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Sydney Carton    appeared in the Dickens novel    A Tale of Two Cities Lawyer who is able to get a charge of treason reversed for Charles Darnay due to a strong physical resemblance. He later takes Darnay's place at the guillotine. Quote: It is a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known. Arts & Literature > Dickens Characters

2000    Summer Olympic Games were held in    Sydney Sports & Leisure > Summer Olympic Games Cities

The SCG    test cricket ground is in    Sydney The Sydney Cricket Ground, New South Wales, Australia was first used for Test cricket on 17th February 1882 Sports & Leisure > Cricket - Test Grounds

Sydney Pollack    directed    Tootsie (1982) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

1938    Commonwealth Games host was    Sydney Sports & Leisure > Athletics - Commonwealth Games

The Sydney Harbour Bridge    is in    Australia Bridge was formally opened on 19 March 1932. Known as "the Coathanger". Paul Hogan of Crocodile Dundee fame, once was a bridge-painter on this bridge. Geography > Bridges

New South Wales    has the capital    Sydney NSW Geography > Australian State and Territory Capitals

Sydney    is in    Nova Scotia Geography > Canadian Cities

Sydney Opera House    is in    Sydney Australia Arts & Literature > World Opera Houses

Sydney    Airport has the code    SYD New South Wales, Australia Geography > Airport Codes

Emerald City    is a nickname for    Sydney New South Wales. After a 1987 play of the same name by David Williamson. Geography > City Nicknames

Australian Associated Press    news agency is based in    Sydney AAP - Founded 1935. Misc > News Agencies

Sydney Opera House    is situated in    Sydney, Australia Abstraction & Creativity; Nominee for the new 7 wonders Geography > New Seven Wonders of the World

They Knew What They Wanted    was written by    Sydney Howard 1925 Arts & Literature > Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Sydney Pollack    directed    Absence of Malice (1981) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Sydney Pollack    directed    Bobby Deerfield (1977) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Sydney Pollack    directed    Out of Africa (1985) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Sydney Pollack    directed    The Firm (1993) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Sydney Pollack    directed    The Way We Were (1973) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Sydney Pollack    directed    Three Days of the Condor (1975) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Sydney    is located in    Australia Geography > Pacific Ports and Harbours

David Boon        Consumed 52 Cans of Beer on a Flight Between London and Sydney Australian cricket player Misc > Iconic Drinkers

Sorry!    featured the character    Sydney Lumsden Played by William Moore Entertainment > Best of British TV Comedy

Australia    is the site of    Sydney Opera House Geography > UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Australia    is the location of    Sydney Harbour National Park Geography > National Parks of the World

Flamingo Road (1949)    starred    Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott and Sydney Greenstreet Director: Michael Curtiz Movies > Movies of the 1940s

Michael Clayton (2007)    starred    George Clooney, Michael O’Keefe, Sydney Pollack and Tilda Swinton Director: Tony Gilroy Movies > Movies of the 2000s

Sydney Schanberg    wrote the book adapted for the film    Killing Fields (1984) Based on the 1985 book 'The Death and Life of Dith Pran' Movies > Films Based On Books

Joe Nussbaum    directed    Sydney White (2007) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Shipyard Sally (1939)    starred    Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard and Morton Selten Director: Monty Banks. Also starred Norma Varden, Oliver Wakefield & Tucker McGuire Movies > Movies of the 1930s

Sydney    is situated in    New South Wales Archdiocese Misc > Australian and NZ Roman Catholic Dioceses

Luna Park Sydney    is situated in    Australia Sydney, New South Wales Misc > World Amusement and Theme Parks

Mystery Junction (1951)    starred    Sydney Tafler, Barbara Murray and Patricia Owens Director: Michael McCarthy. Also starred Martin Benson, Christine Silver & Philip Dale Movies > Movies of the 1950s

Sydney Pollack    directed the film    Out of Africa (1985) Movies > Academy Award for Best Director

1973        Sydney Opera House Opened History & Mythology > 20th Century Events

Sydney Nolan    is known as an    Artist Born 1917, died 1992 History & Mythology > Who's Who From Australia

Sydney Pollack    was a    Film Director Also a producer and actor. He directed more than 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. Pollack is best known for directing films Out of Africa (1985), Tootsie (1982), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Yakuza (1975), The Way We Were and Jeremiah Johnson (1972), along with newer films The Interpreter (2005), Sabrina (1995), The Firm (1993) and Havana (1990). b. 1 July 1934 (Lafayette, Indiana, USA d. 26 May 2008 (Pacific Palisades, California) aged 73 History & Mythology > They Died in 2008

Sydney Pollack    was an    Actor Also a director and producer. He appeared in over 15 films, including The Interpreter (2005), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Husbands and Wives (1992), The Player (1992), and The Electric Horseman (1979). In 2007, he appeared opposite George Clooney in Michael Clayton, a film which he also co-produced. b. 1 July 1934 (Lafayette, Indiana, USA d. 26 May 2008 (Pacific Palisades, California) aged 73 History & Mythology > They Died in 2008

Sydney Bristow    is a fictional secret agent in    'Alias' TV series. SD-6, CIA & APO field agent, Covenant assassin (DSR double agent) Entertainment > Fictional Spies and Secret Agents

Sydney Funnelweb Spider    has the Latin name    Atrax Robustus Hexathelidae Family Science & Nature > Spiders - Latin Names

Lift High the Cross    was written by    George W. Kitchin & Sydney Nicholson Lyrics by Kitchin, music by Nicholson Music > Hymns - Songwriters

Charles Sydney Smith    won gold medals in    Water Polo Great Britain -- 1908-1920 -- 3/0/0=3 Sports & Leisure > Olympic Gold Medallists

The Maltese Falcon (1941)        Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre A wicked brew of ancient legends and modern greed, hard-nosed villains and cold-hearted heroes. Movies > Guy Flicks

William Sydney Mount    painted    The Banjo Player 1856, oil on canvas; The Museum at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York Arts & Literature > Paintings

Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz and John E. Sulston    won for work on    Programmed Cell Death 2002 Science & Nature > Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Sydney Barnes    represented    England (1901-1914) A bowler who combined swing, seam and spin at medium-fast pace. His 189 Test wickets came at the rate of 7 per Test. He took 49 wickets at an average of 10.93 in 4 Tests on the 1913/14 tour to South Africa, a world record for wickets in a Test series, included a match haul of 17-159 in the 2nd Test at Johannesburg. In all he took 6 229 wickets at an average of 8.33. Sports & Leisure > Cricket - ICC Hall of Fame

Charles Macerras    was music director of the    Sydney Symphony 1982-1985 Music > Classical Conductors

Edo De Waart    was music director of the    Sydney Symphony 1993-2003 Music > Classical Conductors

Sydney Fairchild    was played by Katharine Hepburn in    A Bill of Divorcement (1932) Movies > Films - Katharine Hepburn

The Killing Fields    portrays    Sydney Schanberg 1984 Academy Award winning film starring Sam Waterston Movies > Biographical Films