Pepitas are the edible seeds of which vegetable?

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Pumpkin

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What does the Q in QR code stand for?

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Quick

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Coined by Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, a grawlix describes…

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symbols representing a swear word

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Which of these religious leaders is most likely to wear a miter?

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Archbishop

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BIOGRAPHIES
Before entering politics, who studied physics at Karl Marx University and later received a doctorate in quantum chemistry?

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Angela Merkel

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MONEY & NUMBERS
Reportedly chosen because it matched her eyes, Lady Diana’s $37,500 engagement ring featured which stone?
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Sapphire

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HISTORY & SOCIETY
Inspired by the words of Pope Urban II, Peter the Hermit and Walter Sansavoir led the first unsuccessful efforts of what?

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Crusades

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Dentist Byron H. McKeeby modeled for which painting, inspiring his friends to tease him about using the pitchfork in his practice?

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American gothic

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ANIMALS & NATURE
To make up for its lack of blubber, which marine mammal has the thickest fur of any animal, up to 1 million hair follicles per square inch?

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Sea otter

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ANYTHING GOES
In 1999 New Mexico designated its official state question as “Red or green?”—referring to which food?

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Chili pepper

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GEOGRAPHY

Spanning from Germany’s Black Forest to the Black Sea, which is the only major river in Europe that flows from west to east?

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Danube

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HISTORY & SOCIETY
Leading a Scottish rebellion against the English army, who fought—and lost—at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298?

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William Wallace

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BIOGRAPHIES
Later providing outfits for Nancy Kerrigan and Michelle Kwan, fashion designer Vera Wang nearly qualified for the 1968 Olympics in which sport?

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Figure skating

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MONEY & NUMBERS
Partly because the island chain’s name was similar to that of his company, who bought one of the British Virgin Islands in the 1970s?

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Richard Branson

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SCIENCE & TECH
Frequently called Earth’s twin, which planet has nearly the same diameter as Earth?

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Venus

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BIOGRAPHIES
An outlaw country singer with a love of marijuana, which musician once smoked pot on the roof of the White House with Jimmy Carter’s son?

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Willie Nelson

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ANIMALS & NATURE
One of the few venomous lizards in the world, which is the largest lizard native to the United States?

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Gila Monster

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ARTS & CULTURE Trading colonial Africa for Vietnam, which film is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness?
Apocalypse Now
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Due to the presence of tiny air sacs called alveoli, which is the only organ in the human body that can float in water?
Lung
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VOCAB A polyglot is a person who can do what?
Speak multiple languages
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HISTORY & SOCIETY In 1989 the U.S. Army blasted rock music for 10 days to draw out and arrest which dictator, who had been ruling Panama since 1983?
+100 correct Manuel Noriega
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GEOGRAPHY After the Minnesota Twins and Vikings moved out of Metropolitan Stadium in 1982 and it was torn down, which structure replaced it?
Mall of America
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MONEY & NUMBERS A meal worth nearly $1 billion as of January 2025, two Papa John’s pizzas were bought on May 22, 2010, with 10,000…
Bitcoins
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ANYTHING GOES Adding umami to the cocktail, which condiment is traditionally used as an ingredient in a Bloody Mary?
Worcestershire sauce wu · stuh · shr saas
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Who won Super Bowl MVP for the Broncos during their Super Bowl 50 win over the Panthers in 2016?
Guess: Von Miller
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Before he won Super Bowl MVP with Washington, QB Doug Williams led this NFC team to its first ever playoff appearance during the 1979 season.
Guess: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Dominic Rhodes rushed for over 100 yards and a TD for what AFC team during a 2000's Super Bowl?
Guess: Pittsburgh Steelers Answer: indianapolis Colts
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First shown at Super Bowl XXXVII, Terry Tate: Office Linebacker was a series of commercials from this clothing and retail brand.
Guess: Nike Answer: Reebok
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Betty White was tackling people in a pick-up football game for this candy brand's "You're Not You When You're Hungry" Super Bowl XLIV commercial in 2010.
Guess: Snickers
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The second season of this CBS reality competition series debuted and aired directly after Super Bowl XXXV in 2001.
Guess: Survivor
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With the first sneak peek dropping during Super Bowl LII, Ron Howard directed this 2018 Star Wars movie starring Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, and Donald Glover.
Guess: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Answer: Solo: A Star Wars Story
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Who was the headliner during the Super Bowl XLIX halftime performance in 2015 when Left Shark became a viral internet meme?
Guess: Katy Perry
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BIOGRAPHIES Who preferred "Snorky," the nickname given by his friends, to the "Scarface" nickname given to him by the press?
+100 correct Al Capone
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ANYTHING GOES Which is the only city to have hosted the Olympic Games in both seasons: Summer in 2008 and Winter in 2022?
Beijing
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ARTS & CULTURE Seen topping St. Basil’s Cathedral, onion domes are a common feature of which denomination of churches in Russia?
Orthodox
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Known as the “Pirate Capital,” the city of Eyl is on the east coast of which African nation?
Somalia
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MONEY & NUMBERS If a car holds 10 gallons of gasoline in the U.S., that same car would hold approximately how many liters of petrol in the U.K.?
+100 correct 38
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HISTORY & SOCIETY Used from 1350 to 1830, the French title dauphin referred to the…
+100 correct king’s eldest son
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SCIENCE & TECH The first Google Doodle appeared on August 30, 1998, to signify that the company’s cofounders were in Nevada attending which annual event?
+100 correct Burning Man
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ANIMALS & NATURE Also known as monkshood and aconite, which flower is extremely poisonous and in Greek mythology sprang from the spit of Cerberus?
+100 correct Wolfsbane
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This is the only place that alligators and crocodiles coexist in the wild
The Everglades in Florida is the only place in the US to see crocodiles in the wild, and it also is the only place on earth where crocodiles and alligators see each other in nature
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Aurora is the name of the princess in what Disney animated film
Sleeping beauty Aurora goes by briar Rose when living as a peasant
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Fitting for their love of legends what magical creature is the official national animal of Scotland?
Unicorn, like Scottish people unicorns are independent and hard to capture
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This shoe company was created after their family feud with the founder of Adidas
Puma Adi Dassler founded Adidas with his brother Rudy, who is in charge of sales. A family dispute led to a split and then a fierce rivalry between the companies.
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In 2021 she gave a TED talk on the history of the twerk
Lizzo, the talks title was the black history of Twerking and how it taught me self love
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Although no longer referred to as her royal highness, Meghan Markle still holds what title
Duchess of Sussex Harry and Megan’s official website is sussex.com
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In 1977 this assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. escaped from prison, but was recaptured after 54 hours
Ray
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Just days after stabbing john Paul Marott through the heart, she lost her head on the guillotine
Charlotte Corday
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In 1984 two of her Sikh bodyguard shot her outside her home in New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
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In consequential We rarely start a clue with from the Anglo-Norman, but this legal verb is from the Anglo-Norman for to exonerate
Acquit
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The Cabot trail takes you by some epic coastal views of this cape, actually an island in Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
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In 98 this Cher song became the first hit record to use autotune to distort the music
Believe
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The first part song featuring a Sita was this 65 Beatles tune that begins I once had a girl or should I say she once had me?
Norwegian wood
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In 1987 Los Lobos stock this Ritchie Valens hit to number one, the first Spanish language song to top the hot 100 chart
La Bamba
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In 1957 baby became the first rock ‘n’ roll duo to have a number one hit with wake up little Susie
Everly Brothers 57
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Shunmyo Masuno Offers 100 ways to bring yourself, happiness and calm in this form of Buddhism, the art of simple living
Zen
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Inspiring a Leonardo DiCaprio film this Frank abagnale memoir is subtitle the true story of a real fake Ab ig nail
Catch me if you can
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In the demon of unrest, this devil in the white city author writes about the months between Lincoln‘s election and the start of the war
Erik Larson
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The epigraph to this classic 1962 book quotes Keats, the sedge is withered from the lake and no birds sing
Silent spring
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In 1987 book Robert Ballard detailed his quest to find this at the bottom of the Atlantic
Titanic
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She deserves a lot of RESPECT for being the first woman inducted into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame back in 1987
Aretha Franklin
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The French Revolution began with the storming of which fortress?
Thr Bastille
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Christopher Columbus reached the Americas under the sponsorship of which monarchy?
Spain
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His dark series of paintings is referred to as black paintings
Francisco Goya’s
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Angkor Wat is a temple complex in which Southeast Asian country?
Cambodia
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The Black Death killed roughly what percentage of Europe’s population?
30-60%
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Piano piece by franz list
Etude
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Esse quam videri” (state motto)
North Carolina
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Name of President Obama’s dog
Sunny
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Old dodge models
Omnis
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The kite Runner” author
novel by Khaled Hosseini)
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Vidalia veggie
ONION
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Dancing with the Stars” judge Carrie ___
Ann INABA
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Im so bored feeling
Ennui
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Vendors booth in a mall
Kiosk
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Finding Your Roots” host ___
Louis Gates, Jr. HENRY
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Lorna Doone Novel
by R. D. Blackmore
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Taps” instrument
Bugle
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is an English actress. She is known for portraying Jess Bhamra in the film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the NBC medical drama ER (2003–2009). Her other television roles include Meera Malik in the first season of the NBC crime drama The Blacklist (2013–2014) and a recurring role in the ABC/Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017) as Ellen Nadeer for season four.
Parminder Kaur Nagra (born 5 October 1975 More recently, Nagra has starred as the titular character of the ITV series DI Ray (2022–2024).
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Cloud Cuckoo Land” author
Anthony DOERR
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Financial guru who wrote “Women and Money”
ORMAN
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Air France “boomers,” for short
SSTS
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Compact expression of a general truth
MAXIM
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Native of Nizwa
OMANI
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King of Crete who commissioned a labyrinth
MINOS