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States that produced at least 2 presidents

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8- Virginia
7-Ohio
5-new York
4-Massachusetts
2- north Carolina Texas Pennsylvania Vermont

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most mountainous caribbean nation

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Haiti is a mountainous island (the other half belongs to Dominican Republic) Haiti in fact means Mountainous Island in arawak: Ayiti. It is a very mountanious spot in the Caribbean, Kenskoff chain is a pleasant place to refresh from the humid weather. It always rains, it’s smoggy and cool.

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most mountainous caribbean nation

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Haiti is a mountainous island (the other half belongs to Dominican Republic) Haiti in fact means Mountainous Island in arawak: Ayiti. It is a very mountanious spot in the Caribbean, Kenskoff chain is a pleasant place to refresh from the humid weather. It always rains, it’s smoggy and cool.

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historic quinoa cultivators

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Incas

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Spanning 240 ft wide dar bahz uh gas crater has been on fire for thr last 40 years and is endearing referred to as gates of hell by locales of this country

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Turkmenistan

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Two musicals
First Modern telling of thr pop star wives of Henry 8
Second tony award winning based on a film by frederico fuh lean E

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9 - based on 8.5 Daniel day Lewis ?
Nice !!

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This is a steamed, filled bun in Chinese cuisine.

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A baozi (also “bou, bao”)

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If Beale Street Could Talk” actor
Who also is well known to followers of the zombie television show “Fear the Walking Dead”, on which he plays the villainous Victor Strand. He is the first actor in any of the “The Walking Dead” shows to direct an episode.

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Colman : DOMINGO

Actor Colman Domingo

If Beale Street Could Talk” is a 2018 film based on a 1974 novel of the same name by Barry Jenkins. Both novel and movie tell the story of a young woman working to clear the name of her lover, who was wrongfully charged with rape

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Recently adapted into trendy wall art these type baskets are named for an ethic group in Southern Africa and not as you might expect a pacific island nation

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Tonga - bo hoe also called
Not mac ruh may

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Known for the 1832 war he fought against white settlers this warrior gave his name to the military division where Frederick mcglauflin commanded a battalion

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Blackhawk

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Now designated a UNESCO world heritage site this is the former capital of thr Incan empire

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Cuzco

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This type of cable transmits data using light pulses sent through thin glass threads

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Fiber optic

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Thr space shuttle enterprise is on display at the intrepid sea air and space museum in this city

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New York City

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First Stephen king novel turned into a movie

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Carrie

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If you just traveled through 3 adjacent US states that all start with the same letter they were

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Iowa
Illinois
Indiana

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The first appearance of thr bowl championship series national title game
Occurred in this year
Also sponsor and specific bowl games

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98-99 season
Tostitos fiesta bowl
Playoff format is way more recent

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Thr production of this seed requires the transport of 1.4 M beehives nearly half of all of the beehives in US to pollinate the trees
To grow all of the seeds required

amazing

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Almond - is a droop
Fruit?

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The Soviet story the goldbug was I paired by his time stationed at fort mull tree on Sullivans island South Carolina

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Edgar Allen Poe

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This is the primary difference between tofu and tempehs tem pay

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Tem pay is made from fermented soybeans

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Liquid from this droop has been successfully used as an alternative IV saline drips in extreme circumstances
But not recommended by doctors

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Coconut
Droop is a fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed

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A genetically engineered golden version of this grain which has far more vitamin a than other cultivars wqs approved in thr Philippines in 21 for production

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Rice
Blindness - problem with vitamin A deficiency
Could save lives but a lot of organizations opposed because GE

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This is the tallest mountains in the alps

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Mount blanc

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Official name is Longest Beatles album in length

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The Beatles
Everyone calls the white album
Their Only double album

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The cliffs of dover are composed largely of this

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Limestone
Mineral chalk gives distinctive color
School kids familiar

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This instrument evolved from thr Sac but
Trombone
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This nba team wqs known as the Syracuse nationals from 46-63
Sixers
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Countries with coastlines on Atlantic and Mediterranean
France Spain Morocco
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2020 dungeon crawler
Hades
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The name Alan smith e is significant in thr movie industry because indicates this
Pseudonym for director that doesn’t want to be associated with project
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Class of fish unique for being primarily composed of cartilage
Con druct Ts Lime sharks and rays
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She recently released (21)her sour prom concert film ; marketing included images of her as a prom queen crying holding flowers which attracted negative attention from this other artist who has similar imagery on 94 album
Olivia Rodrigo Courtney love - live through this
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Urban legend fictional creature
Cryptid
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The annual great migration features nearly 2 M of this animal crossing this
Wildebeest crossing the Serengeti
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Food translates to pampered daddy
Baba ganoush Eggplant tahini garlic lemon juice and salt Created for a spoiled sultan
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New pope is chosen this appears at this chapel
White smoke Sistine chapel 2/3 of cardinals
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Consecutive prime numbers
2 and 3
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Diners drive ins and dives host
Guy fieri
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Author born Howard Allen Frances O’Brien
Anne rice - bullied changed name to Anne Famous for vampire novels Interview with a a vampire
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ANYTHING GOES In 2012 Taco Bell had to hire 15,000 new employees following its successful debut of tacos with shells flavored like which snack food? +100 correct
Doritos
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VOCAB Where would a person most likely enjoy a libation?
Bar
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MONEY & NUMBERS If a soldier tells you the time is 1600 hours, what time is that on the 12-hour clock?
4pm
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GEOGRAPHY Noted for its creaking noise, a 4,000-acre forest of which plant in the Arashiyama district was named one of Japan’s “100 soundscapes”? +100 correct
Bamboo
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In 2010 who showed up in person to collect the worst actress Razzie for All About Steve the day before winning best actress Oscar for this movie ? +100 correct
Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
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SCIENCE & TECH When it launched in 1976, which tech company had a logo that featured Isaac Newton sitting under a tree? +100 correct
Apple
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HISTORY & SOCIETY Delivering a speech on the ills of communism, in 1946 Winston Churchill popularized which phrase?
Iron curtain
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Elton John composed three new songs, including “The Morning Report” and “Chow Down,” when which film was adapted for Broadway?
Lion king
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ANIMALS & NATURE Used for hunting in England for centuries, which dog was imported to the United States in the 1800s to help farmers control the jackrabbit population? +100 correct
Greyhound
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Which animals, called the "hounds of Zeus", pull the chariot of the Greek goddess of vengeance?
Griffins
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What is Korean superstar Psy's real name?
Park jae -sang
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What training method did Lee Strasberg use to teach Marlon Brando and Al Pacino?
The method
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André Breton likened her art to “a ribbon around a bomb.” Who is she?
Frida khalo
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Where did the colonists come from who founded the city of Odessos in the 6th century BC?
Miletus
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was an actress best known for the films made with her husband, actor and director John Cassavetes. Notably, she played a lead role opposite James Garner in the weepy, weepy 2004 film “The Notebook”. “The Notebook” was directed by her son Nick Cassavetes. She was nominated for Oscars for her performances in two films: “Gloria” (1980) and “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974).
Gena Rowlands
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1948 presidential election winner:
TRUMAN Harry S. Truman became vice president under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January of 1945. He was in office for only 82 days when he was informed at the White House by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that her husband had died in Warm Springs, Georgia. Truman was sworn in as US president, and served out the remainder of Roosevelt’s term without naming a replacement vice president. When Truman ran for president in his own right in 1948, he shared the ticket with Alben W. Barkley. Truman and Barkely won that election, and were in office until 1953.
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Spanish Netflix crime series:
Money Heist” (“La casa de papel” in Spanish) is a very successful crime drama series from Spain that transferred to Netflix, after which the show’s run was extended. The show was so successful that Netflix made a documentary called “Money Herist: The Phenomenon”.
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TripTik output:
AAA MAP “TripTik” is the brand name for customized travel maps provided by AAA for its members.
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is the French word for “boredom”, and is a term that we now use in English. It’s one of the few French words we’ve imported and haven’t anglicized, and actually pronounce “correctly”.
Ennui”
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” is a celebrated opera that is based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette. Mariette also designed the costumes and stages for the opening performance. The opera was first staged in 1871 in an opera house in Cairo. In the storyline, an Ethiopian princess brought into Egypt as a slave. Radamès is an Egyptian commander who falls in love with her, and then complications arise!
Aida by Giuseppe Verdi Aida is an Ethiopian princess
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Home of Arizona State:
TEMPE Tempe is a city in the metropolitan area of Phoenix. It is named for the Vale of Tempe in Greece.
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The word “” means “belonging to another country”, and is derived from the Greek “meaning “outside”.
exotic Greek “exo- Exotica are things that are excitingly strange, often from foreign parts.
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Obama daughters
SASHA Sasha is the younger of the two Obama children, having been born in 2001. She was the youngest child to reside in the White House since John F. Kennedy, Jr. moved in with his parents as a small infant. Sasha’s Secret Service codename is “Rosebud”, and her older sister Malia has the codename “Radiance”.
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Home of the Sherpa people:
NEPAL In the Tibetan language, “Sherpa” means “eastern people” (sher = east, pa = people). Sherpas are an ethnic group from Nepal, but the name is also used for the local guides who assist mountaineers in the Himalayas, and particularly on Mount Everest.
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Drag Race” host:
RUPAUL RuPaul is a famous drag queen who has developed a diverse career beyond performing on stage. He works as an actor, model, author and a recording artist. Famously, RuPaul doesn’t mind whether one addresses him as “he” or as “she” … You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don’t care! Just as long as you call me. He currently hosts his own reality TV show called “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, which is billed as a search for “America’s next drag superstar”.
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Actress is a native New Yorker from Manhattan. The performances of hers that I most admire are in “The Truman Show” and “Love Actually” on the big screen, and in “John Adams” and “Ozark” on the small screen.
Laura Linney
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Tart fruit used to make gin:
SLOE The sloe is the fruit of the blackthorn bush, and the main flavoring ingredient in sloe gin. A sloe looks like a small plum, but is usually much more tart in taste
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Denim fabric originated in
Nîmes in France. The French phrase “de Nîmes” (meaning “from Nîmes”) gives us the word “denim”. Also, the French phrase “bleu de Genes” (meaning “blue of Genoa”) gives us our word “jeans”.
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Rocky’s wife, also played by
Adrian was Played by Talia Shire, sister of director Francis Ford Coppola.
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was a Hungarian stage and screen actor who was perhaps best known for playing the title role in the 1931 film “Dracula” and for playing the same role on Broadway.
Bela Lugosi Lugosi found himself typecast for the rest of his career and almost always played the role of the villain, often in horror movies. When he passed away in 1956, his wife had him buried in the costume he wore playing Count Dracula on Broadway
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was an expert in the field of logic his book “Symbolic Logic” in 1881.
Englishman John Venn and introduced the Venn diagram in his book Venn diagrams are used in set theory, to illustrate the logical relationships between sets of variables.
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Rust is
iron oxide. It forms when iron oxidizes, reacts with oxygen.
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Peloponnesian city-state that warred with Athens:
SPARTA The Peloponnese is a peninsula in southern Greece that was once home to the ancient city-state Sparta. Technically, the Peloponnese has been an island since 1893 when the Corinth Canal was completed, separating the peninsula from the mainland.
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is a professional golfer from Fiji who led the list of PGA money winners in 2003, 2004 and 2008.
Vijay Singh
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is a steamed, filled bun in Chinese cuisine.
baozi (also “bou, bao”)
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in the northwest of Italy is one of the nation’s twenty administrative regions. It is a mountainous region that is surrounded on three sides by the Alps. The Italian name for the region, “”, translates as “foot of a mountain”.
Piedmont Piedmont’s capital city is Turin
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Rare blood designation:
TYPE AB Here is an approximate distribution of blood types across the US population: O-positive: 38 percent O-negative: 7 percent A-positive: 34 percent A-negative: 6 percent B-positive: 9 percent B-negative: 2 percent AB-positive: 3 percent AB-negative: 1 percent
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Title role for Brandy Norwood:.
MOESHA “Moesha” is a sitcom that originally aired in the late nineties starring singer Brandy Norwood in the title role, a high school student in LA. “Moesha” may be a sitcom, but it had a reputation for dealing with very real social issues such as teen pregnancy, race relations, and i nfidelity
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The Russian Empire was officially claimed by him after the defeat of the Swedish Empire and the end of the Great Northern War. The tsars lost their power when…
Emperor Peter I, known as Peter the Great, Bolsheviks executed Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. When the war ended in 1923, the Bolsheviks established the Soviet Union, which covered most of the territory occupied by the Russian Empire.
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After gaining independence in 1975, became the smallest Portuguese-speaking country in the world.
São Tomé and Príncipe The Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe is an island nation off the west coast of Africa comprising mainly two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe. São Tomé and Príncipe is located in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Gabon. It was colonized by Portugal after POrtuguese explorers discovered the islands in the 15th century
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State flower of California:
POPPY The California poppy is also known as the golden poppy, and is native to the US and Mexico. It was named the state flower of California in 1903
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is actually a US Army base that lends its name to the adjacent facility that is more correctly called the United States Bullion Depository.
Fort Knox Most of the US gold reserves are in “Fort Knox”, although it isn’t the biggest gold repository in the US. That honor goes to the vault under the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Manhattan. Most of the gold stored in the New York vault belongs to foreign nations and banks.
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is best known as the bassist for the Irish rock band U2. Born in England, he moved to Ireland as a child and later became a founding member of U2 in Dublin.
Adam Clayton
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, the “First Lady of Song”, made her real stage debut at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Amatuer Night when she was just 17 years old. She had intended to perform a dance routine, but decided to sing instead after seeing a superior dance act. She won the Amatuer Night competition.
Ella Fitzgerald
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” franchise of films is based on a French novel by Pierre Boulle called “La Planète des singes”. The book was published in English as “Monkey Planet”, but was re-released ” when Hollywood had made its choice for a movie title
The “Planet of the Apes
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Bishop’s hat:
MITRE A miter (also “mitre”) is a traditional headdress worn by bishops in some Christian traditions. The term “miter” comes from a Greek word for “headband, turban”.
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The practice of telling fortunes by studying palms is known as
palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy or chirology. The term “chiromancy” comes from the Greek “kheir” (hand) and “mateia” (divination).
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Freak on a Leash” band:
KORN Korn is an alternative-metal band from Bakersfield, California. The band’s name is derived from a fan suggestion of “Corn”. The suggested name was considered too bland and so was prettied up to Korn, with the letter “r” capitalized and written backwards
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) is a single-celled microorganism. The name comes from the Greek “”, meaning change.
An ameba (also “amoeba” The name is quite apt, as the cell changes shape readily as the ameba moves, eats and reproduces.
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Born to Fly” singer
Sara Evans is a country singer/songwriter from Boonville, MIssouri. Evans was a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2006, but left the show after about a month. Evans had filed for divorce from her husband on the same day she left the show. It turned out to be a very messy divorce. Sad …
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is a landlocked country in western Africa located south of Algeria. Formerly known as French Sudan, the nation’s most famous city is Timbuktu. the third-largest producer of gold on the continent, after South Africa and Ghana.
The Republic of Mali
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are parallel ribs in a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy.
Wales There’s a myth that the name of the textile known as “corduroy” comes from the French “corde du roi” (the cord of the king). It’s more likely that “corduroy” comes from a melding of “cord” and “duroy” (a coarse fabric that used to be made in England).
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The gnu is also known as this
the wildebeest, and is an antelope native to Africa. “Wildebeest” is a Dutch word meaning “wild beast”.
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Snow Crash” novelist
Stephenson: NEAL Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel “Snow Crash” is set in a virtual realm that he dubs the Metaverse. A key element of Stephenson’s Metaverse is the use of “avatars,” which are the visual representations of users within the virtual world. Stephenson’s novel significantly popularized the use of the term “avatar” in the context of virtual reality
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Cocktail of tequila and grapefruit soda:
PALOMA The paloma is a cocktail made from tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda. The name “paloma” translates from Spanish as “dove”.
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Liberal arts college in Kentucky:
BEREA Berea College is located in Berea, Kentucky, just south of Lexington. It is a remarkable university that is focused on providing a low-cost education to students from low-income families. There are no tuition fees and instead students must work at least ten hours a week on campus and in service jobs. Berea was also the first college in the Southern US to become coeducational and the first to become racially integrated
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Windows precursor:
MS-DOS MS-DOS (short for “Microsoft Disk Operating System”) was the main operating system used by IBM-compatible PCs in the eighties and for much of the nineties. Microsoft introduced the Windows operating environment in 1985 to sit above MS-DOS as a graphical user interface (GUI). That move was made in response to the success of Apple’s GUI released with the Lisa and Macintosh platforms. A court case ensued, one that was eventually settled in court in favor of Microsoft.
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Put Your Records On” singer
Corinne Bailey Rae is a British singer from Yorkshire in northern England.
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There are four hyphens in the title of this Beatles song, which we hear Desmond say to Molly girl I like your face
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
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Global offensive is one title in this valve video game shooter, whose name refers to a type of military retaliation
Counter-strike
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He gave us both into thin air and into the wild
Krakauer Crack hour
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Kevin Fedarko recount how he and a buddy took a walk in the park a 750 mile hike traversing this gorge
Grand Canyon