Monaco Second Smallest County Flashcards

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Prince had his famous dispute with this record label
Caused him to stop
Recording for a bit

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Warner bros
Did Batman soundtrack with

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20th century literature
Thomas Pynchon wrote that this novelist in 1948 understood that despite the axis defeat…fascism had not gone away

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Orwell
1984 ?

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Small light boat for one person

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Skiff

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French town famous for a 24 hour race

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Luh man (also a start)

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Thr 8 tanks in this 8 letter biological classification system start with domain and end with species

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Taxonomy

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A nose is a brood of these birds perhaps the ring necked one

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Pheasant

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Thr Chinese this many years zodiac circle begins and ends with these 2 3 letter animals

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12 years
Pig
Rat

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Thr bulls of this African animal can weigh more than 6 tons

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elephant

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Zora and me by Victoria bond and TR Simon is a mystery series loosely based on the life of this early 20th century writer

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Zora neal Hurston
Her son

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In white butterfly PI east Rawlins said jazz cats came by Cadillac and bluesmen by bus or by thumb to watts in this west coast city

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LA

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Russian circuses have often featured these animals a national symbol trained in thr art of juggling with their feet

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Bears

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Also a term for architectural drawing it’s the fuel saving practice of one car closely following another

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Drafting

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Prince full name

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Prince Rodgers Nelson

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Primary a vegetarian but eats seafood
Prince claimed

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Pescatarian

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Prince first top 10 hit

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Little red corvette
81
I wanna be your liver peaked at 11 -first album that charted ?

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In 01 prince was baptized in this religion

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Jahovas witness
Larry Graham of sky stone grand central station converted him
Watch tower ?

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Symbol prince used during his dispute with record company

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Love symbol number 2
With Warner bros - had to send out a special floppy disk

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After prince death this global color authority named a deep shade of purple in his honor

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Pantone
Love symbol number 2

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In 85 this prince song was one of thr songs that caused this future second lady to create the parents music resource center

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Darling Nicky song
Tipper gore - became in 93

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Sequel to purple rain

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Graffiti bridge

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Prince cause of death

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Accidental fentynol overdose

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In 92 she became the first African American woman to go into space
Stanford
Cornell
peace corps
Alvin Ailey dance theater

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Mae jem uh son

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George Washington carver is well known for this product but his records also contain recipes for items made from this root vegetable

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Peanuts

Other is sweet potato

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Alice ball was the first woman and African American to earn a masters at this university in 1915 and developed a treatment for Hansen’s disease which is more commonly known as this

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University of Hawaii
Leprosecy
Large leper colonies in Hawaii
London school of hygiene and tropical medicine added her name along with marie curie and Florence nightingale to building (freeze of)

Eating armadillos cause leprosecy

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Lonnie Johnson went to Tuskegee university and worked at Air Force and jet propulsion laboratory contributing to gaileo mission to Jupiter and stealth bomber but is best known for this project with over 1 B in sales Pvc pipes O rings Plexiglass
Super soaker Also invented nerf gun
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Jan 7 55she became first African American to perform at the metropolitan opera
Marian Anderson
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First rap song to win Grammy for song and record of the year 19
This is America Childish gambino
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In 79 this president dedicated this month as black musix month
Jimmy carter June why?
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This singers beauty brand has made her the wealthiest female musician with net worth of 1.7 B
Rihanna with fenty
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First African American to win an academy award (39) Also second to win 25 years later
Hattie McDaniel gone with the wind Sidney pwah T A Lillies of the field as homer - won Honary same night as Denzel - “I’ve been chasing him “
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The British national anthem
(“God Save the Queen/King”) technically is a hymn, and so it came to be described as “the national hymn” and later “the national anthem”. The use of the word “anthem” extended from there to describe any patriotic song.
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Indira Gandhi’s father was him , Prime Minister of India. Indira herself became prime minister in 1966. She was assassinated in 1984 by two of her own bodyguards as she was walking to meet Peter Ustinov, who was about to interview her for Irish television.
Jawaharlal Nehru
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I ♥ Me”, i.e. “I Love Me”, is a 2020 song co-written and recorded by her . She performed a live version of the song from her home during the COVID-19 panic, on an “At Home” edition of “The Tonight Show” hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
Demi Lovato
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was a Roman orator and writer who lived through the reigns of Roman emperors Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula. Son was a tutor to Nero
Seneca the Elder All art is but imitation of nature Seneca the Elder is perhaps best known as the father of Seneca the Younger, who was tutor to emperor Nero.
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This French mathematician was also a physicist, and is often described as a polymath. Notably, he contributed to the “three-body problem” of classical mechanics. That phrase became familiar to the non-scientific community when Netflix started airing the TV series “3 Body Problem”.
Henri Poincaré
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Othello” villain :
IAGO Despite being portrayed as a villain in William Shakespeare’s “Othello”, Iago is one of the most complex characters in the play. He is known for his Machiavellian tactics, manipulating the other characters to achieve his selfish goals.
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This man earned multiple Best Actor Emmy nominations for his role as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson on Boardwalk Empire from 2010-2014.
Guess: Gary Johnson Answer: Steve Buscemi
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This brand of German chocolate typically comes in dark brown bags, and its name is in yellow print.
Guess: Lindt Answer: Riesen
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This man spent 18 years as the Browns/Ravens Kicker from 1991-2008.
Guess: Garrett Graham Answer: Matt Stover
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Three Canadian franchises won Stanley Cups during the 1980's:
Edmonton, Calgary, and this team. Guess: Ottawa Senators Answer: Montreal Canadiens
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Known for "White Room" and "Sunshine of Your Love", the rock supergroup Cream consisted of Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and this legendary guitarist.
Guess: Bruce Springsteen Double Dip Guess: Eric Clapton Answer: Eric Clapton
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The Superman franchise was rebooted in 2013 with this film starring him as Superman.
Henry Cavill Guess: Man of Steel Answer: Man of Steel
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5-star recruit, Romeo Langford was one-and-done at this Big Ten school in 2018-2019.
Guess: Ohio State Answer: Indiana University
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Rites guaranteed by the first amendment
Religion Assembly Press Petition government Speech
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Two years before establishing their name, sake company, Henry Wells, and William Fargo founded what company
American Express Wells Fargo was created specifically to handle banking and express mail for the California gold rush
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According to carvel’s website cookie puss of ice cream cake, fame house from where
Planet birthday Cookie puss was originally developed under the name celestial person
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When iconic protest song was written as a response to God bless America
This land is your land by Woody Guthrie Guthrie song was originally titled God blessed America
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The Tampa Bay rays of Major league baseball were originally named after which type of ray
Devil Ray After changing their name in 2007, the rays logo now focuses more on rays of sunshine than the fish
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According to legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in order to do this better than anyone else
Play the guitar Johnson’s D allegedly took place at the crossroads of Highway 61 and Highway 49
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This clothing is honor has also launched The fragrance called Daisy and a bookstore cleverly called bookmarc
Mark Jacobs
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I M is the memoir of this American designer who has been on sex and the city and our show too
Issac miz rah he
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Ground Y, and Y’s for men are brands From this designer, who does yves Saint Laurent one Y better?
Yohji Yamamoto
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Billionaire philanthropist known for her preppy, bohemian designs. This woman here wears a few hats.
Tory burch
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She’s a DK in DKNY a line launched in 1989
Donna Karan
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In his first state of the union speech president, London Johnson declared a war on this condition
Poverty
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Hercules had a hand in the Trojan war as his slaying of laomedon made this man Troy’s Lay ah muh don
Priam is the king of Troy
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Rihanna and Bryson Tiller team with this DJ /performer/producer for the 2017 smash wild thoughts
DJ Khaled Kale id
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Back in 1989 this rapper had a big hit letting us know. I need $50 to make you holler . I get paid to do the wild thing
Tone loc
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The movie, easy rider used this tune that mentions heavy metal thunder
Born to be wild Mars bonfire
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Crossword clue O King of the fairies or moon of Uranus Six letters
Oberon
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Crossword clues O Straight up hatred, five letters
Odium
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Crossword clues O An oven for drying hops four letters
Oast
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Spain called dibs on this pacific island in 1565 and with some persuasion from the USS Charleston gave it to the US in 1898
Guam
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More than 5000 perished in the hurricane that struck this Texas island community in September 1900
Galveston
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What the north called the battle of bull run the south called this for a town in Virginia
Manassas Muh nah sis
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I reckon he had to go on a mythological panty raid to relieve this warrior queen of the fierce Amazons of her girdle
HippoLyta Hip pal uh tuh
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The agave is this type of plant whose name comes from the Latin for juice
Succulent
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Hercules spent a year trying to capture this creature of Arcadia sacred to Artemis who was less than pleased
Stag Arcadian stag
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Crossword clues O Cranial nerve to smell you later nine letters
Ol factory
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In some species, this process by which a seed sprout is ushered along by exposure to light of proper wavelength
Germination
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One or more carpools make up this part of a flower with all the female reproductive bits
Pistol
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Meshell ndegeocello went to Indiana to record a cover of wild night with this guy from Seymour Nnn deg e o chello
John Mellencamp
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Hercules labored to catch the mad bull who fathered the Minotaur with King Minos wife on this island
Crete
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Half Horsemen pass by ! Hercules killed Nessus this type of creature, but Nessus’ blood would later prove fatal to our boy
Centaur
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Crossword clues O Hidden or supernatural six letters
Occult
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Ask Mr. Alpert a plant that doesn’t produce wood is usually referred to as one of these
Herbaceous Herb bay shish
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There’s half of an exploring duo was Thomas Jefferson‘s personal secretary, aide de De-Camp ;later governor of the upper Louisiana territory
Lewis
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This man in Black had a 1968 hit with Rosanna’s going wild the year his daughter Roseanne turned 13
Johnny Cash
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Poppies and Prim roses are this type of persistent plant whose name also begins with a P
Perennial
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Countries of the world Bilady Bilady Bilady it’s national anthem replaced a more militaristic one following a 1979 peace treaty
Egypt My homeland, my homeland, my homeland 79 - Followed the camp David accords