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221: Connect. 220: “The Fog of War”, a phrase coined by the famous Prussian military theorist, historian and soldier Clausewitz. It refers to the the level of ambiguity in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations.The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding own capability, adversary capability and adversary intent during an engagement, operation…

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219: In the fictional worlds of the films Deep Impact, The Fifth Element and Idiocracy – black men become presidents of the US. What a far fetched premise! 220: A question from Shiv, again.What phrase connects these two gentlemen?

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217: Isaac Asimov created the Foundation series, inspired by “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbon. 218: Yet another question from the legal eagle. Identify this district.

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216: James Brolin as Ronald Reagan in the made-for-TV film “The Reagans”, son Josh Brolin as George W. Bush in W. 217: A question from Shiv again. One of them was inspired by a work of the other to create something. Who / What?

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213: György Ligeti’s etude (study) for piano solo no. 14 – created in tribute to Brancusi’s The Endless Column. It is composed within proportions of Brancusi’s endless column (16 modules + one half module), as a spiral of “endlessly” rising musical scales. 214: Identify this man, who refused to appear on the cover of Time…

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212: Ferdinand de Lesseps. His statue was removed from the entrance of the Suez Canal. 213: This piece of music was created in tribute to a remarkable work of art. Explain. Listen to it using the widget below or download it here. [blip.tv ?posts_id=1651187&dest=-1]