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"Diplomacy in action", which really does sound great / Is on the website of the cabinet department that we call... |
State
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In 1959 Daniel Inouye became this state's first representative in the U.S. House |
Hawaii
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"It's Not Too Late To Reverse The Alarming Trend Of" this "Change, Scientists Who Know It's Too Late Announce" |
climate change
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As this potions professor, Alan Rickman's not wild about Harry (Potter) |
Snape
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Hong Kong was the site for the equestrian events in the 2008 Olympics hosted by this city |
Beijing
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It's the contemptuous first word Scrooge says in "A Christmas Carol" |
Bah
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Killing a dragon named python at Delphi, is that too much to swallow? / It wasn't odd for this Greek god, the one known as... |
Apollo
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On December 5, 1955 a bus boycott began in this Alabama city |
(Andrew: What is Birmingham?)
Montgomery
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This NBA star "Unable To Enjoy MVP Knowing Boston Globe's Gary Washburn Didn't Vote For Him" |
LeBron James
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Alan Rickman was Col. Brandon, who wooed Kate Winslet's Marianne Dashwood, in this film based on a beloved novel |
Sense and Sensibility
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In names of skyscrapers, this word has preceded "of China" & followed "Hongkong and Shanghai" |
Bank
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A built-in bed on a ship, or a word meaning "nonsense" |
bunk
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To gather, rouse or summon / You better believe it, buster / It's this word that will be heard / This is the word you'll... |
muster
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One guest said of their 1953 wedding in Newport, Rhode Island, it was "just like a coronation" |
JFK & Jacqueline Kennedy
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"Obama Orders Reinvasion Of" this country "After Illuminating Trip Through Bush Presidential Library" |
Iraq
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As Judge Turpin, Alan Rickman has a close shave with Johnny Depp in this 2007 film |
Sweeney Todd
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Hong Kong is surrounded by this sea to the east, west &, of course, "south" |
(Katie: What is the China Sea?) (Alex: That's it. No. Be more specific.) (Katie: [shakes head])
the South China Sea
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"What a" this word, followed by "pot" in the brand name of a slow electric cooker |
crock
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"Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel" was not writ just to shame us / It is, however, right here now, from the Bible's book of... |
(Andrew: What is Nostradamus?) (Andrea: What is Genesis?)
Amos
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This government agency established in 1970 "Warns Americans Not To Breathe" |
the EPA
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Bruce Willis said, "Yippee-ki-yay" to Rickman's Hans Gruber in this flick |
Die Hard
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You might say this royal yacht, Prince Charles' home base during the Hong Kong handover, "ruled the waves" |
(Andrew: What is the Queen Elizabeth?) (Andrea: What is the Queen Elizabeth II?)
the Britannia
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This compound nonsense word sounds like suds for your sow |
hogwash
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"The best is the enemy of the good"--no dolt, there / It must be the enlightened author, Monsieur... |
Voltaire
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Surprisingly, Dr. Joyce Brothers' knowledge of this sport earned her the top prize on "The $64,000 Question" |
boxing
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This "Blood Meridian" author "Flaunts Sexy New Beach Body" |
Cormac McCarthy
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But of course Alan Rickman played this baddie in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" |
the Sheriff of Nottingham
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Some spending their whole lives on boats, Hong Kong's Tanka are called "sea" these, from the word "Egyptian" |
gypsies
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Eaten by people, it's part of a ruminant's stomach; it also means "rubbish!" |
tripe
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