A Compilation of Intriguing Facts and Trivia
Hollywood´nazi germany-2014
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Yes, they were. To maintain their business in Germany, Hollywood allowed Nazis to collaborate with them and even consented to their requests.
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He thinks that business was above anything else, business was even more important than nationality.
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False, they managed to stop a film about Hitler, not Citizen Kane.
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True, the Nazi German……
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Banned
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Beauty
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Baker
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Offensive
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How often does Paul go to the movies?
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You shouldn´t tell the secret to anybody.
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To take
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Doctors should prescribe those medicines.
The Boyhood of Picasso-2014
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There weren´t any other boys in the family; there were only girls. He had a lot of girl cousins but no boy cousins.
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He used to draw pigeons. He drew pigeons in all possible ways; he used to teach his son the art of…
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False. When he was small he spent hours alone making delightful drawings of animals and people.
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False, his son learned a lot about painting from Don José.
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Delightful
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Long
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Walk down
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Up
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What does this Nex magazine specialize in?
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A painting by Picasso isn´t cheap enough for our museum to buy.
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Susan ordered her son to put on his scarf if he was going out.
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One of Picasso´s first drawings is being offered to their clients by the gallery.
The Jack the Ripper Case Solved-2014
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Because he had killed an unknown number of women, stabbing them to death in the year 1888.
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Yes, he did. He usually stabbed prostitutes to death and mutilated them, he claimed that it was due to a disease that made him act that way.
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False. All the similar crimes were attributed to the same murderer, Feigenbaum.
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False, the image of Jack as a well-dressed gentleman is probably nothing but an “urban myth.”
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Investigation
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In
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Appearance
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Criminal
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What is Jack supposed to be responsible for?
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She has been living in the new apartment for three years.
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Smoking
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All the women who were killed were prostitutes.
The Connected Classroom-2014
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It should change because it doesn´t reflect the way the real world works today.
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The initial idea…….
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They spent less time on direct instruction and encouraged students to learn from each other.
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False, it’s a pilot program.
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True, student achievement increased in other subjects as well.
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Instructing
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Performance
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Spot
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Encourage
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What persists today in most schools?
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The teacher had asked the kids to turn off their mobile phones.
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To explain
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I would have done…
Titanic-2014
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No, that is a myth: that label was only given after it had sunk.
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They had the same size, they both could carry the same number of passengers and they could reach the same speed.
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No, a drawing…
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False, that ship existed only on paper, in the imagination of a novelist called Robertson.
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False, fourteen years later a real luxury ship set out on her first voyage.
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Terrifying
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Fiction
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Speed
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Imaginary
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She said “I am going to live in a nice boat.”
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Although she went to New York by boat, she didn´t get seasick.
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Last month I read a novel entitled Futility, which I enjoyed a lot.
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I would be happy…
Are Mobile Phones Dangerous?-2013
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No, they aren´t the only dangerous devices. There are other wireless devices such as laptops, cordless phones or gaming consoles that can also be dangerous for our health.
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Because mobile phones emit electromagnetic radiation and it can be dangerous for children that haven´t got their brains completely developed.
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False, the radio waves in mobile phones are lower in radio frequency.
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True, many years ago, people smoked without knowing the unhealthy effects of cigarettes on them.
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Concern
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Healthy
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Scare
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A device
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What do some health professionals point out?
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In spite of being so expensive, she bought the car.
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Smoking
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Mobiles are believed to be dangerous to your health.
What is the Mystery of the Mona Lisa?
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The lady seems to be Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine silk merchant.
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It is because of the technique of “sfumato” developed by Leonardo and its ambiguity.
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Because he thought that the work of this great Italian artist shouldn´t be in France.
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False, it took the artist four years to complete so it’s finished.
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False, he admitted to the theft.
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Musician
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Stare
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At
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Into
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She asked him if he had gone to the museum the day before.
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Would have run away…
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This is the story of a man whose wife is losing her memory.
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Mona Lisa is said to be the feminine version of da Vinci himself.