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Charles McKiernan was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1835 and died in Montreal, Quebec in 1889. By what nickname did this Irish Canadian tavern owner, innkeeper and philanthropist come to be known in Montreal?

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In Laos and parts of northern Thailand this feathery green herb is called 'Lao coriander' and served as a side with salad yum or papaya salad. In Iran it is called 'shevid' and used in rice dishes like 'shevid-polo'. Which umbelliferous herb from the apiaceae family?

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In Indonesia the fried egg is served as 'telur ceplok' or 'telur mata sapi' (bull's eye egg) on top of nasi goreng. In which European country, home of paella and tortilla, is 'huevos fritos' also a common dish?

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This resist-dyeing technique is still practiced in Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and Argentina. A tricolor warp-dyed example from Tenancingo, Mexico, dates to 1931. The method is also found across the Andes and parts of Asia. Which textile technique that produces blurred patterns in woven cloth?

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In the Philippines, artists working in this genre primarily use the Filipino language instead of Spanish or English, while in Guatemala the same genre has seen increased popularity across Latin America including Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Argentina and Chile. Which Puerto-Rican-rooted urban music style?

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In the 1990s, school districts in both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia tried to remove this American novel from their teaching curricula. In 2009, a secondary school in Toronto also dropped it from grade 10 over complaints about its language. Which Harper Lee novel of racial injustice in the Deep South?

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Which Canadian ice hockey player played for Team Quebec at the 1995 Canada Winter Games, graduated from the National Police Academy in Quebec in 2000, and attended the University of Minnesota Duluth, graduating in 2005 with a degree in criminology?

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Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California once hosted this biennial golf competition between US and European teams, while the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales staged a famous rain-affected edition in 2010. Which international team trophy is being described?

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Censorship attempts targeting this 1940 Richard Wright novel reached the New England towns of North Adams, Massachusetts and Adams, Massachusetts. The book, set in Chicago, is an African-American novel that was later adapted into films and plays. Which novel of Bigger Thomas is this?

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Russia is a large multi-ethnic example of this kind of government, like the United States, Canada, India, Brazil, Pakistan and Australia, while Nepal became the world's newest example of it when its new constitution took effect on 20 September 2015. What is this political system of united self-governing units called?