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The person who competed in more Olympics that anyone else did did so in this event

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Equestrian
Nickname, Captain Canada, Ian Miller has completed in more Olympics than anyone else as a member of the Canadian equestrian team

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He won an Olympic gold medal. The first time he ever tried the marathon.

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Emile zatopek
He had already won the 5000 and 10,000 m races when he decided to try his hand at running a marathon for the first time and won it

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What makes the 1972 US men’s basketball team unique in Olympic history

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Refused their medals
After thinking they won gold by beating USSR by a point they lost after time was controversially added to the clock as a result, they refused their silver medals

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Literary characters
A fragment from a nautical tool found on a Chilean island in 2005 was likely left by the Scott, who partly inspired this character

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Robinson Caruso
Stranded Scottish seller Alexander Sellkirk inspired the Defoe novel
Duh foe

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An elegant look from another era the retrosexual in men’s fashion was inspired by this TV anti-hero

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Don Draper
1960s

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Showing a passion for teaching since the age of 14 William McGuffey made elementary school books known as what

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Readers
staple off early 19 century American classrooms

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Causing more confusion at the DMV this federally compliant drivers license might you need to border a domestic flight

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Real ID

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Geckos cannot stick to this dry material

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Teflon
Low coefficient of friction
But if Teflon wet they can

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Most of the 10 largest statues in the world depict pictures from this religion

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Buddhism

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In 1981 this company offered an early navigation system in its car is called the electro Gyro cater

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Honda

Wasn’t satellite based technology

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Until revisions to the fourth draft of Star Wars the last name of what main character was star killer

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Luke Skywalker

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NFL team addresses
3333 Al Davis Way

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Las Vegas Raiders

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NFL team addresses
100 Art Rooney Ave.

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Pittsburgh Steelers

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NFL team addresses

347 Don Shula drive

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Miami Dolphins

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NFL team addresses
1 arrowhead drive

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Oh Kansas City Chiefs, the Reeds

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NFL team addresses

1265 Lombardi Ave.

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Green Bay Packers

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This capital of the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain is home to one of the worlds largest mosques

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Manama
Man uh ma

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Abadan, Iran, and this Iraqi port city both lie on the 120 mile long shatt al-Arab before it empties into the Persian golf
Shot ahl arab

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Basrah
Bas rah

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The hula valley one of Israel’s richest farming regions is bordered by these heights to the east

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Golan Heights

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Pavarotti Rose to fame singing the role of Rodolfo, the poet in this Puccini opera

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La Bo M

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In an opera, based on a Grimm fairytale these two children encounter a witch in the forest

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Hansel and Gretel

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At age :37 Rossini composed his last opera this one set in medieval Switzerland

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William Tell

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Plural only nouns
I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs from the brim to these

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Dregs

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Plural only nouns
Look up in that tree and grab your Nikon monarch HD 10 X 42 model of these

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Binoculars

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Plural only nouns
Four letter word for charity given to the poor

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Alms

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Plural only nouns
It’s common to give these when good things happen. Here’s a 16 century Spanish naval commander, giving them after victory.

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Thanks

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These mountains in southern turkey are named for the Latin for bull because of bull symbolize the storm gods of the area

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Taurus like the Zodiac sign

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These adjustable weights are one letter longer than the name for catfish whiskers

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Barbells
Catfish have bar bulls barbels

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Known for exercise bikes, and ellipticals this brand name starts with an arrow propellent and ends with a muscle action

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Bowflex

30
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This colorful sea cuts through two geological plates, the Nubian and the Arabian

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Red Sea

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The shared liver of these conjoined twins born in what’s now Thailand in 1811 is on exhibit at Philadelphia’s mutter museum

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Chang and eng
Siamese twins

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Long before Christopher Nolan’s film 2005 opera doctor atomic had this man and the making of the atomic bomb as its subject

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Oppenheimer

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Bizet featured, he wrote a huge stinker with his opera, but Tchaikovsky said in 10 years it will be the most popular
Buh zay

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Carmen

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In the Olympics, pommel horse and balanced beam are part of this discipline

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Gymnastics

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In 2012 an unknown disk-shaped object was found on the floor of this sea. Arms of this sea include the Gulf of Riga and Gulf of Bothnia. The Kiel Canal bypasses Kattegat Bay and Skagerrak Strait to connect this sea to the North Sea. Germany and Poland are on its southern shore. Name this sea bordered by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, its namesake “States,” as well as Finland and Sweden.

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Baltic Sea

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This figure was imprisoned on the Isle of Pines before going into exile in Mexico, returning home on the yacht Granma. After failing to seize Moncada barracks, his “History will absolve me” speech helped organize the 26th of July movement to depose Fulcengio Batista, after which he resisted the Bay of Pigs invasion along with his brother Raul. Name this leader who, with Che Guevara, established a long-standing Communist government in Cuba.

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Fidel Castro

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The title character of this novel studies the works of Cornelius Agrippa and Albertus Magnus. The oriental languages scholar and friend Henry Clerval nurses him back to health in Ingolstadt. We hear about this from the letters of the ship’s captain Robert Walton to Margaret Saville about meeting that title character in the Arctic. The central creation admires Felix and Agatha and saves a girl from drowning but kills William in revenge for his own eight-foot height and hideous appearance.

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Frankenstein
Name this Gothic novel subtitled “The Modern Prometheus” by its author Mary Shelley.

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This coach began his NFL coaching career as a special assistant with the Baltimore Colts in 1975, earning a mere $25 per week. He has a reputation for being tight-lipped with the media, often giving short and concise answers in press conferences.

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Bill belichick

Known for his stoic demeanor and his preference for hoodies on the sidelines, he holds the record for the most Super Bowl wins as a head coach, with six championships to his name. Who is this coach, who led the New England Patriots to a record six Super Bowl titles and now leads the University of North Carolina?

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This phylum’s skeleton is composed of miniscule networks of calcium carbonate known as stereom. These animals possess ampullae in their tube feet, which is part of their water vascular system used for feeding, moving, and breathing. Examples of this phylum include class Asteroidea. The only deuterostome phylum other than the Chordates name this phylum which includes sea urchins, starfish, and sand dollars.

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Echinoderms

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This director passed away on January 25, 2025 at age 78. This director’s films, known for their surreal imagery and dreamlike sequences, often feature enigmatic characters and unsettling narratives that defy easy interpretation. His 1980 film, “The Elephant Man,” a biographical drama about a severely deformed man, earned him critical acclaim and eight Academy Award nominations.

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David lynch

He created the cult classic television series “Twin Peaks,” which captivated audiences with its quirky characters and mysterious plotlines. Name this director of Mulholland Drive.

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One former leader of this organization, Don Black, created the hate website Stormfront. Nathan Bedford Forrest was an early leader of this organization, glorified in D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, which opposed carpetbaggers and scalawags. Members of this group sometimes burned crosses and lynched blacks, following the instructions of their “Grand Wizard.”

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Ku klux klan

Name this white supremacist group famous for its white hooded costumes.

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“category is liquid gold. Canada produces more than 80% of the world’s maple syrup, exporting over $360 million worth of syrup around the world each year. Over 90% of the Canadian production of maple syrup comes from what Canadian province?”
Also “this southern neighbor,, is the largest US producer of maple syrup, producing 6 million gallons less than its Canadian counterpart.”

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Quebec

Vermont

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“One of Canada’s most successful productions to hit Broadway and theaters across the globe was this musical first produced in 2013 at Sheridan College. The musical is based on a true story in which 38 international flights bound for Eastern North American destinations were ordered to be grounded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, following the horrific attacks of 9-11.

Characters from this musical bear names of the actual residents of the small Newfie town who took in the over 7,000 stranded passengers and made them feel at home. The musical stands as a great reminder of the capacity of human kindness, even in the worst of situations.”

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Come from away

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