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    | The Geneva Accords of 1954 split this SE Asian country in 2 at 17 degrees North latitude | (Ric: What is Korea?) 
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    | 2 of the 3 things an athlete throws for distance in a decathlon | (Ric: What is a javelin?) (Alex: 2 of the 3 things.)
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 (2 of) a javelin, a discus & a shotput
 
 
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    | It's 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers | (Hilary: What is the diameter of the Earth?) 
 a light year
 
 
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    | The official languages of Wales are Welsh & this | English 
 
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    | She's on the cover of every issue of O Magazine (it is her magazine, after all) | Oprah Winfrey 
 
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    | A flat surface on which outdoor advertisements are posted | a billboard 
 
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    | In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule | Spartacus 
 
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    | In 1972 this perky Soviet athlete won the gold medal for women's individual balance beam | (Tania: Who is Comaneci?) ...
 (Alex: [*], yes. Nadia Comaneci was Romanian.)
 
 (Olga) Korbut
 
 
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    | Founded in 1875, the International Bureau of Weights & Measures is headquartered in Sevres near this capital | Paris 
 
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    | Related to Italian, it has about 5 million speakers in S. Italy & on a large Mediterranean island | Sicilian 
 
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    | 2 of the top 4 U.S. papers by circulation have this 5-letter word in their names | Times 
 
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    | He has a riddle contest with Gollum in "The Hobbit" | Bilbo 
 
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    | Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI | the Ottoman Empire 
 
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    | In Feb. 2006 during the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies here, athletes heard "Volare" & "That's Amore" | Torino (Italy) 
 
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    | Circles, thermometers & college grads are marked by the number of these they have | degrees 
 
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    | World Book says that only about 350 Gaulish words have become part of this modern language | French 
 
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    | In 1945 John Johnson launched this monthly, which he considered the black equivalent of Life magazine | Ebony magazine 
 
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    | "Bluesy" city of Southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico | Biloxi 
 
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    | During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London | Wilhelmina 
 
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    | Michelle Wie has made a name for herself in this sport | golf 
 
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    | One magnum of champagne equals this many standard bottles | 2 
 
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    | This language spoken in Reykjavik is also called Islenska | Icelandic 
 
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    | By their names, it's the frequency of the News in Dayton & the Mail in London | daily 
 
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    | It's the capital of Spain's Vizcaya province | Bilbao 
 
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    | In 1923 France & Belgium occupied this German industrial region named for a Rhine tributary | the Ruhr 
 
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    | In 2008 he became the winningest U.S. skier ever with his 28th World Cup victory | Bode Miller 
 
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    | One weight still used from the old apothecaries' system is this ounce | a troy ounce 
 
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    | The Chinese in Hong Kong & Macao mainly speak this Chinese dialect | Cantonese 
 
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    | This alternative music magazine was founded by Bob Guccione Jr. in 1985 | Spin 
 
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    | A high amount of this bile pigment can produce jaundice | bilirubin 
 
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