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THEIR 2021 COLLEGE CONFERENCE
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$200
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The University of Pennsylvania
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Ivy League
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$400
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The University of Georgia
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the SEC
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$600
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Ohio State, actually one of 14 schools
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the Big Ten
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$800
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The University of Texas, actually one of 10 schools
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the Big 12
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$1000
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UCLA, & the number in the conference title is actually accurate
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Pac-12
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OTHER COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE
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$200
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In Brazil, you have a carteira de motorista; in Portugal, its a carta de condução; in America, it's this
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a driver\'s license
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$400
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French Canadians use "on" for this pronoun instead of "nous", more commonly used in France
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we
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$600
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In the Middle East they speak the Levantine type of this language, while Mauritania speaks the Hassaniya type
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Arabic
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$800
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In Mexico this is what holds a burrito, but in Spain, it means a potato omelet
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tortilla
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$1000
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For "good day", Austrians use "gruss gott" instead of this literal translation used in most of Germany
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guten tag
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AMUSING CANADIANS
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$200
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Mike Myers came up with this character after hearing "The Look Of Love" & wondering, "Where have all the swingers gone?"
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Austin Powers
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$400
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Cheech Marin was born in L.A. but this "Up in Smoke" partner of his is from Edmonton, man
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Tommy Chong
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$600
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She's the international treasure seen here who introduced amazing new ways to pronounce "gala" & "philosophic"
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(Catherine) O\'Hara
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$800
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At the 2021 Emmys, John Oliver & Lorne Michaels both paid tribute to this late comic & "SNL" Weekend Update host
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Macdonald
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$1000
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This Canadian sketch group gave us "Crushing Your Head" & "30 Helens Agree", where 30 women in a field agreed en masse, "Love hurts!"
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the Kids in the Hall
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WAR
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$200
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In 49 B.C., this Roman led his forces from Gaul into Italy, starting a civil war
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Julius Caesar
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$400
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Ending the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Waterloo took place in what's now this country
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Belgium
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$600
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These 2 members of OPEC were at war with each other from 1980 to 1988
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Iran & Iraq
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$800
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In 19th century Mali, Umar Tal built an empire with a series of these holy wars
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jihads
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$1000
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In 1814 this man later to be president helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812
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John Quincy Adams
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GO FISH
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$200
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If your can of tuna says "chunk white" or "solid white", it came from this species
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albacore
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$400
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This fish is so named for its ability to inflate itself like a balloon when threatened
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a blowfish
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$600
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They make up the genus Hippocampus
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seahorses
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$800
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This colorful fish is a popular pet; just make sure it has plenty of room to swim around, & don't put two males together
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a betta fish
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$1000
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The blackspotted cutthroat one of these is Montana's state fish
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a trout
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GIN / RUMMY
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$200
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A "dry" one of these has gin & a drizzle of dry vermouth, while an "extra dry" one has even less vermouth
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a martini
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$400
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It's 5:00 somewhere, so let's enjoy this rum cocktail with muddled lime & mint leaves
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a mojito
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$600
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Down Havana way, rum, Coke & lime make up this classic cocktail
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a Cuba Libre
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$800
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The plum relatives seen here are used to make this type of gin fizz
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sloe
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$1000
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This beachy brand of rum comes in flavors like pineapple & watermelon as well as the original Caribbean with coconut liqueur
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Malibu
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THAT'S WHERE THAT IS
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$400
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This country: Phat Diem Cathedral & Hue Imperial City
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Vietnam
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$800
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Washington: this peak in the Cascades that made headlines in 1980 after a 5.1 earthquake
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Mount Saint Helens
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$1200
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London: this meeting place & intersection between Coventry & Regent Streets with little to no live elephants
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Piccadilly Circus
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$1600
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Egypt: this sea-level waterway extending from Port Said
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the Suez Canal
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$2000
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This world capital: Azerbaijan Technical University--go A-Tech!
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Baku
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ADD A LETTER
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$400
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Add a letter to a fold-up bed & it becomes a male foal
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cot & colt
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$800
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Add a letter to comestibles to get a deluge
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food & flood
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$1200
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When a certain letter gets under your epidermis, it becomes a coil of yarn
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skin & skein
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$1600
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A synonym for dark & dirty takes on a letter & becomes a small boat
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dinghy & dingy
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$2000
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Add a letter to a lustrous fabric to get a type of drug that lowers cholesterol
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satin & statin
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FROM THE BRITISH ROYAL WEBSITE
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$400
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In April 2021 the death at age 99 of this longest-serving British consort was announced "with deep sorrow"
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Prince Philip
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$800
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A Dachshund named Pipkin mated with the queen's favorite breed, so her majesty ended up with some of these hybrids
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a Dorgi
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$1200
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On October 21, 1950 she was baptized in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace
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Princess Anne
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$1600
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At a coronation, following the oath, there's an anointing with oil by the person with this title
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the Archbishop of Canterbury
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$2000
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Queen Victoria was born & raised in this palace that's today home to the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge
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Kensington
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RECENT BOOKS
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$400
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In "I'll Take Your Questions Now", Stephanie Grisham recounts her time at this job during the Trump administration
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press secretary
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$800
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Published in 2020,"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by this author is set in Panem
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Suzanne Collins
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$1200
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"Sex and Vanity" is this alliterative author's first novel outside the universe of "Crazy Rich Asians"
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Kevin Kwan
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$1600
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"Just Like You", about a May-December romance, is by this man who also wrote "High Fidelity"
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(Nick) Hornby
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$2000
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With four Hugo Awards on her mantel, this author wrote about the Big Apple in "The City We Became"
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N.K. Jemisin
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SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER
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$400
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In a holiday favorite, "The fire is so delightful and since we've no place to go", this title, this title, this title
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"Let It Snow"
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$800
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The Scorpions sang, "Here I am, rock you like" one of these
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a hurricane
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$1200
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In this disco classic by The Weather Girls, the forecast was very unusual precipitation; "hallelujah!"
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"It\'s Raining Men"
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$1600
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Making some big noise, AC/DC "Got Some Rock & Roll" this, while Kiss staked a claim with "God Of" it
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Thunder
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$2000
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Bill Withers passed away in 2020 & as he sang, "Ain't No" this when he's gone
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Sunshine
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E.R.
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$400
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This first lady was also the niece of another president
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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$800
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Prior to World War II, this German "Desert Fox" wrote a textbook called "Infantry Attacks"
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Erwin Rommel
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$1200
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He's the veteran actor & famous brother seen here
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Eric Roberts
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$1600
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In World War I, the 26 victories by this American fighter ace included 22 planes & 4 balloons
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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$2000
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This Kiwi won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 for his work on radioactivity
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Ernest Rutherford
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20th CENTURY PEOPLE
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N/A
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In 1946 she was aboard a train to Darjeeling when she heard what she later described as "the call within a call"
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Mother Teresa
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