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Sikhism is a fusion of 2 other religions, Islamic Sufism & the Bhakti form of this religion |
Hinduism
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Forest Whitaker & Clint Eastwood both won awards in 1988 for bringing this "flighty" jazzman to life |
Charlie "Bird" Parker
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1 rover explored Mars' Bonneville Crater, named for a lake that once filled much of this state's NW corner |
Utah
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She's the fictional woman famous for her "Nursery Rhymes" |
Mother Goose
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The personal identification badge worn by many convention-goers |
(Van: What is an ID tag?)
a nametag
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in this Italian city where his father Niccolo worked as a merchant |
Venice
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After cremation Sikh ashes are preferably scattered in one of the 7 sacred ones of these, like the Yamuna |
a river
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In 2004 he became the first to win the Palme d'Or for a documentary since Jacques Cousteau in 1956 |
Michael Moore
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This NASA "Lab" based in Pasadena designed the rovers used on Mars |
JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab)
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Hey, Daddy-O, this "avian" coiffure was very popular in the 1950s |
a ducktail
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The principal character in opposition to a novel's hero |
an antagonist
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Some argued that Polo never went to China; he did omit mentioning this landmark some measure at 4,000 miles long |
the Great Wall of China
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The Sikh Guru Nanak taught the singleness & unity of God, whom he represented by this mystic syllable |
om
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People were talking when Coppola won for this 1974 Gene Hackman movie where he listens to a murder plot |
The Conversation
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To cushion their landing, the Mars rovers had a covering of these safety devices, also found in autos |
air bags
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This 2-word term refers to a politician who has recently lost an election & is soon to leave office |
a lame duck
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A language of the Philippines & a people who speak it |
Tagalog
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In "Description of the World", Polo notes the then-startling use of this as fuel; he called it "black stones" |
coal
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The Sikh religion is centered in this northwest Indian state whose main cities include Ludhiana & Jalandhar |
Punjab
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Co-Palme d'Or winners in 1980 were "All That Jazz" by Bob Fosse & "Kagemusha" by this man |
Kurosawa
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Some of the rover mission's payload was supplied by the NBI, an institute named for this Danish physicist |
Niels Bohr
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Stechschritt in German, this style of army marching has been used since the time of Frederick the Great |
goose-stepping
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To become foul or stale through not flowing or moving |
stagnate (stagnant accepted)
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On his deathbed Polo is famously said to have stated, "I did not tell" this much "of what I saw" |
the half
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At this "colorful" shrine, Sikhs bathe in the Amrita Saras--the pool of immortality--for purification |
the Golden Temple
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The first festival in 1946 screened "The Lost Weekend" directed by this man |
(Alex: And that's the famous Academy Award-winning director [*].)
Billy Wilder
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Each Mars rover is more than 17 times as heavy as this Pathfinder rover that landed on Mars in 1997 |
Sojourner
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The down of this large sea duck, Somateria mollissima, is used as warm filling in jackets, pillows & quilts |
eider
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It's the 2-dimentional figure seen here |
(John: What is a [**]?) [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Double Jeopardy!]
a heptagon (septagon accepted)
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In the 1270s the Polo family hit this city to pick up oil from the Holy Sepulchre to bring to Asia |
Jerusalem
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