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| Then & now president of Russia, in 1991 he saved Gorbachev's borscht after a coup attempt |
Boris Yeltsin
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| "The Memoirs of a Billiard-Marker" is a short story by this author of the very long "War and Peace" |
Leo Tolstoy
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| As this film's title character, Adam Sandler serenades a pair of newlyweds with the song "Love Stinks" |
The Wedding Singer
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| From the Greek for "leave out", this solar event should never be viewed directly; use a pinhole projector |
Solar eclipse
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| Seen here, it's the tomb of Mumtaz |
Taj Mahal
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| "Tu" is the singular & familiar form of "you"; this is the plural & polite form |
Vous
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| Seen here, he ruled the USSR for over a third of its history |
Joseph Stalin
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| Yes, dear, it's Wendy's last name in "Peter Pan" |
Darling
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| A Three Stooges short, seen here, featured an early film appearance by this comedienne |
Lucille Ball
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| Adidas products for this sport include World Cup cleats & the official ball for the 1998 World Cup |
Soccer
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| You can usually get a "good deal" on this New York City bridge seen here |
Brooklyn Bridge
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| Masculine & feminine are the 2 types of this, an English word that often takes the place of "sex" |
Gender
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| One of the USSR's 4 original republics, it was the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster |
Ukraine
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| This lord was England's poet laureate when he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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| Nick Nolte's son Brawley played Mel Gibson's kidnapped son in this 1996 film |
Ransom
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| Mike D, Ad-Rock & MCA of this rap group hosted 1996's Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco |
The Beastie Boys
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| The London traffic junction & meeting place seen here |
(C: What is Trafalgar Square?)
Piccadilly Circus
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| Part of speech represented in the last word of the phrase "L'etat c'est moi" |
Pronoun
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| The Soviets kept their "Finn"gers crossed to sign a 1975 human rights accord in this city |
Helsinki
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| The title of this John Dos Passos trilogy has only 3 letters |
(B: I have no idea.)
"U.S.A."
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| Helen Hunt made her Broadway debut in 1989 as Emily in a revival of this Thornton Wilder play |
Our Town
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| American Airlines held an online contest giving away this Scott Adams hero's frequent flyer miles |
Dilbert
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| It's the "queen" of African waterfall royalty seen here |
(B: What is Lake Victoria?)
Victoria Falls
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| The purity of the language is guarded by this group with just 40 members |
L'Academie Francaise (the French Academy)
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| 1980s reforms included perestroika, "restructuring", & this Russian word for "openness" |
Glasnost
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| This "Heidi" author called her books "Stories for children and for those who love children" |
Johanna Spyri
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| She's also the voice of Marge Simpson's sisters, Patty & Selma; they sound a lot like Marge |
(B: Who is Nancy Cartwright?)
Julie Kavner
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| Wild Wing is the mascot of this NHL team |
(S: Who are the Detroit Red Wings?) (B: Who are the Coyotes?)
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
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| "Rock" out on this Australian landmark |
Ayers Rock (Uluru)
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| More dietary fiber might help "aller" & "devoir" as they are this kind of verb |
Irregular
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