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GERMAN WORDS ON LOAN TO ENGLISH |
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IT''S TIME TO "BIA" NATION |
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The 5th Avenue facade of this NYC museum was meant to have sculptural cornice groups, but those were never done |
the Met
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A & B: Assault & this |
battery
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This is a class for children between the ages of 4 & 6 |
Kindergarten
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Having to support 5 kids prompted him to write something to bring in some bucks--"The Godfather" |
(Mario) Puzo
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This Mideast monarchy's legal system is based on Islamic law |
Saudi Arabia
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The Castello Sforzesco is home to the Rondanini Pieta, an unfinished sculpture by this renaissance artist |
Michelangelo
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B & E: Breaking & this |
entering
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It's the cute little doggie seen here |
a Dachshund
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A 2012 holiday gift to Broadway was a musical based on this Will Ferrell movie about a visitor from the North Pole |
Elf
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In 1906 & 1907 this "Main Street" author worked as a janitor at Upton Sinclair's socialist commune Helicon Hall |
Sinclair Lewis
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In South America, it was formerly called New Granada |
Colombia
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He died before he finished composing the requiem commissioned by Count von Walsegg-Stuppach |
(Rachel: Who is Beethoven?)
Mozart
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L & L: Lewd & this |
lascivious
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It's a ghost or spirit that makes its presence known with noises |
a Poltergeist
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"Cotton Blossom", the opening song of this musical, is also the name of the title vessel |
(Rachel: ...What is Steamboat?) (Alex: No, [*]. And that movie, [*], was filmed on this lot right here.)
Show Boat
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Harper Lee portrayed this author, a childhood friend, as Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
(Truman) Capote
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Formerly part of Yugoslavia, it uses the dinar as its currency |
(Rachel: What is Albania? No.)
Serbia
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A colossal statue of this Sioux chief was begun officially on a South Dakota mountain in 1948; it's still not done |
Crazy Horse
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In the Constitution: High crimes & these |
misdemeanors
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German for "ring" gives us the name of this kind of cake |
Bundt
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"Tryouts" & "We Ain't No Cheerleaders" are songs in this musical inspired by a cheerleading film of the same name |
Bring It On
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This ex-minister's first novel for boys, "Ragged Dick", told the story of a poor shoeshine boy who rises to wealth |
Horatio Alger
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To avoid the media, Angelina Jolie gave birth to her daughter Shiloh in this African country |
Namibia
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This 3-named British poet called his "Kubla Khan" a fragment, saying he meant to write several hundred lines, not just 54 |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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What the RICO Act stands for: Racketeer Influenced & these groups |
(Pat: What are communist organizations?) (Rachel: What are criminal organizations?)
corrupt organizations
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It's the spirit of a time: the one of the 1960s was rebellious |
Zeitgeist
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This 1947 Lerner & Loewe musical was inspired in part by James Barrie's books about his native Scotland |
Brigadoon
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He found success with "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay", but less when he co-scripted "John Carter" |
Michael Chabon
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The pedicle is the wedge of Congolese territory that cuts into this neighboring nation |
Zambia
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