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I ALSO COMPOSE FILM MUSIC |
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The OED lists "traitor" as a definition for this biblical name |
Judas
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UNESCO mentioned the picturesque & romantic movements when it added this English "district" beloved by Coleridge |
the Lake District
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This greeting is a shortening of Hebrew for "Peace be with you" |
shalom
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In 1864, Admiral David Farragut's forces sealed off this Alabama city, one of the last major southern supply ports |
Mobile
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1,200+ pages? Gimme the gist of this novel...the French invade Russia, m-hm ...500 characters?! ...Prince Andrey Bolkonsky...got it! |
War and Peace
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As luck would have it, an oft-injured NFL quarterback with this apostolic name retired before the 2019 season began |
(Alex: Yes. [*] Luck.)
Andrew
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In 2019 UNESCO added Vatnajokull National Park, which contains Iceland's largest this... for now |
a glacier
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The OED spells this Australian greeting with an apostrophe |
g'day
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Ludwig Göransson won Grammys for composing "Black Panther" & co-writing this 2018 Childish Gambino song |
"This Is America"
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After his victory at Manila Bay in 1898, he was given the rank of Admiral of the Navy |
George Dewey
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This 17th century adventure opens in La Mancha & about 800 pages later, its title guy renounces chivalry as foolish & dies |
Don Quixote
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This apostolic name is also a game of flashing red, blue, yellow & green lights |
Simon
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Unlike a more popular synonym, welina means "greetings" in this language but does not mean "goodbye" |
Hawaiian
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Anyone who has seen "Birdman" can guess that its composer Antonio Sanchez is mostly known for playing these instruments |
drums
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On July 30, 1588 Admiral, Howard left this city's harbor to meet the Armada; 32 years later, another ship set sail from there |
(Nipun: What is Southampton?) ... (Alex: And the other ship was the Mayflower.)
Plymouth
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Dickens' tale of a seemingly endless lawsuit is contained in the 900+ pages of this "homely" novel |
Bleak House
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In a Seuss tale a boy with this apostolic name had 500 hats |
Bartholomew
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This 2-word Spanish greeting means "what's happening" |
que pasa
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This man has composed music for some of the movies he's directed like "Flags of Our Fathers" & "Mystic River" |
Clint Eastwood
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Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who repelled multiple Japanese invasions in the 1590s, is this country's national hero |
Korea
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Formerly imprisoned in a château, our hero first spots the island in this title around 1/5 of the way through the 1,000 pages |
The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Spanish Diego is the equivalent to this apostolic name |
(Kathryn: What is, uh...)
James
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In 2018 UNESCO added Ivrea, an industrial commune near Turin where this Italian company made typewriters, not cooking oils |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Olivetti
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Also a dance, this word is commonly used as a Swahili greeting |
(Kathryn: What is jambo?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute now, Kathryn.)
mambo
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In the 1930s this Russian composed "Peter & the Wolf" & scored the movie "Alexander Nevsky" |
Prokofiev
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This admiral's tombstone at Arlington National Cemetery calls him the "Father of the Nuclear Navy" |
(Nipun: Who is Nimitz?)
Hyman Rickover
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Nearly living up to its name, this novel by David Foster Wallace boasts nearly 1,100 pages, including 10 on the disassembly of a bed |
Infinite Jest
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