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was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that now is the nation of Vanuatu.
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New hebrides
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born 12 December 1968) is an English television presenter, mainly for the BBC, specialising in wildlife and science programmes. She was also the President of the RSPB until 2013.
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Kate humble
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The author of two comic novels, Stranger than Fulham[7] and The Last Ealing Comedy[8] he has been the television critic for the Daily Express since 2005 - and also written on television and other subjects for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, Independent on Sunday and Daily Mail.
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Matthew bayliss
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The letter E is the most commonly-used letter in written English. Which letter is the next most common?
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T
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Who, after Yuri Gagarin, became on 6th August 1961 the second man to orbit the Earth? At 25 years old, he remains the youngest person to fly in space.
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Gherman Titov
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Which Australian (he is on the right in the statue), on 21st June 1954, became the second person, after Roger Bannister (on the left in the statue), to run a mile in less than 4 minutes?
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John landy
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After The Carpetbaggers and Where Love Has Gone (1962) came The Adventurers (1966), based on experiences living in South America, including three months spent in the mountains of Colombia with a group of bandits. He created the ABC television series The Survivors (1969-1970), starring Ralph Bellamy and Lana Turner.
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Harold robbins
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The representation of him in Indonesia is more stylistic and based on the Javanese eagle. Which large bird-like creature, or humanoid bird, appears in both Buddhism and Hinduism, in the latter he is the mount (vahana) of the Lord Vishnu?
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Garuda
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Many well-known birds, such as hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures are included in this group
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Accipitridae
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is a very large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savannah of the sub-Saharan region. Although a member of the order Accipitriformes, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, hawks, vultures, and harriers, it is given its own family, Sagittariidae. It appears on the coats of arms of Sudan and South Africa.
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Secretary bird
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most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). The latter work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version.
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Luigi Boccherini
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1637/39[1] - 9 May 1707) was a Danish-German organist and composer of the Baroque period. His organ works represent a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed at recitals and in church services. He composed in a wide variety of vocal and instrumental idioms, and his style strongly influenced many composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Dietrich buxtehude
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was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh surviving child and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as "the London Bach" or "the English Bach", due to his time spent living in the British capital,
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Johann Christian bach
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He was known as the "Berlin Bach" or the "Hamburg Bach".
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Carl Philip emmanuel
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was and still is one of the most prolific composers in history[1] (at least in terms of surviving oeuvre)[2] and was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the leading German composers of the time—he was compared favorably both to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach, who made the godfather and namesake of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, and to George Frideric Handel, whom also knew personally.
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Georg Philip telemann
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achieved recognition for his role as Jordan Catalano on the television series My So-Called Life (1994). He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and received critical praise for his performance in Prefontaine (1997). played supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998), Fight Club (1999) and American Psycho (2000), as well as the lead role in Urban Legend (1998), and earned critical acclaim after portraying heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000). He later began focusing increasingly on his music career, returning to acting with Panic Room (2002), Alexander (2004), Lord of War (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Chapter 27 (2007), and Mr. Nobody (2009). He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the documentary film Artifact.
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Jared Leto
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performance as a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Jared leto
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born November 4, 1969)[3] is an American actor and producer. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), and went on to appear in films such as the slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), the legal thriller A Time to Kill (1996), Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997), the science fiction drama Contact (1997), the comedy EDtv (1999) and the war film U-571 (2000).
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Matthew mcconaughey
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the 2000s, he became best known for starring in romantic comedies,[4] including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Sahara (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Fool's Gold (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). Since 2010 he has moved away from romantic comedies and has had roles in the films The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Bernie (2011), Killer Joe (2011), The Paperboy (2012), Mud (2012), Magic Mike (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013),
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Matthew mcconaughey
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born April 17, 1972)[1] is an American actress and film producer. She made her film debut in the comedy Dude, Where's My Car (2000). Following a supporting role in Pearl Harbor, gained recognition for her performance as CIA officer in the ABC spy-action thriller Alias, which aired from 2001 to 2006. For her work on the series, she won a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, and received three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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Jennifer garner
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Created tv show alias
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J j abrams
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followup, The Young Victoria (2009), garnered strong reviews and received three Academy Award nominations, while his sixth film, Café de Flore (2011), was the most nominated film at the 32nd Genie Awards. next film, Dallas Buyers Club, was released in 2013 to critical acclaim and earned him an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Film Editing. He next directed Wild (2014).
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Jean Marc vallee
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Mole antonelliana where
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Turin
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Character played by Jennifer garner in alias
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Sydney bristow
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is the provincial capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China,[1] as well as a major city in Western China.
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Chengdu
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is a metropolitan region in Japan encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture and Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. The entire region has a population (as of 2010) of 19,341,976 over an area of 13,033 km2 (5,032 sq mi).[2] It is Japan's second most populated urban region after the Greater Tokyo Area, containing approximately 15% of Japan's population.
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Keihanshin
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second-largest metropolitan area in South America.
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Buenos Aires
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Lagos, Nigeria is the largest city in Africa by population. Which city is second?
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Cairo
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1-5 largest us cities
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New York la Chicago Houston Philadelphia
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Scent exudes from beavers
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Castor
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First firing of a rocket in Earth orbit, first man-made object to escape Earth's orbit
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Luna 1
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First images of the Moon's far side,
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Luna 3
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Laika aboard what craft
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Sputnik 2
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First probe launched to Venus,
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Venera 1
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First multi-person crew (3),
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Voskhod 1
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First person to spend over a day in space , (also first person to sleep in space).
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Gherman titov
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Gagarin craft
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Vostok 1
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First probe to hit another planet
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Venera 3
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First probe to make a soft landing on and transmit from the surface of the Moon
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Luna 9
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First successful Mars flyby (returned pictures)
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Mariner 4
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was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile.[1
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R7
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propulsion maneuver used to set a spacecraft on a trajectory which will intersect Earth.
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Trans earth injection
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Its three-person crew, consisting of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart
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Apollo 9
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was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1966 and 1973.[5] The three-stage liquid-fueled launch vehicle was developed to support the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon, and was later used to launch Skylab, the first American space station.
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Saturn v
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set the record for the highest speed attained by a manned vehicle at 39,897 km/h (11.08 km/s or 24,791 mph)
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Apollo 10
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Apollo 11 command module name
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Columbia
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July 29, 1869 - May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is, with William Faulkner and John Updike, one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.
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Booth Tarkington
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March 1920 - 3 February 2000) was a French draughtsman,[1] best known for being the principal perpetrator of the Priory of Sion hoax, by which he claimed from the 1960s onwards that he was a direct and legitimate male line Merovingian descendant of Dagobert II and the "Great Monarch" prophesied by Nostradamus.[2] Today in France he is commonly regarded as a mystificator.[3]
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Pierre plantard
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born November 1, 1960) is an American business executive, and is the Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc., previously serving as Chief Operating Officer.[3]
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Tim Cook
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After contributing to several key British groups of the early 1960s made Extrapolation, his first album as a bandleader, in 1969. He then moved to the USA, where he played with Tony Williams's group Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, A Tribute to Jack Johnson and On the Corner.
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John McLaughlin
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was a jazz-rock fusion group led by John McLaughlin, active during 1971-1976 and again in 1984-1987 after major line-up changes.[1]
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Mahavishnu orchestra
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1973 American neo-noir[3] crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino. Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler wrote the screenplay, adapting Peter Maas's biography of NYPD officer,[4] who went undercover to expose corruption in the police force. Both Maas's book and the film cover 12 years, 1960 to 1972.[5]
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Serpico
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June 25, 1924 - April 9, 2011) was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit. He was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982). He did not win an individual Academy Award, but he did receive an Academy Honorary Award and 14 of his films were nominated for various Oscars, such as Network, which was nominated for ten, winning four.
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Sidney lumet
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The film was inspired by P.F. Kluge's article "The Boys in the Bank",[2] which tells a story of a similar robbery of a Brooklyn bank by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale on August 22, 1972. This article was published in Life in 1972.[3] 1975 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson, and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, James Broderick, Lance Henriksen, and Carol Kane.
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Dog day afternoon
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August 12, 1935 - March 12, 1978) was an American actor. He appeared in five films during six years that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He appeared in archival footage in The Godfather Part III, also nominated for Best Picture, making him the only actor to have this multi-film distinction. From his start as a theater actor, he became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone opposite longtime friend Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather and its 1974 sequel. chose to continue acting despite being diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in New York City on March 12, 1978, shortly after completing his role in The Deer Hunter.
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John cazale
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born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Mr. Holland's Opus, and The Goodby Girl . won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977 for The Goodbye Girl (1977), and was nominated in 1995 for Mr. Holland's Opus. He has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and was nominated in 2002 for Screen Actors Guild Awards in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries categories.
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Richard dreyfuss
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1973 American coming of age comedy-drama film directed and co-written by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips and Wolfman Jack. Suzanne Somers has a cameo. Set in Modesto, California in 1962, the film is a study of the cruising and rock and roll cultures popular among the post-World War II baby boom generation. The film is told in a series of vignettes, telling the story of a group of teenagers and their adventures over a single evening.
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American graffiti
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2016 Ryder cup where
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Hazeltine, Minnesota
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Europe 2016 Ryder captain
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Darren Clarke
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Usa 2016 Ryder captain
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Davis love iii
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2014 Ryder cup venue, two captains
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Glen eagles, Paul McKinley, tom Watson
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Greek three fates - spinner, allotter, cutter?
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Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos
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General name of Greek fates
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Moirai
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General name of Roman fates
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Parcae
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Nona, decima, morta are what?
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Three Roman fates
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The usual list, from youngest to oldest is Aglaea ("Splendor"), Euphrosyne ("Mirth"), and Thalia ("Good Cheer").
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Three graces or charities
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Furies called what in Greek and Roman
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Erinyes, dirae
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Three Greek furies
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Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone
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A Titanide, or Titaness, she was the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus:
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Mnemosyne
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Muse of comedy
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Thalia
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Muse of dance
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Terpsichore
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Muses of lyric poetry , one love one flute
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Erato, Euterpe
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Muse of tragedy
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Melpomene
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Muse of epic poetry
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Calliope
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one of a troop of ithyphallic male companions of Dionysus with horse-like (equine) features, including a horse-tail, horse-like ears, and sometimes a horse-like phallus because of permanent erection.[3] Early artistic representations sometimes include horse-like legs, but in 6th-century BC black-figure pottery human legs are the most common.[4
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Satyr
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born February 25, 1965), known by the stage name Carrot Top, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and singer, best known for his bright red hair, prop comedy, and self-deprecating humor.
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Scott Thompson
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was noted for his black comedy and his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. and his "Seven dirty words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a 5-4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves.
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George carlin
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recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label. He also had records released every decade for over 50 years, receiving 11 nominations for Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album during his career and winning a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children for his contribution to an adaptation of The Little Prince in 1975 and the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for Crank(y) Calls in 1996.
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Jonathan winters
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January 17, 1949 - May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer, actor, and performance artist. While often referred to as a comedian, did not consider himself to be one. He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, referring to himself instead as a "song-and-dance man".[2][3] Pranks and elaborate ruses were major elements of his career. His body of work maintains a cult following and he continues to be respected for his original material, performance style, and unflinching commitment to character.
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Andy Kaufman
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Rosemary, marjoram, thyme, savory, and perhaps a touch of lavender are included in a flavorful mixture that is marketed and sold by major spice manufacturers as what French name?
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Herbes de provence
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Of the eight universities in the Ivy League, which one is the newest (i.e. founded most recently)?
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Cornell
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modern game that takes its name from a French dialect variant of the word for "little hook"?
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Croquet
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particular garment, which once was a symbol of elegance and gentility, has become associated with gentle or tactful handling. What is the term for this garment, made from the skin of a particular juvenile ruminant?
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Kid gloves
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Buster Keaton first name
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Joseph
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