Hint
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Answer
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A – A in NATO
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Atlantic
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B – freshwater lake that contains more water than all of the North American Great Lakes combined
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Baikal
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C – an accusation, or to juice up one’s phone
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Charge
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D – this British TV series about the Crawley family and their domestic servants is shown in over 220 countries and territories
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Downton Abbey
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E – 2011 hit by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West, or the cute alien who phoned home and was later picked up by his folk
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E.T.
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F – globally, the third most popular sport by size of fan base; team includes ten field players and a goalkeeper
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Field hockey
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G – a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust and dark matter
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Galaxy
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H – a person suffering from acrophobia is afraid of …
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Heights
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I – the only country in the world that has no mosquitos
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Iceland
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J – global manufacturer and distributor of branded baths and hot tubs; the name is used as a genericized trademark to describe hot tubs
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Jacuzzi
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K – Mortal _____, a fantasy-themed fighting game
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Kombat
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L – Hunger Games star Jennifer, or the river that flows through Montreal (Saint _____)
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Lawrence
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M – Ecatepec and León are among the largest cities in this country
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Mexico
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N – to cut in a minor way, or first name of English writer Hornby (“About a Boy”, “High Fidelity”)
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Nick
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O – six-time German Olympic swimming champion Kristin, or three-time Holy Roman Emperor
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Otto
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P – country where Port Moresby is the capital
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Papua New Guinea
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Q – a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious disease; the word comes from “forty days” in Venetian
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Quarantine
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R – Morgan Freeman’s role in “The Shawshank Redemption”; does not describe the colour of his hair
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Red
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S – Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili, who started to use a name that means “Man of Steel” and was Time magazine’s "Man of the Year" in 1942
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Joseph Stalin
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T – a character in Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”; about 20 years later her namesake became British Prime Minister
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Margaret Thatcher
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U – Scotland's national "animal"
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Unicorn
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V – a closely woven fabric; is black for Alannah Myles
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Velvet
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W – two of these don't make a right
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Wrongs
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X – food additive and sugar substitute that may promote better dental health
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Xylitol
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Y – I (first person) in Spanish
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Yo
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Z – Carlos Ruiz _____, author of “The Shadow of the Wind”
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Zafón
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