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SCIENCE FICTION TITLES IN FRENCH |
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REDRAWING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE |
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A piece of wood, or a group of executives who decide on something |
board
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"Je suis une légende" |
I Am Legend
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The agreement that redrew the Middle East was known by the name of this "Minor" area of major importance |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Asia (Minor)
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He's seen here as the persistent Detective Columbo |
Peter Falk
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Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of" these |
giants
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Starbucks offers a "house" this, mixing different types of whole bean coffee |
blend
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"Chroniques martiennes" |
The Martian Chronicles
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Mosul & Basra were 2 of the 3 provinces that were eventually merged into this country |
Iraq
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He narrowly escapes certain doom after sneaking into Mr. McGregor's garden |
Peter Rabbit
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Gil Scott-Heron: This "will not make you look 5 pounds thinner because" this "will not be televised" |
(Brian: What is the camera?)
the revolution
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14 pounds, in Plymouth |
stone
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"Le cycle de Fondation" |
(Victor: What is The Century of the Foundation?)
The Foundation Trilogy
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Sometimes hyphenated, it's the author's name as printed on a newspaper story |
a byline
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Hotly contested today, this 9-letter region was made an "international zone" |
(Victor: What is Jerusalem?)
Palestine
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He received an honorary Oscar in 2003 for his memorable roles like Mr. Chips & Alan Swann |
(Alex: He's the one with a minute to go now.)
Peter O'Toole
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Jesse Jackson: "Our flag is red, white, and blue, but our nation is a" this |
(Alex: The [*] Coalition.)
rainbow
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Run through by the horn of that bull |
gored
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"La main gauche de la nuit" |
(Victor: What is The Left...)
The Left Hand of Darkness
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Pioneering all-news radio in 1961, XTRA broadcast to Southern California from this city just into Mexico |
Tijuana
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This ethnic group got autonomy (not independence) at the San Remo conference, but the Treaty of Lausanne nixed it |
(Buzzy: What is Armenian?)
Kurds
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A NYC neighborhood bears the name of this Dutch governor whose farm was the Bouwerie |
Peter Stuyvesant
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J.K. Galbraith: This "ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And... with death as his greatest source of anxiety" |
money
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If you're "out of your" this type of fruit, you're just plain loco |
gourd
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Margaret Atwood's "La servante écarlate" |
The Handmaid's Tale
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Also what a comic does in a club, it's the term for a reporter's report straight to camera from the scene of breaking news |
stand-up
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Great Britain acquired southern Mesopotamia & this city, today the largest port in Israel |
(Buzzy: What is Tel Aviv?) (Victor: What is... Eilat?)
Haifa
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Stage name of Chester Burnett, legendary Chicago bluesman, seen here |
Howlin' Wolf
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