11th Grade English | British Crime Shows | Words of the Double Aughts | “O” the Places You’ll Go | Oh the Places We’ve Gone |
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What is 1984?
Winston Smith attempts to escape the watchful eye of The Party on Airstrip One.
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What is Midsmomer Murders?
Airing its 21st series in 2020, this show has thrived on adaptation, including a change in its lead character from Tom to John Baranaby.
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What is Latinx?
2005 – A gender neutral neologism to refer to people of Latin America.
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What is Orlando?
This city is home to more than 100 "lakes." But in line with the true character of the city, Lake Eola in downtown is actually an 80-foot deep sinkhole.
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What is Concannon?
This winery is known for its great Petite Sirah and its terrible Shakespeare.
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What is Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
A boy and a slave journey down the Mississippi River.
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What is Silent Witness?
Forensic pathologist Samantha Ryan leads a team of investigators in Cambridge at the start of this long-running series.
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What is Cyber Monday?
2004 – The first ever billion-dollar online shopping day.
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What is Chicago O’Hare Airport.
This hub for American travel is identified by its “code” name: ORD.
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What is roti?
This dish (a curry stew folded tightly within a round flatbread) was a popular choice in Tobago.
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What is The Catcher in the Rye?
An aimless teen attempts to discover whether the Central Park ducks migrate for winter.
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Who is Miss Marple?
Though she has no formal training, she solves crimes in St. Mary Mead with a sharp wit and a seemingly endless amount of experience with “a great deal of wickedness” in the village.
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What is a flash mob?
2003 – A group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform for a brief time, then quickly disperse.
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What is Ontario?
Andrew Hillier took his bar exam in this city almost seven years ago.
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What is Calaveras County?
Arnold is a CDP (a census-designated place) in this county in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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What is The Crucible?
Deputy Governor Danforth, Judge Hathorne, and Reverend Hale investigate claims of witchcraft.
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Who is Hetty Wainthropp?
The titular character on this ‘90s TV series, she solved crimes with help from her assistant/lodger Geoffrey Shawcross and her incredibly patent husband, Robert.
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What is a life hack?
2004 - A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases everyday productivity and efficiency.
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What is Omaha?
This city saw a spike in pop-culture references after Peyton Manning screamed its name more than forty times in a game against the San Diego Chargers.
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What is Ticos?
An affectionate (self-chosen) idiomatic term for natives of Costa Rica.
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What is The Old Man and the Sea?
Santiago struggles with a marlin off the coast of Cuba.
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What is Happy Valley?
Catherine Cawood cares for her deceased daughter’s son, while investigating the boy’s father in this 2014 series.
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What is swatting?
2008 – A criminal harassment tactic of deceiving an emergency service into sending a police response team to another person's address.
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What is Oaxaca?
This city lies on the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín extending to the banks of the Atoyac River.
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What is Oceanside?
The South Pacific, this city’s 19th century “grand hotel,” failed after railroad expansion made picturesque San Diego hostelries more accessible to wealthy vacationers.
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