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In China, a street food called jianbing is a thin savoury version of this batter-based pancake, cooked on a hot round griddle. In French-speaking parts of Canada, sweet and savoury versions have long been a traditional food. Which thin pancake is being described?

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In Erzurum, a regional dish called cağ, made from cubes of lamb roasted first on a horizontal rotating spit, is a beloved local speciality. In Manisa, a flat, smaller version is served on sliced pide bread with butter, tomato, garlic and green pepper. Which broad category of grilled meat dish do these belong to?

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Which 1999 hit song did Madonna perform at a Miami charity dinner in December 2016 for Raising Malawi, her Malawi-focused foundation, and which was also a top-20 hit in France and elsewhere across Europe, reaching number one in Finland and Italy?

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Which American R&B and pop girl group from the 1990s, famous for tight harmonies and songs like Free Your Mind and My Lovin', had a top 40 hit on the New Zealand Singles Chart and later inspired a six-part Flemish TV project in Belgium featuring Natalia Druyts?

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Which 1960s psychedelic rock band moved to San Francisco in early 1966 and became fixtures of the Fillmore and Avalon scene, and in summer 1968 gained huge fame with a performance at the Schaefer Music Festival in New York City?

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In the Nordic countries, this drink has the highest per person yearly use in the world, with Finland leading the pack. In Austria and Poland it took off after the 1683 Battle of Vienna, when supplies of it were captured from the defeated Ottoman Turks. Which drink is being described?

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Under Tennessee state law, most producers of this spirit must make it inside the state and put it through a charcoal filter step called the Lincoln County Process. Jack Daniel's is the best-known example. George Dickel, however, produces much of its rye whiskey under contract in Indiana. Which spirit is being described?

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This Samuel Beckett play inspired Antoinette Nwandu's Chicago-set drama Pass Over and was staged at Johannesburg's Centre for the Less Good Idea in October 2020, becoming the first live-audience physical event in South Africa since the start of its COVID-19 lockdown. Which absurdist play is being described?

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In 2005, Taylor, Michigan built a large blue bridge at Telegraph Road and I-94 in preparation for this February 2006 championship game held in nearby Detroit, which was selected to host at an NFL owners' meeting in Atlanta. Which championship game is being described?

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Which leader of China's 1911 revolution, who became the first president of the Republic of China, fired the first cannon shot of the anti-Qing revolution in Chongzuo in 1907, and later visited the port city of Qingdao in 1912 with the words 'I am impressed'?