TRADEMARKS
HOBBIES & PASTIMES
ODD WORDS
ASIAN CAPITALS
World Leaders
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Not flap-jack but this is a brand of compressed powder makeup created by Max Factor

Pancake

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It's mind over minutiae in this board game in which you answer questions in order to collect 6 wedges to win


TRIVIAL PURSUIT

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This word for a medical fraud has a longer version that ends with salver


QUACK

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Most of this Chinese capital's people belong to the Han ethnic group; Manchus & Mongols are in the minority


BEIJING

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In 2017 protests & a puppy were among this Russian leader's 65th birthday gifts


PUTIN

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This name for a moving staircase was originally a trademark of the Otis Elevator Company


ESCALATOR

800

A 3-ball cascade is the most basic pattern used in this hobby but one day you might attempt a flying disco drop


JUGGLING

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A vestige of something; when pluralized it's the sediment left over in wine or coffee


DREG

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The tomb of the 12th century Muslim leader Saladin is located in this Syrian city


DAMASCUS

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Second in command in this country is the secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin


THE VATICAN CITY

1200

Since 1992 this hyphenated brand of correction fluid has belonged to BIC


WITE-OUT

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You'll want to hang onto your silver dollars in this hobby AKA numismatics


COIN COLLECTING

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Bream means to clean the bottom of the bottom of one of these by burning & scraping to get rid of seaweed barnacles etc.


A BOAT

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Klang Klang Klang went the river! The Klang & Gombak Rivers meet in Kuala Lumpur the capital of this


MALAYSIA

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In 2017 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz said danke as this country made him one of the world's youngest leaders


AUSTRIA

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In 1972 2 young men in Oregon kicking it old school came up with this footbag


HACKY SACK

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Looking for something exotic? You could try raising one of these snakes like a ball or a Burmese

PYTHON

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A natatorium is an indoor one of these


pool

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With upscale shopping & blazing lights the Xinyi district in this island capital resembles Tokyo's Ginza


TAIPEI

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Before becoming president of this country in 2009 Jacob Zuma did exile time in Swaziland & Mozambique


SOUTH AFRICA

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This contest was first held in 1949 to celebrate Pillsbury's 80th birthday


A PILLSBURY BAKE-OFF

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Options for wax when making candles: beeswax soy or this petroleum product


PARAFFIN

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Y is the only vowel in this unusual word that means an alignment of 3 heavenly bodies like the Earth moon & sun


SYZYGY

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In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later


ISLAMABAD

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Though 20+ years older than his wife Eva this Argentine leader outlived her by 20+ years


JUAN PERĂ“N

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