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Political cartoonist Thomas Nast Flashcards

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close-fitting garment with an edgy vibe)

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Moto jacket

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River in “Heart of Darkness

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Congo

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“If I ever Fall in Love Again” duet

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Anne Murray/Kenny Rogers duet)

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These organs are responsible for filtering all the blood in your body up to 40 times every day

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Kidneys
Kidneys are two bean shaped organs that filter, waste and produce urine
well functioning . Kidneys can filter out the 40 gallons per day.

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This type of pasta closer resembles bowtie

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Farfalle
Means butterflies in Italian and the wing pasta with a pinched center also is known as bowtie pasta

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In the musical Annie, daddy war bucks is visited by this real life person

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Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
Not only is FDR a character, but the original musical features a song based on his signature legislation a new deal for Christmas

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The dating app was founded by a Tinder employee who wanted to let women control conversations

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Bumble
In opposite sex encounters on bumble only women can send the first message

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The Taj Mahal was originally constructed as this

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mausoleum
And estimated 20,000 workers constructed the Taj Mahal in the 17 century which first serve as a mausoleum for emperor, Shah, Jahan, and his wife, mumtaz Mahal

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Back in the 1880s, the first popular artificial Christmas trees were made with what

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Goose feathers
In 19 century Germany, widespread deforestation led people to make trees from goose feathers, which were dyed green

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A team of four created this 2009 physics space rovio game in which you adjust the trajectory of a slingshot how addictive

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Angry Birds

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In August 1947, these 2 Asian nations gained independence from Great Britain

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Pakistan and India

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Succeeding, his grandfather Maximillian, in 1519 Charles, the first of Spain ascended to this more lofty imperial title as Charles the fifth

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Holy Roman emperor

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While searching for treasure, this explorer and conquistador became the first European to document the Mississippi River

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Desoto

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Australia shark bay is notable not just for sharks but for these Indo pacific sea cows with a name from Malay

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Dugong

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Based on a concept degree to at the 1919 Paris peace conference this international Association was formed to maintain world peace

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League of Nations

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Armenians Azat Valley is home to one of these religious retreats cut from rock between the fourth and 13 centuries

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Monastery

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This helmet popular with explorers and postal workers gets its name from the dried tree substance it’s made from

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Pith helmet

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Atomic Shakespeare and Maddie Hayes got married were episodes of this 1980s TV series

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Moonlighting

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Want coverage from the sun try this hat named for a beach job

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Lifeguard

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The name of this cattle breed prized for its marble beef literally means Japanese cow

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Wagyu
Wag U

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Henry Clay introduced this popular cattle breed to the US in 1817 from England

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Hereford
Her ferd

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The cruel, Mrs. Reed loathes this niece niece, the title character of a Brontë novel and deprive her of an inheritance

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Jane Eyre

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In 1993 this African-American sci-fi writer published the parable of the sower about chaos in 2020s California

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Octavia Butler

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His a night of the 7 Kingdoms takes place nearly as century before the events of a Game of Thrones

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George RR Martin

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Death becomes her used Catherine Bell as one of these defined by the OED as a stand for nude or explicit movie scenes

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Body double

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Naked may be used on its own or preceded by this five letter word that can mean harsh or severe

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Stark

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Turns out this story and the title outfit by Hans Christian Anderson leave both two little and too much to the imagination

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The Emperor’s new clothes

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The Stephen King novel about a world blasted by plague was re-issued in 1990 restoring some $150,000 words

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The stand

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Moby Dick begins with one of the most famous first lines in literature- These three words.

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Call me Ishmael

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The OED uses both the RE and ER spelling for this word referring to a person appearing nude in a magazine

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Centerfold

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This 2020 switch game from Nintendo with subtitled new horizons

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Animal crossing

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Come with me to this section of Algiers with palaces and the remains of the old citadel

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Casbah

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Sam esmail created this TV drama about a computer program by day who’s a hacker in his off hours

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Mr. robot

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It was fire on ice when DB Sweeney and Moira Kelly paired up in this 1992 film
The ultimate love skate relationship

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The cutting edge

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The medieval Latin Berettum gives us this word for a soft round flat hat, oui
Pronounced as we

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Beret

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Six sites in Colombia make up a cultural landscape devoted to the growing and processing of this crop

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Coffee

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Showbiz marriages
Married since 1977 the year of this bands first album two members referenced another album with their 2023 remain in love tour

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Talking Heads
Tina Weymouth and Chris France?
Referencing their record remain in light

Wey mith

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The name of this venue built in 1599 fit its circular shape, a wooden O some would say

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Globe theater

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This suite by handle for strings and various wind instruments was performed for a royal boat trip on the Thames

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Water music

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The opposite of out plus to serve drinks at a bar equals this to have in mind

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Intend issue form of to be action I thought it was Spanish. What would that be? Oh my gosh what is this? That sounds so familiar my gosh 

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Fort Moultrie held off the Royal Navy in 1776
a second fort construction at this same harbor years later would gain fame in 1861

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Charlestown
Fort Sumter

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