Hint
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Answer
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A – book format whose sales increase fast and have (in the U.S.) eclipsed ebook sales
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Audiobook
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B – city where, on 9 November 1989, a slightly misinformed announcement was made and people started climbing
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Berlin
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C – rover that landed on Mars in 2012, or what killed the cat
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Curiosity
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D – Daniel who has won three Oscars for Best Actor (e.g. There Will Be Blood)
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Day-Lewis
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E – first name of Fear of Flying author Jong
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Erica
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F – not flabby, but a business enterprise
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Firm
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G – 1 followed by 100 zeros
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Googol
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H – island that Columbus named La Isla Española in 1492
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Hispaniola
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I – to apply measuring devices, or a tuba
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Instrument
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J – capital and largest city of South Sudan
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Juba
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K – novelist whose protagonists often face bizarre predicaments (The Metamorphosis) and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers (The Trial)
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Franz Kafka
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L – what Forrest compared to a box of chocolates
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Life
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M – Real ______, football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
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Madrid
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N – her in Bulgarian, no in German
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Nein
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O – Asterix's best friend, or an Atari video game about them
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Obelix
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P – “The _____ of Love”, hit of the same name written by many artists and covered by Celine Dion
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Power
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Q – Pennsylvania’s nickname (in addition to Keystone State)
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Quaker State
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R – Louis Comte was the first conjurer on record to pull this out of a top hat
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Rabbit
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S – a sense, or what teen spirit does, according to Nirvana
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Smell
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T – the name of this weapon is loosely based on the title of the novel Tom Swift And His Electric Rifle
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Taser
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U – country with about 1.1 million citizens and 9 million expatriates
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United Arab Emirates
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V – person who abstains from the use of animal products, particularly in diet
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Vegan
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W – The Worst _____, fantasy drama children's TV series based on novel series by Jill Murphy
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Witch
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X – is “sherry” in English, “jerez” in Spanish, “_____” in French
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Xérès
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Y – the fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean
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Yenisey
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Z – Ben Stiller’s 2001 comedy film about dimwitted supermodel Derek _________
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Zoolander
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Huey Lewis and the news and Jennifer Rush also did songs with the same title around the same time that were much inferior to FGTH.