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"The Longest Day" tells what happened on the beaches of Normandy on this date |
June 6, 1944
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The Parliament Buildings in this city include the restored office of Canada's first P.M., Sir John A. MacDonald |
(Alex: [*] is the capital.)
Ottawa
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A boxer who was never quite a contender battles a union boss; his brother is killed, & he gets beaten up |
On the Waterfront
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Jonathan Lee Riches filed one of these against Guinness for naming him as the person who's filed the most |
a lawsuit
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World population hit 1 billion in this early 19th Century year that Thomas Jefferson was re-elected president |
1804
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Piebald or variegated, like some cats |
calico
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Books on this diet out of Florida include a "Taste Of Summer Cookbook" |
the South Beach Diet
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"Old" this city lies between Rue Berri & Rue McGill |
Montreal
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5 teens are sentenced to one day in a confined setting; Dad issues arise; buns are said to have been taped together |
The Breakfast Club
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Hope it's not a hot day if you set out to beat the record of balancing 71 of these on a cone |
ice cream scoops
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There were now 2 billion of us in this roaring year that Lindy flew into history |
1927
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To set a scientific instrument for accurate readings |
calibrate
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This character's journal for Oct. 26, 1659 says, "I walked about the shore almost all day... to fix my habitation" |
Robinson Crusoe
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Canada is a federation of 10 provinces & 3 of these whose total population is about 100,000 |
territories
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Kid meets ghosts, child psychologist meets kid, child psychologist gets bad surprise, the end |
The Sixth Sense
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In 2012 Felix Baumgartner dropped 24 miles making this type of alliterative tumble setting 5 world records |
a freefall
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World population hit 3 billion in this year that Rome hosted the Summer Olympics |
1960
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To harden by deposit of lime |
calcify
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In Alex Garland's "The Beach", a tourist (Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie) explores this Southeast Asian country |
Thailand
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Hamilton & Thunder Bay are ports along this joint U.S./Canada project completed in 1959 |
the St. Lawrence Seaway
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Title guy loses best friend in Vietnam; his mom dies, too; finally gets his dream girl but guess what? She dies! |
Forrest Gump
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The fastest mile with someone over your shoulder, this act named for a profession, is 15 minutes, 11.87 seconds |
(Mark: What is piggyback riding?) ... (Alex: It's called [*]--carrying a man on your back, rescuing him.)
a fireman's carry
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This year of Nixon's resignation saw the dawn of a world of 4 billion |
1974
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A compass with bowed legs used to measure thickness |
calipers
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"On Chesil Beach" is a novel by this British McAuthor of "Atonement" |
Ian McEwan
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Transcanada wants to build this pipeline to carry oil from Alberta through Nebraska to Gulf Coast refineries |
the Keystone
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Sure, Joe Buck gives up being a male prostitute, but Ratso isn't just sleeping when the bus pulls into Miami |
Midnight Cowboy
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A New Zealand man pedaled 18.64 miles in an hour on this "singular" device |
a unicycle
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5 billion Earthlings were on the globe in this 1980s year when the stock market crashed on "Black Monday" |
(Alex: You got the right year.)
1987
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Libel or slander |
a calumny
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