Hint
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Answer
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A – to give warning to (e.g. in bridge if your partner’s call has a special meaning)
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Alert
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B – “I'm a ______ girl, in the ______ world; Life in plastic, it’s fantastic”
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Barbie
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C – on the west coast of Africa, the capital city between Bissau and Freetown
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Conakry
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D – Benito Mussolini’s “title”
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il Duce
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E – Killing ___ (TV series about a bored MI5 security officer), or the night before
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Eve
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F – what you shouldn’t do to it if it ain’t broke, or a Greek beer
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Fix
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G – Lord of the Flies author William
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Golding
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H – country where the army ousted President Manuel Zelaya and sent him into exile in 2009
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Honduras
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I – between microwaves and (visible) light
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Infrared
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J – first name of actor Foxx (Ray, supervillain Electro)
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Jamie
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K – rock band from Las Vegas with hits “Somebody Told Me” and “My Own Soul’s Warning”
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The Killers
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L – capital city furthest away from Canberra
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Lisbon
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M – what James Bond is ordering when he says, “Shaken, not stirred”
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Martini
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Hint
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Answer
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N – to observe, or advance announcement of termination of employment
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Notice
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O – J. Robert, Father of the Atomic Bomb (“How can I save my little boy from ___________'s deadly toy?”)
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Oppenheimer
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P – state where the de facto administrative capital is Ramallah
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Palestine
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Q – a preliminary stage of a competition, or a team or person who has won it
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Qualifier
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R – a train that is out of control, or 2010 hit by Kanye West
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Runaway
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S – “Ol’ Blue Eyes” Frank (From Here to Eternity, “New York, New York”)
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Sinatra
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T – a device found in 9% of American homes in 1950 and 98% of American homes in 1978
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Television
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U – sea ______, a marine echinoderm, “oursin” in French
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Urchin
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V – trumpet-shaped horn that produces a loud buzzing sound and is a symbol of South African football
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Vuvuzela
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W – first name of Simpson for whom King Edward VIII abdicated, or ______ and Futuna Islands
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Wallis
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X – the study of alien biology (in science fiction)
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Xenology
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Y – Millennium bug or, more generally, year 2000
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Y2K
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Z – lively, energetic, or fast-moving
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Zappy
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