Betty Grable Million Dollar Legs Flashcards

1
Q

Thr lanterna of this Italian poet is the Mediterranean tallest lighthouse ; Antonio Columbo was the keeper in 1449 of thr first ones there

A

Gen uh wuh
Columbus uncle
Soccer derby so had to be clue

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2
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Fancy word from
French meaning a glimpse or an outline

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Ah per sue

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3
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Nov 25 thr date thr British cleared out of NYC in 1783 wqs once a blowout holiday called this day

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Evacuation day

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4
Q

In an episode called thr implant
She tells Seinfeld by the ray they’re real and they’re this

A

Spectacular

Terri Hatcher

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5
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In 1882 Robert Koch discovered a fern that ended the debate of whether this disease that claimed the life of chopin is hereditary
Show pan

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Tuberculosis

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6
Q

Stste capitals
It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7
More ah gah

A

Sacramento
Sacraments named after the holy Eucharist

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7
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For obvious reasons these Roman priestesses faced dire consequences if found unchaste like Amelia licinia and Marcia in 114 BC

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Vestal virgins

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Varna and Burgas are leading Bulgarian poets on the western coast of this body of water

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Black Sea

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9
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You can swim with the dolphins of this island in thr Bahamas that shares its name with a 80 Brooke shields film

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Blue lagoon

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10
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His memoir subtitled 40 songs 1 stoey takes us from his Dublin boyhood to superstardom

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Bono

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11
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6 letter term means to go back in fictional time and rewrite the past of a character or narrative for a new work

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Retcon

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12
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In thr title of a 70 no 1 hit and of sky stone long awaited memoir it preceded falettinme be mice elf again
For letting me be myself again

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Thank you

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13
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In 42 it was my kind of town for the first controlled nuclear chain reaction

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Chicago

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14
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From Latin or means occurring before noon

A

AM
Anti Meridan

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15
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This alliterative adjective applied to instant decisions came from stopwatches that had 2 separate moving hands

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Split second

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16
Q

Atlanta rapper with a stage name that’s always in fashion got kudos for thr honesty of his 17 autobiography

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Gucci mane

17
Q

In 23 Barbara Streisand put the corners of her mind ina book lincluding how in 23 she added 2 scenes back to this 73 film

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Thr way we were

18
Q

In horror stories she said she wrote thr songs on exile in guyville Broke lonely confused angry and people Related

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Liz fare

19
Q

Eastern Alabama city was named for a line in an Oliver goldsmith poem about the loveliest village of thr plain

A

Auburn

20
Q

Little boy atomic bombs used uranium 235 ; fat man this element that wqs discovered only around 1940

A

Plutonium

21
Q

Named this because flapvor resembles a combination of cinnamon cloves and nutmeg

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Allspice

22
Q

These greenish flower buds are dried pickled and used as garnish or seasoning

A

Capers

23
Q

In 4th century Constantine mother Helena traveled to this city where she had the basilica of thr holy sepulcher built
Hel un nuh

A

Jerusalem

24
Q

A program chief and a friend and a friend of j Robert Oppenheimer from Berkeley days this novel prize winner was played on screen by Josh hartnet

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Ernest Lawrence

25
Q

Technique of butterflying a whole
Bird before cooking ; faster roasting and crispier skin

A

Spatchcocking

26
Q

During his reign over Rome he had a coin minted with depiction of 3 sisters drusilla ag ruh peen uh luh villa

A

Cuh lig yuh luh

27
Q

River roses in thr lesotho highlands and crosses thr kalahari and namib deserts before emptying into Atlantic

A

Orange river

28
Q

Person or thing incongruously out of place or time

A

Anachronism

29
Q

Space shuttles
2 space shuttles were named for craft commanded by this man who died far from home in 1779

A

Cook
Discovery and endeavor shuttles named
For his ships

30
Q

People We’re lovin on me well not on me but him when he took that tune to no 1

A