Chinese Classics | Fantasy Novels | CANADIAN NOTABLES | DOUBLE THE SAME VOWEL | RAZZIES |
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WHO IS SUN WUKONG?
THIS PRIMATE SIDE-CHARACTER REALLY STEALS THE SHOW IN JOURNEY TO THE WEST, MAKING HIM FAR MORE FAMOUS THAN THE NOVEL'S MAIN PROTAGONIST, XUANZANG.
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WHO IS SAMWISE GAMGEE?
'I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME, AT THE END OF ALL THINGS' SAYS FRODO TO THIS CHARACTER, AT THE END OF 'THE RETURN OF THE KING'.
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WHAT IS WORLD WAR I?
IN 1917 & 1918 ONTARIO'S BILLY BISHOP CLAIMED 72 AERIAL VICTORIES AS AN ACE IN THIS WAR
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WHAT IS AN IGLOO
BLOCKS OF SNOW MAKE UP THIS DWELLING ALSO CALLED AN APUTIAK
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WHO IS SYLVESTER STALLONE?
THIS ACTOR, FAMOUS FOR HIS WORK AS 'RAMBO', WON THE FIFTH 'WORST ACTOR' RAZZIE IN 1985
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WHAT IS THE ART OF WAR?
SUN TZU CLAIMS THAT "IF YOU KNOW YOUR ENEMY AS YOU KNOW YOURSELF, YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE RESULT OF A HUNDRED BATTLES" IS THIS SEMINAL WORK OF MILITARY STRATEGY.
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WHAT IS THE FAERIE QUEENE
NOT QUITE A NOVEL, BUT THIS 16TH-CENTURY EPIC POEM WRITTEN BY EDMUND SPENSER IS OFTEN SEEN AS A PRECURSOR TO THE MODERN FANTASY NOVEL
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WHO IS KEANU REEVES?
THIS STAR OF JOHN WICK BOUGHT HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES FOR THE STUNT CREW HE WORKED WITH ON THE MATRIX RELOADED
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WHAT IS A SPOOL
A CYLINDER UPON WHICH WIRE OR THREAD GETS WOUND & WOUND
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WHAT IS CATS?
THIS 2019 UNIVERSAL PICTURES ADAPTATION OF AN ANDREW LLOYD WEBER MUSIC WON THE 'WORST PICTURE' AWARD IN 2019
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WHO IS CONFUCIUS?
WHILE THIS ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER ISN'T KNOWN TO HAVE WRITTEN ANYTHING DOWN, HIS IDEAS SURVIVE TO THIS DAY IN THE FORM OF THE 'ANALAECTS', A BOOK OF QUOTATIONS WRITTEN BY HIS STUDENTS AFTER HIS DEATH.
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WHO IS HARRY DRESDEN?
THIS CHARACTER, CREATED BY JIM BUTCHER, IS A PRACTICING PROFESSIONAL WIZARD IN CHICAGO.
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WHO IS JAMES DOOHAN?
AYE CAPTAIN; HE WAS BORN IN VANCOUVER & PLAYED SCOTTY ON STAR TREK
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WHAT IS A NOMINEE
A CANDIDATE SELECTED IN AN ELECTION FROM THE LATIN FOR NAME
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WHAT IS THE EMOJI MOVIE?
TONY LEONDIS WON THE 'WORST DIRECTOR' AWARD FOR HIS WORK ON THIS 2018 ANIMATED FILM ABOUT SMARTPHONE SHORTHAND IMAGES.
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WHAT IS THE TAO TE CHING?
THIS CLASSIC TEXT, TYPICALLY ATTRIBUTED TO LAO TZU, IS ABOUT GOING WITH THE FLOW AND ACHIEVING PERFECTION BY LIVING A VIRTUOUS LIFE OF HUMILITY AND PIETY.
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WHAT IS 'PARABLE OF THE SOWER' (or, Parable of the Talents)
THIS NOVEL BY OCTAVIA BUTLER, ABOUT A GIRL LIVING IN LOS ANGELES IN THE WAKE OF CLIMATE DISASTER, TAKES IT'S NAME FROM THE BOOK OF MATTHEW
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WHAT IS INSULIN?
CO-DISCOVERER OF THIS PANCREATIC HORMONE, ONTARIO'S FREDERICK BANTING WON A 1923 NOBEL PRIZE
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WHAT IS CANAAN?
LAND PROMISED TO ABRAHAM IN GENESIS
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WHAT IS THE LAST AIRBENDER?
THIS 2010 REMAKE OF A CHILDREN'S SHOW, DIRECTED BY M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN, WON THE 2010 AWARD FOR WORST EYE-GOUGING MISUSE OF 3D
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WHAT IS THE ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS?
DO NOT PERSUE LU BU! AN EARLY ANTAGONIST IN THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE END OF THE HAN DYNASTY, WRITTEN IN THE 14TH CENTURY BY LUO GUANZHONG
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WHO IS GEORGE MACDONALD?
'PHANTASES', WRITTEN BY THIS SCOTTISH AUTHOR, IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST MODERN FANTASY NOVEL
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WHO IS TOM LONGBOAT?
BIRTH NAME 'COGWAGEE' IN 1887, THIS IROQUOIS MAN BECAME FAMOUS AS A LONG DISTANCE RUNNER, AND SERVED IN THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN WORLD WAR I
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WHAT IS A CHICKADEE
A WORD FOR THE YOUNG OF ANY BIRD BEGINS THE NAME OF THIS BIRD
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WHO IS BEN AFFLECK?
THIS ACTOR WON THE 'RAZZIE REDEEMER' REWARD, HAVING WON A RAZZIE HIMSELF FOR HIS WORK IN 'GIGLI', BEFORE GOING ON TO BECOME AN OSCAR DARLING FOR HIS WORK IN 'ARGO' AND 'GONE GIRL'
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