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Welles Citizen Kane Director Flashcards

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Paul of “The Batman” :

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DANO
Paul Dano is an actor and musician from New York City. I best know him for playing Brian Wilson in “Love & Mercy”, a fascinating film about the Beach Boys.

“The Batman” is a 2022 film, and a reboot of the “Batman” film franchise. It stars Robert Pattinson as the title character (aka Bruce Wayne), and Paul Dano as the Riddler, the antagonist of the piece.

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Today’s New York Yankees baseball team started out here as this team

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Baltimore in 1901 as the Orioles. The Orioles moved to New York in 1903 and became the New York Highlanders. The “Yankees” name was adopted officially in 1913.

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2 creators of Superman

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Jerry seagel and Joe schuster

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Most populous country in South America

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Brazil

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This renewable fuel is made from vegetable oils animal fats or recycled restaurant grease

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Biodiesel

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Guten morgen in the english
Goo ten

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German for good morning

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Name of the big haired main character in this musical who dreams of dancing on her favorite tv show

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Tracy from hairspray

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Cohost pair of arin Hanson and Dan avidan play and commentate on video games on this YouTube series

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Game grumps

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World flags
The flag of this Asian nation feature part of a world heritage site built in the 12th century

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Cambodia
Angkor watt

Ang cor

Capital pub nham pen

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Augsburg is a city in

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Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in 15 BC, making it the fourth-oldest city in the whole country (after Cologne, Trier and Neuss).

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This American author writes books about science, using approachable language and a lot of humor. The list of her best-selling titles includes:

“Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” (2003)
“Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex” (2008)
“Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal” (2013)

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Mary Roach

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This type of yoga is a yoga system developed in 15th century India. It is a more “complete” practice than often encountered in the west, involving not just exercise but also meditation and relaxation. “

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Hatha

Hatha” is a Sanskrit word meaning “force”.

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This type of yoga is a classical yoga classification, as laid out by the Hindu author and philosopher Patanjali in the early centuries of the Common Era.

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Ashtanga

Ashtanga is also referred to as the eight limbs of yoga. Those eight limbs are:

Yamas (abstinences)
Niyama (observances)
Asana (posture)
Pranayama (breathing)
Pratyahara (withdrawal)
Dharana (concentration)
Dhyana (meditation)
Samadhi (absorption)

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The Seven Sisters are a group of seven private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women’s colleges.[1][2]

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Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and Wellesley College are still women’s colleges. Vassar College became coeducational in 1969 and Radcliffe College was absorbed in 1999 by Harvard College and now offers programs in advanced study.
The name Seven Sisters is a reference to the Greek myth of The Pleiades, goddesses immortalized as stars in the sky

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Hollywood legend lost football scholarship at USC due to body surfing injury

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Marian Morrison aka the duke aka John Wayne

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Hollywood legend lost football scholarship at USC due to body surfing injury

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Marian Morrison aka the duke aka John Wayne

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Hollywood legend lost football scholarship at USC due to body surfing injury

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Marian Morrison aka the duke aka John Wayne

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Hollywood legend lost football scholarship at USC due to body surfing injury

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Marian Morrison aka the duke aka John Wayne

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Gospel
Singer Mary Clayton sung rape murder it’s just a shot away on this song that reflected unrest of 69

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Rolling Stones
Gimmie shelter

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Might delete later is a 24 mixtape from this rapper first name Jermaine

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J Cole

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Creep song and album
94

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TLC
Crazy sexy cool

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Protecting soil and becoming nutrients a forest layer alliteratively named this litter is actually alll kinds of tree droppings

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Leaf litter

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King cake is a tradition of this holiday and is often decorated in purple gold and green the holidays traditional colors

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Mardi Gras

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Layered hair of this austro French goddess Oman was not a chic bob but a heap of tresses including wigs colored with tumeric
Sheek

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Marie Antoinette

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The cake became a little cheaper and a lot more vivid when adams extract suggested using its red food color in the recipe

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Red velvet

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When layering clothing the closest to your skin pulls moisture away called this w thin in the outdoor fabric wear world

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Wicking

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Tome bay doll e pom is a phrase for passing out but literally means falling in a bed of this fruit
Pommes

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Apples

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Illyria is an ancient name for the northwest part of this European peninsula
Uh leer e uh

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Balkan

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South Pacific island country is about size of New Jersey but where would you rather vacation Newark or Suva

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Fiji

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BCBG translated to good style good class good being this B word in French

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Bon

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Unique to Quebecois slang and meaning get ready is attache ta tuque which is this
Uh tash

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Hat

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Literally French for melting it’s a creamy sugary paste used in cake and candy making

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Fondant
Fon dint

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Name of this ring shaped cake pan is a trademark of Nordic ware which added a T to a German word

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Bundt

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Some French people
Hold un clope one of these between 2 fingers outside a bistro as they contemplate life’s meaning

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Cigarette

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In 47 GATT was a temporary deal to regulate world commerce; endured until this global org was created in 95

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WTO

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With a saint and a vehicle in its name this British based charity traces its history from 11th C Jerusalem to CPR training in 24

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St. John ambulance

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One theory says the name of this mountain chain comes from the catch uh wah for high crest

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Andes

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Jeremy belknap founded this states historical society back in 1791 and got Paul revere to write him an account of that famous ride

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Massachusetts

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National alliance to end this says on a given night about 650K people in the US were experiencing it

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Homelessness

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Country where you’ll find the Murray darling basin

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Australia
and continent

39
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Someone like you
No 1 hit in 11

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Adele

40
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In painting your masterpiece it’s far over lean ; each successive layer should have a higher content of this standard medium

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Oil

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African wildlife foundation looks out for 4 legged friends as in its ad campaign only elephants should wear this

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Ivory

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Mont pain in Côte d’Ivoire slang

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My boyfriend
Literally my bread

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Slang term for an unethical lawyer starts with this bashful word

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Shyster

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He won a Nobel peace prize for helping negotiate the treaty of Portsmouth ending a war between three 2 countries

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Teddy Roosevelt
Russia and Japan

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Under 1898 treaty of Paris that ended this war Spain ceded Guam and these 2 properties

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Spanish American war
Phillipines and Puerto Rico

Gen ZMid To Late 90s - Early 10s (15 decks)

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