publication date: Thursday, November 23, 2017 (part of Fall 2017)

category: Government

clue: This Egyptian diplomat's long career defending human rights and uniting nations isn't as well-remembered as his silly name.

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Matthew Preston

Seeing Double: Is there an echo in here? These celebrities are so famous that people say their names twice. Hopefully each guess will be right both times. These goos with double names will appear throughout the Fall 2017 season.

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