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GENERAL Flashcards

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a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber . It premiered on 18 June 1821 It is considered the first German Romantic opera.[5]

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DER FREISCHUTZ

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2
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What is “that civet coffee” called?

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KOPI LUWAK

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Owned by Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, what is the name of the operator of the largest chain on cinemas in the world?

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WANDA

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.Who invented eau de cologone

Who invented Chanel 5

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jOHANN FARINA

ERNST BEAUX

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“The father of Manga”, “Japanese Disney”, who created Astro Boy?

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Osamu TEZUKA

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wrote the graphic novels Ex Machina and Y: The Last Man

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BRIAN K VAUGHAN

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Golfer won the 64 open died in plance crash two years later

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TONY LEMA

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is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series:

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TANKOBON

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9
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A furtive tear is an aria from which opera?

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ELIXIR OF LOVE

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10
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GOAT Real Tennis

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Robert FAHEY

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(born November 30, 1994) is an American professional skateboarder and was the overall champion at competition series in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019. He is also the highest paid skateboarder in the world.[4] As of May 19, 2013, REDACTED has won more prize money than any other skateboarder in history

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Nyjah HUSTON

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12
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ECOWAS HQ

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ABUJA

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13
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OPEC WAS FOUNDED IN WHICH CITY

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BAGHDAD

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13 MEMBERS OF opec

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Algeria angola nigeria libya eq g gabon rep congo
iraq iran kuwait uae saudi
venezuela

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s the national anthem of Nigeria. It was adopted in the late 1970s and is the country’s second national anthem.

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ARISE O COMPATRIOTS

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16
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President of Nigeria since 2015.

He is a retired Nigerian Army Major General who served as the military head of state in Nigeria between December 31, 1983 to August 27, 1985

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Muhammad BUHARI

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is a retired Nigerian Army general and military leader.[2] As Head of State of Nigeria, [3] REDACTED presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered the famous “no victor, no vanquished” speech at the war’s end in an effort to promote healing and reconciliation

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Yakubu GOWON

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a Russian-Austrian conductor. He is currently chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.

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KIRIL PETRENKO

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a Burkinabé architect, recognized for creating innovative works that are often sustainable and collaborative in nature

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DIEBEDO Francis kere

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an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi. REDACTED is one of the most influential works of Sufism, commonly called “the Quran in Persian”.[1] It has been viewed by many commentators as the greatest mystical poem in world literature.[2] REDACTED is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines.[3][4] It is a spiritual text that teaches Sufis how to reach their goal of being truly in love with God.[5]

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MASNAVI

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21
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is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni[2] between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.

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SHAHNAMEH

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22
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a German-born photographeR specialized in portraiture, photographing many artists, including abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. His photos of Pollock at work in his studio increased Pollock’s fame and recognition and led to a greater understanding of his work and techniques

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Hans NAMUITH

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On 24 June 1894, he fatally stabbed President Carnot after a banquet, to avenge the executions of anarchist bombers Auguste Vaillant and Émile Henry.

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Sante Geronimo CASERIO

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a Japanese roboticist noted for his pioneering work in the fields of robotics and automation, his research achievements in humans’ emotional responses to non-human entities, as well as for his views on religion.
published “Bukimi No Tani” (不気味の谷 The Uncanny Valley) in Energy. The article forwarded the hypothesis that as robots become more humanlike, they appear more familiar until a point is reached at which subtle imperfections of appearance make them look eerie

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Masahiro MORI

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3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who rose to prominence with a series of yakuza films.[1] He directed the Japanese portion of the Hollywood war film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), yakuza films including Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), samurai period pieces such as Shogun’s Samurai (1978), the space opera Message from Space (1978), the fantasy film Samurai Reincarnation (1981), and his final film Battle Royale (2000). He used a cinema verite-inspired shaky camera technique in many of his films from the early 1970s

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Kinji FUKASAKU

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is an Italian pop and rock singer and composer. Over the course of his career, he has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: “Stella Stai”, “Gloria”,[1] “Tu” and “Ti Amo”.

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Umberto TOZZI

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a Japanese samurai and daimyo (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second “Great Unifier” of Japan.[1][2]

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Toyotomi HIDEYOSHI

28
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Which is the most visited castle in Japan?

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HIMEJI

29
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Japanese death from overwork

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Karoshi

30
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Coined logotherapy

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Viktor frankl

31
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Which racetrack near Chemnitz in the former East Germany replaced the Nürburgring in
1998 as the site of Germany’s motorcycle Grand Prix? In 2021 Marc Marquez won at this
track on the 11th consecutive occasion

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SACHSENRING

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nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP. Having won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, he is the reigning title holder, and is the first French World Champion in the premier class’ history.[1

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Fabio QUARTARARO

33
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Who won the 2020 Mtoto GP title in the process becoming the fourth Spaniard to do so?

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Joan MIR

34
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Which subduction is largely responsible for Andean orogeny?

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NAZCA

35
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a Chilean director, screenwriter, editor and producer.[1] He received critical acclaim for directing the films Gloria (2013) and A Fantastic Woman (2017), the latter of which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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Sebastian LELIO

36
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a collection of romantic poems by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, first published in 1924 by Editorial Nascimento of Santiago, when Neruda was 19. It was Neruda’s second published work,

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Twenty Love Poems and a song of desspair

37
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First man to ascend Aconcagua

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Matthias Zurbriggen

38
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a 1980 French teen romantic comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Sophie Marceau, appearing in her film début. Written by Danièle Thompson and Claude Pinoteau, the film is about a thirteen-year-old French girl finding her way at a new high school and coping with domestic problems

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LA BOUM

39
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Director of The Souvenir and the Souvenir II

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Joanna HOGG

40
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a Spanish actor. He gained worldwide recognition by playing the role of ‘The Professor’ in the television series Money Heist.

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Alvaro MORTE

41
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Korean zombie high school movie

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ALL OF US ARE DEAD

42
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Largest city Equatorial Guinea

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BATA

43
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Largest ethnic group Equatorial Guinea

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FANG

44
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Planned capital Equatorial Guinea

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CIUDAD DE PAZ

45
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The most popular excerpt from Rusalka is the

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SONG TO THE MOON

46
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DVORAKS FIRST AND MOST FAMOUS RELGIOUS WORK

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STABAT MATER

47
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Which vessel served as the Japanese flagship at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905? Now
preserved as a museum ship in Yokosuka it is the only remaining example of a predreadnought battleship anywhere in the world

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MIKASA

48
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admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. He was in command of the Second Pacific Squadron in the Battle of Tsushima, during the Russo-Japanese War.

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ROZHESTVENSKY

49
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Which major shopping street in Nicosia links Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus with the
rest of the island? A barricade here was removed in 2008 and it became the sixth official
crossing between the two zones.

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LEDRA STREET

50
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It’s not part of the Souls series, but what video game developed by FromSoftware
concerns the title ninja taking revenge on the evil Isshin Ashina?

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Sekiro - Shadows Die Twice

51
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What was the name, meaning ‘left-handed hummingbird’, of the Aztec deity of
war, sun and human sacrifice, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan?

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HUITZILOPOCHTLI

52
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Founded in San Francisco in 2006, what streaming service focuses on streaming
anime and manga series? The service was bought by Funimation, a subsidiary of
Sony, in December 2020

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CRUNCHYROLL

53
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Which medication, intended to treat diseases caused by roundworms and
ectoparasites, has been the subject of unfounded rumours by conspiracy
theorists that it can be used to treat COVID-19? Some people have suffered
damage after ingesting extra-strong versions intended for use on horses and
other livestock

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IVERMECTIN

54
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What alliterative woman’s name was the title of Booth Tarkington’s 1921 novel,
for which he won the Pulitzer Prize?

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ALICE ADAMS

55
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Along with its sister ship the Musashi, which Japanese battleship of World War II
remains the largest ever constructed? After serving as the Japanese flagship at the
Battle of Midway, it was sunk on its way to Okinawa in 1945

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YAMOTO

56
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Which tourist quarter of Famagusta in northern Cyprus was deserted in 1974 after
the Turkish invasion and has since become a ghost town, its decaying buildings
overgrown with vegetation? Parts of it were reopened to the public in 2020 and 2021.

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VAROSHA

57
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It’s not part of the Souls series, but what video game developed by FromSoftware
concerns a Hunter travelling through the cursed land of Yharnam?

A

BLOODBOURNE

58
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Which city in the north-eastern Netherlands has been the site of that country’s Grand
Prix motorcycle race every year since the series was created in 1949? Fabio
Quartararo was the 2021 winner at the track.

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ASSEN

59
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First introduced by William Forster Lloyd, which four-word economic concept
refers to a situation in which the invisible hand fails to work? In this scenario,
individuals cause depletion of a resource to which they have unregulated access
by acting in their own self-interest

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TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS

60
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What alliterative girl’s name was the title of Gwendolyn Brooks’ 1949 poetry
collection, for which she became the first African-American to win a Pulitzer
Prize?

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ANNIE ALLEN

61
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Which American comedian, who co-anchors Weekend Update on Saturday Night
Live with Michael Che, married Scarlett Johansson in 2020?

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Colin JOST

62
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Swiss marmite

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Cenovis

63
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Philipine weightlifter first ever gold medallust

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DIAZ

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