Lagos Former Nigeria Capital Flashcards

1
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Islands in the sea
Delos Naxos and Patmos

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Agean

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Islands in the sea
Lindisfarne or holy island ravaged by Vikings in the eighth century

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North Sea

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Islands in the sea
Saint Barthelemy and St. George’s key

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Caribbean

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4
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Islands in the sea nunivak Island and the pribilof islands
Prin uh lof

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Bearing sea

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5
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Islands in the sea
Saint Anastasia Island, and turkeys Giresun island
Gear uh soon

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Black Sea

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6
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Patrick Stewart had Dickens of a time performing this classic as a one-man show and an audiobook

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Christmas Carol

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This funny guy narrates the afterword of the very serious. I’ll be gone in the dark by his late wife, Michelle McNamara.

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Patton Oswald

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8
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In 1980s an FBI agent infiltrated the bonanno family under this alias the title of a 1997 Johnny Depp movie

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Donnie Brasco

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9
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In 1970 Joe Valachi gave televised testimony to Congress breaking the mafia code of silence known by this Italian word

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Omerta
Oh mer tah

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10
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Indiana Indiana Jones might now call arrogant youngster, one of these which begins with his favorite weapon

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Whipper snapper

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11
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Arlington Memorial Day and Veterans Day observances always begin at this hour no minutes

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11 AM
Armistice at the 11th hour

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12
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I’ll put my imaginary medical degree on there being 56 of these bones in the human body 14 in each hand and foot

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Phalanges

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I remember my MCAT this two word lowest portion of the brainstem has kind of a big job helping control your heartbeat

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Medulla oblongata

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14
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If you just switch medications, the interstitial type of this inflammatory kidney disease should go away

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Nephritis

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Section 46 of the Arlington grounds has memorials to the crews of these two space shadows

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Challenger and Colomb

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16
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This Noel, coward comedy man is haunted by the ghosts of his dead wives

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Blithe spirit

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Also a poet, parent and photographer this Swede with best known for writing plays like Miss Julie

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Strinberg

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18
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Since they tower overall animals in the grasslands of Africa, it’s not surprising that a group of giraffes is called this

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Tower

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19
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a gaggle of these is called a skein when in flight
Skeen

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Geese

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20
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Your nanny could tell you a trip is a group of these

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Goats

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21
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A stench or less obviously a surfeit is a group of these mammals

Sir Fit

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Skunks

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Using trips across the desert, a group of camels can be called this

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A caravan or a train

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23
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Before X-Men before the Oscar win she had to eat! and an early break was playing a school mascot on Monk

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Jennifer Lawrence

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24
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In 1989 the love shack video was a place where the B-52’s got together with this drag queen and future TV host

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RuPaul

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25
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She’s made quite a few career moves since an uncredited appearance on vampire Academy

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An yuh Taylor joy

26
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Before making swearing a pure cinematic art form, he played a dad in public enemies video for 911 is a joke

A

Samuel L Jackson

27
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To garnish your martini try the castle vuh trahn O type of these

A

Olives

28
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The owner of Bertha bar in taxco Mexico in 1930 is one claimant as a creator of this tequila base cocktail
Tas co

A

Margarita

29
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Maybe at Havana‘s El flor e deet uh Ernest Hemingway in the afternoon could drink 12 of these. He liked them with grape juice.

A

Daiquiris

30
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Old-fashioned ingredients

A

Whiskey,
sugar, cube, or simple syrup,
An orange slice
Maraschino Cherry
Couple of dashes of bitters

31
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The seven and seven calls for these ingredients
The drink

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Seven up and Seagrams 7 whiskey

32
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Fingals cave on the island of Staffa, in these inner islands inspired a famous overture by Felix Mendelson

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Hebrides
Heb ruh D’s

33
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To legally receive its name, this blue veined cheese must age in the limestone caves near Toulouse France

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Roquefort
Roke fert

34
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Most of the 4.6 million shells of Kent England’s shell grotto are local, but there are shells from this Caribbean. Sea snail as well.

A

Conch shells
Konk

35
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In 1900 a library cave of around 50,000 documents was discovered in the caves of the thousand Buddhas on this ancient route

A

The silk Road

36
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It’s the easing of political tensions between countries like the period from the late 1960s until 1979 for the US and Russia

A

Day tant
Detente

37
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This five letter word means outmoded or no longer fashionable

A

Passe
Pah say

38
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It means to cover food with booze and set the dish a light for a few moments before serving

A

Flambe

39
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This pink pink wine you make me feel so fine. You keep me rocking all of the time.

A

Rosé

40
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We say it’s a stereotypical expression or Hackney theme in drama, but that would be such a

A

Cliché

41
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Here’s Vuh row key O take on the little nude cherub known by this Italian term in art

A

Putto

42
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In a painting, it’s the juncture on a horizontal line where the parallel lines in the scene look like they converge

A

Vanishing point

43
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The goal of this card game with a not exactly politically correct name is to not be holding a queen at the end

A

Old maid

44
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Artist Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of this eye bending style that emerged in the 1960s

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Op art

45
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Paired cards in this game: what made my first kiss so awkward and a live studio audience

A

Cards against humanity

46
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If you declare out in this 48 card game, play stops and tricks are counted if you have 1000 points or more you win

A

Pinochle

47
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The colors mixed in the viewers eye in the style that uses little blobs of color and is also called divisionism

A

Pointillism

48
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This type of artwork tell you, the spot in the church is meant to be above and behind
That Isenheim Church one is quite famous
Ease in hiem

A

Altarpiece

49
Q

Punting on a general name and a Hugo title Columbus, Civil War soldiers in the army of northern Virginia called themselves these

A

Lee’s Miserables

50
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George Dangerfield won a Pulitzer for a history of early 19th century America titled the era of these

A

Good feelings

51
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In 1951 Pastor welder and dad Oliver Brown filed a suit against a Board of Education in the state that who made history

A

Kansas

52
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The first census for this year revealed at the population total of 3.9 million

A

1790

53
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Established in the 1930s, this government agency has the authority to control floods and provide electricity down south

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Tennessee valley authority

54
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Some say to always split aces or eights when playing this game but fives not so much

A

Blackjack

55
Q

In this game, hitting one of these scores 13 tricks

A

Bridge
A grand slam
not four runs

56
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Whitney Houston start as Rachel Marron in this film who soundtrack won the Grammy album of the year award in 1994

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The bodyguard

57
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The first of Taylor Swift’s record 4 album of the year Grammys was for this album in 2010

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Fearless

58
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The first woman to win album of the year Grammy

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Judy Garland for Judy at Carnegie Hall

59
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The world’s largest ice cave lies in hoke Kogel mountain in a section of this range in this country

A

The Alps in Austria

60
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Dreamland by Glass Animals might be the response to this album that made her the youngest Grammy album of the year winner ever

A

Billie Eilish
When we all fall asleep, where do we go?

61
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Billy Joel was the big shot in 1980 winning Grammy album of the year for this album that bears the name of a thoroughfare

A

52nd St.