Monroe Tompkins Flashcards

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Artists
Sabena airlines commissioned a painting by this artist Loiseau de ciel a bird whose body is filled with clouds in a blue sky

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Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte
National carrier of Belgium

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2
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From 1974 to 76 Isabel peron was its president

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Argentina

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1980s president agatha Barbara was part of this Mediterranean islands 50s and 60s struggle for independence from Britain

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Malta

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4
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Until 2011 this country in northeastern Africa was the continents biggest in area

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Sudan

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5
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Largest landlocked country in Africa

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Chad

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6
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Smallest country in Africa

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Seychelles
Gambia continental

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7
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What social media company did j Tim partially but in 2011

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My space

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World cities
The name of this city may come from Dur meaning water a reference to the Helvetians peoples settlement on a lake

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Zurich
Switzerland
Helvetians were the ancient Swiss

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9
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In October of 2016 teenage you tuber James Charles became the first to achieve this distinction

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First male spokesperson for cover girl
Make up tutorials

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10
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93 film that had to be filmed at night due to location being in use during the day

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Clerks

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11
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In poker a pair of 8s and aces
Genesis of the name

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Deadman’s hand
Held by wild bill hickcock when he was murdered

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12
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In poetry what character is killed with a vor pull blade
Must have been hard to hit it with its slick dancing moves

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Jabberwocky
Dancers from Americas next best dance crew
From Alice in wonderland
Lewis Carroll

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13
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Seth Cohen creates the greatest super holiday known to man on this greatest teen drama

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Chris muh cuh
The OC

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14
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Division 1 school that has the distinction of being known as the penguins

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Youngstown state in Ohio

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15
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Club going up on a Tuesday seems like a good thing
City going down on a Tuesday not as much
What city fell on a Tuesday leading to this group considering it the most Un luckiest day of the week

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Constantinople - not a Greek city though
The Greeks

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16
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Peacock is a male…female is

17
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What is an uh steer e is rubens
How many eyes
No telling if it can use them to see in hot dog flavored water

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Starfish
5 eyes
Limp bizket album - chocolate starfish and the hotdog flavored water

18
Q

Daniel pest co wits Is famous from this tv show
These hoes single spelled heoux

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Catch me outside girl on Dr Phil

19
Q

Former capital city is the only major city to be located concurrently on 2 continents

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Instanbul
Major choke point for Russia getting to the sea until the northern sea ice melts

20
Q

PSI

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Pounds per square inch
I measure everything in bar

21
Q

Mass energy equivalence is more frequently expressed as this notation

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E=mc2
Energy = mass X the speed of light squared

22
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Gotta support the team
What NFL team retired the number 12 in honor of their fans which call themselves the 12th man

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Seattle Seahawks
Set noise record for a crowd twice
Call themselves the 12s because Texas A&M claims ownership of 12th man

23
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It’s fun to stay there
What were the 6 characters portrayed by the members of the village people

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Cowboy
Native American
Construction worker
Police officer
Biker
Military man

24
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Getting lit
There is no standard size for a shot of alcohol in the US except in this state where a shot = 1.5 ounces
What state can you be certain the the bartenders are definitely getting jigger with it

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Utah
Can’t serve doubles

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Colorful anatomy Over 1/2 of all blue footed boobies on the planet are found in this location
Galápagos Islands
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In a galaxy far far away Scenes filmed for Star Wars in the fictional planet tat too ween were filmed in this African country
Tunisia Based off a real city tat 2 ween locAted near the filming
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Phrases from the ancient world Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling by a horse hair ; his guest begged to leave
The sword of Damocles
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Obligatory Director question Mr show back together again in this movie Also who and what is mr show
Spielberg movie the post Sketch comedy show with David cross and bob odenkirk
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Chemical element names The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are 1 is synthetic 1 is natural
Iodine Einsteinium Europium
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Belgrade is
The capital of Serbia