Sri Lanka Ceylon Flashcards

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Dust bowl trilogy

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Steinbeck
The dubious battle
Of mice and men
Grapes of wrath - won both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction (novels) and was adapted as a film starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell and directed by John Ford

The title is a reference to the Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Language also known as Persian

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Farsi

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Wild West stage name of William Cody

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Buffalo bill

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New Age writer deepak

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Chopra

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Wildebeest

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Gnu

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“The Wind in the Willows” residence

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Toad hall

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Opposition to development in one areas colloquially

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Nimby

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21st century Literature
50shades series of books started out as fan fiction for this other series
Bonus author of both

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Twilight - Stephanie myer
EL James - 50 which has outsold twilight

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90s music
This album ushered in thr 90s by knocking this mJs album off the number 1 spot on jan 11 92
Synonymous with previous hit album title in a way

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Nirvanas nevermind knocked off MJs dangerous (related to bad?)

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2020 Kentucky derby winner

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Authentic
Run in sept month in front of no people
Bob baffert owner

As a result of Authentic’s win, horse trainer Bob Baffert tied the record for most Kentucky Derby wins, at six.

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(born October 4, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since 2019

who was the first person to wear a hijab on the House floor

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Ilhan Abdullahi Omar

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12
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I can love you like that song
95

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All 4 one

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Sweet child of mine song

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Guns N’ Roses

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Dungeons and dragons publisher

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Wizards of the coast
Originally tSR tactical studies rules inc
Created by
Gary guy gax

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Ark of the covenant in raiders of the lost ark
R2D2 in Star Wars
The briefcase in pulp fiction
Are all

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Muh Guffin
R2D2 not dictionary definition

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Item iconic to psych series setting off a fan favorite trope
James rowday Rodriguez

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Pineapple
Referenced in every episode ?

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this Broadway musical is based on this Greek mythological couple

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Orpheus and yuh rid uh see in
Hades town
Goes to the underworld to save her and can’t look back but he does - footsteps get faint

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Element with an atomic number 47

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Ag - silver
Not to be confused with a letter Kenny rental used for raves
Tv show ?
Ag hall?

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Word that spells a different word backwards

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Levi drome
Or emordnilap
A certain Zachary may appreciate
Not a palindrome

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Popular food mainly for kids wqs named for founder spelled in a way that made easy to pronounce

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Chef Boy R D

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From Chicago IL
Born chancellor Jonathan Bennett in Chicago this artist releases all music for free
Putting a price limits from making a connection

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Chance the rapper
3

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Ken
This country’s capita changes with wherever the emperor consisted their home
Current and previous

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Japan
Tokyo since 1868
Koyto

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Matt
Created the modern huddle and why

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Paul d Hubbard

Hubbard - people saw his signs so he wanted to hide them

because suffered from affliction not this

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Neal
This movie starring Katherine hiegel and Tom Sizemore considers the biggest flop
Box office Gross of $30 budget 1.2

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Ziz ecks road $1.2M

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Jeff Of 193 sovereign flags this many are not rectangular
3 Nepal - 2 triangles Vatican city - Square Switzerland - Square
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Hubcap hurling mud pit belly flops and bobbing for pigs feet were competitions in this states annual event called
The red neck games in Georgia
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Kelly clarkson is the former daughter in law of this iconic country singer
Reba mcentire - married her stepson Brandon
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If you live somebody set them free song 85
Sting
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2 main branches of Islam
Sunnis and Shias
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YouTube star JoJo
Siwa
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Biblical twins in Old Testament
Jacob and Esau
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Coming Home" singer
Leon Bridges
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"La Dolce Vita" star
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg
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who won the 2020 Masters Tournament
Dustin johnson
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Attempted to get rights to Flash Gordon but unsuccessful so did this instead
George Lucas Star Wars
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Longest and shortest wwe world champion reigns
Bruno san mar teen o Andre giant 1 min 48 seconds - forced to defend did someone have a gun Wwwf championship at thr time
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Tied for most F1 championships At least as of 23
Michael shoe mach er Lewis Hamilton Also Called world driver championship wins Worked for a race car magazine for a while
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Batman’s son
Dameon Wayne 5th Robin ? Grandfather big time Batman enemy
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Holds record for most winnings on America game Shows 23
Ken Jennings by a slim margin
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Smallest planet in our solar system
Mercury