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A sword stroke becomes a watery impact |
slash & splash
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In the years preceding his 1827 death, he carried a slate on which people could write any remarks addressed to him |
(Alex: [*]--because he was deaf.)
Beethoven
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2015 brought the first visit by an Indian PM to this island in 28 years, though it's a very short trip |
Sri Lanka
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In 1501 Michelangelo returned to this city, his hometown, & began work on "David" |
Florence
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Voltaire: "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to ____ him" |
create (or invent)
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In 2011 he "Jump"ed to No. 8 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |
Eddie Van Halen
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A word meaning "one & the other" becomes a thin soup |
both & broth
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Referring to his first "Pomp And Circumstance" march, he said, "I've got a tune that will... knock 'em flat!" |
Sir Edward Elgar
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Victoria Harbor separates Kowloon Peninsula from this Chinese island |
Hong Kong
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This colony was founded in North America in 1587, only to be "lost" 3 years later |
Roanoke
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Nietzsche: "I teach you the ____. Man is something to be surpassed" |
Superman
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He kicked butt in the movies "Until Death", "Wake of Death", "6 Bullets", I could go on... |
Jean-Claude Van Damme
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An amiable young woman becomes a tool that twists a bolt |
wrench & wench
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The first part of his "Symphonie fantastique" was originally a part of a piece he had written as a youngster |
Hector Berlioz
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This country's Phu Quoc Island is famous for its black pepper |
Vietnam
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Called "the Magnificent" in the West & "the Lawgiver" in the East, he was Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566 |
Suleiman
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Hobbes: "The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and ____" |
short
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He's the founder of Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. but he's better known for playing Tom Bradford on "Eight Is Enough" |
Dick Van Patten
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To char becomes to remove wool |
sear & shear
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The first Czech composer to gain world renown, around 1878 he composed the "Slavonic Dance" heard here |
Antonín Dvořák
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The world's third-largest island, it's home to the Rafflesia, the world's largest flower |
Borneo
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Led by Altan Khan, around 1550 these people invaded China & laid siege to Beijing |
the Mongols
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Aristotle: "Man is by nature a ____ animal" |
(Bridget: What is solitary?)
political
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Anderson Cooper must have good jeans: his mom is this heiress & designer |
(Gloria) Vanderbilt
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A section of a window becomes something that makes you look! up in the sky |
pane & plane
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This Russian piano master wrote his last major work, "Symphonic Dances", in 1940, 3 years before his death in the USA |
Rachmaninoff
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It's the least developed & northernmost of Japan's 4 main islands |
(Bridget: What is Ryukyu?)
Hokkaido
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In 1534 this explorer claimed the region that's now Quebec for France |
Jacques Cartier
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Albert Camus: "There is only one really serious philosophical question, and that is ____" |
(Sawyer: What is "Why?")
suicide
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This singer's 2003 album "Dance with My Father" earned him four Grammys |
(Luther) Vandross
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