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To teach everyone about everything Pierre Larousse published a 17-volume combined dictionary & this |
an encyclopedia
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"Cell Block Tango" & "All That Jazz" |
Chicago
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The U.N. delegates' dining room offers international cuisine (naturally) & views of this river |
(Chris: What is the Hudson?)
the East River
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When chatting with Queen Elizabeth, you can just use "Ma'am" after calling her this once |
(John: What is Your Royal Highness?)
Your Majesty
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Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska is one of the most famous modern poets in this language |
Polish
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These edibles are the best part of some parties -- mmm, here comes the stuffed mushroom lady |
(Chris: What are awesome appetizers?)
finger food
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Cryptologists don't break into crypts, they devise & break these |
codes
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"I Won't Grow Up" & "I'm Flying" |
Peter Pan
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In 2003 its docket included a frontier dispute between Benin & Niger |
the World Court
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To address a Marquess, George Harrison would have said this (& he didn't need the "sweet") |
My Lord
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In "Northanger Abbey" she wrote that in novels "the greatest powers of the mind are displayed" |
Jane Austen
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A popular superstring theory says there are 10 of these, including time |
dimensions
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"If Ever I Would Leave You" & "I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight" |
Camelot
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The Security Council's Rule of "Great Power Unanimity" means 5 nations have this on substantive matters |
veto power
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If Hillary Clinton becomes President, she'd be addressed this way when you talk to her |
Madam President
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Existentialism pervades the work of this Parisian woman who died in 1986 |
Simone De Beauvoir
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As opposed to the trade type, it's a roughly 4x7 paperback sold in drugstores & airports |
mass market
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Around 400 B.C. Indian grammarian Panini compiled the grammar of this language |
Sanskrit
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"The King of Broadway" & "In Old Bavaria" |
(Chris: What is Kiss Me, Kate?)
The Producers
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A member of the U.N. system, it's the international agency symbolized here |
the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Writing to anyone in the military, it's rank, full name, comma, then the abbreviation for this |
(John: What is their first name?)
branch of service
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The author of "Ramona" had this name, like a current actress, before marrying William Jackson |
Helen Hunt
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Term for the animals seen here, it's mispronounced in a memorable "Honeymooners" episode |
polo ponies
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The theoretical radiation emitted by these is called Hawking Radiation after physicist Stephen, who proposed it |
black holes
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"Big Spender" & "If My Friends Could See Me Now" |
Sweet Charity
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U.N. mediation helped create the 1992 peace accord between the FMLN & this country's government |
(John: What is Nicaragua?) (Riki: What is Angola?)
El Salvador
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If you take a bead on an Archdeacon you can refer to him as this, like Bede |
Venerable
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Her stories, in collections like "Friend of My Youth", often concern women of small-town Canada |
Alice Munro
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Another name for the game of skipping stones, from the stones' resemblance to skipping waterfowl |
ducks and drakes
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