Give Credit Where Credit Is Due Flashcards

1
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Filmmaker and star of the series girls

A

Lena Dunham

Sick tattoo on the back of her neck

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Ship that was supposed to accompany the mayflower to being pilgrims to the new world

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Speedwell
1620
Was abandoned after setting sail

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3
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What 2021 movie based on a theme park ride features rhe rock and Emily blunt as they travel in a boat down the Amazon river to find a healing tree

A

Jungle cruise

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In the northern hemisphere what marks the beginning of fall

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The autumnal equinox in September

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5
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What intentions singer released a 10 episode docuseries on YouTube subtitled seasons

A

Beiber

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Refused to annul Henry 8 marriage to Catherine of Aragon or declare him supreme head of the Church of England

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Sir Thomas moore

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What classic show revolves around an architect and a talking horse

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Mr Ed

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8
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What 2004 U2 hit shares its title with an Alfred Hitchcock film

A

Vertigo

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9
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In cycling sports BMX

A

Bicycle moto cross

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10
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Living throughout the Middle East what ethnic group is turkeys largest minority

A

Kurds

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11
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Sapporo brand beer was first brewed in 1876 in what country

A

Japan

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12
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Real name of fergie

A

Stacy Ferguson

From the black eyed peas

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13
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What’s the name of Sherlock Holmes smarter but lazier older brother

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Mycroft

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14
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IAEA

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International atomic energy agency

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15
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Newspaper talk

Meaning an important part of the story this distinctive spelling helped distinguish the word from a substance used in typesetting

A

Lede

To distinguish from lead

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16
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Expression knuckles down originated with what game

17
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Only US state with a Spanish motto

A

Montana

Oro e plata gold and silver

18
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Another name for leproscy

A

Hansen’s disease

Caused by slow growing bacteria

19
Q

2 calls to arms during the Spanish American war

A

Cuba libre

Remember the Maine to hell with Spain

20
Q

This chocolate confection will have you living on a prayer

A

Bon bon jovi

21
Q

It’s very superstitious this brand of bread with red and blue balloons on its packaging

A

Stevie wonder bread

22
Q

Goddess of heart and home in Roman mythology

A

Vesta

Quiet vesta eventually creates a peaceful city

Queer uh nal
Vim uh nal
S qu line
Ka lee in
Aven tine 
Pal uh tine 
Capital line
23
Q

Expression knuckle down originated with what game

24
Q

5 states visible from Empire State Building

A
New York 
Pennsylvania 
New Jersey 
Massachusetts 
Connecticut 

Has its own zip code 10118

25
What city was president McKinley assassinated in
Buffalo
26
How many plumes does the NBC preacock have before and now
11 before | 6 now
27
Us state with the highest average elevation
Colorado Over a mile high
28
Light emitted by heating a material to a high temperature
Incandescence
29
George Elliot novel about Dorothea Brooke has 86 chapters so they must average about 10 pages
Middlemarch
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This tallest mountain in north America was formerly named for a US president
Denali
31
Appropriately the mountains that border Death Valley
Funeral mountains
32
In Israel not Hawaii the Hula valley is where 3 tributaries join to form this river
Jordan
33
My narodnaya is the tallest park in this mountain range a traditonal border between Europe and Asia
Urals
34
Fianna Fáil or soldiers of destiny has been one of the leading political parties since the 1930s in this country
Ireland
35
You pass in this card game if you decline to make a bid when it’s your turn in the auction
Bridge
36
The great this pass in the Pennine alps is where a famed breed of Rescue dog originated
St. Bernard
37
A cold war era novel and a movie popularized this term for a device that’s supposed to prevent unanticipated disaster
Fail safe
38
After Saturday night live she began hosting supermarket sweep
Leslie Jones