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Negev Desert Isreal Dead Sea Flashcards

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Originally awarded in 77 this leagues championship trophy is officially named for Larry O’Brien

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NBA

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Since 95 official representative must accompany Stanley cup when with a player because

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Player let horse Eat out of it
Go for gin Kentucky derby winner

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This trophy is informally known as the ald Mug
Originally known as the RYS 100 pounds
( as in money )cup

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Americas cup
Renamed for first winner
Royal yacht something ?

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In 06 Frances Allen won an award for pioneering contributions to theory of practice of optimizing piler techniques ; the award is named for this British scientist and crypt analyst

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Alan Turing

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5
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This cosmetics company in partnership with UNESCO presents a woman in science award
5 winners every year one from
Each region of the world

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Lor e L
Africa /ME
Asia pacific
Latin American / Caribbean
North America
Europe

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First established in this award is given every 4 years to up to 4 mathematicians who are under 40 by international mathematical union

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Fields medal
Mentioned in goodwill hunting

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Newest nobel prize category
Also location awarded

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Memorial prize in Economics Added in 68
Peace Norway Sweden all others
Alfred Nobel invented TNT

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8
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Most CFL championships
Also cup name
Est 1908

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Toronto argonauts
Grey cup

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This other wise typically comedic late night talk show would occasionally address serious topics ; one such with Desmond tutu and earned this award for excellence in broadcasting in news and entertainment

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The late late show with Craig Ferguson

Jeff the robot

Peabody

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This animated series which is coming of age story of a boy who lives with crystal gems has been critically acclaimed for design voice acting and peominenxe of LGBTQ themes and science fantasy world building
First to win GLAD award for outstanding kids and family programming

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Steven universe

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This PBS program was a 21 Peabody news award winner for Lisa day jar dans live on the scene reporting on Jan 6 attack on capital

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PBS news hour
McNeil lare? Previously

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Golden maple awards are annual awards presented by academy of Canadian in sports and entertainment to Canadian actors appearing on tv show broadcast in this country

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This toy won toy of year award from the toy association (non profit trade )in 19 and 20
Netflix show
2 switch video games

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LOL Surprise
Dont know what you’re buying
Nicki Minaj one

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14
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82 and 88 inanimate objects time person of the year

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82 PC machine of the year
88 endangered earth as planet of the year

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This poet was one of glamours magazine women of the year nominee in 21

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On TVs all over the world in Jan 21

Amanda Gorman
Biden inauguration
24 in 22

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These 2 tied with most managers of the year

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Bobby cox - blue jays and braves
Tony larusa white Sox A’s. Cardinals
4 X

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The devil in disguise exposes Soviet hypocrisy in this mikhail bulgakov’s book
Bul guh kov

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The master and margarita

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Khaled ho sane e looked back on his childhood of in this country of his birth for this novel

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The kite runner
Afghanistan

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This puritan minister who wrote the Christian philosopher in 1721 wqs a leader in the fight for thr smallpox vaccination

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Cotton mather

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20
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Bobby big hair in front of you is less of a problem in a movie theater with this tiered seating that sounds like a large arena

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Stadium seating

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21
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Sitcom mom to Becky Darlene DJ

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Roseanne

22
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Thr fifth arrondissement is known for this quarter carpe diem
R own dees mwah

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Latin quarter

23
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In novels like see all stied folk novel prize winner halldoor laxness Examined life on this island

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Iceland

24
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Making it his mission this star is known for se ding hundreds of coconut cakes as holiday gifts

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Tom cruise
Doans bakery Woodland Hills

25
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Battle of Thermopylae participants

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300 Spartans against 300K soldiers from Prussia
Spartans leonidas
Persians king xerxes 1

26
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Agatha Christie pennname

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Mary westmacott for non mysteries

27
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Route 66 location

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California to Chicago
Get your kicks on Route 66

28
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Ivy League counterparts

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Seven sisters

Mount Holyoke
Vasser
Barnard
Radcliffe
Bryn mawr
Smith
Wellesley

29
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1980 holiday 90K people marched in this city in favor of the equal rights amendment

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Chicago
Mother’s Day
equal rights amendment - Passed inn72 but many states refused to ratify it

30
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In late 1700s the Hawaiian law of the splintered this canoe accessory was proclaimed by this king kamehamhea 1

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Oar or paddle
Kah may uh may uh

31
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In 1912 he pleaded to Maine residents you cannot expect success hunting deer or moose if your feet are not properly dressed

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LL bean

32
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Initials of this shropshire lad poet stood for Alfred Edward

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Houseman

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Sky and water 1 by this graphic artist is typical of his optical illusionary style
38

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Mc escher

34
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Pretty mangled piece of papyrus contains part of tithonus poem a work attributed to the poet of lesbos
Ti thonus

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Sappho

35
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Thr westcar papyrus contains stories about the royal court of this pharaoh of thr old kingdom aka Cheops
K ops

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Kufu

36
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In October 1790 Thursday october Christian was born on this island

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Pitcairn
Fletcher Christian and the bounty mutineers

37
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Turns out this Baltimore newspaperman known for thr American language was a virulent racist and end antisemite

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HL Mencken

38
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Italian building 5.5 degrees from perpendicular + 4 letter Chinese sailboat
What a piece of this

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Leaning tower of Pisa junk

39
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Popular at fiestas La chona is a bop from Los Tucanes of this city in northwestern Baja California

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Tijuana

40
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In satire of trades a man with this ancient writing job speaks out in cons of physical work in the cold

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Scribe

41
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Brazilian artist me gusta was her first entry on billboard hot 100

A

Anita

42
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The + Swiss psychologist Carl + 8 letter adjective for deprived of sleep = a slightly altered soap opera title

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Thr yuuung and the restless

43
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Basin shaped complex of human bones supporting the trunk + garnish combined with sage rosemary and thyme = this altered icon

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PElvis parsley

44
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Prefix before curricular or marital + multiple canvas covers slanting down above windows = we’re going into these

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Extra awnings

45
Q

Telepatia viral hit in 21
Colombian

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Kali uchis
Ew cheese

46
Q

Her 25 album las mujeres ya no lloran is her first since her split from
Former soccer player Gerard pique
pK

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Shakira

47
Q

The 3 words in genesis 1:3 that follow and god said + the go to handheld jedi weapon = this updated phrase

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Let there be lightsaber

48
Q

Tech talk
In 92 Jean Polly told new web users to do this and later explained they need some skill …never know if there are going to be sharks

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Surf the web
Early days of internet

49
Q

Brahmaputra river runs through 3 countries from its source to its confluence with this other great river

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Ganges

50
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This duos albums include sounds of silence and the concert in Central Park

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Simon and Garfunkel

51
Q

I’m dating strata or layers of rock this pretty basic principle states

Lower layers are older than the ones up above

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called the law of superposition

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