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CAPITAL & COUNTRY: SAME FIRST LETTER |
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This airline says it's got the "Spirit of Australia" (but still no U in its name) |
Qantas
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It means a vacation that is spent at or near home |
a staycation
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British lefties include Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince William & this man, his dad |
Prince Charles
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City & country that hosted the 2011 NAFTA Free Trade Commission meeting |
Mexico City, Mexico
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The German Empire had this "Iron Chancellor" from 1871 to 1890 |
Bismarck
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1967 No. 1 for Aretha--give her some! |
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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& then Wham-O! We ask about a trademarked disc used to play ultimate this or this golf |
Frisbee
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Change 1 letter in "blog" to get this if the blog includes footage |
a vlog
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This U.S. marine, Iran-Contra figure & onetime Virginia Senate candidate is a lefty (but not in politics) |
Oliver North
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A capital & country of Scandinavia |
Stockholm, Sweden
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Napoleon & his troops captured Cairo in the 1798 battle of these landmarks |
the Pyramids
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1978 title place where the Village People said it was fun to stay |
Y.M.C.A.
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The giant type of this bird species known for its wing speed is about 8 inches long & weighs about 0.7 ounces |
a hummingbird
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"Pulley attached to cable" doesn't capture the sensation like this term that includes a synonym for "zero" |
a zip line
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This lefty won baseball's Cy Young award in 1963, 1965 & 1966 |
(Sandy) Koufax
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City & country where NATO is headquartered |
(Jim: Uhh...) (Alex: Not coming, is it?) (Jim: No.)
Brussels, Belgium
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Decisions of this tribunal were made public, as in the auto-da-fe in Spain |
the Inquisition
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The Kinks met this title gal at a club down in old Soho |
L-O-L-A
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Middle clouds 6,500 to 23,000 feet, are altostratus & alto-this |
cumulus
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10-letter word for a person who has an abnormal fear of bacterial or viral infection |
a germophobe
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Perhaps he used his left hand when, as legend says, he cut the Gordian Knot in 333 B.C. |
(Jim: Who is Pericles?)
Alexander the Great
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An east Asian peninsular city & country |
Seoul, South Korea
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Clause 39 of this influenced Britain's Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 |
the Magna Carta
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The Doors & Patti Smith have both recorded the Van Morrison song shouting this gal's name |
G-L-O-R-I-A
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In 1793 North America's first successful flight by this means took off from Philadelphia |
(hot air) balloon
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A group of people emailed or texted to show up at a particular spot for a group performance |
a flash mob
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This late British author of "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish" had a huge collection of lefty guitars |
Douglas Adams
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This capital & the African country where the 2011 Arab Spring first sprung |
Tunis, Tunisia
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This conference Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 1943 guaranteed Iran's postwar independence |
(Jim: What is Yalta?)
the Tehran Conference
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It's the night the Bay City Rollers planned to rock it up, roll it up, do it all & have a ball |
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night
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