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Olympic sport Irish 16/28 medals |
Boxing |
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Irish City 'stab city' |
Limerick |
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9 August 1878 – 31 October 1976) was an Irish furniture designer and architect and a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. |
Eileen gray |
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narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in the August 1906 issue of Blackwood's Magazine, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The following year it was included in Noyes' collection, Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems, becoming an immediate success. In 1995 it was voted 15th in the BBC's poll for "The Nation's Favourite Poems".[ |
The highwayman |
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Red hot chilli peppers lead singer |
Anthony kiedis |
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Geddy lee front man rock band |
Rush |
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Craters of the moon park U.S. state |
Idaho |
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Craters of the moon park U.S. state |
Idaho |
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Uzi named after |
Uziel gal from Israel |
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American actor, producer, writer, and comedian.[2] He is a two-time Academy Award nominee, for his performances in the films Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He is also known for his roles in Accepted (2006), Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), Get Him to the Greek (2010), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014). |
Jonah hill |
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2013 American comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub, starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline.[2] The film was released to theaters on November 1, 2013 by CBS Films.[ old guys have party |
Last Vegas |
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It is adapted from the 2005 James Sallis novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini.
Like the book, the film is about an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver Ryan gosling |
Drive |
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It is adapted from the 2005 James Sallis novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini.
Like the book, the film is about an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver Ryan gosling |
Drive |
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Belgian drama film directed by Felix Van Groeningen. It was nominated for the 2013 Lux Prize. Based on the play written by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, it features writer Johan Heldenbergh as the main character Didier, and actress/singer Veerle Baetens as Elise. Young newcomer Nell Cattrysse plays their ill daughter Maybelle. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[1][2] and was nominated.[3] |
Broken circle breakdown |
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It is adapted from the 2005 James Sallis novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini.
Like the book, the film is about an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver Ryan gosling |
Drive |
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Belgian drama film directed by Felix Van Groeningen. It was nominated for the 2013 Lux Prize. Based on the play written by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, it features writer Johan Heldenbergh as the main character Didier, and actress/singer Veerle Baetens as Elise. Young newcomer Nell Cattrysse plays their ill daughter Maybelle. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[1][2] and was nominated.[3] |
Broken circle breakdown |
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American singer-songwriter. Many of his songs, including "If I Needed You" and "To Live Is to Fly", are considered standards of their genre. |
Townes van zandt |
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It is adapted from the 2005 James Sallis novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini.
Like the book, the film is about an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver Ryan gosling |
Drive |
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Belgian drama film directed by Felix Van Groeningen. It was nominated for the 2013 Lux Prize. Based on the play written by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, it features writer Johan Heldenbergh as the main character Didier, and actress/singer Veerle Baetens as Elise. Young newcomer Nell Cattrysse plays their ill daughter Maybelle. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[1][2] and was nominated.[3] |
Broken circle breakdown |
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American singer-songwriter. Many of his songs, including "If I Needed You" and "To Live Is to Fly", are considered standards of their genre. |
Townes van zandt |
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Iman last name |
Abdulmajid |
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Spanish fashion designer and founder of the self-named, high-end shoe brand. |
Manolo blahnik |
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It is ranked as the #1 fashion school in the United States and the #2 fashion school in the world, just behind Central Saint Martins in London. |
Parsons |
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It is ranked as the #1 fashion school in the United States and the #2 fashion school in the world, just behind Central Saint Martins in London. |
Parsons |
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dealer boots, jodhpur boots and paddock boots are close-fitting, ankle-high boots. The most notable features are the elastic side panel and tab of fabric on the back of the boot, enabling it to be slipped on and off. The design's history dates back to the Victorian era, when it was worn by both men and women. Worn by mods |
Chelsea boots |
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Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like Deewar and Zanjeer, and was dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades |
Amitabh bachchan |
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Katy Perry original surname |
Hudson |
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Katy Perry original surname |
Hudson |
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Live aid year |
1985 |
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Bjork last name |
Gudmundsdottir |
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Bjork last name |
Gudmundsdottir |
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A little less conversation remix |
JXL |
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Left handed Beatle |
Paul McCartney |
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The album is frequently recognized as one of the crowning achievements of 1990s rap music.[8] The album featured the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles "How Do U Want It" and "California Love". It featured five singles in all, the most of any of Shakur's albums. |
All eyez on me |
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Gay nsync bassist |
Lance bass |
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Gay nsync bassist |
Lance bass |
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Beatles second album |
With the Beatles |
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the mascot for the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He is a perennial fixture of the group's artwork, appearing in all of their album covers (as well as most of their singles) and in their merchandise, which includes t-shirts, posters and action figure |
Eddie the head |
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1969 Western[4] musical film starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg. The film was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from the 1951 musical by Lerner and Loewe. It is set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. It was directed by Joshua Logan. |
Paint your wagon |
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known primarily for the music and lyrics of some of Broadway's most successful musical shows, including My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Brigadoon. |
Lerner and loewe |
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American folk rock music duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. |
Indigo girls |
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Largest star Leo |
Regulus |
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Largest star Leo |
Regulus |
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Created Star Trek |
Gene Roddenberry |
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Track bannister 4 minute mile |
Iffley road |
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He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013). |
Spike jonZe |
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He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013). |
Spike jonZe |
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Born Adam spiegel |
Spike jonZe |
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total body fitness system that incorporates martial arts techniques such as kicks and punches, which became quite popular in the 1990s. It was developed by American taekwondo practitioner Billy Blanks |
Tae bo |
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the site of both the World Bog Snorkelling Championships and the annual Man versus Horse Marathon, as well as many other annual events. |
Llanwrtyd wells |
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2015 pan american games |
Toronto |
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2015 pan american games |
Toronto |
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Oldest international sporting trophy |
Americas cup |
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2015 pan american games |
Toronto |
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Oldest international sporting trophy |
Americas cup |
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March 4, 1931, in Oklahoma City[1]) is a doctor of medicine and former Air Force Colonel from Oklahoma, who introduced the concept of aerobics. |
Kenneth cooper |
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Modern gymnastics invented which country |
Germany |
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Blair shadow cabinet role |
Home Secretary |
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British woman who, as a child, strangled to death two little boys in Scotswood, an inner-city suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne. She was convicted in December 1968 of the manslaughter of the two boys, Martin Brown (aged four) and Brian Howe (aged three). |
Mary bell |
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She was the founder and first president of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, through which she led a longstanding campaign against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). A staunch social conservative, she was disparagingly termed a reactionary by her socially liberal opponents. |
Mary White House |
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It is the main entry point for travellers crossing into the Republic from Italy. Its name translating from Italian as "customs house", with around 7,000 inhabitants, which is San Marino's MOST POPULOUS SETTLEMENT? |
Dogana |
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In WHICH COUNTRY is the Gir Forest the last remaining habitat of the Asian Lion (Panthera leo persica), of which just 200-250 wild animals remain? |
India |
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WHICH ISLAND is the principal setting for the 1994 novel, ‘Captain Corelli's Mandolin’? In the USA the book's title was simply 'Corelli's Mandolin'. |
Cephalonia |
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It was taken in an armed robbery in 2004, recovered, and put back on display in September 2006. What was THE TITLE of Edvard Munch's 1864 religious-themed painting that was stolen at the same time as his more famous work, 'The Scream'? Munch produced a number of versions of the painting in question, and lithographic prints. The last mentioned are distinguished by their decorative border depicting wriggling sperm, and a foetus-like figure in the bottom left corner. |
Madonna |
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Also the name of a genus that has Risso's dolphin as its only species; what is this 7-LETTER, ALTERNATIVE NAME for the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)? |
Grampus |
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Also the name of a genus that has Risso's dolphin as its only species; what is this 7-LETTER, ALTERNATIVE NAME for the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)? |
Grampus |
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What is the NAME OF THE OFFICIAL MARCH of the Royal Navies of the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand? Originally composed for an opera, the words are by the legendary 18th-century English actor, David Garrick. |
Heart of oak |
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When Hector attacks the fog-covered Greek camp in Homer's 'Iliad', this enemy of the Trojans famously prays: "Father Zeus, save the sons of Achaea from the dark, and clear the heavens so our eyes can see. Kill us if you will, but in the light." And in the Sophocles play about him, he kills himself in shame, using a sword Hector gave him after their first duel. WHICH GREEK HERO IS THIS? |
Ajax |
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Revered by the Mapuche in Chile, he united his people and helped defeat the Spanish in the Arauco War. WHICH LEGENDARY WARRIOR took his name from a mountain cat? |
Colocolo |
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Also the title of Swedish literature's first feminist novel, written by Fredrika Bremer (1856); WHICH FORENAME is derived from a misreading of the Latin 'Nertha', the name of a North German fertility goddess mentioned by Tacitus? |
Hertha |
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Also the title of Swedish literature's first feminist novel, written by Fredrika Bremer (1856); WHICH FORENAME is derived from a misreading of the Latin 'Nertha', the name of a North German fertility goddess mentioned by Tacitus? |
Hertha |
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born 16 December 1938[3]) is a Norwegian actress and film director. She is known as one of the "muses" of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.[4][5] won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film The Emigrants (1971), and has been nominated for another five. |
Liv ullmann |
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largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece. |
Cephalonia |
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Largest town cephalonia |
Argostoli |
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Vincentian soca artist, who had a worldwide hit with "Turn Me On" in 2004, recorded with the dancehall artist Spragga Benz. |
Kevin little |
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Vincentian soca artist, who had a worldwide hit with "Turn Me On" in 2004, recorded with the dancehall artist Spragga Benz. |
Kevin little |
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American post-grunge and hard rock band, formed in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida. The band's best-known line-up consists of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips. released two studio albums, My Own Prison in 1997 and Human Clay in 1999 |
Creed |
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He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice & Slow". The album has been certified 6-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] His follow-up album, 8701, produced the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad".[4] |
Usher Raymond |
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Vincentian soca artist, who had a worldwide hit with "Turn Me On" in 2004, recorded with the dancehall artist Spragga Benz. |
Kevin little |
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American post-grunge and hard rock band, formed in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida. The band's best-known line-up consists of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips. released two studio albums, My Own Prison in 1997 and Human Clay in 1999 |
Creed |
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He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice & Slow". The album has been certified 6-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] His follow-up album, 8701, produced the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad".[4] |
Usher Raymond |
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Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005. Bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats", it went on to become the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history, the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history and the best-selling country album of the last ten years. Won american idol 2005 |
Carrie underwood |
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American industrial rock band, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio |
Nine inch nails |
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American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.[1] Their following studio album Meteora continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.[2] In 2003 |
Linkin park |
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American hip hop recording artist and actress from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002, for the song "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", with American singer Gwen Stefani. |
Eve Jeffers cooper |
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The band is composed of guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, bassist Mike Kroeger, and drummer Daniel Adair |
Nickel back |
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debut studio album, Thankful (2003), has been certified 2× platinum and sold over 4.5 million copies internationally. Its lead single, "Miss Independent," became an international hit, |
Kelly ckarjson |
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debut studio album, Thankful (2003), has been certified 2× platinum and sold over 4.5 million copies internationally. Its lead single, "Miss Independent," became an international hit, |
Kelly ckarjson |
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B b king guitars called |
Lucile |
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eleased her debut studio album Goodies, which spawned three hit singles: "Goodies", "1, 2 Step", and "Oh". The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and earned her four nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards |
Ciara |
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Princess peach lives in |
Mushroom Kingdom |
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award for excellence on the Internet presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Categories include websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile.[1] |
Webby awards |
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multiplayer online battle arena mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft |
Defense of the ancients |
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multiplayer online battle arena mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft |
Defense of the ancients |
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The main games in the franchise were developed by Ubisoft Montreal for the single player and Ubisoft Annecy for the multiplayer, with the handheld titles developed by Gameloft and Gryptonite Studios, with additional development by Ubisoft Montreal. The series has been well received by the public and critics, and has sold over 73 million copies as of April 2014, becoming Ubisoft's best selling franchise.[2] The series took inspiration from the novel Alamut by the Slovenian writer Vladimir Bartol,[3] and are considered by some to be the spiritual successor to the Prince of Persia series.[4] |
Assassins creed |
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Ordnance survey maps sea level base point which town |
Newlyn |
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player-driven, persistent-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in a science fiction space setting, developed and published by CCP Games. Characters pilot customizable ships through a galaxy of 7,800 star systems.[2][3] Most star systems are connected to one or more other star systems by means of stargates. The star systems can contain moons, planets, stations, wormholes, asteroid belts and complexes |
Eve online |
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Wattle in Australia |
Acacia |
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crossover of various Disney settings based in a universe made specifically for the series. The series centers on the main character Sora and his search for his friends and encounters with Disney, Final Fantasy, and The World Ends With You characters on their worlds. |
Kingdom hearts |
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crossover of various Disney settings based in a universe made specifically for the series. The series centers on the main character Sora and his search for his friends and encounters with Disney, Final Fantasy, and The World Ends With You characters on their worlds. |
Kingdom hearts |
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Invented handcuffs |
W v adams |
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American cymbal manufacturer based in Norwell, Massachusetts. |
Zildjian |
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American cymbal manufacturer based in Norwell, Massachusetts. |
Zildjian |
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Created civilisation game series |
Sid meier |
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developed critically acclaimed video game series Half-Life, Portal, and Left 4 Dead. It has also developed and maintains the Source engine for which most of its games run on, and the software distribution platform Steam, which has led to the Steam Machine, a line of pre-built gaming computers running SteamOS. |
Valve |
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The trilogy largely revolves around a soldier by the name of Commander Shepard, whose mission is to save the galaxy from a race of powerful mechanical beings known as the Reapers and their agents, including the first game's antagonist Saren Arterius |
Mass effect |
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His other notable films include the drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), the revenge film Agneepath (2012), and the superhero film Krrish 3 (2013); the latter two rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. These accomplishments have established him as a leading actor in Bollywood.[ |
Hrithik roshan |
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1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney. It stars Michael O'Keefe, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and Bill Murray. Doyle-Murray also has a supporting role. |
Caddyshack |
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born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer. He has published seventeen novels and a non-fiction book. Nine of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to film. |
Nicholas Sparks |
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Which classic children's story opens: "'Where's Papa going with that axe?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast."? |
Charlottes web |
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Which classic children's story opens: "'Where's Papa going with that axe?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast."? |
Charlottes web |
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Which novel of 1818 is written in epistolary form and begins: "You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."? |
Frankenstein |
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Which classic children's story opens: "'Where's Papa going with that axe?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast."? |
Charlottes web |
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Which novel of 1818 is written in epistolary form and begins: "You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."? |
Frankenstein |
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Filmed in 2008, which 2001 Chuck Palahniuk novel opens: "If you're going to read this, don't bother."? |
Choke |
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Which classic children's story opens: "'Where's Papa going with that axe?' said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast."? |
Charlottes web |
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Which novel of 1818 is written in epistolary form and begins: "You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."? |
Frankenstein |
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Filmed in 2008, which 2001 Chuck Palahniuk novel opens: "If you're going to read this, don't bother."? |
Choke |
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Published in 2004 it is an account of her life with her husband, up until his death in 1981. What then is the surname of the author of this book which begins: “I was an ambitious girl child. I knew even then that I had to be, in that environment of thugs, thieves, killers, prostitutes, gamblers – you name it, you’d find it in Trench Town.”? Answer given: |
Rita Marley |
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Later turned into a celebrated 1975 movie, which novel of 1962 begins: “They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.”? |
One flew over the cuckoos nest |
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Later turned into a celebrated 1975 movie, which novel of 1962 begins: “They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.”? |
One flew over the cuckoos nest |
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Later turned into a celebrated 1975 movie, which novel of 1962 begins: “They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.”? |
One flew over the cuckoos nest |
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Later turned into a celebrated 1975 movie, which novel of 1962 begins: “They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.”? |
One flew over the cuckoos nest |
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Translated from the Spanish into English, which 1985 novel opens: "It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love."? |
Love in the time of chokes |
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Later turned into a celebrated 1975 movie, which novel of 1962 begins: “They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.”? |
One flew over the cuckoos nest |
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Later turned into a celebrated 1975 movie, which novel of 1962 begins: “They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.”? |
One flew over the cuckoos nest |
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Translated from the Spanish into English, which 1985 novel opens: "It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love."? |
Love in the time of chokes |
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This book was written in English, rather than the French of much of the author's later writing. Which 1938 avant-garde novel opens with the line: “The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.”? |
Murphy by Samuel Beckett |
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An English translation of which political work of 1848 begins with these words: "A spectre is haunting Europe."? |
Communist manifesto |
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Health secretary 99-03 |
Alan milburn |
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Health secretary 99-03 |
Alan milburn |
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H is for hawk by |
Helen mcdonald |
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Health secretary 99-03 |
Alan milburn |
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H is for hawk by |
Helen mcdonald |
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It was once commonly nicknamed 'Apple Isle' - for many years it was one of the world's major producers of the fruit - WHICH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ISLAND is also the site of the world's best known 'tessellated pavement' formation - seen here at Lufra, Eaglehawk Neck? |
Tasmania |
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Health secretary 99-03 |
Alan milburn |
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H is for hawk by |
Helen mcdonald |
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It was once commonly nicknamed 'Apple Isle' - for many years it was one of the world's major producers of the fruit - WHICH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ISLAND is also the site of the world's best known 'tessellated pavement' formation - seen here at Lufra, Eaglehawk Neck? |
Tasmania |
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The cause of pre-eclampsia is not fully understood. However, it is linked to the failure of a certain organ to develop properly, due to problems with the blood vessels supplying it. These blood vessels, called villi, supply WHICH ORGAN? Answer given: |
Placenta |
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Health secretary 99-03 |
Alan milburn |
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H is for hawk by |
Helen mcdonald |
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It was once commonly nicknamed 'Apple Isle' - for many years it was one of the world's major producers of the fruit - WHICH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ISLAND is also the site of the world's best known 'tessellated pavement' formation - seen here at Lufra, Eaglehawk Neck? |
Tasmania |
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The cause of pre-eclampsia is not fully understood. However, it is linked to the failure of a certain organ to develop properly, due to problems with the blood vessels supplying it. These blood vessels, called villi, supply WHICH ORGAN? Answer given: |
Placenta |
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Written in 1847 to celebrate the invention of 'guncotton' (nitrocellulose) by Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1840), WHO COMPOSED the 'Explosions-Polka', op. 43? |
Johan Strauss jr |
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One of the most important and influential artists of his generation, WHICH CITY was the birthplace of the artist Lucian Freud (1922-2011)? |
Berlin |
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Skyler Jett became which group's lead singer following the departure of Lionel Ritchie, who left to go solo in 1982? |
Commodores |
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Skyler Jett became which group's lead singer following the departure of Lionel Ritchie, who left to go solo in 1982? |
Commodores |
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The As (plural Asses) was a bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. WHICH OTHER ROMAN COIN, introduced around 211 BC, was originally worth two and a half Asses? This rate was later changed to four Asses - to maintain its value against the Denarius when that coin's worth was revalued from 10 to 16 Asses. |
Sesterce |
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Who played the character 'Bill' in Quentin Tarantino's violent revenge film ‘Kill Bill II’? |
David carradine |
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What was the given name of the man who, before taking poison, wrote a letter in which he said: "Let us relieve the Romans from the anxiety they have so long experienced, since they think it tries their patience too much to wait for an old man's death."? |
Hannibal |
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Featuring the band Talking Heads, it has been called 'The Citizen Kane of concert movies'. Pauline Kael of The New Yorker described it as "...close to perfection.". Who directed the documentary film 'Stop Making Sense' (1984)? |
Jonathan demme |
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Which full-bodied red Valpolicella wine has a name that literally means "the Great Bitter"? The name was given to it to distinguish it from the Recioto produced in the same region, which is sweeter in taste. |
Amarone |
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WHAT IS THE SURNAME of the former athlete (b. 1950) from Trinidad and Tobago who in 1976 became his country's first Olympic champion and the first Olympic 100 m champion from any Caribbean country? Answer given: |
Hasely crawford |
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WHAT IS THE SURNAME of the former athlete (b. 1950) from Trinidad and Tobago who in 1976 became his country's first Olympic champion and the first Olympic 100 m champion from any Caribbean country? Answer given: |
Hasely crawford |
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He has published five novels, the most recent of which was published in 2006. WHOSE FIRST and least known novel was entitled 'Black Sunday' (1975)? Like his other works it is a thriller, but this one concerns a plot by terrorists to commit mass murder during the Super Bowl? |
Thomas harrus |
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In the classic movie comedy 'The Blues Brothers', playing the character Tucker McElroy, WHICH ACTOR spoke the immortal line: "You're gonna look pretty funny tryin' to eat corn on the cob with no ******' teeth!"? |
Charles Napier |
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The marble floors in its lobby were walked on by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Robert Frost donated the bannisters on its main staircase. Which fictional, elite Hartford 'Preparatory School' was attended by Lorelai 'Rory' Gilmore in Seasons 1-3 of US TV's 'Gilmore Girls'? |
Chilton |
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The marble floors in its lobby were walked on by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Robert Frost donated the bannisters on its main staircase. Which fictional, elite Hartford 'Preparatory School' was attended by Lorelai 'Rory' Gilmore in Seasons 1-3 of US TV's 'Gilmore Girls'? |
Chilton |
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Casablanca Rick last name |
Blaine |
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Cluedo secret passageway |
Kitchen study |
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Rabbits tail |
Scut |