Match the following digit sequences with the corresponding
Universal Constants (without references, of course):

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Without using reference tools, identify the origin of
the following cultural references taken, in random order,
from books, movies, television and politics (one of each):

• "A billion here, a billion there, soon..."
• "La di dah"
• "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" "Shame, shame, shame!"
• "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"

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Identify the geographical areas associated
with the following cultural references.

1. "I will return."
2. "Just the facts, maam."
3. The Great Game
4. "Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred"

For extra credit identify the approximate historical periods
these references refer to.

Poll Where in the world

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Identify the cultural, historical, social, and/or political
significance of the following, which refer to (in random order)
the decades of the 1980's, 1940's, 1960's and 1970's

1. "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

2. C

3. "...more popular than Jesus Christ..."

4. air traffic controllers

Poll November's trip down memory lane

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