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The Nation of Nerds ( 2022 Battle of the Books) > City Spies > Flashcards

City Spies Flashcards

1
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Who’s the main character (full name)?

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Sara Maria Martinez

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Who was Sara’s lawyer ( in the beginning) ?

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Randall Stubbs

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What city did Sara grow up in?

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Brooklyn,New York

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Where was Sara kept in the first chapter?

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8th floor of Kings Country Family Court

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5
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What did Sara imagine the water stain on the wall was?

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Tropical paradise far from Brooklyn

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What was the “generous” offer ?

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30 months( 2.5 years) in juvenile detention & not allowed near a computer

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What is Bespoke ?

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Something has been tailor-made to the specific needs of an individual

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8
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What was Sara in jail for?

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Hacking into the juvenile detention data base and a bank

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9
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What were the 3 fake names that Mother had to chose from?

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1) Croydon St. Vincent Marlborough the Third 2) Nigel Honeybuns 3) Gerald Anderson

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10
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What was the man that helped Sara’s name ?

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Mother

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11
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Did Mother ever go to law school?

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No

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12
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Who was the other kid that Sara consoled?

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Gabriel

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13
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How old is Sara ?

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12

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14
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Who was Sara’s cell mate/ Sydeny’s code name?

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Emily ( Sydney undercover)

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15
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Did Sara trust people?

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No

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16
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What was the judges name?

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Lyman J. Pancake

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Who are all the kid members of the M16 group Sara’s in?

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Brooklyn, Paris, Sydney,Kat, & Rio

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18
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Where is Kat from?

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Birthdayplace : Monjo, Nepal Named: Kathmandu , Nepal

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19
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What is the money in Scottland?

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In pounds

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20
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What did Rio think Sara nicked( stole) ?

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A watch

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21
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What did Rio spend the pound note on?

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A pie

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22
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What was the first Montherism?

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You can’t look out if you stand out

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23
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What are Montherisms?

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sayings to help the team remember key principles of spycraft

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24
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What jobs does Mother have?

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A spy for M16, works at the Scottish National Gallery, and a caretaker of a small airfield

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25
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What did the button that Mother told Sara to press do?

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Start the engine

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26
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What does M16 think of Mother?

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He died in the fire

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27
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Who is the bad guy?

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Umbra

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28
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What does the Alpha need to say to start a mission?

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“This operation is hot. We are a go”

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29
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Who is the leader of spy missions?

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The Alpa

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30
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Who saved Mother in the fire?

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Paris

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31
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Who is Mother’s wife ?

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Clementine

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32
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Who are Mother’s kids name?

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Annie and Robert

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33
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What does FARM stand for?

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The Foundation For Atmospheric Research And Monitoring

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34
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What is a nugget ?

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something used to distract people

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35
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What is an RV ?

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Rendezvous Point

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36
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Why do agents have cars that don’t attract attention ?

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Because if they had cars that attracted attention would spoil the whole secret part of secret agent

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37
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Who is the best at scrubbing trails ?

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Clementine

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38
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What does RAF stand for ?

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Royal Air Force

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39
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What is an anemometer ?

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Device for measuring wing speed ?

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40
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When was queen Elizabeth’s coronation ?

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June 2nd 1953

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41
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Who were Cobblers ?

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specialized agents in making false documents : birth certificate, passport etc.

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42
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Who did Sara fill in for ?

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Char ( Charlotte)

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43
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How many hours did it take Mother to fly from London to Sydney ?

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23 hours

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44
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Who was head of Wallangarra school for Girls ?

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Dr. Copper

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45
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What is a priest holes ?

A

Secret rooms where people can hide

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46
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Who is pretty much a computer god ?

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Stavros Sinclair

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47
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What do the winners of the competition get ?

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One million euros half going to school and half for the 5 team members’ education

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48
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What is Monty aiming for ?

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Between sixth and tenth

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49
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What is a Roscosmos ?

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Russian space federation

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50
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What is Charlotte’s full name ?

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Charlotte Sloane

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51
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Who was Ben named after ?

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Benito Vines

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52
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How many hours did it take the train to go from Lyon to Paris ?

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Two hours

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53
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How many stars do the Three Lions hotel have?

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1

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54
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Who runs the Three Lions

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Reggie

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55
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What ended Reggie’s field agent career?

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A bullet that hit him in his right knee

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56
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What is the cane’s name?

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Harry

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57
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Who was Reggie’s cane named after?

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Harry Kane the captain of the Three Lions during the 2018 World Cup and won the Golden Boot

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58
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Why were England’s national soccer team nicknamed the Three Lions?

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Because of the lionson the crest of King Richard the Lionheart

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59
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Where were their rooms in the hotel?

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Ground floor

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60
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What were the girls room called?

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The Princess Suite

61
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Harry’s also a..?

A

tranq gun

62
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What was the code that unlocked the door?

A

1-9-6-6 ( when England won the World Cup)

63
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Is the Eiffel Tower a work of art? Or is it an exhibition of science?

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Both

64
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What did Brooklyn repeat like a mantra.

A

Montherism: You cannot achieve what you cannot believe

65
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What 4 people are on Charlotte’s team?

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Abir, Catriona, Henry Haddix, and Rachel Henderson

66
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Who is the groups Sinclair ambassador?

A

Juliette

67
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What was the building where the competition was held name?

A

Olympus ( the intelligent building)

68
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What does Stavros Sinclair wear ?

A

black jeans, black boots, and a gray T-shirt

69
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What is Olympus’s sister building?

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Asgard

70
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Where are they serbers located?

A

The Asgard building

71
Q

Who is Gilles?

A

The collection’s curator

72
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What does Allons-y mean?

A

A french term for “let’s go”

73
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What are the Three Sisters?

A

Monets

74
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Where had Mother seen the Three Sisters before?

A

In the past when he tried to lure Le Fantome

75
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What is Olympus home of in mythology?

A

Home of the greek gods

76
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What is Asgard home of in mythology ?

A

Home of the norse gods

77
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Who is the teaching assistant on the class about mythology at Kinlock?

A

Paris

78
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How did Mother and Paris escape from the fire?

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the City of the Dead ( catacombs)

79
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What was the southern entrance called?

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Barriere d’Enfer, or Gate of Hell

80
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What app can you use even when when there’s no service?

A

the compass

81
Q

What was the Asset Inventory Code ?

A

SS2k

82
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Who is Alexandra?

A

Monty

83
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What does Syndey call Brooklyn as a nickname?

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“Brookie the Rookie”

84
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Who stole Brooklyn’s idea for the answer to the question “What makes your concept special”?

A

Charlotte

85
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How did Brooklyn answer the question instead?

A

By combining what Benito Vines and Stravros Sinclair did

86
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How many appearances would Stravros Sinclair make?

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3

87
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Who hacked Charlotte’s computer?

A

Brooklyn

88
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What Sinclair a germophobe?

A

yes ( afraid of germs)

89
Q

Did FARM and Kinloch Abbey make the 10 teams cut?

A

yes

90
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Where was the emergency meeting place?

A

Palais de Justice

91
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What was the code text?

A

pancake

92
Q

What was the most popular restaurant in Noida, India?

A

Mukherjee’s

93
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Who did they “borrow” the ID from?

A

Francois Fournier

94
Q

What’s a crash cart?

A

a wheeled container carrying medicine and equipment for use in emergency resuscitations.

95
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What was Gertrude shortly known as ?

A

Tru

96
Q

For how long did she serve field agent ?

A

more than 25 years

97
Q

Who is Jonny Lott ?

A

One of the best footballers in the world

98
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Why were they packing up the painting?

A

Because Sinclair was packing up to leave Paris

99
Q

Where did Paris hide?

A

he squeezed into an empty rack

100
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What did the younger guard see?

A

Dirty footprints left by Brooklyn.

101
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Where were Brooklyn and Sydney hiding?

A

Beneath the false floor

102
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Why wasn’t Paris hiding were Brooklyn and Sydeny were?

A

He was too big

103
Q

How much was the plastic snow globe?

A

6 euros

104
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What did Paris do that drew the guards away?

A

He tossed Francois Fournier’s ID down the aisle

105
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Who paid for the plastic snow globe as a treat?

A

Mother

106
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What did Monty and Kat bring?

A

macarons

107
Q

What was the phrase that makes everyone laugh?

A

“I’m here for queen and country, and I’d like to…um…um…what’s my line?

108
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How many agents did the purple thumb attacks kill ?

A

2 agents

109
Q

Whose thumb did Stravros recreate?

A

Leyland Carmichael

110
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What two people attended St. George’s International School in Switzerland and Standford?

A

Leyland Carmichael and Stravos

111
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How did Carmichael become injured?

A

In an explosion when he tried to use dynamite to blow up a bulldozer at a logging site

112
Q

Who was in charge of the most important rally of the summit?

A

Amelie Bouhaddi

113
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What’s a Devon Loch?

A

A racehorse who was about to win a race, but decided to do a belly flop and lost.

114
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How much older was Stravros compared to Leyland Carmichael?

A

7 months older

115
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Who was Big Bill?

A

A fraud who was a figure head hired by M16

116
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How did Sydeny send the group the message about the virus?

A

with her speech

117
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Did Brooklyn have to climb the wall?

A

yes

118
Q

Who killed the 2 agents and was going to release the virus?

A

Stanislav Rada

119
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Where would the virus be realeased?

A

the air vents

120
Q

What is the bathroom called?

A

the loo

121
Q

Where is CIA headquarters?

A

in Washington

122
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What did Rada have a background in?

A

chemistry

123
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What did Charlotte do to apologize to Mother?

A

Lock Juliette in a utility closet

124
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What did Brooklyn use to trick Rada?

A

the French drop

125
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What is Fenix ?

A

A small swedish software firm

126
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Who helped Brooklyn stop Rada?

A

Clementine

127
Q

What is Fujin ?

A

One of the leading manufacturers

128
Q

What is Fulgora ?

A

Sillicon Valley Tech startup

129
Q

Who won the prize?

A

The school in New York : The Metropolitan Institue of Science and Technology

130
Q

What is Asset Inventory Code ?

A

A way companies keep track of things they own

131
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What is project Neverland?

A

The teams official name they don’t like

132
Q

What is the teams new name?

A

City Spies

133
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Who came up with the name City Spies?

A

Brooklyn

134
Q

What do the three companies have in common ?

A

They have 16 character coding systems and the first 4 letters are identical

135
Q

What are the first 4 letters the companies have in common ?

A

S-S-2-K

136
Q

What is the first rule of The Three Lions ?

A

Reggie sees all and hears all

137
Q

What is Kat’s thing ?

A

looking to see if there is any patterns that did not make sense

138
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Why does Stavros Sinclair wear black jeans, black boots, and gray T-shirt ?

A

So he dosen’t spend time every mornig choosing what to wear

139
Q

What is mother’s cover name ?

A

Monsieur Archer

140
Q

Who is Gillies ?

A

The collection’s curator

141
Q

How old is Gillies ?

A

early 40s

142
Q

How do you say let’s go in French ?

A

Allons-y

143
Q

What is Confriserie Royale ?

A

Abonded Candy candy factory

144
Q

After how many hours did paris say they were close to the candy factory ?

A

2 hours

145
Q

What was the motherism Kat recalled when looking for Brooklyn in the Edinburg Airoprt ?

A

You can’t look out if you stand out

146
Q

What is a crash cart ?

A

Somethings seen in hospitals that hold IV bags

147
Q

How old is Amelie ?

A

24 years old

148
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How many languages did Amelie speak ?

A

4 languages

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