Nov 6 Flashcards

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Which Colombian playwright and writer was once nicknamed the “First Enemy of Macondo”. Less known in Latin America he killed himself aged 25 in 1977?

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Andres CALCEDO

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Nicknamed the Missing Cryptoqueen, who founded the fraudukent onecoin?

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Ruja IGNATOVA

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Which ye ye singer was the first wife of johnny halliday?

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Sylvie vartan

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The media player with a traffic cone logo, what does vlc stand for?

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Video lan client

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Containg the,onyx river, which region of antarctica has seen no rain in 2 million years?

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Mcmurdo dry valleys

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Containg the,onyx river, which region of antarctica has seen no rain in 2 million years?

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Mcmurdo dry valleys

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Julia kristeva wrote which 1982 essay on tge theme of abjection?

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The powers of horror.

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Sanseverria has what akternative name

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Mother in laws tongue

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Seria a trophy

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Scudetto

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Trump f press secretary

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Kelly anne conway

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Three counties never won cricket cpunty championships

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Northants
Gloucs
Somerset

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Dali associated with which french station

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Perpignan

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Peak bog in caithness sutgerland

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Flow

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Who wrote tge 1964 play Funnyhouse of a Negro?

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Adrienne Kennedy

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Running from 1968 2001, which kids educational show inspired a Morgan Neville 2018 documentary that vecame the biggest grossing bio doc of all time?

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Mr rogers neighbourhood

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Who directed 20 feet from stardon?

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Morgan Neville

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Which architect’s unrealised plans for an opera house in Munich were stolen by Wagner for Bayreuth’s Festsoielhaus?

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Gottfried SEMPER

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Giving its name to a namesake Roman helmet Which is the oldest city of the Netherlands

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What was the name of the 1865 poem by Walt Whitman which contains the famous line O captain my captain

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When lilac’s last in the dooryard bloomed

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Named after a company rather than an animal Which mine in Northwest South Africa is the largest platinum mine in the world

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Fez Marrakesh and rabat 3 of the 4 Imperial cities in Morocco. Founded by alouite Dynasty what is the fourth

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Located just 63 km South of Marrakesh Which Moroccan mountain is the highest peak in the Atlas mountain range

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The quagga derives its name From the word for zebra in which language

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What was the name of the first wife Of Robert Dudley. She is best known for her death, Falling down a flight of stairs and 1560

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Amy robsart

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Correctly spell the surname of the Nigerian NBA player Who won 2 titles with the Houston Rockets
Olajuwon
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Also known as the mystery of the Summerton man what is the best known name of the unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead at 6:30 AM in Adelaide 1948. It refers to the word's written on a scrapper paper found on the man's corpse
Tamam shud
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What is the name of the high-end fashion brand founded by Harvey Weinstein's former wife Georgina Chapman
Marchesa
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In Greek mythology which king set Hercules is 12 labours
Eurystheus
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Remarkably tiverly is not the worlds Oldest amusement park or even the oldest in Copenhagen. Founded on 1588, Which other amusement park holds that honor
Dyrehavsbakken
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Nickname c gipsies by both The British and the Chinese which ethnic group of 40 million Living in Southern China are known for their floating dwellings
Tanka
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Which Russian tax adviser died suspiciously in custody in 2009 his name is used to denote AUS act of 2012 Enabling sanctions to be applied to people believed to have conducted human rights abuses
Sergei magnitsky
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Which Viena born management consultant wrote the 1946 book concept of the corporation rooted in a 2 year study of General motors
Peter drucker
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Which Japanese company was most famous For its namesake chalk. It sadly ceased production in 2015 due to the reduction of the use k for educational purposes
HAGOROMO
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Located in the town of Arkham Massachusetts, Name of the fictional UniversityIn several novels by hp Lovecraft
Miskatonix
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In 1881 who became the first principal of Tuskegee University
Booker t washington
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Which former collaborates with Michael Oldfield Is now best known for her cover version of Dolly Parton's love is like a butterfly
Claire torry
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What is the name of the 2017 sophomore album featuring the song green light
Melodrama
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which 1973 Arthur C Clark novel centres on the discovery of an enormous cylinder call spaceship
Rendezvous with rama
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Translating into English as the treasury what is the best known building in the ruins of Petra
Al khazneh
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French president assassinated in 1932
Paul doumer
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In 2005 which Arabic novelist from Algeria Was elected to the Academy francaise
Assia djebar
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What is the third largest city population in Algeria
Constantine
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He referred to his major work as the metamorphosis. Augustine of Hippo described it as the golden ass. Which writer
Apuleius