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Arthur Adamov's absurdist play "La Parodie" has a handless one of these watching humans endlessly discussing time |
a clock or watch
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It means unusual or applies to numbers like 5, 37, or 1,041 |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
odd
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From 1951 to 1960, he was the heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda; from 1971 to 1979, he was president |
Idi Amin
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In 1953 "Waiting for Godot" premiered at a small theatre in this European capital |
Paris
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As a verb it means to wander off from a course; as a noun, it's a homeless animal |
a stray
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6-letter term for an international syndicate like OPEC that colludes to regulate prices in a specific field |
a cartel
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Only Muslims may enter this, the religion's holiest city, Muhammad's birthplace |
Mecca
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Similar to Liberia, this "lion mountains" nation began as a colony for freed slaves in 1787 |
Sierra Leone
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This Czech author's satirical plays like "Protest" used absurdist themes to denounce Communist rule |
Vaclav Havel
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Type of verb whose past tense & past participle aren't formed by adding -ed to the present tense |
an irregular verb
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"Rake It Up" from Yo Gotti raced up the charts & featured this woman seen here |
Nicki Minaj
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It was hats off & lawsuit on when NFL players sued the owners for $4 billion for setting a secret this 2-word term in 2010 |
a salary cap
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Amenouzume, the "heavenly alarming female", is among the major kami of this Japanese religion |
Shinto
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Long a threat to water buffalo, giraffes & mainly these livestock, the viral disease rinderpest was eradicated in 2011 |
(Alan: What are rhinoceroses?)
cattle
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This author of the absurdist plays "The Birthday Party" & "The Room" was awarded the Nobel Lit prize in 2005 |
Harold Pinter
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In 2015 Mohammed Morsi, former president of this nation, got a death sentence for colluding with Islamists |
Egypt
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In the '90s, this 2-word Chinese spiritual movement meaning "discipline of the dharma wheel" ran afoul of the government |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Falun Gong
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At 1896's Battle of Adwa, Menelik II, emperor of this nation, defeated an Italian army & kept the country independent |
(Rob: What is Egypt?)
Ethiopia
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This Romanian-born playwright based his play "The Bald Soprano" on stilted textbooks he had used to learn English |
Eugène Ionesco
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Hotels ask for your credit card to pick up these, meaning "minor expenses" |
incidentals
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Hitmaking was in his "DNA." He had "Loyalty." He was "Humble." & in "Love."--"Damn." |
Kendrick Lamar
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In 2000 these 2 art auction houses agreed to pay $500 million in restitution for engaging in price-fixing |
(Alan: What are Sotheby's and... Fred's Lube. I don't know.)
Christie's and Sotheby's
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In Malachi: "Behold, I will send you" this prophet before the coming of "the great and dreadful day of the Lord" |
(Rob: Who is Muhammad?)
Elijah
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A series of anti-apartheid protests in this South African township in 1976 led to a larger uprising |
Soweto
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