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| The full title of this Spanish novel includes "de la Mancha, El Ingenioso Hidalgo" |
Don Quixote
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| The Marne joins this river at Charenton-le-Pont, a suburb of Paris |
the Seine
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| In November, scientists said they'd found a way to reprogram skin cells to behave like these embryonic cells |
stem cells
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| In a 1978 hit, Foreigner had this malady, AKA diplopia |
"Double Vision"
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| This anime show didn't start on TV; its characters were first part of Nintendo's "Pocket Monsters" |
Pokémon
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| Protruding elephant tooth |
tusks
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| Bernard Binlin Dadie's novel "Climbie" depicts this "Ivorian" country, his homeland, during colonial times |
Côte d'Ivoire (or the Ivory Coast)
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| Nordkapp on this country's Mageroya Island is one of Europe's most northerly points |
Norway
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| "The Vision of Adamnán" is one of the oldest prose works of this Atlantic island nation |
(Lucy Anne: What is Iceland?)
Ireland
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| This classic 5-letter anime film isn't named for director Kurosawa but rather a boy who destroys Tokyo |
(Dave: What is Akiro?)
Akira
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| The 2 planets in our solar system that fit the category |
Venus & Uranus
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| New Zealand-born Dame Ngaio Marsh became famous for her work in this field of fiction |
mystery writing
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| For its location on the peninsula, the Calabria region is often called this anatomical term "of Italy" |
(Jules: What is the heel?)
the toe
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| Edited by his son Christopher, "The Children of Hurin" is a tale of Middle-earth's First Age by this man |
J.R.R. Tolkien
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| From the French for "clearsighted", this ability is also known as second sight |
clairvoyance
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| In this anime TV series, Bumblebee turned into a VW Beetle; in the 2007 live-action movie, he got upgraded to a Camaro |
(Lucy Anne: What is Bee Story?)
Transformers
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| In court, an objection may be overruled or this |
sustained
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| His essay "Civil Disobedience" was delivered as a lecture & printed as "Resistance to Civil Government" |
(Henry David) Thoreau
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| In Spain this second-largest city is a major port on the Mediterranean Sea |
Barcelona
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| In Sept. 2007 Apple reduced the price of the 8GB this to $399, down from $599 |
the iPhone
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| In an 1823 poem, "The children were nestled all snug in their beds while" these "danced in their heads" |
visions of sugar plums
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| This "lunar" Naoko Takeuchi creation is an example of a "magical girl" given powers to save the world |
Sailor Moon
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| Frederick the Great was its king in the 1700s |
Prussia
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| Some have described his "Eugene Onegin" as the first great Russian novel, although it was written in verse |
Pushkin
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| Germany's tallest peak, Zugspitze, lies in these Alps |
the Bavarian Alps
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| This American general assumed command of the multinational force in Iraq on Feb. 10, 2007 |
Petraeus
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| Also the title of a 1985 movie, this Native American rite of passage or of spiritual renewal often includes fasting |
(Alex: Lucy Anne?) (Lucy Anne: Yes?) (Alex: Any response?) (Lucy Anne: No.) (Alex: No? OK. You don't have to whisper it.)
vision quest
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| One of the highest-grossing films in Japanese history is the anime film about this title 14th c. princess |
Princess Mononoke
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| Persian prophet of the 6th century B.C. |
(Alex: He spoke a lot.)
Zarathustra
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