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Nora Ephron wrote screenplays like "When Harry Met Sally" before directing this 1993 Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan rom-com |
Sleepless in Seattle
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"Jo's Journal" |
Little Women
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An Aug. 12, 1961 decree by the Volkskammer, or "peoples' chamber", led to the construction of this barrier |
the Berlin Wall
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John Marshall, of Marshall Islands fame, gained notoriety bringing the first convicts to Port Jackson in this current country |
Australia
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Origami is the art of folding paper; gourami is one of these creatures |
a fish
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This, this, this is a 4-sided spinning top marked with Hebrew letters |
a dreidel
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Barbra Streisand directed & starred in this film about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training |
Yentl
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"Hester and the Physician" |
The Scarlet Letter
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At the eastern end of the Great Wall of China, the Tiger Mountain section gives tourists a glimpse into this country |
(Nikole: What is Mongolia?) (Keshav: What is Russia?)
North Korea
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In 1964 communications guru Marshall McLuhan wrote, in "Practical Fact", this "is the message" |
the medium
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Thermal pertains to heat; this 6-letter word means referring to the skin |
dermal
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This species of camel has one hump |
dromedary
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In a female first, in 2010 she won the directing Oscar for "The Hurt Locker" |
Kathryn Bigelow
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"The Siege of La Rochelle" & "Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword" |
The Three Musketeers
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Sycamore Gap is pretty as a picture, breaking up the tableau of this British wall named for a Roman |
Hadrian's Wall
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Before his recovery plan, George Marshall helped plan Operation Overlord, taking place in this region of France |
Normandy
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Baklava is a pastry; Balaklava was the site of a military engagement in 1854 during this war |
the Crimean War
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The original value of this Greek coin in the mid-6th century B.C. was equivalent to that of a handful of arrows |
drachma
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Patty Jenkins directed Charlize Theron to an Oscar for this film |
Monster
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In this "familial" work: "The First Interview with Smerdyakov" |
The Brothers Karamazov
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It's the only remaining structure of the Second Temple of Jerusalem |
(Keshav: [Exhales] I don't know.)
the Western Wall (the Wailing Wall)
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Born in 1834, this Chicagoan revolutionized the department store industry |
(Keshav: Who is Sears?) (Courtney: Who is Marshall Fields?)
Marshall Field
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A quotation is a phrase originally said by someone else; this adjective, from Latin, means occurring every day |
quotidian
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A fleshy fruit with a single seed, like a cherry |
a drupe
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Emerald Fennell directed this promising young woman who sought vengeance in the 2020 film "Promising Young Woman" |
Carey Mulligan
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By H.G. Wells, "The Reversion of the Beast Folk" |
(Nikole: What is The Time Machine?)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
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The site seen here is known as Great this, a name that replaced Rhodesia |
Zimbabwe
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Before McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall dealt with the same M & M initials in this landmark 1803 case |
Marbury v. Madison
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Cinnamon is a spice; this was the first Western to win an Oscar for best picture, back in 1931 |
(Courtney: What is "Cinnabar"?)
Cimarron
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It's the name for the fancy silver ball seen here decorating a cupcake |
a dragée
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