Botswana Gab Uh Rone A Flashcards

1
Q

In 1983 riots around world were caused by Black Friday shoppers searching for this toy

A

Cabbage patch dolls
Caleco sold more than 3 M in 83

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2
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He moved Thanksgiving earlier in November
Also why

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FDR to increase Xmas shopping
Always used to be last Thursday of November

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3
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Going viral in 24 from her pen in a Thai zoo moo deng is this type of animal

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Pygmy hippo
Means bouncy pork

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4
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Kleenex zeros and chapstick have this is common

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Trademarked names that became genericized

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5
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In charge of carrying out a wishes in a will

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Executor

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6
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First person to host SNL weekend update

A

Chevy chase
I’m Chevy chase and you’re not

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7
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Glasgo likes on both banks of this river

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Clyde

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8
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Once one of Colombia’s most da ferrous cities today it is among the most vibrant and innovative and a tourist destination

A

Med uh yeen

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9
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Margaret Macmillan 20 book with this 3 letter title asks does it bring out the bestial side of human nature or the best

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War

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10
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Not confined to politics it can be a written statement on an art movement’s intent
Wayne Kramer rhymes it with chips and pesto

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Manifesto

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11
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Antonym for a hater of French culture
11 letters

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Francophile

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12
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Antonym for antisocial - starts with a Brady boy
10 letters

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Gregarious

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13
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Antonym for wild and crazy
Rhymes with raid
5 letters

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Staid

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14
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Current world capital was once the capital of Prussia

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Berlin

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15
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This fovist who decorated a chapel in Vence France is buried nearby at the Franciscan monastery in cimiez
See May
Vanz

A

Muh teese

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16
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This word meaning a display of artworks arranged within a particular space can also refer to a military base or a job for a plumber

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Installation

17
Q

Old man with a gold chain is one of his many works marrying light and shadow

A

Rembrandt

18
Q

Honorees in the Jewish American HOF include Barbara Streisand and the subject of the movie maestro

A

Bern stine

19
Q

Country music HOF class of 24 includes this late singer of hits like red solo cup and how do you like me now

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Toby Keith

20
Q

You can purchase a combo ticket to visit these 2 hofs in Ohio
Need cities

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Cleveland rock and roll
canton pro football

21
Q

Dixk goodwin coined great society and this historian wife’s book an unfinished love story is about him and the 60s

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Doris kearns Goodwin- his wife

22
Q

FDR first veep
Stocked vp room with adult beverages

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John mance Garner

23
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Duties of this chief law enforcement officer include escorting heads of state into the chamber and keeping the senate gavel

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Sargeant at arms

24
Q

Recipe for this soup which has been on the senate cafeteria menu for over 120 years once included mashed potatoes

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Navy bean soup

25
Q

Largest Swiss city they ranks among the worlds most expensive to live in

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Zurich

26
Q

Historian won pulitzers for Truman and John Adams narrated several of Ken burns pbs documentaries

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David McCullough

27
Q

Vuh hawk in dod dree in authored several works documenting the attacks on this ethnic group during ww1

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Armenians
R mean e ins

28
Q

7 senators have been awarded the Medal of Honor including this Hawaiian who lost his right arm in Italy in ww2

A

Uh new A

29
Q

Step Inside the big musky a giant model of this fish and the highlight of the fresh water fishing HOF in this city

A

Wisconsin
Musk uh lunge

30
Q

Antonym for constant sounds like it’s innermost planet related
9 letters

A

Mercurial

31
Q

Antonym for clumsy resembling jack vis a vis the candlestick
6 letters

A

Nimble

32
Q

National hof in ft worth celebrating these women of the west, past and present
Yeehaw

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Cowgirls

33
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Businessmen
After joining the army at 16 in 1906 for a brief stint he received a much higher honorary rank from the governor of his state 29 years later

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colonel sanders
Gov of Kentucky made him an honorary Kentucky colonel in 35

34
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The pequod goes from Nantucket far south around this cape them through the Indian Ocean to the South Pacific and a big Showdown

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Cape of good hope

35
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24 is the 50th anniversary of this book about bike engines and much more that follows a trip from Minneapolis to the west coast

A

Zen and the art of Motorcycle maintenance

36
Q

In Shakespeare antony says he’ll take his ships from the head of this promontory and beat the approaching Caesar; he doesn’t

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(Battle of ) Actium

37
Q

For 22 album from death cab for cutie it’s the song asphalt meadows

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Title track
Name of song and record

38
Q

The tetra brand makes this that will keep your sick lids (cichlids) happy and full of vitamins

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Fish food