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A spy for one country who says he's working for another, or a Tom Clancy splinter cell video game |
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Improve your dog's vocabulary--teach him to obtest for a treat, meaning this |
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A memorial sculpture in Annapolis honors this author & his African ancestor Kunta Kinte |
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The "novemdiales", this many days of official mourning, follow the death of the Pope |
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1968: "Tip-toe thru the window, by the window, that is where I'll be" |
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Fruit grows down from the top of the banana plant in clusters known for their shape by this anatomical name |
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The first member of this armed service convicted of espionage was Clayton Lonetree, a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow |
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Transhumance is moving cattle from the summer one of these to the winter one or vice-versa |
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He's the author pictured here in 1960 with the winner of his fishing competition, Fidel Castro |
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All who vote to elect the new Pope hold this "avian" position |
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1984: "My hope of winning sank, 'cause I got the Daily Double now, and then my mind went blank" |
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In the 1610s John Rolfe fired up Jamestown's economy by planting this |
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Codebreaking revealed Japanese plans to invade this island way out in the Pacific, & the U.S. Navy was ready in June 1942 |
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Influenced by "gene", it's a 4-letter word for a unit of cultural information |
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He was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 & soon realized he wasn't in Kansas anymore |
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This color smoke is the signal that a new Pope has been chosen |
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1962: "I was working in the lab late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight" |
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The rose seen here is named for this Bohemian couples' dance |
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Captain Cumming went by this name as 1st head of MI6, & his successors followed suit though their names didn't match |
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7 letters long, it combines words meaning "leave your car" & "an arched structure" |
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In 1913, just days before he was to move into his "Wolf House" in northern Calif., the house was destroyed by a fire |
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After a pope dies, the Papal Seal & this piece of jewelry are broken |
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1959: "Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum, I smell smoke in the auditorium" |
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Plant formation is determined by the p/e ratio, for precipitation to this process, showing how wet or dry an area is |
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Normally a verb, in spy jargon it's a noun meaning acquisition of an electronic message not meant for you |
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Gather around the fire--the shanachie is here & he's going to do this |
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Though the real first name of this "Blood Meridian" author is Charles, he adopted a more Irish-sounding name |
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During the interregnum, the popeless period, this man governs; Ewan McGregor played one in "Angels & Demons" |
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Metaphorically, to be annoyed is to be stung by this plant of the genus Urtica |
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