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In 2018, this German airline celebrated the 100th birthday of the crane seen on its planes
Lufthansa
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This breed takes its name from a valley along the River Aire in Yorkshire, England
Airedale Terrier
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This country, an enclave in Italy, is smaller than the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
the Vatican
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This computer, popularly called a "Mac", has been sold by Apple Inc. since 1984.
Macintosh
100
You can't get much farther from ocean water than the west end of this desert on the Mongolia/China border
the Gobi
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The Wallenberg family once controlled 40% of the value of this city's stock market
Stockholm
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A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lends its name to this deadly virus
Ebola
200
It was first offered as a fountain beverage at Jacobs' pharmacy in Atlanta in 1886
Coca-Cola
200
Gruesome & horrifying
macabre
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It's on McCulloch Blvd. in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, a long way from its old home on the Thames
London Bridge
300
Levi's has a logo picturing two of these
horses
300
On the Shannon River there's an Irish town that's given its name to this verse of renown
Limerick
300
This animal, a proverbial symbol of grace, also has pure speed: it can run about 50 miles per hour
(Grant's) gazelle
300
This adjective meaning unscrupulously cunning comes from the name of a 16th century Italian writer
Machiavellian
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This American territory whose capital is Pago Pago is closer to New Zealand than to Hawaii
American Samoa
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Almost a decade after a big spill, it's the biggest company by revenue that's headquartered in England
British Petroleum (BP)
400
The Moroccan city where The Sheltering Sky was written gave its name to this citrus fruit
tangerine
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The name of this 2-hulled boat is from the Tamil for "tied wood"
catamaran
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These cookies made with coconut are a traditional Passover dessert
macaroons
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In January 2019 New Horizons probe reached Ultima Thule in this belt, the farthest object we've ever visited
the Kuiper Belt
500
David Rosen started this company in the 1950s
SEGA
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Charles [this] was forced to hire armed guards to protect workers he imported from the north of Ireland to reap his crops, and his name soon became synonymous with the protest tactic employed against him.
boycott
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On Nov. 12, 1833 these meteor showers were seen across all of North America, sparking a serious study of meteor showers
the Leonids
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When it comes to vision problems, there are wet & dry types of this degeneration
macular degeneration
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Because of the bulge from the Equator, the highest point above the Earth's center is the top of this mountain in Ecuador
Mount Chimborazo