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Which singer has been very popular in Finland since the beginning of his career, and had his song 'Ogni volta' ('Every Time') selling more than a million copies in Italy alone after he sang it at the 1964 Festival di Sanremo?

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In Belgium, the 1985 hit song 'Material Girl' reached the top five on the Ultratop 50 Flanders chart, and the song peaked at #4 on the Prensario chart in this South American country. Which South American country, home to Buenos Aires, is being described?

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This 2008 film was promoted on a five-city tour across the United States in November 2008, screening in Cleveland, Miami, Dallas, St. Louis, and Denver to raise funds for food banks in each region. Which film is being described?

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'The Intouchables,' a French-language 2011 film, topped box office charts in Italy for a week and was the most successful French film shot in French to be released there since at least 1997. In which other European country did it top the chart for eleven weeks, becoming the second most successful film of any nationality behind Titanic?

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This American folk musician left his archive of sound and video recordings at the Southern Folklife Collection in North Carolina, and died at his home in Lexington, Virginia on August 7, 2009, eight days before his 76th birthday, after stopping cancer treatment. Which musician is being described?

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Which German tennis player lost to Jennifer Capriati in the final at the Barcelona Olympic Games, claiming the silver medal, and later announced her retirement from the women's tour at age 30 on 13 August 1999, shortly after a strained hamstring forced her out of a second-round match against Amy Frazier in San Diego?

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Which football tiebreaker was clarified by a controversial 1986 World Cup incident between Brazil and France, and famously did NOT apply in Group F of the 1990 World Cup, where Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands were separated by drawing of lots after their final-day match?

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In November 1960, following independence from British rule, the Cyprus national football team drew its first official match 1-1 against Israel. On 17 February 1968, Cyprus recorded their first competitive win, 2-1 at the Old GSP Stadium in Nicosia in a European Championship qualifier. Which Central European country did they beat?

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Which American tennis player, inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1999, won the Virginia Slims of Indianapolis tournament by defeating Rosemary Casals in the final, then went on a losing streak at tournaments in Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Jacksonville, and Hilton Head?

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From 1945 until this peaceful political event, the Slovak villages of Sokolce and Tomášikovo were both part of Czechoslovakia. Which historic separation is being described?