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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM |
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In 1945 Grand Rapids, Mich. & Newburgh, N.Y. became the first 2 cities to add this chemical to the water supply |
fluoride
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2003: "The Barbarian Invasions" |
Canada
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The war between the Big-Endians and the Small-Endians is described in this character's "Travels" |
Gulliver
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One of the largest contemp. art orgs., N.Y.'s P.S. 1, uses a building that began as this type of institution |
a (public) school
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Some scientists include this stinger in the family Apidae, others in its own family, Bombidae |
(Bill: What is a wasp?)
a bumblebee
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French term for a documentary film style that avoids directorial control over its subject |
cinéma vérité
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"I have a terrific headache" were reportedly his final words, spoken on April 12 |
FDR
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1949: "The Bicycle Thief" |
Italy
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The battle of Helm's Deep figures in this second book of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy |
The Two Towers
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Tokyo's Museum of Contemporary Art exhibited this woman's art, including her Bed-In for Peace photos |
(Yoko) Ono
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This arachnid is responsible for 1,000 deaths a year in Mexico |
(Bill: What is a tarantula?) (Beth: What is a black widow?) ... (Alex: What is the [*], [*], that stinging tail.)
scorpion
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Les Brown earned some renown for this tune popularized in 1945 |
"Sentimental Journey"
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2000: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" |
(Beth: What is China?) (Bill: What is Hong Kong?)
Taiwan
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The Battle of the Cowshed & the Battle of the Windmill are waged in this 1945 work |
(Beth: What is Don Quixote?) (Alex: No, that's way before 1945. [*].)
Animal Farm
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This museum's ducts are color coded, blue for air, green for fluids, yellow for electrical, & red for movement |
Le Centre Pompidou
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The potter, a solitary species of this insect, hunts only caterpillars |
(Alex: [*], now's the time for that response, yes.)
wasp
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This is a mixture of ashes & slag |
cinders
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In October this man who had declared himself "Norway's Martyr" died by firing squad |
(Alex: Yes, the traitor.)
Quisling
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1981: "Mephisto" |
(Scott: What is Germany?)
Hungary
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Juan Rico joins the mobile infantry to fight in the war against the invading alien "bugs" in this Heinlein novel |
Starship Troopers
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This influential artist said of some Aboriginal art in Sydney's museum, "This is what I have been trying to achieve" |
Pablo Picasso
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The scientific name of this venomous arthropod is Loxosceles reclusa |
the brown recluse
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It's a tragedy that this 17th century French author is known for "Britannicus" & "Berenice" |
Jean Racine
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Arrested near Genoa in May, this American poet would be declared insane & mentally unfit in December |
(Ezra) Pound
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1996: "Kolya" |
(Beth: What is Russia?)
the Czech Republic
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A battle for this planet between Paul Atreides' forces & those of the Emperor is at the heart of the "Dune" books |
Arrakis
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Founded in 1939, this city's Contemporary Arts Center was at the center of a 1990s 1st Amendment case |
(Scott: What is Los Angeles?) (Alex: No, you picked the wrong one, [*], [*].)
Cincinnati
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The blister species of this secretes an irritating substance called cantharidin that was once used in love potions |
(Alex: It's a kind of [*], [*]. Make a good poison if you take one, crush it... well, that's another story.)
beetle
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A synthetic hormone preparation that stimulates contractions during childbirth |
(Beth: What is oxytocin?)
pitocin
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