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This soft, brie-like cheese is named after the town in Berkshire where Napoleon saw his final defeat
What is Waterloo?
Before she traveled the world with Indiana Jones, this comedian premiered a hit one-woman show at the Fringe in 2013
Who is Phoebe Waller-Bridge?
Direct from Sevilla, Spain, to Kirchberg, Germany, takes you over this small, landlocked country
What is Luxembourg?
Getting political, AP says this peninsula stands apart: writing it in datelines must reference the peninsula, not Ukraine or Russia, and its capital is Simferopol
What is Crimea?
Vanessa Hudgens and Cole Tucker first met on Zoom, engaging in a session of this relaxing mindfulness activity
What is meditation?
The Hangtown fry, a resplendent dish of oysters, bacon, and eggs, was supposedly invented during this significant American boom in a California town at the behest of a lucky prospector
What is the California Gold Rush?
This Tom Stoppard-authored tragicomic semi-Shakespearean play debuted in full at the Fringe in 1966
What is "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"?
Direct from Atlanta, Georgia, to Johannesburg, South Africa, takes you over the Atlantic and then over this African country, situated between the Kalahari and Namib deserts
What is Namibia?
The name, capitalized, of this plastic foam packaging product is a brand trademark — AP says to use the term "plastic foam" unless referring to this product specifically
What is Styrofoam?
Joe Jonas DM'd this Queen in the North on Instagram out of the blue
Who is Sophie Turner?
This American city prefers hot dogs on a poppy seed bun with onions, pickles, peppers, tomatoes, relish, and absolutely no ketchup
What is Chicago?
In 2004, a production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was beset with problems — aptly avian to suit the play's title, its lead actor, Christian Slater, contracted this prior to the festival
What is chicken pox?
Direct from Tokyo to Melbourne takes you over this island country, which has 820 indigenous languages — more than any other country in the world
What is Papua New Guinea?
AP asks for épée, foil, and saber classes to be identified when writing about this sport
What is fencing?
Lily Allen met "Stranger Things" star David Harbour on this celebrity dating app — and at first had no idea who he was
What is Raya?
Naengmyeon is a buckwheat and potato noodle dish, called raengmyŏn in North Korea, where it originated in this capital city
What is Pyeongyang?
The pop concert "Six the Musical" premiered at the Fringe in 2017, depicting the six wives of this English monarch
Who is Henry VIII?
Direct from Madrid to Rome takes you over this Mediterranean island, which belongs to France but is strongly influenced by Italian culture
AP advocates against using the term "Canal Zone" unless referring to this area specifically between 1904 and 1999
What is the Panama Canal?
Bradley Collins met this Emmy-nominated "This Is Us" actress on Bumble during the pandemic — they later co-authored "When I Talk to God, I Talk About You"
The chocolate, meringue, and hazelnut Kyiv cake has historically been produced at a Ukrainian factory named after this socialist thinker for his 105th birthday
Who is Karl Marx?
This "almost award-winning fourth-most-popular folk duo in New Zealand" hit the Fringe in 2003
Who are Flight of the Conchords?
Direct from Luqa, Malta, to Riga, Latvia, takes you over this country, which gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1992 and officially changed its name to the current one in 1995
What is Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Earthquakes are measured by their magnitude, AP says, and no longer by this outdated measurement system
What is the Richter scale?
When he was in this Nordic country for a competition, Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon matched with real estate broker Jussi-Pekka Kajaala on Tinder
What is Finland?