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'Hostage Situations'
The Kelvin Stapler
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Utensil

200

Oprah Winfrey launched this in 1996, which would influence the literary world to this day.

Oprah's Book Club

200

This is the average humidity in Kenora this weekend, as of Tuesday's forecast.

61%

200

This movie is the first of a horror trilogy which propelled Mia Goth to fame.

X (2022)

200

This recurring Arts & Culture column featured film and literature reviews. It was started by contributor Lexa Pearl.

The Stapler Standard

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Webisode

400

This 90s sitcom featuring the Banks family and cousin Will, was a secret theme on one of my cabin trip itineraries.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

400

This is the percentage of Canadian households that have a cat.

37%

400

Jordan Peele debuted as a horror director with this 2017 film, which I saw with Alexa in 2023.

Get Out (2017)

400

This Politics & World Affairs column centered around a Quebecois political party led by the "Funny French Man".

New Kids On The Bloc

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Dodecahedron

600

Tommy's Topup!

In 1990, the World Health Organization removed this from its list of diseases, one step towards a more inclusive society.

600

This is the percentage of you who, when asked to name a number on Tuesday, named one below 50.

40%

Cameron: 741

El: 421

Christina: 37

Jess: 187

Bode: 46

600

I shouldn't be talking about this film, because that would be breaking its first and second rules.

Fight Club (1999)

600

In two articles written by Harold Schmidt, former prime minister Justin Trudeau is implied to have a remantic relationship with this late monarch.

Queen Elizabeth II

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Pulmonology

800

This leader of the MedellĂ­n drug cartel is killed in 1993 by Columbian police.

Pablo Escobar

800

The lifeboats on the Titanic carried about this much of their rated capacity, on average, when the ship sank.

60%

800

Tommy's Topup!

This six-time Academy Award nominated film, directed by Todd Field, takes on the topics of cancel culture in art through the lense of a celebrated conductor rehearsing Mahler's fifth symphony.

800

When in need of a phone number, the Stapler used 800-588-2300, the number of this Chicago carpet company.

Empire Today

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Embouchure

1000

Tim Berners-Lee, an English computer scientist, released this to the general public in April 1993, kicking off the computer age.

The World Wide Web
1000

This is the percentage of Fifa World Cup Finals hosted in African countries.

8.69%

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Alexa took me to see this film in theatres, for which Brendan Fraser took home the Academy Award for Best Actor.

The Whale (2022)

1000

Every one of Harold Schmidt's editor's notes ended with this seven word phrase.

If you don't like it, you're wrong.