Wikipedia Descriptions #3 by Luke

Champion(s):

TWright17
There are sewers aplenty yet to dig


Runner(s)-Up:

imogen


Quiz Description

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

Full Results:

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1 TWright17 501 98 15
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3 randalleng 461 93 15
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4 CoenM 460 91 15
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5 mbmason 454 88 15
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6 MattK 443 85 15
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8 SokolM 423 79 15
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10 Shosin 420 74 15
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17 JasonDuiuc 389 57 15
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Questions:

It is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

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Oncology

It is similar to, and often confused with, the llama. However, they are often noticeably smaller than llamas. (no pressure, but you should know this one!)

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Alpaca

It is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent.

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Straw man

She went on to star as Catwoman / Selina Kyle in Tim Burton's superhero film Batman Returns (1992), following which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress and earned a third Academy Award nomination for playing a troubled housewife in Love Field (1992).

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Michelle Pfeiffer

It serves as the main theme song to James Cameron's blockbuster film Titanic, which itself based on an account of the transatlantic passenger liner of the same name which sank in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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My Heart Will Go On

Most episodes in this sitcom revolve around the dissimilar castaways' conflicts and their unsuccessful attempts, for whose failure ___ was frequently responsible, to escape their plight.

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Gilligan's Island

It is a founding member of the United Nations, the G20, BRICS, Union of South American Nations, Mercosul, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.

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Brazil

In its variants and numerous dialects, it was the lingua franca of ancient and medieval India.

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Sanskrit

This comic strip also examines ___'s relationships with family and classmates, especially the love/hate relationship between him and his classmate Susie Derkins.

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Calvin and Hobbes

He is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of humanity from clay, and who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity as civilization.

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Prometheus

Set in England and Italy, it is about a young woman named Lucy Honeychurch in the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England, and her developing love for a free-spirited young man, George Emerson.

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A Room with a View

It is lean trimmed meat that has been cut into strips and dried (dehydrated) to prevent spoilage. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt to prevent bacteria growth before the meat has finished the dehydrating process.

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Jerky

It is a compact car produced by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across eight generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – such as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada (Mk1 and Mk5), and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico (Mk1).

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Volkswagen Golf

Generally referred to in North America as boreal forest or snow forest, it is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.

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Taiga

She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.

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Loretta Lynn

Inspired by a 2004 biography by historian Ron Chernow, this musical's music draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes.

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Hamilton

He was later appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of the Economy and Industry in August 2014 by Prime Minister Manuel Valls. He ran in the election under the banner of a centrist political movement he founded in April 2016, En Marche.

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Emmanuel Macron

Often described as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, this novel brings to life the intricate details of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their interwoven stories. The novel was originally addressed to Steinbeck's young sons, Thom and John (then 6½ and 4½ years old, respectively).

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East of Eden

The development of its first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but as that idea fell through, a fantasy-themed fighting game was created instead.

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Mortal Kombat

It is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. It focuses on equality in economics, government and justice, though by no means exclusively, with the method and structure of proposed implementation varying based on ideology.

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Utopia