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| When they opened November 22, 1956 in Melbourne it was the 1st time they were held in the Southern Hemisphere |
the Olympics
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| The largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, it's a great place to paint native girls |
Tahiti
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| Libel is written defamation; this is verbal defamation |
slander
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| "Deuce Coupe" by Twyla Tharp features the music of this band, including its "Little Deuce Coupe" |
The Beach Boys
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| This German field marshal was called "The Desert Fox" for his sly maneuvers |
Erwin Rommel
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| A trademarked photocopying process, or a photocopy made by that process |
Xerox
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| It announced in July 1956 that you'd no longer be able to come & see it under the big top |
Barnum's & Bailey's Circus
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| Argentina calls them the Islas Malvinas, Britain calls them this |
the Falklands
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| Ipso jure is "by the law itself", this is "by the fact itself" |
ipso facto
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| Clara gets this title object from Herr Drosselmeyer in a ballet popular at Christmas |
the nutcracker
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| He's been called "Bayard of the Sea" as well as "Founder of the American Navy" |
John Paul Jones
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| In India the tails of these bovines are sometimes dyed & sold as flytraps |
yaks
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| Headline writers referred to it as the "64 G" show |
The $64,000 Question
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| A chain of tiny islands called Adam's Bridge runs between India & this island known for it tea |
Sri Lanka
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| This type of jury is empowered to investigate alleged violations & to indict suspects |
a grand jury
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| "The Dream" presented by the Royal Ballet, was based on this Shakespeare play |
(Andy: What is A Midsummer's Night's Dream?) (Alex: [*], yes.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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| His generosity toward women he fancied earned this corpulent Egyptian king the title Prince Charming |
Farouk
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| This cell is formed the union of 2 gametes |
a zygote
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| He admitted he had associated with some Communist writers, & married Marilyn Monroe |
Arthur Miller
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| In 1786 Russian Gerasim Pribilof discovered a 4-island group in this sea |
the Bering Sea
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| Literally "body of the crime", it's the material evidence of the fact that a crime has been committed |
corpus delicti
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| Traditionally, the same ballerina dances Odette & Odile in this Tchaikovsky work |
Swan Lake
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| He is often called "The British Homer" as well as "The Blind Poet" |
(Josh: Who is Chaucer?) (Alex: Nope, sorry, he wrote a long poem, On His Blindness--[*].)
John Milton
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| These Indians of New Mexico are said to be descendants of the people of ancient Cibola |
(Andy: What are Yaquis?)
the Zuni
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| On October 8 he pitched the first no-hitter in World Series history |
Don Larsen
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| Tobago is paired up with Trinidad & Barbuda is paired up with this |
Antigua
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| Meaning "at first sight", it's evidence which, if contested, would establish an allegation as fact |
prima facie
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| In Kenneth MacMillan's ballet named for her, this grand duchess survives the Russian revolution |
(Alex: You're now in the lead with less than a minute to go.)
Anastasia
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| This Kansas governor & 1936 GOP presidential nominee was called the "Kansas Coolidge" |
Alf Landon
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| A fear of strangers or foreigners |
xenophobia
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