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About this 2008 release, Roger Ebert wrote, "Godzilla meets the Queasy-cam" |
Cloverfield
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The world-leading population density of 43,000 people per square mile in this tiny country includes Prince Albert II |
Monaco
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He's given eulogies for Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks & Lou Rawls |
Jesse Jackson
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On Nov. 2, 1997 Prince Maurits & his future wife ran in this famed Manhattan race |
the New York Marathon
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This ancient people's territory included the cities of Ekron & Gath |
the Philistines
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In this Disney comedy, an animated princess played by Amy Adams is banished to a place far, far away...reality |
Enchanted
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The Indian city of 10,000,000 now known as Mumbai was once known as this |
Bombay
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She belted out "Ball and Chain" at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival & was launched to stardom |
Janis Joplin
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The wife of young Prince Bernhard shares this first name with one of the original Mousketeers |
Annette
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Usually, this 5-inch body part is open to allow passage of air to & from the lungs |
the pharynx
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This actor made his debut as a director with "Gone Baby Gone" which starred his brother Casey |
Ben Affleck
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The line of latitude with this number of degrees lies halfway between the Equator & the North Pole |
(Larissa: What is 90?) ... (Alex: Half of 90, yes.)
45
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In the '50s, he became friends with another innovative alliterative artist, Robert Rauschenberg |
Jasper Johns
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Since 1984, the Queen's place of work has been Noordeinde Palace in this city |
(Larissa: What is Amsterdam?)
The Hague
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In gas station names, Union is 76; this is 66 |
Phillips
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"National Treasure: Book of Secrets" climaxes at this national monument, under which is a fabled city of gold |
Mount Rushmore
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In January 2008 it was checkmate for this former chess champ who passed away in Iceland, his adopted country |
Bobby Fischer
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In 2001 his change of political affiliation tipped the balance of power in the Senate |
Jim Jeffords
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Don't cry for Princess Maxima, wife of the heir to the Dutch throne; she was born in this South American country |
Argentina
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Artificial female ones of these are used to bait traps to capture male beetles |
pheromones
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(Sarah reports from the air one more time.) Pulling up to 7.5 Gs, a popular solo move by the Thunderbirds is a reversed one of these terms, named for a German WWI flying ace |
(Pat: Who is the Red Baron?) (Nan: Who is Baron von Richthofen?)
the Immelmann turn
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In 2007 Tom Hanks played this Texas congressman who secretly helped supply the Afghan freedom fighters in the 1980s |
Charlie Wilson
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Greece's first national park is this one named for a massif |
Mount Olympus
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"Down By Law" & "Broken Flowers" are features by this independent-minded movie director |
Jim Jarmusch
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The Queen's official birthday is still celebrated on April 30, the birthday of this predecessor of Queen Beatrix |
(Nan: Who is Wilhelmina?)
Queen Juliana
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To Wittgenstein, the problems of this field for which he is best known are largely confusions of language |
(Pat: What is phonetics?)
philosophy
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