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Australia

 

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A nuclear bomb.

A thunder ball is the correct name for a mushroom cloud in a nuclear explosion.

 

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Canada - Sahara - Panama - -
These three place names have all the same word-form (x.a.y.a.z.a) but are pronounced quite differently, each from the other.
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Banana Republic. ...... sorry.

You are right to be sorry. Not only is banana not a place name, but banana matches the same pronunciation pattern as sahara.

Wrong twice!

 

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Tony Packo's Cafe

 

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The season after Jaws came out, there was a 50% drop in tourism in coastal states in the USA.

 

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40% found it somewhat or very enjoyable.


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Most consumed seafood in the US

Rank Seafood Per capita consumption in lbs

1 Shrimp 4.10
2 Canned Tuna 2.50
3 Salmon 2.04
4 Pollock 1.45
5 Tilapia 1.21
6 Catfish .85
7 Crab .59
8 Cod .42
9 Clams .41
10 Pangasius .36.

 

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Henry Goldblum

 

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He liked American cowboy movies.

 

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Fraser eventually discovered he had a half-sister, Maggie MacKenzie, Maggie is a member of the RCMP.

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Henry Goldblum

Henry Goldbloom was his character from Hill Street Blues. On NYPD Blue he is Det. John Clark Sr.

 

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Canada - Sahara - Panama - -

These three place names have all the same word-form (x.a.y.a.z.a) but are pronounced quite differently, each from the other.

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Here's a clue to one: Caribbean capital . . .

 

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She gives them a royal pudding.

 

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Languages spoken inQuebec

French
English
Italian
Arabic
Spanish