Hint
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Answer
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A – is “asistir” in Spanish, or “dime” in basketball
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Assist
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B – B in USB
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Bus
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C – country using the currency colón (named after Columbus)
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Costa Rica
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D – first name of "The Rock" Johnson (e.g. Fast & Furious)
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Dwayne
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E – a pictogram used in electronic messages; the word is Japanese
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Emoji
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F – Bugs Bunny’s archenemy Elmer
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Fudd
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G – happiness in German, or Louise, the 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Literature
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Glück
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H – capital of Solomon Islands
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Honiara
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I – Ralph Ellison’s _________ Man, a novel addressing social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans
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Invisible
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J – person in the ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah
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Jew
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K – the official name of the world’s 22nd largest country is the _______ of Thailand
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Kingdom
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L – a stray mongrel who got in a hot spot on 3 November 1957
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Laika
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M – not a kilometre, but green in a Tom Hanks movie
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Mile
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N – video game Resident Evil 3: _______ (like Elmer to Bugs)
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Nemesis
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O – Canadian ice hockey legend Bobby
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Orr
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P – country with the world’s best climate (according to IL’s 2021 Annual Global Retirement Index)
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Portugal
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Q – plant grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds; name comes from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa
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Quinoa
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R – a shortened raised bread, or what Adele was doing in the deep
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Roll
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S – first name of Scottish actor Connery (Bond, Indiana Jones’s father), who died in 2020
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Sean
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T – a room for carrying out surgical operations, or a place to play Molière
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Theatre
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U – city in Germany known for the church with the world’s tallest steeple
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Ulm
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V – international reality TV singing competition franchise based on The _____ of Holland
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Voice
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W – Stevie who just called to say he loves you (with sunglasses on)
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Wonder
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X – the thing on a Cartesian coordinate system that does not start with Y or Z
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X-axis
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Y – the second-largest city in Cameroon
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Yaoundé
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Z – stringed instrument, played by e.g. Anton Karas and Dolly Parton
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Zither
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