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became the first Irish act since Sinéad O’Connor in 1990 to top the chart, with this single

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Irish musician Hozier

with his 2024 single “Too Sweet”

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The condition in which a child is a late talker but is gifted in other areas wqs named for this great thinker

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Albert Einstein

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Series primarily set in litchfield penitentiary

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Orange is the new black
Natasha Lyonne

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University of Missouri location

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Columbia

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University of Arkansas location

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Fayetteville

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University of Mississippi location

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Oxford

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Still going in maycon a college with this Methodist name genesis qs the US first chartered to grant degrees to women

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Wesleyan

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The first womens club in NY wqs la liga de las hijas de this island where a rebellion against Spain was sending refugees Norte ward

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Cuba

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The Midwest 29th state and a Colorado county both named after Native American peoples

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Iowa and Kiowa
Ki oh wuh

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Virago is county home to tomb of the unknown soldier and South Carolina home to a museum commemorating nascar history

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Arlington and darlington

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Natation is the act of doing this and a natatorium is the place to do it
Nay tuh tore e um

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Swimming

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Ohio city where Wright Patterson Air Force base takes off not far away and Florida beach where nascar takes off differently

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Dayton and daytona

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A member of thr House of Lords Arthur Charles vuh lare in Wellesley holds the title ninth this

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Duke of Wellington

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is a meat stew from Mexican cuisine. What is essential to the dish is that the meat be marinated in an adobo before being cooked in a broth. The traditional meat used in the stew is goat. Goats were brought to Mexico by the Conquistadors, even though they viewed goat meat as an inferior food. As such, they gave the goats to the locals, who learned to make the meat papatable by marinating and stewing it.

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Birria

The Spanish referred to the resulting dish as “birria”, meaning “worthless”. The name stuck.

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This is the stage name of actress Katherine Litwack, who is noted today for her co-starring role on CBS’s sitcom “2 Broke Girls”. On the big screen, she plays the somewhat humorous character Dr. Darcy Lewis in the “Thor” series of films. Dennings is an avid blogger, and you can check out her video blog on YouTube.

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Kat Dennings

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This is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722, three years after he achieved fame with “Robinson Crusoe”. The book’s full title gives a lot of insight into the storyline:

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Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, Etc. Who Was Born In Newgate, and During a Life of Continu’d Variety For Threescore Years, Besides Her Childhood, Was Twelve Year a Whore, Five Times a Wife [Whereof Once To Her Own Brother], Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon In Virginia, At Last Grew Rich, Liv’d Honest, and Died a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums.

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She is a professional golfer from Sweden who plays on the LPGA tour as well as the Ladies European Tour. She won the LPGA Championship in 2009, the Evian Championship in 2017, and the Women’s British Open in 2021.

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Anna Nordqvist

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This exercise machine entered the market in the nineties. It is intended to provide a cardiovascular workout with very little impact on the body. The low impact motion is achieved because the movement of the pedal ensures that the heels stay in contact with the pedals.

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elliptical trainer
At the same time, the elliptical motion of the pedals allow the foot to roll from toe to heel, just as if the user is running.

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This women’s basketball team was formed in Salt Lake City in 1997 as the Utah Starzz. The team became the San Antonio (Silver) Stars in 2002, before moving

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The Las Vegas Aces

Las Vegas as the Aces in 2018.

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is a 3Baseman who started his professional career with the Baltimore Orioles. Although he was born in Miami, Machado opted to play for the Dominican Republic in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. His defensive play during that competition earned him the nickname “El Ministro de la Defensa”.

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Manny Machado

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Fitness program that incorporates ballet, yoga, and Pilates :

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BARRE
Barre is a form of exercise that uses a ballet barre and incorporates classical moves from the world of ballet. The barre program dates back to 1959 when ballerina Lotte Berk introduced it in London

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This is a small freshwater fish. It is quite colorful, and so is a popular fish for an aquarium. They are aggressive little creatures, and are commonly called Siamese fighting fish. Apparently, housing two males in a relatively small aquarium will result in the death of one.

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betta

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He was a surrealist. His most recognized work may be “The Son of Man”, a painting he created as a self-portrait. It is the work that shows a man in a bowler hat with his face covered by an apple. The image features prominently in a great movie, the 1999 remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair”.

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Belgian artist René Magritte

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This in London’s West End is associated with the Royal Opera House that is located in the area, and with the former fruit and vegetable market that used to sit right at the center of the district. The name ” comes from the fact that there once was a walled garden in the area owned by the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Peter in Westminster. The abbey rented out the walled garden calling it “this”, and this morphed into the area’s current name.

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Covent Garden

Covent Garden solo : ARIA

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is a condiment served in Indian restaurants that is made from yogurt flavored with coriander, cumin, mint and cayenne pepper.

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Raita

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The freshwater and marine species of this fish resemble perch. The word “” comes from the Middle English “bars” meaning “perch”.

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bass

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The designations Anno Domini (AD, “year of Our Lord”) and Before Christ (BC) are found in the Julian and Gregorian calendars but Nowadays this modified version has become popular,

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with CE (Common/Christian Era) used to replace AD, and BCE (Before the Common/Christian Era) used to replace BC.

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According to tradition, Rome was founded by

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the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. The pair had a heated argument about who should be allowed to name the city and Romulus hit Remus with a shovel, killing him. And so, “Rome” was born, perhaps instead of “Reme”!

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Ned Flanders lives next door to Homer Simpson on TV’s “The Simpsons
Who are wife and kids

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”. Ned was married to Maude, with whom he had two children Rod and Todd. Maude died in an accident involving a T-shirt cannon. Ned is voiced by actor Harry Shearer, and has been around since the very first episode aired in 1989.

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Study of time

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Horology or or ology
Not Chronology ? Study of arranging things in order

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Wrote a brief history of time

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Hawking even though worked in physics and cosmology

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Indian tea named after area where it is grown
Typically black but can be green white or oolong

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Darjeeling- West Bengal between Nepal and Bhutan
Dar zheel ing
Chai means tea in India

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Known for his 5 points manifesto architecture ? and other works in France and India
Swiss born French architect

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Charles Ed ward jhen uh ray AKA
Lay core boo C A - comes from word for crow in French (cor bow)

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Canadas oldest national park
Established in 1885 with this other name
Double bonus great recent conservation success story of reintroducing this animal

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Ban ffff- famous for lake Louise
Rocky Mountain - original
Bisons

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Former Nigeria Capital

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Lagos

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Lollipop-loving detective

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Kojak played by Telly Savalas

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Dry Spanish wine

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Rioja

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