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- Wisdom
- Bread
- Harrison Ford
- Venezuela – President Maduro, who by most accounts lost by a landslide, yet claimed victory with an 80% majority.
- c) – Extra slow.
- Rose Garden
- John Keats
- a) 24 – 16 prisoners were held by Russia and were exchanged for 8 Russians held in the West. Alexei Navalny was to be part of the exchange programme, but was found dead in his prison on February 16, the day after his inclusion had been finalised.
- General Belgrano – 1982.
- Korea – King Sejong the Great recognised that Sino-Korean Hanja script was creating learning difficulties especially amongst the lower classes and therefore he promulgated a new alphabet.
- Leon Marchand who, on Wednesday night, won two golds 114 minutes apart. – Antoine Dupont – coming on just after half-time when the score against Fiji was level, he assisted in one try and made an additional two himself for a result that was always destined to be.
- a) – Nelson Mandela.
- Zirconium
- Boxing – in the case of women's boxing there have been claims of participants taking part with higher than normal levels of testosterone as well as claims of questionable adjudication . The IOC officials responsible for the sport seem to have left a less than desirable legacy.
- Numismatist
- Western Sahara. Ever since Morocco annexed the territory (a former Spanish colony) in 1975, Algeria has supported the Polisario Front, an organisation fighting for an independent Western Sahara. Since coming to power, Macron has attempted to improve relations between France and Algeria without success. This latest move has soured relations further with Algeria recalling its ambassador in Paris. It is likely to also block gas sales to France and refuse to take back illegal immigrants from France.
- Eucalyptus
- b) – nerve-racking is the correct form, although nerve-wracking is sometimes seen.
- Mason-Dixon line.
- The Hapsburgs