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FEMALE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS |
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In 1988 Elizabeth II visited Madrid & tried not to gloat about this Spanish force defeated 400 years earlier |
(Alex: Right, with less than a minute in the round.)
the Spanish Armada
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Alec Baldwin asks, "What's in your wallet?" in ads for this company |
Capital One
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Not just fun on the playground, "unique New York" & other of these phrases are used by actors to warm up |
tongue-twisters
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This type of story's name says it all--which character committed the murder? |
a whodunnit
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Shirin Ebadi was the first Iranian woman & the first woman of this faith to win the Nobel Peace Prize |
Islam
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"He's the man with the Midas touch" |
Goldfinger
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This 91-year-old Spanish painter died in France in 1973 |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Picasso
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The negotiator (William Shatner) has a secret daughter (Kaley Cuoco) in ads for this discount travel site |
Priceline
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"That sausage was the wurst!" is an example of this, also called paronomasia |
a pun
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A parable is a short story with a moral, like the one Jesus told about this unlikely savior in Luke 10 |
the good Samaritan
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Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement works to prevent desertification & this, the loss of trees |
deforestation
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"One life for yourself, & one for your dreams" |
You Only Live Twice
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Most of what is now Spain came together under the rule of these 2, the king of Aragon & the queen of Castile |
Ferdinand & Isabella
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Flo, of the dark hair & red lipstick, wants drivers to try Snapshot from this insurance company |
Progressive
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"You don't know? Come on, take a dot in the shark" is an example of this |
(Alex: Instead of "a shot in the dark", "a dot in the shark"--that's a [*].)
a spoonerism
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In Italian it's any tale, & can also mean news; in English it's a longish story, like "The Turn of the Screw" |
a novella
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Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan Maguire, co-winners for 1976, were both born in this troubled city |
Belfast
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As 1975 dawned Spain was ruled by this 82-year-old dictator |
(Francisco) Franco
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"Stay thirsty, my friends", says the most interesting man in the world, who prefers this beer |
(Alex: You've been watching a lot of television. Go again.)
Dos Equis
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This name of Oprah Winfrey's production company is an example of an ananym |
Harpo
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Though its name harks back to medieval times, this genre of mystery & terror thrived from 1790 to 1820 |
gothic novel
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Jody Williams helped found the ICBL, the International Campaign to Ban these, winning her the prize in 1997 |
landmines
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This nickname for a national hero of Spain from the 11th century comes from the Arabic for "the Lord" |
El Cid
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Jon Hamm narrates commercials for this luxury car brand |
(Hillary: What is BMW?)
Mercedes-Benz
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This adjective follows "penny" in a term for a cheap lurid novel of 19th century England |
dreadful
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Rigoberta Menchu kept her Nobel Prize in Mexico while in exile from her homeland, this Central American neighbor |
Guatemala
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