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    (Keith: What is a day?) (Sam: What is a year?)
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    | Dennis Christopher battled Italians & locals en route to Indiana's Little 500 cycling championship in this 1979 film | 
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    (Alex: ...again.)
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    (Alex: ...was no slouch either.)
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    (Sam: Who is Robbins?)
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    (Keith: Who was Louis XVI?)
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