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Belizeans enjoy a midnight mass & hearing "They came with haste, and found" these 2 "and the babe lying in a manger" |
Mary & Joseph
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The 77th Oscars saw him nominated as supporting actor ("Collateral") & lead actor ("Ray") |
Jamie Foxx
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In 1909 this French engineer built a type of wind tunnel that "towered" above all others |
(Gustave) Eiffel
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This waterfall is on the Iguacu River at the border of Argentina & Brazil |
the Iguaçu waterfall
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In 2001 this U.S. energy company's stock fell from over $90 per share to below $1 |
Enron
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A long look, or the male bird you're taking a long look at |
a gander
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Belize celebrates this Dec. 26 holiday, so I'll make a charitable donation & get something nice for Jeeves |
Boxing Day
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Making a comeback, he played an actor making a comeback & was nominated for an Oscar in 2015 for "Birdman" |
Michael Keaton
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At age 16 he got the idea for his revolver observing a ship's wheel on a voyage |
(Samuel) Colt
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"Tropic of Cancer", a book by him, chronicles an American expat named Henry Miller & his friends van Norden & Carl |
Henry Miller
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It was drawn in the 1760s to settle border disputes between Maryland & Pennsylvania |
the Mason-Dixon Line
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4-letter word for your clothes |
gear (or garb)
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Christmas dinner may include this banana relative; belize.com reports it's said to be "the local cranberry sauce" |
a plantain
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Out of 10 acting Oscar nominations, this Brit won once for "Hamlet" |
Laurence Olivier
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On August 4, 1922 the telephone systems of the U.S. & Canada were silent for 1 minute in tribute to this late inventor |
(Alexander Graham) Bell
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Launched in 1990, this weekly magazine from Time Inc. covers all aspects of the entertainment industry |
Entertainment Weekly
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In 1947 this TV news show's first guest was former Democratic chairman & FDR campaign manager James A. Farley |
(Claudia: Who is Murrow?)
Meet the Press
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A mature reproductive cell |
(Alex: Right, with less than a minute to go.)
a gamete
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The "Deer Dance" of this Yucatan civilization is done at Xmas in Belize to show the relationship between humanity & nature |
the Mayan
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Paul McCartney & Wings got into Bond-age with this 007 theme that earned Sir Paul an Oscar nomination |
"Live And Let Die"
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While at an auto body shop in the 1920s, 3M engineer Richard Drew came up with the idea for this type of tape to help the painters |
masking tape
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The major powers of Europe were involved in this war that lasted the 7 years between 1756 & 1763 |
the Seven Years' War
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In 2015, scientists displayed remains of four leaders of this Virginia colony, buried under America's first Protestant church |
Jamestown
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This board helps you get from ship to shore |
a gangplank
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Time to Christmas shop in this city--it became the capital in 1970, when Belize was still a British dependency |
(Mark: What is La Paz?)
Belmopan
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This movie in which Gary Cooper starred as Lou Gehrig got nominations in 2 writing categories |
The Pride of the Yankees
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In 1899 this man equipped ships with wireless tech so they could report on the America's Cup to a NYC newspaper |
(Alex: Okay--you can sing about that.)
(Guglielmo) Marconi
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Nickname of Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, meant to evoke an earlier era of classical music |
(Alex: I guess it's not so stupid after all.)
the "Classical Symphony"
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In 1778 Ohio Shawnee held this frontiersman captive for 5 months |
Daniel Boone
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You're often asked to "mind" this between subway train & platform |
the gap
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