buildings is identified with Gothic style of architecture? Westminster Abbey Flashcards
ANYTHING GOES
Donning such garments as a pleated miniskirt, Zendaya frequently promoted the film Challengers by sporting a niche style called what?
Tennis-core
ARTS & CULTURE
With more than 10,000 performances since it was revived in 1996, which is the longest-running musical on Broadway that is still playing?
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Chicago
MONEY & NUMBERS
Although a TV star since Wizards of Waverly Place, which performer’s estimated $1.3 billion net worth comes largely from her Rare Beauty makeup brand?
Selena Gomez
Popular in K-9 units, which breed is used as the image of the National Police Dog Foundation?
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German Shepherd
SCIENCE & TECH
Stemming from the Greek word for “love potion,” refers to which part or parts of the human body?
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philtrum
Groove between the nose and upper lip
BIOGRAPHIES
Who was a licensed beautician working in a mortuary prior to hitting it big in 1984 with her one-woman production The Spook Show?
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Whoopi Goldberg
After her 2005 death, who was the first woman to have her casket placed in the U.S. Capitol rotunda for public mourning?
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Rosa Parks
HISTORY & SOCIETY
The 1982 Falkland Islands War was fought between
Argentina
Great Britain and which country?
ANIMALS & NATURE
Which animal, whose name comes from the Malay term for “person of the forest,” is the world’s largest tree-dwelling mammal?
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Orangutan
ARTS & CULTURE
Typically changing between white and black costumes, the same ballerina plays Odette and Odile in which ballet?
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Swan Lake
MONEY & NUMBERS
Minting its own money, which region replaced images of Queen Elizabeth II with orchid tree flowers on its coins in 1993?
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Hong Kong
ANYTHING GOES
In 2022 a carving of Hélio Castroneves’s face was added to the Borg-Warner Trophy for a fourth time after which sporting event?
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Indianapolis 500
BIOGRAPHIES
Growing up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, which future children’s TV personality learned to play golf alongside Arnold Palmer?
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Fred Rogers
SCIENCE & TECH
“Six Books Concerning the Revolutions of the Heavenly Orbs” is a 1543 work by which scientist, published the same year as his death?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
located at 23.5 degrees south of the equator
Also countries
The countries that the Tropic of Capricorn passes through are: Australia, Chile, Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, Paraguay, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, and Argentina.
BOSTON COLLEGE
IAN
MARQUETTE
PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES
The city in Lombardy at the tip of a lake with the same name has a museum dedicated to silk
Lake como
This country is the longest border is with the Central African Republic
Chad
Broadway musicals by song
angel of music and all I ask of you
Phantom of the opera
Broadway musicals by song
All that jazz and
razzle dazzle
Chicago
Broadway musicals by song
Honey honey, and money, money money
Mamma Mia
Broadway musicals by song
Good morning Baltimore and
mama I’m a big girl now
Hairspray
In Chinese slang choy bah is a studious bookworm, but with more respectful overturns than this English equivalent out of Dr. Seuss
Nerd
The apply named Samantha bond played this personal assistant in the film’s golden eye and die another day
Miss Monney Penny - M administrative assistant
Add steen to the name of this tropical fruit and you get the name of another tropical fruit
Ma go
This landlocked country is bordered by Ukraine and Romania
Moldova
The state mushroom of Minnesota and a relative of of the truffle This variety has a smoky nutty flavor.
Muh rel
Morel
In 1993 this Asian American architect crafted a sculpture celebrating women’s coeducation at yale her alma mater
Maya lin
The whaat scene is also called the this music genre bird due to its crest resembling a mohawk hairstyle
Punk rock
At an office in the Netherlands, be prepared for the pleasant custom of vrinmibo or group. Drinks at this point in the week.
Vvv rhyme e bow
Friday afternoon
In Yiddish shande is this also a TV show created by Shonda and Shan de Shande far D goy um is one in front of the whole world
Scandal
Sparks Nevada is located just east of this four city
Reno
The name of the Swift and dangerous current in the Arctic ocean has come to be used for a large fatal whirlpool
Malstrom
Male strum
Broadway musicals by song
From the 2022 best musical Tony nominee ex-wives and don’t lose your head
Six
About the wives of Henry the eighth
In cycling to et truh awn chass puh tat Hunt a potato is to be lost after getting ahead of this group meaning small ball
Peloton
Locals call this luggage tree dwelling mammal perezoso meaning lazy
Per uh zo so
Sloth
One of 20 species of this fish found in the Amazon the red bellied has razor, sharp teeth and hunting groups at sometimes exceed 100
Piranha
This pig like mammal has a prehensile snout that it uses to grab leaves while forging and as a snorkel while swimming
Tapir
Taper
Beside the north seat inlet called the wash 15,000 mi.² of reclaimed English marshland isn’t the bogs but these
Fens
The Amazon’s largest predator the black this alligator relative was hunted, almost to extinction for its valuable hide
Cayman
In the early 1700s the fate of Spain was decided by what people call this word de Sucesion Española
Guerra de Sucesion Española
Gar rrrruh
A sculpture Henry moore did for this Midwestern school and called atom peace is in the form of a mushroom cloud
University of Chicago first nuclear fission reaction
Phidias helped with the Parthenon and created a wonderful statue of Zeus for his temple here
Olympia
He was born Donato d Nikola de Beto Bardi in Florence and his works there include Saint Louie of Toulouse
Donatello
This alliterative muse of auguste row Dan found fame as a sculpture in her own, right
Camille claw dell
Hawaiians dancing the Hulu traditionally wear pa’U, which is what kind of clothing
Skirt
Both men and women wear pa’us which are usually handwoven and often made of grass
Comes from the Greek term for sharp and foolish meaning the word is also one
Oxymoron
Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence, old news
Gabrielle carteris was 29 when she played 16-year-old Andrea Zuckerman on this 90s show
Beverly Hills 90210
Carteris lied about her age to get the part and when the truth came out, the show was already hit
What French phrase is called out before the start of a fencing bout 
En guard
The phrase which means on guard instructs fencers to take their position
The chupa chups lollipop logo was designed by what artist
Salvador Dali
Even though it doesn’t feature melting clocks
Dolly’s fondness for money earned him the playful nickname Avida dollars which means eager for cash and is an anagram of Salvador Dali
Not to be confused with bologna Abalone is what type of animal
Mollusk
One of the most expensive shellfish Abalone are also called ear shells or sea ears because of their shell shape
Debuting in 2006, this long-running TLC series has followed a family with Dwarfism condition.
Guess: 17 Kids and Counting
Answer: Little People, Big World
Edward Norton played a magician in this 2006 romantic mystery also starring Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel.
Guess: The Prestige
Answer: The Illusionist
What singer released the 2019 hit song “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored”.
Guess: Ariana Grande
A collaboration with Doritos, what chain is currently offering footlong Nachos?
Guess: Subway
Before writing the scripts for When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You’ve Got Mail, this woman wrote the 1983 autobiographical novel Heartburn.
Guess: Nora Ephron
This Kansas Point Guard hit a three-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to send the 2008 National Championship game to overtime, where Kansas would defeat Memphis.
Guess: Malik Beasley
Answer: Mario Chalmers
Barry Bonds spent a single season as the hitting coach for this National League team in 2016.
Guess: San Francisco Giants
Answer: Miami Marlins
After getting drafted 4th Overall by this NFC team in 2009, linebacker Aaron Curry signed a rookie contract that set a record for the most guaranteed money ever given to a non-QB.
Guess: Carolina Panthers
Answer: Seattle Seahawks
