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Sally Ride rode into history aboard this as the first American woman in space |
the Challenger
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This spectacular African waterfall pours into the Batoka Gorge |
Victoria Falls
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It means held in common, like some interests: mtl |
mutual
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July 27 is set aside to remember the veterans of this conflict that ended July 27, 1953 |
the Korean War
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In this sport, the bucket is 10 feet off the ground |
basketball
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"Here I come to save the day" is proclaimed in this cartoon hero's theme song |
Mighty Mouse
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This Polish electrician won the Nobel Peace Prize |
Lech Walesa
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The crown-of-thorns starfish has destroyed parts of this, the world's largest structure built by living creatures |
the Great Barrier Reef
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To renew skin by removing a layer: xflt |
exfoliate
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Dubbed "sundae Sunday", the third Sunday in July is celebrated as national this day--yum! |
Ice Cream Day
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Way to go--you graduated this way, Latin for "with highest praise" |
(Mark: What is magna cum laude?)
summa cum laude
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After Morgan Freeman shows up, Jim Carrey gets to play God in this film |
Bruce Almighty
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Jennifer Beals was a "maniac" in this movie; she also sparked a trend for wearing torn sweatshirts |
(Mark: What is Footloose?)
Flashdance
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From the plateau called this type of platform rock, you could preach quite a sermon to the fish in the fjord 2000 feet below |
(Mark: What is altar rock?)
pulpit rock
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A 5-nation Native American group: rqs |
Iroquois
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On July 1 our neighbor to the north celebrates this national holiday |
Canada Day
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Constructed in only 2 years, it towers 984 feet over the Parc du Champ de Mars |
the Eiffel Tower
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The team then known by this name played its first game Oct. 8, 1993, losing to the Red Wings |
the Mighty Ducks (of Anaheim)
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German con artist Konrad Kujau faked these to fool the world (for a while in the spring of '83) |
(Mark: Ummm... I don't know... what are elections?)
the Hitler Diaries
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France's Dune of Pilat, Europe's largest sand dune, contains 78.5 million cubic yards of sand on this great Atlantic bay |
the Bay of Biscay
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A type of dental occlusion: vrbt |
overbite
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This country's National Liberation Day celebrates the July 1979 victory over the Somoza dictatorship |
Nicaragua
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In 2012 this measure of our import/export difference with China reached $315 billion, an all-time high |
the trade deficit
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It's Christopher Guest's 2003 movie parody of folk musicians |
A Mighty Wind
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Chicago elected this man its first African-American mayor |
Harold Washington
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To see this wonder in Capri, tourists must lie down in row boats to get through the very small entrance |
the Blue Grotto
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An ideal place, like a certain literary island: tp |
utopia
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Sauk Centre, Minnesota has a week-long festival celebrating this author & native son |
Sinclair Lewis
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The Gross-Glocknerstrasse highway rises to about 8,000 feet when passing through this mountain range |
the Alps
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"Devils Night Out" was the first album by this ska-punk band out of Boston |
the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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