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GOVERNMENT AROUND THE WORLD |
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This decade that gave us Wally Cleaver & Pizza Hut is seen as just a prelude to the upheavals of the next one |
the '50s
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Lepidoptera is the order of insects that includes skippers & these 2 familiar groups |
moths and butterflies
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In this concept, from the Sanskrit for "fate", the effects of your actions determine your destiny |
karma
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Kristen Wiig is Maya Rudolph's maid of honor |
Bridesmaids
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This name for a legislature comes from a word meaning discussion & was first used for after-dinner talks of monks |
(Steph: What is congress?)
parliament
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In "Wuthering Heights" Heathcliff makes his son Linton marry a girl with this first name, just like the girl he loved |
Catherine
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Though some, like Michael Crichton, raised fears of its economic might, the 1990s were stagnant in this Asian country |
(Meghan: What is China?)
Japan
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Superman should know that this element, atomic no. 36, is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere |
krypton
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Helen & Gregory, or the inexpert method demonstrated here |
hunt and peck
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From 1984--a Motor City policeman comes to the 90210 |
Beverly Hills Cop
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General secretary is considered China's most powerful post since this title held by Mao was abolished in 1982 |
chairman
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In "A Storm of Swords", this bad dad is impaled by son Tyrion with a crossbow bolt while on the privy |
Tywin Lannister
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AKA the Edwardian era, according to Virginia Woolf it was the last decade before a basic change in human character |
(Sean: What is the 19-teens?) (Steph: What is the 19-tens?) (Meghan: What are the 1920s?)
the 1900s
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Tarantism, once attributed to a tarantula bite, is a disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to do this |
dance
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A washed-up superhero actor plots a stage comeback in this 2014 film |
Birdman
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In Germany the 2 houses of government are the Bundesrat & this similarly named lower chamber |
the Bundestag
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Fighter pilot Bull Meecham gets this title nickname in a Pat Conroy novel; his 4 kids might pick another moniker |
the Great Santini
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The 1710s in the American colonies must have been sleepy, because in 1720 came the religious revival called this |
(Alex: [Before Sean wagers] Less than a minute to go now.)
the Great Awakening
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Gravity became its own force during the rather brief grand unification era, from 10-43 to 10-35 seconds after this |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
the Big Bang
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Anguilliform means resembling one of these aquatic creatures |
eels
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Someone sinister is creating clones of Hitler |
The Boys from Brazil
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PAEC is Pakistan this government Commission; it was founded in 1956, 10 years after the American AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission
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In this Emma Donoghue book, "Old Nick" is the father to young Jack, who thinks the title domicile is the whole world |
Room
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This type of amulet gets its name from the late Greek for "perform a rite" |
a talisman
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In the 41st century, Jane Fonda fondly seeks out Durand Durand & his positronic ray |
Barbarella
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The government of this African country was established by the terms of its 2011 transitional constitution |
South Sudan
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In this Roald Dahl book, Mr. Wormwood calls his daughter "a cheat and a liar" |
Matilda
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