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Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16–film collaboration (1948–65) with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in such works as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo. He also portrayed Musashi Miyamoto in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy, as well as Lord Toranaga in the NBC TV miniseries Shōgun.t |
Toshiru mifune
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Work expands to fit time available
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Parkinson's law
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Preceded hitler leader of nazis
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Anton drexler
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Hitlers mother
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Klara polzl
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His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Honore de Balzac
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Created Esperanto
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LL zamenhof
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Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government under Felipe González (1982–1995) and Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary–General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009.
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Javier solana
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Played carrie
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Sissy spasek
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Hawaiian garland
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Lei
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WHICH OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS, after whom a system of philosophy was named, believed the greatest good was to seek a state of tranquillity through modest pleasures AND the absence of bodily pain through knowledge of the workings of the world?
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Epicureans
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Damavand mountain range
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Alborz
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Not to be confused with the holokū, WHAT NAME is given to the loose dress of Hawaiian origin that hangs from the shoulder?
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Mumu
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2002 three–issue horror comic book mini–series written by Steve Niles, illustrated by Ben Templesmith. After its success in print, it was filmed in 2007 with a $30 million budget and took in over $100m! It was followed by a sequel and two TV series. WHICH US STATE is the setting for
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30 days of night
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Known as ‘Terrible’ in Western Europe, WHAT alternative ADJECTIVE (literally meaning “formidable”) is attached to Ivan’s name in Russia?
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Grozny
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The ________ is the period between 1565 and 1572, when Ivan the Terrible instituted mass repressions, public executions and confiscation of land from Russian aristocrats. This term gave its name to a domestic policy of using secret police to carry out Ivan's orders. WHAT WORD designates both the hardest years of the reign of Ivan and the territory over which, during that period, he ruled directly? It is also the title of this painting by Nikolai Nevrev, showing the last minutes of the Boyar, Feodorov (seated right). Arrested for treason, to mock his alleged desire to replace Ivan, his killers have dressed him in his sovereign’s regalia before executing hi
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Oprichnina
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one of Stalin's favorite actors and played title roles in Sergei Eisenstein's monumental sound films Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Parts I & II of Ivan the Terrible (1945 & 1946; though Part II was not officially released until 1958 for political reasons)
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Nikolai cherkasov
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WHAT NAME is given to the female equivalent of a Jewish boy’s bar mitzvah, the ritual that signifies his entrance into religious majority at age thirteen?
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Bat mitzvah
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For a time a cellist in a Rio opera company, after marrying the pianist Lucília Guimarães in 1912 he settled down to concentrate on writing music. WHICH COMPOSER (1887–1959) has been described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th–century Brazilian art music"?
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Heitor villa lobos
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WHAT IS THE NAME of the traditional, sticky–rice cake delicacy eaten in Japan at New Year? They are notorious for causing choking, especially among the elderly. This week there's reports of nine people dying over the recent holiday, with 13 more in a serious condition in hospital.
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Mochi
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The La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park, and the associated George C. Page Museum – dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there – are located within the boundary of WHICH US CITY?
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Los Angeles
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Cameron Diaz husband
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Benji madden from good Charlotte
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Apium graveolens food
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Celery
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Pizza without tomato sauce
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White pizza
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Korean soup that includes dog meat as its primary ingredient.[1] The soup has been claimed to provide increased virility.
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Bosintang
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group of American pioneer migrants who set out for California in a wagon train. Delayed by a series of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas. Some of the migrants resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating those who had succumbed to starvation and sickness
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Donner party
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mountain range in the western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province
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Sierra Nevada
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remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. His many other contributions to nutrition and health included establishing the first mandatory smallpox vaccination campaign (under Napoleon beginning in 1805, when he was Inspector–General of the Health Service) and pioneering the extraction of sugar from sugar beets
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Antoine parmentier
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Jewish potato pancake
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Latke
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or cachanga[1] is a kind of fried pastry and a type of quick bread served in Argentina,[2] Bolivia,[2] Chile,[2][3] New Mexico(U.S.),[4] Colorado (U.S.),[5] Peru,[1] Texas (U.S.),[6] Uruguay[7] and Northern Mexico
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Sopaipilla
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Twinkie made by what company
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Hostess
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French oscars
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Cesar
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2004 climatology film dennis quaid
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The day after tomorrow
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Encountered in the 'Jungle Books' and described by Kipling as a "sleepy brown bear", WHAT nocturnal, insectivorous SPECIES of bear (Melursus ursinus) did Baloo most likely belong to?
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Sloth bear
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Which star of TV's 'NCIS: Los Angeles' has played the superhero 'boy wonder' Robin in two movies?
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Chris odonnell
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His debut album 'Guzo' features a cover of the 1970s psychedelic soul classic 'I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun', and has guest appearances from The Creole Choir of Cuba, and Nicolette. Ethiopian
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Steve yirga
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Vanity fair subtitle
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A novel without a hero
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2011 American family comedy–drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee. The film is directed by Cameron Crowe, and stars Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee
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We bought a zoo
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Played szpilman in the pianist, Only american to win cesar
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Adrien brody
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Becky sharp and Amelia sedley novel
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Vanity fair
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'Outed' peter mandelson
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Matthew parris
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For nearly 50 years, from 1953 to 2002, it was home to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. It has since been the official residence of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. also served as the official residence for Prince William, Duke of Cambridge from 2003 until his 2011 marriage and for Prince Harry from 2003 until 2012
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Clarence House
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ongoing British police investigation.[1] It was opened as a result of documents provided by News International to the Operation Weeting investigation.[2]
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Elveden
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English former household cavalry officer in the British Army. He had an affair with Diana, Princess of Wales for five years,[1][2] receiving extensive media coverage after revealing details of the affair.
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James Hewitt
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She achieved international fame for her roles in the 1999 films American Beauty as Angela Hayes (for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award), and as Heather in American Pie (1999). She reprised her role as Heather in American Pie 2 (2001) and American Reunion (2012). She has also appeared in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Loser (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), Spun (2002), Trauma (2004) and the HBO drama series Six Feet Under in 2004.
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Mena suvari
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directed several critically acclaimed British feature films since the 1980s including My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity, The Queen, and Philomena.
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Stephen frears
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breakthrough performance at age seven in the 2001 film I Am Sam. Her performance earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in history.[2] As a child actress, she went on to appear in high–profile films such as Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005) and Charlotte's Web (2006)
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Dakota fanning
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first major appearance was in Hell's Angels (1930), followed by a series of critically unsuccessful films, before signing with Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer in 1932. became a leading lady for MGM, starring in a string of hit films including Red Dust (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Reckless (1935) and Suzy (1936). Among her frequent co–stars were William Powell, Spencer Tracy and, in six films, Clark Gable
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Jean harlow
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Michael foot football team
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Plymouth argyle
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The plot focuses on Giselle, an archetypal Disney Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world of Andalasia into the live–action world of New York City
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Enchanted
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considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet.
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Petipa
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2013 American thriller film directed and written by Eric Heisserer. The film stars Paul Walker, Génesis Rodríguez, TJ Hassan, Nick Gomez, and Judd Lormand . Hurricane katrina
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Hours
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Film featuring cypher raige and kitai
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After Earth
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has alternated between Spanish–language dark fantasy pieces, such as The Devil's Backbone (2001) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006), and more mainstream American action movies, such as Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), and Pacific Rim (2013).
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Guillermo del toro
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The film is set in the 2020s, when Earth is at war with the Kaijus,[a] colossal monsters which have emerged from an interplanetary portal on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. To combat the monsters, humanity unites to create the Jaegers:
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Pacific rim
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jukebox musical featuring songs by The Proclaimers.
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Sunshine on leith
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2011 best picture Oscar
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The Kings speech
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Captain America subtitle
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The first avenger
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Captain America actor
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Chris Evans
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Captain America alter ego
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Steve Rogers
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American horror film franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of four feature films. The films revolve around the Necronomicon Ex–Mortis, an ancient Sumerian text which wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in Tennessee. The protagonist, Ashley J. "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell)
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Evil dead
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known for his portrayal of the character Duke in the 2009 action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its 2013 sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation; though both G.I. Joe films received negative reviews from critics, they were commercially successful, grossing more than $300 million at the box office. He is also known for his portrayal as Magic Mike in the 2012 comedy film Magic Mike
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Channing tatum
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Played hunny bunny in pulp fiction
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Amanda Plummer
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2013 Christian musical drama film. The film is based on a story by Brandon Rice, written and directed by Brad J. Silverman, and stars AJ Michalka, James Denton, and Kevin Pollak. It is a family–friendly film about an 18 year old girl who rejects her father's desire for her to be a church singer and goes to Hollywood seeking stardom.
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Grace unplugged
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Charles and Diana married where
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St. Paul's
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Balmoral County
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Aberdeenshire
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Prince Edward wife
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Sophie Rhys Jones
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Last duke of Cornwall before Charles
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Edward viii
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Queens first corgi
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Susan
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t takes place every night at the Tower of London, and has done so in some form or another since the 14th century. At exactly 9.53pm, the Chief Yeoman Warder, dressed in Tudor Watchcoat, meets the military escort, made up of members of the Tower of London Guard.
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Ceremony of the keys
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either a B♭ bugle call within British Infantry regiments or an E♭ cavalry trumpet call in British Cavalry and Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery) used at Commonwealth military funerals and ceremonies commemorating those who have been killed in wa
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Last post
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war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown
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Menin gate
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the only daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
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Sarah chatto
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Wallis Simpson maiden name
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War field
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English furniture maker and chairman of the auction house Christie's UK. The son of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Antony Armstrong–Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdo
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David Armstrong Jones, viscount Linley
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Prince Andrew sex scandal woman
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Veronica Roberts
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Graydon Carter editor of
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Vanity fair
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Benedict cumberbatch wife
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Sophie hunter
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Irishman plays moriarty in sherlock
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Andrew Scott
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Ireland dialling code
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353
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Smallest Irish county
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Louth
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'International rules' sport is combination of
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Gaelic and Australian rules
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Lower house of Ireland politics
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Dail
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2013 Star Trek movie
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Into darkness
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wrote and produced feature films before co–creating the television series Felicity (1998–2002). He also created Alias (2001–2006) and co–created Lost (2004–2010), Fringe (2008–2013), Undercovers (2010) and produced the television series Person of Interest (2011–present) and Revolution (2012–2014), among others.
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J j abrams
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English actress. She is best known for her roles in St Trinian's (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), and Byzantium (2013)
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Gemma arterton
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The wrestler character name
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Randy robinson
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First wes Anderson film
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Bottle rocket
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2001 American comedy–drama film directed by Wes Anderson and co–written with Owen Wilson. The film stars Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson and Danny Glover.
It follows the lives of three gifted siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years. An ironic and absurdist sense of humor pervades the film. |
Royal tenenbaums
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received British Academy Award nominations for her work in the Woody Allen films Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). Among her other roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), receiving Golden Globe nominations for both, and played the Grand High Witch in the children's movie The Witches (1990).
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Anjelica huston
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1998 comedy–drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman in his first film), his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), and their mutual love for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams).
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Rushmore
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2005 American comedy–drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the semi–autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in the 1980s.
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The squid and the whale
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Jared Gilman as Sam Shakusky
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Moonrise kingdom
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American film director and music video director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for 2012's Moonrise Kingdom.
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Roman coppola
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Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing for the center ring, and Charlton Heston as the circus manager running the show. James Stewart also stars as a mysterious clown who never removes his make–up, even between shows,
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The greatest show on earth
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Dkny stands for in fashion
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Donna karan New York
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Flashy earrings that touch shoulders
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Chandeliers
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Retailer owns banana republic
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Gap
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Married to seal 2005–12, 2nd highest earning model
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Heidi klum
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shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is made from blocks of hard snow. The word is of Athabaskan origin,[1][2] and entered the English language by 1984.[
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Quinzee
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came to public attention at the age of twelve because of her fashion blog Style Rookie. By the age of fifteen, she had shifted her focus to pop culture and feminist discussion. is the founder and editor–in–chief of the online Rookie Magazine, aimed primarily at teenage girls. In both 2011 and 2012, she appeared on the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media list. In 2014 she was named one of "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014" by Time magazine.[1]
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Tavi gevinson
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large family of indigenous languages of North America, located in in western North America in three groups of contiguous languages: Northern, Pacific Coast and Southern (or Apachean)
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Athabaskan
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Head of Chechen Republic
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Ramzan kadyrov
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Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16–film collaboration (1948–65) with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in such works as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo. He also portrayed Musashi Miyamoto in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy, as well as Lord Toranaga in the NBC TV miniseries Shōgun.
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Toshiru mifune
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Directed streetcar named desire
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Elia kazan
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1953 British comedy film produced and directed by Henry Cornelius and written by William Rose. It stars John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall as two couples comedically involved in a veteran automobile rally
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Genevieve
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American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres such as Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), The Thing from Another World (1951), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959).
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Howard Hawks
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Audrey Hepburn) is the young daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, Thomas, and she has been in love with David Larrabee (William Holden) all her life. David is an oft–married, idle playboy, crazy for womensan
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Sabrina
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Burgundy red and white grapes
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Pinot noir, chardonnay
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German for dry wine
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Trocken
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one of the most expensive wines which can be bought. It has proved a profitable wine for investors, with the price of its 2005 and 2000 vintage fetching over £10,000 per case
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Chateau lafite Rothschild
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Name for skipping stones
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Ducks and drakes
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Black guy bloc party gone solo
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Kele okereke
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Largest city Connecticut
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Bridge port
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He holds the fastest 2000 metre indoor rowing machine time in the world, clocking a time of 5 mins 36.6 secs (5:36.6). He also holds the record for 5000m on the rowing machine with a time of 14:58. This made him the first person to go sub 15min for this distance [1]. He is a black belt in Judo [2]. New Zealand
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Rob Waddell
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Berlin Wall year built
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1961
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Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people – Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Books from the Foundation of the City) – covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus
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Livy
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Kfc headquartered where
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Louisville
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First kfc where
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Corbin
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Tin chemical symbol
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Sn
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Said 'a rose by any other name would smell as sweet'
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Juliet
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Mafia in sicily
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Cosa nostra
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pioneered the creation of so–called bandage dresses, so–called "body–con" (body–conscious) garments made using materials traditionally associated with foundation garments to create bandage dresses that would mold and shape the wearer's figure with its signature bandage–like strips
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Herve leger
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manages five separate brands, including its namesake, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain, and BHLDN; together, the brands operate over 400 retail locations worldwide
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Urban outfitters
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Last name of Valentino fashion man
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Garavani
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Since the late 1990s foreign investment there has helped create jobs and new infrastructure, China in particular investing heavily. It is estimated about 100,000 Chinese live there, working in perhaps as many as 500 companies in sectors across the economy. WHICH DEVELOPING NATION in south–central Africa has land borders with eight other countries?
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Zambia
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World No. 1 women's professional tennis player at various time throughout that year; WHO, ALONG WITH HER BROTHER JOHN won the 1980 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles?
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Tracy austin
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In 1946, Joshua Lederberg and Edward Tatum discovered that a bacterium can swap bits of genetic code with other bacteria. This can occur across species – which is a bit like you stepping outside and swapping hair colour genes with your neighbour's dog! From the Latin meaning "join" or "unite together", WHAT ONE–WORD NAME is given to this ability/process, often regarded as the bacterial equivalent of sexual reproduction?
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Conjugation
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WHICH CHILD ACTOR starred as David, the robot boy who was the main focus of the Steven Spielberg film 'AI'?
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Haley Joel osment
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The Eighty Years' War, also called the '(redacted) War of Independence' started in 1568 and, following a 12 year truce, saw hostilities re–start in 1619. This second period coincided with the Thirty Years' War, and in fact ended under the terms of the 1648 Peace of Münster (a treaty part of the Peace of Westphalia). The war(s) saw WHICH COUNTRY win independence?
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Netherlands
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What was the name of the cab company in the TV show ‘Taxi’?
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Sunshine cab co
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Once the world's most famous career diplomat, who was best known for his work as Ronald Reagan's special envoy to the Middle East 1981–83?
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Philip habib
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Born 1944, which UK model and photographer's 2007 autobiography debuted at the top of the New York Times Best Seller list?
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Pattie Boyd
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WHICH MIDDLEWEIGHT (1937–2014) lost a WBC/WBA Word Title fight to compatriot Joey Giardello in 1964? Some time after, his life became a cause célèbre and in 1999 Denzel Washington would play him in a biopic?
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Robin hurricane Carter
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Whose photograph of a starving Sudanese infant trying to reach a feeding centre won him the Pulitzer Prize? Three months after being named the winner, he committed suicide, his last note revealing how he was "haunted by the vivid memories of killing and corpses and anger and pain."
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Kevin Carter
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Born in 1948, Julie, A DAUGHTER OF WHICH US PRESIDENT married David, the Grandson of the President her father served as Vice–President
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Richard nixon
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Born in 1943 his real given names are William Francis. Which American R&B singer enjoyed massive success in the 1960s along with his backing group, the Ram Jam Band?
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Geno Washington
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At birth in 1929 he was named Michael, just like his father. But after his father's 1934 trip to Berlin, Germany to attend the Fifth Baptist World Alliance Congress, his father changed their names. WHAT TWO GIVEN NAMES did the father adopt for himself, AND give to his son, in place of Michael? Just to be clear, after the change, father and son continued to share the exact same given names.
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