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In the first escape attempt in Prison Break, the inmates had an 18-minute window to get over the prison wall. This time constraint was crucial to the plan's timing and added tension to the escape sequence. The other time options are incorrect.

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is the birth name of Mother Teresa, the Catholic nun and missionary who founded the Missionaries of Charity and received the Nobel Peace Prize. She was born in Macedonia but became an Indian citizen and is known for her work in Kolkata.

Bjorn Borg won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship in 1977. This was part of his dominance in the late 1970s - he won five consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1976-1980. Arthur Ashe won in 1975, Becker won in 1985, and McEnroe won his first in 1981.

Both India and South Korea gained independence on August 15 - India from British rule in 1947, and South Korea from Japanese rule in 1945 (though the division into North and South occurred later). This makes South Korea the correct answer.

Alaska was part of Russia until the United States purchased it from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million (known as the Alaska Purchase). This territory was Russian America before becoming an American territory and later the 49th state.

Alaska was purchased by the United States from the Russian Empire in 1867 for $7.2 million.

Konkani is unique among Indian languages for being officially written in five scripts: Devanagari (official script of Goa), Roman (used in Goa's Christian communities), Kannada (used in Karnataka), Malayalam (used in Kerala), and Persian/Arabic scripts, reflecting the language's spread across multiple regions.

John Traicos is the only cricketer to represent both South Africa and Zimbabwe in Test cricket. He played 3 Tests for South Africa in 1970 before the apartheid-era sporting ban, and later represented Zimbabwe in their inaugural Test in 1992, spanning a 22-year international gap.

Lesotho is a true enclave - completely surrounded by South Africa. Bangladesh borders India and Myanmar; Afghanistan borders six countries including Iran, Pakistan, and Central Asian nations; UAE borders Oman and Saudi Arabia via land. Only Lesotho and Vatican City are single-country enclaves.