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400

Euclid was a teacher in this Egyptian city & made use of its famous library

Alexandria

400

Also the title of a "Call of Duty" video game series, these "colorful" covert missions will be disavowed by your country

Black Ops

400

Sick of this character who talks to animals, Hugh Lofting tried to end the series with him "in the Moon"; didn't work

Doctor Dolittle

400

The name of this N.J. city across the Hudson from Manhattan comes from Native American words meaning "land of the tobacco pipe"

Hoboken

400

Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman): "Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?"

Die Hard

400

A place to grind grain
+
the king of beasts =
this amount

million

800

Despite this title, Euclid's famous treatise is about geometry, not about chemical substances

Elements

800

Anything related to espionage can be said to be this 3-word term, a translation of "de cape et d'épée"

cloak & dagger

800

Norman Mailer's "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" reports on these events that happened in those cities in 1968

national conventions (Democratic and Republican)

800

La Santa Sede is the local version of this official name of Vatican City

the Holy See

800

In 1999, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving): "I'm gonna enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson"

The Matrix

800

An explosive
+
a large body of water = this old name for a city of India

Bombay

1200

Children's author Crockett Johnson did a painting illustrating Euclid's proof of this famous theorem


the Pythagorean

1200

If you get caught up in this type of sweet "trap", a seductive agent has gotten information from you

a honey trap

1200

Chronicler of Broadway life Alfred Runyon went by this middle name; it has more of a ring to it

Damon

1200

Sapporo is the major city on this island

Hokkaido

1200

Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates): "I'm your number one fan"

Misery

1200

A ring around the sun
+
a country =
this royal ceremony

a coronation

1600

Euclid offered a solution to the problem of incommensurables, or these types of numbers of which pi is one

irrational

1600

An exhibitor at the Westminster Dog Show, or a case officer directly responsible for an agent

a handler

1600

Known primarily for his crime novels, he started out writing western tales like "Hombre" & "3:10 to Yuma"

Elmore Leonard

1600

It's the state capital seen on the map here

Hobart

1600

Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons): "Not quite my tempo ...you're rushing... why do you suppose I just hurled a chair at your head?"

Whiplash

1600

To total up numbers
+
a chemise =
this domicile

address

2000

Euclid put in some time on the elliptical & this German admirer of Euclid found it to be the shape of orbits

Johannes Kepler

2000

If the CIA issues this type of "notice", they think you're unreliable & they're letting others know you're persona non grata

a burn notice

2000

John Fowles interrupts himself in this novel he wrote, commenting on the lives of the 1867 lovers at the heart of the action

The French Lieutenant's Woman

2000

Denmark & Germany long squabbled over the region known as Schleswig-this

Holstein

2000

Max Cady (Robert De Niro): "Counselor! Come out, come out, wherever you are"

Cape Fear

2000

An antler
+
a snare =
this stinging creature

a hornet

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