There are two places marked on the map below (with the usual Google map markers). What is the significance of the two places, and the major geographical feature you see in the map?

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Identify the lady in the pictures below:

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The original book - a textbook of magic - was said to be written by a ‘half-crazed arab’, as the author put it. It soon gained widespread circulation across the world as a store of occult information, but was suppressed by later regimes.

The book recently resurfaced, although most sane people deny that it has anything to do with the original. Identify the book.

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Fully framed guest question from %gqh% Jean Valjean. Thanks Sire!

Simply identify this guy who passed away about 3 months back. Perhaps
best known for inventing X for which he was inducted into the Cable
Hall of Fame and given 2 Emmy Awards. Plenty of clues in the picture

X is a good example of the subject line.

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Simple stuff. This pic of this guy in this outfit was in the news yesterday. Why?

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An ‘ad’ for what?? Hint: This was sometime in the first decade of the 1800s!!

Sorry for the small size of image, but much of the detail is visible once you zoom in.

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This two Afghan dudes was in news recently for building 2. What is it? (Thanks to shrik for corrections)

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Some people were convinced that this photo taken by Viking 1 was a sure sign of life on planet X. Which planet? (Later imagery like 2 disproved it though)

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What is this?

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Guest question from %gqh% raklodramA. Thanks sire!

Identify and connect.

If you noticed, the GQH trophy has changed, thanks to a suggestion from raklodramA.
Others, at least now send us guest questions I say! You will get a star! Y U NO WANT STAR?

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