SAME BIRTHDAY AS DR. KING |
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Lee Teng-hui, born on this island in 1923, became the island's first native born president |
Taiwan
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For a car driver, it's a complete 180 degree reversal of direction |
u-turn
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In 2001 this capital city was "gay" indeed as out-of-the-closet Betrand Delanoe became its mayor |
Paris
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The patriotic BAC |
Bank of America
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This arm of the Atlantic Ocean is bounded on the south by Panama & South America & on the west by Central America |
Caribbean
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This early TV star & producer was born on March 2, 1917 in Santiago, Cuba |
Desi Arnaz
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Born in 1918, he's the late head of state seen here |
(Jason: Who is Sadat?)
Nasser
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This steak is a cut from the short loin |
(Nanette: What is the tenderloin?)
t-bone
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James Hahn beat Antonio Villaraigosa, who was trying to become this city's first Latino mayor since 1872 |
Los Angeles
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Stupid answer: ONE |
Bank One
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The Russian name for this body of water is Kaspiyskoye More |
Caspian Sea
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This artist's father was an instructor at the School of Fine Arts in Malaga in the late 1870s |
Picasso
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Philip Livingston of New York, born in 1716, is best remembered for doing this at age 60 |
signing the Declaration of Independence
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This vowel is the only letter that stands alone on the back of the U.S. $1 bill |
(Alex: [*] pluribus unum, yes.)
E
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Fishmonger's son Alejandro Toledo was elected to succeed Fujimori as this country's president |
Peru
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WFC, based in San Francisco |
Wells Fargo
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The Taiwan Strait connects this sea's East & South parts |
China Sea
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This Spanish tenor's name means "quiet Sunday" in English |
Placido Domingo
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Born Jan. 15, 1909, he's the musician played by Sal Mineo in the following |
Gene Krupa
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In a setback for religious conservatives, this Iranian president won a second term |
Khatami
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This "group" gets a C |
Citigroup
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The Gulf of California was originally named this, for a certain Spanish conqueror |
(Jason: What is the Gulf of Cortés?)
Sea of Cortés
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He was the U.N. Secretary-General from 1982 to 1991 |
Cuéllar
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Pierre of this Delaware family led the family business during its WWI gunpowder boom |
Dupont
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3-letter abbreviation for the "authorized" Bible of 1611 |
(Alex: The King James Version.)
KJV
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In this Southesat Asian nation, Chiang Mai-born Thaksin Shinawatra ousted Premier Leekpai |
[Applause]
Thailand
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Named for a tycoon: JPM |
J.P. Morgan
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An arm of the Pacific Ocean, it lies mostly between the 10th & 20th southern parallels |
Coral Sea
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Before becoming president of the IOC in 1980, he was Spain's ambassador to the USSR in the last 1970s |
Samaranch
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