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SEEN HERE
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$200
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Sculpting wax & hairspray are options to style this haircut seen here
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a mohawk
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$400
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X represents this many degrees in the triangle seen here
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80
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$600
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Think of this state's nickname & it makes sense that a cornucopia, representing abundance, is on its flag, seen here
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New Jersey (the Garden State)
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$800
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We all could use some support, & both your clavicles & your ribs get support from this bone seen here
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sternum
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$1000
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You can see why this country was known as South West Africa until 1968
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Namibia
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PEOPLE
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$200
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This actress & bestselling author was the first female head writer of the show
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(Tina) Fey
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$400
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Yes, this "Weekend Update" co-anchor is named for the revolutionary
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Che
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$600
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"The ears aren't quite as big", said President Obama of this SNLer who regularly portrayed him
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Fred Armisen
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$800
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Back in 1975 this late comedian hosted the very first "Saturday Night Live"
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(George) Carlin
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$1000
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Her character Mary Catherine Gallagher was based on her own Catholic school experience
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Molly Shannon
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COMPOUND WORDS
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Here's an old-fashioned pair of these for a winter activity
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snowshoes
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$400
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"60 Minutes" watchers are familiar with this object
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a stopwatch
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$600
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This "Wizard of Oz" character says the only thing he's afraid of is "a lighted match"
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the Scarecrow
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$800
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A technique of NFL bettors is to put money on these when they're playing at home & they'll "bark" for you
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underdogs
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$1000
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A wonder of the world gave us the word pharos, meaning one of these
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lighthouse
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30 SOMETHING
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$200
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In the Gospels, Judas Iscariot receives this payoff for betraying Jesus
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30 pieces of silver
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$400
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To save gas during World War II, a national 35 mph standard was dubbed this "speed limit", like "gardens" of the day
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victory
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$600
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The Houston Astros & Texas Rangers have both retired the No. 34 jersey of this pitching "Express"
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(Nolan) Ryan
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$800
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There are this many months of the year with 31 days
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seven
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$1000
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Sir John Buchan wrote this spy novel that Hitchcock made into a big screen thriller
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39 Steps
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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
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In an 1843 story, paranormal activity around the holidays convinces this business owner to stop making his employee's life hell
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(Ebenezer) Scrooge
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$400
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Not actually much development for this man who plots revenge against the Earnshaws, can't get past Cathy's death & also dies
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Heathcliff
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$600
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In book titles, his development saw him get "Rich" in 1981 & be "at Rest" 9 years later
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Rabbit
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$800
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He gets a new job with a Mancha, Mancha man who promises future land ownership, but things don't exactly work out
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Sancho Panza
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$1000
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He tinkers with history at the Ministry of Truth, gets a girlfriend & has a very bad year
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Winston Smith
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"EZ" GEOGRAPHY
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$200
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An arm of the Red Sea, this gulf bears the name of the canal it feeds into
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Suez
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$400
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El Paso, Texas sits just opposite this Mexican city on the Rio Grande
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Juárez
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$600
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This city on the Lower Mississippi takes its name from a Native American people who once lived there
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Natchez
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$800
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Brigitte Bardot & the filming of "And God Created Woman" made this "saint"ly French Riviera town an international destination
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Saint-Tropez
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$1000
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This river flows for more than 1,700 miles east across Africa, emptying into the Mozambique Channel
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Zambezi
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SCENE HERE
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$400
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In "The Devil Wears Prada", this actress inquires, "Is there some reason that my coffee isn't here? Has she died or something?"
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Streep
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$800
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Seen here in the boulder-filled climax of 1925's "Seven Chances" is this genius of physical comedy
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(Buster) Keaton
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$1200
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In this movie, Marge says to a suspect in the back of a police car, "I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper"
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Fargo
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$1600
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After a newspaper publisher loses an election in this classic, his people have no choice but to run the headline "Fraud at polls!"
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Citizen Kane
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$2000
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In "Animal House" this college official has unfortunate midterm grade news: "Mr. Blutarsky... zero point zero"
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Dean Wormer
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A PRESI-DENTAL CATEGORY
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$400
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On a golf trip to this Coachella Valley city, Ike chipped a tooth; a quiet dentist visit started rumors of a meeting with aliens
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Palm Springs
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$800
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In 2001 George W. Bush began his plainspoken "Toothpaste Diplomacy" by saying he & this Brit "both use Colgate"
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Blair
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$1200
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Gold dental plates made for this general/president & his wife Julia were stolen from their dentist's office & never recovered
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(Ulysses S.) Grant
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$1600
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Admiral Ralph Malone served as the dentist for this president known for his smile, cigarette holder & all
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FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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$2000
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At the 1991 look into whether this 1840s prez was poisoned, the forensic dentist said his teeth were "better than mine"
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Taylor
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THE EARTH
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$400
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In haloclasty the weathering of a substance is caused by crystals of this
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salt
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$800
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A cirque is a bowl-shaped hollow; there's a cirque type of this snow & ice formation
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glacier
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$1200
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You've heard of the ones in New York, but here's another type of this body part lake on New Zealand's South Island
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fingers (a finger lake)
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$1600
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Hack's Law defines the relationship between the length of a river & the size of this 5-letter word, the whole area it drains
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basin
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$2000
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Fitting name for the 8-letter volcanic vent seen here letting off a little steam in Iceland
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fumarole
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WE DID START THE FIRE
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$400
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Plains Indians regularly set prairie fires to spur the growth of fresh grass that enticed herds of these animals
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buffalo
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$800
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Also an automotive noise, it can be a blaze deliberately set for wildfire control, as seen here
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backfire
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$1200
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Breaking with tradition, Hindu daughters are starting to light these for their deceased parents in India
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funeral pyres
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$1600
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A fire started by an experiment in this gold-making pseudoscience destroyed a Weimar castle in 1618
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alchemy
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$2000
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On Feb. 7, 1497 Florentines burned objects said to be distractions from religious duty--an event known as this
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Bonfire of the Vanities
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U.S. FRANCHISES
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$400
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"Oh thank heaven for" this chain of convenience stores & for its Slurpees
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7-Eleven
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$800
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Completes the name of the business started in 2009 after the founder cracked his cell phone screen: uBreak...
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uBreakiFix
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$1200
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A red, white & blue hot air balloon is the logo of this real estate franchise that opened its first office in 1973
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RE/MAX
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$1600
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At its 2,000+ locations, this "worldly" chain makes its gym users feel welcome with its "Judgement Free Zone"
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Planet Fitness
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$2000
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This specialty comes between "Nothing" & "Cakes" in the punning name of a franchisee
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Bundt
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SAY IT IN LATIN
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$400
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It does not follow
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non sequitur
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$800
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Great work
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magnum opus
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$1200
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Makes a good motto: always faithful
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semper fidelis
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$1600
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There is truth in wine
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in vino, veritas
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$2000
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Love conquers all things
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amor omnia vincit
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WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS
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N/A
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The official Olympic website says this event "has its roots in survival skills" practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia
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biathalon
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