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