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Dolly Parton Dumb Blonde Flashcards

1
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Polar bears are known as

A

Maritime bear
Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time on the sea ice. Their scientific name means “maritime bear” and derives from this fact.

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2
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In menswear half Windsor and 4 in hand are types of this

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Knots

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You have to be a single Swiss catholic male over 5 7” to join this dignitary’s personal guard

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Pope
Uniforms designed by Michelangelo or Raphael?
Only allowed to serve overseas by the treaty of Versailles in 1815 after Napoleonic wars

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4
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The hittites and the Babylonians flourished during a historical period named for this metal

Hit tites

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Bronze

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5
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Photographer known for depicting marginalized people in society

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Diane Arbus
No easy way to describe When you see it you know it has a certain Vibe
Can’t unsee the skinny boy holding a grenade

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6
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The equator intersects this longitudinal line
Where

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Prime Meridian
At Null island in the Gulf of Guinea

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In 1935 this scale was developed to measure the magnitude of earthquakes

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Richter scale

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8
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This plant comes in varieties such as southwestern barrel and Texas prickly pear

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Cactus

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9
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He wrote a masterpiece of espionage fiction titled tinker tailor soldier this

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John le carre car ray
Spy

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10
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With a distance of 66 yards he broke the NFL record for longest field goal in 2021

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Baltimore raven Justin tucker

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11
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This continent comes first alphabetically

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Africa

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This popular online aggregator of movie and tv show reviews is name for decomposing fruit

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Rotten tomatoes

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13
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Joshua Cowen used this middle name in the manufacture of his toy trains

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Lionel

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14
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First jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize

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97 blood on the fields
Wynton (winton)Marsalis
Sal is

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In this barrow pass on the coast of Greece did 300 Spartans try to hold off the invading Persian army in 480 BC

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Thermopylae

Mop uh lie

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16
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An icon for the ages betty white was born before this Fleming thing existed

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Penicillin

17
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Here’s something funny: hilarius was the name of a real life this

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5th century pope

18
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Crediting old seafarers with the idea who wears earrings because they could pay for a coffin if he dies in a strange place

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Morgan freeman

19
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Irritation redness and swelling of the gums

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Gingivitis

20
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At an average of around 25 M miles this planet’s orbit travels closer to earth than any other

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Venus

21
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Only X rated film to win the best picture Oscar
Bonus year

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Midnight cowboy
1969 nice

22
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Who wrote the semiautobiogrqphical novel of human bondage

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W somerset Maugham

23
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This natural outdoor amphitheater in this city is named for the crimson da stone that forms its walls

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Red rocks amphitheater in Morrison CO just outside of Denver

24
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Married to jezebel this king of Israel shares his name with a Herman Melville character

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Ahab

25
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Originally sold in the 60s by matel this groundbreaking taking doll became a popular idiom still used today

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Chatty Cathy

26
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Serving under Harry Truman who became the oldest person to be sworn in as VP

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Alben Barkley

27
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Members of this alliterative recovery organization often refer to themselves as friends of bill

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Alcoholics Anonymous

28
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This brand of casual shoe wqs names to emphasize the way it soothes and quieted tired feet or barking dogs

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Hush puppies

29
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What type of small often one story house with a pitched roof is named for the hits of bengal india

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Bungalow

30
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In tote area what is the biggest country in the world not found in Asia or North America

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Brazil

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