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Rivals II
''The Challenge: Rivals II'' is the 24th season of the MTV reality game show '' The Challenge''. The season took place in Phuket, Thailand, with former cast members from MTV's '' The Real World'' and ''The Challenge'' competing. The season followed the same format as the original ''Rivals'' challenge, with players paired up with arch enemies from past seasons of ''The Real World'' and ''The Challenge''. A launch special, "ChallengeMania: the Road to Rivals II," aired on June 26, 2013. The season premiered with a special 90 minutes episode on July 10, 2013, and concluded its run on September 25, 2013, with the live Reunion special. This is the second of the ''Rivals'' series, with the original '' Rivals'' airing in 2011 and '' Rivals III'' following in 2016. Contestants Teams Format ''Rivals II'' follows the same format as the original ''Rivals'' challenge ( click here for further information), with the following differences: * After each challenge, the winning team whose g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phuket, Thailand
Phuket (; th, ภูเก็ต, , ms, Bukit or ''Tongkah''; Hokkien:普吉; ) is one of the southern provinces (''changwat'') of Thailand. It consists of the island of Phuket, the country's largest island, and another 32 smaller islands off its coast. It lies off the west coast of mainland Thailand in the Andaman Sea. Phuket Island is connected by the Sarasin Bridge to Phang Nga province to the north. The next nearest province is Krabi, to the east across Phang Nga Bay. Phuket province has an area of , somewhat less than that of Singapore, and is the second-smallest province of Thailand. The island was on one of the major trading routes between India and China, and was frequently mentioned in foreign ships' logs of Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English traders, but was never colonised by a European power. It formerly derived its wealth from tin and rubber and now from tourism. Toponymy There are several possible derivations of the relatively recent name "Phuket" (of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duel
The Duel may refer to: Literature * The Duel (poem), a poem by Eugene Field * The Duel (Chekhov novel), an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov *The Duel (Kuprin novel), a 1905 novel by Aleksandr Kuprin *The Duel (Conrad story), 1908 short story by Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Poles in the United Kingdom#19th century, Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in t ... * "The Duel" (Borges story), a 1970 short story by Jorge Luis Borges *'' The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power'', a 2008 book by Tariq Ali Film and television * ''The Duel'' (1910 film) * ''The Duel'' (1927 film) * ''The Duel'' (1939 film) * ''The Duel'' (1971 film), a 1971 Hong Kong film * ''The Duel'' (2000 film), a 2000 Chinese Lunar New Year's ''wuxia'' film directed by Andrew Lau * ''The Duel'' (2010 film) * ''The Duel'' (2016 film) * "The Duel" (''How I Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dollar Sign
The dollar sign, also known as peso sign, is a symbol consisting of a capital " S" crossed with one or two vertical strokes ($ or ), used to indicate the unit of various currencies around the world, including most currencies denominated "peso" and "dollar". The explicitly double-barred sign is called cifrão. The sign is also used in several compound currency symbols, such as the Brazilian real (R$) and the Nicaraguan córdoba (C$). The one- and two-stroke version are often considered mere stylistic (typeface) variants, although in some places and epochs one of them may have been specifically assigned, by law or custom, to a specific currency. The Unicode computer encoding standard defines a single code for both. In most English-speaking countries that use that symbol, it is placed to the left of the amount specified, e.g. "$1", read as "one dollar". History Use for the Spanish American peso in the late 1700s The symbol appears in business correspondence in the 1770s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas (2002 Season)
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its luxurious and extremely large casino-hotels together with their associated activities. It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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