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LL93 Flashcards

1
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defunct Microsoft online encyclopedia

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Encarta

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2
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year of US invasion of Grenada

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1983

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3
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lagest moon of Neptune

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Triton

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4
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board game originally called “The Box that Sparked and Made Noise”

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Operation

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5
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Kiel Canal country

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Germany

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6
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Il Trovatore composer

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Verdi

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black woman wrote Nikki-Rosa poem

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Nikki Giovanni

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8
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Norwegian flatbread of riced potatoes

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lefse

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9
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Northern Ireland unification party

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Sinn Fein

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10
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name of Beijing-Hangzhou canal and Venice canal

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Grand Canal

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11
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radio company purchased by GE in the 60s

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RCA

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12
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word for timid person named after HT Webster comic strip character

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milquetoast

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13
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall author

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Anne Bronte

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14
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last craft in US Space Shuttle program (2011)

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Atlantis

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15
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dog formerly known as Alsatian

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German shepherd

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16
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metal whose main ore is cinnabar

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mercury

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17
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7 unsolved math problems

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Millennium Prize Problems

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18
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Illinois city at confluence of Mississippi and Ohio rivers

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Cairo

19
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon artist

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Picasso

20
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Conn Smythe trophy sport

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ice hockey

21
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algae/fungus hybrid

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lichen

22
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event commemorated by the Monument column

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Great Fire of London

23
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NASCAR “king”

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Richard Petty

24
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country with former capital Spanish Town

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Jamaica

25
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building designed and redesigned by James Hoban

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the White House

26
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Dickens novel with Little Nell Trent and dwarf Quilp

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The Old Curiosity Shop

27
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Barbara Hepworth medium

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sculpture

28
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West Germany’s detente policy

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ostpolitik

29
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Belinda Carlisle band

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The Go-Gos

30
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study of the nature of existence

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ontology

31
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Maryland seasoning

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Old Bay

32
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Sony home video recording format

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Betamax

33
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India’s most populous state

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Uttar Pradesh

34
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Katherine Ann Porter story collection

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Pale Horse, Pale Rider

35
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“What’s the 411” singer

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Mary J. Blige

36
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president of Palestine, head of PLO after Arafat

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Mahmoud Abbas

37
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muscle type that allows bending

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flexor

38
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Descent from the Cross artist

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Rubens

39
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electron antiparticle

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positron

40
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Feast of Lots celebrating Esther saving the Jews from Haman

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Purim

41
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The Remains of the Day author

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Kazuo Ishiguro

42
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French Chinese-style furniture

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chinoiserie

43
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world’s deepest river

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Congo

44
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I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) group

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The Four Tops

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