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'90s BEST PICTURE PLOT POINTS |
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At 40% intact, the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis skeleton with this nickname is remarkably complete |
Lucy
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Poor Jack Dawson leaves Southampton in 1912 to go to America for a new start; has trouble along the way |
Titanic
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In July 1932 this U.S. president ordered the forcible eviction of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. |
Hoover
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The Iridium 9555 connects via this way up high & says it "works everywhere, without exception" |
satellite
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In 1981 the sun set on this empire's colonial rule in newly independent Belize |
the British Empire (the United Kingdom accepted)
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Fake duck for a hunter |
a decoy
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In 2009 scientists suggested that Ida, a 47-million-year-old fossil, was one of these, a hypothetical bridge species |
a missing link
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Multi-talented man scores for the Crimson Tide & bests Chinese at ping pong, among other feats |
Forrest Gump
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This iconic French monument was officially inaugurated in July 1836 |
the Arc de Triomphe
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Back in 1997 Philippe Kahn jerry-rigged a camera & cell phone & used it to send pictures of this proud event |
the birth of his daughter
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On Oct. 31, 1961 Belize City was severely damaged by one of these; the capital was moved inland a few years later |
a hurricane
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This fabric may take its name from the Old French for "cloth of the king" |
[ERRATUM: The interpretation of the word as deriving from corde du roi is a false etymology. Duroy was a coarse woollen cloth made in England in the 18th century.]
corduroy
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This couple, stars of paleoanthropology, are seen here helping a 600,000-year-old skull smile for the camera |
(Dave: What is...I don't know?) ... (Alex: Famous anthropologists in Kenya.)
the Leakeys
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In WWII Italy burned Hungarian count tells of his North African tragic love |
The English Patient
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Your parents may "read" you this; England passed the original one back in July 1715 to deal with noisy protests |
(Steven: What is the Bill of Rights?)
the Riot Act
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An old time phone might be a wall set or this type of set named for a 4-letter horizontal surface |
a desk set
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Belize has been involved for decades in border disputes with this western neighbor |
Guatemala
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Developed in 1923, it's the yummy hybrid edible seen here |
a boysenberry
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In 1856 quarrymen in Germany unearthed part of a skeleton from this archaic man, the archetypal "caveman" |
Neanderthal
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Union officer goes native, seeks/kills buffalo |
Dances with Wolves
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In July 1492 some 200,000 Jews were expelled from this European monarchy |
Spain
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The iPhone's intelligent this suggests which word you might want to type next |
keyboard
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Belize's highest peak is known as this author's "Delight", for its resemblance to the setting of "The Lost World" |
(Dave: Who is Michael Crichton?)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A diplomat with less authority than an ambassador |
(Dave: What is a viceroy?)
an envoy
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Dubois found the first fossils IDed as this species of our genus; later, finding a femur convinced him that it walked upright |
(Steven: What is Homo sapiens?)
Homo erectus
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Gal seeks/kills Buffalo Bill |
The Silence of the Lambs
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July 622 marks the beginning of this calendar |
the Islamic calendar
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This easy-to-use cell phone is named for a dance of days gone by |
the Jitterbug
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About one quarter of Belize's population is of this ethnicity of mixed African & European descent |
(Dave: What is mulatto?)
Creole
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Among Hindu deities, Vishnu is the preserver & Shiva is this |
the destroyer
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