Janus Roman God Of Beginnings Flashcards
Frequently washing up on Caribbean beaches in large brown, pungent masses, sargassum is a type of…
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seaweed
Who won a Tony Award in 2010 for her theatrical performance in Fences, then an Oscar in 2017 for the same role in the movie adaptation?
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Viola Davis
Split between these 2 countries during colonial times, Hispaniola is an island divided politically into
Spain and France
Dominican Republic and Haiti
First generally available in Japan and South Korea in 1988, the varicella vaccine protects against which disease?
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Chickenpox
Designed to help practitioners push their limits, Bikram Yoga must be performed in a studio that…
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is at least 105 °F
The first name of which actor, born in Lebanon and raised in Canada, is a Hawaiian word meaning “cool breeze over the mountains”?
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Keanu Reeves
a person’s boss has a reputation for being penurious, what might they expect as a holiday bonus?
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Nothing
Lasting more than 700 years, the Reconquista was an attempt by European Christians to expel which group from these 2 countries
Moore from Spain and Portugal
When introduced in 2010, this logo was criticized for resembling the baht, the currency for which country?
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Bitcoin
Thailand
What would be the easiest Halloween costume for a lycanthrope
Werewolf
Lycanthrope is a fancy medical sounding name for a werewolf or an alien spirit that takes the form of a wolf
By founding date, what is the oldest state with the word new in the name?
New Jersey number three
Joining Delaware and Pennsylvania as a third state in 1787 New Jersey is the oldest of our new states by about six months ahead of New Hampshire
What was the original name of the holiday now called Memorial Day?
Decoration day
Because people used to decorate the memorials of fallen soldiers with flowers, wreaths and flags memorial day was first known as decoration day
What animal is mascot of the US US Marines?
Bulldog
After the World War I battle at bellau wood Marines were nicknamed devil dogs and a bulldog mascot was first enlisted in the Marines in 1922
Closest Christopher Columbus actually landed to the U.S.
Bahamas
Christopher Columbus sure got a lot of places named after him. The US named a lot of places after Columbus considering he never actually set foot there the closest Columbus actually got was land in the Bahamas.
Historical possessives
“So just for explanation, these answers will all be in the style of someone’s something. For example, if the question was about Alaska, the answer would be.
Seward’s Folly.”
Historical possessives
Classic by a composer who went deaf
Beethoven’s fifth
Historical possessives
Anne Boleyn
King Henry 8’s 2nd wife
Also Elizabeth 1’s mother
