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1
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ultimate frisbee

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soccer-type game played with frisbee

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“ultimate”

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official name of ultimate frisbee

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scoober

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a type of throw in ultimate frisbee: forward and at an angle

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Dutch Schultz

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mobster prosecuted by Thomas Dewey

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Joe Sakic

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hockey player for the Quebec Nordiques

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fate of the Quebec Nordiques hockey team

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franchise moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche

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breaking ball

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any pitches in baseball that does not travel straight

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slider

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fastball that then breaks to the side and down at the e

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Dutch angle

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in filmmaking and photography, composition of frame with camera at an angle to give the illusion of looking askance

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10
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liter vs. quart

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liter is slightly larger

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vertebrae at birth vs. in adulthood

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33 vertebrae at birth, but by adulthood some have fused

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Helsinki Accords

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1975 document signed by almost all European nations as well as U.S. and Canada, contained non-binding resolutions promoting peaceful resolution of disputes

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bassinet

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basket-type cradle for babies

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“40 Concerts for Bassoon” composer

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Vivaldi (composition named for number and instrument)

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barcarola

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folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers

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Tales of Hoffman

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opera composed by Offenbach

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Susan Rice

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National Security Advisor and ambassador to the UN under Biden

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Despicable Me franchise

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franchise centered on movies featuring Yellow Minions

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ILGWU

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International Ladies Garment Workers Union (“Look for the Union Label”)

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LWS

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League of Women Shoppers, consumer advocacy and social justice group

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Earl Warren

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Republican governor of California and then Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

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22
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bar requirement in the U.S. for practicing law

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32 states have mandatory bar requirement, in remaining states you don’t have to be member of the bar in order to practice law

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“Lavender Scare”

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anti-gay crusade that ran parallel to Second Red Scare of McCarthy and also targeted officials in the U.S. government

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sexual anorexia

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fear of sexual intimacy

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Operation Dixie

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post-WWII CIO campaign to organize textile, lumber, and tobacco industries in the American South

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Scottsboro Boys

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9 African American male teenagers accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931

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Mossadegh

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Iranian prime minister in early 50s who was overthrown with the help of the CIA

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28
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Savak

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Iranian intelligence service under the Shah

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29
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Allen Dulles

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first Director of Central Intelligence

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30
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John Foster Dulles

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secretary of state under Eisenhower

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31
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relationship of Allen and John Foster Dulles

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the two Dulles brothers

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32
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Arbenz

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president of Guatemala ousted in 1954

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33
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ousting of Arbenz

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CIA at urging of United Fruit Company helped oust Arbenz as president of Guatemala in 1954

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34
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Bao Dai

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last ruler of Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam, puppet ruler for the French

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35
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calico

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a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton

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36
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Rye House Plot

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1683 plot to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James

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37
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pasty

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British baked pastry with meat and vegetable filling, also called a “Cornish pasty”

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38
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“Merry Christmas, Darling”

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1970 Carpenters Christmas song

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39
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Mary Mead

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famous female pirate who sailed with Calico Jack

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40
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Calico Jack

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British sea pirate of early 18th century

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41
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Act of Settlement

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1701 British law fixing the succession to the throne within the House of Hanover

42
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The War of the Spanish Succession

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European conflict from 1701 to 1714

43
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Queen Anne’s War

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North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession from 1702 to 1713

44
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Jacobite

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supporter of the restoration of the Stuart line in Great Britain, from 1688 to the 1780s

45
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River Severn

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longest river in Great Britain

46
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Russell ‘s paradox

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“the set of all sets that do not contain themselves”: does it contain itself? (if it doesn’t, then it does, but if it does, then it doesn’t)

47
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another name for the terebinth tree

A

turpentine tree

48
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origin of turpentine

A

fluid obtained from distillation of resin from pine trees

49
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per curiam

A

in law, decision attributed to an entire court or panel of judges rather than individual judge or judges

50
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certiorari

A

a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency

51
Q

soccer-type game played with frisbee

A

ultimate frisbee

52
Q

official name of ultimate frisbee

A

“ultimate”

53
Q

a type of throw in ultimate frisbee: forward and at an angle

54
Q

mobster prosecuted by Thomas Dewey

A

Dutch Schultz

55
Q

hockey player for the Quebec Nordiques

56
Q

franchise moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche

A

fate of the Quebec Nordiques hockey team

57
Q

any pitches in baseball that does not travel straight

A

breaking ball

58
Q

fastball that then breaks to the side and down at the e

59
Q

in filmmaking and photography, composition of frame with camera at an angle to give the illusion of looking askance

A

Dutch angle

60
Q

liter is slightly larger

A

liter vs. quart

61
Q

33 vertebrae at birth, but by adulthood some have fused

A

vertebrae at birth vs. in adulthood

62
Q

1975 document signed by almost all European nations as well as U.S. and Canada, contained non-binding resolutions promoting peaceful resolution of disputes

A

Helsinki Accords

63
Q

basket-type cradle for babies

64
Q

Vivaldi (composition named for number and instrument)

A

“40 Concerts for Bassoon” composer

65
Q

folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers

66
Q

opera composed by Offenbach

A

Tales of Hoffman

67
Q

National Security Advisor and ambassador to the UN under Biden

A

Susan Rice

68
Q

franchise centered on movies featuring Yellow Minions

A

Despicable Me franchise

69
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union (“Look for the Union Label”)

70
Q

League of Women Shoppers, consumer advocacy and social justice group

71
Q

Republican governor of California and then Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

A

Earl Warren

72
Q

32 states have mandatory bar requirement, in remaining states you don’t have to be member of the bar in order to practice law

A

bar requirement in the U.S. for practicing law

73
Q

anti-gay crusade that ran parallel to Second Red Scare of McCarthy and also targeted officials in the U.S. government

A

“Lavender Scare”

74
Q

fear of sexual intimacy

A

sexual anorexia

75
Q

post-WWII CIO campaign to organize textile, lumber, and tobacco industries in the American South

A

Operation Dixie

76
Q

9 African American male teenagers accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931

A

Scottsboro Boys

77
Q

Iranian prime minister in early 50s who was overthrown with the help of the CIA

78
Q

Iranian intelligence service under the Shah

79
Q

first Director of Central Intelligence

A

Allen Dulles

80
Q

secretary of state under Eisenhower

A

John Foster Dulles

81
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the two Dulles brothers

A

relationship of Allen and John Foster Dulles

82
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president of Guatemala ousted in 1954

83
Q

CIA at urging of United Fruit Company helped oust Arbenz as president of Guatemala in 1954

A

ousting of Arbenz

84
Q

last ruler of Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam, puppet ruler for the French

85
Q

a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton

86
Q

1683 plot to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James

A

Rye House Plot

87
Q

British baked pastry with meat and vegetable filling, also called a “Cornish pasty”

88
Q

1970 Carpenters Christmas song

A

“Merry Christmas, Darling”

89
Q

famous female pirate who sailed with Calico Jack

90
Q

British sea pirate of early 18th century

A

Calico Jack

91
Q

1701 British law fixing the succession to the throne within the House of Hanover

A

Act of Settlement

92
Q

European conflict from 1701 to 1714

A

The War of the Spanish Succession

93
Q

North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession from 1702 to 1713

A

Queen Anne’s War

94
Q

supporter of the restoration of the Stuart line in Great Britain, from 1688 to the 1780s

95
Q

longest river in Great Britain

A

River Severn

96
Q

“the set of all sets that do not contain themselves”: does it contain itself? (if it doesn’t, then it does, but if it does, then it doesn’t)

A

Russell ‘s paradox

97
Q

turpentine tree

A

another name for the terebinth tree

98
Q

fluid obtained from distillation of resin from pine trees

A

origin of turpentine

99
Q

in law, decision attributed to an entire court or panel of judges rather than individual judge or judges

A

per curiam

100
Q

a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency

A

certiorari

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