Wikipedia Descriptions #2 by Luke

Champion(s):

KonkelT
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Runner(s)-Up:

KesslerA2
The less you bet, the more you lose when you win.


Quiz Description

I give you a random excerpt from a Wikipedia article and you tell me what I am describing.

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It is the quantum of the electromagnetic field including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force (even when static via virtual particles).

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Photon

The central character of the series, ____, a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox baseball team, is the owner and bartender of the bar called "Cheers". He is also a recovering alcoholic and a notorious womanizer.

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Sam Malone

It is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands.

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Katana

At 1,046 feet (318.9 m), the structure was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. It is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework.

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Chrysler Building

For most of their recording career, it consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Nicky "Topper" Headon.

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The Clash

The Gospel of Luke 8:2–3 lists her as one of the women who traveled with Jesus and helped support his ministry "out of their resources", indicating that she was probably relatively wealthy.

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Mary Magdalene

The film follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller and his squad (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they search for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan, the last surviving brother of three servicemen killed in action.

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Saving Private Ryan

She has become an important figure in much of the fashion world, widely praised for her eye for fashion trends and her support for younger designers. Her reportedly aloof and demanding personality has earned her the nickname "Nuclear ___".

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Anna Wintour

It is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, citrus juice (typically lime juice), and sugar or other sweetener. It is one of the six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

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Daiquiri

This team was founded in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots, an expansion team of the American League (AL), in Seattle, Washington. The Pilots played their home games at Sick's Stadium. After only one season, the team relocated to ___.

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Milwaukee Brewers

It is a natural constituent of crude oil and is one of the elementary petrochemicals. Its molecule is composed of six carbon atoms joined in a ring with one hydrogen atom attached to each.

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Benzene

A complex novel in eight parts, with more than a dozen major characters, it is spread over more than 800 pages (depending on the translation and publisher), typically contained in two volumes. It deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and rural vs. city life.

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Anna Karenina

___ music is group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ___ was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style.

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A cappella

One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie (camógaíocht).

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Hurling

It is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the Earth's surface, or the surface of a celestial body.

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Longitude

She later on becomes a "believer" after Mulder's abduction at the end of season seven.

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Dana Scully

It is a combative sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop.

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Taekwondo

Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the city extend into Fort Bend and Montgomery counties, bordering other principal communities of Greater ___ such as Sugar Land and The Woodlands.

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Houston

In its original form, the ___ G3 had a gumdrop or egg-shaped look, with a CRT monitor, mainly enclosed by a colored, translucent plastic case, which was refreshed early on with a sleeker design notable for its slot-loaded optical drive.

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iMac

It is the occurrence of an unplanned fortunate discovery. It is a common occurrence throughout the history of product invention and scientific discovery. It is also seen as a potential design principle for online activities that would present a wide array of information and viewpoints, rather than just re-enforcing a user's opinion.

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Serendipity