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DEFINITION: (noun) A small natural hill. SYNONYMS: knoll, mound, hammock. USAGE: Umbopa pointed out to us a slight and indistinct hillock on the flat surface of the plain about eight miles away.

Wenders is a German filmmaker who first attracted attention with The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1971), a film that introduced the themes of alienation and rootlessness characteristic of his works. His film Paris, Texas earned him the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1989. What documentary about a group of Cuban musicians won him international popularity?

As leader of the trade union Solidarity, Walesa, a moderate, gained numerous concessions from the Polish authorities before his arrest and internment in the military crackdown of 1981. He was released in 1982 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize a year later. In 1990, Walesa was elected president of Poland. He failed to win reelection in 1995 and ran again in 2000. What percentage of the vote did he receive that year?

Enrico Caruso was an Italian operatic tenor whose voice is renowned for its natural beauty, range, and power. In 1903, he made his American operatic debut at the Metropolitan Opera, where he remained the favorite until a short time before his death in 1921. During his career, he made some 260 single-track 78rpm recordings, and reproductions and compilation albums of his work have helped perpetuate his fame. How many songs were included in Caruso's repertoire?