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Codenamed this, it refers to the air and ground offensive launched by a US-led coalition against Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War

Operation Desert Storm 

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After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, it was good night, Saigon & good morning, this new city name

Ho Chi Minh City 
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Amarillo College is found in this state 

Texas

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In the first part of 2024, almost 150 U.S. cases of this disease aka rubeola were reported, with nearly half in Chicago

Measles

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This 2009 James Cameron film transported audiences to the alien world of Pandora and became the highest-grossing movie of all time—until its own sequel challenged it

Avatar

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Despite winning this 1968 "Offensive" in Vietnam, it acted as a catalyst to the anti-war movement and the subsequent withdrawal of American troops from the war

Tet Offensive

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Now with an Algonquian-derived name, this national capital was once known as Bytown

Ottawa 

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It's the state of Wayne State University, attended by Jack White, among others 

Michigan 

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From Greek for "a knot of tissue," this type of cyst often appears along the tendons or joints of the hands or wrists

Ganglion 

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In "The Social Network," he played Mark Zuckerberg 

Jesse Eisenberg 

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In 1974 the U.S. Navy evacuated Americans from this island after war broke out between Greek & Turkish factions

Cyprus

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Formed in the aftermath of World War I, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes was renamed this in 1929

Yugoslavia 

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Tufts is a centrepiece of Medford in this state

 Massachusetts

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Bearing the name of an African river, this mosquito-borne disease first appeared in the U.S. in 1999

West Nile Virus 

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This surprise hit musical biopic had him portraying Elton John in sequins and sunglasses

Taron Egerton 

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*Operation Neptune Spear carried out by Seal Team 6 killed Osama Bin Laden in this city in Pakistan

Abbottabad 

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This African country was known as Rhodesia before gaining independence in 1980

Zimbabwe 

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The Boilermakers 

Indiana 

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An AOM practitioner is trained in this "& Oriental medicine"

Acupuncture 

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This long-awaited sequel directed by George Miller revived a post-apocalyptic franchise and starred Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron

Mad Max

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In June, President Trump ordered the US Military to strike nuclear sites in Iran, codenamed Operation this

Midnight Hammer

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This Russian city, formerly Stalingrad, was renamed during the de-Stalinization period in 1961

Volgograd

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Weber State is near a "Great" lake in this state

Utah 

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During pregnancy this procedure where a sample of fluid is taken from around the fetus is used to test for genetic disorders

Amniocentesis 

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This popular director’s 2010 sci-fi film "Inception" led by Leonardo Di Caprio featured a dream-within-a-dream structure and spinning top that left audiences debating the ending

Christopher Nolan