ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY
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At the winter solstice, the Sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name
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FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS
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In the 1950s the New York Times said this author "is writing about all lust" & his lecherous narrator "is all of us"
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LANDMARKS
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Pskov & Nizhny Novgorod are 2 of the cities that have a fortress called this
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HISTORY
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Returning home in 1493, Columbus stopped in the Azores at an island with this name, also something he'd lost off the Haiti coast
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WORLD CINEMA
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The 2007 biopic called "La Môme" in France, meaning "The Kid", was released in the U.S. under this other French title
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
(Vladimir) Nabokov
the Kremlin
Santa Maria
La vie en Rose
The extra clues have $2000 ones that challengers got correct.
WORDS OF PEACE $2000: It's Latin for the period of tranquility that lasted from the reigns of Augustus to Marcus Aurelius
LANGUAGES $2000: It's the only country in Central America where English is the official language
COUNTRY SONGS $2000: Little Big Town had its first No. 1 country hit singing about partying & catching waves on this title boat
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Belize
"Pontoon"