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The original author’s last story about this detective was “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”
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Sherlock Holmes
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DETECTIVE FICTION
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A shark named Bruce is a member of Fish-Eaters Anonymous in this favorite from 2003
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Finding Nemo
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ANIMATED MOVIES
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From 1920 to 1946 this Swiss city served as the seat of the League of Nations
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Geneva
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THE 20th CENTURY
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A cousin of this telegraph & code inventor set up the famous Pebble Beach golf course
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Samuel Morse
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SAM I AM
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You win in this game by getting the rope with a sphere attached wrapped completely around the pole
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tetherball
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TOYS & GAMES
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OGRE
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(Al) Gore
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS
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In “The Big Sleep” he says, “I’m 33 years old, went to college once & can still speak English if there’s any demand for it”
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Marlowe
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DETECTIVE FICTION
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This co-star of “Nash Bridges” returned in “The Lion King 1” as the voice of Bonzai the hyena
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Cheech Marin
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ANIMATED MOVIES
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On April 18, 1983 a terrorist bomb at the U.S. embassy in this mideastern capital killed 63, including 17 Americans
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Beirut
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THE 20th CENTURY
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Samuel Chase, Samuel Nelson, Samuel Miller & Samuel Blatchford all served on this august body
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the Supreme Court
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SAM I AM
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Now called this, it was introduced around 1928 as Hop Ching checkers
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Chinese checkers
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TOYS & GAMES
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WE NAG
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(Spiro) Agnew
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS
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In the April 1841 Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, this editor published his new detective story
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Poe
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DETECTIVE FICTION
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(Hi, I’m Clay Aiken.) For my movie song on “American Idol” I sang “Somewhere Out There” from this animated film
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An American Tail
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ANIMATED MOVIES
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In 1981 this labor union was outlawed in Poland; 8 years later it was legalized
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Solidarity
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THE 20th CENTURY
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This man who had just a cameo in 1990’s “The Return of Superfly” became “Shaft” in 2000
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Samuel L. Jackson
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SAM I AM
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Mattel has set this classic boxing toy in a video game “arena”
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Rock \'Em Sock \'Em Robots
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TOYS & GAMES
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LEMON AD
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(Walter) Mondale
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS
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She also created the detectives Tuppence & Tommy Beresford
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Agatha Christie
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DETECTIVE FICTION
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Ray Romano, John Leguizamo & Denis Leary voiced the “sub-zero heroes” in this 2002 flick
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Ice Age
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ANIMATED MOVIES
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In May 1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing the construction of this North American waterway
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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THE 20th CENTURY
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During this 1846-48 war, the U.S. Army bought 1,000 of Samuel Colt’s revolvers
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Mexican War
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SAM I AM
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The name of this game that uses 144 small tiles comes from a word meaning “sparrows”
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Mah Jongg
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TOYS & GAMES
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FLOCK REELER
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(Nelson) Rockefeller
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS
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“A Taste for Death” is one of P.D. James’ novels about this Scotland Yard detective and published poet
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Adam Dalgliesh
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DETECTIVE FICTION
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Former “SCTV” siblings Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas voiced moose siblings in this animal adventure
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Brother Bear
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ANIMATED MOVIES
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Unable to run for a third term as Pres. of Serbia, he made himself Pres. of Yugoslavia on July 23, 1997
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Slobodan Milosevic
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THE 20th CENTURY
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In 1865 this man set John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg
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Samuel Mudd
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SAM I AM
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The piece you try to capture in Stratego has one of these on it
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a flag
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TOYS & GAMES
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CLAW ALE
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(Henry A.) Wallace
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SCRAMBLED VEEPS
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In 1672 Giovanni Cassini determined the distance from the Earth to this, creating a new measuring unit, the Au
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the sun
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ASTRONOMY
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This magazine’s website says it’s “more than a magazine to Black America… it’s a way of life”
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Ebony
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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Guernsey
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England
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!!
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If your birthday is on September 24, you’re on this of the sign of Libra
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the cusp
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4-LETTER WORDS
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The $ may have originated as PS, an abbreviation for this other monetary unit
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the peso
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@$&!
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In 1679 Danish astronomer Ole Romer was the first to figure out the speed of this
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light
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ASTRONOMY
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2-word term for the peak listening period when rush hour commuters are in their cars
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drive time
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RADIO
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In 2004 this magazine’s website featured a remote camera to watch the migrating sandhill cranes in Nebraska
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National Geographic
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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Baffin Island
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Canada
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!!
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4-letter Italian term for the boss of a crime syndicate
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a capo
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4-LETTER WORDS
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The artist Chryssa is noted for her light art &s; done in tubes of this gas
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neon
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@$&!
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Term for the astronomical event that heralds the beginning of summer
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the solstice
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ASTRONOMY
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Casey Kasem created the long distance one of these & is heardherereading one:"This letter comes from a teenager in Washington, D.C. who learned that it's better to give than receive. Here's what she writes: 'Dear Casey...'"
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a dedication
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RADIO
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The USA’s 2 top-selling magazines are Reader’s Digest & TV Guide; this “Better” magazine comes in third
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Better Homes and Gardens
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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Corfu
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Greece
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!!
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It’s in dictionaries as the sound a small object makes dropping into water, sometimes without a splash
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plop
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4-LETTER WORDS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates at a chalkboard.) For the way it curls, Germans call our @ sign the Affinschwanz or this part of a monkey
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the tail
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@$&!
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To an astronomer UMa is an abbreviation for this constellation
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Ursa Major
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ASTRONOMY
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Iman is a model; this I-Man is this radio personality
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Don Imus
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RADIO
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In March 2004 Arnold Schwarzenegger became executive editor of the magazine called Muscle & this
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Fitness
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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The Canary Islands
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Spain
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!!
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This problem that sounds like what a coyote does at night could threaten a golfer’s career
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the yips
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4-LETTER WORDS
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The name of this company, whose symbol is seenhere, consists of 3-letters plus an &
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AT&T;
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@$&!
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A large crater on Saturn’s moon Mimas is named for the British astronomer who discovered the moon in 1789
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William Herschel
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ASTRONOMY
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The 2 words that followed “Lux” in a program beginning in 1936 that re-created plays & movies
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Radio Theater
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RADIO
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This largest newspaper chain owns the Des Moines Register & about 100 other papers
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Gannett
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MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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Bimini
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Bahamas
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THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!!
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The dying cowboy in “Streets of Laredo” wants 6 pretty girls to bear this
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his pall
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4-LETTER WORDS
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew quizzes us from the chalkboard, which reads, "10 gal. of paint @ $2.50 per qt.") It’s the total price in dollars for the shipment I'velisted
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$100
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@$&!
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'In November 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed this 16th century Englishman as the patron saint of politicians')
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Sir Thomas More
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PATRON SAINTS
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Head to this state's peach festival in For Valley if you want to help make the world's largest peach cobbler
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Georgia
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PITS BURG
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This title character of classic children's stories lived in Africa until he met the man with the yellow hat
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Curious George
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MONKEY BUSINESS
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From the AP: a man from Natchez in this state stole $100 from a teller but left his parole I.D. on the counter
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Mississippi
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THAT'S SO RANDOM!
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President McKinley is assassinated
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the 20th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY
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The 3 leaves on the shamrock associated with this holiday are said to represent the Holy Trinity
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St. Patrick\'s Day
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
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If you want a life in the theatre, perhaps you should get a B.F.A. degree, B.F.A. standing for this
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Bachelor\'s of Fine Arts
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GET A DEGREE
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Any pilgrimage to find the best olives will lead you through Kalamata in this country
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Greece
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PITS BURG
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Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey is this flavor ice cream with fudge chunks & walnuts
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banana
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MONKEY BUSINESS
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His 1978 run for congress was a bust; his first public service would have to wait until 1994, as Texas' governor
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George W. Bush
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THAT'S SO RANDOM!
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The Pilgrims arrive in Massachusetts
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the 17th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY
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The third Sunday in June, it didn't become official until signed into law in 1972
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Father\'s Day
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
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If you have an M.Ed. degree you're a master of this
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education
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GET A DEGREE
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This country's Murcia & Valencia regions produce many of the world's apricots
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Spain
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PITS BURG
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The Powerpuff Girls battle this megalomaniacal monkey with a rhyming name
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Mojo Jojo
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MONKEY BUSINESS
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It's prohibited by the 5th Amendment, but you'll be facing it in the next round
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double jeopardy
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THAT'S SO RANDOM!
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Gutenberg invents his printing press
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the 15th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY
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Mexico's Cinco de Mayo celebrates its victory over this country's troops at Puebla in 1862
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France
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
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It's the degree you hold if your mom introduces you as "my son, the M.B.A."
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a Masters of Business Administration
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GET A DEGREE
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76 years old, the original Hass avocado tree died in 2002 in La Habra Heights in this state
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California
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PITS BURG
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Assume the role of aspiring pirate Guybrush Threepwood in the video game "The Curse of" this place
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Monkey Island
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MONKEY BUSINESS
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"Han then, Freddy: look wh' y' gowin', deah" is the flower girl's first line in this Shaw play
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Pygmalion
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THAT'S SO RANDOM!
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Cortez conquers in the Incas in Mexico
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the 16th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY
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The name of this Jewish holy day means "beginning of the year"
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Rosh Hashanah
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
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You go to the DMV to get your driver's license; you go to a D.V.M. because she's a licensed doctor of this
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veterinary medicine
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GET A DEGREE
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In 1852 cherries were planted on Old Mission Peninsula in this Midwest state; it now grows 75% of the tart type
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Michigan
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PITS BURG
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Julius the Monkey, seen here, is the mascot of this brand
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Paul Frank
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MONKEY BUSINESS
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(I'm Ashleigh Banfield.) "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses", said this Algonquin Round Table member
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Dorothy Parker
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THAT'S SO RANDOM!
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The black death kills one-third of Europe
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the 14th century
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NAME THAT CENTURY
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On July 24 several South American countries celebrate the 1783 birth of this man
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Simon Bolivar
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HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
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Check it out! B.L.S. is a bachelor of this
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library science
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GET A DEGREE
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This classic by Stephen Crane is subtitled "An Episode of the American Civil War"
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The Red Badge of Courage
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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In 1993 Penn State became the 11th member of this conference, which didn't change its name
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the Big Ten
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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Visits to its colleges, like Christ Church & Merton, are restricted--scholars at work!
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Oxford
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND
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Law school grad; Parliament, 1983; youngest Prime Minister in almost 200 years, 1997
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Tony Blair
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS
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Some bands still put music out on vinyl, but most use polycarbonate, the material of these
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compact discs
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY
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Spanish for father
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padre
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY!
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Books by this Nobel Prize winner include "Love", "Beloved" & "Tar Baby"
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Toni Morrison
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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In 2001 this Utah school named its stadium for LaVell Edwards, its coach for 29 years
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Brigham Young University
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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The Tudor mansion at Knole has 52 staircases (1 for each week in the year) & this many rooms
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365
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND
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Law school grad; KGB operative, 1975 to 1991; President, 1999
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(Valdimir) Putin
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS
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New products from this company that used the "Better living..." slogan include fusion dye printer ink
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duPont
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY
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Prepared & available for use
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ready
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY!
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This Willa Cather novel is divided into 5 books, the first being "The Shimerdas"
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My Antonia
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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This legendary Notre Dame coach (1918-1930) leads all coaches in career winning percentage with .881
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Knute Rockne
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from under the boughs of a riverside willow in England.) Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare was baptized and buried, stands on the banks of this English this river
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Avon
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND
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B.S. from Egyptian Military Academy; air base commander, 1964; V.P, 1975 to 1981; president, 1981
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(Hosni) Mubarak
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS
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In the 1960s, linear alkyl benzene became the main ingredient in detergents because it has this eco-quality
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it\'s biodegradable
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY
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Quarry, like mice for owls
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prey
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY!
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This first novel by Bernard Malamud is considered one of the best baseball books of all time
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The Natural
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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This bowl game has been held in Jacksonville, Florida since January 1, 1946
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the Gator Bowl
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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The ceremony of Riding the Bounds in Berwick, Northumberland began as defense against raiders from this nation
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Scotland
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND
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Business degree, Universidad Iberoamericana; route supervisor for Coca-Cola; President, 2000
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(Vicente) Fox
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS
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The tingle on your tongue from drinking soda comes from the release of protons from this compound
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carbon dioxide
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY
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"Lucia di Lammermoor", for example
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opera
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY!
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Hemingway's epigraph to this novel includes a Biblical passage that begins, "One generation passeth away..."
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The Sun Also Rises
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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In 1999 this Virginia Tech quarterback led all Division 1-A quarterbacks in passing efficiency
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Michael Vick
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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The 1644 battlefield of Marston this, a type of gloomy field, is mentioned in a Bronte novel
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Moor
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MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND
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Political science degree; Mujahideen arms & money purveyor, 1980s; Transitional Head of State, 2001
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Hamid Karzai
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RESUMS OF WORLD LEADERS
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A narrow tube, or the type of "action" that explains how tall trees bring moisture up from the roots
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capillary
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BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMSITRY
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Last name of the "Saturday Night Live" announcer who was the voice of "Jeopardy!" when Art Fleming hosted
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Pardo
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THESE WORDS ARE INJEOPARDY!
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'2-word alternate name for 0 degrees longitude')
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Prime Meridian
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ON THE GLOBE
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In 1945 he became the oldest veep to succeed to the presidency upon the death of a president
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Harry Truman
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS
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Jim Hawkins
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Treasure Island
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING
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He later went back to Mellencamp, but under this name his album "American Fool" was No. 1 in 1982
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John Cougar
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CAT PEOPLE
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Benjamin Franklin encouraged this pamphleteer's 1774 move from England to America
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Thomas Paine
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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This cylindrical kitchen tool is useful for making pie crusts, or for keeping wayward husbands in line
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a rolling pin
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"ROCK" & "ROLL"
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One can be "tetched" in this body part
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the head
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
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In November 1910 he was elected governor of New Jersey; 2 years later he was elected president
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Woodrow Wilson
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS
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Jake Barnes
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The Sun Also Rises
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING
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It's the name of King John's crusading older brother
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Richard the Lionhearted
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CAT PEOPLE
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On June 14, 1777, he was given command of the Sloop Ranger
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John Paul Jones
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Their exploits included a quest for the "Kurwood Derby" & the discovery of upsadaisium, a new mineral
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Rocky & Bullwinkle
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"ROCK" & "ROLL"
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A "bombilation" is this type of sound often heard near beehives
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buzzing
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
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After a 19% showing in 1992, this presidential candidate could only muster 8 1/2% of the vote in 1996
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Ross Perot
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS
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Jing-Mei Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, Lena St. Clair & their mothers
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The Joy Luck Club
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING
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Role shared by Eartha Kitt on TV & Michelle Pfeiffer on the big screen
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Catwoman
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CAT PEOPLE
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It's been said that about 1/3 of all British troops in the colonies were these German mercenaries
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Hessians
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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For an incredible 50 years, 1926-76, he illustrated the official Boy Scout calendar
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Norman Rockwell
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"ROCK" & "ROLL"
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An "avuncular" person behaves in a way that reminds one of this relative
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an uncle
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
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This Texan served a record 17 years as Speaker of the House between 1940 & 1961
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Sam Rayburn
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS
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Humbert Humbert
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Lolita
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING
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Amanda Blake played this saloon owner on "Gunsmoke" for 19 seasons
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Miss Kitty
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CAT PEOPLE
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The Boston Port Act was one of these laws passed by England to retaliate for the Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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In 1986, Austrian-born Falco topped the charts withthissong about another Austrian:
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"Rock Me Amadeus"
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"ROCK" & "ROLL"
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A "monoglot" only knows one of these
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a language
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
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Known as "Battling Bob", he represented Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate from 1906 to 1925
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Bob LaFollette
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20th CENTURY POLITICIANS
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Sal Paradise
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On the Road
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING
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This character describes herself as the title animal in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
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Maggie the Cat
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CAT PEOPLE
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On Dec. 10, 1778 this New York attorney was chosen president of the Continental Congress
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John Jay
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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George Carlin's feature debut & Doris Day's last starring role were in the 1968 film "With Six You Get" this
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Eggroll
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"ROCK" & "ROLL"
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When a joke causes people to "cachinnate", they're doing this too loudly
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laughing
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YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
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Found in Central & South American forests, the spider monkey hangs from trees by this type of tail
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prehensile
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
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This "Pieta" artist was born in Caprese, a village in Tuscany, in 1475
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Michelangelo (Buonarroti)
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
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In 1962, his pop version of "I Can't Stop Loving You" was the No. 1 single of the year
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Ray Charles
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LOVE SONGS
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Few were surprised when Julia Roberts split from this singer after 21 months of marriage
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Lyle Lovett
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CUPID GOOFED
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Jesus was still dripping from this event when a voice from heaven called him "my beloved Son"
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baptism
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HE SAID
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In 1997, as her daughter left for Stanford, she wondered "why I ever agreed to let her skip third grade"
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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SHE SAID
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These smallest apes spend most of their lives, including mating & giving birth, in trees
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gibbons
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
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This Dutchman's 1660s painting of "The Jewish Bride" is in the Rijksmuseum
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Rembrandt
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
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Hit in which Sinatra sang, "Love was just a glance away, a warm embracing dance away" ...dooby dooby do
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"Strangers In The Night"
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LOVE SONGS
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Unhappy in his marriage, he loved his wife's sister & memorialized her in "Oliver Twist"
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Charles Dickens
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CUPID GOOFED
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After his name was changed to Israel, God still called him this, to tell him to go down to Egypt
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Jacob
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HE SAID
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Ironically, Marianne Moore began a poem about this literary form, "I, Too, Dislike It"
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poetry
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SHE SAID
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This banded mammal can be seen in the Southern U.S. & in The Clash's "Rock The Casbah" video
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the armadillo
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
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He painted the scandalous picture seen here:
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Edouard Manet
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
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Henry Mancini topped the pop charts just once, with this movie theme heardhere:
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"Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet"
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LOVE SONGS
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One of the things she asked Tom to return in their ugly divorce was her Emmy award
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Roseanne Barr
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CUPID GOOFED
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In Eden the Lord told Adam he would return to this & told the serpent he would eat it
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dirt (or dust or earth or soil)
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HE SAID
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In 1776 she wrote to husband John, "Remember the ladies, and be more generous....to them than your ancestors"
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Abigail Adams
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SHE SAID
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The wild horned aoudad, or Barbary sheep, lives in the Aures & these northern African mountains
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the Atlas Mountains
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
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The name of his 1896 painting "No Te Aha Oe Riri" means "Why Are You Angry"?
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Paul Gauguin
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
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In 1986 Whitney Houston found this title lyric is "easy to achieve"
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"The Greatest Love Of All"
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LOVE SONGS
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In 1762 after Peter III threatened divorce, this wife deposed him & became empress of Russia
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Catherine the Great
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CUPID GOOFED
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God told Joshua, "Make thee sharp knives" & do this to the male Israelites "A second time"
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circumcise them
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HE SAID
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"One is not born a woman, one becomes one", this Frenchwoman wrote in "The Second Sex"
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Simone de Beauvoir
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SHE SAID
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Resembling the antelope, this animal named for its forked horns is the fastest in the Western Hemisphere
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the pronghorn
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
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This Belgian surrealist painted a 1957 mural called "La Fee Ignorante" -- "The Ignorant Elf"
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Rene Magritte
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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
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They're "an institute you can't disparage. Ask the local gentry, and they will say it's element'ry"
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"Love And Marriage"
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LOVE SONGS
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To end his marriage in 1877, this Russian composer tried to catch a lethal case of pneumonia
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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CUPID GOOFED
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In 1 Kings 19 God tells him "Anoint Hazael", but he doesn't tell him to visit homes during the Seder
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Elijah
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HE SAID
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This British novelist & essayist thought human character changed "on or about December 1910"
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Virginia Woolf
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SHE SAID
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'City where Goethe & Nietzsche died & a republic & a breed of dog were born')
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Weimar (Weimar Republic & Weimaraner dog)
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EUROPEAN CITIES
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Business partner Jacob Davis added the rivets to the pocket corners of this man's pants
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Levi Strauss
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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In 1589 Boris Godunov got this country's Orthodox Church recognized as an independent patriarchate
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Russia
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HISTORY
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On this series, Crystal Bernard plays Helen, an airport lunch counter operator & cellist
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Wings
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TV & FILM CELLISTS
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The Grune Woche, one of Germany's largest agricultural fairs, takes place in this capital city.
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Berlin
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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It begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day"
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"Casey at the Bat"
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POETS & POETRY
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Newspaper publisher Britt Reid fights crime as this "Green" hero
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the Green Hornet
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BUG NAMES
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It's said he added a wire comb to his cotton gin at the suggestion of Catherine Greene, a widow
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Eli Whitney
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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When he went to Europe in 1971, he became the first reigning Japanese monarch to travel abroad
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Hirohito
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HISTORY
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In Ghostbusters she played the cellist who fell for, or rather levitated for, Bill Murray
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(Sigourney) Weaver
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TV & FILM CELLISTS
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Albany, Georgia has an annual festival devoted to this nut, a type of hickory
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the pecan
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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His poem, "Highland Mary", was inspired by Mary Campbell, to whom he was engaged
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Burns
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POETS & POETRY
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A googly is a deceptive delivery by the bowler in this sport
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cricket
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BUG NAMES
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During World War I he directed the wireless service of Italy's army
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Marconi
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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In 1942 he replaced Gandhi as leader of India's National Congress Party
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Nehru
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HISTORY
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In The Living Daylights he played the Bond who formed a bond with Czech cellist Maryam d'Abo
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(Timothy) Dalton
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TV & FILM CELLISTS
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An Urbanna, Virginia festival devoted to this bivalve serves it in every conceivable fashion.
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oysters
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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He included an unflattering description of himself in one of "The Canterbury Tales"
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Chaucer
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POETS & POETRY
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This producer brought together "Our Gang", those cute little rascals
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(Hal) Roach
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BUG NAMES
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In 1959 Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce applied for patents on the first integrated ones of these
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a circuit
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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In 1973 Menachem Begin helped form this Israeli political party, a merger of several smaller parties
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Likud
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HISTORY
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Tannis Vallely played the cello-playing honors student on this Howard Hesseman series
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the Head of the Class
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TV & FILM CELLISTS
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Gering, Nebraska's 4-day celebration of this pioneer trail features an old settler's reunion and parades
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the Oregon Trail
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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In 1823 Shelley was buried in the same Rome cemetery where this poet had been buried 2 years earlier
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Keats
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POETS & POETRY
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In 1982 he had a hit single, "Goody Two Shoes", & a hit album, "Friend or Foe"
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Adam Ant
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BUG NAMES
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The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' & was named for its inventor
|
the Ferris Wheel
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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
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Great Britain gained most of Eastern Canada from France as a result of this war
|
the French & Indian War
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HISTORY
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Buddy Sorrell was the character who played the cello on this comedy series
|
The Dick Van Dyke Show
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TV & FILM CELLISTS
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This country sets aside June 15 to honor its Dannebrog, the oldest national flag in the world
|
Denmark
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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This British poet of "Gunga Din" penned the phrase "East is East, and West is West"
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(Rudyard) Kipling
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POETS & POETRY
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Last name of the "Back to the Future" movie character seenhere
|
McFly
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BUG NAMES
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In 1784 the king considered having this torn down; in July 1789, the people did so on their own
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le Bastille
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Kangaroo Paw, an unusual-looking wildflower, is native to this country
|
Australia
|
NATURE
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In 1985 this performer bought ATV, owner of much of the Beatles' catalogue, for over $40 million
|
Michael Jackson
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POP MUSIC
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This state leads the U.S. in number of registered automobiles with over 17 million
|
California
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TRANSPORTATION
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Kiribati's largest island is named for this ho-ho holiday
|
Christmas Island
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ISLANDS
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When this Shakespearean theater was rebuilt after a 1613 fire, tile replaced thatch on its roof
|
the Globe Theatre
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THEATRE
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On July 11, 1789, Lafayette proposed to the Assembly a first draft of the declaration of these
|
the rights of man
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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This hybrid offspring of a male donkey & a mare is usually sterile
|
a mule
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NATURE
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The "Acid Queen" costume she wore in "Tommy" is now in Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
|
Tina Turner
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POP MUSIC
|
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Air in this tunnel between NYC & Jersey City comes from giant fans in 4 10-story towers
|
the Holland Tunnel
|
TRANSPORTATION
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It's separated from the "toe" of Italy by the Strait of Messina
|
Sicily
|
ISLANDS
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The drama theatre, 1 of 4 auditoriums in this Sydney structure, is used for plays
|
the Sydney Opera House
|
THEATRE
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Written by Rouget de Lisle as "Chant de guerre pour l'armee du Rhin", it's now known as this anthem
|
La Marseillaise
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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This hot, dry Saharan wind whose name comes from Arabic for "East" can bring rain to southern Europe
|
Sirocco
|
NATURE
|
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"Great Balls of Fire!" In 1968 he played Iago in "Catch My Soul", a rock musical version of "Othello".
|
Jerry Lee Lewis
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POP MUSIC
|
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This state capital has a Wiley Post Airport as well as a Will Rogers Airport
|
Oklahoma City
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
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Yell, Mainland, and Fetlar are among these islands famous for their ponies
|
the Shetlands
|
ISLANDS
|
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Uta Hagen was the first to play Martha in this playwright's"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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Albee
|
THEATRE
|
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Running from July 19 to August 17, this month was so hot... you could cook a lobster on the sidewalk
|
Thermidor
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
|
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The dried leaves of the purple foxglove are used to produce this heart stimulant
|
digitalis
|
NATURE
|
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|
Her 1986 No. 1 hit "That's What Friends Are For" was credited to her "and Friends"
|
Dionne Warwick
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POP MUSIC
|
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|
This series of canals allows transportations and commerce between Lakes Superior & Huron
|
the Sault Ste. Marie Canals
|
TRANSPORTATION
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It lies 25 miles south of Barbuda
|
Antigua
|
ISLANDS
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2 of Wilkie Collins' plays were performed at a theatre in this "Great Expectations" author's home
|
(Charles) Dickens
|
THEATRE
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1790's new tricolor flag replaced one with this floral symbol
|
the fleur-de-lis
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
|
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Most of these birds belong to the genus cygnus
|
swans
|
NATURE
|
|
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She refused a 1990 Grammy for best alternative performance for "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"
|
(Sinead) O\'Connor
|
POP MUSIC
|
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This city's Logan International Airport is about 180 miles closer to Europe than New York City is
|
Boston
|
TRANSPORTATION
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In the West Indies, Dominica lies between Guadeloupe & this French island
|
Martinique
|
ISLANDS
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Lady Gregory organized foreign tours of this Dublin theater company from 1911 to 1913
|
the Abbey Theatre
|
THEATRE
|
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'The northernmost country in Africa, it\'s much smaller than the countries that border it')
|
Tunisia
|
AFRICAN COUNTRIES
|
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Slang for a large amount, it's also the past tense of "slay"
|
Slew
|
WORDS
|
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This Scottish discoverer of the Victoria Falls was "found" by Henry Stanley in November 1871
|
Dr. David Livingstone
|
AFRICAN HISTORY
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|
Superstition says that to ensure good luck a bride must wear these 4 items
|
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"
|
WEDDINGS
|
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She's won 4 "Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy" Emmys as Carla on "Cheers"
|
Rhea Perlman
|
TV "P"EOPLE
|
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|
The first bobsled races were held in this mountainous country
|
Switzerland
|
SPORTS
|
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On Dec. 25, 1492, his ship the Santa Maria was wrecked off Hispaniola
|
Christopher Columbus
|
DECEMBER 25TH
|
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It's a small harpsichord or piano, not a small spinning wheel
|
Spinet
|
WORDS
|
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In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself
|
Sir Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia)
|
AFRICAN HISTORY
|
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A bride's principal attendant
|
Maid/Matron of Honor
|
WEDDINGS
|
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For 25 years this director of the St. Louis Zoo hosted "Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"
|
Marlon Perkins
|
TV "P"EOPLE
|
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|
In 1910 the Intercollegiate Athletic Association changed its name to this
|
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
|
SPORTS
|
|
|
In 1950 Scottish nationalists stole the 336 lb. Stone of Scone from this British coronation site
|
Westminster Abbey
|
DECEMBER 25TH
|
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|
It can be a merry adventure, a harmless prank or a bird
|
Lark
|
WORDS
|
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To protect against piracy in the 18th century, the U.S. made payoffs to this group of north African states
|
Barbary States/Coast
|
AFRICAN HISTORY
|
|
|
At Japanese weddings the bride & groom seal their union with sips of this alcoholic beverage
|
Sake
|
WEDDINGS
|
|
|
He was a panelist on "To Tell The Truth" for 9 years; now he's George Utley on "Newhart"
|
Tom Poston
|
TV "P"EOPLE
|
|
|
A 5 iron is a mashie, a 9 iron is a niblick & this is a mashie niblick
|
7 Iron
|
SPORTS
|
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|
On Dec. 25, 1868 this president pardoned "All who....participated in the late rebellion"
|
Andrew Johnson
|
DECEMBER 25TH
|
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This word for a form of Japanese dance-drama isn't negative, it means "talent"
|
Noh
|
WORDS
|
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In 1975 this country's colony of Angola became the last European colony to gain independence
|
Portugal
|
AFRICAN HISTORY
|
|
|
Child attendant who carries a pillow in the procession
|
Ring Bearer
|
WEDDINGS
|
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|
She was "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
|
Stefanie Powers
|
TV "P"EOPLE
|
|
|
Devised by Owen Patrick Smith, this sport was legalized in Florida in 1931
|
Greyhound/dog racing
|
SPORTS
|
|
|
He was crowned on December 25th in the year 800
|
Charlemagne
|
DECEMBER 25TH
|
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|
Type of bag carried by soldiers or sailors, or a simple song
|
Ditty
|
WORDS
|
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|
This dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. until the suicide death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C.
|
Ptolemys
|
AFRICAN HISTORY
|
|
|
These notices of intent to marry in the Catholic Church are published to make sure each party is free
|
Banns
|
WEDDINGS
|
|
|
This brother & sister played a brother & sister on "The Donna Reed Show"
|
Paul & Patty Petersen
|
TV "P"EOPLE
|
|
|
Australian Rules, American & Association describe sports that are all named this
|
Football
|
SPORTS
|
|
|
In 1777 British explorer James Cook discovered this island
|
Christmas Island
|
DECEMBER 25TH
|
|
|
Locusts are short-horned or short-antennaed varieties of these
|
Grasshoppers
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
|
|
|
Canada's Ontario province shares the Thousand Islands with this U.S. state
|
New York
|
THE 50 STATES
|
|
|
Completes the John le Carre title "Tinker, Tailor,..."
|
Soldier, Spy
|
SPY NOVELS
|
|
|
Noted with a dot on the score, it's the opposite of legato
|
Staccato
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC
|
|
|
One proverb says, "6 hours" of this "for a man, 7 for a woman & 8 for a fool"
|
Sleep
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
In ancient China & in classical antiquity, this accessory was made of polished metal, not glass
|
Mirror
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
Developed by astronomer A.E. Douglass, dendrochronology determines age in this way
|
Counting tree rings
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
|
|
|
The 3 states represented in the name of the city of Texarkana
|
Arkansas, Louisiana & Texas
|
THE 50 STATES
|
|
|
"Marco Polo If You Can" is one of this "National Review" founder's forays into spy novels
|
William F. Buckley
|
SPY NOVELS
|
|
|
English title of Paul Dukas' symphonic piece "L' Apprenti Sorcier"
|
"The Sorcerer\'s Apprentice"
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC
|
|
|
William Congreve coined the oft-misquoted proverb, "Music has charms to soothe" a "savage" one
|
Breast
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
They were first called "Fashion Babies", but until the 19th C. many of them looked like adults
|
Dolls
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
Each December the Paul Bunyan Sled Dog Races are held in Bemidji in this northern state
|
Minnesota
|
THE 50 STATES
|
|
|
His most recent bestseller is "The Icarus Agenda", published in 1988
|
Robert Ludlum
|
SPY NOVELS
|
|
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Most people know its first 4 notes; these are its last notes:
|
Beethoven\'s "Fifth Symphony"
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC
|
|
|
"Blessed is he who expects" this, "for he shall never be disappointed"
|
Nothing
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
In medieval armor, the part of the body protected by the "Pauldron" or "Epauliere"
|
Shoulder
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
Einstein's famous equation states energy equals mass times this squared
|
the speed of light
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
|
|
|
The Amana Colonies in this state are known for the manufacturing of refrigerators & other appliances
|
Iowa
|
THE 50 STATES
|
|
|
He wrote "The Odessa File" & "The Fourth Protocol" as well as "The Day of the Jackal"
|
Frederick Forsythe
|
SPY NOVELS
|
|
|
Stalin's death the next day pushed this "Peter & The Wolf" composer's obit off the front page
|
Sergei Prokofiev
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC
|
|
|
"The hand that" does this "is the hand that rules the world"
|
Rocks the Cradle
|
PROVERBS
|
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|
One of the older types of cooking vessels, it figures importantly in Act IV of "Macbeth"
|
Cauldron
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
When swinging a rock on a string in a circle, this force pulls the rock inward
|
Centrifugal
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
|
|
|
Bordering on Kentucky, this easternmost of the 12 midwestern states also has a bluegrass region
|
Ohio
|
THE 50 STATES
|
|
|
Singular pseudonym of Rodney Whitaker, who authored 2 "Sanction" books, "Loo" & "Eiger"
|
Trevanian
|
SPY NOVELS
|
|
|
Friml gave us the "Donkey Serenade", but he gave us the whole "Carnival Of Animals"
|
Camille Saint-Saens
|
CLASSICAL MUSIC
|
|
|
"They that sow the wind shall reap" this
|
The whirlwind
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
The name of this chair is said to have come about when George III ordered some made for his castle
|
Windsor Chair
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
'This president was the last surviving signer of the U.S. Constitution')
|
James Madison
|
U.S. PRESIDENTS
|
|
|
This country occupies all of the peninsula known as Asia Minor
|
Turkey
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
Jason Robards played this Washington Post editor in "All the President's Men"
|
Ben Bradley
|
JOURNALISTS
|
|
|
This fruit that's named for a bird looks like a brown egg that's covered with fuzz
|
a kiwi
|
FRUIT
|
|
|
In February 1998 the World Wide Web Consortium gave its imprimatur to this text format
|
XML
|
"X" RATED
|
|
|
This TV shrink's toughest case was the unbelievably neurotic Elliott Carlin
|
Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart accepted)
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE
|
|
|
Appointed in 1994, this justice from Massachusetts was the last to join the court in the 20th century
|
Breyer
|
THE SUPREMES
|
|
|
This Sicilian volcano's height varies between major eruptions; in some instances by several hundred feet
|
Etna
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
This son of a "60 Minutes" correspondent was at ABC News for 15 years before joining Fox News in 2003
|
Chris Wallace
|
JOURNALISTS
|
|
|
A sweet cherry is named for this Washington State landmark
|
Mt. Rainier
|
FRUIT
|
|
|
The horizontal number line in a Cartesian plane coordinate system
|
thex-axis
|
"X" RATED
|
|
|
"Lord knows I can't change", says this Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem often requested at rock shows
|
"Free Bird"
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE
|
|
|
This "colorful" justice appointed in 1937 was an ardent New Deal supporter
|
(Hugo) Black
|
THE SUPREMES
|
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|
The name of this North African city means "three cities" & refers to the ancient cities of Oea, Sabrata & Leptis Major
|
Tripoli
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
"A Mighty Heart" is a 2003 biography of this slain Wall Street Journal reporter by his widow, Mariane
|
(Daniel) Pearl
|
JOURNALISTS
|
|
|
It's the most important fruit export of Costa Rica & Honduras
|
bananas
|
FRUIT
|
|
|
Before testing the Enterprise & flying on the STS-2 shuttle mission, Joe Engle piloted this craft into space 3 times
|
the X-15
|
"X" RATED
|
|
|
The Shmoos in this Al Capp comic strip could be made into food, clothing or anything else you liked
|
Li\'l Abner
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE
|
|
|
Though appointed by Nixon in 1969, this chief justice ruled that Nixon had no absolute right to privacy while in office
|
Warren Burger
|
THE SUPREMES
|
|
|
The largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, it's known as the "Pearl of the Mediterranean"
|
Majorca
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
This Pulitzer winner gained fame reporting on My Lai & has written on Iraq for the New Yorker
|
(Seymour) Hersh
|
JOURNALISTS
|
|
|
The name of this Pacific island fruit of the genus Artocarpus implies that it's starchy
|
breadfruit
|
FRUIT
|
|
|
This "Great" Persian King ruled from approximately 486-465 B.C.
|
Xerxes
|
"X" RATED
|
|
|
On radio this Hammett hero ended each episode's case summary to Effie with "Period. End of report"
|
Sam Spade
|
20th CENTURY POP CULTURE
|
|
|
Justice Harlan was named for this earlier justice & served nearly as long, 1877-1911
|
John Marshall
|
THE SUPREMES
|
|
|
This southern Greek peninsula was once called Morea, or "mulberry", for its mulberry-leaf shape
|
the Peloponnesus
|
MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
Michael Kinsley is the founding editor of this "rocking" online publication
|
Slate
|
JOURNALISTS
|
|
|
This Japanese apple was created in part from the Ralls Janet, an antique apple that dates back to Thomas Jefferson
|
the Fuji
|
FRUIT
|
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Bellamy, Hauteval & Hottinguer were the real last names of the men involved in this late 1790s U.S. diplomatic "afffair"
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the XYZ Affair
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"X" RATED
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He's the 3 named character actor seenherein a 1930s film classic"Well, congratulations on your engagement, Miss Seton. You're not getting very much, but I'm sure you can improve him."
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Edward Everett Horton
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20th CENTURY POP CULTURE
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In 1919 he stated the concept of "clear & present danger" as the only basis for limiting free speech
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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THE SUPREMES
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Ashley Wilkes says of him, "Arrogant devil, isn't he? He looks like one of the Borgias"
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Rhett Butler
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NOVEL CHARACTERS
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Part of a house that comes before "community" in a term for a commuter suburb
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bedroom
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COMMUNITIES
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The integral symbol seenhere, created by Leibniz, is a stylized "S" standing for this word
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sum
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MATH SYMBOLS
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India's prime minister is the leader of a parliamentary system modeled after that of this country
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the United Kingdom
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THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
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It's quite logical that this branch of knowledge is from the Greek for "lover of knowledge"
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philosophy
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FROM THE GREEK
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This 1897 title character crawls down the wall of his castle face down, with his cloak spreading out like wings
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Dracula
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NOVEL CHARACTERS
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The chemistry (& torture) between Mel & Gary Busey's henchman was electric in this 1987 megahit
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Lethal Weapon
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MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN
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Dan Bern sings, "It's" this type of town, "like Hershey, Pennsylvania... like Akron, Ohio"
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a company town
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COMMUNITIES
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Instead of a decimal point, the French use this common punctuation mark
|
a comma
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MATH SYMBOLS
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The prime minister's official residence is found at No. 7 Race Course Road in this city
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New Delhi
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THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
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Aptly enough, this word for a sports participant is from the Greek for "one who contends for a prize"
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athlete
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FROM THE GREEK
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The heroine of this 1722 novel is born in Newgate Prison, where her mother is incarcerated
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Moll Flanders
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NOVEL CHARACTERS
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Mad Mel's lashed to a pack animal & sent into the desert after a battle in this 1985 title structure
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Thunderdome
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MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN
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If the roads are bad near this type of small South African village, traffic might slow to one of these
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a kraal
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COMMUNITIES
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue standing at a chalkboard.) When you've used parentheses & brackets, it's time forthese
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braces
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MATH SYMBOLS
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This third-generation Indian prime minister was once called "Mr. Clean" for his fight against corruption
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Rajiv Gandhi
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THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
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I exclaimed this when I found this Greek word for "I've found it" in the dictionary
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Eureka
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FROM THE GREEK
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In Chapter 1 of a Theodore Dreiser novel, this naive 18-year-old heroine meets--uh-oh!--a traveling salesman
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Sister Carrie
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NOVEL CHARACTERS
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Capt. Picard, no! Patrick Stewart water-tortures Mel in this 1997 pic, though without use of a grassy knoll
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Conspiracy Theory
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MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN
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Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof" is this, a Yiddish word for a small Jewish village
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a shtetl
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COMMUNITIES
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An arrow with a dot at the non-pointed end indicates this, also a male first name
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a ray
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MATH SYMBOLS
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The first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India, current PM Manmohan Singh, is a member of this faith
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Sikhism
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THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
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From the Greek "kuanos", meaning dark blue, it's a color used in printing & photography
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cyan
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FROM THE GREEK
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Eustacia Vye's wild passion for Damon Wildeve leads to tragedy in this Thomas Hardy novel
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The Return of the Native
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NOVEL CHARACTERS
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"Revenge" isn't quite the right word for this '99 pic where, when it comes to Mel's torture, let's say "The toes knows"
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Payback
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MEL GIBSON: TORTURED THESPIAN
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Frenchman's Bend is this title type of town in a 1940 William Faulkner work
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a hamlet
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COMMUNITIES
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue standing at a chalkboard.) This "extreme" symbol indicates a square root; when used with araised 3, a cube root
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a radical
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MATH SYMBOLS
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While in prison in the 1920s, he wrote "Glimpses of World History", a series of letters to his daughter
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(Jawaharlal) Nehru
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THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
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Omigod! One of the top names for girls in the 1980s, it's from the Greek Theophania, "manifestation of God"
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Tiffany
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FROM THE GREEK
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'Number of Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes')
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1
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THE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA
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In botany it's the term used for the liquid in the stems & roots of plants & trees
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Sap
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"S"CIENCE
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On Sept. 30, 1927 Washington's Tom Zachary threw the pitch that became this man's 60th homer of the season
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Babe Ruth
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THE ROARING '20S
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The American version of the British "Johnny Newcome"
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"Johnny-come-lately"
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CLICHES
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Some Biblical scholars believe it was an orange or a quince -- or possibly an apricot
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The Forbidden Fruit
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THE BIBLE
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As president of the Senate, on Jan. 4, 1989 he announced to Congress that George Bush won the election
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George Bush
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GOVERNMENT
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Eric Knight died while serving in WWII, just 4 years after writing the story of this collie
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Lassie
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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This bacterium is responsible for many infections including strep throat & scarlet fever
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Streptococcus
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"S"CIENCE
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H.L. Mencken said his chief feat "was to sleep more than any other president"
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Calvin Coolidge
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THE ROARING '20S
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Term for something that's different or unusual, not on the well-worn path
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"Off the beaten path"
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CLICHES
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Governor of Judea who asked Jesus, "Art thou the king of the Jews?"
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Pontius Pilate
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THE BIBLE
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Incumbent David Durenberger defeated Hubert Humphrey III in this state's 1988 Senate race
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Minnesota
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GOVERNMENT
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Name shared by the 3 billy goats who met up with the wicked old troll
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Gruff
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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The smallest of all constellations is Crux, also known by this name
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Southern Cross
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"S"CIENCE
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Among this jazz bandleader's recorded hits were "King Porter Stomp" & "The Jelly Roll Blues"
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Jelly Roll Morton
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THE ROARING '20S
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A person or thing that comes at the end of a list but is nonetheless important
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"Last, but not least"
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CLICHES
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A ladder reaching to heaven appeared to him in a dream
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Jacob
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THE BIBLE
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The first Speaker of the House, Frederick Muhlenberg, was a member of this party
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Federalist
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GOVERNMENT
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His stories include "Brer Mink Holds His Breath" & "Brer Buzzard & The Tombstone"
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Uncle Remus/Joel Chandler Harris
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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From the Greek for "earthquake writer", this instrument records any Earth movement
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Seismograph
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"S"CIENCE
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A flapper was a girl & a flivver one of these
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Automobile (Model T)
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THE ROARING '20S
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Phrase meaning "Wish me luck", from the old superstition of making the sign of the cross to ward off evil
|
"Keep your fingers crossed"
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CLICHES
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God first appeared to Moses in this form
|
Burning Bush
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THE BIBLE
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He was Wyoming's U.S. representative & GOP House Whip when he was nominated for Sec'y of Defense
|
Dick Cheney
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GOVERNMENT
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Willie Wonka owned the world's most famous one
|
Chocolate Factory
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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This bluish glow is sometimes seen at the tips of tall objects during thunderstorms
|
St. Elmo\'s Fire
|
"S"CIENCE
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Pop psychologist Emile Coue promoted the motto, "Every day, in every way, I am" doing this
|
"Getting better & better"
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THE ROARING '20S
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From a magician's trick, it means to accomplish the unexpected or find a surprising solution
|
"Pull a rabbit out of a hat"
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CLICHES
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The first verse of the book of Proverbs attributes its authorship to this man
|
Solomon
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THE BIBLE
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The Rockefeller who's a Senator from West Virginia
|
Jay Rockefeller
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GOVERNMENT
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The profession of Nancy Drew's father
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Lawyer
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
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In a 1956 speech, he said, "Whether or not you like it, history is on our side. We will bury you."
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Nikita Khrushchev
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HISTORIC QUOTES
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Tom Hanks got the starring role in this "huge" film after Robert De Niro turned it down
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"Big"
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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Hadrian's Wall is in England; Hadrian's Tomb is in this city
|
Rome
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WORLD CITIES
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Departments of this media magazine include "Soaps", "Grapevine" & "Videocassette Report"
|
TV Guide
|
MAGAZINES
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This "Threepenny Opera" composer studied with Engelbert Humperdinck -- the composer, not the singer
|
Kurt Weill
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COMPOSERS
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Emmissions of nitrogen & sulfur oxides into the air cause this, endangering fish & aquatic life
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Acid Rain
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
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Alfred E. Smith said, "All the ills of democracy can be cured by more" of this
|
Democracy
|
HISTORIC QUOTES
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The great 19th C. actor Edwin Booth was most famous for playing this Shakespearean role
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Hamlet
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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The chief port in Australia's Northern Territory; it was named after a naturalist on the Beagle
|
Darwin
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WORLD CITIES
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This magazine, the first undergraduate humor magazine in the U.S., was begun at Harvard in 1876
|
Harvard Lampoon
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MAGAZINES
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Great Broadway composer who wrote the music for the documentary series "Victory At Sea"
|
Richard Rodgers
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COMPOSERS
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In 1985 French military advisors at Auckland, New Zealand sank this group's vessel, the Rainbow Warrior
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Greenpeace
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
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This great Prussian king is credited with saying, "An army, like a serpent, travels on its belly"
|
Frederick the Great
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HISTORIC QUOTES
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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):"Dallas" actor heard here singing in a 1953 movie musical:"Where is the light that's lit by land? Where is it now?"
|
Howard Keel
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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The 1759 British victory on the Plains of Abraham at this city helped them conquer Canada
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Quebec City
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WORLD CITIES
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In addition to Penthouse, Bob Guccione owns this magazine of science & futurism
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Omni
|
MAGAZINES
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Borodin, the illegitimate son of a Russian prince, died before finishing his opera about this prince
|
Prince Igor
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COMPOSERS
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This device added to a car's exhaust system eliminates much of the pollution produced by gas combustion
|
Catalytic Converter
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
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Asked after the Constitutional Convention "What have we got?", he replied "A republic, if you can keep it"
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
HISTORIC QUOTES
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He was the first actor to win an Oscar & a Tony for the same role, for "Cyrano de Bergerac"
|
Jose Ferrer
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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It's the only city on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands
|
Charlotte Amalie
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WORLD CITIES
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In 1981 Budget Dir. Stockman's criticism of the Reagan administration was published in this monthly
|
The Atlantic Monthly
|
MAGAZINES
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Rossini called this composer of "Gaite Parisienne" "Our little Mozart of the Champs-Elysees"
|
Jacques Offenbach
|
COMPOSERS
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It's said various medical problems have resulted from toxins dumped in this part of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
|
Love Canal
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
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When Napoleon said "England is a nation of shopkeepers", he was quoting this economist
|
Adam Smith
|
HISTORIC QUOTES
|
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He was Ingrid Bergman's leading man in her 1st American film, "Intermezzo"
|
Leslie Howard
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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This city is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway & home to the Soviet Pacific fleet
|
Vladivostok
|
WORLD CITIES
|
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Since 1912 this federation of businesses has published its own monthly magazine, Nation's Business
|
U.S./National Chamber of Commerce
|
MAGAZINES
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Trained as an engineer, this Hungarian composed the operettas "The Desert Song" & "The New Moon"
|
Sigmund Romberg
|
COMPOSERS
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In 1978 the U.S. banned use of these, called CFCs for short, as propellants in most spray cans
|
Chloroflourocarbons
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
|
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This planet's atmosphere is 99% nitrogen & oxygen
|
Earth
|
THE UNIVERSE
|
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Diaphanous or sheer, as in clothing, or flimsy & obvious, as in a lie
|
Transparent
|
11-LETTER WORDS
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The name of this meat is from the Latin "venatus", hunt
|
Venison
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FOOD FACTS
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Though he's had 5 no-hitters & the most career strikeouts of any pitcher, he's never won the Cy Young Award
|
Nolan Ryan
|
BASEBALL
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As the master of ceremonies, this actor was the only one to reprise his stage role in 1972's "Cabaret"
|
Joel Grey
|
MOVIE MUSICALS
|
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Elizabeth I reportedly whitened this with a mixture of eggshell, poppy seeds, borax & lead
|
Her Complexion
|
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
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It wasn't until 1959 that the "far side" of this body was seen
|
The Moon
|
THE UNIVERSE
|
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Breathing in & out
|
Respiration
|
11-LETTER WORDS
|
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Known botanically as "citrullus lanatus", this huge fruit grows on vines as long as 15 ft.
|
Watermelon
|
FOOD FACTS
|
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The "Black Sox" team that threw the 1919 World Series lost to this Ohio team
|
Cincinnati Reds
|
BASEBALL
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Actor who sang "If I Only Had The Nerve" & "If I Were King Of The Forest" in "The Wizard Of Oz"
|
Bert Lahr
|
MOVIE MUSICALS
|
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Houdini was famous for hanging upside-down wearing one of these restrictive overgarments
|
Straitjacket
|
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
|
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William Herschel thought he saw these around Uranus in 1787; in 1977 they were really seen
|
Rings
|
THE UNIVERSE
|
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The scientific study of birds
|
Ornithology
|
11-LETTER WORDS
|
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Veal cutlets dipped in bread crumbs & cheese, then fried & covered with tomato sauce
|
Veal Parmigiana
|
FOOD FACTS
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In Los Angeles, the Dodgers have had only these 2 managers
|
Walter Alston & Tommy Lasorda
|
BASEBALL
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The only Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire film for which these 2 brothers wrote songs was 1937's "Shall We Dance"
|
George & Ira Gershwin
|
MOVIE MUSICALS
|
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You have to have permission to do this in a barrel since someone died doing it in 1951
|
Going over Niagara Falls
|
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
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It's known for its prominences which are clouds, tubes & tongues of gasses
|
The Sun
|
THE UNIVERSE
|
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|
A fashion or fad maker
|
Trendsetter
|
11-LETTER WORDS
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German sausage named for the crackling sound the skin of the sausage makes when bitten into
|
Knockwurst
|
FOOD FACTS
|
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In 1961 owner Calvin Griffith moved this team to Minneapolis where it became the Minnesota Twins
|
Washington Senators
|
BASEBALL
|
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This actress who played Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show" was the only 1 to co-star in 3 Elvis films
|
Shelly Fabares
|
MOVIE MUSICALS
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Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this
|
Wax
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
|
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British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces
|
Avoirdupois
|
11-LETTER WORDS
|
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The Atlantic variety of this popular fish is the largest of all flatfish
|
Halibut
|
FOOD FACTS
|
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In 1972 owner Bob Short moved this team to Arlington, TX . where it became the Texas Rangers
|
Washington Senators
|
BASEBALL
|
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This Russian composer was portrayed by Jean-Pierre Aumont in 1947's "Song Of Scheherazade"
|
Rimsky-Korsakov
|
MOVIE MUSICALS
|
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This late, great circus star once performed an act with 40 -- count 'em, 40 -- lions & tigers
|
Clyde Beatty
|
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
|
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The name of this musical form probably came from the Latin "matricale", meaning in the mother tongue
|
Madrigal
|
THE RENAISSANCE
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She got into the advice business before her twin sister, Dear Abby
|
Ann Landers
|
PEOPLE
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Britannica defines it as "any plant growing where it is not wanted"
|
Weed
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PLANTS
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In 1987 Molly Yard replaced Eleanor Smeal as president of this organization
|
National Organization for Women (NOW)
|
ORGANIZATIONS
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The U.S. borders these 3 oceans
|
Arctic, Atlantic & Pacific
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
|
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Terence, a Roman poet-playwright who lived in the second century B.C., said, "Charity begins" here
|
At Home
|
LITERARY QUOTES
|
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The ruthless Cesare Borgia was the model for this book by Machiavelli
|
"The Prince"
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
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Evicted from his Oregon ashram, he now lives in Bombay & is called "Zorba The Buddha"
|
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
|
PEOPLE
|
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A member of the sundew family, it requires about 10 days to fully digest an insect
|
Venus Flytrap
|
PLANTS
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Int'l club that "promotes putting off until later those things that needn't be done today"
|
Procrastinator\'s Club
|
ORGANIZATIONS
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There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
|
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|
Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Marriage is ..... a field of battle, and not a bed of" these
|
Roses
|
LITERARY QUOTES
|
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In his notebooks this Renaissance artist claimed, "The Medici created and destroyed me"
|
Leonardo Da Vinci
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
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|
Herbert Ross, who directed the film "Steel Magnolias", is married to this sister of Jackie Onassis
|
Lee Radziwill
|
PEOPLE
|
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Plant whose twigs are used for dowsing & whose leaves & bark are used to make an astringent
|
Witch Hazel
|
PLANTS
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One must be a member of this fraternal group in order to belong to the Shriners
|
Masons
|
ORGANIZATIONS
|
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North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these
|
Devils Tower
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
|
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|
In "A Study in Scarlet" this author called London "that great cesspool"
|
Arthur Conan Doyle
|
LITERARY QUOTES
|
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|
Plays were either comedies, tragedies or these love tales about woodland goddesses & shepherds
|
Pastorals
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
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|
William J. McCarthy is president of this union
|
Teamsters
|
PEOPLE
|
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Name for a low, enclosed bed covered with glass or plastic for starting plants before the season
|
Cold Frame
|
PLANTS
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Arm of Al-Anon that's specifically for young people between the ages of 12 & 20
|
Al-Ateen
|
ORGANIZATIONS
|
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The Raritan is the longest river wholly within this state
|
New Jersey
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
Poet who wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep..."
|
Robert Frost
|
LITERARY QUOTES
|
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Boccaccio work narrated by 3 men & 7 women fleeing the plague in Florence
|
"The Decameron"
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
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|
This historian & former Librarian of Congress was teaching history at Harvard while studying law at Yale
|
Daniel Boorstein
|
PEOPLE
|
|
|
This climbing tropical shrub was named for a French South Seas explorer
|
Bouganvillea
|
PLANTS
|
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Social welfare organization founded in the 19th century, whose bimonthly publication is "The War Cry"
|
The Salvation Army
|
ORGANIZATIONS
|
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|
One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
|
Bayou
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
|
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|
"Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest"
|
Mark Twain
|
LITERARY QUOTES
|
|
|
'The world\'s most populous democracy')
|
India
|
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
|
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|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the beginning of the Freedom Trail.) The first strokes of the two-and-a-half mile Freedom Trail's line were painted in 1951 at this public park that dates back to the 1630s
|
Boston Common
|
ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL
|
|
|
In Billy Joel's "___ Man"
|
piano
|
NAME THE INSTRUMENT
|
|
|
As you might expect, the Reuters Foundation sets up training programs for those in this field
|
journalism
|
A SOLID FOUNDATION
|
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|
A 1982 play by this man is set among the Jerome family of Brighton Beach in 1937
|
Neil Simon
|
THE THEATAH
|
|
|
The second-most reported cause of occupational injury is from this pollution caused by jackhammers & music
|
sound pollution (or noise pollution)
|
POLLUTION
|
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|
A carpet for a calico
|
a cat mat
|
BEASTLY RHYME TIME
|
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|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Old South Meeting House.) Here at Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams gave a coded signal that began this protest event
|
the Boston Tea Party
|
ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL
|
|
|
In Wynonna's "Girls With ___"
|
guitars
|
NAME THE INSTRUMENT
|
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|
In 2004 the Starbright Foundation for sick kids merged, sensibly enough, with this foundation
|
the Starlight Foundation
|
A SOLID FOUNDATION
|
|
|
The plays of Franz Grillparzer, called this country's greatest dramatist, include "Family Strife In Hapsburg"
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Austria
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THE THEATAH
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(Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) As EPA head, I helped create a program to reduce diesel exhaust for these vehicles; children will breathe easier
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school buses
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POLLUTION
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It's what the mallard acquired when he found a 4-leaf clover
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duck luck
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BEASTLY RHYME TIME
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Old North Church.) On April 18, 1775 North Church sexton Robert Newmanclimbedinto thesteepleto use the code famously known by this 9-word phrase
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one if by land and two if by sea
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ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL
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In Bruce Hornsby's "___ Rain"
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mandolin
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NAME THE INSTRUMENT
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In 1914 the USA's first community foundation was set up in this Ohio city, then the nation's 6th largest
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Cleveland
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A SOLID FOUNDATION
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Ralph "Mike Hammer" Meeker & John C. "Mr. Cellophane" Reilly have played this role made famous by Brando
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Stanley Kowalski
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THE THEATAH
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The American Lung Association's list of cities with the worst particle air pollutuion is topped by 3 in this state
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California
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POLLUTION
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Hard-to-wash-out mark that a large wading bird left on your clothing
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a crane stain
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BEASTLY RHYME TIME
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the U.S.S.Constitution.) The material that gave the U.S.S. Constitution this famous nickname islive oak from Georgia
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"Old Ironsides"
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ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL
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In Linda Ronstadt's "Different ___"
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drum
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NAME THE INSTRUMENT
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It was launched in 1936 with car company stock, but its $10 billion portfolio no longer includes that stock
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the Ford Foundation
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A SOLID FOUNDATION
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Aeschylus' play named for this king, Clytemnestra's husband, opens at his palace in Argos
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Agamemnon
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THE THEATAH
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From the Greek for "heat", this type of water pollution kills fish when hot water is dumped into a lake
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thermal
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POLLUTION
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Type of paint for your dromedary
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camel enamel
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BEASTLY RHYME TIME
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Freedom Trail.) Begun in 1795, it's the building behind me that Oliver Wendell Holmes called the "hub of the solar system"
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the Bulfinch State House
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ALONG BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL
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In the Byrds' "Mr. ___ Man"
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tambourine
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NAME THE INSTRUMENT
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The breast cancer foundation named for this victim of the disease holds the "Race for the Cure"
|
Susan Komen
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A SOLID FOUNDATION
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Jack Absolute & Bob Acres, both vying for Lydia Languish's hand, are the title characters of this Sheridan play
|
The Rivals
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THE THEATAH
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TCDD is a type of this toxic industrial byproduct used in Agent Orange
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dioxin
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POLLUTION
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Someone who guides or ministers to a big spotted feline
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a leopard shepherd
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BEASTLY RHYME TIME
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Hydroplane races & water carnivals highlight Seafair, held annually on Lake Washington near this largest Wash. city
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Seattle
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WASHINGTON STATE
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An extra playing card in a deck often used as a wild card
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Joker
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ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN
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On Sept. 21, 1792 the monarchy was abolished; 4 months later, this king was guillotined
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Louis XVI
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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London Street named for a 17th C. diplomat; the Prime Minister Lives on it
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Downing
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EPONYMOUS
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On "M*A*S*H", this character used a great wardrobe to try & get out of the Army on a Section 8
|
Max Klinger
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I, MAX
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Grandmotherly drag is just the thing for FBI agent Martin Lawrence in this 2000 film
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Big Momma\'s House
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UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN
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With more than 50,000 employees in Washington, this aerospace company is one of the state's largest employers
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Boeing
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WASHINGTON STATE
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Neurotoxic crawler who's hard on her mates
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Black Widow
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ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN
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German poet Max Schneckenburger was famous for his 1840 poem about a watch on this river
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the Rhine
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I, MAX
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In this "of 1938" Bob Hope introduced "Thanks For The Memory"
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The Big Broadcast
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UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN
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Whidbey Island is the largest of several islands in this inlet
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Puget Sound
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WASHINGTON STATE
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Antarctic krill-eater
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The Penguin
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ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN
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The Jacobins used the assassination of this editor of L'ami du Peuple as an excuse to begin the Reign of Terror
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(Jean-Paul) Marat
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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He's the "big dada" whose work is seenhere
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Max Ernst
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I, MAX
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Paul Reubens' 2 big movies of 1985 & 1988
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Pee-wee\'s Big Adventure&Big Top Pee-wee
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UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN
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The completion of the Grand Coulee dam in 1942 created the artificial lake named for this president
|
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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WASHINGTON STATE
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Itchy cashew relative
|
Poison Ivy
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ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN
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This document approved on August 27, 1789 proclaimed that "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights"
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The hypnotist villian in the 1894 novel "Trilby" gave us this word for one who controls another with evil intent
|
svengali
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EPONYMOUS
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This Vietnam vet has been head of the Veterans Administration & a senator from Georgia
|
(Max) Cleland
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I, MAX
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1989 gave us 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon as a Hollywood wannabe in this film
|
The Big Picture
|
UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN
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In 1977 this former head of the Atomic Energy Commission became Washington's first woman governor
|
(Dixy Lee) Ray
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WASHINGTON STATE
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His mask is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
|
King Tut
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ALSO ABATMANVILLAIN
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On June 20, 1789 assembly members took an oath at this sports venue not to separate until there was a new constitution
|
the tennis court
|
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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In 1880 this British land agent in Ireland refused to lower his rents; as a result, he was isolated by protesters
|
Charles Boycott
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EPONYMOUS
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Best known as the friend who refused to destroy Kafka's works, he wrote a historical novel on Tycho Brahe
|
Max Brod
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I, MAX
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In 1958 Gregory Peck took on Burl Ives over water rights in the Old West in this oater
|
The Big Country
|
UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN
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'This character studied medicine, "knowing it would be useful in long voyages"')
|
Gulliver
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18th CENTURY LITERATURE
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Thisget-wellcardwas sent by second graders to David Vetter, known as this boy kept in a plastic isolation unit
|
The Boy in the Bubble
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FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN
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This "colorful" 1967 Van Morrison song made the presidential cut
|
"Brown Eyed Girl"
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD
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This term can refer to an American born in the 1950s, a certain ex-NFL QB, or a male kangaroo
|
boomer
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MARSUPIALS
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The top 22 of these fortune-telling cards are known as the major arcana
|
tarot cards
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22
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20th century year in which America celebrated the tercentennial of the Pilgrims' landing at Plymouth
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1920
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YEARS
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A stoutly made safe in which valuables are deposited
|
a strongbox
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STILL GOING "STRONG"
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) Starting in 1960, people whose hearts beat too slowly could have a Medtronic one oftheseimplanted; the Smithsonian has an early one
|
a pacemaker
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN
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Pres. Bush enjoys this John Fogerty song on his iPod that might remind him of his days as a baseball team owner
|
"Centerfield"
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD
|
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You can see why kangaroos are classified as macropodents, referring to the size ofthese
|
their feet
|
MARSUPIALS
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This alphabet is made up of 22 letters including Yud & Bet
|
the Hebrew
|
22
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It's the year the small step seenherewas taken
|
1969
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YEARS
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|
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To use physical force or coercion against someone
|
to strong-arm
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STILL GOING "STRONG"
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.) This inventor used adevicethat transmits a signal to a receiver to look for thebulletin President Garfield's body
|
Alexander Graham Bell
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN
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"Danger Zone" by this singer might be more apt than his "Alive 'n' Kickin'" on Bush's iPod
|
(Kenny) Loggins
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD
|
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The marsupial represented by the most species is this New World beast, with the Virginia species the largest
|
the opossum
|
MARSUPIALS
|
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He was just 22 in 1962 when he won golf's U.S. Open
|
(Jack) Nicklaus
|
22
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U.S. troops hit the beaches of Normandy in this year
|
1944
|
YEARS
|
|
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A bridge-playing term, or a particular field in which someone has talent
|
a strong suit
|
STILL GOING "STRONG"
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.)Thisis part of the 1848 gold shipment shown to this president; he gave a report to Congress that kicked the Gold Rush into gear
|
James K. Polk
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN
|
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"The House Is Rockin'" by this Texas blues guitarist keeps the Prez rockin' through his jogging & biking
|
Stevie Ray Vaughan
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD
|
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Named partly for its temper, it's extinct on the Australian mainland but endures on an island
|
the Tasmanian devil
|
MARSUPIALS
|
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In 1975 Junko Tabei became the first woman to scale Everest, 22 years after this New Zealander did it
|
Edmund Hillary
|
22
|
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Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia all fell to the Communists in this year
|
1975
|
YEARS
|
|
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It can be a place of refuge or an area dominated by a group
|
a stronghold
|
STILL GOING "STRONG"
|
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.)Thisbit of mold played its part in history when this London scientist noticed it destroying a bacterial sample
|
(Alexander) Fleming
|
FROM THE VAULTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN
|
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Several songs by this country music legend appear on the first iPod, including "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
|
George Jones
|
ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD
|
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|
Common and hairy-nosed are types of this creature that looks like a Down Under woodchuck
|
wombat
|
MARSUPIALS
|
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Begun in 1887 to raise funds for 22 different agencies, the Charity Organization Society is known as this today
|
the United Way
|
22
|
|
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In this year Senator Henry Clay pushed for a compromise in his last big speech before the Senate
|
1850
|
YEARS
|
|
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One of the fundamental interactions between elementary particles binding them to a nucleus
|
strong force (strong forces accepted)
|
STILL GOING "STRONG"
|
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A 1972 earthquake destroyed most of the downtown area of this Nicaraguan capital
|
Managua
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
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|
He's got drive & loves the green
|
Tiger Woods
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS
|
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I like it, Chuck; an orphan overcomes the odds, dig the "Bill & Nancy" angle... do it as a musical? Are you nuts?!
|
Oliver Twist
|
DICKENS HEARS FROM HOLLYWOOD
|
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|
A must-have for the preppy look: this short-sleeve collared shirt, particularly one of the brand of the same name
|
polo
|
FASHION
|
|
|
The first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, he was also involved in an early political sex scandal
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU?
|
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|
Superman's cub reporter pal admits to fathering Mary-Kate & Ashley & they become known as the...
|
Jimmy Olsen twins
|
BEFORE & AFTER
|
|
|
This capital is surrounded by, but is not part of, the Flemish region of Brabant
|
Brussels
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
|
|
Thisathlete gets a kick out of Madrid
|
(David) Beckham
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS
|
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|
More orphans?! & this book's start, "My father's family name being Pirrip"... not exactly "Call me Ishmael", Chuck!
|
Great Expectations
|
DICKENS HEARS FROM HOLLYWOOD
|
|
|
This sneaker brand was introduced by the U.S. Rubber Co. in 1916
|
Keds
|
FASHION
|
|
|
In 1991 "The Star-Spangled Banner" entered the Billboard Top 40 for the first time, sung by her
|
Whitney Houston
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU?
|
|
|
A House majority leader goes ga-ga over Dylan's "big brass bed" occupant & earns the nickname...
|
Tom DeLay Lady Lay
|
BEFORE & AFTER
|
|
|
Until 1924 this Mongolian capital was called Urga
|
Ulan Bator
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
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|
Thisyoung gun drives the No. 8 car
|
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS
|
|
|
This Italian craftsman who died in 1960 titled his autobiography "Shoemaker of Dreams"
|
Ferragamo
|
FASHION
|
|
|
He appointed former President William Howard Taft to the Supreme Court
|
Harding
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU?
|
|
|
Goldie Hawn title character is promoted to Prime Minster under Victoria & becomes...
|
Private Benjamin Disraeli
|
BEFORE & AFTER
|
|
|
(Christiane Amanpour of CNN delivers the clue.) In 1992 I reported from the shores of this African capital when the U.S. military launched Operation: Restore Hope
|
Mogadishu
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
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|
Thisrapper changed nicknames, but kept the same initials
|
Puff Daddy
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS
|
|
|
Uncle Ralph's OK... nice alliterative title for this... but Wackford Squeers is now Ford Sears; we get 2 product placements for 1!
|
Nicholas Nickleby
|
DICKENS HEARS FROM HOLLYWOOD
|
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|
The name of this garment is the French word for "breeches"
|
culottes
|
FASHION
|
|
|
He's the troubled prodigy whose story is told in the 1996 film "Shine"
|
(David) Helfgott
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU?
|
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|
Lady tennis legend is grouchy with the press & gets compared to an arthropod with delicious legs as...
|
Billie Jean King Crab
|
BEFORE & AFTER
|
|
|
It's the home of Belarusian State University
|
Minsk
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
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|
Beforehejoined the NBA in 2003, his mother took out a loan to buy him a Hummer
|
LeBron James
|
CELEBRITY LOGOS
|
|
|
Last name of French design team Marithe & Francois, known for their streetwear
|
Girbaud
|
FASHION
|
|
|
This Japanese-American professor of linguistics was a California senator from 1977 to 1983
|
S.I. Hayakawa
|
WHO THE "H" ARE YOU?
|
|
|
'70s Jim Hutton TV detective goes on '50s Jack Bailey TV weeper & is mortified to be named...
|
Ellery Queen for a Day
|
BEFORE & AFTER
|
|
|
'This man who became a ruler in April 2005 is the great-nephew of the 1926 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama')
|
Prince Albert II of Monaco
|
EUROPEAN RULERS
|
|
|
In 1777 this land, later a state, was named in honor of the Green Mountain Boys
|
Vermont
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
This talk show queen sometimes seats people at the Eccentric Restaurant in Chicago -- she's a co-owner
|
Oprah Winfrey
|
CELEBRITIES
|
|
|
The common U.S. coin that's named for the metal it contains
|
Nickel
|
MONEY
|
|
|
In India, ghee, which is a clarified form of this, is widely used in cooking
|
Butter
|
FOOD
|
|
|
"Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, ain't we got" this
|
Fun
|
SING-ALONG SONGS
|
|
|
The March Hare had one of these with a dormouse in it, not a tempest
|
Teapot
|
FILE UNDER "T"
|
|
|
Term for the American colonists who supported the Redcoats during the revolution
|
Tories/Loyalists
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
Shelley Duvall, exec. producer of "Nightmare Classics", says she was named for this nightmarish authoress
|
Mary Shelley
|
CELEBRITIES
|
|
|
Taxpayers will have to share the burden of bailing out more than 500 of these insolvent institutions
|
Savings & Loans
|
MONEY
|
|
|
Be quiet little dog, & I'll feed you these deep fried concoctions made of corn meal
|
Hush Puppies
|
FOOD
|
|
|
"When you're smiling, the whole world" does this
|
Smiles with you
|
SING-ALONG SONGS
|
|
|
It's the name of a national monument in the Salt River Valley in Arizona, kimosabe
|
Tonto National Monument
|
FILE UNDER "T"
|
|
|
In 1776, with a membership of 5 students, it became the 1st social fraternity at a U.S. college
|
Phi Beta Kappa
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
This author of "Hollywood Wives" said, "People don't believe it, but everything I write is true!"
|
Jackie Collins
|
CELEBRITIES
|
|
|
The lowest rate of interest on bank loans at any given time, it's offered to preferred borrowers
|
Prime Rate
|
MONEY
|
|
|
Flavor of the jelly or sauce that's a common accompaniment to roast lamb
|
Mint
|
FOOD
|
|
|
"Nicknack paddywhack, give a dog a bone", he "came rolling home"
|
This old man
|
SING-ALONG SONGS
|
|
|
Type of drum played by a piper's son
|
Tom-Tom
|
FILE UNDER "T"
|
|
|
Year in which Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison, "France will be quiet this year"
|
1789
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in this country
|
Austria
|
CELEBRITIES
|
|
|
Established December 23, 1913, it's the central bank of the U.S.
|
Federal Reserve Bank
|
MONEY
|
|
|
Color of the beans you'd find in a feijoada, the national dish of Brazil
|
Black
|
FOOD
|
|
|
Casey would waltz with this girl "and the band played on"
|
the Strawberry Blonde
|
SING-ALONG SONGS
|
|
|
This line lies 23 degrees 27 minutes north of the Equator
|
Tropic of Cancer
|
FILE UNDER "T"
|
|
|
Known for their simple furniture, this sect came to the U.S. from England in 1774, led by "Mother Ann" Lee
|
Shakers
|
18TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
Dionne Warwick co-wrote this TV show's theme song, "Champagne Wishes & Caviar Dreams"
|
"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous"
|
CELEBRITIES
|
|
|
Scene on the reverse of the Jefferson $2 bill
|
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
|
MONEY
|
|
|
Islanders who live in this group are called Fuegians
|
Tierra Del Fuego
|
FILE UNDER "T"
|
|
|
Uriah Heep is the 'umble clerk who embezzles from Mr. Wickfield in this Dickens novel
|
"David Copperfield"
|
ENGLISH LIT
|
|
|
The ring-necked species of this bird was introduced into Oregon from China in the 1880s
|
Pheasant
|
BIRDS
|
|
|
Conservationists estimate almost 90% of Indiana was once covered by these, now less than 20% is
|
Forests/Trees
|
INDIANA
|
|
|
If your soil is too heavy or sandy, you can add this moss to improve its texture
|
Peat Moss
|
GARDENING
|
|
|
This terrifying czar died on March 18, 1584 while playing a game of chess
|
Ivan The Terrible
|
NOTORIOUS
|
|
|
When he said, "I coulda been a contender!" in "On The Waterfront", he was referring to this sport
|
Boxing
|
MARLON BRANDO
|
|
|
His 1st major novel was the autobiographical "Sons & Lovers"
|
D.H. Lawrence
|
ENGLISH LIT
|
|
|
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):Though these members of the parrot family rarely learn to talk, they can perform stunts:
|
Cockatoos
|
BIRDS
|
|
|
Indiana, not Pennsylvania, ranks 1st in the U.S. in the production of this alloy
|
Steel
|
INDIANA
|
|
|
Organic fertilizer that can be made by layering plant matter, soil & lime
|
Compost
|
GARDENING
|
|
|
This had just become a federal prison when Al Capone was transferred there in 1934
|
Alcatraz
|
NOTORIOUS
|
|
|
Brando starred in the last film this silent screen legend directed, 1967's "A Countess From Hong Kong"
|
Charles Chaplin
|
MARLON BRANDO
|
|
|
When Lord Petre cut off a bit of Arabella Fremor's hair, it inspired this poem by Alexander Pope
|
"The Rape of the Lock"
|
ENGLISH LIT
|
|
|
This process usually includes taking oil from a gland at the base of the tail & applying it to the feathers
|
Preening
|
BIRDS
|
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|
City that's located on the southernmost point along the St. Joseph River
|
South Bend
|
INDIANA
|
|
|
A self-contained indoor garden consisting of small plants grown in a covered glass container
|
Terrarium
|
GARDENING
|
|
|
Dona Marina, who was this man's mistress & interpreter, has been called the betrayer of the Aztecs
|
Hernando Cortez
|
NOTORIOUS
|
|
|
Yes, he did stuff his cheeks for this 1972 film; he wore a special mouthpiece, too
|
"The Godfather"
|
MARLON BRANDO
|
|
|
The Reader's Encyclopedia says his best-known novel is "The Way of All Flesh"
|
Samuel Butler
|
ENGLISH LIT
|
|
|
Because these baby birds feed from their parents' pouches, some think they're drinking blood
|
Pelicans
|
BIRDS
|
|
|
19th century president who grew to manhood in southern Indiana
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
INDIANA
|
|
|
They were gunned down near Gibsland, Louisiana on May 23, 1934
|
Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow
|
NOTORIOUS
|
|
|
Brando's bravura performance in this brutish role made him a Broadway star in 1947
|
Stanley Kowalski ("A Streetcar Named Desire")
|
MARLON BRANDO
|
|
|
The 1812 publication of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" made this poet an immediate sensation
|
Lord Byron
|
ENGLISH LIT
|
|
|
Before the metal-tipped pen, the standard writing instrument was a feather from this bird
|
a goose
|
BIRDS
|
|
|
The highest point in Indianapolis is at the Crown Hill Cemetery grave of this Indiana poet
|
James Whitcomb Riley
|
INDIANA
|
|
|
Haiti's "Papa Doc" Duvalier's dreaded secret police force
|
Tonton Macoute
|
NOTORIOUS
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He took a gamble & made his musical debut in this 1955 film, & he did his own singing, too
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"Guys And Dolls"
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MARLON BRANDO
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'The only state that\'s home to 2 Ivy League schools')
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New York (Columbia, in NYC & Cornell, in Ithaca)
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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It was the big event in London September 2-5, 1666
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the Great Fire
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REMEMBER SEPTEMBER?
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Please, no mumbling when I tell you it's an abnormal sound in a person's heartbeat
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a murmur
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DOUBLE TALK
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This variety of collie is named for its origin near the region between England & Scotland
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border collie
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YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG
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It wasn't the barber who took a little off the top ofthisEnglish king
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Charles I
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THE KING
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On Sept. 14, 1812 French troops occupied this capital city & found it almost deserted
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Moscow
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REMEMBER SEPTEMBER?
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The first VP ever to succeed a resigning president & the actor who piloted the Millennium Falcon
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Gerald & Harrison Ford
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UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS
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Here's your "Q": This Mesoam. god created a tornado that wiped out man, except for those he changed into monkeys
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Quetzalcoatl
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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Using a hot sauce called harissa, Tunisians spice up this steamed semolina dish
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couscous
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DOUBLE TALK
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These 2 hounds whose names begin with the same letter are said by the AKC to have the keenest sense of smell
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bloodhound & basset hound
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YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG
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Once more,thisLancastrian breached his greatest success around 1415
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Henry V
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THE KING
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In September 1988 this city hosted the Summer Olympics
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Seoul
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REMEMBER SEPTEMBER?
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He Tippecanoed into the White House in 1841; she won our hearts in "Lord of the Rings"
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John & Liv Tyler
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UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS
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In Norse mythology, the Norns are 3 sisters who made one of these for every life
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a thread
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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Many parts of Africa are uninhabitable due to this fly that spreads African sleeping sickness
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the tsetse fly
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DOUBLE TALK
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This name of a popular hunting dog means "swift" in Russian
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borzoi
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YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG
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ThisEnglish king is seen here with his Prime Minister
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George VI
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THE KING
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As Prime Minister of Israel, he signed the Camp David accords in September 1978
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Begin
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REMEMBER SEPTEMBER?
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The "Plains" folk governor & the long-imprisoned boxer
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Jimmy & Rubin Carter
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UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS
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This mythical king of Sparta was Agamemnon's brother & Helen of Troy's husband
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Meneleus
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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Traitorous WWII broadcaster William Joyce was better known as Lord this
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Lord Haw-Haw
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DOUBLE TALK
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Nicknamed the "coach dog", it probably earned its name during the Balkan wars of 1912 & 1913 in Croatia
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a dalmatian
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YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG
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Sadly, this Tudor king didn't live to be much older than he looks in the depiction seenhere
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Edward VI
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THE KING
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In February 1991 he formed Haiti's first democratic government; in September he was ousted by a coup
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Aristide
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REMEMBER SEPTEMBER?
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Reconstruction ends in the South during his term & he constructs the voice of Chef Jerome McElroy for "South Park"
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Rutherford & Isaac Hayes
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UNLIKELY PRESIDENTIAL SIBLINGS
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The son of the sun god, Cuchulain was a great hero of the myths & legends of this country
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Ireland
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MYTHELLANEOUS
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(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Just like the word "gong", the word forthisgong of Chinese origin is derived from thesoundit makes
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a tam-tam
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DOUBLE TALK
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Similar to but larger than a beagle, this breed shares its name with a type of hawk & a type of British jet fighter
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the harrier
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YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG
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In 1714, the Brits toldthisking to "come on over"
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George I
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THE KING
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Like a teenager or the Moon, matter may go through one of these states, such as liquid or gas
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phases
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PHYSICS
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Things don't end well for Faye Dunaway as this 1967 title character
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Bonnie (Parker)
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MY FEAR LADY
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We wonder if trolls guard the Saab design center in Trollhattan in this country
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Sweden
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AROUND THE WORLD
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Eggs, diced ham, green pepper & onion
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a Western Omelet
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BEST "WESTERN"
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The extract of this spice is made by percolating alcohol & water through the chopped, cured orchid beans
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vanilla
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LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT
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Sir Richard Burton translated this Hindu love manual into English around 1883
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theKama Sutra
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LITERARY EROTICA
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Pure water's density is approximately 1 gram per cubic centimeter, & its "specific" this is also 1
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gravity
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PHYSICS
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Glenn Close chillingly warned Michael Douglas"I'm not gonna be ignored"in this 1987 film
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Fatal Attraction
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MY FEAR LADY
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(Survivor's Jeff Probst delivers the clue from Palau.) Palau has a lake named for these gelatinous creatures which, believe me, do not taste good spread on toast
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jellyfish
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AROUND THE WORLD
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One of the original 11 companies listed when the New York Stock Exchange was created in 1884
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Western Union
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BEST "WESTERN"
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This spice, Zingiber officinale, was used during the Middle Ages against the plague because it caused sweating
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ginger
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LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT
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This former talk show host helped us all out by writing "Sex for Dummies"
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Dr. Ruth
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LITERARY EROTICA
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A machine developed by Sidney James measures slippery surfaces' COF, coefficient of this
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friction
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PHYSICS
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Cloris Leachman brought the fearsomeFrau Blucherto life in this 1974 comedy
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Young Frankenstein
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MY FEAR LADY
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Guys in armor must feel at home in this section of London that's home to Harrods
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Knightsbridge
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AROUND THE WORLD
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Its capital is Perth
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Western Australia
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BEST "WESTERN"
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In the 16th century the Sinhalese king in Ceylon paid the Portuguese annual tributes of 240,000 lb. of this quill spice
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cinnamon
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LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT
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Pauline Reage is credited as the once-anonymous author of this steamy "Story"
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Story of O
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LITERARY EROTICA
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the science lab.) Of the three colors I havehere, it's the one with the highest degree of saturation
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blue
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PHYSICS
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As Annie Wilkes, Kathy Bates sets podiatry back about 1,000 years in this 1990 film
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Misery
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MY FEAR LADY
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When in Vienna, sample some of this torte that's so famous it was the subject of a 1965 lawsuit
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Sachertorte
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AROUND THE WORLD
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It's directly below the Al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem
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the Western Wall
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BEST "WESTERN"
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Hungarian chemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was the first to isolate vitamin C from the pods of this spice
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paprika
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LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT
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She penned the racy bestsellers "Delta of Venus" & "Henry and June"
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(Anais) Nin
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LITERARY EROTICA
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We wash our hands of this Scotswoman, played on film by Jeanette Nolan in 1948 & on TV by Judi Dench in 1978
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Lady Macbeth
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MY FEAR LADY
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The tallest bridge in the Caribbean is the Queen Juliana Bridge in this capital of Curacao
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Willemstad
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AROUND THE WORLD
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It's the state bird of Kansas & Nebraska
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Western Meadowlark
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BEST "WESTERN"
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This spice gives American-style mustard its bright yellow color
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turmeric
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LET'S SPICE IT UP A BIT
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Perhaps due in part to the amoral rakishness of his advice book "The Art of Love", he was banned from ancient Rome
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Ovid
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LITERARY EROTICA
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Dye
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染
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Beim Eier-FÄRBEN nimmt man NEUN Teile WASSER und ein Teil HOLZ-Färbemittel.
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In 1811 the first of these to ply the Ohio River was built in Pittsburgh--the New Orleans, named for where it was headed
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a steamboat
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PITTSTORY
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This show that debuted in '02 has cursing by mom, dad, son & daughter, & dogs that aren't housebroken
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The Osbournes
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NONMUSICAL MTV
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This animal's horns, seenhere, are made entirely of keratin, a fibrous hair protein
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the rhinoceros
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HORNED ANIMALS
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He was a Teke, a Tau Kappa Epsilon, & founded a hotel chain, but you probably just know him as Paris' great-granddad
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Conrad Hilton
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FRATERNITY SUIT
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Ogden Nash said these people were "Tinglish"
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the English
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POETRY
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…that means of secondary importance:A. ancillaryB. fiduciaryC. habilimentaryD. pecuniary
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ancillary
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WHAT'S THAT WORD...?
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It's the geographically appropriate name of the Pittsburgh landmark seenhereon Feb. 11, 2001
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Three Rivers Stadium
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PITTSTORY
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On "Newlyweds", Nick Lachey had to explain to her that Chicken of the Sea is actually fish
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Jessica Simpson
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NONMUSICAL MTV
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Though closely related to sheep, this animal has a beard & its horns are not spirally twisted
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a goat
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HORNED ANIMALS
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Nike founder Phil Knight went tropical at Oregon by joining Phi Gamma Delta, known by this "national" name
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the Fijis
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FRATERNITY SUIT
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It's "burning bright in the forests of the night"
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Tyger, Tyger
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POETRY
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…that means to perplex:A. acrimoniousB. congruousC. nonplusD. tremulous
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nonplus
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WHAT'S THAT WORD...?
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In 1753 this Virginian with a future in politics said the area was "extremely well situated for a fort"
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George Washington
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PITTSTORY
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Each season, 7 strangers share a home, as well as their lives, loves & libidos, on this long-running series
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The Real World
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NONMUSICAL MTV
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Life is unfair for the males of this animal, seenhere; they're bald on top of their horns, while the female has hair
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a giraffe
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HORNED ANIMALS
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An Alpha Sigma Phi at Penn, this Berkshire Hathaway man was worth a tidy $42.9 billion in '04
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Warren Buffett
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FRATERNITY SUIT
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It's the mournful type of poem "written in a country churchyard by Thomas Gray
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an elegy
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POETRY
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…that means face up:A. prostrateB. proneC. supineD. incline
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supine
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WHAT'S THAT WORD...?
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The photo of this national hero seen here was taken in Pittsburgh on August 3, 1927
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(Charles) Lindbergh
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PITTSTORY
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On one episode, Halle Berry is denied entrance to her own movie premiere on this prank-filled show
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Punk\'d
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NONMUSICAL MTV
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This North American animal's population had dropped from almost 50 million to under 1000 by 1889
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the buffalo (or the bison)
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HORNED ANIMALS
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Last name of the Michigan State A.T.O. [alpha tau omega] who, in '99, followed in Dad's footsteps & became president of the Teamsters
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(James P.) Hoffa
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FRATERNITY SUIT
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He believed "a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars"
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Walt Whitman
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POETRY
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…that means verbal abuse:A. abrogationB. cogitationC. sinistrationD. vituperation
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vituperation
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WHAT'S THAT WORD...?
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On July 4, 1826, a historic date, this "Oh! Susanna" composer was born in what's now a part of Pittsburgh
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(Stephen) Foster
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PITTSTORY
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Contestants must complete a mission in order to get to a new location on this x-treme travel adventure series
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Road Rules
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NONMUSICAL MTV
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It was one of the largest of the horned dinosaurs; 2 of its 3 horns were up to 3 feet long
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triceratops
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HORNED ANIMALS
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Alpha Phi Alpha John H. Johnson founded this magazine in 1951, 6 years after Ebony
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Jet
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FRATERNITY SUIT
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His "Ulalume" rhymes "sober" with "lonesome October"
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Edgar Allan Poe
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POETRY
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…that means not sincere:A. dissentiousB. disputatiousC. disingenuousD. discommodious
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disingenuous
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WHAT'S THAT WORD...?
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Brad played this Greek hero in the epic "Troy"
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Achilles
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PITT STORY
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This event that began in 1789 embodied many Enlightenment ideas, but is thought to have ended the era
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the French Revolution
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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Don Young from this state with 27 boroughs, including Sitka & North Slope
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Alaska
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THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE
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By examining these in some trees, you can figure out what the weather was like thousands of years ago
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the rings
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OUR TROUBLED PLANET
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With an average car speed of 6 mph, it's easy to see how this "Eternal City" wasn't built in a day
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Rome
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INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
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A guffaw from a young cow
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a calf laugh
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RHYME TIME
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Brad & Edward Norton created this title underground group whose 1st & 2nd rules are not to talk about it
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Fight Club
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PITT STORY
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In 1745 this was done to a book by materialist thinker Julien La Mettrie; in 1445 it would have been done to Julien
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burning
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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Earl Pomeroy from this state with 53 counties, including Sioux & Grand Forks
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North Dakota
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THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE
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Your average U.S. municipal landfill is over 40% of this product, way more than plastic or metal
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paper
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OUR TROUBLED PLANET
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This Thai capital's traffic was so bad that gas stations sold personal port-a-potties called "Comfort 100"
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Bangkok
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INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
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An uninflated airship
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a limp blimp
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RHYME TIME
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Brad climbed high as Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, who met the Dalai Lama in this real-life drama
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Seven Years in Tibet
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PITT STORY
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Priestly, Watt & Wedgwood were in a scientific club of "Lunaticks" whose meetings were set for each one of these
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a full moon
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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Michael Castle from this state with 3 counties: New Castle, Kent & Sussex
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Delaware
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THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE
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Before building a highway, a state has to submit an EIS, this 2-word "statement", to get federal funding
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environmental impact statement
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OUR TROUBLED PLANET
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Stuck in traffic & ill, Kip Keino had to jog a mile to get to the 1,500 meter run at the '68 Olympics in this city (he still won)
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Mexico City
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INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
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A no-no during a test, this item is covered with notes and instructions
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a cheat sheet
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RHYME TIME
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Death (Brad Pitt) takes a holiday & falls in love with Claire Forlani in this 1998 movie
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Meet Joe Black
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PITT STORY
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Time's July 5, 2004 cover story was "The Radical Mind of" this American Enlightenment thinker
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Thomas Jefferson
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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Bernie Sanders from this state with 14 counties, including Rutland & Bennington
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Vermont
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THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE
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The first ban on killing the "right" types of these creatures came into force in 1935
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whales
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OUR TROUBLED PLANET
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In 2003 Mayor Ken Livingstone of this metropolis introduced a tax of 5 pounds on cars entering the city center
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London
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INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
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A calamity that befalls the Dutch seat of government
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a Hague plague
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RHYME TIME
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Brad Pitt was an Irish Gypsy boxer with an indecipherable accent in this 2000 Guy Ritchie flick
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Snatch
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PITT STORY
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This 35-volume Denis Diderot project began as a translation of a British reference work
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the Encyclopedie
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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Stephanie Herseth from this state with 66 counties, including Yankton & Miner
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South Dakota
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THE LONE REPRESENTATIVE
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Newts are New Hampshire's state amphibian, partly for helping track this form of liquid pollution
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acid rain
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OUR TROUBLED PLANET
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Murtala Mohammed, this country's head of state, was shot dead in a Lagos traffic jam in 1976
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Nigeria
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INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
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Donor of a hepatic organ
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a liver giver
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RHYME TIME
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'Poet & critic Ludwig Rellstab compared this piano work to a nighttime boat ride on Lake Lucerne')
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Moonlight Sonata
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BEETHOVEN
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After the war, Confederate general Nathan Forrest served as the first head of this supremacist group
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Ku Klux Klan
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THE CIVIL WAR
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The word salad comes from Latin for this, because most Romans dressed their salads with little else
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Salt
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SALADS
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A perosn who uses offensive epithets against a political opponent is said to be doing this with mud
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Slinging
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VOCABULARY
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This Harrison Ford movie was the 1st collaboration by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg
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"Raiders of the Lost Ark"
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1981 MOVIES
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E.T. Holmes made the first one of these in 1877 to serve 6 telephone subscribers in Boston
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Telephone Switchboard (even though there were only 6 subscribers)
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INVENTIONS
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1 of the 3 heavyweight boxing champs to fit this category
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Joe Frazier, Joe Louis & "Jersey Joe" Walcott
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FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS
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Lincoln was asked to make a "few appropriate remarks" here November 19, 1863
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Gettysburg
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THE CIVIL WAR
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Toss together some lettuce, olives, cucumbers & feta cheese & you've got this ethnic salad
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Greek Salad
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SALADS
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Meaning savage & cruel, it comes from the Latin "trux", which means fierce
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Truculent
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VOCABULARY
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Miles O'Keeffe played this title role in a film produced by Bo Derek & directed by husband John
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Tarzan the Ape Man
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1981 MOVIES
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You could have gotten stuck on this company's first stick-on Band-Aids in 1921
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Johnson & Johnson
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INVENTIONS
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This Delaware senator chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Joseph Biden
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FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS
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The Confederates held this fort from April 1861 to February 1865
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Fort Sumter
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THE CIVIL WAR
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This 3-letter prefix that precedes "goblin" can also mean goblin when it stands alone
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Hob
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VOCABULARY
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This film starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was produced by the Unification Church
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Inchon
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1981 MOVIES
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In 11th century China, Pi Sheng made this out of clay; about 1445 Gutenberg used metal
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Movable Type
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INVENTIONS
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This world leader's real name was Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
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Joseph Stalin
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FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS
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He earned his nickname at First Bull Run & led 25,000 Confederates at its sequel, Second Bull Run
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Stonewall Jackson
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THE CIVIL WAR
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It can be a spokesman, part of your phone or a protective rubber device worn by a boxer
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Mouthpiece
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VOCABULARY
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This actor had his last theatrical film role as police commissioner Waldo in "Ragtime"
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James Cagney
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1981 MOVIES
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In 1982 this British singer paired with Jennifer Warnes in the No. 1 hit "Up Where We Belong"
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Joe Cocker
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FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS
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Due to rumors of his Southern sympathies, the U.S. Gov't didn't buy his new machine gun during the war
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Gatling
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THE CIVIL WAR
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In Europe salad may follow the main course because vinegar dressings can conflict with the taste of this
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wine
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SALADS
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This adjective meaning "of the earliest ages" appears in the first line of Longfellow's "Evangeline"
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Primeval ("This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines & the hemlocks")
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VOCABULARY
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In "First Monday in October", this actress played Ruth Loomis, 1st woman on the Supreme Court
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Jill Clayburgh
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1981 MOVIES
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The U.S. developed the NTSC system of this; France, SECAM & Germany, PAL
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Different systems of broadcasting color television
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INVENTIONS
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Late charismatic scholar seen on a PBS series in 1988 conversing with Bill Moyers on "The Power Of Myth"
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Joseph Campbell
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FAMOUS JOES & JOSEPHS
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At the end of their story, one returns to his estate, one marries a rich widow & one becomes a monk
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"The Three Musketeers"
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FRENCH LITERATURE
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Berlioz neglected his medical studies in this capital, preferring to spend his nights at the opera
|
Paris
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COMPOSERS
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In the closing arguments in a federal criminal case, this side goes first & gets to do a rebuttal
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Prosecution
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LAW
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After divorcing Daniel Patterson, she married her third husband, Asa Gilbert Eddy
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Mary Baker Eddy
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AMERICAN RELIGION
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Many consider a genius to be someone who scores 140 or better on a standard one of these
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IQ Test
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PSYCHOLOGY
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Though Abidjan has the main gov't buildings, Yamoussoukro is this country's official capital, tusk, tusk
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Ivory Coast
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GEOGRAPHY
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Type of lit. that was the specialty of Francois Villon, Marie De France & Charles Baudelaire
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Poetry
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FRENCH LITERATURE
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A master composer of ballets, he was the leading Russian composer of the late 19th century
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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COMPOSERS
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You can perform Shakespeare's plays without paying royalties since copyright law defines them as this
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Public Domain
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LAW
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In the 1600s the Baptists began baptizing by this method
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Immersion
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AMERICAN RELIGION
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Term for a physical illness caused or worsened by psychological factors
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Psychosomatic
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PSYCHOLOGY
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To Tibetans it's "Chomolungma", the goddess mother
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Mount Everest
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GEOGRAPHY
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The son of Grandgousier & Gargamelle, he was a medieval folk hero before Rabelais wrote about him
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Gargantua
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FRENCH LITERATURE
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Friedrich Nietzsche was a close friend of this "Lohengrin" composer but later turned against him
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Richard Wagner
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COMPOSERS
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In Latin legal lingo it means "by the fact itself"
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Ipso Facto
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LAW
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In 1790 the first emancipation petition was submitted to Congress by this religious group
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Quakers
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AMERICAN RELIGION
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Field of psychology that centers on the study of work & work environments
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Industrial Psychology
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PSYCHOLOGY
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There's a canyon full of odd rocks named for pioneer Ebenezer Bryce in this state
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Utah
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GEOGRAPHY
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A teacher of philosophy until her first novel was published, her best-known work is "The Second Sex"
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Simone De Beauvoir
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FRENCH LITERATURE
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First name shared by Vivaldi & Salieri
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Antonio
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COMPOSERS
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He was the last president to be one of the litigants in a case before the Supreme Court
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Richard Nixon
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LAW
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The Catholic mission at San Juan Capistrano was founded in the 18th century by this Franciscan
|
Juniperro Serra
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AMERICAN RELIGION
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An adult who returrns to a childhood level of behavior is exhibiting this defense mechanism
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Regression
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PSYCHOLOGY
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It's the longest U.S. river east of the Mississippi
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Ohio River
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GEOGRAPHY
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Denis Diderot is best known as editor of one of these reference works, the first modern one in any language
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Encyclopedia
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FRENCH LITERATURE
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Despite his protests, Claude Debussy's distinctive style was labeled this
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Impressionistic
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COMPOSERS
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1849 work in which Thoreau asked, "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them...?"
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"Civil Disobedience"
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LAW
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Circuit riding preachers of pioneer days were most associated with this Protestant denomination
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Methodists
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AMERICAN RELIGION
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Oliver Sacks wrote a book about one of his patients called "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For" this
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For a Hat
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PSYCHOLOGY
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In 1884 it lost its Atacama province to Chile & became a landlocked country
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Bolivia
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GEOGRAPHY
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'He became a nat\'l hero when he led the Spanish Foreign Legion against Moroccan rebels in the 1920s')
|
Gen. Francisco Franco
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WORLD HISTORY
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This F. Scott Fitzgerald character was born James Gatz
|
The Great Gatsby
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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Some authorities believe it was actually Jim Bowie's brother Rezin who designed this weapon
|
Bowie Knife
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NAMESAKES
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Jackson was the first president to use this form of transportation while in office
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Railroad
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ANDREW JACKSON
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Louis Armstrong's only No. 1 hit, it hit the charts for 19 weeks in 1964
|
"Hello, Dolly!"
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SONGS OF THE '60S
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You take the SAT exam to get into college & the LSAT to get into one of these schools
|
Law School
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ABBREVIATIONS
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After death, this faith's devout members get houris, celestial handmaidens
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Islam
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SUDDEN DEATH
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In "Ivanhoe" the black knight who rescues Wilfred & Rowena is really this king in disguise
|
Richard the Lionhearted
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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This measure of sound intensity is named for Alexander Graham Bell
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Decibel
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NAMESAKES
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In 1804 & again in 1837 Jackson retired from public life to this estate
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The Hermitage
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ANDREW JACKSON
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Sonny & Cher's only No. 1 hit, they used to sing it at the close of their TV show
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"I Got You Babe"
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SONGS OF THE '60S
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Nickname formed from the initials of the Government National Mortgage Association
|
Ginnie Mae
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ABBREVIATIONS
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The last words of this first president to die were, "It is well I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
|
George Washington
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SUDDEN DEATH
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For saving this little girl from the waters of the Mississippi, Uncle Tom was bought by her father
|
Little Eva
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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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What Michael Begon & J.G. Zinn had named after them
|
Flowers (begonias & zinnias)
|
NAMESAKES
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It's what Jackson had in common with Lewis Robards from Aug. 1791 to Sept. 1793
|
Same Wife (they both thought they were married to the same woman)
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ANDREW JACKSON
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Group whose first No. 1 hit, "Cherish", was recorded in a garage that was converted to a studio
|
The Association
|
SONGS OF THE '60S
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You could see one of them write down "q.i.d.", but you might find it hard to read
|
Doctors (they write that down on your prescription; take it 4 times a day)
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ABBREVIATIONS
|
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Romeo commits suicide by drinking poison whereas Juliet kills herself using this
|
A Dagger
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SUDDEN DEATH
|
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John D. MacDonald used colors in the titles of all the adventures of this private investigator
|
Travis McGee
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
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Two foods named for opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
|
Melba Toast & Peach Melba
|
NAMESAKES
|
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Jackson's choice for minister to Great Britain; after the Senate turned him down he became VP & then president
|
Martin Van Buren
|
ANDREW JACKSON
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The Beatles' 8th No. 1 hit, it begins "I think I'm gonna be sad"
|
"Ticket To Ride"
|
SONGS OF THE '60S
|
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It's an editor's abbreviation for more than one manuscript
|
MSS
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ABBREVIATIONS
|
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|
In 1984 this author of "The Complete Book of Running" died while running
|
Jim Fixx
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SUDDEN DEATH
|
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Educated at Rennsselaer Polytechnic, he built railroads & bridges before his amusement park ride
|
George Washington Gale Ferris
|
NAMESAKES
|
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Collective term for Jackson's unofficial group of presidential advisors
|
"Kitchen Cabinet"
|
ANDREW JACKSON
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They had No. 1 hits with Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" & Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn"
|
The Byrds
|
SONGS OF THE '60S
|
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A cousin to the R.A.F., the R.A.A.F. is this
|
Royal Australian Air Force
|
ABBREVIATIONS
|
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|
By custom, books printed in the U.S. carry this library's card catalogue number on the copyright page
|
Library of Congress
|
PUBLISHING
|
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A simple one of these consists of a small weight swinging to & fro on the end of a string
|
Pendulum
|
SCIENCE
|
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Paris was known by its Celtic name "Lutetia", when he took it from the Parisii tribe in 52 B.C.
|
Julius Caesar
|
ANCIENT HISTORY
|
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Providence County is this state's largest county in both area & population
|
Rhode Island
|
U.S. STATES
|
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It "makes all men equal" & "makes the world go round"
|
Love
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PROVERBS
|
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He fled the Potala, his palace in Tibet, when Chinese forces invaded Lhasa in 1959
|
The Dalai Lama
|
PALACES
|
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Of 4-6 pages, 14-20 pages or 40-60 pages, the size of the typical Soviet daily newspaper
|
4-6 pages
|
PUBLISHING
|
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The process by which a substance changes from liquid to a gas is called this
|
Vaporization
|
SCIENCE
|
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Cleopatra had 4 children out of wedlock, 3 fathered by this Roman
|
Marc Antony
|
ANCIENT HISTORY
|
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Symbols of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw & Seminole Indian nations are on its seal
|
Oklahoma
|
U.S. STATES
|
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|
He coined the saying, Early to bed & early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise"
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
PROVERBS
|
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From 1561-1567, Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh was the home of this queen of Scotland
|
Mary Stuart
|
PALACES
|
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"The Talk Of The Town" is a weekly feature of this magazine also known for its drawings
|
The New Yorker
|
PUBLISHING
|
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The planets that are smaller than Earth are Mercury, Venus & these two
|
Mars & Pluto
|
SCIENCE
|
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The earliest known civilization, it was home to the Sumerians & Akkadians
|
Mesopotamia
|
ANCIENT HISTORY
|
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|
State whose motto "Eureka", meaning "I have found it" is attributed to Archimedes
|
California
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
They're the "Windows of the Soul"
|
The Eyes
|
PROVERBS
|
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King of Bavaria whose Neuschwanstein Castle might be called a monument to his madness
|
Ludwig II
|
PALACES
|
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|
"The Budget" is a weekly paper published nationally for members of this Mennonite sect
|
Amish
|
PUBLISHING
|
|
|
An LED; it's used for displaying readings on digital watches & calculators
|
Light Emitting Diode
|
SCIENCE
|
|
|
The Hebrew kingdom split into Judah & Israel after the death of this king
|
Solomon
|
ANCIENT HISTORY
|
|
|
This "Tree Planters State" in the midwest has the only 2 man-made national forests in the U.S.
|
Nebraska
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
Proverb that was the title of a Kaufman/Hart play about an unconventional family
|
"You Can\'t Take It With You"
|
PROVERBS
|
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|
Huis Ten Bosch Palace, home of Holland's Queen Beatrix, is in this city
|
The Hague
|
PALACES
|
|
|
"News You Can Use" & "Worldgram" are registered trademarks of this magazine
|
U.S. News & World Report
|
PUBLISHING
|
|
|
When this scientist discovered oxygen, he called it dephlogisticated air
|
Joseph Priestley
|
SCIENCE
|
|
|
The ruins of Ur are in a desert because this river, which once ran near it, changed course
|
Euphrates
|
ANCIENT HISTORY
|
|
|
The Great Serpent Mound near Hillsboro in this state is an ancient Indian burial site
|
Ohio
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
In a Thomas Gray poem this precedes " 'Tis folly to be wise"
|
Where Ignorance Is Bliss
|
PROVERBS
|
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Hiram Bingham claimed he found a castle of the Incas in this remote fortress city he excavated
|
Machu Picchu
|
PALACES
|
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'This actor won a 1952 Tony and a 1956 Oscar for playing the same ruler')
|
Yul Brynner (\"The King & I\")
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
|
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|
As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list
|
The Da Vinci Code
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS
|
|
|
His original lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land" mention the relief office & people who stood hungry
|
(Woody) Guthrie
|
MEET THE FOLKERS
|
|
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This World War II radio propagandist was born on the Fourth of July, 1916
|
Tokyo Rose
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
|
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In 1966 this French president pulled France out of NATO's integrated military structure
|
Charles de Gaulle
|
HI, FRENCHIE!
|
|
|
The Saluki,the Sanhedrin,the Salmineo
|
the Saluki
|
SPOT THE POOCH
|
|
|
It's a folded & grilled flour tortilla filled with cheese & often chicken; es muy buena!
|
a quesadilla
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD"
|
|
|
Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer
|
(Jimmy) Buffett
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS
|
|
|
In 1963 this trio breezed to No. 2 with "Blowin' In The Wind"
|
Peter, Paul and Mary
|
MEET THE FOLKERS
|
|
|
Alliterative woman described in songhereby Nat King Cole"Wild and wind-blown /That's how you've grown"
|
"Ramblin\' Rose"
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
|
|
|
This French emperor's own "Waterloo" came against the Germans in 1870
|
Napoleon III
|
HI, FRENCHIE!
|
|
|
The Ridgeway,the Ridgeback,the Ridgebone
|
The Ridgeback
|
SPOT THE POOCH
|
|
|
10-letter term for feeling stiff from horseback riding
|
saddlesore
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD"
|
|
|
The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover & shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale
|
The Broker
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS
|
|
|
In 1997 he won a Grammy for his first new album in over a decade, simply titled "Pete"
|
(Pete) Seeger
|
MEET THE FOLKERS
|
|
|
In 1956 Aussie Murray Rose became the 1st male swimmer to win 2 solo Olympic golds since this man in 1924
|
(Johnny) Weissmuller
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
|
|
|
In French, this French monk of the Middle Ages is known as Pierre l'Ermite
|
Peter the Hermit
|
HI, FRENCHIE!
|
|
|
The Dandie Dinmont,the Dandie Dinkum,the Dandie Doodahday
|
the Dandie Dinmont
|
SPOT THE POOCH
|
|
|
We see this Southern California ctiy, originally named Indiana Colony, through rose-colored glasses
|
Pasadena
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD"
|
|
|
The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear"
|
Michael Crichton
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS
|
|
|
In 1958 this group heardherereigned at No. 1"...well /Hang down your head, Tom Dooley /Hang down your head..."
|
The Kingston Trio
|
MEET THE FOLKERS
|
|
|
In this Umberto Eco novel, William of Baskerville solves a murder like a medieval Sherlock Holmes
|
The Name of the Rose
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
|
|
|
"The Moon and Sixpence" was Somerset Maugham's roman a clef based on the life of this French artist
|
Paul Gauguin
|
HI, FRENCHIE!
|
|
|
Ekkenpinscher,Hauzzenpinscher,Affenpinscher,Didhepinscher
|
Affenpinscher
|
SPOT THE POOCH
|
|
|
Any war carried out under papal sanction
|
a crusade
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD"
|
|
|
This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends
|
I Am Charlotte Simmons
|
2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS
|
|
|
After she sang the anthem "We Shall Overcome" at a 1963 march, her version of it hit the charts
|
Joan Baez
|
MEET THE FOLKERS
|
|
|
The 2 British royal houses of the Wars of the Roses
|
York & Lancaster
|
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE
|
|
|
This 19th century French politician & writer gave his name to a style of steak
|
(Francois Auguste) Chateaubriand
|
HI, FRENCHIE!
|
|
|
Redfoot Coonhound,Greenhead Coonhound,Bluetick Coonhound
|
Bluetick Coonhound
|
SPOT THE POOCH
|
|
|
His rule of Syria included the 1982 killing of perhaps 20,000 in the city of Hamah
|
Hafez al-Assad
|
THAT'S JUST "SAD"
|
|
|
In the 1700s Rosalba Carriera, whose work is seenhere, was the first to popularize these pigment sticks
|
pastels
|
ART TECHNIQUE
|
|
|
Lactobacillus bulgaricus & Streptococcus thermophilus are the usual bacteria that culture this food
|
yogurt
|
"Y"s UP!
|
|
|
The title of the article Donald Trump penned on her was "The Domestic Diva Is Back"
|
Martha Stewart
|
TIME's TOP 100
|
|
|
"Sonnets from the Portuguese" was so named because "Portuguese" was this man's nickname for its author
|
Robert Browning
|
SONNETS
|
|
|
In 1484 he tried to get King John II of Portugal to finance his transoceanic trip
|
Columbus
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE
|
|
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew makes some cartoon trees grow.) By enlarging the nearest part of the image, thistechniqueadds the illusion of depth
|
foreshortening
|
ART TECHNIQUE
|
|
|
3 strangers are united by tragedy in "___ Grams"
|
21
|
MOVIE NUMBERS
|
|
|
They're the two complementary cosmic forces representedhere
|
yin & yang
|
"Y"s UP!
|
|
|
The World Health Org. says his & his wife's foundation has "already saved the lives of 670,000 children"
|
Bill Gates
|
TIME's TOP 100
|
|
|
"When I consider how my light is spent" begins this sonnet about his loss of sight
|
Milton
|
SONNETS
|
|
|
In 1763 Portugal's South American colonies were unified with the capital set in this city
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE
|
|
|
Encaustic painting, used since ancient times, applies this animal product to a rigid surface & fixes it with heat
|
wax
|
ART TECHNIQUE
|
|
|
A Hitchcock thriller:"The ___ Steps"
|
39
|
MOVIE NUMBERS
|
|
|
The Rockefeller Foundation scientists who developed a vaccine for this "colorful" disease often caught it
|
yellow fever
|
"Y"s UP!
|
|
|
The article on economist Jeffrey Sachs was by this Dubliner who worked with Sachs on world debt relief
|
Bono
|
TIME's TOP 100
|
|
|
This Romantic began his "England in 1819", "An old, mad, blind, despised and dying king"
|
Shelley
|
SONNETS
|
|
|
The name of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of this continent, is Portuguese for "needles"
|
Africa
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE
|
|
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off a blank canvas.) This step in prepping a canvas doesn't mean measuring; it means adding a layer of glue so thepaintdoesn't sink in & lose its color
|
to size your canvas
|
ART TECHNIQUE
|
|
|
Inspired by the director's own early life:"The ___ Blows"
|
400
|
MOVIE NUMBERS
|
|
|
In Judaism the holiest of all days is this day of atonement
|
Yom Kippur
|
"Y"s UP!
|
|
|
The headline of this man's article was "Dear Leader Goes Nuclear"
|
Kim Jong Il
|
TIME's TOP 100
|
|
|
The "Canzoniere" by this Tuscan contained over 300 sonnets to an idealized beloved he had never met
|
Petrarch
|
SONNETS
|
|
|
Before 1974 this country with a hyphenated name was known as Portuguese Guinea
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE
|
|
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew fiddles with some classical whiskers.) This term for deliberately blurring an area, as Titian didhere, sounds like a combination of "scramble" & "jumble"
|
scumble
|
ART TECHNIQUE
|
|
|
Set on New Year's Eve:"___ Cigarettes"
|
200
|
MOVIE NUMBERS
|
|
|
For many years, Aden, this country's second-largest city, was a British Crown Colony
|
Yemen
|
"Y"s UP!
|
|
|
After he defeated Alan Keyes for an Illinois senate seat, Time asked if he was "The future of the Democratic Party?"
|
(Barack) Obama
|
TIME's TOP 100
|
|
|
Perhaps the most distinguished 20th century sonneteer was this German poet in works like "Sonnets to Orpheus"
|
(Rainer Maria) Rilke
|
SONNETS
|
|
|
1494's Treaty of Tordesillas aimed to settle a dispute between Portugal & this nation over New World territories
|
Spain
|
FROM THE PORTUGUESE
|
|
|
'In 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name')
|
Julius Caesar
|
RANKS & TITLES
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crue walks around a control panel in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This equipment was used for the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy & this man
|
Nixon
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
|
|
|
No. 2 for these 2 in '82: "The girl is mine, the doggone girl is mine, don't waste your time, because the doggone girl is mine"
|
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
|
LYRICALLY YOURS
|
|
|
Gerbert picked this name, not Tweety, when he became pope in 999
|
Sylvester
|
POPE-POURRI
|
|
|
John Lennon,Ringo Starr,George Harrison
|
Ringo Starr
|
BORN FIRST
|
|
|
Their rivalry was legend, but on Halloween, be it Braeburn or Criterion... this fruit's gonna get candied
|
an apple
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE
|
|
|
From the Latin for "weaving", it's any woven or knitted fabric
|
a textile
|
"T" TIME
|
|
|
A 19th C. goblet in the library was given to Pres. Kennedy when he visited this country of his ancestors in 1963
|
Ireland
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
|
|
|
"She'll make you live her crazy life but she'll take away your pain, like a bullet to your brain" in this 1999 song
|
"Livin\' La Vida Loca"
|
LYRICALLY YOURS
|
|
|
Pope Paul VI named more than 2 dozen new ones of these in 1965, bringing the world total up to 103
|
cardinals
|
POPE-POURRI
|
|
|
Stokely Carmichael,Martin Luther King, Jr.,Malcolm X
|
Malcolm X
|
BORN FIRST
|
|
|
It's a pastry shell filled with a custard of seasonings, eggs & cream... this November, real men will eat...
|
quiche
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE
|
|
|
Dipsy is the green one of these characters on PBS
|
a Teletubby
|
"T" TIME
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a coconut shell enshrined in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This is the actual piece of coconut on which John F. Kennedycarved a plea for helpafter this boat was cut in half during World War II
|
PT-109
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
|
|
|
In 1986, Sammy Hagar wailed, "Only time will tell if we stand the test of time" when he was this band's lead singer
|
Van Halen
|
LYRICALLY YOURS
|
|
|
Pope Gregory IX formalized the medieval version of this one-word search & destroy heretics program
|
the Inquisition
|
POPE-POURRI
|
|
|
Alexander the Great,Darius the Great,Frederick the Great
|
Darius
|
BORN FIRST
|
|
|
Once, this vit. A & C-rich herb got top billing; now, sage, rosemary & thyme are back in "Scarborough Fair 2: Reloaded"
|
parsley
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE
|
|
|
This small Arizona city is home to Boot Hill Graveyard & the O.K. Corral
|
Tombstone
|
"T" TIME
|
|
|
The library has JFK's phonetic notations to remind himself how to pronounce these 4 words on June 26, 1963
|
Ich bin ein Berliner
|
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
|
|
|
Can't argue with that: in "Fly Like An Eagle" he sang, "Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'... into the future"
|
(Steve) Miller
|
LYRICALLY YOURS
|
|
|
Nicholas V was the last pope to serve concurrently with one of these--Felix V, who resigned in 1449
|
an antipope
|
POPE-POURRI
|
|
|
Leon Trotsky,Vladimir Lenin,Josef Stalin
|
Lenin
|
BORN FIRST
|
|
|
Boneless, from the small end of the tenderloin... it's coming after your credit card... with a vengeance
|
filet mignon
|
FOOD A LAFONTAINE
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Thin, pale & young, the image of this model born Leslie Hornby seemed to sum up her era
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Twiggy
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"T" TIME
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew fawns over a metal-plated case in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This beautiful humidor, sans cigars, was given to John F. Kennedy by this cranky premier when they first met in Vienna in 1961
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Nikita Khrushchev
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THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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In this hit, "Feels so good when you know you're down, a super dope homeboy from the Oaktown... Stop. Hammer time"
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"U Can\'t Touch This"
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LYRICALLY YOURS
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John Paul Stevens,William Rehnquist,David Souter
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John Paul Stevens
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BORN FIRST
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Sponge cake, ice cream, meringue, baked hot for 5 minutes... at your next party, this "stately" dessert will be on fire!
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Baked Alaska
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FOOD A LAFONTAINE
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It's beef stomach lining, yum!
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tripe
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"T" TIME
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(Leroy Chiao, aboard the International Space Station, reads the clue.) On January 14, 2004 President Bush said the I.S.S. would focus on human biology in space, to prepare for a first visit to this planet
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Mars
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MAN IN SPACE
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"The Blob","Bullitt","The Thomas Crown Affair"
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(Steve) McQueen
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FILMOGRAPHIES
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Garfield Todd tried to reduce government racism as a 1950s P.M. of Southern Rhodesia, now this country
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Zimbabwe
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WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT?
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25 of the title character's poems form the last part of this Boris Pasternak novel
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Dr. Zhivago
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RUSSIAN LIT
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In boxing, do something crazy like, I don't know, biting a guy's ear off & you'll get a DQ, this
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disqualification
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16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS
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Deke Slayton, grounded from this program in 1962 for medical reasons, finally went into space in 1975
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the Mercury program
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MAN IN SPACE
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"Evelyn","The Tailor of Panama","The Thomas Crown Affair"
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(Pierce) Brosnan
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FILMOGRAPHIES
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Not only was Henry Ford born in this Michigan city, he also started his first auto company there
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Dearborn
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HISTORIC "D" TOUR
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In 1779 Isaac Todd helped form the North West Co. to challenge the Hudson Bay Co.'s monopoly in this trade
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the fur trade
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WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT?
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When parts of this novel were published in Paris in 1973, Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn was branded a traitor
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The Gulag Archipelago
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RUSSIAN LIT
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An attack by an army against an already-attacking enemy force
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counteroffensive
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16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS
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(Leroy Chiao reads again.) An early vision of aspace stationwas in a 1952 Collier's magazine article by this scientist
|
Wernher von Braun
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MAN IN SPACE
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"Get Shorty","Ransom","The Thomas Crown Affair"
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Rene Russo
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FILMOGRAPHIES
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In 1895 French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was sent there
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Devil\'s Island
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HISTORIC "D" TOUR
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He promoted the wide-screen process Todd-AO, first used in the 1955 movie "Oklahoma!"
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Mike Todd
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WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT?
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While in Moscow for the first performance of his "The Cherry Orchard", he became ill and soon died
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Anton Chekhov
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RUSSIAN LIT
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Breathe into a paper bag to relax the muscles when suffering from this, breathing too fast & too deeply
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hyperventilation
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16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS
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"Nixon","Pleasantville","The Upside of Anger"
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Joan Allen
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FILMOGRAPHIES
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For many years Paul Klee taught at the National Academy of Art in this German city
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Dusseldorf
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HISTORIC "D" TOUR
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In 1812 Thomas Todd didn't need a wedding at the Elks Lodge; his bride's sister Dolley arranged to have it here
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the White House
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WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT?
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Before his death sentence was commuted he wrote "The Little Hero"; after being freed, he wrote "The Idiot"
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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RUSSIAN LIT
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Indisputable, or not open to question, it can precede "evidence" in a courtroom
|
incontrovertible
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16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS
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"Gosford Park","Random Hearts","The Horse Whisperer"
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Kristin Scott Thomas
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FILMOGRAPHIES
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Until 1975 the West African Republic of Benin was known by this name
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Dahomey
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HISTORIC "D" TOUR
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John Todd gave his name to a type of this algebraic expression of 2 or more terms connected by symbols
|
polynomials
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WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT?
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Some say this 1836 Nikolay Gogol play about a civil servant named Khlestakov is the greatest in the Russian language
|
The Inspector General
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RUSSIAN LIT
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An extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa 1 to 4 million years ago
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Australopithecus
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16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS
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'The phrase "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course" is often used to help memorize this')
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Pi
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BY THE NUMBERS
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Longer than the Mississippi, this river wasn't made navigable until the 20th century
|
Missouri River
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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One-word title for the person who operated the device developed by Samuel F.B. Morse
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Telegrapher
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ODD JOBS
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In the Middle Ages this insect was dedicated to the Virgin & called "The Beetle Of Our Lady"
|
Ladybug/Ladybird Beetle
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ANIMALS
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Robert Frost wrote, "To" do this "is human, not to, animal"
|
Err
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QUOTES
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Tofu has been prepared on this continent for over 1,000 years
|
Asia
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FOOD & DRINK
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Baseball player Jay Hanna Dean was known by this giddy moniker
|
Dizzy Dean
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NICKNAMES
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This 10-state region isn't flat; it rises from 2,000 ft. near Omaha to 6,000 ft. at Cheyenne
|
Great Plains
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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From the Greek for "know beforehand", it's someone who predicts things, like the weather
|
Prognosticator
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ODD JOBS
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Smaller forms of these birds are usually called doves
|
Pigeons
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ANIMALS
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In "An Essay On Man" Pope wrote this "springs eternal in the human breast"
|
Hope
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QUOTES
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Planted chiefly in Hawaii, the most widely grown variety of this fruit is the smooth cayenne
|
Pineapple
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FOOD & DRINK
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Bewhiskered western sidekick George Hayes went by this "talkative" nickname
|
Gabby Hayes
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NICKNAMES
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The only state with areas that have a Mediterranean climate
|
California
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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A cryptographer doesn't break into tombs but breaks these
|
Codes
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ODD JOBS
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The largest members of this phylum are the giant squids & the smallest are snails
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Mollusks
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ANIMALS
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Advised not to be a lawyer, as the profession was overcrowded, D. Webster said, "There is always room" here
|
At the top
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QUOTES
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This French word describes the very driest champagnes
|
Brut
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FOOD & DRINK
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He's been called "The World's Oldest Living Teenager"
|
Dick Clark
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NICKNAMES
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The lower valley of the Susquehanna & its tributaries have created this large Atlantic bay
|
Chesapeake Bay
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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The job of a sommelier in a restaurant is to serve this
|
Wine
|
ODD JOBS
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These arachnids differ from true spiders by the extreme length & thinness of their legs
|
Daddy Longlegs
|
ANIMALS
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Carl Sandburg wrote, "Sometime they'll give" one of these "and nobody will come"
|
War
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QUOTES
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This mixture of apples, nuts, celery & mayonnaise was named for a hotel
|
Waldorf Salad
|
FOOD & DRINK
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He earned the nickname "Hero of Mobile Bay" in the Civil War
|
Admiral David Farragut
|
NICKNAMES
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This western branch of the Appalachians runs from north central Penn. through MD., VA. & W. VA.
|
Alleghenies
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
|
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If you hired an expert in drayage, you needed this done
|
Having something moved (or hauled by cart in the old days)
|
ODD JOBS
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Surprisingly, the white, or beluga, species of this mammal can be found in the St. Lawrence River
|
Whale
|
ANIMALS
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Kipling said, "He travels the fastest who travels" this way
|
Alone
|
QUOTES
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The "Court" variety of this is a stock in which fish are poached & can contain herbs & vegetables
|
Boullion
|
FOOD & DRINK
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This producer of "Hello, Dolly!" has been called "The Barnum of Broadway Producers"
|
David Merrick
|
NICKNAMES
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Wess Roberts called his 1989 guide to success "Leadership Secrets Of" this Hun
|
Attila
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S
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Although Switzerland has 4 national languages, 70% of the population speaks this one
|
German
|
SWITZERLAND
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The tea thrown overboard into Boston harbor in 1773 belonged to this British company
|
East India Comapny
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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1 of the 2 Bogart movies with "Sierra" in their titles
|
High Sierra&Treasure of the Sierra Madre
|
CINEMA
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According to Collier's Encyclopedia, this son of Cronus had more than 3 dozen kids
|
Zeus
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS
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This "new" art style was popular in France just before Art Deco
|
Art Nouveau
|
ART & DESIGN
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John Gregory Dunne's '89 memoir, "Harp", details his search for his ancestral roots in this country
|
Ireland
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S
|
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This is compulsory for all men between the ages of 20 & 50
|
Military Service
|
SWITZERLAND
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In 1776, while encamped with Washington's troops, he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
|
Thomas Paine
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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This '84 film about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge was finally shown in a Cambodian theater in 1989
|
"The Killing Fields"
|
CINEMA
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This Greek god lived with his wife, Amphitrite, in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea
|
Poseidon
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS
|
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A walkway or porch with a roof supported by columns, it's featured in Greek architecture
|
Portico
|
ART & DESIGN
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Robert D. Parker's "Poodle Springs" is based on this author's unfinished Philip Marlowe novel
|
Raymond Chandler
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S
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This white star-shaped flower is Switzerland's national flower
|
Edelweiss
|
SWITZERLAND
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In 1780 & '81 this general commanded Britain's forces in the southern colonies
|
Lord Cornwallis
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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The Horse of a Different Color in this film was actually 6 different horses colored with Jell-O powder
|
"The Wizard of Oz"
|
CINEMA
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Born from the blood of Uranus, they punish those who escape punishment
|
The Furies
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS
|
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|
This name refers to any depiction of the Virgin holding the dead Christ, not just Michelangelo's sculpture
|
Pieta
|
ART & DESIGN
|
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|
Tom Wolfe has described this book of his as "A 'Vanity Fair' written 150 years later"
|
"Bonfire of the Vanities"
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S
|
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|
On the night of April 18, 1775, he & Paul Revere rode the countryside warning of the Redcoats' advance
|
William Dawes
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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|
In "The Road to Utopia", Bob Hope acted macho by saying, "I'll take lemonade - - in" one of these
|
A Dirty Glass
|
CINEMA
|
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|
Among Hercules' teachers were these twins who taught him horsemanship & boxing
|
Castor & Pollux
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS
|
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|
A praying desk with a knee bench, its name means "Pray God"
|
Prie-Dieu
|
ART & DESIGN
|
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|
"The Noose of Laurels" concludes that neither of these rivals reached the North Pole
|
Frederic Cook & Robert Peary
|
BOOKS OF THE '80S
|
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|
In 1774 the 1st Continental Congress convened at this Philadelphia building, not Independence Hall
|
Carpenters\' Hall
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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|
Near the end of this 1959 Hitchcock film, Martin Landau falls off Mount Rushmore
|
"North By Northwest"
|
CINEMA
|
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|
The Romans worshipped this huntress in a grove south of Rome
|
Diana
|
MYTHS & LEGENDS
|
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Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe & Philip Johnson designed this NYC skyscraper named for a liquor company
|
Seagram\'s Building/Tower
|
ART & DESIGN
|
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'Country whose basic monetary unit is the Balboa')
|
Panama
|
MONEY
|
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|
Edmund Randolph helped draft & ratify the Constitution before becoming this man's Attorney General
|
Washington
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
|
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The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series in 4 straight games, finally exorcising this man's "curse"
|
The Bambino (The Babe accepted)
|
THE WORLD SERIES
|
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|
Also a Lone Star State lottery game, it's a numerical country dance
|
the Texas Two-Step
|
STATE THE ITEM
|
|
|
Eskimo boat
|
kayak
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS
|
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Born on Oct. 31, 1887 in the Zhejiang Province, he'd Taiwan-on in 1949
|
Chiang Kai-shek
|
BORN
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A Louisiana man put $20 on a Circle-K counter, asked for change, then robbed the place for $15; he forgot about this
|
the $20 he had put in
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS
|
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A relative of Napoleon, Charles Bonaparte served as Navy Secretary in 1905 & later as Attorney General for this president
|
Theodore Roosevelt
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
|
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"Say Hey"! This Giants outfielder's catch of a Vic Wertz drive was a highlight of the 1954 World Series
|
Willie Mays
|
THE WORLD SERIES
|
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|
About 250 of these 2-named Western U.S. vultures survive in the world, most in captivity
|
California condors
|
STATE THE ITEM
|
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|
A failed munition
|
dud
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS
|
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Born on March 18, 1869 in Birmingham, England, he appeased away 71 years later
|
Neville Chamberlain
|
BORN
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A teen involved in a previous fireworks mishap tried to light gunpowder with this 9-letter metalworking aid
|
a blowtorch
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS
|
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This man appointed Harry Daugherty, who'd helped him become lt. gov. of Ohio & a U.S. senator as well as president
|
Warren G. Harding
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
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In game one of the 1968 Series, this Cardinals pitcher struck out a record 17 Tigers
|
Bob Gibson
|
THE WORLD SERIES
|
|
|
An American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers & producing brown eggs
|
a Rhode Island red
|
STATE THE ITEM
|
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A title for an important Islamic leader; Khan you dig it?
|
aga
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS
|
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No truth to the rumor this Soviet leader's eyebrows added 5 lbs. to his Dec. 19, 1906 birth
|
(Leonid) Brezhnev
|
BORN
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A man from this "Nutmeg State" ended a chase by ducking into a high-security prison, thinking it was a mall
|
Connecticut
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS
|
|
|
A.G. Roger Taney wrote this president's speech announcing the veto of the bill renewing the Bank of the U.S.
|
Andrew Jackson
|
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
|
|
|
This outfielder was named World Series MVP twice: with the Oakland A's in 1973 & with the Yankees in 1977
|
Reggie Jackson
|
THE WORLD SERIES
|
|
|
"Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing" this beautiful state song
|
the "Tennessee Waltz"
|
STATE THE ITEM
|
|
|
Muscle "cuff" that permits free shoulder movement
|
rotator
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS
|
|
|
He made his very first exploration into the cold world on July 16, 1872 in Borge, near Oslo, Norway
|
Amundsen
|
BORN
|
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|
Explosive habit! A W.V. man lit a cigarette in an outhouse but forgot about the presence of this, aka marsh gas
|
methane
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS
|
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|
This Yankee catcher hit the 1st pinch-hit home run in Series history in '47; he hit 11 more homers in his Series career
|
Yogi Berra
|
THE WORLD SERIES
|
|
|
1854's Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed this
|
the Missouri Compromise
|
STATE THE ITEM
|
|
|
Enemy of God in Ezekiel & Revelation
|
Gog
|
PALINDROMIC WORDS
|
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This painter was nude descending into the world on July 28, 1887 in Blainville, France
|
(Marcel) Duchamp
|
BORN
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In '02 a boy in this westernmost cont. European country refused his soup until Mom let him play with a gun; yes, she survived
|
Portugal
|
THE DARWIN AWARDS
|
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A tear in this light-receptive layer at the back of the eye can cause it to detach from the underlying tissue
|
the retina
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE
|
|
|
1997:Agent J,Agent K,Chief Zed
|
Men in Black
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS
|
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|
In Act I her nurse & mother discuss her upcoming 14th birthday
|
Juliet
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
|
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|
This funny man & movie Santa Claus titled one of his books of musings "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man"
|
Tim Allen
|
THE NAKED TRUTH
|
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|
This mountain has additional named peaks that exceed 24,000 feet, including Lhotse & Changtse
|
Mount Everest
|
MOUNTAINS
|
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|
In 1891 African-American jockey Isaac Murphy became the first man to win this horse race 3 times
|
the Kentucky Derby
|
"K" RATIONS
|
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|
A lack of iodine in the diet can cause a goiter, which is an enlargement of this gland that's just below the larynx
|
a thyroid
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE
|
|
|
1978:Bluto,Otter,Flounder,D-Day
|
Animal House
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS
|
|
|
She says of her husband, "His unkindness may defeat my life, but never taint my love" (She was right)
|
Desdemona
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
|
|
|
Flash back to this event in 1974 where the famous photo seenherewas taken
|
the Oscars
|
THE NAKED TRUTH
|
|
|
The name of Mexico's Popocatepetl means "smoking mountain" in the language of this people
|
the Aztecs
|
MOUNTAINS
|
|
|
From a Chinese word meaning "skill", it's an ancient style of weaponless combat
|
kung fu
|
"K" RATIONS
|
|
|
An angiogram may reveal one of these bulges in the wall of a blood vessel
|
an aneurysm
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE
|
|
|
2005:Paul Crewe,Warden Hazen,Cheeseburger
|
The Longest Yard
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS
|
|
|
The Duke of Albany & the Duke of Cornwall are the husbands of these 2 sisters
|
Goneril & Regan
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
|
|
|
When Adam & Eve realized they were naked, they sewed these together to make aprons
|
fig leaves
|
THE NAKED TRUTH
|
|
|
The name of this sacred mountain is said to be derived from the Ainu word for "fire"
|
Mount Fuji
|
MOUNTAINS
|
|
|
For more than 1,000 years, this city served as the seat of Japan's imperial court
|
Kyoto
|
"K" RATIONS
|
|
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secretJeopardy!science lab.) It's the 11-letter adjective forthistype of medical application; the first approved use was for motion sickness
|
transdermal
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE
|
|
|
1974:The Waco Kid,Hedley Lamarr,Mongo
|
Blazing Saddles
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS
|
|
|
Hurry up & name this character who makes bawdy puns during a Latin lesson in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
|
Mistress Quickly
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
|
|
|
Taken by this woman, the last portrait of John Lennon shows him nude on a bed with a fully clothed Yoko Ono
|
Annie Leibovitz
|
THE NAKED TRUTH
|
|
|
Canada's 10 highest mountains lie totally or partly in this territory
|
the Yukon Territory
|
MOUNTAINS
|
|
|
This melancholic philosopher & author of "Fear & Trembling" was a frail hunchback born in Denmark in 1813
|
Kierkegaard
|
"K" RATIONS
|
|
|
In a severe case, this lateral curvature of the spine can cause a 90-degree displacement of the pelvis
|
scoliosis
|
HEALTH & MEDICINE
|
|
|
1989:Ray& Annie Kinsella,Moonlight Graham
|
Field of Dreams
|
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS
|
|
|
She's the younger sister in "The Taming of the Shrew"
|
Bianca
|
SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN
|
|
|
Many speculate that the model for Goya's "The Naked Maja" was the duchess of this
|
Alba
|
THE NAKED TRUTH
|
|
|
Although it stands almost on the equator, this second-highest African peak is capped by 12 glaciers
|
Mount Kenya
|
MOUNTAINS
|
|
|
A famous book of medieval illuminated manuscripts bears the name of this town in Ireland's County Meath
|
Kells
|
"K" RATIONS
|
|
|
'His great-granddad wrote the best-seller "White Rose of Memphis", a city 40 miles north of the county in which he was raised')
|
William Faulkner
|
NOVELISTS
|
|
|
This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning
|
Telly Savalas
|
FAMOUS NAMES
|
|
|
"When you care enough to send the very best", send one of these
|
Hallmark Card
|
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
|
|
|
Among these tales told by Jesus were those "of the net", "of the mustard seed" & "of the hidden treasures"
|
Parables
|
THE BIBLE
|
|
|
Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds
|
Lightning
|
WEATHER
|
|
|
This word commonly follows cuff or missing
|
Link
|
4-LETTER WORDS
|
|
|
Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign
|
Cancer
|
PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
|
|
|
Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name
|
O. Henry
|
FAMOUS NAMES
|
|
|
"Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars
|
Buick
|
ADVERTISING SLOGANS
|
|
|
I Corinthians 7:9 states, "It is better to marry than to" do this
|
Burn
|
THE BIBLE
|
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Air is described as supersaturated when the relative humidity is higher than this percent
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100%
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WEATHER
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From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness
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Coma
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4-LETTER WORDS
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It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales
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Libra
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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
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"The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972
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Roberta Flack
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FAMOUS NAMES
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"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"
|
Sprite
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ADVERTISING SLOGANS
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It was like coriander seed, white; & the taste of it was like wafers made with honey
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Manna
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THE BIBLE
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Tornadoes that develop over water are called these
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Waterspouts
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WEATHER
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It can be part of your foot, your shoe, your stocking or your loaf of bread
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Heel
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Appropriately, we've had 2 presidents born under this sign, Bush & Kennedy
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Gemini
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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
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George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign
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Armand Hammer
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FAMOUS NAMES
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"Tan, don't burn use" this
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Coppertone
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ADVERTISING SLOGANS
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Things saved from this city were the gold & silver, the iron & brass vessels & Rahab & her family
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Jericho
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THE BIBLE
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Season of the year when Arizona has its "monsoons"
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Summer
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WEATHER
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A roue, or his garden implement
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Rake
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Our last Sagittarian pres.; his last name sounds like something Sagittarius' arrows could do
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(Franklin) Pierce
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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
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Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol
|
Marianne
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FAMOUS NAMES
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This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"
|
Fisher-Price
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ADVERTISING SLOGANS
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While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him
|
The Ark of the Covenant
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THE BIBLE
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An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this
|
Inversion
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WEATHER
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A raisin can be called by this other fruit's name when it's added to a pudding or a cake
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Plum
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4-LETTER WORDS
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With the exception of R. Reagan, all the presidents born under this sign died in office
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Aquarius (W.H. Harrison, Lincoln, McKinley & FDR were the presidents who died in office)
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PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY
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The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these
|
Bird
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SCIENCE & NATURE
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This country is named after the town of Oporto
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Portugal
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
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In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy
|
"Captain Blood"
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PIRATE MOVIES
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He wrote a non-baby book called "Decent And Indecent: Our Personal And Political Behavior"
|
Dr. Benjamin Spock
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AUTHORS
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It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & a state 59 years later
|
Hawaii
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country
|
Spain
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WINE
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In a healthy mouth, this line separates the crown from the root of a tooth
|
Gum Line
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
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The Sea of Galilee is just a broad basin of this river
|
The River Jordan
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
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Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place
|
Jamaica
|
PIRATE MOVIES
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This author's home where he wrote "To Have And Have Not" is now a nat'l landmark in Key West, Fla.
|
Ernest Hemingway
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AUTHORS
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Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for doing this
|
Voting
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
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On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild
|
Chateau
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WINE
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Every summer thousands of these animals go to the Pribilof Islands in the north Pacific to breed
|
Seals
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
|
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|
The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below
|
Lake Baikal
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
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|
Silent screen swashbuckler; his film "The Black Pirate" has been called "a definitive pirate movie"
|
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
|
PIRATE MOVIES
|
|
|
Oscar Wilde's only novel
|
"The Picture Of Dorian Gray"
|
AUTHORS
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In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces
|
Air Force
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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|
"Anatomical" term for a wine's bouquet
|
Nose
|
WINE
|
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Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use
|
Nobelium
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula
|
Australia
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
Robert Newton played this pirate before Peter Ustinov played his ghost in a Disney film
|
Blackbeard
|
PIRATE MOVIES
|
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An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
|
Aldous Huxley
|
AUTHORS
|
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In April 1984 this U.S. government agency admitted its role in the mining of Nicaraguan harbors
|
CIA
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
|
|
The term for pouring wine into another container before serving; it helps clear it of sediments
|
Decanting
|
WINE
|
|
|
Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this
|
Serum
|
SCIENCE & NATURE
|
|
|
1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
|
Belize & El Salvador
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
Ingrid Bergman's husband in "Casablanca", he played a pirate captain in "Pirates Of Tripoli"
|
Paul Henreid
|
PIRATE MOVIES
|
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|
A member of the Algonquin Round Table, this petite brunette wrote a story called "Big Blonde"
|
Dorothy Parker
|
AUTHORS
|
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|
John Hancock held this political position from 1780-85 & from 1787-93
|
Governor of Massachusetts
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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|
The famous Moselle wines come from this country
|
Germany
|
WINE
|
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|
'The name of this channel can be traced back to a movie theater that opened in 1905 in McKeesport, Pa.')
|
Nickelodeon
|
CABLE TELEVISION
|
|
|
Tuvalu used to be the Ellice these
|
Islands
|
ON OLD MAPS
|
|
|
Though originally drafted by the Steelers, Johnny Unitas was a real "horse" for 17 years on this team
|
the (Baltimore) Colts
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
|
|
|
Karl Probst designed an army recon vehicle in 2 days in 1940; we know it better as this
|
the Jeep
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
Holtville, Ca. has carrot ice cream for its Carrot Festival, & Goleta, Ca. serves yellow cotton candy for this fruit's fest
|
the lemon
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA
|
|
|
John Stossel, a co-anchor of this ABC News show, overcame stuttering & has won 19 Emmys
|
20/20
|
CAN YOU DIGIT?
|
|
|
"It is easier for" this animal "to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God"
|
a camel
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
Part of this country was once Kievan Rus
|
the Ukraine
|
ON OLD MAPS
|
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|
Johnny was considered "the Man with" this valuable type of appendage, like Frank Sinatra in a 1955 movie
|
"the Golden Arm"
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
|
|
|
France II, at 419 feet the largest merchant sailing ship ever built, also had 2 of these to back up the sails
|
engines
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
The world's largest Hard Rock Cafe really rocks on Citywalk at this Florida theme park
|
Universal Studios
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA
|
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|
Number of stories on each of the 1,483-foot-high Petronas towers, or of keys on a standard piano keyboard
|
88
|
CAN YOU DIGIT?
|
|
|
John Donne called it "Nature's great masterpiece... the only harmless great thing; the giant of beasts"
|
the elephant
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
What's now this Southwest Arizona city was Arizona City before being renamed for a native people
|
Yuma
|
ON OLD MAPS
|
|
|
Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford & this "mammoth" team
|
the (New York) Giants
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
|
|
|
"Flight attendants prepare doors for departure and" do this means make sure your door & the one opposite yours are armed
|
cross-check
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
Indulge in a cocoa massage or a chocolate sugar scrub at the Hotel Hershey's spa in this state
|
Pennsylvania
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA
|
|
|
For the records, translate these 2 Roman numerals, XLV & LXXVIII
|
45 & 78
|
CAN YOU DIGIT?
|
|
|
"Honesty dwells like a miser... in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul" this
|
an oyster
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
1890s U.S. maps showed the twin territories, Oklahoma Territory & this
|
Indian Territory
|
ON OLD MAPS
|
|
|
Johnny ended his Hall-of-Fame career with this Calif. team in '73, the rookie year of future Hall of Famer Dan Fouts
|
the San Diego Chargers
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads while a burlesque puppet dances in the background.) Lucy will be strutting her stuff at a new $40 million theater built especially for "Avenue Q" in this city
|
Las Vegas
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA
|
|
|
Tennyson's "Valley of Death" chargers minus the total number of U.S. senators
|
500
|
CAN YOU DIGIT?
|
|
|
Benjamin Disraeli wrote that this "which had never been thought of... rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph"
|
a dark horse
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
The area once known as United Provinces is now this Indian state that also has the initials U.P.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
ON OLD MAPS
|
|
|
Johnny's 47 straight games with one of these has been compared to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak
|
a touchdown pass
|
UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
|
|
|
Windy, a 4-masted schooner, takes tourists on 90-minute cruises from this city's Navy Pier
|
Chicago
|
FUN ACROSS AMERICA
|
|
|
In print journalism this number is traditionally used to mark the end of a piece of copy
|
30
|
CAN YOU DIGIT?
|
|
|
In "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", William Blake wrote, "The pride of" this bird "is the glory of God"
|
the peacock
|
ANIMAL QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a room with a podium and plaques along the walls in the Pentagon.) The Pentagon's Hall of Heroes is dedicated to over 3,440 recipients of this, our nation's highest military decoration
|
the Congressional Medal of Honor
|
THE PENTAGON
|
|
|
Native to South America,theseflowers from woody vines are commonly found in Florida & California
|
bougainvillea
|
FLOWER
|
|
|
Alfred Nobel named this explosive after the Greek word for power
|
dynamite
|
POW-ER
|
|
|
"You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door"
|
L.A. Story
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL
|
|
|
He wrote most of his "Waverley" novels while living at No. 39 Castle St. in Edinburgh
|
Sir Walter Scott
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS
|
|
|
Its larvae infest & destroy the seedpods of cotton plants
|
boll weevils
|
"B" BRAVE
|
|
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew wanders through a basement corridor in the Pentagon.) The Pentagon is so vast, in 1989 this Secretary of Defense got lost in the basement for 10 minutes before finding his way out
|
Dick Cheney
|
THE PENTAGON
|
|
|
This flower seenherewas named for a Jesuit missionary, not for a 19th century French courtesan
|
a camellia
|
FLOWER
|
|
|
This incendiary substance of gelled gasoline was used extensively in Vietnam
|
napalm
|
POW-ER
|
|
|
"I can envision the day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people"
|
The Man with Two Brains
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL
|
|
|
In the Bronx, visit the cottage that he shared with his sickly young wife Virginia, who, tragically, died there in 1847
|
Edgar Allan Poe
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS
|
|
|
A work such as a movie that enjoys enormous success, or a home video rental chain that has enjoyed enormous success
|
blockbuster
|
"B" BRAVE
|
|
|
Thisblossom is often used to symbolize events in the last hours of Christ's life, hence its name
|
the passion flower
|
FLOWER
|
|
|
Meaning "moldable", it's a term for moldable explosive such as RDX & PETN
|
plastique
|
POW-ER
|
|
|
"All dames are alike: they reach down your throat & they grab your heart, pull it out & they throw it on the floor"
|
Dead Men Don\'t Wear Plaid
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL
|
|
|
Now a hotel, Seaham Hall is the manor where this licentious lord married Annabella Milbanke in 1815
|
Lord Byron
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS
|
|
|
Two Bs back to back was this fashion designer's trademark
|
Bill Blass
|
"B" BRAVE
|
|
|
The Rose of Sharon and the Chinese variety are popular types ofthisflower used in perfumes
|
a hibiscus
|
FLOWER
|
|
|
This dye industry chemical was not used as an explosive until 1904; it later became prized by the military
|
TNT
|
POW-ER
|
|
|
"Wherever there is injustice, you will find us"
|
The Three Amigos
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL
|
|
|
Hyde Park's W.H. Hudson Memorial boasts a statue of this bird girl, heroine of Hudson's novel "Green Mansions"
|
Rima
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS
|
|
|
A ratio of systolic & diastolic values
|
blood pressure
|
"B" BRAVE
|
|
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew introduces us to a bust in the Pentagon.) This alcove is dedicated to this man, the first & only career soldier to win a Nobel Peace Prize
|
(George) Marshall
|
THE PENTAGON
|
|
|
Native to Mexico,thisflower was named for a Swedish botanist & student of Linnaeus
|
the Dahlia
|
FLOWER
|
|
|
This chemical explosive called blasting oil was discovered in 1846 by Ascanio Sobrero
|
nitroglycerin
|
POW-ER
|
|
|
"He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!"
|
The Jerk
|
A STEVE MARTIN FILM FESTIVAL
|
|
|
You'll have to go to Gwent, Wales to see this abbey immortalized in a 1798 Wordsworth poem
|
Tintern Abbey
|
LITERARY LANDMARKS
|
|
|
As many as 1 million may have died during the 1971 civil war that produced this country
|
Bangladesh
|
"B" BRAVE
|
|
|
'It was originally painted as the centerpiece for the Spanish Government Pavillion at the 1937 Paris World\'s Fair')
|
Guernica(by Pablo Picasso)
|
FAMOUS PAINTINGS
|
|
|
1980 film in which 2 shipwrecked kids grow up to be Brooke Shields & Christopher Atkins
|
"The Blue Lagoon"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES
|
|
|
This test for cervical cancer was devised by & named for Dr. George Papanicolaou
|
Pap Smear
|
MEDICINE
|
|
|
According to one superstition, a gift of a purse or wallet should always contain some of this
|
Money
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
|
|
Completes the proverb "Living well is the best..."
|
Revenge
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
The front part of a hindquarter with the flank removed, it may be "tender"
|
Loin
|
MEAT
|
|
|
In England french fries are called this
|
Chips
|
POTATOES
|
|
|
In this 1930 film Marlene Dietrich played Lola-Lola, a sultry cabaret singer
|
"The Blue Angel"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES
|
|
|
Queen Victoria passed this hereditary blood disease to many of her royal descendants
|
Hemophilia
|
MEDICINE
|
|
|
Wedding custom that is supposed to ensure the marriage will produce many children
|
throwing rice
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
|
|
These "that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails."
|
Bees
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
It's the term for a young pig that's fattened for its meat
|
Porker
|
MEAT
|
|
|
About 10 days before harvest farmers do this to the vines
|
Cut them down
|
POTATOES
|
|
|
George Gershwin's songs were featured in this 1945 biographical film
|
"Rhapsody In Blue"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES
|
|
|
A disease that comes & goes quickly is "acute", while this describes a disease of long duration
|
Chronic
|
MEDICINE
|
|
|
4 is an unlucky number in this country because "shi", the word for 4, sounds like the word for death
|
Japan
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
|
|
"Better the foot slip than" this
|
Tongue
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
This country is the world's largest exporter of mutton
|
Australia
|
MEAT
|
|
|
To distinguish a potato from the unrelated sweet potato, it's usually called "Irish" or this color
|
White
|
POTATOES
|
|
|
1 of the 2 Elvis Presley films that fit the category
|
"Blue Hawaii" & "G.I. Blues"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES
|
|
|
Rickets is caused by inadequate exposure to sunlight or a lack of this vitamin in the diet
|
vitamin D
|
MEDICINE
|
|
|
Term for the symbols seen on barns in Pennsylvania Dutch country
|
Hex signs
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
|
|
"The mouse that has but one" of these "is quickly taken."
|
Hole
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
This variety meat is the thymus gland, usually taken from a calf, but occasionally a lamb
|
Sweetbreads
|
MEAT
|
|
|
This country leads the world in production of potatoes
|
Soviet Union
|
POTATOES
|
|
|
Isabella Rossellini sang the title song, an old Bobby Vinton hit, in this 1986 film
|
"Blue Velvet"
|
"BLUE" MOVIES
|
|
|
In the South it was thought a sin to do this, as in the title of a Harper Lee novel
|
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
|
|
Line that pairs with "See a pin and let it lie, you'll want a pin before you die."
|
"See a pin and pick it up, and all the day you shall have good luck."
|
PROVERBS
|
|
|
Spelling that completes the jingle "Oscar Mayer has a way with...."
|
B-O-L-O-G-N-A
|
MEAT
|
|
|
It's the primary variety of potato grown in the U.S.
|
Russet/Burbank
|
POTATOES
|
|
|
The 2 Olympics are distinguished by these seasonal names
|
Summer & Winter
|
THE 4 SEASONS
|
|
|
Mt. Waialeale, the wettest spot in the world, is located in this state
|
Hawaii
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
She says to Juliet, "O Romeo, Romeo! Who ever would have thought it? Romeo!"
|
Juliet\'s Nurse
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS
|
|
|
King Victor Emmanuel III appionted him prime minister of Italy in 1922
|
Benito Mussolini
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
During WWI the British called them "limps", the most common being the "B" type
|
Blimps
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
"Come on and hear, come on and hear", this song, Berlin's first big hit, which he wrote in 1911
|
"Alexander\'s Ragtime Band"
|
IRVING BERLIN
|
|
|
If you're old you're not this type of chicken
|
Spring Chicken
|
THE 4 SEASONS
|
|
|
The capital of this state was named for Pierre Chouteau, a French fur trader
|
South Dakota
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
She was nanny to little Londoners Jane & Michael Banks
|
Mary Poppins
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS
|
|
|
This Parisian school was founded as a college of theology in 1253
|
The Sorbonne
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
It's said these are "manned" in an emergency, but they're usually womened & childrened first
|
Lifeboats
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
This Irving Berlin song has been called "The Nation's Unofficial Second National Anthem"
|
"God Bless America"
|
IRVING BERLIN
|
|
|
The 2 seasons that begin on an equinox
|
Spring & Fall
|
THE 4 SEASONS
|
|
|
The Hawkeyes of this "Hawkeye State" must read a lot -- they have the highest literacy rate in the U.S.
|
Iowa
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
What Mrs. Bridges did "downstairs" for the Bellamy famliy, who lived "upstairs"
|
Cook
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS
|
|
|
This N. European country was a grand duchy ruled by Russia before gaining its independence in 1917
|
Finland
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
A San Franciscan can tell you BART stands for this
|
Bay Area Rapid Transit
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):In 1927 A. Jolson sang this Berlin tune in "The Jazz Singer"; Willie Nelson had a hit with it 50 years later:
|
"Blue Skies"
|
IRVING BERLIN
|
|
|
In a sonnet Shakespeare asked, "Shall I compare thee" to a "day" in this season
|
Summer
|
THE 4 SEASONS
|
|
|
Canyonlands National Park & Arches National Park are tourist attractions in this state
|
Utah
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
P.G. Wodehouse first introduced this gentleman's gentleman in "Extricating Young Gussie"
|
Jeeves
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS
|
|
|
A reported attack on 2 U.S. destroyers in this gulf led to the passage of the 1964 resolution named for it
|
Gulf of Tonkin
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
It's what "powered" the first B&O; passenger train back in 1830
|
Horses
|
TRANSPORTATION
|
|
|
Berlin's 1946 Broadway hit, it featured the songs "The Girl That I Marry" & "I'm An Indian Too!"
|
"Annie Get Your Gun"
|
IRVING BERLIN
|
|
|
The 2 seasons used to distinguish types of wheat
|
Winter & Spring
|
THE 4 SEASONS
|
|
|
This state ceded Tennessee to the U.S. in 1784, then reclaimed it & ceded it again in 1789
|
North Carolina
|
U.S. STATES
|
|
|
Jean Genet play in which 2 sisters attempt to poison their mistress
|
"The Maids"
|
FICTIONAL SERVANTS
|
|
|
A 1795 partition ended its existence as a separate state in E. Europe; in 1918 it was back as a republic
|
Poland
|
WORLD HISTORY
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The Goodspeed, Sarah Constant & Discovery brought the first people to this settlement
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Jamestown
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TRANSPORTATION
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Complete's Jerome Kern's quote "Irving Berlin has no place in American music..."
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"Irving Berlin Is American Music"
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IRVING BERLIN
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'The 2 major literary monthlies founded in the 1850s that survive today')
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The Atlantic Monthly & Harpers
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MAGAZINES
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1993:An undersized undergrad fights to make the Notre Dame football team
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Rudy
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SPORTS MOVIES
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Aeschylus wrote of this "bound" Titan who was a hero to humankind
|
Prometheus
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REMEMBER THE TITANS
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Heiress Marie-Chantal Miller wed Prince Pavlos of this country in a 6-figure-priced gown in 1995
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Greece
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MILLION DOLLAR BABY
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After this 1968 Communist onslaught, Walter Cronkite told Americans Vietnam didn't look winnable
|
the Tet Offensive
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THE BAD NEWS BEARERS
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Hurricane season in the U.S. runs from the first of June to the end of this month
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November
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THE HURRICANE
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60-footer of the North Atlantic
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a right whale
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ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES
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1980:A self-destructive middleweight boxing champ battles in & out of the ring
|
Raging Bull
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SPORTS MOVIES
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Mnemosyne, the Titan goddess of memory, was also the mother of these inspirational goddesses
|
the Muses
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REMEMBER THE TITANS
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Born Oct. 5, 1983, she was named for her great-uncle, once married to Elizabeth Taylor
|
Nikki Hilton
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MILLION DOLLAR BABY
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(Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann.) For my coverage of the 9/11 events, I won one of the awards named for this famous newscaster who died in 1965
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(Edward R.) Murrow
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THE BAD NEWS BEARERS
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One of only 3 category 5 hurricanes to hit the U.S. since 1899, it struck Florida with a vengeance in 1992
|
Andrew
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THE HURRICANE
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Bring up a pop-up menu by doing it with your mouse
|
right-click
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ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES
|
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1984:An overaged baseball player comes out of nowhere to become a legendary player
|
The Natural
|
SPORTS MOVIES
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Goddess of the Earth, was was the mother of the Titans
|
Gaia
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REMEMBER THE TITANS
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Beauregard & Rhett are 2 of this billionaire's grown kids
|
Ted Turner
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MILLION DOLLAR BABY
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Russell Jones won a 1957 Pulitzer for reporting on "ruthless Soviet repression of" this rebellious people
|
the Hungarians
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THE BAD NEWS BEARERS
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You could call Max Mayfield the Cyclone Ranger as he's the director of this, the NHC
|
the National Hurricane Center
|
THE HURRICANE
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Hillary Clinton once said a "vast" this had existed "against my husband since the day he announced for president"
|
a right-wing conspiracy
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES
|
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1996:A washed-up golf pro tries to qualify for the U.S. Open to impress a woman
|
Tin Cup
|
SPORTS MOVIES
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The youngest of the Titans, he found time to father the Olympians
|
Cronos
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REMEMBER THE TITANS
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Little Caleigh was at the center of a custody fight between Patricia Duff & this man the tabloids call "Revlon Ron"
|
Ron Perelman
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MILLION DOLLAR BABY
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John Howard Griffin darkened his skin to research this 1961 expose of racism
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Black Like Me
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THE BAD NEWS BEARERS
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The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history killed more than 8,000 people when it hit this Texas city in September 1900
|
Galveston
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THE HURRICANE
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The text of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment deals with this
|
the right to bear arms
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES
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1988:Professional baseball players deliberately lose the 1919 World Series
|
Eight Men Out
|
SPORTS MOVIES
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A South American birdie told me this Titan was Zeus' mother & mother-in-law
|
Rhea
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REMEMBER THE TITANS
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In 1972 Edward C. Johnson 3d faithfully took over from his dad, the 2d, as head of this big mutual fund company
|
Fidelity Investments
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MILLION DOLLAR BABY
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From Germany, reporter Sigrid Schultz had the store of this deadly night in the Nov. 10, 1938 Chicago Tribune
|
Kristallnacht
|
THE BAD NEWS BEARERS
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Sacre Bleu! Hurricane Lenny flooded out the 1999 tourist season on this Dutch-French Caribbean island
|
St. Martin (or St. Maarten)
|
THE HURRICANE
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It's the correct 2-word prefix to the titles of earls & barons
|
Right Honourable
|
ALL THE "RIGHT" MOVES
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of a modest home.) I'm at Richard Nixon's birthplace in this Orange County, California city
|
Yorba Linda
|
WHERE AM I?
|
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Patrick the starfish often visits this TV title friend at 123 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, USA
|
SpongeBob SquarePants
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES
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Since Judith Krantz was this puppeteer's sister-in-law, guess that made her Lamb Chop's aunt
|
(Shari) Lewis
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES
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If she sells seashells in the Seychelles, she knows that the coco de mer found there is a huge one of these
|
a coconut
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE
|
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Scored a 10 with "Bolero" for a ballet commission in 1928, clock struck 12 in Paris on Dec. 28, 1937
|
Ravel
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING
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The greatest distance it's possible to see with the naked eye, it's often part of the weather forecast
|
visibility
|
10-LETTER WORDS
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from a busy terminal.) I'm at this site, once called Idlewild, which, in aceremonyDecember 24, 1963, was officially renamed this
|
JFK International Airport
|
WHERE AM I?
|
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Apartment No. 1901, Elliot Bay Towers, Seattle was home to this befuddled radio headshrinker
|
Frasier Crane
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES
|
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Catharine Beecher, a promoter of higher education for women, was the sister of this famous author
|
Harriet Beecher Stowe
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES
|
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In sushi bars, tairagai is the razor-shell type of this
|
a clam
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE
|
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Gave us "Symphony No. 1 in E Minor" in 1899, gave out on Sept. 20, 1957 in Jarvenpaa, Finland
|
Sibelius
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING
|
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A driveway area where cars reverse direction, or the time needed to complete a task
|
turnaround
|
10-LETTER WORDS
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the seaside.) I'm at this site built to defend against foreign enemies; it was attacked by Louisiana's General Beauregard in 1861
|
Fort Sumter
|
WHERE AM I?
|
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|
On this show the family that lived at either 933 or 953 Hillcrest Drive helped make a ZIP code famous
|
Beverly Hills, 90210
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES
|
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His father Emmet, a country doctor, gave him much of the background for Dr. Kennicott in his novel "Main Street"
|
Sinclair Lewis
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES
|
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On French menus, potage froid au concombre is a cold soup made from this gourd
|
cucumber
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE
|
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Checked in with "Cello Concerto in B Minor" in 1895, Czech-ed out in Prague on May 1, 1904
|
Dvorak
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING
|
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a vantage overlooking a certain skyline.) I'm in this city, whose air used to lookdifferentuntil a movement called the Renaissance after World War II
|
Pittsburgh
|
WHERE AM I?
|
|
|
After waking up each day at 119 N. Weatherly Avenue in Minneapolis, she turned the world on with her smile
|
Mary Tyler Moore
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES
|
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|
Graham Greene was born 10 years after this distant writer relative of his died in the South Seas
|
Robert Louis Stevenson
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES
|
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|
These spices named for their resemblence to little nails were used by the ancients in love potions
|
cloves
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE
|
|
|
Made an overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1826, went gentle into that good night on Nov. 4, 1847 in Leipzig
|
Felix Mendelssohn
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew carries the Bunny Rabbit puppet fromCaptain Kangaroothrough some archives.) I'm with a few of the 3 million objects in this museum of the Smithsonian, once the Museum of History and Technology
|
the Museum of American History (the American History Museum accepted)
|
WHERE AM I?
|
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|
The crawdads were always cooking at this family's home, 518 Crestview Drive, Beverly Hills
|
the Beverly Hillbillies
|
TV SHOW ADDRESSES
|
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|
Kentucky's first governor, Isaac Shelby, was a direct ancestor of this "Civil War: A Narrative" author
|
Shelby Foote
|
WRITERS' RELATIVES
|
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|
Popular in Scandinavia, these berries with a "heavenly" name are related to the raspberry
|
cloudberries
|
INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE
|
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|
Doctored up the 1-act operetta "Le docteur miracle" in 1857, went past doctor's help on June 3, 1875 in Bougival, France
|
(Georges) Bizet
|
COMPOSING, DECOMPOSING
|
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It's the art historical term for sculpture painted in many colors, like the Donatelloseenhere
|
polychrome
|
10-LETTER WORDS
|
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|
'At a military funeral, the American flag is folded this many times to resemble a Revolutionary War soldier\'s hat')
|
13
|
MILITARY TRADITIONS
|
|
|
He was the one-eyed top god of the Vikings
|
Odin
|
THE GOD SQUAD
|
|
|
My daughter put this Canadian singer's songs on my iPod, but I'm man enough to admit I listen to her too"All this time you were pretending /So much for my happy ending..."
|
Avril Lavigne
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD
|
|
|
He boldly served as President of the Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was adopted
|
John Hancock
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
|
|
|
In 2004 this chain launched its Go Active! Happy Meals for Adults
|
McDonald\'s
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING
|
|
|
Over 50% of the electric power generated in the U.S. is produced by the burning of this fuel
|
coal
|
SHOCKING!
|
|
|
You have too much of this in your blood if you have diabetes mellitus
|
sugar
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH...
|
|
|
The official seal of this U.S. state depicts the goddess Minerva & a grizzly bear
|
California
|
THE GOD SQUAD
|
|
|
I'm really into this band whose name means "Boys entering anarchistic state towards internal excellence"
|
Beastie Boys
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD
|
|
|
You're on the money if you know that he's the statesman seenhere
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
|
|
|
For those watching their carbs, this sandwich chain offers "Atkins-friendly" salads & wraps
|
Subway
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING
|
|
|
The Harrison family was living in this mansion in the Spring of 1891 when it was wired for electricity
|
the White House
|
SHOCKING!
|
|
|
...of this if afflicted with hirsutism
|
hair
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH...
|
|
|
An ancient goddess of this civilization, Mut was depicted with a vulture's head
|
Egypt
|
THE GOD SQUAD
|
|
|
This band of brothers started their career in their dad's band"I been lost in my own place and I'm gettin' weary..."
|
Los Lonely Boys
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD
|
|
|
In a speech against the Stamp Act in 1765, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"
|
Patrick Henry
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
|
|
|
Enchiritos & Meximelts are specialties found on its menu
|
Taco Bell
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING
|
|
|
This huge electric company was formed in 1892 by the merger of Thomas Edison's company with its main rival
|
General Electric
|
SHOCKING!
|
|
|
...of this on your bow that's overstrung
|
tension
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH...
|
|
|
Mara, this Asian religion's god of evil, rides an elephant & has 100 arms
|
Buddism
|
THE GOD SQUAD
|
|
|
The song "Failure's Not Flattering", by this band, was originally dubbed "Belinda Carlisle" as an homage to its '80s sound
|
New Found Glory
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD
|
|
|
One of the leading architects of the Revolution was this second cousin of the second U.S. president
|
Samuel Adams
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
|
|
|
Celebrate this chain's 85th anniversary in 2004 with a hot dog & a root beer float
|
A&W;
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING
|
|
|
It's the technical term for an electric current that regularly reverses direction
|
Alternating Current
|
SHOCKING!
|
|
|
...if you suffer from hypernatremia (put down the potato chips)
|
sodium
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH...
|
|
|
Ganesha is this religion's god of luck & wisdom
|
Hinduism
|
THE GOD SQUAD
|
|
|
This group's song is more than great listening, it's a history lesson"...Springsteen, Madonna /Way before Nirvana there was /U2 and Blondie..."
|
Bowling for Soup
|
MUSIC ON MY iPOD
|
|
|
This youngest Constitution signer gave his name to the Ohio city called "The Birthplace of Aviation"
|
Jonathan Dayton
|
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
|
|
|
The 3 dots on their pizza boxes represent their first 3 stores
|
Domino\'s
|
COLLEGIATE FINE DINING
|
|
|
This unit of electrical resistance is named for a 19th century German physicist
|
ohms
|
SHOCKING!
|
|
|
...if you're bicycling with higher-than-recommended PSI
|
pressure in your tires
|
YOU HAVE TOO MUCH...
|
|
|
Testing the water in Africa's largest freshwater lake
|
Lake Victoria
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT
|
|
|
A writer said he'd eat his T-shirt if Andre won this British event in 1992 (bon appetit!)
|
Wimbledon
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY
|
|
|
King Lear foolishly rejects this viruous daughter
|
Cordelia
|
SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
This cold region of Russia makes up about 75% of the country's land area
|
Siberia
|
GENERAL ED.
|
|
|
Telephone this official London residence of the Queen & ask if they have Prince Albert in a can
|
Buckingham Palace
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS
|
|
|
Repetitive literary device illustrated in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
|
alliteration
|
DOUBLE "L"
|
|
|
Having a splash in Needles, California
|
the Colorado River
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT
|
|
|
In 1999 Agassi made a thrilling comeback, winning this clay-court Grand Slam tournament
|
the French Open
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY
|
|
|
Miranda's father, he ends "The Tempest" with an epilogue
|
Prospero
|
SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
Canadian doctors say this Winnie the Pooh character suffered chronic depression & was unable to enjoy life
|
Eeyore
|
GENERAL ED.
|
|
|
Impress friends by memorizing all the Canadian provinical capitals including this capital of Manitoba
|
Winnipeg
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS
|
|
|
A streetcar
|
trolley
|
DOUBLE "L"
|
|
|
Taking a dip in Iquitos, Peru
|
the Amazon River
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT
|
|
|
This German woman, the current Mrs. Agassi, won the 1988 Grand Slam
|
Steffi Graf
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY
|
|
|
"Romeo and Juliet" begins, "Two households, both alike in" this
|
dignity
|
SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this state, 1993-1999
|
Illinois
|
GENERAL ED.
|
|
|
Raise some of these animals, like the Rhode Island Red or the Cornish, in the quad
|
chickens
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS
|
|
|
An emblem of this city in Spain is the Giralda, a Muslim minaret that's part of the city's cathedral
|
Seville
|
DOUBLE "L"
|
|
|
In an Alpine lake that's a widening of the Rhone River
|
Lake Geneva
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT
|
|
|
Agassi won the 1995 Australian Open by beating him, Andre's co-star in Nike's "Guerrilla Tennis" ads
|
Pete Sampras
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY
|
|
|
Act I of this tragedy begins in a palace in Alexandria
|
Antony and Cleopatra
|
SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
Oscar Wilde combined with comedy with farce for this play, his last & most famous
|
The Importance of Being Earnest
|
GENERAL ED.
|
|
|
Prepare for life after college by doing this West Indian dance that shares its name with a border region of hell
|
the Limbo
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS
|
|
|
It can refer to the oars used to propel a boat, or a racing boat propelled by those oars
|
scull
|
DOUBLE "L"
|
|
|
Capsized in a riverboat off Turin, Italy
|
the Po River
|
YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT
|
|
|
In 1994 Andre became the first unseeded men's singles champ at this NYC Grand Slam event
|
the U.S. Open
|
THE AGASSI & THE ECSTASY
|
|
|
Comedy in which Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth"
|
A Midsummer Night\'s Dream
|
SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
A zygote is produced by the union of 2 of these sex cells, an egg & a sperm
|
gametes
|
GENERAL ED.
|
|
|
Get in touch with your inner reindeer & paw through snow to reach these symbiotic fungi to eat
|
lichens
|
PASSING TIME ON CAMPUS
|
|
|
The Bulgarian language is written in this alphabet
|
Cyrillic
|
DOUBLE "L"
|
|
|
'While working as one, Charlotte Bronte complained that one of these "has no existence, is not considered as a living... being"')
|
a governess
|
OCCUPATIONS
|
|
|
Rumors surfaced among Cubans in America that this premier had remarried, but they've never been confirmed
|
Fidel Castro
|
1962
|
|
|
An ornamental suspension over a bed, it was originally an emblem of privilege & rank
|
a canopy
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
Chekhov uncle whose last line is "Oh, if you only knew how my heart aches!"
|
Uncle Vanya
|
THEATER
|
|
|
In 1981 this company introduced the PC, its first home computer
|
IBM
|
TECHNOLOGY
|
|
|
With plans uncertain, he told his E Street Band that they could pursue other projects
|
Bruce Springsteen
|
PEOPLE
|
|
|
John Ehrlichman coined the expression "It'll play in" this Illinois city
|
Peoria
|
THE MIDWEST
|
|
|
Ittopped the pop charts in the summer of '62:
|
"The Stripper" (by David Rose)
|
1962
|
|
|
Cast iron, which is cast in a mold, antedates this type of iron, which is formed & worked by hand
|
wrought iron (or forged iron)
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
"Toys in the Attic" & "A Streetcar Named Desire" are both set in this city
|
New Orleans
|
THEATER
|
|
|
This Italian city, known for its flooding, plans to build sea gates to control flow from the Adriatic
|
Venice
|
TECHNOLOGY
|
|
|
In October 1989 someone socked this Ohio senator in the jaw during a TV interview
|
John Glenn
|
PEOPLE
|
|
|
Sojourner Truth died in her house on College Street in this "cereal" city
|
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
THE MIDWEST
|
|
|
Pope John XXIII opened this historic meeting in St. Peter's Basilica on October 11
|
the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)
|
1962
|
|
|
What you would keep in a small glass-topped display case called a "bijouterie"
|
jewelry
|
ANTIQUES
|
|
|
In the 1800s side whiskers were called "Dundrearies", for a character in this play seen by Lincoln
|
Our American Cousin
|
THEATER
|
|
|
The Museum of Broadcasting is transferring masters of all its shows from analog videotape to this type
|
digital tape
|
TECHNOLOGY
|
|
|
In 1989 this 88-year-old British novelist dictated her 500th novel, "Spirit of Love"
|
Dame Barbara Cartland
|
PEOPLE
|
|
|
This city's Red Stockings were the first baseball team to receive salaries
|
Cincinnati
|
THE MIDWEST
|
|
|
On July 3 Charles De Gaulle proclaimed the independence of this African country
|
Algeria
|
1962
|
|
|
This Shaw play is set in the 15th century during the Hundred Years' War
|
St. Joan
|
THEATER
|
|
|
The USSR lost contact with its Phobos 2 craft before it landed on Phobos, a moon of this planet
|
Mars
|
TECHNOLOGY
|
|
|
In "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down", this former SCLC head wrote about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
|
Dr. Ralph Abernathy
|
PEOPLE
|
|
|
Minnesota city that's home to the world famous Mayo Clinic
|
Rochester
|
THE MIDWEST
|
|
|
There were requiems for this author of "Requiem for a Nun" after he died July 6
|
William Faulkner
|
1962
|
|
|
Nationality of the playwright who wrote "Becket" & "The Waltz of the Toreadors"
|
French (Jean Anouilh)
|
THEATER
|
|
|
A semiconductor diode is the most common of these devices that convert A.C. to D.C.
|
rectifiers
|
TECHNOLOGY
|
|
|
He was extradited from Switzerland to the U.S. to face charges he aided the Marcoses
|
Adnan Khashoggi
|
PEOPLE
|
|
|
You can see rock formations called Devil's Elbow & Fat Man's Misery in this state's "Dells"
|
Wisconsin
|
THE MIDWEST
|
|
|
This cemetery on the Potomac is on land originally part of Martha Washington's estate
|
Arlington National Cemetery
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
This short-haired Asian breed with almond-shaped eyes was introduced to the West in the 1880s
|
Siamese
|
CATS
|
|
|
Dickens' boy who was sold by the orphanage after asking for a second bowl of porridge
|
Oliver Twist
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE
|
|
|
Appropriately, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice uses this droopy-eared dog as its nickname
|
bloodhounds
|
COLLEGE NICKNAMES
|
|
|
Perfumes from this country include Innisfree, Connemara & Eire
|
Ireland
|
PERFUME
|
|
|
Nomadic people whose name is Arabic for "desert dweller"
|
Bedouins
|
THE MIDEAST
|
|
|
In 1634 the first English settlers in this colony founded the city of St. Mary's
|
Maryland
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
Considered evil in the Middle Ages, many cats were killed, which may have led to this scourge
|
the Black Death
|
CATS
|
|
|
The "Elizabethan" literature of Elizabeth I's reign was followed by the "Jacobean", named for this king
|
James I
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE
|
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This Georgetown University nickname comes from a Latin phrase meaning "What Rocks!"
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Hoyas
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COLLEGE NICKNAMES
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The name of this Nina Ricci perfume is French for "The Air of Time"
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L\'air du temps
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PERFUME
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This Mideastern nation has the largest number of proven oil reserves by far
|
Saudi Arabia
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THE MIDEAST
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Henry Flagler, a founder of Miami, was one of the original stockholders in this Ohio-based oil company
|
Standard Oil
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U.S. HISTORY
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Creature who "With eyes of flame, came whiffling thru the tulgey wood and burbled as it came!"
|
the Jabberwock
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Stanford's singular nickname comes not from a bird or religious rank but from this red color
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cardinal
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COLLEGE NICKNAMES
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A light summer fabric, or the summery Estee Lauder perfume you might wear with it
|
White Linen
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PERFUME
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Its president & vice president are the emir, or prince, of Abu Dhabi & the emir of Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
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THE MIDEAST
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Term used to describe white Southerners who joined with carpetbaggers during Reconstruction
|
Scalawags
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U.S. HISTORY
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The "wind" that Shelley calls "Thou breath of autumn's being"
|
The West Wind
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Florida State's nickname is the Seminoles & the University of Florida's is this
|
the Gators
|
COLLEGE NICKNAMES
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The perfume named for this Monegasque made its debut in October 1989
|
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
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PERFUME
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More than a million pilgrims travel to Mecca each year for this great pilgrimage
|
the Hajj
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THE MIDEAST
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The Papago & Pima Indians were early residents of what is now this state
|
Arizona
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
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Neoclassical twosome who published their essays in "The Tatler" & "The Spectator"
|
Addison & Steele
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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This university's Blue Devils nickname was derived from an elite French Alpine fighting unit of WWI
|
Duke
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COLLEGE NICKNAMES
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This perfume by Cher was mistakenly given a 1989 Fifi Award when judged in the wrong price range
|
Uninhibited
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PERFUME
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The name of this small oil-rich state at the head of the Persian Gulf means "little fort"
|
Kuwait
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THE MIDEAST
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'Word meaning "immeasurably small"; its first 8 letters are a word meaning "immeasurably great"')
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infinitesimal
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13-LETTER WORDS
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Deuteronomy 14:7 commands us that we can do everything to this desert animal but eat it
|
a camel
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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
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She had a No. 1 hit with the theme from "Mahogany" (she also starred in the movie)
|
Diana Ross
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NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s
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Now an Arizona senator, he spent 5 1/2 years in Vietnam as a POW
|
John McCain
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MEMORIES OF VIETNAM
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"Music City, USA",Tennessee
|
Nashville
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CITY NICKNAMES
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18th century clergyman Augustus Montague Toplady wrote the verses, not heardhere, to this hymn
|
"Rock Of Ages"
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SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN
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This common term for a weak, ineffectual person may be derived from "whimper"
|
wimp
|
WORD ORIGINS
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Of the hippo, hawk or hammerhead shark, the one that can be described as insessorial
|
the hawk
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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
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Donna Summer was "Hot Stuff" in the summer of 1979, topping the charts with "Hot Stuff" & this naughty hit
|
"Bad Girls"
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s
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John Kerry served on these boats in the Mekong Delta & a group of their "Veterans for Truth" opposed him in '04
|
swift boats
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM
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The "Pittsburgh of the South",Alabama
|
Birmingham
|
CITY NICKNAMES
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A work from around 1910 by this Auguste gentleman is seenhere
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Rodin
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN
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This word said to sled dogs may be an alteration of the French marchons, meaning "let's go"
|
mush
|
WORD ORIGINS
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This order of mammals is often divided into prosimians & larger, smarter anthropoids
|
primates
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
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This No. 1 hit by the Bee Gees says, "What you doin' and you're laying on your back, aah"
|
"You Should Be Dancing"
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s
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Shocking events in this Vietnamese village led to the 1970 court-martial of William Calley
|
My Lai
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM
|
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The "Hornets' Nest",North Carolina
|
Charlotte
|
CITY NICKNAMES
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St. Ambrose himself converted & baptized this longtime influential bishop of Hippo
|
(St.) Augustine
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN
|
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Billingsgate, a term for foul language, comes from the name of an old fish market in this world capital
|
London
|
WORD ORIGINS
|
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It's the 2-word name of the Arctic bovine seenhere
|
a musk ox
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
|
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Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots had a No. 1 hit in 1976 with this "fowl" song
|
"Disco Duck"
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s
|
|
|
In December 1969 this Texas billionaire tried to send gifts, food & supplies to U.S. POWs in North Vietnam
|
Ross Perot
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM
|
|
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The "Cream City",Wisconsin
|
Milwaukee
|
CITY NICKNAMES
|
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Augusto is the first name of this controversial onetime South American dictator
|
Pinochet
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN
|
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From the Latin for "mother", it's a female prison worker who may be less than maternal
|
matron
|
WORD ORIGINS
|
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Encyclopedia Britannica says this amphibian was originally an eft, then its name evolved into neft, & finally to this
|
a newt
|
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
|
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|
Elton John & this woman had a No. 1 duet with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
|
Kiki Dee
|
NO. 1 HITS OF THE '70s
|
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This general who passed away in 2005 commanded the U.S. forces fighting in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968
|
Westmoreland
|
MEMORIES OF VIETNAM
|
|
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"Garden City","America's Most Beautiful City",Georgia
|
Savannah
|
CITY NICKNAMES
|
|
|
Augustus was the middle name of this "Lucky" hero born in 1902
|
(Charles A.) Lindbergh
|
SUCH AUGUST GENTLEMEN
|
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|
Take a whirl on the dance floor under these lights whose name comes from the Greek for the "act of whirling"
|
strobe lights
|
WORD ORIGINS
|
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|
This Low Country's principal rivers are the Maas, the Schelde & the Rhine
|
the Netherlands
|
RIVERS
|
|
|
Unfortunately, Christopher Walken, as Nick, prefers the Russian variety of roulette in this '78 classic
|
The Deer Hunter
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN
|
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|
One of the EPA's 6 common air pollutants is this element that at least has been cut in gasoline
|
lead
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew introduces her mummy.) In 1978 some of the objects here at the Egyptian Museum went to New York in a historic exhibit fittingly titled these "of Tutankhamen"
|
Treasures
|
ALL'S PHARAOH
|
|
|
Aeneas & Dido are lovers in this ancient Roman poet's epic poem on the founding of Rome
|
Virgil
|
IN LOVE
|
|
|
From the Old English for "oath-breaker", it's a male sorcerer or wizard
|
a warlock
|
"WAR"
|
|
|
In 1999 this river was put on the back of the New Jersey quarter
|
the Delaware
|
RIVERS
|
|
|
Chris literally loses his robotic mind in this 2004 remake starring Nicole Kidman
|
The Stepford Wives
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN
|
|
|
Most of these biodiverse areas are in the tropics, but Chile's Valdivian one is in a temperate zone
|
a rain forest
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
|
|
|
King Tut's mummy was protected by 9 outer cases, the innermost made from almost 300 solid pounds of this
|
gold
|
ALL'S PHARAOH
|
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|
In this 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winner, Wang Lung & O-Lan get along just fine until he takes a concubine
|
The Good Earth
|
IN LOVE
|
|
|
TV title description of the leather-clad Xena
|
warrior princess
|
"WAR"
|
|
|
The country whose capital is Dakar, or the river that forms part of its border with Mauritania
|
Senegal
|
RIVERS
|
|
|
Trying to destroy Silicon Valley in a 1985 film, Walken tumbles off a blimp fighting this character
|
James Bond
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN
|
|
|
As in a put-down, the name of India's forest-saving Chipko Andolan movement literally means do this
|
hug trees
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) I'm here, French for "room in front," between the entranceway and Tut's resting place; it wasfilled with objectswhen it was discovered
|
antechamber
|
ALL'S PHARAOH
|
|
|
In "Winter on Majorca", this author describes a wretched stay on the island with her ailing lover Chopin
|
George Sand
|
IN LOVE
|
|
|
A small American bird of the family Parulidae known for its singing & bright colors
|
a warbler
|
"WAR"
|
|
|
Columbus may have spotted the mouth of this Venezuelan river in 1498
|
the Orinoco
|
RIVERS
|
|
|
Chris was not quite dead yet as a coma patient who develops ESP in this Stephen King-based film
|
The Dead Zone
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN
|
|
|
The sewage of half the Russians drains into the Volga--bad news for fish in this body of water at the Volga's end
|
the Caspian Sea
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
|
|
|
Tut's tomb was protected from robbers by rubble from the building of the tomb of the 4th pharaoh with this name
|
Ramses
|
ALL'S PHARAOH
|
|
|
It's the classic novel about Emma, her husband Charles & her lovers Rodolphe & Leon
|
Madame Bovary
|
IN LOVE
|
|
|
In 1955 the West formed the Baghdad Pact & the Eastern Bloc formed this military alliance
|
the Warsaw Pact
|
"WAR"
|
|
|
To get from Madrid to Lisbon by river, take the Manzanares to the Jarama to this river
|
the Tagus
|
RIVERS
|
|
|
Walken's Frank Abagnale Sr. didn't live to see the end of this 2002 Spielberg scam film
|
Catch Me If You Can
|
DEAD MAN WALKEN
|
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|
In 1980 the U.S. Congress set aside 17 million acres of land in this state as a permanent wilderness
|
Alaska
|
THE ENVIRONMENT
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew muses over the first glimpse at the boy king in Luxor, Egypt.) In this year, the view into Tut's tomb was glimpsed for the first time in over 3,000 years by Howard Carter & Lord Carnarvon
|
1922
|
ALL'S PHARAOH
|
|
|
Canio the clown stabs his wife Nedda & her lover Silvio to death near the end of this opera
|
Pagliacci
|
IN LOVE
|
|
|
It was the maiden name of the American-born Duchess of Windsor
|
Warfield
|
"WAR"
|
|
|
'Equatorial Guinea is the only African nation whose offical language is this')
|
Spanish
|
AFRICA
|
|
|
Edgar Bergen received an honorary Oscar in 1938 for creating this dummy
|
Charlie McCarthy
|
THE OSCARS
|
|
|
The first Europeans to visit the area were explorers from this country
|
Spain
|
UTAH
|
|
|
In 1957 Mary Quant opened her Bazaar Boutique on the King's Road in this city
|
London
|
FASHION DESIGNERS
|
|
|
The Pleistocene epoch of extensive glaciation in Europe & America is also called this
|
The Ice Age
|
WEATHER
|
|
|
"Mrs." is an abbreviation of this title
|
Mistress
|
TITLES
|
|
|
Some call this American war "The War of Northern Aggression"
|
The Civil War
|
LEFTOVERS
|
|
|
The last Oscar for cinematography in B & W went to this '66 film based on an Edward Albee play
|
Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
|
THE OSCARS
|
|
|
This university in Provo, run by the Mormon church, is the largest in the state
|
Brigham Young University
|
UTAH
|
|
|
Geoffrey Beene designed the gown that Lynda Bird Johnson wore for this Dec. 9, 1967 event
|
her wedding
|
FASHION DESIGNERS
|
|
|
A magnetic storm is a worldwide disturbance of Earth's magnetic field caused by disturbances there
|
The Sun
|
WEATHER
|
|
|
Any Mongol could tell you it means "Universal Ruler"
|
Genghis Khan
|
TITLES
|
|
|
October, our tenth month, is from the Latin word "octo", meaning this
|
Eight
|
LEFTOVERS
|
|
|
Record speeds of more than 600 MPH have been reached at the International Speedway here
|
Bonneville Salt Flats
|
UTAH
|
|
|
This Bronx native designs western-inspired fashions for ladies & for "chaps"
|
Ralph Lauren
|
FASHION DESIGNERS
|
|
|
The temperature & humidity conditions characteristic of Santa Ana, Foehn & Chinook winds
|
Hot & Dry
|
WEATHER
|
|
|
In 1973 Lou Ferrigno was "Mr." this, & Maria Margarita Moran, "Miss"
|
Universe
|
TITLES
|
|
|
It was the No. 2 reactor at this Pennsylvania site that caused fears of a meltdown
|
Three Mile Island
|
LEFTOVERS
|
|
|
When it applied for statehood in 1849, some wanted to call it Deseret, which means this
|
Honeybees
|
UTAH
|
|
|
By the 1920s Balenciaga was the leading couturier in this country, his homeland
|
Spain
|
FASHION DESIGNERS
|
|
|
"Seasonal" term that describes the cold & dark weather that nuclear war could bring
|
Nuclear Winter
|
WEATHER
|
|
|
This moniker for a mendicant comes from the Latin for "brother"
|
Friar
|
TITLES
|
|
|
In 1968 Creighton Abrams replaced this general as commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam
|
William Westmoreland
|
LEFTOVERS
|
|
|
The state's largest ski area, Park City, is on the eastern slopes of this range of the Rockies
|
Wasatch
|
UTAH
|
|
|
This Havana-born designer is known by his first name, not by his last, Sardina
|
Adolfo
|
FASHION DESIGNERS
|
|
|
The 2 most commonly used temperature scales, each named for its inventor
|
Celsius & Fahrenheit
|
WEATHER
|
|
|
It follows "your" when addressing a duke
|
Grace
|
TITLES
|
|
|
This chairman of Occidental Petroleum said he will raise $250 million a year in a "Stop Cancer" drive
|
Armand Hammer
|
LEFTOVERS
|
|
|
In 1954 the U.S. tested a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands & launched this nuclear sub
|
theNautilus
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
Poet John Donne was first to write "No man is" this
|
an island
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
This spotted breed originated in the Palouse River region of Washington & Idaho
|
Appaloosa
|
HORSES
|
|
|
Type of American school that's equivalent to a European gymnasium
|
high school
|
EDUCATION
|
|
|
In 1788 a handful of officials & some 700 convicts founded this Australian city on Botany Bay
|
Sydney
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
1 of the 2 things the Lord "rained" upon the cities to destroy them
|
fire (or brimstone)
|
SODOM & GOMORRAH
|
|
|
N.Y. governor who announced in January 1948 he'd run for president if nominated; he was; he lost
|
Thomas Dewey
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
Bret Harte wrote a short story about "The Outcasts of" this mining camp
|
Poker Flat
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
Of 18, 36 or 48, the maximum number of letters allowed in the name of a thoroughbred racehorse
|
18
|
HORSES
|
|
|
The women who raised $500,000 to open this Baltimore med school in 1893 insisted women be admitted
|
Johns Hopkins
|
EDUCATION
|
|
|
Intercontinental flights to Scotland land at Prestwick Airport just outside this city
|
Glasgow
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
Jesus told them the fate of people who don't heed them will be worse than Sodom & Gomorrah
|
the Apostles
|
SODOM & GOMORRAH
|
|
|
In 1973 he chaired the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
|
Sam Ervin
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
The Reader's Encyclopedia said, "He loved the... main streets of America even as he deplored them"
|
Sinclair Lewis
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
During their first year, both male & female horses are referred to by this term
|
foal
|
HORSES
|
|
|
In 1989 this city's school system, 3rd largest in the U.S., was required by state law to decentralize
|
Chicago
|
EDUCATION
|
|
|
In 1919 locksmith Anton Drexler founded the forerunner of the Nazi Party in this Bavarian capital
|
Munich
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
Lyndon Johnson convinced Arthur Goldberg to give up his Supreme Court seat for this job
|
Ambassador to the U.N.
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
Ayn Rand book that ends with "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark"
|
The Fountainhead
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
It's a projection with a tuft of hair on the back of a horse's leg just above the hoof
|
a fetlock
|
HORSES
|
|
|
The first U.S. school of architecture was established at this Mass. school founded in 1861
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
|
EDUCATION
|
|
|
Much in the news of late, it's Colombia's second largest city
|
Medellin
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
In 1972 she ran for president on the slogan "Unbought and unbossed"
|
Shirley Chisholm
|
RECENT U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
His eccentric novel "Tristram Shandy" contains blank pages & 1-sentence chapters
|
Laurence Sterne
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
This harness breed shares its name with a 17th century English coach for hire
|
Hackney Pony
|
HORSES
|
|
|
Headquartered in the Bronx, its ads say it's the "Jesuit University of New York City"
|
Fordham
|
EDUCATION
|
|
|
You can see an exhibit about early transatlantic flights at this Newfoundland city's airport
|
Gander
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
'This company was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation')
|
Sony
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
|
|
Southwest Texas State(class of 1930)
|
Lyndon Johnson
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS
|
|
|
"Almost heaven,West Virginia,Blue Ridge Mountains,Shenandoah River"
|
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK
|
|
|
Ford's Crown Victoria accounts for over 3/4 of these purchased, many painted black & white
|
police cars
|
CARS
|
|
|
This village was an appropriate name for Apollo 14's command module
|
Kitty Hawk
|
HELLO KITTY
|
|
|
In 1932 she became the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
|
Amelia Earhart
|
FEMALE FIRSTS
|
|
|
Shapely slang term for a wastebasket
|
a circular file
|
THE "FILE" FILE
|
|
|
U.S. Military Academy(class of 1843)
|
U.S. Grant
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS
|
|
|
"Well, I got me a fine wife,I got me old fiddle"
|
"Thank God I\'m A Country Boy"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK
|
|
|
An octet of these gives the VW Passat W8 its name
|
cylinders
|
CARS
|
|
|
She would've been First Lady if her husband had won 158 more electoral votes in 1988
|
Kitty Dukakis
|
HELLO KITTY
|
|
|
Daisy Gordon, the niece of Juliette Gordon Low, became the first member of this organization when she joined in 1912
|
the Girl Scouts
|
FEMALE FIRSTS
|
|
|
To make foul, dirty or unclean
|
to defile
|
THE "FILE" FILE
|
|
|
Harvard(class of 1940)
|
John Kennedy
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS
|
|
|
"If I had a day that I could give you, I'd give to you a day just like today"
|
"Sunshine On My Shoulders"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK
|
|
|
Subaru's Outback was one of the first vehicles to combine an SUV & this traditional favorite of suburbanites
|
a station wagon
|
CARS
|
|
|
This frontiersman served as an Indian agent from 1853 to 1861 in Taos, New Mexico
|
Kit Carson
|
HELLO KITTY
|
|
|
This gymnast, a 1984 Olympic gold medal winner, was the first female to appear on the front of the Wheaties box
|
Mary Lou Retton
|
FEMALE FIRSTS
|
|
|
3-word term for the members of a group apart from its leaders or officers
|
rank and file
|
THE "FILE" FILE
|
|
|
Harvard(class of 1755)
|
John Adams
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS
|
|
|
"To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean, to ride on the crest of a wild raging storm"
|
"Calypso"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK
|
|
|
Showing its "age", this 106-year-old GM line of cars sent its last one off the assembly line in 2004
|
Oldsmobile
|
CARS
|
|
|
AKA Vulpes velox, this small gray animal is valuable for its fur
|
a kit fox
|
HELLO KITTY
|
|
|
This UPI correspondent was the first woman to head the White House bureau of a major news service
|
Helen Thomas
|
FEMALE FIRSTS
|
|
|
When exhibiting a deliberately inconspicuous or anonymous manner, you're "keeping" this
|
a low profile
|
THE "FILE" FILE
|
|
|
Princeton(class of 1879)
|
Woodrow Wilson
|
PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS
|
|
|
"You fill up my senses like a night in a forest..."
|
"Annie\'s Song"
|
A JOHN DENVER SONGBOOK
|
|
|
At the 1953 Paris motor show, along came this famed Porsche model
|
the Spyder
|
CARS
|
|
|
In 2004 she wrote the controversial "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty"
|
Kitty Kelley
|
HELLO KITTY
|
|
|
In 1976 she became the first woman to conduct the Metropolitan Opera when she took the baton for "La Traviata"
|
Sarah Caldwell
|
FEMALE FIRSTS
|
|
|
A device for holding bills & memos having a projecting metal spike on which to stick papers
|
a spindle file
|
THE "FILE" FILE
|
|
|
This South American city is the world's most populous capital south of the equator
|
Buenos Aires
|
SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
|
|
|
This scientific work is subtitled "The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"
|
Origin of Species
|
LITERARY ____ OF ____
|
|
|
Something gone for good is said to be "dead as" this form of entertainment that played the Palace Theatre
|
Vaudeville
|
GONE WITH THE WIND
|
|
|
The fiercest of the Knights of the Round Table, he had an affair with Queen Guinevere
|
Lancelot
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IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT
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"They had more than love--they had fun" was the tagline for the 1976 biopic about Gable's romance with her
|
Carole Lombard
|
CLARK GABLE
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One side of a sloop
|
starboard
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YOU'RE A "STAR"
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One of the world's largest diamond mines is located in Orapa, Botswana, in the northeastern part of this desert
|
the Kalahari
|
SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
|
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This Steinbeck masterpiece tells the story of the Trasks & the Hamiltons
|
East of Eden
|
LITERARY ____ OF ____
|
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In 1968, this sewing machine company's New York Citytower--once the world's tallest building--became the tallest ever demolished
|
Singer
|
GONE WITH THE WIND
|
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Born in 742, this King of the Franks led a 30-year conquest of Europe "by the sword & the cross"
|
Charlemagne
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IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT
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After she was a wow singing to Gable at his 36th birthday party, she got to sing to his photo on film
|
Judy Garland
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CLARK GABLE
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This academy trains future Jim Kirks of the galaxy on "Star Trek"
|
Starfleet Academy
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YOU'RE A "STAR"
|
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The Australian capital territory, which includes Canberra, was carved out of this most populous state
|
New South Wales
|
SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
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This Toni Morrison novel ends, "If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it"
|
Song of Solomon
|
LITERARY ____ OF ____
|
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A legendary city, or a legendary Cadillac model that was discontinued in 2002
|
El Dorado
|
GONE WITH THE WIND
|
|
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One of the premier leaders of this enterprise, Duke Godfrey of Bouillon led the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099
|
the Crusades
|
IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT
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In this rebellious 1935 release, Gable romances island girl Mamo Clark
|
Mutiny on the Bounty
|
CLARK GABLE
|
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Rhyming nickname for the first official Confederate flag
|
"Stars and Bars"
|
YOU'RE A "STAR"
|
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(Jeff Probst reads the clue.) In 1774, Captain James Cook charted the islands that now compose Vanuatu & named them this for an island group off Scotland
|
the New Hebrides
|
SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
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Venitidius is a false friend of the title guy of this Shakespeare play
|
Timon of Athens
|
LITERARY ____ OF ____
|
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William Lear of jet fame developed this numerical music-playing format that went in an endless loop
|
8-track
|
GONE WITH THE WIND
|
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Among the better-known adventures of Sir Gawain are his exploits against this "colorful" character
|
the Green Knight
|
IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT
|
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Gable's last line on film, "Just head for that big star straight on... it'll take us right home", is in this movie
|
The Misfits
|
CLARK GABLE
|
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The 563-carat sapphire known as this was actually found in Sri Lanka
|
the Star of India
|
YOU'RE A "STAR"
|
|
|
Longwood Golf Course on this South Atlantic British dependency is probably the world's remotest 18-hole course
|
St. Helena
|
SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
|
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This classic says "Kurtz--that means short in German--don't it?"
|
Heart of Darkness
|
LITERARY ____ OF ____
|
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After a name change to the House Internal Security Committee, it was abolished in 1975
|
the House Un-American Activities Committee
|
GONE WITH THE WIND
|
|
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Portrayed in verse as the perfect knight, he led the "Reconquista" against the Moors until his death in 1099
|
El Cid
|
IT HAPPENED ONE KNIGHT
|
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The title of this movie with Gable as an adman is a term for flashy, aggressive salesmen
|
The Hucksters
|
CLARK GABLE
|
|
|
Henry VII's secret court to try cases involving state security
|
the Star Chamber
|
YOU'RE A "STAR"
|
|
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'Someone chatting about preserving natural resources is these 2 similar words, anagrams of each other')
|
conversationist & conservationist
|
15-LETTER ANAGRAMS
|
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After hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics, this city's Olympic Stadium became the home of the Expos
|
Montreal
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
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In 1978 B. Mandrell was "Sleeping single in" one of these, "thinking over things I wish I'd said"
|
a double bed
|
COUNTRY MUSIC
|
|
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It's believed his association with the North Pole & reindeer came from Scandinavian legend
|
Santa Claus
|
THE NORTH POLE
|
|
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This biggest computer company is biggest also among companies in philanthropic contributions
|
IBM
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
|
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His Feb. 11, 1990 release from a South African jail after some 27 years made world headlines
|
(Nelson) Mandela
|
FEBRUARY
|
|
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You say it to a sneezer to wish him or her "good health"
|
gesundheit
|
SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH?
|
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Buildings in this Italian city don't stand on solid ground, but use wooden posts driven into the mud
|
Venice
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
These 2 singers were the original co-hosts of TV's "Hee Haw"
|
Roy Clark & Buck Owens
|
COUNTRY MUSIC
|
|
|
It's the northernmost region of the Earth & the North Pole is in its center
|
the Arctic
|
THE NORTH POLE
|
|
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The first major U.S. company to publish solely paperbacks, it's named for where their books could fit
|
Pocket Books
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
|
|
Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919
|
the Grand Canyon
|
FEBRUARY
|
|
|
As Wayne Newton could tell you, it means "thank you"
|
danke schoen
|
SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH?
|
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After London and Birmingham, this Scottish city is Great Britain's third largest
|
Glasgow
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
This singer's short story collection, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", was named for his 1979 hit song
|
Charlie Daniels
|
COUNTRY MUSIC
|
|
|
The Soviet North Pole station set up in 1937 drifted away & was rescued 9 months later off this island
|
Greenland
|
THE NORTH POLE
|
|
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They claim to run "the tightest ship in the shipping business"
|
UPS
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
|
|
It was founded in Feb. 1941 to serve the social, religious, educational & welfare needs of our servicemen
|
the USO
|
FEBRUARY
|
|
|
Brand of beer that means "lion's brew"
|
Lowenbrau
|
SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH?
|
|
|
Once called Philadelphia, this capital of Jordan assumed its present name in the 7th century
|
Amman
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
Texas town that's the title of Waylon Jennings' 1977 hit subtitled "Back To The Basics Of Love"
|
Luckenbach
|
COUNTRY MUSIC
|
|
|
Regular job of the first surface ship to reach the North Pole
|
icebreaker
|
THE NORTH POLE
|
|
|
This company introduced the Band-Aid to America in 1920
|
Johnson & Johnson
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
|
|
On February 10, 1943 he started a 21-day fast
|
Gandhi
|
FEBRUARY
|
|
|
The name of this flower which grows in the Alps means "noble white"
|
edelweiss
|
SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH?
|
|
|
When first founded, this capital of the Bahamas was known as Charles Towne
|
Nassau
|
WORLD CITIES
|
|
|
Roy Acuff, the 1st living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, had a big hit withthe followingsong:
|
"Wabash Cannonball"
|
COUNTRY MUSIC
|
|
|
In an 1818 novel he pursues his creation to the North Pole where they both die
|
Frankenstein
|
THE NORTH POLE
|
|
|
This peanut-packed candy bar, the 1st successful one by Mars, is the current top seller
|
Snickers
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
|
|
On February 11, 1960 he walked off his late night television show while on the air
|
(Jack) Paar
|
FEBRUARY
|
|
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In the name of a popular veal dish, Vienna style, it means "slice" or "shaving"
|
schnitzel
|
SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH?
|
|
|
In 1877 Henry Flipper became the first black graduate of this military academy
|
West Point
|
BLACK AMERICA
|
|
|
In Sir Walter Scott's poem, it precedes "when first we practice to deceive"
|
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"
|
POETS & POETRY
|
|
|
Its alpha & beta stars are called the pointers because they point to the North Star
|
the Big Dipper (or Ursa Major)
|
CONSTELLATIONS
|
|
|
The Hellenistic period in Ancient Greek art began with his conquests
|
Alexander the Great
|
ANCIENT GREECE
|
|
|
If your frozen seafood dinner's from Mrs. Paul's, it's a product of this soup company
|
Campbell\'s
|
A SEAFOOD SAMPLER
|
|
|
Though Ben didn't approve of parts of it, he urged the Convention to unanimously adopt it
|
the Constitution
|
BEN FRANKLIN
|
|
|
Birdland, a jazz palace of the '50s, was named for this sax player who was nicknamed "Bird"
|
Charlie Parker
|
BLACK AMERICA
|
|
|
Oliver Wendell Holmes began this poem, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high"
|
"Old Ironsides"
|
POETS & POETRY
|
|
|
This constellation named for the son of Poseidon & Euryale is known as "The Hunter"
|
Orion
|
CONSTELLATIONS
|
|
|
The serfs of this warlike city-state were called Helots
|
Sparta
|
ANCIENT GREECE
|
|
|
This British coastal town has a lot of sole named for it
|
Dover
|
A SEAFOOD SAMPLER
|
|
|
In 1958 this contralto was an alternate U.S. delegate to the UN
|
Marian Anderson
|
BLACK AMERICA
|
|
|
The title of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" was suggested by this author of "On the Road"
|
(Jack) Kerouac
|
POETS & POETRY
|
|
|
Associated with the onset of spring, this constellation is first in the zodiac
|
Aries
|
CONSTELLATIONS
|
|
|
This unit of currency was first worth 6 iron cooking spits
|
the drachma
|
ANCIENT GREECE
|
|
|
In song, Sweet Molly Malone sold cockles & this shellfish "Alive, alive O!"
|
mussels
|
A SEAFOOD SAMPLER
|
|
|
For supervising the Arab-Israeli armstice, he was awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
|
Ralph Bunche
|
BLACK AMERICA
|
|
|
Poetess who wrote "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you--nobody--too?"
|
(Emily) Dickinson
|
POETS & POETRY
|
|
|
The constellation Corona Borealis is called this in English
|
the Northern Crown
|
CONSTELLATIONS
|
|
|
Greek literature is said to have begun with this poet
|
Homer
|
ANCIENT GREECE
|
|
|
"Joy of Cooking" says, to have "a real nice" one, "dig a sand pit about 1 ft. deep & 3 ft. across"
|
a clam bake
|
A SEAFOOD SAMPLER
|
|
|
Edmund Waller wrote a poem "To Phyllis" & Ben Jonson wrote a "Song" to her
|
Celia
|
POETS & POETRY
|
|
|
Other than the sun, the closest star to the Earth is located in this southern constellation
|
Centaurus
|
CONSTELLATIONS
|
|
|
The Greeks defended this pass, whose name means "hot gates", against the Celts as well as the Persians
|
Thermopylae
|
ANCIENT GREECE
|
|
|
"Colorful" smoked fish, used to throw hounds off a fox's scent, that's become a figure of speech
|
a red herring
|
A SEAFOOD SAMPLER
|
|
|
'Her 1st husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, fought in both the American & French Revolutions')
|
Empress Josephine
|
WOMEN IN HISTORY
|
|
|
This no-nonsense first lady admitted that her trademark pearls are fake
|
Barbara Bush
|
FIRST LADIES
|
|
|
Numerical "Force" "from Navarone" that Harrison Ford was part of, or Bo Derek's No. in a 1979 film
|
10
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
|
|
|
In 1990 Doug Drabek became the first Pittsburgh Pirate since Vern Law in 1960 to win this pitching award
|
the Cy Young Award
|
AWARDS
|
|
|
Term for a type of triangle with three equal sides
|
equilateral
|
MATH
|
|
|
You should whip this ingredient before you top your Chantilly potatoes with it
|
cream
|
COOKING
|
|
|
Both NYC & Philadelphia claim the oldest of these in the U.S.
|
zoo
|
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
|
|
|
She had 4 sons but only the oldest, Robert, lived to adulthood
|
Mary Todd Lincoln
|
FIRST LADIES
|
|
|
This Nicholson was a Joker
|
Jack
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
|
|
|
Cartoonist Bill Watterson won a Reuben Award for this comic strip about a boy & his tiger
|
Calvin & Hobbes
|
AWARDS
|
|
|
For this operation, most people use the borrow method
|
subtraction
|
MATH
|
|
|
A classic plum pudding contains this kind of fat
|
suet
|
COOKING
|
|
|
In the old standard song, "The strings of my heart" went this way
|
zing
|
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
|
|
|
Zasu Pitts got this first lady her first professional role in a play
|
Nancy Reagan
|
FIRST LADIES
|
|
|
If you want to see a butterfly that's prissy, check out this butterfly in "Gone with the Wind"
|
Butterfly McQueen
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
|
|
|
In 1975 Sen. Proxmire originated this award to publicize wasteful gov't spending
|
the Golden Fleece Award
|
AWARDS
|
|
|
After multiplying these you should reduce the product if possible
|
fractions
|
MATH
|
|
|
A type of shell that holds creamed meat dishes, or a nickname for Patricia
|
patty
|
COOKING
|
|
|
Johnston McCulley's novel "The Curse of Capistrano" gave us this character a.k.a. Don Diego
|
Zorro
|
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
|
|
|
She didn't attend her husband's 1797 inauguration because her mother-in-law was ill
|
Abigail Adams
|
FIRST LADIES
|
|
|
As Cody Allen on TV, this Perry lived on the boat "Riptide"
|
Perry King
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
|
|
|
Named for magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback, the Hugo Award honors this literary genre
|
science fiction
|
AWARDS
|
|
|
The name "geometry" comes from two Greek words meaning this
|
Earth & measure
|
MATH
|
|
|
If you want to be veddy British, sprinkle your fish & chips with the malt type of this
|
vinegar
|
COOKING
|
|
|
The Tom Wilson comic character who has his own line of greeting cards
|
Ziggy
|
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
|
|
|
The only first lady whose given name was Claudia
|
Claudia Alta Taylor (Lady Bird Johnson)
|
FIRST LADIES
|
|
|
On the PBS anthology series "Mystery!", Sam Neill played Reilly, who was this "of Spies"
|
Ace
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
|
|
|
The Obie Awards for off-Broadway theater are sponsored by this weekly New York paper
|
theVillage Voice
|
AWARDS
|
|
|
It's a quarter of a circle or one of four divisions of a plane
|
a quadrant
|
MATH
|
|
|
A genoise is a butter-rich one of these
|
a sponge cake
|
COOKING
|
|
|
Ahura Mazda is not a model of car, but the 1 true god of this religion
|
Zoroastrianism
|
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
|
|
|
The games featuring these fighters began in the 3rd Cent. B.C. as part of funeral ceremonies
|
the gladiators
|
ANCIENT ROME
|
|
|
The short story writer Saki was killed in action in this war in 1916
|
World War I
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
The name for this sea comes from the Latin for "in the middle of land"
|
Mediterranean
|
BODIES OF WATER
|
|
|
This Russian word is from the Greek for "sailor of the universe"
|
cosmonaut
|
SPACE EXPLORATION
|
|
|
"The Starry Night"
|
Van Gogh
|
NAME THE ARTIST
|
|
|
The 4th king of Rome, Ancus Marcus, is credited with building the 1st bridge across this river
|
the Tiber
|
ANCIENT ROME
|
|
|
Scotsman who published "The Betrothed" & "The Talisman" together as "Tales of the Crusaders"
|
(Sir Walter) Scott
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
A combine is a combination harvester & this machine that separates seed from straw
|
thresher
|
AGRICULTURE
|
|
|
The Tasman sea separates Australia & this country
|
New Zealand
|
BODIES OF WATER
|
|
|
On March 23, 1965 Gus Grissom & John Young became the 1st pair to orbit in this new space project
|
Gemini
|
SPACE EXPLORATION
|
|
|
"2 Tahitian Women"
|
Gauguin
|
NAME THE ARTIST
|
|
|
He named himself princeps, or first citizen, but is known in history as the first emperor
|
Augustus
|
ANCIENT ROME
|
|
|
Wilkie Collins wrote a novel about a mysterious "Woman in" this color who lived in an asylum
|
white
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
The largest farms, some over 60,000 acres, are the state farms in this country
|
the Soviet Union
|
AGRICULTURE
|
|
|
It's New Mexico's largest & longest river
|
the Rio Grande
|
BODIES OF WATER
|
|
|
While Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin explored the moon, he orbited about 70 miles above
|
(Michael) Collins
|
SPACE EXPLORATION
|
|
|
"Luncheon on the Grass"
|
Eduouard Manet
|
NAME THE ARTIST
|
|
|
The 2 men in this post were responsible for counting the Romans & controlling moral conduct
|
the censors
|
ANCIENT ROME
|
|
|
Ole E. Rolvaag wrote "Giants in the Earth" in this language; it was then translated into English
|
Norwegian
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
Of the top 3 grains grown in the world, the U.S. is first in the production of this one
|
corn
|
AGRICULTURE
|
|
|
The name of this river which empties into the Bay of Bengal means "the son of Brahma"
|
the Brahmaputra
|
BODIES OF WATER
|
|
|
It's the only planet not yet encountered by a space probe
|
Pluto
|
SPACE EXPLORATION
|
|
|
"View of Toledo"
|
El Greco
|
NAME THE ARTIST
|
|
|
It's believed the Romans turned against the ruling Etruscans after Sextus Tarquinius raped her
|
Lucretia
|
ANCIENT ROME
|
|
|
Completes the title of Olive Ann Burns' novel "Cold Sassy..."
|
Tree
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
Connecticut is bordered on the south by this arm of the Atlantic
|
Long Island Sound
|
BODIES OF WATER
|
|
|
The European Space Agency designed this 3-stage rocket to launch its payloads
|
the Ariane
|
SPACE EXPLORATION
|
|
|
"The Dance Class"
|
Degas
|
NAME THE ARTIST
|
|
|
'This country\'s national anthem is "William of Nassau"')
|
the Netherlands
|
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
|
|
|
In a 1939 film, Spencer Tracy played Stanley & Cedric Hardwicke enacted this role, I presume
|
Dr. Livingstone
|
HISTORICAL FILMS
|
|
|
Varieties of this fruit, suitable for home orchards, include Red Rome, Jonathan & Stark Jumbo
|
Apples
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
An achievement is signified by a feather in this
|
Cap
|
3-LETTER WORDS
|
|
|
Fittingly, this country was the site of the first modern Olympics in 1896
|
Greece
|
THE OLYMPICS
|
|
|
This eastern U.S. gambling resort lies on Absecon Island
|
Atlantic City
|
AMERICAN ISLANDS
|
|
|
Felicity & Felicia are feminine forms of this masculine name
|
Felix
|
NAMES
|
|
|
When Norma Shearer played this queen, John Barrymore played her father-in-law, Louis XV
|
Marie Antoinette
|
HISTORICAL FILMS
|
|
|
Russian thistle breaks from its base & goes drifting along with the wind -- so it's called this
|
Tumbleweed
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
When you get mad you might "flip your lid" or "blow" this
|
Top
|
3-LETTER WORDS
|
|
|
In 1932, when women could enter only 3 events, this American woman won 3 medals
|
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
|
THE OLYMPICS
|
|
|
The Wright brothers' first flight took place near this village on N. Carolina's Bodie Island
|
Kitty Hawk
|
AMERICAN ISLANDS
|
|
|
The daughter of Ptolemy XII, her name means "Father's Glory"
|
Cleopatra
|
NAMES
|
|
|
Paul Muni won an Oscar for his performance in this role, which he "milked" for all it was worth
|
Louis Pasteur
|
HISTORICAL FILMS
|
|
|
Medium in which an Egyptian or lotus plant grows
|
Water
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
Henry Fielding wrote, "Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of" this beverage
|
Tea
|
3-LETTER WORDS
|
|
|
In 1912 this Native American won the decathlon & pentathlon
|
Jim Thorpe
|
THE OLYMPICS
|
|
|
This island, known for its huge bears, was the site of Alaska's first school in 1784
|
Kodiak
|
AMERICAN ISLANDS
|
|
|
Made famous by a Johanna Spyri novel, it was originally a nickname for "Adelaide"
|
Heidi
|
NAMES
|
|
|
Gregory Peck played the title role in this 1977 film bio about a U.S. general
|
MacArthur
|
HISTORICAL FILMS
|
|
|
Economically it's the most important bean in the world
|
Soybean
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
Nautically speaking, if you don't like the look of someone, you don't like "the cut of his" one of these
|
Jib
|
3-LETTER WORDS
|
|
|
In 1948 Gretchen Fraser became the first American to win a gold medal in this winter sport
|
Skiing
|
THE OLYMPICS
|
|
|
Carib Indian relics can be found in a national park in this island group
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
AMERICAN ISLANDS
|
|
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Name in the title of the following 1956 hit:
|
"Long Tall Sally" (by Little Richard)
|
NAMES
|
|
|
A 1946 Rosalind Russell film dramatized the life of this nurse famed for her work with polio patients
|
Sister Elizabeth Kenney
|
HISTORICAL FILMS
|
|
|
Jacarandas are tropical trees with flowers of this color
|
Bluish Purple
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
The 2 horses bet on in "Camptown Races"
|
The nag & the bay
|
3-LETTER WORDS
|
|
|
In 1972 Vassili Alexeyev, known as the "Russian Bear", won his 1st Olympic gold medal in this sport
|
Weightlifting
|
THE OLYMPICS
|
|
|
This state's Mount Desert Island is the site of the Bar Harbor Resort
|
Maine
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AMERICAN ISLANDS
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Woman's name that's Old German for "armored warrior maiden"
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Brunhilde
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NAMES
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Milton's "Paradise Lost" is based on this book of the Bible
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Genesis
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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To perform Prokofiev's "Romeo & Juliet" an orchestra needs a pair of these gourd rattles
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Maracas
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MUSIC
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Of 20 years, 30 years or 40 years, the length of time the Wars of the Roses lasted
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30 years
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WARS
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This piece of jewelry has been worn around the thigh or the ankle, but most people prefer the wrist
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Bracelet
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JEWELRY
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The Koran quotes Allah as saying he gave Moses the law, Jesus the Gospels & this man the Koran
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Mohammed
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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She said she enjoys using Franklin Pierce's china in the White House because he's a distant relative
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Barbara Bush
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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The 1st major work of English literature, this poem about a brave hero is by author or authors unknown
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"Beowulf"
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Mozart dedicated 6 string quartets to this Austrian composer of "The Creation"
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Franz Josef Haydn
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MUSIC
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This N. American conflict which began in 1754 led to the outbreak of the 7 Years War in Europe in 1756
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French And Indian War
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WARS
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Many of these gems, one of June's birthstones, come from Sri Lanka, not the lunar surface
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moonstones
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JEWELRY
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Catholic tradition holds that Jesus gave him the keys to heaven
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Peter
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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This president had the interior gutted & completely restored, & added a balcony
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Harry Truman
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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Called John Dryden's best comedy, his play about intrigue & adultery is titled "Marriage A La" this
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A La Mode
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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He composed ragtime music in addition to the ballets "The Firebird" & "Petrushka"
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Igor Stravinsky
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MUSIC
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Baklava is a pastry, but Balaklava was the site of a major battle of this war in 1854
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The Crimean War
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WARS
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Nanak, who lived c. 1500, was the first guru of this religion which sought to unite Islam & Hinduism
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Sikhism
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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It has been a tradition since 1902 to adorn the ground floor corridor with their portraits
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First Ladies
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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It wasn't until 1825 that his diary of the 1660s, written in shorthand, was deciphered
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Samuel Pepys
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Soprano born in Stockholm October 6, 1820; her last public performance was in 1883
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Jenny Lind
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MUSIC
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The Indian "king" for whom this war was named was tracked down & killed in 1676
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King Philip
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WARS
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American evangelist Dwight, who founded a church & a bible institute now named after him
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Dwight Moody
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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Large press conferences are usually held in this room, the largest in the White House
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The East Room
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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"The Fifth Child" is a recent work by this English author of "The Golden Notebook"
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Doris Lessing
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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In 1989 this Scottish military pipe, drum & dance corps celebrated its 250th anniversary
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The Black Watch
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MUSIC
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The War of the Austrian Succession erupted when she became archduchess of Austria in 1740
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Maria Theresa
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WARS
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Last name of the French jeweler Rene, who was famous for his art nouveau designs & his crystal
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Lalique
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JEWELRY
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Minister who founded the Martyr's Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in Belfast in 1969
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Rev. Ian Paisley
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS
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He was the first president to live in the White House after it was burned down & rebuilt
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James Monroe
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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'This city was named for a first century Roman citizen & missionary')
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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STATE CAPITALS
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In the 1949 film "Sands of Iwo Jima", he played the implacable Marine sergeant John M. Stryker
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John Wayne
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SEND IN THE MARINES
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"Just the facts..." You need more?! OK, this show aired in prime time on 3 different days but never on Fridays
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Dragnet
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ARRESTING TELEVISION
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Completes the title of an Earth, Wind & Fire hit song "Serpentine..."
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"Fire"
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EARTH, WIND OR FIRE
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Rock on! All diamonds consist primarily of this element
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carbon
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ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR
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In Jamestown, North Dakota, you can see what is claimed to be the world's largest statue of this animal
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a buffalo
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ROADSIDE AMERICA
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More than 345 million individuals each month hit this website
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Yahoo!
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HEY "YA"
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew visits a training course at Parris Island, SC.) In 1976 with women in the Corps, the Marines phased out "We're looking for a few good men" & went to this recruiting slogan
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"The few, the proud"
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SEND IN THE MARINES
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Gary Sinise dusts for DNA as Det. Mac Taylor on this Gotham-based whodunit
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CSI: New York
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ARRESTING TELEVISION
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As in aardvark or aardwolf, aarde means this in Afrikaans
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earth
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EARTH, WIND OR FIRE
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The U.S. refused to sell this gas to the Zeppelin Aircraft Company, which used the more flammable hydrogen instead
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helium
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ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR
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All 134' of this object in Baker, Ca. represents the record 134 heat once recorded in nearby Death Valley
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a thermometer
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ROADSIDE AMERICA
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A skullcap worn during prayer by Jewish men
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yarmulke
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HEY "YA"
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The Marine Corps was officially founded on Nov. 10 of this year the American Revolution started
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1775
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SEND IN THE MARINES
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Sherry Stringfield practiced law on this "colorful" ABC cop show before getting her medical degree on "ER"
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NYPD Blue
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ARRESTING TELEVISION
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The one with a heteronym
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wind
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EARTH, WIND OR FIRE
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It's the university city in which the element californium was discovered
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Berkeley
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ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR
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On Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio, yell out "Where's the beef?" as you check out the first restaurant in this large chain
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Wendy\'s
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ROADSIDE AMERICA
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3-word nonsense term meaning "& so on" once featured in a popular sitcom
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yada yada yada
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HEY "YA"
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew visits a training course at Parris Island, SC.) 10 weeks into training, recruits undergo this endurance test, hauling 54 lbs. of gear; it's named for a metal melting vessel
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the Crucible
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SEND IN THE MARINES
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Sgt. Esterhaus led roll call on this '80s drama & hey! Let's be careful out there
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Hill Street Blues
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ARRESTING TELEVISION
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Shoe with what's termed a "negative heel"
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earth
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EARTH, WIND OR FIRE
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Any old salt could tell you they're the 2 most abundant elements dissolved in seawater
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sodium & chlorine
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ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR
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In the city park in Reading, Pa., take a gander at the anchor of this ship sunk in 1898 by a mysterious explosion
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theMaine
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ROADSIDE AMERICA
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"Barbaric" often precedes this word derived from Middle English meaning "harsh cry"
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yawp
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HEY "YA"
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This "Chesty" guy who received 5 Navy crosses was one of the most decorated U.S. Marines in history
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(Lewis "Chesty") Puller
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SEND IN THE MARINES
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After writing for "My Two Dads", Shawn Ryan did a serious 180 & created this Michael Chiklis cop show
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The Shield
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ARRESTING TELEVISION
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Boreas was a Greek god of this
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wind
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EARTH, WIND OR FIRE
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1 of the 3 naturally occurring magnetic elements
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iron (or nickel or cobalt)
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ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR
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The center named for this man in Huntington, Ind. contains the vice pres. museum that may leave you spellbound
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(Dan) Quayle
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ROADSIDE AMERICA
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Slang word for a convict, or a Charlie Parker nickname
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yardbird
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HEY "YA"
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Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Yau Wen-Yuan & Jiang Qing, Mao's wife, were known by this collective name
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the Gang of Four
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CHINESE HISTORY
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Ganges River:This bay
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the Bay of Bengal
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LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW
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16 letters:The thickening & loss of elasticity in the walls of an artery
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arteriosclerosis
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LONG WORDS
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This national theatre of Ireland celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004
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the Abbey Theatre
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
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Missed the last TD? Don't worry, this innovation premiered in the 1963 Army-Navy game & has been here ever since
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instant replay
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WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV
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Born Nov. 25, 1981, they are the granddaughters of a president
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Jenna & Barbara Bush
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AND TWINS!
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In 868 this dynasty produced the world's first block-printed book, but not the drink favored by astronauts
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Tang
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CHINESE HISTORY
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Dnieper River:This sea
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the Black Sea
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LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW
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16 letters:What the "I" stands for in HIV
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immunodeficiency
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LONG WORDS
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It's believed that Nicomaco, a character in this famous Florentine's 1525 play "Clizia", is a self-portrait
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
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All right, we admit it, one reason we watch football on TV is to get a glimpse of this group seenhere
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the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
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WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV
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Fraternal twins of the "Star Wars" saga
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Luke & Leia
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AND TWINS!
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On July 22, 1999 the government banned this religious sect after it staged unauthorized demonstrations
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Falun Gong
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CHINESE HISTORY
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Loire River:This bay
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Biscay
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LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW
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18 letters:The Roman Catholic doctrine of bread & wine changing into the body & blood of Christ
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transubstantiation
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LONG WORDS
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The audience for this Russian's play "A Month in the Country" should always include some "Fathers and Sons"
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Turgenev
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
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Before his career as a popular TV commentator, John Madden prowled the sidelines as this team's head coach
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the Oakland Raiders
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WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV
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This playwright & his wife had 3 children, including the twins Judith & Hamnet
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Shakespeare
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AND TWINS!
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A physician educated in the U.S., he led the movement to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty in 1911
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Sun Yat-sen
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CHINESE HISTORY
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Alabama River:This bay, y'all
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Mobile Bay
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LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW
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13 letters:A noun meaning a side-by-side placement, especially for comparison or contrast
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juxtaposition
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LONG WORDS
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His 2004 play "Exits and Entrances" made its entrance onto the world stage in L.A., not in his native South Africa
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Athol Fugard
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
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In a harrowing piece of live TV, Lawrence Taylor broke this quarterback's leg on "Monday Night Football"
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Joe Theismann
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WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV
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American Olympic skiing stars born May 10, 1957
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Phil & Steve Mahre
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AND TWINS!
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In 1816 Lord Amherst, British envoy to China, was not received because he wouldn't perform this ritual
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kowtow
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CHINESE HISTORY
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Uruguay River:This estuary
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the Rio de la Plata
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LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW
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13 letters:A journey by foot, not falcon
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peregrination
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LONG WORDS
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He's the Belgian playwright who gave us the bird--"The Blue Bird"
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Maurice Maeterlinck
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
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Millions were outraged in 1968 when a game was preempted with a minute to go by a TV movie about this girl
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Heidi
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WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV
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Guinness Book of Records creators born Aug. 12, 1925
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Norris & Ross McWhirter
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AND TWINS!
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'On May 18, 1980 its height was reduced from 9,677 feet to 8,364 feet')
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Mount Saint Helens
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THE 1980s
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In "Frank Fairlegh" Francis Edward Smedley wrote "All's fair in" these 2 activities
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Love & War
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FAMOUS QUOTES
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Chief justice Charles Evans Hughes opposed this president's attempt to "pack" the court
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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THE SUPREME COURT
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Country star Jeannie C. Riley's only hit on the pop charts; it was about a small town's P.T.A.
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"Harper Valley P.T.A."
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GOLDEN OLDIES
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Fiction writer who titled his memoirs about his early days in Paris "A Moveable Feast"
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Ernest Hemingway
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NONFICTION
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In Texas the most common variety of these armored mammals is the nine-banded one
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Armadillo
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ZOOLOGY
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Because of its cold ice cream interior & hot meringue covering, it was once called "Alaska-Florida"
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Baked Alaska
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DESSERTS
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"Be nice to people on your way up" for this reason
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"You may meet them on your way down"
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FAMOUS QUOTES
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This president appointed the most members of the current court
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Ronald Reagan
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THE SUPREME COURT
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Jimmy Webb song about a "park" that was a No. 2 hit for Richard Harris & a No. 1 hit for Donna Summer
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"MacArthur Park"
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GOLDEN OLDIES
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Historian Simon Schama wrote the '89 book "Citizens, A Chronicle Of" this 18th century event
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The French Revolution
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NONFICTION
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The term for a female rabbit, it can also refer to a female deer
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Doe
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ZOOLOGY
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Joy of Cooking says whether this cake is "round or rectangular, the cutting begins at the lowest tier"
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Wedding Cake
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DESSERTS
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"When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this
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How you played the game
|
FAMOUS QUOTES
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He handed down the famous Brown v. Board of Education ruling 7 months after becoming chief justice
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Earl Warren
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THE SUPREME COURT
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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Heard here, it was British star Petula Clark's last Top 10 hit in the U.S.:"You wander around, on your own little cloud, when you don't see the whys or the wherefores...."
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"Don\'t Sleep In The Subway"
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GOLDEN OLDIES
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He wrote "I Gave Them A Sword" based on his 1977 interviews with ex-president Richard Nixon
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David Frost
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NONFICTION
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Of all bears, this one is the best swimmer
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Polar Bear
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ZOOLOGY
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Completes "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like" this
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a Woman scorn\'d
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FAMOUS QUOTES
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Known as the "Great Chief Justice", he had served under Washington at Valley Forge
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John Marshall
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THE SUPREME COURT
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New Jersey & North Carolina each have a Surf City, but California, home of this "Surf City" duo, doesn't
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Jan & Dean
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GOLDEN OLDIES
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"The American Spelling Book" was the first part of his "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language"
|
Noah Webster
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NONFICTION
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A pit viper's pits are highly sensitive to this & help it find its prey in the dark
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Heat
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ZOOLOGY
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In 1940, U.S. poet Alice D. Miller wrote, "In a world where" this country "is...dead, I do not wish to live"
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England
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FAMOUS QUOTES
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First Republican president after Taft, he appointed Taft chief justice
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Warren G. Harding
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THE SUPREME COURT
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Born Frederick Picariello, his first 2 hits were "Tallahassee Lassie" & "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"
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Freddy Cannon
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GOLDEN OLDIES
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He won a 1962 Pulitzer Prize for "The Making of the President 1960"
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Theodore White
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NONFICTION
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Sometimes called the bird spider, it's the largest of all spiders
|
Tarantula
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ZOOLOGY
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Hetty Green, the richest woman of her day, was known as the "Witch Of" this street
|
Wall Street
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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Over 90% of Poles are followers of this religion, first adopted by Poland in 966
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Roman Catholicism
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POLAND
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Ray Bradbury & producer-dir. John Huston co-wrote the screenplay based on this Melville classic
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"Moby Dick"
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LITERATURE ON FILM
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She has 2 children, David & Sarah Armstrong-Jones
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Princess Margaret
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ROYALTY
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Born Niklas Koppernigk, he was a canon of Frauenberg Cathedral from 1497 until his death in 1543
|
Nicolaus Copernicus
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ASTRONOMERS
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From the Latin "denigrare", to blacken, it means to belittle or blacken a character
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Denigrate
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FROM THE LATIN
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On July 5, 1846 John C. Fremont was chosen to direct the affairs of this "Bear Flag" republic
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California
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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Poland's longest one is the Vistula
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River
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POLAND
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In a 1941 film based on R.L. Stevenson's horror classic, Spencer Tracy played these 2 title characters
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
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LITERATURE ON FILM
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She may have been a cousin of her husband Akhenaton; you can see the resemblance in her bust
|
Nefertiti
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ROYALTY
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Astronomer Frank Drake set up Project Ozma about 1960 to search for this -- didn't work
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence/Life Elsewhere
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ASTRONOMERS
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Meaning "to bear", Hamlet did it with "slings & arrows of outrageous fortune"
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Suffer
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FROM THE LATIN
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In 1892 the Edison Co. merged with the Thomson-Houston Electrical Co. to form this company
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General Electric
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19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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As a result of WWII, Poland gained land in the west from Germany & lost land in the east to this country
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the Soviet Union (USSR)
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POLAND
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Rod Taylor traveled from the year 1899 to 802,701 A.D. in this film based on an H.G. Wells book
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"The Time Machine"
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LITERATURE ON FILM
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Prince Bernhard of this country is a former president of the World Wildlife Fund
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Holland/The Netherlands
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ROYALTY
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In 1675 Danish astronomer Olaus Roemer announced the 1st real measurement of the speed of this
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Light
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ASTRONOMERS
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Body tissues named for their "mouselike" movements
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Muscles
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FROM THE LATIN
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2 of the 4 people the Clanton gang went up against October 26, 1881
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Morgan, Virgil & Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday
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19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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James Dean & Raymond Massey starred in this Cain & Abel fable based on a novel by John Steinbeck
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"East of Eden"
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LITERATURE ON FILM
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The last Anglo-Saxon king of England was killed in this battle
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Battle of Hastings (which Harold II lost)
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ROYALTY
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While teaching at the Univ. of Padua in 1610, he discovered 4 moons of Jupiter using a 30-power telescope
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Galileo
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ASTRONOMERS
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Originally meaning "concealed", it now refers to the supernatural
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Occult
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FROM THE LATIN
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In 1887 while librarian at Columbia U., he founded the first school for training librarians
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Melville Dewey
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19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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This 1880 novel by Lew Wallace was made into a film in 1907, 1926 & 1959
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"Ben-Hur"
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LITERATURE ON FILM
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In 1080 Canute IV succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of this country
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Denmark
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ROYALTY
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This Italian astronomer discovered the division in Saturn's rings that bear his name
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Giovanni Cassini
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ASTRONOMERS
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To show we know "Ain't" ain't proper usage, we can use this 3-letter word in parentheses after it
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sic
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FROM THE LATIN
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'His most famous play was first produced in 1895, the year he was sent to jail, & he never wrote another')
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Oscar Wilde (\"The Importance of Being Earnest\")
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PLAYWRIGHTS
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In "Swanson On Swanson", Gloria claimed she had a love affair with this father of a president
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Joseph Kennedy
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1980
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"One More Try" was this singer's third No. 1 hit from his "Faith" album
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George Michael
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SINGERS
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This word can stand alone or follow gun; either way, it's a gangster's girlfriend
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Moll
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4-LETTER WORDS
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The water in this large Utah lake is saltier than ocean water
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The Great Salt Lake
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BODIES OF WATER
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4 pearl grains equal 1 of these units also used for diamonds
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Carats
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WEIGHTS & MEASURES
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The month in which the USSR celebrates the anniversary of the October Revolution
|
November
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THINK TWICE
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Pres. Carter signed a bill granting $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to this company
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Chrysler
|
1980
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In Sept. 1989 this English rock group introduced its own line of clothes
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The Rolling Stones
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SINGERS
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To descend to the bottom of anything, even a lavatory
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Sink
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Winter ocean air west of Norway is over 40 degrees warmer than average for that latitude because of this current
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The Gulf Stream
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BODIES OF WATER
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Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" takes place during this season
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Spring
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THINK TWICE
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United Artists withdrew this Michael Cimino film from theaters for re-editing
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"Heaven\'s Gate"
|
1980
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24 years after "I Want To Hold Your Hand", this ex-Beatle had a No. 1 hit with "Got My Mind Set On You"
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George Harrison
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SINGERS
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A roll of cloth, or a flash of lightning
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Bolt
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4-LETTER WORDS
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This ocean has the greatest length of coastline because of its irregular shape
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Atlantic
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BODIES OF WATER
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Catgut comes from these animals
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Sheep
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THINK TWICE
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FBI agents posed as foreign businessmen in this investigation that implicated 8 congressmen
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ABSCAM
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1980
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"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" was this singer's third No. 1 single with 8 words in the title
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Billy Ocean
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SINGERS
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To flow forth suddenly & violently, or to make an excessive display of sentiment
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Gush
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Changing monsoon winds cause seasonal reverses of surface water movement in this Indian Ocean bay
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Bay of Bengal
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BODIES OF WATER
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You're not wet behind the ears if you know this international unit equals 6,076.11549 feet
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Nautical Mile
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WEIGHTS & MEASURES
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The Canary Islands were named after these animals
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Dogs
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THINK TWICE
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In January its price reached an all-time high of $50.35 per ounce
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Silver
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1980
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Carrying on the reggae tradition of his father, this singer has released 5 albums
|
Ziggy Marley
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SINGERS
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Ironically, it can mean to dance with light, quick steps or to stumble like a clumsy ox
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Trip
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Once part of the Gulf of California, it's now the largest natural lake entirely within the state
|
Salton Sea
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BODIES OF WATER
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If you're a half pint, you're equal to this many cups
|
1
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WEIGHTS & MEASURES
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Most Chinese gooseberries are grown in this country
|
New Zealand (AKA the Kiwi Fruit)
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THINK TWICE
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The home Lassie went back to in the 1940 novel "Lassie Come Home" was in this country
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England
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LITERARY CLASSICS
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Accoridng to Forbes Magazine, Steven Spielberg made $70 million or so on this one videotape
|
"E.T."
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AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN
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After James I granted Derry, Ireland to the citizens of London, it became known as this
|
Londonderry
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HISTORY
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Olympic ice skater Carol Heiss played Snow White in a 1961 film starring this wacky trio
|
The Three Stooges
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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This country's name is from the Turkish word "on-ogur", signifying 10 tribes
|
Hungary
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EASTERN EUROPE
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Newton used one of these to spread out white light into a colored band
|
Prism
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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He wrote his "Georgics" in praise of the agricultural life before he wrote a Roman epic
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Virgil
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LITERARY CLASSICS
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Marino Faliero, who was the doge of this, led a plot to kill the nobles & was executed in 1355
|
Venice
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HISTORY
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Amy Irving's mom, Priscilla Pointer, played Pam's mom on this prime time TV soap
|
"Dallas"
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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In 1989 this country's leader, Egon Krenz, opened its borders to halt population loss
|
East Germany
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EASTERN EUROPE
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A body at rest stays at rest, F=ma & reaction is always equal & opposite in action
|
Newton\'s 3 Laws of Motion
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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The Indian sage Vatsyayana wrote this erotic how-to manual whose name is Sanskrit for "Love Science"
|
Kama Sutra
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LITERARY CLASSICS
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The 8 richest people in Delaware all belong to this family
|
DuPont
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AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN
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This czar established a parliament called the Duma
|
Nicholas II
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HISTORY
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He played a crime king in his last film, 1964's "The Killers"
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Ronald Reagan
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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This capital's name 1st appeared in a document of Vlad the Impaler, the prototype of Dracula
|
Bucharest (Romania)
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EASTERN EUROPE
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This noted astronomer paid to have Newton's "Principia" published
|
Sir Edmond Halley
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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This Greek historian's "Parallel Lives" analyzes the character of well-known Greeks & Romans
|
Plutarch
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LITERARY CLASSICS
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In 1887 this man replaced Levi Abt as a partner with Max & Harry Hart & Marcus Marx
|
Joseph Schaffner
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AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN
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The outbreak of this war in 431 B.C. put an end to Athens' Golden Age of Pericles
|
The Peloponnesian War
|
HISTORY
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He spent some "Happy Days" playing Fiorello LaGuardia, & won a Tony too
|
Tom Bosley
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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The Jadranska Magistrala, or Adriatic Highway, runs along this country's coast
|
Yugoslavia
|
EASTERN EUROPE
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Newton said, "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on" these
|
The Shoulders of Giants
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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Britannica calls this John McCrae poem the only important Canadian verse related to WWI
|
"In Flanders Fields"
|
LITERARY CLASSICS
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In 1963 this Texas hobby store chain owner bought the Boston-based Radio Shack chain
|
Charles Tandy
|
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN
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Atahualpa was the unlucky 13th emperor of these people
|
Incas
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HISTORY
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In 1989 this Oscar winner starred in HBO's "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story"
|
Ben Kingsley (won Oscar for "Gandhi" in 1982)
|
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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In November 1989 hard liner Todor Zhivkov resigned after leading this country for 35 years
|
Bulgaria
|
EASTERN EUROPE
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'The only U.S. state that borders 4 Great Lakes')
|
Michigan (borders Huron, Michigan, Erie & Superior)
|
U.S. STATES
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The game properties in classic Monopoly were named for streets in this city
|
Atlantic City
|
U.S. CITIES
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This handsome hunk played basketball at USC long before “Magnum, P.I.” made him a star
|
Tom Selleck
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE
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Oprah picked this Tolstoy tragedy about an unhappy family for her book club
|
Anna Karenina
|
BESTSELLERS
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This government department recommended duct tape & plastic sheets to seal a room against a chemical attack
|
the Department of Homeland Security
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS
|
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It’s the point of maximum velocity in a pendulum’s swing
|
the bottom of the arc in equilibrium
|
PHYSICS
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Cinderella's deadline
|
midnight
|
"MID" TERMS
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It’s easy to recognizethiscity’s skyline--see the Sears Tower?
|
Chicago
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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This “Alien” star has been a close pal of playwright Christopher Durang ever since they were drama students at Yale
|
Sigourney Weaver
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE
|
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This weepie by Nicholas Sparks was made into a film starring Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams
|
The Notebook
|
BESTSELLERS
|
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Donald Rumsfeld called these 2 countries “Old Europe” after they opposed military action against Iraq
|
Germany and France
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS
|
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After trying to measure this with signals between himself & an assistant, Galileo decided it was infinite
|
The speed of light
|
PHYSICS
|
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A crop top is designed to leave this part of the body bare
|
the midriff
|
"MID" TERMS
|
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This seat of Indiana University may have been named for its flowers or for an early settler
|
Bloomington
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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He was in college in ’74 when he became a weekend weatherman in Syracuse; today he’s on the “Today” show
|
Al Roker
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE
|
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The title of this series by Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins refers to the people who remain on Earth after the rapture
|
Left Behind
|
BESTSELLERS
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Democratic house members fled this state in order to block republicans from redrawing congressional districts
|
Texas
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS
|
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(Jimmy and Sarah of the Clue Crew pull on cords of different thicknesses.) Seven letter word for the type of strength, based on the cohesion of molecules, that varies in different materials
|
tensile
|
PHYSICS
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This word completes the proverb “Don’t change horses in...”
|
midstream
|
"MID" TERMS
|
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The heart of French Louisiana & the unofficial capital of the Cajun country is this city named for a French patriot
|
Lafayette
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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Joan Cusack performed with an improv group while studying at this school in Madison
|
University of Wisconsin
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE
|
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The narrator of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” has this developmental condition
|
autism
|
BESTSELLERS
|
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The FDA said it would ban dietary supplements containing this after a baseball player's death was linked to it
|
ephedra
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS
|
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The zeroth law of this says 2 bodies each in thermal equilibrium with a 3rd are in thermal equilibrium with each other
|
thermodynamics
|
PHYSICS
|
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Even Rachel in the Bible had one of these women to help her deliver her baby
|
a midwife
|
"MID" TERMS
|
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|
On a “table” of Arizona’s most populous cities, this one would be listed third
|
Mesa
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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Meryl Streep starred in a campus production of “Miss Julie” as an undergrad at this Poughkeepsie college
|
Vassar
|
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE
|
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Azar Nafisi’s “Memoir in Books” is called “Reading” this Nabokov classic “in Tehran”
|
Lolita
|
BESTSELLERS
|
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The America’s Cup was won for the first time by a European country: ironically this landlocked nation
|
Switzerland
|
LAST YEAR'S NEWS
|
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Thisrepresents the direction and the magnitude, by the arrow’s length, of certain quantities
|
a vector
|
PHYSICS
|
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It’s where your tympanic membrane is located
|
the middle ear
|
"MID" TERMS
|
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Excavations atthiscity destroyed by Vesuvius have revealed people trapped in time
|
Pompeii
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
|
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In 2001 this "Clark Kent before he was Superman" series debuted on the WB
|
Smallville
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN
|
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In 2001 Teddy Roosevelt received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions during this war
|
the Spanish-American War
|
THIS MEANS WAR
|
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To make this basis of soup, simmer chicken parts for 3 hours, with frequent skimming, or drop a cube into water
|
broth (or stock)
|
COOKING
|
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Zwilling J. A. Henckels will sell the aspiring chef an 18-piece block set of these
|
knives
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
|
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|
Goods or cargo transported commercially
|
freight
|
E BEFORE I
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Today on display in an Italian museum, the body of a 5,300-year-old man was found in 1991 thawing out in these mountains
|
the Alps
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
|
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In 1996 in the comics, Superman finally married her
|
Lois Lane
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN
|
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Legend has it that this war lasted for 10 years, ending in 1184 B.C.
|
the Trojan War
|
THIS MEANS WAR
|
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If you put too much of this into a dish, drop in a peeled potato to absorb it
|
salt
|
COOKING
|
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|
Firefighters' equipment includes axes and this modified "bar" that operates as a lever
|
a crowbar
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
|
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Chaing Kai-Shek Memorial Hall is located in this capital
|
Taipei
|
E BEFORE I
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The philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who died in 1832, is kept in a glass case at University College in this British city
|
London
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
|
|
|
His cub reporter buddy at the Daily Planet newspaper
|
Jimmy (Olsen)
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN
|
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It began in 1899 when the Orange Free State & South African Republic declared war on Britain
|
the Boer War
|
THIS MEANS WAR
|
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|
An egg that spins merrily & easily on the counter tells you it's this
|
hard-boiled
|
COOKING
|
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Professional whose tool kit would most likely include a multimeter & a wire stripper
|
electrician
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
|
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The leader of an Arab tribe or village
|
a sheikh
|
E BEFORE I
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The body of this "Common Sense" author was taken to be put on display in England, but eventually his remains were lost
|
(Thomas) Paine
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
|
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Superman vows a never-ending fight for "truth, justice and" this
|
the American Way (freedom also accepted)
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN
|
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The 7th Earl of Cardigan saw his famous light brigade decimated in the Battle of Balaklava in this war
|
the Crimean War
|
THIS MEANS WAR
|
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|
For vegetarians, instead of vitello alla parmigiana, veal parmesean, make malanzine alla parmigiana, this
|
eggplant
|
COOKING
|
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|
Tusa's visio, with a polycarbonate frame, is this piece of scuba equipment
|
a mask
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
|
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|
He's the missionary and humanitarian seenhere
|
Albert Schweitzer
|
E BEFORE I
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|
This patron saint of Lourdes'bodyhas remained unchanged in its glass display case since her death in 1879
|
Saint Bernadette
|
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
|
|
|
In the 1978 movie, Gene Hackman played this villain & perpetual thorn in Superman's side
|
Lex Luthor
|
A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN
|
|
|
The second of these wars between ancient Rome & Carthage is also known as the Hannibalic war
|
the Punic Wars
|
THIS MEANS WAR
|
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|
You'll want to remove the stem and possibly the gills before cooking withthisjumbo-sized mushroom
|
portobello
|
COOKING
|
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|
To achieve the surf style on one of these, use a whammy bar
|
a guitar
|
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
|
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In November 1942 Montgomery's troops scored a major victory at this northern Egyptian town
|
El Alamein
|
E BEFORE I
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|
'In June 2000 Bill Clinton described it as "the most wondrous map ever produced"')
|
the human genome
|
SCIENCE NEWS
|
|
|
A term for politics at the local level, or items found in your lawn
|
grass roots
|
POLITICAL LINGO
|
|
|
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"
|
Mary Poppins
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS
|
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|
Sandy Koufax, when on the mound
|
a southpaw
|
"SOUTH" PARK
|
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|
In one myth the decapitated head of the giant Mimir was an advisor to this Norse god
|
Odin
|
OH, MY GODS!
|
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|
He's the kilt-clad kinsmen picturedherearound 1980
|
Prince Charles
|
THEY KILT
|
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|
Dr. Alfred Kinsey was born in this New Jersey city in 1894, as was Frank Sinatra 21 years later
|
Hoboken
|
KINSEY
|
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|
A GOP plan to eliminated filibusters on judicial nominees has been called this alarming "option"
|
nuclear
|
POLITICAL LINGO
|
|
|
"Talk To The Animals"
|
Dr. Dolittle
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS
|
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|
This popular diet was developed to help cardiac patients lose weight
|
the South Beach Diet
|
"SOUTH" PARK
|
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|
Associated with nature & plants, Xipe Totec was an important god of these North American people
|
the Aztecs
|
OH, MY GODS!
|
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|
When this actor was knighted in 1999 he wore a kilt to the ceremony
|
Sean Connery
|
THEY KILT
|
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|
Caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, this bone-softening disease curved Dr. Kinsey's spine as a child
|
rickets
|
KINSEY
|
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|
In 1826, John Cam Hobhouse coined the phrase "His Majesty's" this for the party not in power
|
Opposition
|
POLITICAL LINGO
|
|
|
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
|
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS
|
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|
It's surrounded by the Philippines, Borneo & Taiwan
|
the South China Sea
|
"SOUTH" PARK
|
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|
The Roman goddess of flowers, she had an herb that was said to make you pregnant if you touched it
|
Flora
|
OH, MY GODS!
|
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|
Sometimes decorated with fur, a sporran is a traditional one of these worn in front of a kilt
|
a pouch (or purse)
|
THEY KILT
|
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|
Before he took up sex, Dr. Kinsey studied & became a renowned expert on the gall type of this insect
|
a wasp
|
KINSEY
|
|
|
From the Latin for "all", it's the type of $388-billion spending bill Congress passed in December 2004
|
omnibus
|
POLITICAL LINGO
|
|
|
"Colors Of The Wind"
|
Pocahontas
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS
|
|
|
There is nothing like this musical that opened in New York in 1949
|
South Pacific
|
"SOUTH" PARK
|
|
|
If sometimes you feel like a "nut", check out Nut, a goddess of this ancient civilization
|
Egypt
|
OH, MY GODS!
|
|
|
The Royal Stuart is a type of this, a plaid pattern on the fabric of a kilt
|
a tartan
|
THEY KILT
|
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|
In 1947 Dr. Kinsey founded his institute for sex research at this Bloomington university
|
Indiana
|
KINSEY
|
|
|
A junior member of Parliament, from the location of his or her seat
|
a back-bencher
|
POLITICAL LINGO
|
|
|
"Al Otro Lado Del Rio"
|
The Motorcycle Diaries
|
OSCAR-WINNING SONGS
|
|
|
In 2003 the name of this area was officially changed to South Los Angeles
|
South Central
|
"SOUTH" PARK
|
|
|
The sub bearing the name of this trumpeter sea god & son of Poseidon was the first to travel around the world underwater
|
Triton
|
OH, MY GODS!
|
|
|
In 1822, when this author organized a royal visit to Edinburgh, he wore a kilt & got George IV to sport one also
|
Sir Walter Scott
|
THEY KILT
|
|
|
Completes the title of Dr. Kinsey's shocking 1948 work "Sexual Behavior in" this
|
the Human Male
|
KINSEY
|
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|
Number that's the greatest common factor of 15, 130 & 10,000
|
5
|
MATH
|
|
|
1 of the 2 shows that debuted in the fall of 1988 with a Murphy in the title
|
Murphy Brown(orMurphy\'s Law)
|
'80s TV
|
|
|
On Sept. 22, 1776, the morning after his capture by the British & with no trial, he gave the one life he had
|
Nathan Hale
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE
|
|
|
(Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge gives the clue.) I introduced the threat advisory system; during my time at the DHS we were never able to go below this color, for "elevated threat"
|
yellow
|
LET'S BE SECURE
|
|
|
About 96 percent of Mongols are of this religion
|
Buddhist
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA
|
|
|
Since 1937, it's been the location of the U.S. gold depository
|
Fort Knox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT
|
|
|
Slow down when you approach this type of set that contains elements common to 2 other sets
|
an intersection
|
MATH
|
|
|
20 years after its debut, this quirky show came out on DVD in 2005 with commentary from Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis
|
Moonlighting
|
'80s TV
|
|
|
Tradition says this Biblical figure kissed himself off on a tree that now bears his name
|
Judas Iscariot
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE
|
|
|
DHS is charged with protecting "critical" this--from subways to satellites, the systems we rely on every day
|
infrastructure
|
LET'S BE SECURE
|
|
|
In recent years measures taken by the Mongolian government have stabilized the tugrik, which is this
|
the currency
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA
|
|
|
A nickleodeon was an early version of this 7-letter machine
|
a jukebox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a chalkboard.) Multiplying in scientific notation gets me a product withthisexponent
|
9
|
MATH
|
|
|
"Three's a Crowd" picked up where this sitcom left off
|
Three\'s Company
|
'80s TV
|
|
|
Emerson said this man, hanged for treason on Dec. 2, 1859, would make the gallows "as glorious as the cross"
|
John Brown
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE
|
|
|
(Tom Ridge reads.) I led the largest reorganization of the government since the 1940s, including bringing the Secret Service, customs, & this whole military service into the DHS
|
the Coast Guard
|
LET'S BE SECURE
|
|
|
In the 1990s the Przewalski variety of this was reintroduced to Mongolia
|
horse
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA
|
|
|
Seward's, it was said, was Alaska
|
an icebox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT
|
|
|
For a line, this is defined as the ratio of vertical to horizontal distance it covers
|
slope
|
MATH
|
|
|
Joe Penny played Jake; he played the Fatman
|
(William) Conrad
|
'80s TV
|
|
|
Washington denied his request to be shot like a gentleman & not hanged like a spy, which he was on Oct. 2, 1780
|
Major John Andr
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE
|
|
|
Passenger screening is the responsibility of this Homeland Security agency established in November 2001
|
the TSA
|
LET'S BE SECURE
|
|
|
Founded around 1368, this Chinese dynasty drove the Mongols out of power in China that same year
|
the Ming
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA
|
|
|
Jenner used this bovine pathogen to make his vaccine
|
cowpox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT
|
|
|
Doc Severinson performed its theme during the '80s; Ray Charles did it during the '90s
|
Designing Women
|
'80s TV
|
|
|
In 1987 Spandau prison officials reported that this Nazi had hanged himself at age 93
|
Rudolph Hess
|
START SPREADIN' THE NOOSE
|
|
|
(Tom Ridge reads one last time.) Our front line of defense against a terrorist attack is local police & firefighters, known as "first" these
|
responders
|
LET'S BE SECURE
|
|
|
In the 1200s the Mongols established this capital city with the same name as K2's mountain range
|
Karakoram
|
MONGO FOR MONGOLIA
|
|
|
Popular Western United States perennial seenhere
|
phlox
|
"OX" MARKS THE SPOT
|
|
|
'In 2004 a top entry in a 6,000 mile albatross race was sponsored by a descendant of this man who died in 1834')
|
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
|
FAMOUS ENGLISHMEN
|
|
|
Sitting Bull nicknamed her "Little Sure Shot"
|
Annie Oakley
|
NICKNAMES
|
|
|
What Mia would keep in her quiver if she took up archery
|
Farrow\'s Arrows
|
RHYME TIME
|
|
|
Some say this brunch dish was created to cure the hangover of a Mr. Samuel Benedict
|
Eggs Benedict
|
FOOD & DRINK
|
|
|
Goll-ee! It was the first spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show"
|
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
|
TV SPIN-OFFS
|
|
|
This means of transportation invented by Andrew Hallidie was first used in San Francisco in 1873
|
Cable Car
|
19TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
The wolf's reply to "What big eyes you have"
|
"All the better to see you with"
|
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
|
|
|
He was the "Rock of Notre Dame"
|
Knute Rockne
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NICKNAMES
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What you could have filled at a pharmacy in Cairo
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Egyptian Prescription
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RHYME TIME
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This dressing commonly found on sandwiches may derive its name from a seaport in Minorca
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Mayonnaise (Mayon)
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FOOD & DRINK
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Before they moved on up to the east side, "The Jeffersons" resided in this sitcom
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"All In The Family"
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TV SPIN-OFFS
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This 363-mile waterway opened on October 26, 1825
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Erie Canal
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19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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This is the first person the wolf devours
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Grandma
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
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This colonist was nicknamed "Little Indian Fighter", but we don't know what Priscilla called him
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Miles Standish
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NICKNAMES
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A more adorable guy who wants to marry you
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Cuter Suitor
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RHYME TIME
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Pancake mix whose name came from the title of a Vaudeville song, not someone's relative
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Aunt Jemima
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FOOD & DRINK
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6 months after this NBC police series ended in '87, Dennis Franz premiered as "Beverly Hills Buntz"
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"Hill Street Blues"
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TV SPIN-OFFS
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The first boardwalk in America was completed in 1870 in this resort city
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Atlantic City
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19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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In a Disney cartoon this trio warns Red about the Big Bad Wolf
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The Three Little Pigs
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
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"Dark" nickname shared by Jackie Onassis' father, John Bouvier, & General Pershing
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"Black Jack"
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NICKNAMES
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To hurt Fred Astaire's dancing partner
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Injure Ginger
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RHYME TIME
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This extremely strong-smelling cheese was named for a province in Belgium
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Limburger
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FOOD & DRINK
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This Robert Guillaume series lasted 7 years -- 3 years longer than "Soap", from which it sprang
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"Benson"
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TV SPIN-OFFS
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When he didn't get along with this president, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president in 1832
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Andrew Jackson
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19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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In the German version, this character was added to save the day
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The Woodsman
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
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Early 19th century chief justice nicknamed "Silver Heels" because he had run races in his stocking feet
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John Marshall
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NICKNAMES
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A typical evening gown
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Normal Formal
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RHYME TIME
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You can add your favorite fruit to this rum & lime cocktail named for a district in Cuba
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Daiquiri
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FOOD & DRINK
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This daughter of Darrin & Samantha Stevens on "Bewitched" grew up to have her own series in 1978
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Tabitha
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TV SPIN-OFFS
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In 1854 this Ill. senator sponsored the Kan.-Neb. Act whose passage angered anti-slavery forces
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Stephen Douglas
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19TH CENTURY AMERICA
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In the 1966 hit song, line that followed "Hey there Lil' Red Riding Hood..."
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"Hey, you sure are lookin\' good"
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
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While hidden at Wartburg Castle in 1521, this man began his German translation of the New Testament
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Martin Luther
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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An incident on a warship on which his cousin was an officer may have inspired "Billy Budd"
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Herman Melville
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LITERARY RELATIVES
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The title of Donizetti's opera "La Fille Du Regiment" translates to this
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"The Daughter of the Regiment"
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OPERA
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The tip of your dentist's high-speed drill is made of tungsten carbide & may contain this gem
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Diamond
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TECHNOLOGY
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The practice of interpreting the influence of the stars & planets on earthly affairs
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Astrology
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THE OCCULT
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A Bremen Town Musician works in this country
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West Germany
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WEST ON THE MAP
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This one time Dominican prior ruled the Spanish Inquisition with an iron hand for 15 years
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Tomas de Torquemada
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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She began writing her diaries as letters to her father, Spanish composer Joaquin Nin
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Anais Nin
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LITERARY RELATIVES
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"Lakme" is set in this country, where Lakme is the daughter of a Brahman priest
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India
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OPERA
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Name given the world's first artificial satellite
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Sputnik
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TECHNOLOGY
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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):Occult communication device in use here:
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Ouija Board
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THE OCCULT
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Gaston Caperton is this state's governor
|
West Virginia
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WEST ON THE MAP
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Russia's 1939 invasion of this neighbor met with resistance from highly mobile ski troops
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Finland
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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This Frenchman's paternal grandparents were a marquis & a black woman from Santo Domingo
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Alexandre Dumas (pere)
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LITERARY RELATIVES
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Of a baritone, a bass or a tenor, what Caruso was
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Tenor
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OPERA
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It's what you need to operate the 1861 invention of Linus Yale
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Key (creation of lock)
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TECHNOLOGY
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The first laboratory for the study of parapsychology was established at this N.C. univ. in the '20s
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Duke
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THE OCCULT
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Since 1967 Israel has occupied a controversial area on the West Bank of this river
|
The Jordan River
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WEST ON THE MAP
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In its drive for German unification, this country defeated Austria in the 7 Weeks' War of 1866
|
Prussia
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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Daniel Day Lewis, who starred in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is this late poet laureate's son
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Cecil Day Lewis
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LITERARY RELATIVES
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Pietro Mascagni said, "It is a pity I wrote" this opera "first. I was crowned before I became king."
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Cavalleria rusticana
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OPERA
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The moveable lined glass on a slide rule or the blinking symbol on a computer screen
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Cursor
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TECHNOLOGY
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The name of this daughter of King Priam is synonymous with a person whose prophecies go unheeded
|
Cassandra
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THE OCCULT
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Antigua, Santa Lucia & Barbados are part of this archipelago
|
West Indies
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WEST ON THE MAP
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In about 1403 Belgrade, now the capital of Yuogslavia, became the capital of this country
|
Serbia
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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His daughter Susan's memoir about life with him is called "Home Before Dark"
|
John Cheever
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LITERARY RELATIVES
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In Verdi's opera "Don Carlos", Don Carlos is the son of this 16th century Spanish king
|
King Philip II
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OPERA
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This process removes salt from sea water & in artificial kidneys waste from the blood
|
Dialysis
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TECHNOLOGY
|
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The most famous one of these shrines in the ancient world was located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus
|
Oracle
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THE OCCULT
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Buckingham Palace is in this borough of London
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Westminster
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WEST ON THE MAP
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'Once a professor of astronomy, he designed the Royal Observatory at Greenwich')
|
Sir Christopher Wren
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ARCHITECTURE
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Tolstoy's first full-length novel, it includes a cast of more than 500 characters
|
War and Peace
|
WORLD LITERATURE
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No. 7 in pinstripes, this pride of Oklahoma was honored in 1969
|
Mickey Mantle
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RETIRED JERSEYS
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To score an eagle in golf is to score this many shots under par on a hole
|
two under par
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EAGLE-EYED
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In 2000heconsidered a presidential run on the Reform Party ticket
|
Mr. (Donald) Trump
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT
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This term for a certain group of undergraduates is from the Latin for "elder"
|
seniors
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COLLEGE COLLAGE
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"White Christmas" crooner who joined 2 other guys to form a "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" supergroup
|
Bing Crosby, Stills and Nash
|
MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER
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Chapter 8 of this 17th century work begins, "They came in sight of thirty, forty windmills"
|
Don Quixote
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WORLD LITERATURE
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Hewas so good--& indecisive--that his team retired his jersey twice, in 1994 & 1999
|
(Michael) Jordan
|
RETIRED JERSEYS
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The symbol of this youth organization is an eagle superimposed on a stylized iris
|
the Boy Scouts
|
EAGLE-EYED
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Do the 'do of the New York politico seenhere
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(Rudolph) Giuliani
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT
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With close to 50,000 students, this Columbus-based university is one of the USA's largest
|
Ohio State
|
COLLEGE COLLAGE
|
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Men's fragrance that wants to be a "Wannabe" group
|
Old Spice Girls
|
MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER
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Buried treasure found on an islet in the Tuscan Archipelago makes this character wealthy
|
the Count of Monte Cristo
|
WORLD LITERATURE
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Appropriately,hiswas retired in 1999
|
Wayne Gretzky
|
RETIRED JERSEYS
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In 1969 he commanded the "Eagle" lunar module
|
Armstrong
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EAGLE-EYED
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Hiswould-be boss joked that this man had better hair than Dick Cheney
|
John Edwards
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THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT
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Also known as a city college, it's a local junior college without residential facilities
|
a community college
|
COLLEGE COLLAGE
|
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Reggae widow who appears to Scrooge
|
Rita Marley\'s Ghost
|
MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER
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This Albert Camus novel begins with the discovery of a dead rat outside Dr. Bernard Rieux' door; more dead rats follow
|
The Plague
|
WORLD LITERATURE
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Thislegend hit the rafters in 1993
|
Larry Bird
|
RETIRED JERSEYS
|
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The bald eagle became our national emblem in 1782 with the adoption of this "Great" object
|
the Great Seal
|
EAGLE-EYED
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ThisMississippi congressman has seen his "hair share" of controversy
|
Trent Lott
|
THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT
|
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The first black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded at this university in 1908
|
Howard
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COLLEGE COLLAGE
|
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Pizza restaurant chain mogul who composed "Stars & Stripes Forever"
|
Papa John Philip Sousa
|
MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER
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In 1902 Kipling published a volume of these "Stories", including "The Cat that Walked by Himself"
|
theJust So Stories
|
WORLD LITERATURE
|
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Statethisman whose jersey was retired in 1997
|
Joe Montana
|
RETIRED JERSEYS
|
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This constellation that features the star Altair is in the shape of an eagle with considerable wingspan
|
Aquila
|
EAGLE-EYED
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He's the powerful Texas congressman partially seenhere
|
(Tom) DeLay
|
THE POLITICAL HAIR APPARENT
|
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|
Larry McMurtry & Joyce Carol Oates are among the alumni of this Houston university
|
Rice
|
COLLEGE COLLAGE
|
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5-star general who rocked out the South with "Fire On The Mountain"
|
George Marshall Tucker Band
|
MUSICAL BEFORE & AFTER
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Robert Hooke spent lots of time arguing over who made discoveries first, notably with this man over gravitation
|
Newton
|
SCIENTISTS
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Computer expert Angela Bennett
|
The Net
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES
|
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3 of these leaves appear on Ontario's coat of arms
|
the maple leaf
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO
|
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Statue-torily, there's one of these at the center of Indiana's flag, representing Liberty
|
a torch
|
FLAGS
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To her friends, this exotic "Sarong Girl" of the movies was just plain "Dottie"
|
Dorothy Lamour
|
DOT
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Don Evans was the 34th secretary of this cabinet department
|
Commerce
|
"COM"
|
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the top secretJeopardy!science lab.) Laplace published the equation named for him in his treatise on these mechanics--the mathematics of theheavens
|
celestial
|
SCIENTISTS
|
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Chicago "L" token seller Lucy, in love with the comatose Peter
|
While You Were Sleeping
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES
|
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In 1953 a dramatic festival devoted to the works of Shakespeare appropriately began in this Ontario town
|
Stratford
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO
|
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The Confederacy's second flag (above) was replaced with the third flag (below) because the second could be mistaken for this
|
a flag of truce (or surrender)
|
FLAGS
|
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"The only thing I didn't like about 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' was the play", said this Algonquin wit
|
Dorothy Parker
|
DOT
|
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1-word term for fellowship, or the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements
|
communion
|
"COM"
|
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|
It took a Russian, Lomonosov, to first record the freezing temperature of this metallic element, at about -40
|
mercury
|
SCIENTISTS
|
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|
Newspaper columnist Gwen Cummings, who enters rehab for 4 weeks
|
28 Days
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES
|
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Founded in 1836, an Ontario univ. that's part of the University of Toronto bears the name of this British queen
|
Victoria
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO
|
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The flag of this place "Where America's day ends" features an eagle holding symbols of chiefs' authority
|
American Samoa
|
FLAGS
|
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She appeared with her sister Lillian in the 1912 film "The New York Hat"
|
Dorothy Gish
|
DOT
|
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2-word Latin term meaning mentally sound; we usually hear about the reverse that starts with "non"
|
compos mentis
|
"COM"
|
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|
Snell measured the Earth by first using this geometric method to measure the distance between towns
|
triangulation
|
SCIENTISTS
|
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|
Lenina Huxley, a cop in 2032 who unfreezes John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone)
|
Demolition Man
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES
|
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|
Along with the smaller James Bay, this large body of water forms Ontario's northern coastline
|
the Hudson Bay
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO
|
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The fleur-de-lis, on the flag & license plates of Quebec, was a symbol of the man in this position
|
the King of France
|
FLAGS
|
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"Introducing" this African-American actress who appeared briefly with her sister in the Marx Bros.' "A Day at the Races"
|
Dorothy Dandridge
|
DOT
|
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Controversial 1969 Philip Roth novel that was made into a 1972 film
|
Portnoy\'s Complaint
|
"COM"
|
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the top secretJeopardy!science lab.) This great experimenter also gave lectures to London kids; in 1860, heshowedthem combustion requires air
|
Michael Faraday
|
SCIENTISTS
|
|
|
Geeky research scientist Diane Farrow
|
Love Potion No. 9
|
SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES
|
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The War of 1812 Battle of Moraviantown in Canada was also known as the Battle of this Ontario River
|
the Thames
|
ONWARD TO ONTARIO
|
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When there was just 1 of this country, emperor Kojong chose white as the flag's background color
|
Korea
|
FLAGS
|
|
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Connect the dots; the British author of "Pilgrimage" or a 2-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist softball player
|
Dot Richardson
|
DOT
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A Native American tribe belonging to the Shoshonean division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic stock
|
Comanche
|
"COM"
|
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|
'For the first time in its history, the Nobel Prize for Literature was not awarded in this year')
|
1914
|
THE NOBEL PRIZES
|
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As a prefix, this single letter can mean on, in, to or without
|
A
|
LETTER PERFECT
|
|
|
On Nov. 24, 1963 Senator Mike Mansfield said, "A piece of each of us has died" the moment he was shot
|
John F. Kennedy
|
POLITICAL QUOTES
|
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|
On June 14, 1959 this vice president & his family opened Disneyland's monorail
|
Richard Nixon
|
DISNEYLAND
|
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"Where both deliberate, the love is slight; who ever loved, that loved not at first" this
|
Sight
|
LOVE POEMS
|
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Wine should be stored lying down, so this remains wet & swollen
|
Cork
|
WINE
|
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|
This Wrigley product has been using twins in its ads since 1939
|
Doublemint Gum
|
TWINS
|
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For the Flying Fortress this letter preceded -17; for the Superfortress, -29
|
B
|
LETTER PERFECT
|
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|
FDR told the nation in 1936 that "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with" this
|
Destiny
|
POLITICAL QUOTES
|
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|
2 of the 4 peaks in the Disneyland "mountain range"
|
Big Thunder, Matterhorn, Space Mountain & Splash Mountain
|
DISNEYLAND
|
|
|
Edmund Spenser called this season "The herald of love's mighty king"
|
Spring
|
LOVE POEMS
|
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|
It follows "Cabernet" in a red wine, & precedes "Blanc" in a white wine
|
Sauvignon
|
WINE
|
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A Minnesota Twin could tell you this word is a synonym for twin bill
|
Doubleheader
|
TWINS
|
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When this letter follows 100 degrees it makes it the boiling point of water
|
C
|
LETTER PERFECT
|
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|
Senator who said in '83, "I regret that I have but 1 wife to give to my country's infrastructure"
|
Bob Dole
|
POLITICAL QUOTES
|
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|
Of 7 days, 7 weeks or 7 months, time it took for the first million guests to visit Disneyland
|
7 weeks
|
DISNEYLAND
|
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"Man, man, man is for the woman made .... as the spur is for the jade, as the scabbard for" this
|
The Blade
|
LOVE POEMS
|
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During fermentation, this converts sugar in the grape juice into alcohol & carbon dioxide
|
Yeast
|
WINE
|
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|
A survey found the twins who play toddler Michelle Tanner on this show among viewers' favorite performers
|
"Full House"
|
TWINS
|
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Single letter in the nickname of the second largest city in Texas
|
("Big) D" (for Dallas)
|
LETTER PERFECT
|
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1 of the 3 things which, according to John Fremont's 1856 G.O.P. campaign, should be free
|
Soil, men & speech
|
POLITICAL QUOTES
|
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New Orleans Square restaurant, or a hit song for Linda Ronstadt & Roy Orbison
|
Blue Bayou
|
DISNEYLAND
|
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"If I should meet thee after long years, how should I greet thee? -- with silence and" these
|
Tears
|
LOVE POEMS
|
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A wine that's not a "sparkling" variety is called this
|
still wine
|
WINE
|
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Biblical pair born to Isaac & Rebekah, one was red all over when he was born, like a hairy garment
|
Jacob & Esau
|
TWINS
|
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Letter that occurs most often in the phrase "An elephant never forgets"
|
E
|
LETTER PERFECT
|
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|
William Jennings Bryan was referring to him when he said, "We have a president who has kept .... us out of war."
|
Woodrow Wilson
|
POLITICAL QUOTES
|
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|
It may be Sleeping Beauty's castle, but in the doorway you hear this song from "Pinocchio"
|
"When You Wish Upon A Star"
|
DISNEYLAND
|
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|
The poet who wrote, "And I will luve thee still, my dear, till a' the seas gang dry"
|
Robert Burns
|
LOVE POEMS
|
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|
President Bush was upset when some of his staff posed for a photo with this "invisible twin" from Doonesbury
|
"Skippy"
|
TWINS
|
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He wrote the dialogue for "Oklahoma!", "Carousel" & "The King & I", as well as the lyrics
|
Oscar Hammerstein
|
PLAYWRIGHTS
|
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This capital of Turkey was once known as Angora & became known for its mohair
|
Ankara
|
HISTORIC CITIES
|
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|
In April 1865 he had a dream foretelling his assassination
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS
|
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|
In the Badlands area these animals live in colonies called dog towns
|
Prairie Dogs
|
THE DAKOTAS
|
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|
This university's Bodleian Library is entitled to free copies of all books printed in England
|
Oxford
|
LIBRARIES
|
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|
This rock star not only had the most No. 1 songs by a solo performer, he also had the most No. 2 hits
|
Elvis Presley
|
POTPOURRI
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First name shared by playwrights Webster, Dryden & Singe
|
John
|
PLAYWRIGHTS
|
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The 2 cities that have served as capitals of Japan whose names are anagrams
|
Kyoto & Tokyo
|
HISTORIC CITIES
|
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|
Attributed to the apostle John, this prophetic work is the last book of the New Testament
|
Revelation/The Apocalypse
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS
|
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|
Both states are split by the Missouri River & both fall into these 2 time zones
|
Central & Mountain
|
THE DAKOTAS
|
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This 7-day observance promoted by the American Library Association takes place in April
|
National Library Week
|
LIBRARIES
|
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|
"Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars" is this disk jockey's TV & radio sign-off
|
Casey Kasem
|
POTPOURRI
|
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"Catty" poet whose 1949 play "The Cocktail Party" is based on an ancient Greek play by Euripides
|
T.S. Eliot
|
PLAYWRIGHTS
|
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|
Also known as Aix-La- Chapelle, Aachen, Germany is the city where this ruler established his court in 794
|
Charlemagne
|
HISTORIC CITIES
|
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|
He supposedly predicted the Great Fire of London & the death of King Henry II of France
|
Nostradamus
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS
|
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|
The 2 states' largest cities are Fargo & Sioux Falls, not these, their capitals
|
Bismarck & Pierre
|
THE DAKOTAS
|
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|
In the 1870s this type of catalog began to replace the book-form catalog
|
Card Catalog
|
LIBRARIES
|
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|
He co-wrote the stage version of his novel "Native Son" with Paul Green
|
Richard Wright
|
PLAYWRIGHTS
|
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At the Diet held in this city in 1521, Martin Luther refused to eat his words
|
Worms
|
HISTORIC CITIES
|
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|
Some ancient cultures made predictions by hepatoscopy, examining this organ of a sacrificed lamb
|
Liver
|
PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS
|
|
|
It took treaties with these 2 countries for the U.S. to get all the area that's now North Dakota
|
England & France
|
THE DAKOTAS
|
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|
The Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image is part of the library at this theater complex
|
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
|
LIBRARIES
|
|
|
His lesser-known plays include "Fools", "God's Favorite" & "The Gingerbread Lady"
|
Neil Simon
|
PLAYWRIGHTS
|
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|
The oldest stock exchange in Europe is located in this Belgian center of the world diamond trade
|
Antwerp
|
HISTORIC CITIES
|
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Known as "The Sleeping Prophet", in 1941 he predicted NYC would be destroyed near the year 2000
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Edgar Cayce
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PROPHECIES & PREDICTIONS
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When B. Harrison signed the 2 bills making the Dakotas states, this information was kept secret
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Which state was first
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THE DAKOTAS
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Paris library whose beginning may be traced back to the 1300s, making it one of the world's oldest
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Bibliotheque Nationale
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LIBRARIES
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'Robert Shaw, Richard Burton & Charles Laughton all played this ruler on film')
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Henry VIII
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ACTORS & THEIR ROLES
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Li Po, who lived over 1,000 years ago, was one of this country's greatest poets
|
China
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WORLD LITERATURE
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3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this
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Department of State
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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Silent screen cowboy Tom, or what many people do at cocktail parties
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Mix
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NAMES THAT ARE VERBS
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JFK outlined his idea for the Peace Corps during a 1960 campaign speech on this school's Ann Arbor campus
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University of Michigan
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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It's also called the Drinker Respirator, after Philip Drinker, who invented it
|
Iron Lung
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IRON
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The appearance of a performer at the end of a show in response to applause
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Curtain Call
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CURTAINS
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"Shadows On The Grass" is a collection of African vignettes by this Danish baroness
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Isak Dinesen
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WORLD LITERATURE
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He died in 1804 the day after his duel with Aaron Burr
|
Alexander Hamilton
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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Mr. Martindale, or what he might do if he likes you
|
Wink
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NAMES THAT ARE VERBS
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Nixon & Khrushchev sang this school's song, "The Ramblin' Wreck", during Nixon's '59 visit to Moscow
|
Georgia Tech
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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The iron first used by man was probably taken from these that fell to Earth
|
Meteors/meteorites
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IRON
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1939 movie that included the line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...."
|
The Wizard of Oz
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CURTAINS
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In German, the title of this Thomas Mann novella is "Der Tod in Venedig"
|
"Death In Venice"
|
WORLD LITERATURE
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In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million
|
Armed Forces/Servicemen & women
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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Mr. Owens, or what his horse might do to throw him
|
Buck
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NAMES THAT ARE VERBS
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Tulane & Loyola, both on St. Charles Ave. in this city, are an average of 4 feet below sea level
|
New Orleans
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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Spike-lined medieval torture device that had a deadly hug
|
Iron Maiden
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IRON
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Game show that asked "Would you like the box or what's behind the curtain Carol's pointing to?"
|
Let\'s Make A Deal
|
CURTAINS
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Virginia Woolf wrote about one "of one's own"; E.M. Forster wrote about one "with a view"
|
Room
|
WORLD LITERATURE
|
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In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this body
|
U.S. Senate
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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E. Howard, or what he'd do stalking game
|
Hunt
|
NAMES THAT ARE VERBS
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McGill University in this Canadian city is known as the "Harvard of the North"
|
Montreal
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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Most iron ore is reduced to pig iron in this type of furnace
|
Blast Furnace
|
IRON
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Song that begins "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain"
|
"My Way"
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CURTAINS
|
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Nationality of the woman who created Hans Brinker
|
American (Mary Mapes Dodge)
|
WORLD LITERATURE
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After the original 13 colonies, this was the first state to enter the union
|
Vermont
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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TV "Avenger" Emma, or what she could do in a burlesque show
|
Peel
|
NAMES THAT ARE VERBS
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This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne
|
Purdue
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
|
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|
By definition, steel is an alloy of iron & this element
|
Carbon
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IRON
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This popular detective died in the 1975 best seller "Curtain"
|
Hercule Poirot
|
CURTAINS
|
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In the beginning of the 17th C. the "." & the "x" were introduced as signs for this & both are still used today
|
Multiplication
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
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|
Garry Kasparov recently beat a computer program, Deep Thought, in a game of this
|
Chess
|
IN THE NEWS
|
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Legendary tax protester whose real name was probably Godgifu, meaning "Gift of God"
|
Lady Godiva
|
ENGLAND
|
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Chapultepec Park, 1st used by Aztec emperors, is the largest park in this Latin American capital
|
Mexico City
|
ODDS & ENDS
|
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2 varieties of this desert plant are named for holidays: Christmas & Easter
|
Cactus
|
PLANTS & TREES
|
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|
"Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last!"
|
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
|
EPITAPHS
|
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|
Philologists of the Renaissance most commonly studied these 2 classical languages
|
Greek & Latin
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
|
|
This evangelist who has personally preached to over 100 mil. now has his own star on Hollywood Blvd.
|
Rev. Billy Graham
|
IN THE NEWS
|
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He's the primate of all England
|
Archbishop of Canterbury
|
ENGLAND
|
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|
Drugs that the FDA approves as safe for self-medication are termed "OTC", which stands for this
|
Over-the-Counter
|
ODDS & ENDS
|
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Term for the cutting of plants & trees to enhance growth & improve appearance
|
Pruning
|
PLANTS & TREES
|
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|
A statue at the Will Rogers Memorial bears this epitaph, his most famous line
|
"I never met a man I didn\'t like"
|
EPITAPHS
|
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In 1414 the Council of Constance condemned Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake for this "crime"
|
Heresy
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
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|
Leftist guerrillas are in their 10th yr. of trying to overthrow this country's gov't now led by Alfredo Cristiani
|
El Salvador
|
IN THE NEWS
|
|
|
He's the patron saint of The Order of the Garter, the highest order of English knighthood
|
St. George
|
ENGLAND
|
|
|
The steel drum was developed in the 1940s in this Caribbean island nation near Venezuela
|
Trinidad
|
ODDS & ENDS
|
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|
It can mean any umbrella-shaped fungus or inedible mushroom
|
Toadstool
|
PLANTS & TREES
|
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|
The epitaph on his footstone reads, "Truth & history. 21 men. The boy bandit king -- he died as he lived."
|
Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney)
|
EPITAPHS
|
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The word "renaissance" comes from the Old French "renaistre", meaning to be this
|
Reborn
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
|
|
This oil company announced it is moving its hdqrs. from Rockefeller Center in NYC to Irving, Texas
|
Exxon
|
IN THE NEWS
|
|
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The last of Henry VIII's children to rule England
|
Queen Elizabeth I
|
ENGLAND
|
|
|
This planet was named for the father of Saturn & the grandfather of Jupiter
|
Uranus
|
ODDS & ENDS
|
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|
One way to recognize poison ivy is to know its leaves always come in clusters of this many
|
3
|
PLANTS & TREES
|
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|
This New Englander's "I had a lover's quarrel with the world" is from his poem "The Lesson For Today"
|
Robert Frost
|
EPITAPHS
|
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|
Field in which Brunelleschi & Palladio worked during the Renaissance
|
Architecture
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
|
|
Relics of this culture found at Nimrud in Iraq's Nineveh region were called the greatest find since King Tut
|
Assyrian
|
IN THE NEWS
|
|
|
Walter Tyler, who led a 1381 rebellion, was better known by this nickname
|
"Wat" Tyler
|
ENGLAND
|
|
|
Every 4 years Dixville Notch in upstate New Hampshire holds this distinction
|
First primary voting for President of the U.S.
|
ODDS & ENDS
|
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|
Spruces have drooping cones & angular leaves while these have upright cones & flat leaves
|
Firs
|
PLANTS & TREES
|
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|
His tombstone says, "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge, yellow fever"
|
Walter Reed
|
EPITAPHS
|
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'The 2 astronauts who went on to become U.S. Senators')
|
John Glenn (Ohio) & Harrison Schmitt (New Mexico)
|
THE SENATE
|
|
|
His words "The people's heroes are immortal" are engraved on a monument in Tiananmen Square
|
Mao Tse-tung
|
MONUMENTS
|
|
|
In Style's first issue, in 1994, visited Barbra Streisand's pad in this wealthy California coastal community
|
Malibu
|
IN STYLE
|
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In the 2005 Orange Bowl, this university's Trojans trampled the Sooners, 55-19
|
Southern California
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
|
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|
The Incas munched on charque (what we call jerky) from the dried meat of this 5-letter pack animal
|
the llama
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES?
|
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|
On January 3, 1990 he surrendered to U.S. troops surrounding the Vatican Embassy
|
Manuel Noriega
|
MANUEL LABOR
|
|
|
In the old song standard, it's the line that precedes "all the livelong day"
|
"I\'ve been working on the railroad"
|
HARD "WORK"
|
|
|
Vasco da Gama is among those depicted onthiscapital city's Monument to the Discoveries
|
Lisbon
|
MONUMENTS
|
|
|
In Style's 10th anniversary cover girl was this South African actress in gold sequins
|
Charlize Theron
|
IN STYLE
|
|
|
Of the Ivy League colleges, this one is alphabetically first
|
Brown
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
|
|
|
2 of the 5 different nuts in a jar of Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts
|
cashews & pecans (also, hazelnuts, brazils, & almonds)
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES?
|
|
|
Longtime congressman Manuel Lujan was appointed Secretary of the Interior by this man in 1989
|
George H.W. Bush
|
MANUEL LABOR
|
|
|
This play is set in Tuscumbia, Alabama & at the Perkins Institute for the blind
|
The Miracle Worker
|
HARD "WORK"
|
|
|
Though Mumtaz died in 1631, this tomb of hers (& it was some tomb) wasn't completed until about 1643
|
the Taj Mahal
|
MONUMENTS
|
|
|
In Style often features these places that feature massage & pampering, named for a town in Belgium
|
spa
|
IN STYLE
|
|
|
Seton Hill University is in Greensburg, Penn.; Seton Hall University is in South Orange in this state
|
New Jersey
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
|
|
|
In 2003 these frozen waffles let go with a 50th anniversary party
|
Eggos
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES?
|
|
|
In this novel, Judge Miller's gardener's helper Manuel kidnaps the dog Buck & sells him to pay his gambling debts
|
The Call of the Wild
|
MANUEL LABOR
|
|
|
2-word term for insurance required of businesses for employees injured on the job
|
workman\'s compensation
|
HARD "WORK"
|
|
|
(Jimmy from the clue crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) The Iwo Jima monument on Parris Island represents the famousraising of the flagon this mountain
|
Mount Suribachi
|
MONUMENTS
|
|
|
The TV special "In Style Celebrity Weddings" included the nuptials of Danielle Spencer to this actor
|
Russell Crowe
|
IN STYLE
|
|
|
Wheaton College in Illinois recently ranked No. 1 in college food, followed by this school in Brunswick, Maine
|
Bowdoin College
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
|
|
|
Though it sounds like the most terrible food, it's really just German for sausage
|
wurst
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES?
|
|
|
In 1962 Cesar Chavez founded the union that is today known as this
|
the United Farm Workers of America
|
HARD "WORK"
|
|
|
Auckland'sOne Tree Hillis the former site of a "pa", or fortified village, of these people
|
the Maori
|
MONUMENTS
|
|
|
In Style defined this type of "fabulous" as requiring lots of jewelry & fur, as seen on Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott
|
ghetto fabulous
|
IN STYLE
|
|
|
In 1982 Jimmy Carter established the Carter Center in partnership with this university
|
Emory
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
|
|
|
Yum! It's removed from a fish, pressed through a screen to remove membranes, put in brine, then packed with salt in a tin
|
caviar
|
DO YOU HAVE THE MUNCHIES?
|
|
|
One of the "New Deal" programs created for the unemployed, it was abbreviated the WPA
|
the Works Progress Administration
|
HARD "WORK"
|
|
|
Strangely, Charles XIV John of this Scandinavian country had a "Death to all kings" tattoo
|
Sweden
|
ROYAL ODDITIES
|
|
|
Dawson on "Dawson's Creek" idolized this man who directed "The Sugarland Express" in his mid-20s
|
Steven Spielberg
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS
|
|
|
Australia is home to 2 egg-laying mammals, or monotremes: the spiny anteater & this one
|
the platypus
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER
|
|
|
It's where you'll find the protons in an atom
|
the nucleus
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION
|
|
|
1958:B.P.,Russia
|
Boris Pasternak
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS
|
|
|
George Washington's birthplace is on Pope's Creek, a small stream that flows into this
|
the Potomac
|
"POT" POURRI
|
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|
Emperor Menelik II of this African country once used an electric chair as his throne
|
Ethiopia
|
ROYAL ODDITIES
|
|
|
(Hi, I'm Joel Schumacher.) Directing movies based on this author's "The Client" & "A Time to Kill" was like getting paid to go to law school
|
John Grisham
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS
|
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|
In 1983 the Yacht Club of Perth became the first outside the U.S. to house this trophy
|
the Americas Cup
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER
|
|
|
These particles were named for Satyendra Nath Bose, who worked out their behavior in 1924
|
bosons
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION
|
|
|
1946:H.H.,Switzerland
|
Hermann Hesse
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS
|
|
|
Benjamin Bunny & Squirrel Nutkin were 2 of the many characters created by this harebrained author
|
Beatrix Potter
|
"POT" POURRI
|
|
|
Although officially listed, this 18th century French king was never crowned & never ruled
|
Louis XVII
|
ROYAL ODDITIES
|
|
|
His career includes directing "Paper Moon", writing the book "Who the Devil Made It" & acting in "The Sopranos"
|
Peter Bogdanovich
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS
|
|
|
Australia's tallest building is the 823-foot high Rialto Towers in this former capital
|
Melbourne
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER
|
|
|
The 2 main forms of quantum mechanics were developed by Erwin Schrodinger & this "uncertain" German
|
Heisenberg
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION
|
|
|
1957:A.C.,France
|
Albert Camus
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS
|
|
|
In 1905 a famous mutiny took place aboard it
|
thePotemkin
|
"POT" POURRI
|
|
|
A spider that died by falling into a a poisoned drink saved the life of this "Great" Prussian king
|
Frederick
|
ROYAL ODDITIES
|
|
|
This "Philadelphia Story" director was patriotically named for Admiral George Dewey
|
George Cukor
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS
|
|
|
The title of this popular song refers to wandering with a blanket roll, not a dance or a lady
|
"Waltzing Matilda"
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER
|
|
|
The mass of any 1 proton is about equal to the mass of one atom of this element
|
hydrogen
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION
|
|
|
1971:P.N.,Chile
|
Pablo Neruda
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS
|
|
|
Also known as a powwow, it's a Native American get-together for discussion & fun
|
potlatch
|
"POT" POURRI
|
|
|
This director of "Casablanca", a classic film about refugees, had himself left his homeland of Hungary
|
Michael Curtiz
|
MOVIE DIRECTORS
|
|
|
Located in a national park, it's about 1 1/2 miles long & rises 1,142 feet above the desert floor
|
Ayers Rock
|
THE LAND DOWN UNDER
|
|
|
In 1998 it was found that these particles that pass through everything at light speed do have mass
|
neutrinos
|
SUBATOMIC MASS PERSUASION
|
|
|
1938:P.S.B.,United States
|
Pearl Buck
|
NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS
|
|
|
1969's "The Promise" & 1990's "The Gift of Asher Lev" are sequels to 2 of this writer's earlier works
|
(Chaim) Potok
|
"POT" POURRI
|
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|
'He defended civil rights as a representative from Massachusetts\' 11th District from 1895 to 1901')
|
John Francis Fitzgerald
|
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES
|
|
|
"Hey, Wait A Minute (I Wrote A Book!)" by this former Raiders coach was a best seller in 1984
|
John Madden
|
BEST SELLERS
|
|
|
In 1971 this lead singer of The Doors was buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
|
Jim Morrison
|
ROCK GROUPS
|
|
|
Like birds, all species of salmon & trout build these
|
Nests
|
FISH
|
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|
In 1908 William Durant founded this company that included Oldsmobile & Buick
|
General Motors
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY
|
|
|
When her spouse was found guilty on Oct. 5, 1989, she sang a religious song for the press
|
Tammy Faye Bakker
|
FAMOUS COUPLES
|
|
|
The driver of this "train" at Disneyland needs a one-track mind
|
Monorail
|
FILE UNDER "M"
|
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|
In 1987 a Soviet magazine ran excerpts from this B. Pasternak novel -- 29 years after it was banned
|
"Doctor Zhivago"
|
BEST SELLERS
|
|
|
Kenny Rogers & other members of the New Christy Minstrels left the group to form this one in 1967
|
The First Edition
|
ROCK GROUPS
|
|
|
Southern California fish that come ashore to spawn & then run back into the ocean
|
Grunion
|
FISH
|
|
|
Built by Carl Benz in 1885, the first internal combustion car had this many wheels
|
3
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY
|
|
|
Chef whose wife, K, is the "K" in K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen
|
Paul Prudhomme
|
FAMOUS COUPLES
|
|
|
It's the liquid that remains after sugar crystals are removed from concentrated cane juice
|
Molasses
|
FILE UNDER "M"
|
|
|
His "Kids Say The Darndest Things!" topped the best-seller lists in both 1957 & 1958
|
Art Linkletter
|
BEST SELLERS
|
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|
This group's "Nights In White Satin" appeared on an album 5 yrs. before the single hit No. 2 in 1972
|
The Moody Blues
|
ROCK GROUPS
|
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|
The Walking, Electric & Pencil species of this fish have "whiskers"
|
Catfish
|
FISH
|
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|
The first true example of this automobile was introduced in 1906 & called the Silver Ghost
|
Rolls-Royce
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY
|
|
|
Dr. Jonas Salk's wife, Francoise Gilot, was once the companion of this late, great modern artist
|
Pablo Picasso
|
FAMOUS COUPLES
|
|
|
His resume included Archduke of Austria & Emperor of Mexico
|
Maximillian
|
FILE UNDER "M"
|
|
|
"Made In America" was this businessman's memoir of the 1984 Olympics
|
Peter Ueberroth
|
BEST SELLERS
|
|
|
Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons & Peter Criss formed this rock group
|
KISS
|
ROCK GROUPS
|
|
|
The Portuguese got the name for this toothed fish from the Tupi Indians who live along the Amazon
|
piranhas
|
FISH
|
|
|
A Ford model that came out in '68, or the Italian name of the city that's home to Fiat
|
Torino
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY
|
|
|
"Major Dad" star Gerald McRaney must have had designs on this "Designing Woman" because he married her
|
Delta Burke
|
FAMOUS COUPLES
|
|
|
It begins "John, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy & Aquitaine...."
|
Magna Carta
|
FILE UNDER "M"
|
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|
This Lloyd C. Douglas novel of the crucifixion was a best seller in '43 & '53 when the movie came out
|
"The Robe"
|
BEST SELLERS
|
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|
4 hit singles came from this group's "Hi Infidelity" album
|
REO Speedwagon
|
ROCK GROUPS
|
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|
The largest species of this fish is the bluefin; the smallest, the skipjack
|
Tuna
|
FISH
|
|
|
August Horch founded 2 car companies - Horch & this one that's the Latin translation of his surname
|
Audi
|
THE AUTO INDUSTRY
|
|
|
Their daughter Linn Ullmann married an Oslo lawyer in 1989
|
Liv Ullmann & Ingmar Bergman
|
FAMOUS COUPLES
|
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|
From the French for "a mixture", it's a free-for-all battle
|
Melee
|
FILE UNDER "M"
|
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|
On March 10, 1775 this frontiersman began blazing the Wilderness Road
|
Daniel Boone
|
EARLY AMERICA
|
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|
In the title of a play by Robert Anderson, it's paired with "sympathy"
|
Tea
|
PLAYS
|
|
|
The Paraguay River divides Paraguay into 2 major regions: Occidental Paraguay & this
|
Oriental Paraguay
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
Politically speaking, it's a cause that looks promising; you can join by "jumping on" it
|
Bandwagon
|
POLITICAL TERMS
|
|
|
One legend claims they fought in the Trojan War under their queen, Penthesilea
|
Amazons
|
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
|
|
|
This "good" guy who discovered vulcanization was born in New Haven
|
Charles Goodyear
|
NUTMEGGERS
|
|
|
In early colonial Boston only men belonging to this religious sect could vote or hold office
|
Puritans
|
EARLY AMERICA
|
|
|
In "Painting Churches", the churches aren't buildings but these
|
People
|
PLAYS
|
|
|
The Denmark Strait is located between Iceland & this Danish possession
|
Greenland
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
A special-interest group, named for the place in a capital building that is frequented by them
|
Lobby
|
POLITICAL TERMS
|
|
|
It starts life again as a small worm that crawls out of the ashes of its own funeral pyre
|
The Phoenix
|
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
|
|
|
Born in Winsted, he practiced law in Connecticut before he wrote "Unsafe At Any Speed"
|
Ralph Nader
|
NUTMEGGERS
|
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Drawn up in 1620, this document formed the basis of Plymouth Colony's legal system
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The Mayflower Compact
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EARLY AMERICA
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Anita Loos wrote the non-musical stage adaptation of this Colette novel
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"Gigi"
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PLAYS
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Cristoforo Colombo Int'l Airport serves this city, Italy's busiest port
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Genoa
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Someone who votes for candidates of different parties on the same ballot votes this kind of "ticket"
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Split Ticket
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POLITICAL TERMS
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To make her son invulnerable, Achilles' mother bathed all but the famous heel in this river
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The Styx
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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His character, Radar O' Reilly, was from Iowa, but this actor was born in Bristol, Connecticut
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Gary Burghoff
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NUTMEGGERS
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1797 "affair" in which 3 agents for France demanded a $250,000 bribe from U.S. diplomats
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"XYZ" Affair
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EARLY AMERICA
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"Dial 'M' For Murder" takes place in the living room of an apartment in this foreign capital
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London
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PLAYS
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75 times the size of Belgium, the former Belgian Congo is now known by this name
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Zaire
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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A candidate who's nominated by his home state at a convention, often as an honorary gesture
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Favorite Son
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POLITICAL TERMS
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After she fell in love with him, Circe lifted the spell that had changed men into swine
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Odysseus
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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Her "immediate family" raised her mostly in Greenwich & also briefly in Africa
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Glenn Close
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NUTMEGGERS
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On March 1, 1781 Maryland became the last state to ratify this document
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Articles of Confederation
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EARLY AMERICA
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"Regina" was a 1949 musical version of this Lillian Hellman play
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"The Little Foxes"
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PLAYS
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More American Indians live in this country on South America's Pacific coast than any other
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Peru
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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The "privilege" exercised by Congress & the executive branch to use the Postal Service free of charge
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Franking
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POLITICAL TERMS
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Her sisters Stheno & Euryale are mentioned in myth, but we don't know if they were as ugly
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Medusa
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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This Watergate judge born in Waterbury was Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1973
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John Sirica
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NUTMEGGERS
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'When Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics, he was a naturalized citizen of this country')
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Switzerland (He came to the U.S. later on)
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SCIENTISTS
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Centuries before Columbus, these people encountered Native Americans & called them skraelings
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Vikings
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BEFORE COLUMBUS
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It was his portrayal of the mummy that was used on the U.S. stamp seenhere
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Boris Karloff
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MUMMY DEAREST
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Usually you begin this game by asking, "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?"
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Twenty Questions
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twentysomething
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"I never doubted myself", the Chicago Bulls star said after his title-winning jump shot in 1998
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Michael Jordan
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DA BULLS
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Thick fur and a layer of blubber keep this northernmost species warm
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a polar bear
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BEARS
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Stocks not listed on exchanges are said to be sold this way, like nonprescription drugs
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over-the-counter
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THE STOCK MARKET
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Around 9000 B.C., herds of these large wild cattle dramatically increased & became a major food source
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buffalo (or bison)
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BEFORE COLUMBUS
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"The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" is a top-seller in this kids' book series
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Goosebumps
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MUMMY DEAREST
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At arrival or departure, this "salute" is fired for a U.S. president or a visiting head of state
|
a 21-gun salute
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twentysomething
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In 1991 Scottie Pippen's defense on Magic Johnson helped the Bulls beat this team for their first title
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the Lakers
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DA BULLS
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Bears' dormancy in this season isn't true hibernation, as their body temperature doesn't drop
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winter
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BEARS
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These open-end investment "funds" began in the U.S. in the 1920s & now hold over $5 trillion
|
mutual funds
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THE STOCK MARKET
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The name of this light axe used as both weapon & tool comes from the proto-Algonquin for "to cut off"
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tomahawk
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BEFORE COLUMBUS
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Ancient Egyptians worshipped these animals and now their "scans" are used to study mummies
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cats
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MUMMY DEAREST
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It's the numerical designation for normal visual acuity
|
20/20
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twentysomething
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This colorful rebounding champ was an airport janitor when he began playing organized basketball
|
Dennis Rodman
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DA BULLS
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The sloth bear is also called this "bear" after the food it & Pooh both crave
|
honey(bear)
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BEARS
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Known as S&P;, it tracks the market with reports, guides, and indices
|
Standard & Poors
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THE STOCK MARKET
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In the 1100s the Awatovi Pueblos near what is now Tuba City in this state housed 1,000 people in 1,300 rooms
|
Arizona
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BEFORE COLUMBUS
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In the movies, 9 tana leaves have the power to do this
|
resurrect the dead (bring a mummy back to life)
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MUMMY DEAREST
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To the closest mile, it's the length of an Olympic marathon
|
twenty-six
|
twentysomething
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John Paxson clinched the title for the Bulls in 1993 with one of these shots instituted in the 1979-'80 season
|
a three-pointer
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DA BULLS
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The "clan of" this animal, ursus speleaus, became extinct about 10,000 years ago
|
cave bear
|
BEARS
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This printing terms refers to funds deposited with a broker to protect the broker against loss
|
margin
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THE STOCK MARKET
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The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes made up this "league" founded around 1450
|
the Iroquois League
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BEFORE COLUMBUS
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In 1994 the Royal Mummy Room in this city's Egyptian Museum was reopened after 13 years
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Cairo
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MUMMY DEAREST
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As Captain Kirk could tell you, the original "Star Trek" TV series was set in this century
|
the twenty-third century
|
twentysomething
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Artis Gilmore, a star at this position, twice started the All-Star game against Kareem
|
center
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DA BULLS
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Thisspecies is named for its distinctive markings
|
spectacled bear
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BEARS
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Short for "long-term equity anticipation securities", or what distraught investors took in the 1929 crash
|
LEAPS
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THE STOCK MARKET
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Zane Grey's ancestor Betty Zane helped save Fort Henry, now the site of this state's city of Wheeling
|
West Virginia
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
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In this film Debra Winger gets to have a fling with John Lithgow before she dies
|
Terms of Endearment
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FILMS OF THE 1980s
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"So rested he by the tumtum tree, and stood awhile in thought" is a line from his "Jabberwocky"
|
Lewis Carroll
|
POET-TREE
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In 1999 this will resume its rightful position as 9th planet from the sun
|
Pluto
|
FILE UNDER "P"
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Its state fair is held in Columbia
|
South Carolina
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
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Stephen Hopkins, more recently "Lost in Space", directed the fifth installment of this Freddy Krueger series
|
Nightmare on Elm Street
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s
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This measure is used for radioactive decay because the time for all atoms to break down is unknowable
|
half-life
|
PHYSICS
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He wrote "Tree at My Window" a few years after "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
|
(Robert) Frost
|
POET-TREE
|
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|
Ling-Ling was a famous one
|
a panda
|
FILE UNDER "P"
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(Hey, what's happening? I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray. The answer is…) While touring in 1996, we played with Johnny Rotten & this group who had reunited
|
the Sex Pistols
|
REUNIONS
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On this Maryland site, during the bloodiest Civil War battle, Commissary Sgt. William McKinley served coffee
|
Antietam
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
|
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In a 1985 spy movie, Timothy Hutton was "The Falcon" & Sean Penn was this cohort
|
the Snowman
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s
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It's the study of the nature & behavior of light, & also the title of an Isaac Newton treatise
|
optics
|
PHYSICS
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"O my palm-tree…rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare", she wrote in "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
|
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
|
POET-TREE
|
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|
Holiday for Matzo, Matzo men
|
Passover
|
FILE UNDER "P"
|
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Frank Sinatra brokered the reconciliation of these 2 on the 1976 Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
|
Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin
|
REUNIONS
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Mary Pickford, Pearl White, and Theda Bara were among those who made movies in Fort Lee in this state
|
New Jersey
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
|
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|
She was a sultry 16 when she starred in the 1981 romance "Endless Love"
|
Brooke Shields
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s
|
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In present day accelerators, particles reach energies of over 1 trillion eV, this unit
|
electron-volt
|
PHYSICS
|
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It was George Pope Morris who wrote "Woodman," do this! "Touch not a single bough!"
|
spare that tree
|
POET-TREE
|
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The tine of a fork, or the point of an antler
|
a prong
|
FILE UNDER "P"
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East met West with this country's October 3, 1990 reunion
|
Germany
|
REUNIONS
|
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With Raleigh & Durham, it forms North Carolina's "Research Triangle"
|
Chapel Hill
|
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
|
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|
Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" inspired this movie with Harrison Ford as an android hunter
|
Blade Runner
|
FILMS OF THE 1980s
|
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Also heard in economics, it's the property of a solid forced object out of shape, then returning to its original form
|
elasticity
|
PHYSICS
|
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Longfellow poem that begins in "The forest primeval" where "hemlocks… stand like Druids of eld"
|
"Evangeline"
|
POET-TREE
|
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This "soup" didn't start your meal, it started you and all
|
the primordial soup
|
FILE UNDER "P"
|
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'At the time of his 1902 nomination to the Supreme Court, he was Chief Justice of Massachusetts')
|
Oliver Wendell Holmes
|
THE SUPREME COURT
|
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|
In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1
|
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
|
|
A popular brand of orange juice
|
Tropicana
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
|
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|
Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport
|
wrestling
|
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
|
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|
This warehouse club has over 43 million members, some of them Gold Star, lugging home the big jars of mayo
|
Costco
|
COMPANIES
|
|
|
We don't see what was so good about this 2-word term for the worldwide 1930s economic disaster
|
the Great Depression
|
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
|
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|
Her "Control" album produced 5 Top 5 singles, each in a different spot; "When I Think Of You" hit No. 1
|
Janet Jackson
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
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|
A 3.5-million-square-mile land area between the Atlantic Ocean & the Red Sea
|
the Sahara
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
|
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|
Among the books read by Lincoln as a youngster were "Robinson Crusoe", "Aesop's Fables", & Mason Weems' "Life of" this man
|
Washington
|
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
|
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|
This co. agreed in 1993 to lease the New Amsterdam Theatre, & the old Times Square of degradation & filth was history
|
Disney
|
COMPANIES
|
|
|
Both pleasant & painful, as in a memory
|
bittersweet
|
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
|
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|
"Refugees Row" this entire island "to Miami"
|
Cuba
|
THE ONIONHEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
|
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|
In 1977 this "sleepy" song became Fleetwood Mac's only No. 1 hit
|
"Dreams"
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
|
|
A weapon removed from a stone
|
Excalibur
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
|
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|
On October 5, 1818 this mother of Lincoln & 2 of her relatives died of milk sickness
|
Nancy Hanks
|
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
|
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|
This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A.
|
May Company (May\'s Department Store accepted)
|
COMPANIES
|
|
|
Alliterative two-word term for action by one's own forces causing casualties to one's own troops
|
friendly fire
|
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
|
|
|
Boston rejoices as this team "Lose(s) In 50th Straight Pennant Race; Fans Blame 'Curse of Jeter'"
|
the Yankees
|
THE ONIONHEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
|
|
|
Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" was sung over the closing credits of this 1992 film
|
A League of Their Own
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
|
|
Stevenson's rousing tale from 1881
|
Treasure Island
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
|
|
|
While serving in the Illinois legislature, Abe switched to this party of his political idol Henry Clay
|
the Whigs
|
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
|
|
|
Orange & Rockland Utilities is a subsidiary of this company named for an inventor
|
Consolidated Edison (ConEd)
|
COMPANIES
|
|
|
2-word term for something supposedly confidential but actually known quite generally
|
an open secret
|
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
|
|
|
This country "Bombed Back into the Renaissance"
|
Italy
|
THE ONIONHEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2056
|
|
|
In 1991 this heartthrob took Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" back to the top spot
|
Michael Bolton
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
|
|
A market town of Upper Egypt built on the ruins of Thebes
|
Luxor
|
ALSO A VEGAS CASINO
|
|
|
During his 80 days of military service in 1832, Abe attempted without success to track down this Sauk & Fox Indian chief
|
Black Hawk
|
YOUNG ABE LINCOLN
|
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|
In 1959 Richard De Vos & Jay Van Andel founded this company that now has 3 million independent distributors
|
Amway
|
COMPANIES
|
|
|
This computer language gets oxymoronic when it follows "Advanced"
|
BASIC
|
A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
|
|
|
Jessica Tandy finds a farmer dead, his eyes gouged out, in this 1963 thriller
|
The Birds
|
HITCHCOCK
|
|
|
Chad's colonial overlord until independence in 1960
|
France
|
CHAD IS RAD
|
|
|
It can mean to burn slightly, or to burn the ends of hair or cloth
|
singe
|
IT'S A "SIN"
|
|
|
This late author's representatives sued over "The Cat Not in the Hat", a rhyming account of the O.J. Simpson trial
|
Dr. Seuss
|
TAKE-OFFS
|
|
|
As its name suggests, the tipp toe approach procedure at SFO is meant to minimize this
|
noise
|
LANDINGS
|
|
|
Hitchcock made this film in 1934 & then remade it in 1956 with Doris Day & Jimmy Stewart
|
The Man Who Knew Too Much
|
HITCHCOCK
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows some animal tracks displayed on a monitor.) Though its tail sometimes drags over its trail, this animal, Castor canadensis, can be identified by itswebbed hind foot
|
the beaver
|
ANIMAL TRACKS
|
|
|
In the 11th century the kings of Chad converted to this faith
|
Islam
|
CHAD IS RAD
|
|
|
For more than 200 years, the annual Baltic Herring Market & Fair has been a big to-do in this world capital
|
Helsinki
|
IT'S A "SIN"
|
|
|
"Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry" is a satirical type of this guide
|
a travel guide
|
TAKE-OFFS
|
|
|
Runways are numbered by compass degrees without the last digit, so this is the highest number used
|
36
|
LANDINGS
|
|
|
Cary Grant admires Grace Kelly's big diamonds in this 1955 caper
|
To Catch a Thief
|
HITCHCOCK
|
|
|
Refugees from the neighboring Darfur region of this country have fled into eastern Chad
|
the Sudan
|
CHAD IS RAD
|
|
|
Carson Sink & the Great Salt Lake lie in the drainage area known as the Great this
|
Basin
|
IT'S A "SIN"
|
|
|
"The Ninety-Nine Guardsmen", one of Bret Harte's "condensed novels", parodies this French tale
|
The Three Musketeers
|
TAKE-OFFS
|
|
|
You land, not anchor, at this Phoenix airport, named by a board member from Scenic Airways
|
Sky Harbor Airport
|
LANDINGS
|
|
|
Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman fall in love & ferret out Nazis in Brazil in this classic
|
Notorious
|
HITCHCOCK
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew displays some animal tracks on a monitor.) The overlapping track of this animal, also known as the bay lynx, is similar to that of the siamese but bigger & deeper
|
a bobcat
|
ANIMAL TRACKS
|
|
|
It's the country directly north of Chad
|
Libya
|
CHAD IS RAD
|
|
|
Of Welsh extraction, Frank Lloyd Wright named his homes & fellowship after this early Welsh poet
|
Taliesin
|
IT'S A "SIN"
|
|
|
Rafreaky the baboon & a 30-year-old Annie have appeared in this NYC theater spoof that debuted in 1982
|
Forbidden Broadway
|
TAKE-OFFS
|
|
|
A beach on this half-Dutch island offersclose-up viewsof planes landing at Princess Juliana Airport
|
St. Maarten
|
LANDINGS
|
|
|
John Dall & Farley Granger strangle a college friend just for thrills in this, Hitch's first color film
|
Rope
|
HITCHCOCK
|
|
|
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some animal tracks on a monitor.) Deer usually leave a simple, 2-toed track, but if they run in snow, you can see the imprint of these vestigial claws
|
the dewclaws
|
ANIMAL TRACKS
|
|
|
The capital & largest city
|
N\'Djamena
|
CHAD IS RAD
|
|
|
As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons
|
(Giovanni) Cassini
|
IT'S A "SIN"
|
|
|
"Go for Barocco" is a take-off of Balanchine by this hairy, all-male ballet troupe
|
the Trockadero de Monte Carlo
|
TAKE-OFFS
|
|
|
The ILS, short for this, was first installed at Indianapolis in 1940
|
the Instrument Landing System
|
LANDINGS
|
|
|
'Ironically, this 1953 science fiction book began appearing in a censored version in 1967')
|
Fahrenheit 451
|
20th CENTURY NOVELS
|
|
|
This university's 2 campuses in Chicago & Evanston, Illinois both front on Lake Michigan
|
Northwestern
|
"NORTH"
|
|
|
In 1838 Congress granted mail carrier status to this new form of transportation
|
Railroads
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
Marigold petals are sometimes added to chicken feed to insure that these will be bright yellow
|
Egg Yolks
|
FOOD
|
|
|
Switzerland's largest city in population, it's alphabetically last except for Zurzach & Zweisimmen
|
Zurich
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
Called the "King of the Terriers", its original home was the valley of the river Aire
|
Airedale
|
ANIMALS
|
|
|
Slang for a left-handed baseball pitcher
|
Southpaw
|
"SOUTH"
|
|
|
(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):This 1960 hit song served as the title tune to a 20th Century Fox film:
|
"North To Alaska" (by Johnny Horton)
|
"NORTH"
|
|
|
America's first successful world exposition was held in 1876 in this Pennsylvania city
|
Philadelphia
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
In the early 1900s this fast food was sometimes called "Coney Island Chicken"
|
Hot Dog
|
FOOD
|
|
|
It's the only country that borders both the Baltic & Black Seas
|
Soviet Union/Russia
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
Like a lot of birds, the monarch butterfly does this in the winter
|
Migrate
|
ANIMALS
|
|
|
Notre Dame University is located near this Indiana city first called Big St. Joseph
|
South Bend
|
"SOUTH"
|
|
|
The founder of Lockheed later founded this competing aircraft company named for himself
|
Northrup
|
"NORTH"
|
|
|
The territory acquired by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase is now part of these 2 states
|
Arizona & New Mexico
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
Native to Mexico, this pear-shaped green fruit is a hardy member of the laurel family
|
the avocado
|
FOOD
|
|
|
In Germany the autobahn is the freeway & the U-bahn, one of these
|
Subway/underground
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
A camel's hump doesn't contain water, as once was thought, but this, for energy when food is scarce
|
Fat
|
ANIMALS
|
|
|
In a hit song by the Orlons, it's the answer to the question, "Where do all the hippies meet?"
|
"South Street"
|
"SOUTH"
|
|
|
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar said, "If I could pray to move, prayers would move me; but I am as constant as" this
|
The North Star
|
"NORTH"
|
|
|
The Marquis De Lafayette served in the American Revolution, the Lafayette Escadrille in this war
|
World War I
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
It's recommended you try the Sachertorte while at the Hotel Sacher in this capital city
|
Vienna
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
The only female deer with antlers, it uses them to dig in the snow for food
|
Reindeer
|
ANIMALS
|
|
|
SEATO, a defensive alliance formed in 1954 & dissolved in 1977, was an acronym for this
|
SouthEast Asia Treaty Organization
|
"SOUTH"
|
|
|
Robert Duvall portrayed Jesse James in this 1972 film about an 1876 bank robbery
|
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
|
"NORTH"
|
|
|
This last president from the Whig party rode Lincoln's funeral train from Batavia, N.Y. to Buffalo
|
Millard Fillmore
|
U.S. HISTORY
|
|
|
Tradition says throwing coins into this will insure your return to Rome
|
Trevi Fountain
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
Marine creature whose zoological name is Hippocampus
|
Seahorse
|
ANIMALS
|
|
|
This successful, no-frills airline is headquartered at Love Field in Dallas
|
Southwest Airlines
|
"SOUTH"
|
|
|
This church faced periodic persecution for 300 years, until Constantine's conversion
|
Christian Church
|
ANCIENT ROME
|
|
|
Prince Chulalongkorn becomes king at the end of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
|
The King and I
|
THEATER
|
|
|
Estavayer-Le-Vac, Switzerland boasts a museum full of these dead amphibians arranged in human poses
|
Frogs
|
MUSEUMS
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Several weeks before July 4, 1776 New Hampshire issued its own one of these
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Declaration of Independence
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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One biography of this author was called "The Man Who Wrote Dracula", which lacks a certain bite
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Bram Stoker
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BIOGRAPHIES
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Director of the CIA during the Iran-Contra scandal, he died before he could testify at the hearings
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William Casey
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THE CIA
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In 73 B.C. he escaped from a school for gladiators & gathered an army of 70,000 rebels
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Spartacus
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ANCIENT ROME
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"Cold-blooded" author who set his musical "House of Flowers" in a bordello in the West Indies
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Truman Capote
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THEATER
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In English, Brazil's Museu Do Ouro & Colombia's Museo Del Oro are both known as this
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Museum of Gold
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MUSEUMS
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New Hampshire quarries provided this type of stone for building the Library of Congress
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Granite
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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"Madame Sarah" is Cornelia Otis Skinner's biography of this woman
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Sarah Bernhardt
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BIOGRAPHIES
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In 1975 the Rockefeller Commission concluded the CIA was spying illegally in this country
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U.S.A.
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THE CIA
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Ironically, the last titular emperor of Rome bore this name, the same as Rome's founder
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Augustus Romulus
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ANCIENT ROME
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This island, famous for its coffee beans, is the home of the Royal Kona Coffee Mill & Museum
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Big Island of Hawaii
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MUSEUMS
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A key element in local gov't is this type of meeting held annually on the first Tuesday in March
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Town Meeting
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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He was a biographer himself, but he's best known as the subject of a 1791 biography
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Samuel Johnson
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BIOGRAPHIES
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He directed the CIA in the 1950s while his brother was Secretary of State
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Allen Dulles (his brother was John Foster Dulles)
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THE CIA
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Admission was free at this huge arena, estimated to have been 3 times the size of the Colosseum
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Circus Maximus
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ANCIENT ROME
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The Woolaroc Museum near Bartlesville in this state is famous for its collection of Indian blankets
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Oklahoma
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MUSEUMS
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Though it's New Hampshire's largest port city, the naval shipyard of the same name is in Maine
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Portsmouth
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Maude Howe Elliott won a Pulitzer Prize for co-authoring a book about this poet, her mother
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Julia Ward Howe
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BIOGRAPHIES
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The CIA & this watchdog "council" were established by the same act of Congress in 1947
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National Security Council
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THE CIA
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Emperor Julian, who sought to restore paganism in place of Christianity, was nicknamed this
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Julian the Apostate
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ANCIENT ROME
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The buildings that house the Science Museum of VA. & Paris' Musee D' Orsay were once this type of station
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Train Station
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MUSEUMS
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In New Hampshire, these geographic features are called notches
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Mountain Passes
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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This author, not Gary Larson, is the subject of "The Far Side of Paradise"
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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BIOGRAPHIES
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One of the CIA's early major operations was to help restore this Mideastern potentate to his throne in 1953
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Shah of Iran
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THE CIA
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'Merlin the Magician cast a spell putting this title character to sleep for 1,300 years')
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A Connecticut Yankee (In King Arthur\'s Court)
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
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A rock called pridotite produces this hardest gem
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diamond
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ROCKS & STUFF
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Captian James T. Kirk, Boston lawyer Denny Crane
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William Shatner
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I PLAYED 'EM ON TV
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In 1883 he gave the eulogy at the funeral of his good friend & co-writer Karl Marx
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Engels
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FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS
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Fans of computer flight simulations are ecstatic about this type of controller, developed for the lunar rover
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joy stick
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NASA PRODUCTS
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This 10-item document ratified by New Jersey in 1789 & Connecticut in 1939
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the Bill of Rights
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THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR
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If you're really hungry, pig out on one of these, the Swedish equivalent of a buffet
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a smorgasbord
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
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This form of molten rock deep within the earth can reach a temperature of over 2100 degrees
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magma
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ROCKS & STUFF
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Jeannie Bueller,Rachel Green
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Jennifer Aniston
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I PLAYED 'EM ON TV
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In the Bible, Saul's son Jonathan becomes great friends with this future king after battling the Philistines
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David
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FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS
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For NASA, Black & Decker developed this type of tool to let astronauts work on the moon without needing a wall socket
|
cordless
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NASA PRODUCTS
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This process that begins with weathering, for giving us Bryce Canyon & Niagara Falls
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erosion
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THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR
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We commonly use this 4-word French phrase to mean "the best of the best"
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creme de la creme
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
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This agreeable-sounding metamorphic rock has alternating bands of dark- & light-colored minerals
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gneiss
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ROCKS & STUFF
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Dr. John Becker,Sam Malone
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Ted Danson
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I PLAYED 'EM ON TV
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When Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of Walden Pond, this friend of his was the landlord
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Emerson
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FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS
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NASA used this in Skylab back in 1973 to detect toxic vapors in the air
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smoke detectors
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NASA PRODUCTS
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The central one of these, which pulls our hands away from fire, & the peripheral one, which lets us taste chocolate
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nervous system
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THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR
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It's what the Norwegians call a long, narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
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fjord
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
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Most rocks are composed primarily of oxygen & this element
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silicon
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ROCKS & STUFF
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Stacey Colbert,Dr. Sloan Parker,Grace Adler
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Debra Messing
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I PLAYED 'EM ON TV
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This adventurous man was a close friend of George Bernard Shaw & changed his name to T.E. Shaw in 1927
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Lawrence of Arabia
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FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS
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Since NASA created strong translucent ceramics, it's tinsel teeth no more when you wear these
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braces
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NASA PRODUCTS
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Melody, rhythm & this third main element, used as a synonym for "chord", making music beautiful
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harmony
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THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR
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After some fierce flamencoing, you might hear cries of this, Spanish for "water"
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agua
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
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Soapstone, used as an electrical insulator, is a greenish-gray variety of this soft mineral
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talc
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ROCKS & STUFF
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Samantha Micelli,Jennifer Mancini,Phoebe Halliwell
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Alyssa Milano
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I PLAYED 'EM ON TV
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Neitzsche was a close friend of this "Parsifal" composer, but later things went sour between them
|
Wagner
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FAMOUS FRIENDSHIPS
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NASA's technology to reduce signal noise from a spacecraft allows this product to receive clear images for your TV
|
satellite dish
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NASA PRODUCTS
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Give thanks forher
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Julianne Moore
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THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR
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If you're eager, enthusiastic, rarin' & read to go, you're this, from the Chinese meaning "work together"
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gung-ho
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
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You can tour the cellars of Moet et Chandon in Epernay, fittingly on an avenue with this sparkling name
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Champagne
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TOUR DE FRANCE
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Harrison Ford famously shot a swordsman in this first Indiana Jones film because he was too ill to do a fight scene
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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CINEMA TRIVIA
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Kenyan capital where the Earl of Erroll frolicked with randy, druggie friends--until he was murdered!
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Nairobi
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EARLS GONE WILD
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) You can see why John Constable said that in this type of work, the sky is the chief organ of sentiment
|
a landscape
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ART HISTORY CLASS
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...in music if you can't remember that the piccolo is a member of this woodwind's family
|
flute
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YOU GET AN "F"
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Title occuptation of Figaro in a Rossini opera
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Barber
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FIND A JOB, KID
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A large armada crossed the English Channel to invade the beaches of this historic region on June 6, 1944
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Normandy
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TOUR DE FRANCE
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Battle scenes in this 1995 Mel Gibson epic had to be reshot; some extras were wearing watches & sunglasses
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Braveheart
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CINEMA TRIVIA
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Henry Howard, a 16th century Earl of Surrey, liked breaking windows & writing early poems in this form adapted from Italy
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sonnet
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EARLS GONE WILD
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a cave painting on a screen.) Temperature and moisture within the Lascaux cave preserved even the pigments from 15,000 B.C. in this age
|
the Stone Age
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ART HISTORY CLASS
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...in biology if you actually pick up the poison dart species of this amphibian
|
frog
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YOU GET AN "F"
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From the old English for "House Guard", it's the old term for a male flight attendant
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steward
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FIND A JOB, KID
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This mountain range extends along France's border with Spain
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the Pyrenees
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TOUR DE FRANCE
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The voice of Princess Fiona in "Shrek", she broke her nose while surfing in Hawaii on her August 30, 2003 birthday
|
Cameron Diaz
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CINEMA TRIVIA
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Lord Chancellor of this country 1789-1802, the Earl of Clare fought against rights for Catholics there
|
Ireland
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EARLS GONE WILD
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) As painters began to portray domestic life, "The Merode Altarpiece" gave this humble character his due
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Joseph
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ART HISTORY CLASS
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...in international studies if you can't recollect that the Eduskunta is this country's Parliament
|
Finland
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YOU GET AN "F"
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These two words, synonyms for insurers & morticians, both begin with "under"
|
underwriters and undertakers
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FIND A JOB, KID
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This city, "Capital of the French Riviera", likely got its name from the Greek word for "Victory"
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Nice
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TOUR DE FRANCE
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Local boys Ben Affleck & Matt Damon were Fenway Park extras in this 1989 Kevin Costner film
|
Field of Dreams
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CINEMA TRIVIA
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This British peer & noted thinker was arrested after an anti-nuclear demonstration when he was 89
|
Bertrand Russell
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EARLS GONE WILD
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) The brushstroke works of this pop artist are parodies on abstract art technique
|
Lichtenstein
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ART HISTORY CLASS
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...in German lit if you can't recall that this Goethe title character messes with Mephistopheles
|
Faust
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YOU GET AN "F"
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The name of this job comes from the Greek for "dance writing"
|
choreographer
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FIND A JOB, KID
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This longest river in France is famous for its picturesque valley & chateaux
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the Loire
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TOUR DE FRANCE
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The real Jim Garrison played Earl Warren in this 1991 film
|
JFK
|
CINEMA TRIVIA
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Imprisoned for quarelling at the court of James II, the Earl of Devonshire asked this successor to take the throne
|
William III
|
EARLS GONE WILD
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) In Monet's work, we see the impressionist's varied colors, known as "the rainbow" this
|
palette
|
ART HISTORY CLASS
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...in chemistry if you fail to identify this radioactive element named for physicist Enrico
|
Fermium
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YOU GET AN "F"
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Somebody whose job it is to control a fleet of vehicles like taxis by radio communication
|
dispatcher
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FIND A JOB, KID
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'The image seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-18_FJ.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is part of Faulkner\'s original text of this 1930 novel')
|
As I Lay Dying
|
AMERICAN NOVELS
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After the South took it, the fort endured a 15-mo. siege, reinforcing its walls, symbolically, with bales of this
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cotton
|
FORT SUMTER
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The bobbleheaded character seenhereplays a pivotal role in this horrific film series
|
Hellraiser
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY
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Women will curse thee if this bathroom object is left in the up position
|
the toilet seat
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS
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The Portuguese were the first Europeans to enterthiscountry
|
Vietnam
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS
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This city precedes "Fog" in the name of a brand of raincoats
|
London
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BRANDS
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Any song about Earth's natural satellite
|
a Moon tune
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME
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The "Civil War Dictionary" says this "developer of modern baseball" "aimed the first gun fired in defense of Ft. Sumter"
|
Abner Doubleday
|
FORT SUMTER
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Dude, in the 1970s,thiscomedy team was smokin'
|
Cheech & Chong
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY
|
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To capitalize all text in an email is an abomination that signifies the person is doing this
|
shouting
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS
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Itfirst achieved independence in 1821
|
Costa Rica
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS
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Ironically, commercials using a toy bunny to advertise this brand weren't meant to "keep going"
|
Energizer
|
BRANDS
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Red planet pubs
|
Mars bars
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME
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On Dec. 27, 1860 Major Robert Anderson raised the stakes when he raised a 36- by 20-foot one of these
|
the American flag
|
FORT SUMTER
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You'll be my Little Buddy when you name this actor depictedhere
|
Bob Denver
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY
|
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God's grace will shine on mealtime when this is put on a lap, not tucked into one's collar
|
the napkin
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS
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Most ofitspeople are Sunni Muslims
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Tajikistan
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS
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This brand name was first put on sacks of generic "self-rising pancake flour" around 1890
|
Aunt Jemima
|
BRANDS
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Space telescope problem
|
Hubble trouble
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the waters of Charleston, SC.) In January 1861,thispresident tried to relieve Ft. Sumter with a supply ship, but it was turned back, & the stage was set
|
Buchanan
|
FORT SUMTER
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On the late-'70s TV series that featured the big guy seenhere, he was played by this big man
|
Lou Ferrigno
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY
|
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The Kingdom of Heaven will be thine, even to those who remove the tags from this signature Serta product
|
the mattress
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS
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At one time,itconsisted of several independent kingdoms, including Ganja & Ashanti
|
Ghana
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS
|
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Say bonjour, kitty to this faux French clothing brand with a leaping feline as its logo
|
Le Tigre
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BRANDS
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Comet discoverer Edmond's narrow lanes
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Halley\'s alleys
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME
|
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3 decades after the Civil War, fear of this European enemy prompted the building of a new battery; it was never used
|
Spain
|
FORT SUMTER
|
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Pleasant dreams--it's the full name ofthischaracter who repeats his mayhem across multiple movies
|
Jason Voorhees
|
A BOBBLEHEAD CATEGORY
|
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Thou shalt not wear white shoes from Labor Day til this holiday first officially observed in 1868
|
Memorial Day
|
THE NOT-SO-DEADLY SINS
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The most common languagethere, after Spanish, is Guarani
|
Paraguay
|
INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS
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This company's first washing machines were "So simple, a child could do it"
|
Maytag
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BRANDS
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One who determines the age of meteorite impact holes
|
a crater dater (crater rater accepted)
|
ASTRONOMICAL RHYME TIME
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This Mediterranean port is France's second-largest city (& something to sing about)
|
Marseilles
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VILLES DE FRANCE
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Viola Fields, Mom to J. Lo's fiance
|
Monster-in-Law
|
JANE FONDA FILM ROLES
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Sawbones is Old West slang for this profession
|
surgeon
|
THE "S" FILES
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"Monet Working on his Boat in Argenteuil" was an 1874 work by this similarly-named master
|
Manet
|
FAMOUS PAINTERS
|
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Serving the poor, it's the nation's largest public health insurance program
|
Medicaid
|
HEALTH CARE
|
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|
In the 1587 "Faust-Book", the doc has a son with this famed beauty of ancient times
|
Helen of Troy
|
DR. FAUST WILL SEE YOU NOW
|
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The dagger stuck on the end of a rifle may have been developed in & named for this French town
|
Bayonne
|
VILLES DE FRANCE
|
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A sexy "queen of the galaxy"
|
Barbarella
|
JANE FONDA FILM ROLES
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This masculine first name, also a world capital, is Spanish for "Saint James"
|
Santiago
|
THE "S" FILES
|
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Although her hands were crippled with arthritis, she began painting in oils in 1938 at age 77
|
Grandma Moses
|
FAMOUS PAINTERS
|
|
|
London's Hospital for Tropical Diseases focuses on this mosquito-spread illness that kills millions yearly
|
malaria
|
HEALTH CARE
|
|
|
Devilish name of the last movement of Liszt's "Faust Symphony"
|
"Mephistopheles"
|
DR. FAUST WILL SEE YOU NOW
|
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Loire Valley castle t--uh, excursions can begin in this capital of the Indre-et-Loire Department
|
Tours
|
VILLES DE FRANCE
|
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TV reporter Kimberly Wells
|
The China Syndrome
|
JANE FONDA FILM ROLES
|
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|
Let's toast this word for an often day-long seminar; it's from the Greek for "to drink together"
|
symposium
|
THE "S" FILES
|
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In 1929, a year before his most famous work, this Iowan painted his mother in "Woman with Plants"
|
Grant Wood
|
FAMOUS PAINTERS
|
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|
This term for an artificial limb comes from the Greek for "to add"
|
prosthesis
|
HEALTH CARE
|
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He wrote a 1947 novel about a German composer whose masterpiece is "The Lamentation of Doctor Faustus"
|
Thomas Mann
|
DR. FAUST WILL SEE YOU NOW
|
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In a 1964 Jacques Demy film we saw "Le Parapluies de" this English Channel city
|
Cherbourg
|
VILLES DE FRANCE
|
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V.A. hospital volunteer Sally Hyde
|
Coming Home
|
JANE FONDA FILM ROLES
|
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|
The Mars Pathfinder carried this famous "Rover"--& that's the truth
|
Sojourner
|
THE "S" FILES
|
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|
Alfred Stieglitz discovered her drawings & exhibited them in 1916 while she was teaching art in the south
|
Georgia O\'Keeffe
|
FAMOUS PAINTERS
|
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|
It's the AL in ALFA, an association of communities for seniors who don't quite need nursing homes
|
assisted living
|
HEALTH CARE
|
|
|
The Metropolitan Opera was once known as the "Faustspielhaus", since it played this Frenchman's "Faust" so often
|
Gounod
|
DR. FAUST WILL SEE YOU NOW
|
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The Papal Palace is a landmark in this capital of the Vaucluse Department
|
Avignon
|
VILLES DE FRANCE
|
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Playwright Lillian Hellman
|
Julia
|
JANE FONDA FILM ROLES
|
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|
The British East India Company was abolished after this Indian rebellion broke out in 1857
|
the Sepoy
|
THE "S" FILES
|
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|
This Venetian's "Assumption of the Virgin" of 1516-18 is known for the vivid red of the virgin's robe
|
Titian
|
FAMOUS PAINTERS
|
|
|
Per USA Today, from 1985-2000 these doctors with a 2-part specialty paid the most malpractice claims
|
obstetrician-gynecologist
|
HEALTH CARE
|
|
|
Marlowe's Faustus uses this magic power to snatch things from the hands of the astonished pope
|
invisibility
|
DR. FAUST WILL SEE YOU NOW
|
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|
'On August 6 & 7, 1961, Gherman Titov did this 17 times; the previous record was one')
|
orbit the Earth
|
RECORD SETTERS
|
|
|
This holiday is also known as Discovery Day
|
Columbus Day
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
|
|
Quebec is the only province whose civil law is based on the Code Civile of this European country
|
France
|
QUEBEC
|
|
|
This song from "The Sound of Music" ends with "Bless my homeland forever"
|
"Edelweiss"
|
BROADWAY LYRICS
|
|
|
If you want to be a wizard on this machine, use a lot of body English & be careful not to tilt
|
Pinball
|
TOYS & GAMES
|
|
|
At the Council of Clermont in 1095 Urban II proclaimed the 1st Crusade against this group of infidels
|
Saracens//Muslims
|
THE CRUSADES
|
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|
The ornithologist who wrote "Birds of the West Indies", or the character Ian Fleming named after him
|
James Bond
|
NAME'S THE SAME
|
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|
December 21st, Forefathers' Day, commemorates the 1620 landing here
|
Plymouth
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
|
|
You can see Canadian soldiers in British uniforms march to French music in this city's Citadel
|
Quebec City
|
QUEBEC
|
|
|
"Holding one note was" his "ace"
|
Johnny One Note
|
BROADWAY LYRICS
|
|
|
Board game with 225 spaces & 100 tiles
|
Scrabble
|
TOYS & GAMES
|
|
|
This king of England was a leader of the Third Crusade
|
Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted)
|
THE CRUSADES
|
|
|
The actor who starred in "Rear Window", or the real name of actor Stewart Granger
|
James Stewart
|
NAME'S THE SAME
|
|
|
The only 2 months in which Ash Wednesday can occur
|
February & March
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
|
|
2-week event held in February that includes costume balls, dog-sled & ice-canoe races & parades
|
Winter Carnival
|
QUEBEC
|
|
|
"The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear are still inside" this part of me
|
Head
|
BROADWAY LYRICS
|
|
|
At the start of a game of checkers, each player has this many pieces
|
12
|
TOYS & GAMES
|
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The deadly rivals of the Hospitalers, these knights lent their name to a fictional "saint"
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Knights Templar
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THE CRUSADES
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Latin American pop music style, or a sauce used in Mexican cuisine
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Salsa
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NAME'S THE SAME
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National Hospital Week honors the birthday of this founder of modern nursing
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Florence Nightingale
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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Unlike most provinces, Quebec has a separate one of these, La Surete Provinciale Du Quebec
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Provincial/State Police
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QUEBEC
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"How are things in" this place? "Is that willow tree still weeping there?"
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Glockamora
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BROADWAY LYRICS
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In the Fourth Crusade the crusaders plundered this Byzantine capital, a Christian city
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Constantinople
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THE CRUSADES
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Actor who played opposite many lovelies in the silents, or actor who has played solo -- Han Solo, that is
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Harrison Ford
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NAME'S THE SAME
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This explorer landed on what is now the Gaspe Peninsula in 1534 & claimed it for the French king
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Jacques Cartier
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QUEBEC
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"It's surely not his brain that makes me thrill, I love him because he's just" this man
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My Bill
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BROADWAY LYRICS
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Walter the Penniless & this Peter led early groups of poor peasants into the fray
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Peter the Hermit
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THE CRUSADES
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The third largest city in Missouri & Massachusetts
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Springfield
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NAME'S THE SAME
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His Symphony in B Minor wasn't his only unfinished composition -- just the most famous
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Franz Schubert
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
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The pointed upper teeth near the front of the mouth that are also called "eyeteeth"
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Canines
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THE HUMAN BODY
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Ole E. Rolvaag wrote a "Saga Of" it & Laura Ingalls Wilder set a "Little House" on it
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The Prairie
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LITERATURE
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Simon Bolivar is buried in the National Pantheon in this capital of Venezuela
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Caracas
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WORLD CAPITALS
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She was the first woman president of this organization which gives out the Oscars
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AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences)
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BETTE DAVIS
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In 1928 Ida Rubinstein commissioned him to write a ballet, so he created "Bolero"
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Maurice Ravel
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
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"Gray matter" refers to the brain's nerve cells while its nerve fibers are called "matter" of this color
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White
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THE HUMAN BODY
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He wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport"
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Arthur Hailey
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LITERATURE
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Almost 1/3 of New Zealand's population lives within 100 miles of this city, the nation's first capital
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Auckland
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WORLD CAPITALS
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In "Jezebel", Davis shocked New Orleans society by wearing a dress of this color to a ball
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Red
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BETTE DAVIS
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On Jan. 23, 1960 the bathyscaphe Trieste made a record dive to the bottom of this trench
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the Marianas Trench
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1960
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Early in his career he was the musical director of La Scala; he later led the NBC Symphony
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Arturo Toscanini
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
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The smallest human muscle is found in these organs
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Ears
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THE HUMAN BODY
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"Dubliners" is a collection of short stories by this Irish author
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James Joyce
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LITERATURE
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This Central American capital was destroyed by earthquakes in 1931 & 1972
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Managua, Nicaragua
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WORLD CAPITALS
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"All About Eve" was the film in which Davis warned, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be" one of these
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"A Bumpy Night"
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BETTE DAVIS
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For the 2nd year in a row, Mrs. Aileen Saunders won this trans-continental air race for women
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Powder Puff Derby
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1960
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Modern composer who was called the world's outstanding specialist on Hungarian folk music
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Bela Bartok
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
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A natural pain-killer, this "oxygenous morphine" is released by the brain during body stress
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Endorphin
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THE HUMAN BODY
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In an 1854 poem Tennyson asked her to "Come Into The Garden"
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Maud
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LITERATURE
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This suburb of Manila was the official capital of the Philippines from 1948-1976
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Quezon City
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WORLD CAPITALS
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The scary 1962 film in which Davis sang, "I've written a letter to Daddy"
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Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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BETTE DAVIS
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Naturalist John C. Lilly said in June 1960 that this mammal may have a higher IQ than man
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Dolphin
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1960
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The Vale Giulia, The Tritone, The Trevi & one at the Villa Medici were his "Fountains of Rome"
|
Otto Resphighi
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CLASSICAL MUSIC
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From the Latin word for "fat", it's the technical term for fat tissue
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Adipose Tissue
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THE HUMAN BODY
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This Mississippian, known for her love of the South, won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Optomist's Daughter"
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Eudora Welty
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LITERATURE
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This troubled capital lies 5,890 feet above sea level in the Hindu Kush mountains
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Kabul, Afghanistan
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WORLD CAPITALS
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'The 14th Earl of this was prime minister in 1852; the 12th Earl of this had a race named for him')
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Earl of Derby
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BRITISH HISTORY
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His NYC holdings alone have included the Plaza Hotel, a "World Tower" & 40 Wall Street
|
Donald Trump
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WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY
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...with this energy source that can be lignite, bituminous or anthracite
|
coal
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YOU GET THE POWER...
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In 2005 her "Alias" changed to Mrs. Ben Affleck
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Jennifer Garner
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THEN YOU GET THE WOMEN
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The Cathedral of this saint, aptly located in Montana's state capital, is modeled on a church in Vienna
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(St.) Helen
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TONY MONTANA
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Not exactly "Man of the Year", Al Capone appeared controversially on a 1930 cover of this magazine founded in 1923
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Time
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SCARFACE
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You'll find this legendary object in a castle wall near Cork, Ireland & by the way, you're so suave & good-looking
|
the Blarney Stone
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ALL OF OUR "STONE"
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In the '30s he used some of his fortune to finance movies like "Hell's Angels" &, yes, "Scarface"
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Howard Hughes
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WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY
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...with this energy source using roof shingles with PV cells made of amorphous silicon
|
the sun (or solar energy)
|
YOU GET THE POWER...
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On her divorce from her "Eyes Wide Shut" co-star, she quipped, "Well, I can wear heels now"
|
Nicole Kidman
|
THEN YOU GET THE WOMEN
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The civic center of this "Cataract City" opened in 1940 with "Aida"
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Great Falls
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TONY MONTANA
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This event orchestrated by Capone took place at a garage at 2122 N. Clark St.
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the St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre
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SCARFACE
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It could be said a missing mob snitch "would always be" this object uniting 2 masonry walls "in the organization"
|
the cornerstone
|
ALL OF OUR "STONE"
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No doubt he had a comfortable retirement after selling his steel company in 1901 for $250 million
|
Carnegie
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WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY
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...with this energy source using darrieus or savonius turbine types
|
wind
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YOU GET THE POWER...
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This Emmy winner once had a tattoo that read "Property of Tom Arnold"
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Roseanne Barr
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THEN YOU GET THE WOMEN
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It's the name of Montana's most populous county, a nearby national park & a Billings art museum in a former jail
|
Yellowstone
|
TONY MONTANA
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Attributed to Capone: "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile &" this
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a gun
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SCARFACE
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Another term for sulfur
|
brimstone
|
ALL OF OUR "STONE"
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After her first husband, a senator, died in a 1991 plane crash, she inherited an estimated $500 million
|
Teresa Heinz-Kerry
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WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY
|
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...with this energy source, a colorless hydrocarbon consisting primarily of methane & ethane
|
natural gas
|
YOU GET THE POWER...
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Her voice was Lola, a fish in "Shark Tale", but some wondered if her life was the Pitts in 2005
|
Angelina Jolie
|
THEN YOU GET THE WOMEN
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A Butte mansion has some of William Clark's art collection, but the good stuff went to this city's Corcoran gallery
|
Washington, D.C.
|
TONY MONTANA
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On Oct. 17, 1931 Capone got 11 years & $80,000 in fines & court costs for this crime
|
tax evasion
|
SCARFACE
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After his May 10, 1863, death, his boss wrote, "I know not how to replace him"
|
Stonewall Jackson
|
ALL OF OUR "STONE"
|
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He hit the jackpot when he built the Mirage & Bellagio hotels on the Las Vegas Strip
|
Steve Wynn
|
WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY
|
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...with this kind of energy from the light-water, high-temperature gas-cooled, liquid metal or candu types
|
nuclear energy
|
YOU GET THE POWER...
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Marriage to a star made this Kansas-born actress Shirley MacLaine's sister-in-law
|
Annette Bening
|
THEN YOU GET THE WOMEN
|
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This city, home to the University of Montana, is the "Gateway to the Cultural Corridors of Western Montana"
|
Missoula
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TONY MONTANA
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Capone's home from August 1934 through November 1939
|
Alcatraz
|
SCARFACE
|
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The August 1799 discovery of this by members of Napoleon's army translated into a major historical find
|
the Rosetta Stone
|
ALL OF OUR "STONE"
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The Shaw Festival runs from April through Nov. in the picturesque town of Niagara-on-the-Lake in this Canadian province
|
Ontario
|
THE SHAW FESTIVAL
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Larry Mullen, Jr.,Adam Clayton,The Edge,Bono
|
U2
|
BOYS IN THE BAND
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(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on a screen.) At Hastings, the Normans literally had an uphill battle to reach and defeat this king who held thehigh ground
|
King Harold
|
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
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You'll find this man's presidential library at the University of Texas in Austin
|
Lyndon Johnson
|
MR. JOHNSON
|
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|
A sample of the explosive work of this innovative American is seenhere
|
Jackson Pollock
|
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
|
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I'd like to thank my mother, my agent & my director for this word used for "O" in the radio alphabet
|
Oscar
|
THE STORY OF "O"
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|
The Shaw's landmark version of this Orwellian epic encompassed the whole town & even featured flying helicopters
|
1984
|
THE SHAW FESTIVAL
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Nick Rhodes,Andy, John & Roger Taylor,Simon Le Bon
|
Duran Duran
|
BOYS IN THE BAND
|
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In this WWII Russian battle, troops were ordered, "Not a step back" by the man for whom the city was named
|
Stalingrad
|
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
|
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An attempt on this man's life was part of the Lincoln assassination plot
|
Andrew Johnson
|
MR. JOHNSON
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His 1960s works include "I Know How You Must Feel, Brad!" & "As I Opened Fire..."
|
Roy Lichtenstein
|
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
|
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From Japanese words meaning "fold paper", it's the Japanese leisure activity of folding paper into various shapes
|
origami
|
THE STORY OF "O"
|
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In 2005 audiences were on "The Razor's Edge" of their seats watching "The Constant Wife" by this author
|
Somerset Maugham
|
THE SHAW FESTIVAL
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John Paul Jones,John Bonham,Jimmy Page,Robert Plant
|
Led Zeppelin
|
BOYS IN THE BAND
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(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) A landing by Australian and New Zealand forces was driven back by future Turkish leader Ataturk inthisWWI battle
|
Gallipoli
|
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
|
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Pietro Mennea's record of 19.72 seconds in the 200-m. dash stood from 1979 until this American broke it in 1996
|
Michael Johnson
|
MR. JOHNSON
|
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Also the title of a 2003 film, it's the famous work from around 1665 seenhere
|
The Girl with a Pearl Earring
|
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
|
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|
It's the national airline of Greece & no, it doesn't fly only once every 4 years
|
Olympic
|
THE STORY OF "O"
|
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|
Dana Donnelly found salvation--the Salvation Army, that is--in the title role of this "Major" Shaw play in 2005
|
Major Barbara
|
THE SHAW FESTIVAL
|
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|
Peter Buck,Mike Mills,Bill Berry,Michael Stipe
|
R.E.M.
|
BOYS IN THE BAND
|
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|
The Charge of the Light Brigade at this 1854 battle may have been due to the hubris of cavalryman Louis Nolan
|
Balaclava
|
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
|
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In 1908 he became the first black heavyweight boxing champ when he KO'd Tommy Burns
|
Jack Johnson
|
MR. JOHNSON
|
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|
This Dutchman's peculiar point-of-view played out in works like the one seenhere
|
M.C. Escher
|
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
|
|
|
Named for an astronomer, it's a huge "cloud" of comets existing at the edge of the solar system
|
the Oort Cloud
|
THE STORY OF "O"
|
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|
The 2005 season saw the return of "Happy End", with songs by Kurt Weill & this "Mother Courage" funmeister
|
Bertolt Brecht
|
THE SHAW FESTIVAL
|
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|
Phil Collen,Rick Allen,Rick Savage,Joe Elliott
|
Def Leppard
|
BOYS IN THE BAND
|
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|
(Jon shows a map on a monitor.) In 1879 at Isandlwana, a maneuver called "Horns of the Beast" allowed this African group to get close enough tooverrunthe British
|
the Zulu
|
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
|
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|
This founder & publisher of Ebony received a 1996 Presidential Medal of Freedom
|
John H. Johnson
|
MR. JOHNSON
|
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|
Like so many of his paintings, his "Son of Man" features a man in a bowler hat
|
Magritte
|
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
|
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|
Named for the top Norse god, this important port is Denmark's third-largest city
|
Odense
|
THE STORY OF "O"
|
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|
'In 1889 a daily New York news summary called the "Customers\' Afternoon Letter" became this publication')
|
The Wall Street Journal
|
PUBLICATIONS
|
|
|
On March 26, 1989 the people of this country voted in their freest elections since 1917
|
Soviet Union
|
WORLD NEWS
|
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|
"Hour" or so before dinner when people in a bar enjoy a cocktail or 2 for the price of 1
|
Happy Hour
|
BOTTOMS UP
|
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|
The 2 words preceding "Pound foolish"
|
Penny Wise
|
"PEN" PALS
|
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|
In order to gain independence in 1955, Austria agreed to observe this type of foreign policy
|
Neutrality
|
AUSTRIA
|
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|
Life quoted her, "It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters"
|
Vanna White
|
HOLLYWOOD QUOTES
|
|
|
The closing off of a port by hostile ships to stop supplies from coming in to their enemy
|
Blockade
|
STOP
|
|
|
The EC's culture czar fears too much TV from this country could cause "cultural suicide" in Europe
|
USA
|
WORLD NEWS
|
|
|
According to Larousse Gastronomique, it should be stored at 54 degrees Fahrenheit
|
White Wine
|
BOTTOMS UP
|
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|
Without government authorization, Andrew Jackson seized this Fla. city from Spain on Nov. 7, 1817
|
Pensacola
|
"PEN" PALS
|
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|
The president is head of state while the person holding this official title is head of the government
|
Chancellor
|
AUSTRIA
|
|
|
Star of "She Done Him Wrong" who said, "I'm a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it."
|
Mae West
|
HOLLYWOOD QUOTES
|
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|
A stoppage in your drain, or a dance done with heavy shoes
|
Clog
|
STOP
|
|
|
Congress talked about cutting aid to this country after 6 Jesuit priests were killed in '89
|
El Salvador
|
WORLD NEWS
|
|
|
This nonalcoholic bloody mary is sometimes called a "bloody shame"
|
Virgin Mary
|
BOTTOMS UP
|
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|
In Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Icarus & the wife of Odysseus
|
Penelope
|
"PEN" PALS
|
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|
Austria's basic unit of currency, it sounds just like an obsolete coin in Britain
|
Schilling
|
AUSTRIA
|
|
|
He said, ".... I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions."
|
Bert Lahr
|
HOLLYWOOD QUOTES
|
|
|
A temporary expedient is this type of measure
|
Stopgap
|
STOP
|
|
|
It gained independence from France in 1962; now a new constitution allows multiple political parties
|
Algeria
|
WORLD NEWS
|
|
|
Called "The green muse", this powerful liqueur is the 1st potent potable listed in Larousse Gastronomique
|
Absinthe
|
BOTTOMS UP
|
|
|
Next to last
|
Penultimate
|
"PEN" PALS
|
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|
In his childhood, Franz Schubert sang with the Imperial Court Chapel Choir, which is now known as this
|
The Vienna Boys\' Choir
|
AUSTRIA
|
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|
The famous report on his first screen test said, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Also dances."
|
Fred Astaire
|
HOLLYWOOD QUOTES
|
|
|
It's a work stoppage unauthorized by a labor union
|
Wildcat Strike
|
STOP
|
|
|
It has Europe's fastest growing economy & has been called the continent's "Sun Belt"
|
Spain
|
WORLD NEWS
|
|
|
Now nearly obsolete, porter is intermediate between ale & this darker British brew
|
Stout
|
BOTTOMS UP
|
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|
In 1955 this group had its only Top 40 hit with the following song:("Earth Angel, Earth Angel, will you be mine...")
|
The Penguins
|
"PEN" PALS
|
|
|
The Bundesrat & the Nationalrat aren't Austria's mascots but these
|
Houses of Parliament
|
AUSTRIA
|
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|
Christopher Plummer said, "Working with her is like being hit over the head with a Valentine's card."
|
Julie Andrews
|
HOLLYWOOD QUOTES
|
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|
Term for a town at which trains stopped only if signaled
|
Whistle Stop
|
STOP
|
|
|
After meeting this rival liberator in 1822, San Martin left South America
|
Simon Bolivar
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
His son, Nanki-Poo, poses as a minstrel & later weds Yum-Yum
|
The Mikado
|
OPERA CHARACTERS
|
|
|
A unit of wave frequency defined as 1 cycle per second, or a car rental company
|
Hertz
|
PHYSICS
|
|
|
A recent show of her works at the Whitney Museum included bronzes of her art made before she was Mrs. John Lennon
|
Yoko Ono
|
ART
|
|
|
The city's planner, Pierre L' Enfant, called this hill "A pedestal waiting for a monument"
|
Capitol Hill
|
WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
|
|
"Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die" is from this Tennyson poem
|
"Charge of the Light Brigade"
|
LITERATURE
|
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|
In 1616 Dutch explorer Willem Schouten rounded this cape that he named for his home town
|
Cape Horn
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
In "The Ring of the Nibelung", Siegfried braved a ring of fire to save this goddess
|
Brunhilde
|
OPERA CHARACTERS
|
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|
While processing pitchblende, a uranium ore, Marie & Pierre Curie & G. DeMont discovered this element
|
Radium
|
PHYSICS
|
|
|
Back in 1961 his "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer" brought a record price of $2.3 million
|
Rembrandt
|
ART
|
|
|
This little park, named for a French nobleman, faces the White House across Pennsylvania Ave.
|
Lafayette Park/Square
|
WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
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|
The 1956 novel "Compulsion" was based on the story of this duo defended by Darrow
|
Leopold & Loeb
|
LITERATURE
|
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|
The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland was established on the first day of this century
|
19th Century
|
HISTORY
|
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|
He was the crippled 12-year-old title character in the first opera written for television
|
Amahl
|
OPERA CHARACTERS
|
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|
The curved path along which a planet travels under the influence of a gravitational field
|
Orbit
|
PHYSICS
|
|
|
Jean Arp coined this term to describe the non-mobile works of Alexander Calder
|
Stabiles
|
ART
|
|
|
The National Zoological park is a unit of this
|
Smithsonian Institution
|
WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
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|
Chingachgook became the last of the Mohicans when this man, his son, died
|
Uncas
|
LITERATURE
|
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|
In 1901 the U.S. made this island a virtual protectorate
|
Cuba
|
HISTORY
|
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|
They were the son & daughter of Peter, a poor broom maker & his wife, Gertrude
|
Hansel & Gretel
|
OPERA CHARACTERS
|
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|
Speaking of this device, Archimedes said, "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth."
|
Fulcrum & Lever
|
PHYSICS
|
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|
One of Goya's works depicts this father of Jupiter "devouring his children"
|
Saturn
|
ART
|
|
|
The basement of this building at 511 10th St. NW houses a museum of Lincoln memorabilia
|
Ford\'s Theater
|
WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
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|
This Oliver Goldsmith play is subtitled "The Mistakes of the Night"
|
"She Stoops to Conquer"
|
LITERATURE
|
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|
After this mutiny failed in 1858, the last Mogul emperor of India was exiled to Burma
|
Sepoy Rebellion
|
HISTORY
|
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|
At the end of "I Pagliacci", this clown stabs his wife, Nedda, & her lover, Silvio
|
Canio
|
OPERA CHARACTERS
|
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|
The measure of a body's inertia is technically known as this
|
Mass
|
PHYSICS
|
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|
Also known as "Beaubourg", the Paris Center for the Contemporary Art is named after this French president
|
Georges Pompidou
|
ART
|
|
|
Massachusetts Avenue is noted for more of them than any other street
|
Embassies
|
WASHINGTON, D.C.
|
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|
He wrote "Penrod", "Penrod and Son" & "Penrod Jashber"
|
Booth Tarkington
|
LITERATURE
|
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|
'It\'s the southernmost independent country in the world')
|
Chile (which goes down around Tierra Del Fuego & sweeps a little south of Argentina)
|
GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
Her death in 1603 ended her 45-year reign, & a total of 118 years for the Tudors
|
Elizabeth I
|
17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY
|
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|
Featuring Eric Clapton:"While My Guitar Gently ___"
|
Weeps
|
SONG VERBS
|
|
|
The Festival of Setsubun in this country features mame-maki, tossing dried beans to drive out devils & bring good luck
|
Japan
|
GEO-PARTY
|
|
|
His "Dolores Claiborne" & "Gerald's Game" were 2 of the top-selling novels of 1992
|
Stephen King
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BESTSELLERS
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Let's "get down to" these, meaning most fundamental considerations
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brass tacks
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KICKIN' BRASS
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It comes between ready & fire!
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aim
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3-LETTER WORDS
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Because plague closed this university, Newton went home to Woolsthorpe, where he saw that apple fall
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Cambridge
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17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY
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From "Purple Rain":"I ___ 4 U"
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Would Die
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SONG VERBS
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This spring holiday in Mexico celebrates a Mexican army's victory over French troops in 1862
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Cinco de Mayo
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GEO-PARTY
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In 1997 this memoir by Frank McCourt burnt up the nonfiction charts
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Angela\'s Ashes
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BESTSELLERS
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It's the instrument with a "national" name heardhere
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a French horn
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KICKIN' BRASS
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An old saying or proverb, or a tool you'd find in the garage
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a saw
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3-LETTER WORDS
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The mutineers who left this navigator on James Bay in 1611 were jailed when they got back to England
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(Henry) Hudson
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17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY
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CSN&Y;:"___ Your Children"
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Teach
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SONG VERBS
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Frisian, the language most like English, is from a northern province of this Low Country
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Holland (The Netherlands)
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GEO-PARTY
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His "Never-Say-Diet Book" was a bestseller in 1981; his "Never-Say-Diet Cookbook" followed in 1982
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Richard Simmons
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BESTSELLERS
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In 1975 Turkish prime minister Suleyman Demirel had his nose broken by an attacker wielding this weapon
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brass knuckles
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KICKIN' BRASS
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It's the vestment in the picture seenhere
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an alb
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3-LETTER WORDS
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As Charles I couldn't attend this in Paris in May 1625, the Duke of Buckingham was his proxy
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his wedding
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17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY
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Covered in 2004:"___ A Little Bit"
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Give
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SONG VERBS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a brewery in Copenhagen, Denmark.) Carlsberg lager, claimed as probably the best in the world, is often this type, named for a Czech city
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a pilsner
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GEO-PARTY
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Jon Krakauer ascended to No. 1 with this "personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster"
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Into Thin Air
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BESTSELLERS
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Grab this merry-go-round term for wealth or succes as a goal or prize
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the brass ring
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KICKIN' BRASS
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Often preceding "about", it means to wander restlessly or idly in search of pleasure
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gad
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3-LETTER WORDS
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Charlie Brown could have joined this group of Oliver Cromwell's that beat the Cavaliers in battle in July 2, 1644
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the Roundheads
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17th CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY
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A Supremes classic:"You ___ Love"
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Can\'t Hurry
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SONG VERBS
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Rondonia, Matto Grosso & Rio Grande do Sul are regions of this South American country
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Brazil
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GEO-PARTY
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The title of this Rosamunde Pilcher bestseller referes to a painting of the heroine as a child on this beach
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The Shell Seekers
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BESTSELLERS
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Robert Burns: "His locked, letter'd, braw brass-collar, show'd him the gentleman an'" this
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scholar
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KICKIN' BRASS
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To stitchers, it's a bit of leftover thread; to others, a scrap of food left at a meal
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ort
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3-LETTER WORDS
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Dione, who was either a nymph or a Titan, gave birth to this Greek goddess of love & beauty
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Aphrodite
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GREEK GODS
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In 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer", Cary Grant was the bachelor, this former child star the bobby-soxer
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Shirley Temple
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FILMS OF THE '40s
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(I'm John DeStefano, mayor of New Haven.) New Haven is known as "The Smart City", partly because it's home to this institution founded in 1701
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Yale
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AROUND THE U.S.A.
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It's a fertilized ripened ovule; a stone fruit has only one
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a pit (or a seed)
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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
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John Adams
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George Washington
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I WAS HIS VEEP
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On "ER" you're in trouble when your pupils are fixed & this, meaning expanded
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dilated
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THE "DI" IS CAST
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This Greek god loved a boy named Ampelos, who was turned into a grapevine when he died
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Dionysus
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GREEK GODS
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In this film a young Natalie Wood exclaims, "You're just a nice old man with whiskers, like my mother said!"
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Miracle on 34th Street
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FILMS OF THE '40s
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The Presbytere in New Orleans boasts a life-size painting of this tragic Longfellow heroine & her lover, Gabriel
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Evangeline
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AROUND THE U.S.A.
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Rah, rah, sis boom bah! It's the term for the globular flowers of a chrysanthemum
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a pom-pom
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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
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Henry Wallace
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FDR
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I WAS HIS VEEP
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Expelled from the legal profession, not the pub
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disbarred
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THE "DI" IS CAST
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Like the Olympic Games, the ancient Nemean Games were dedicated to this mighty god
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Zeus
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GREEK GODS
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This Best Picture Oscar winner of 1945 was filmed in part in the alcoholic ward of NYC's Bellevue Hospital
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The Lost Weekend
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FILMS OF THE '40s
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Wow! The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument covers some 1.7 million acres in this state
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Utah
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AROUND THE U.S.A.
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To tell these from other succulents, look for the areoles, small cushionlike structures the spines grow from
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a cactus
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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
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Martin Van Buren
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Andrew Jackson
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I WAS HIS VEEP
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From the Latin for "to squander", it means fallen into disrepair by neglect
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dilapidated
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THE "DI" IS CAST
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An English word for mass terror comes from the name of this goaty Greek god
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Pan
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GREEK GODS
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Judy Garland sang "The Trolley Song" & "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in this hit musical
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Meet Me In St. Louis
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FILMS OF THE '40s
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In 1989 Julian Bond dedicated a civil rights memorial designed by Maya Lin in this Southern state capital
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Montgomery
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AROUND THE U.S.A.
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Ground
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地
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SCORPIONS live only on the GROUND and in the SOIL.
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Alben Barkley
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Truman
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I WAS HIS VEEP
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Low-droning Australian Aborigine musical instrument made from a long wooden tube
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a didgeridoo
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THE "DI" IS CAST
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Near the temples of Apollo at Delos is a temple dedicated to this goddess of the hunt, Apollo's sister
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Artemis
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GREEK GODS
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Although this singer wanted to portray himself in a 1946 film biography, he was too old & Larry Parks was cast
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Al Jolson
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FILMS OF THE '40s
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Wilcox House, where Teddy Roosevelt took his presidential oath of office in 1901, is in this city
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Buffalo, New York
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AROUND THE U.S.A.
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At England's historic Burnby Hall Gardens in York, you can see 80 different varieties of these aquatic flowers
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a water lily
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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
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Nelson Rockefeller
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Gerald Ford
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I WAS HIS VEEP
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A cedilla, circumflex or macron are these "marks"
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a diacritic
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THE "DI" IS CAST
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'A Gospel & a book of the Old Testament each start with these same 3 words')
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In the beginning
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THE KING JAMES BIBLE
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Destroyed in a Muslim revolt, this Sudanese city was rebuilt by the British in the pattern of their flag
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Khartoum
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STARTS WITH "KH"
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John Avildsen directed "Rocky" & this "Rocky"-like film with Ralph Macchio as a teen beset by bullies
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The Karate Kid
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1984 MOVIES
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The zircon is second only to this gem in ability to disperse light
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Diamond
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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It's the place in England where the oxen forded the river Thames
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Oxford
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CITY NAME ORIGINS
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Also known as "pieplant", its stalks are baked in pies, usually with strawberries
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Rhubarb
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FOOD
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When asked if she wore falsies, this '50s sex symbol said, "Those who know me better, know better"
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Marilyn Monroe
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POTPOURRI
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At his funeral, June 6, 1989, frenzied crowds broke open his coffin, causing his body to fall to the ground
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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STARTS WITH "KH"
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Physician Haing S. Ngor won the "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for this, his first film
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The Killing Fields
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1984 MOVIES
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Henri Becquerel discovered this property when some uranium darkened his photographic plate
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Radioactivity
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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The Spaniards turned the Indian village of Chuk Shon into this Arizona city
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Tucson
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CITY NAME ORIGINS
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Also called a "cattalo", this animal is the result of breeding domestic cattle & bison
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Beefalo
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FOOD
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These 2 words for conical deposits found in caverns come from the Greek "stalassein", meaning "to drip"
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Stalactites & Stalagmites
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POTPOURRI
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It runs through the Safed Koh range from near Peshawar about 30 miles to the Kabul River
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Khyber Pass
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STARTS WITH "KH"
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Film starring H.E. Rollins Jr. based on Charles Fuller's stage presentation "A Soldier's Play"
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A Soldier\'s Story
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1984 MOVIES
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A mixture containing antimony is sprayed on canvas to render it this
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Fireproof
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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This Ohio city was named for a city in China
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Canton
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CITY NAME ORIGINS
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It's what the yellow variety of a string bean is called
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Wax Bean
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FOOD
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The stalklike part of a stamen, or the threadlike conductor in a light bulb
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Filament
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POTPOURRI
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Also known as Cheops, he put up the Great Pyramid
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Khufu
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STARTS WITH "KH"
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In "All of Me" the soul & spirit of Lily Tomlin entered the body of this comedian
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Steve Martin
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1984 MOVIES
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The Carrera type of this is from Italy, Pentelic from Greece & Yule from Colorado
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marble
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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In 1459 Rao Jodha established this city in India
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Jodhpur
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CITY NAME ORIGINS
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This Jewish-American pastry is made with dough & can be stuffed with potato or cheese
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Knish
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FOOD
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He coined the phrase "Blow your own trumpet" in his operetta "Ruddigore"
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William S. Gilbert
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POTPOURRI
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This Turkish title is from a Persian word meaning "prince"
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Khadiv
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STARTS WITH "KH"
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Robin Williams played a Russian musician who defected in Bloomingdale's Dept. Store in this film
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Moscow On The Hudson
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1984 MOVIES
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The 3 cities of Oea, Leptis Magna & Sabrata merged to form this city in Libya
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Tripoli
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CITY NAME ORIGINS
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Combine garlic, pine nuts, parmesan cheese & olive oil with basil & presto! You've got this
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Pesto
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FOOD
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Wines from this state include Chesapeake Blanc, Plantation Blush & James River White
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Virginia
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POTPOURRI
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The character who orders the death of Lady Macduff & her children
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Macbeth
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SHAKESPEARE
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Most early American pioneers wore clothing made of this material that was part linen & part wool
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Linsey-Woolsey
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U.S. HISTORY
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It's the official language of Angola, Mozambique, Brazil & the country where it originated
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Portuguese
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LANGUAGES
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King Louis IX of France died while leading the eighth one of these in 1270
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The Crusades
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MONARCHS
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In 1878 a rail link was set up between St. Paul, Minn. & this capital of Manitoba
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Winnipeg
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CANADA
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These are always open, & their protective covering, called the spectacle, is shed with the skin
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Eyes
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SNAKES
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This title character's ghost appears to Brutus, who calls it a "monstrous apparition"
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Julius Caesar
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SHAKESPEARE
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1 of 2 presidents who appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as a delegate to the U.N.
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Truman & Kennedy
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U.S. HISTORY
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Scholars estimate that half of the words in English are derived from this ancient tongue
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Latin
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LANGUAGES
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This king of Bavaria was declared insane on June 10, 1886; he drowned himself 3 days later
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"Mad" King Ludwig II
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MONARCHS
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In 1897 people rushed to this area located near Dawson in the Yukon Territory
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The Klondike
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CANADA
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Among cobras, the Indian cobra has the best developed one of these features
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Hood
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SNAKES
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Near the end of this play, the king's mount is slain & he has to fight on foot
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"Richard III"
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SHAKESPEARE
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The 1st accident insurance policy in the U.S. was written by the Travelers Ins. Co. in this New England city
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Hartford, CT
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U.S. HISTORY
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Our words balcony, umbrella & volcano come from this modern language
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Italian
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LANGUAGES
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Name shared by 3 kings of the Scots, a Christian emperor of Rome & the last king of Greece
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Constantine
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MONARCHS
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The provincial government is officially known as the government of Newfoundland & this region
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Labrador
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CANADA
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Most boas & pythons have vestiges of these near the base of the tail
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Legs
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SNAKES
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This goddess of the hunt appears to Pericles in Act 5 of "Pericles, Prince of Tyre"
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Diana
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SHAKESPEARE
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Andrew Mellon held this cabinet post under 3 pres.: Harding, Coolidge & Hoover
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Secretary of the Treasury
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U.S. HISTORY
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It's the only Warsaw Pact nation in which a Romance language is official
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Romania
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LANGUAGES
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Psamtik I expelled the Assyrians from this country & founded its 26th dynasty
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Egypt
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MONARCHS
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A city on the Detroit River was first named "The Ferry" but was renamed this after a British borough
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Windsor
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CANADA
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2 of the 3 types of pit vipers found in the U.S.
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Copperheads, cottonmouths & rattlesnakes
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SNAKES
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When Viola disguises herself as a boy in this comedy, Olivia falls in love with her
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"Twelfth Night"
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SHAKESPEARE
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Known as "Gentleman Johnny", this British gen. surrendered at Saratoga in 1777
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John Burgoyne
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U.S. HISTORY
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This Baltic language is also called Lettish
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Latvian
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LANGUAGES
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Qabus Bin Said is sultan of this country, the only remaining sultanate in the Middle East
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Oman
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MONARCHS
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Martin Frobisher visited this huge island 40 years before the man for whom it was named
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Baffin Island
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CANADA
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Venom is usually classified as either hemotoxic, which attacks the blood, or this
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Neurotoxic (which attacks the nervous system)
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SNAKES
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'While a regular on Major Bowes\' radio show, she said, "I\'m 7 years old & I can sing 23 arias."')
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Beverly \"Bubbles\" Sills
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FAMOUS WOMEN
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In 1502, on his fourth voyage, he landed at what is now Trujillo, Honduras
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Columbus
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LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
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This term for the area where you sit in a kayak is more associated with planes than boats
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the cockpit
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WATER TRANSPORTS
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The Alamo exhibit at this city's Plaza Wax Museum is a bit eerie, because the Alamo itself is a short walk away
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San Antonio
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WAX MUSEUMS
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On "The West Wing" Jed Bartlet has a relapsing-remitting course of this autoimmune disorder
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MS
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
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Truly "heavenly", this sponge cake made without egg yolks or butter is fat-free
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angel food cake
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LET THEM EAT CAKE
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Cartoon catchphrase meaning the quality of having a higher I.Q. than an ordinary ursine critter
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smarter than your average bear
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SO YOU'RE THE "SMART" ONE, EH?
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In 1889 this country became a republic when Pedro II gave up his throne
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Brazil
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LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
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When the Savannah passed Ireland in 1819, using this type of power, it made people on shore think she was on fire
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steam
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WATER TRANSPORTS
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Mingle with RuPaul & Fergie (their wax figures, that is) at the 42nd Street spin-off of this British museum
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Madame Tussaud\'s
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WAX MUSEUMS
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Both Graves' disease & Hashimoto's disease attack this gland
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the thyroid
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
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Despite its name this state dessert of Massachusetts is really a custard-filled cake
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Boston cream pie
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LET THEM EAT CAKE
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This series involved shoe phones & the activities of 86 & 99
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Get Smart
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SO YOU'RE THE "SMART" ONE, EH?
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In 1970 he became the first democratically elected Marxist to head a nation in the Western Hemisphere
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Salvador Allende
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LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
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This liquid is the first O carried by an O/B/O cargo ship
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oil
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WATER TRANSPORTS
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In 1962 this reclusive silent film sweetheart emerged to read the dedication at Movieland Wax Museum's opening
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Mary Pickford
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WAX MUSEUMS
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Deficient production of hormones by these endocrine glands causes Addison's disease
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the adrenals
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew puts in an evening as a dessert chef.)Thisdessert is a layer of cake & ice cream that's topped with meringue & then browned in the oven
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Baked Alaska
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LET THEM EAT CAKE
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It's what's put up by knowledgeable investors, or it's the investors themselves
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the smart money
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SO YOU'RE THE "SMART" ONE, EH?
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General Alfredo Stroessner ruled this South American country with an iron hand for 35 years, 1954-1989
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Paraguay
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LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
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These "fish" boats, seenhere, became the most popular sailboats ever produced
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sunfish
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WATER TRANSPORTS
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Appropriately, Potter's Wax Museum in this Florida city bills itself as the oldest in the U.S.
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St. Augustine
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WAX MUSEUMS
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AKA regional enteritis, this disease, a chronic inflammation of hte intestines, bears the name of a U.S. doctor
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Crohn\'s disease
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
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Ricotta can be used to make this type of cake, part of a "factory" restaurant chain's name
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cheesecake
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LET THEM EAT CAKE
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One example is the 2,000 pound GBU-24
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a smart bomb
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SO YOU'RE THE "SMART" ONE, EH?
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In 1519, when Cortes entered the capital then called this, many believed he was a god
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Tenochtitln
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LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
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Seenhere, it shares its name with a French region, and broke the transatlantic speed record in 1935
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theNormandy
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WATER TRANSPORTS
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This father of a "Three's Company" star is one of the country legends depicted in wax at the Music Valley Wax Museum
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Tex Ritter
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WAX MUSEUMS
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The name of this autoimmune disorder means "hard skin"
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scleroderma
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
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This 3-layered "feminine" white cake filled with fruit & nuts was created in South Carolina, not Maryland
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Lady Baltimore cake
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LET THEM EAT CAKE
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From 1914 to 1923 H.L. Mencken co-edited this satiric monthly with George Jean Nathan
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The Smart Set
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SO YOU'RE THE "SMART" ONE, EH?
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The Times' article "Architecture's Dust-Up in the Desert" analyzed the school of architecture named for him
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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THE NEW YORK TIMESARTS & LEISURE
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The name of this male singing voice is from the Greek for "deep-sounding"
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baritone
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FROM THE GREEK
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The word Renaissance comes from rinascere, which loosely means this
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to be reborn (rebirth accepted)
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THE RENAISSANCE
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It's the middle name shared by Miss Americas Meriwether & Mobley
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Ann
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MIDDLE NAMES
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Spread over 4 hills, this African country's capital of Kigali includes a Muslim Quarter, an airport & a technical college
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Rwanda
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HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR AFRICAN CAPITALS
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Sealy now has Dr. Dot Richardson up to bat as a spokesperson for a new line of these to keep your money under
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a mattress
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PLACES TO PUT YOUR BIG WINNINGS
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The Times' review of this 2001 French film was "Little Miss Sunshine as Urban Sprite"
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Amelie
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THE NEW YORK TIMESARTS & LEISURE
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The word ceramics is derived from keramos, which is Greek for this pottery material
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clay
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FROM THE GREEK
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In 1497 this Borgia was accused of murdering his brother Giovanni, Duke of Benevento & Gandia
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Cesare
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THE RENAISSANCE
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Sir Winston Churchill's middle names were Leonard & this, a famous surname in his family tree
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Spencer
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MIDDLE NAMES
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In 1926 the capital of this republic of Northwest Africa was moved from Zinder to Niamey
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Niger
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HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR AFRICAN CAPITALS
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The Federal National Mortgage Association, known by this nickname, sells some nice securities
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Fannie Mae
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PLACES TO PUT YOUR BIG WINNINGS
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The Met's 2002 production of this opera "calls for 346 people onstage along with a horse (Napoleon's)"
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War and Peace
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THE NEW YORK TIMESARTS & LEISURE
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From the Greek meaning "one who eats at another's table", it's an organism that feeds off a host
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parasite
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FROM THE GREEK
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Due to the Great Schism of 1378, Pope Urban VI remained in Rome; rival pope Clement VII moved to this city
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Avignon
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THE RENAISSANCE
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This middle name of Supreme Court Justice William Douglas reminds us of an early aviator
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Orville
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MIDDLE NAMES
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In its capital, N'Djamena, you might learn that this nation was once part of French Equatorial Africa
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Chad
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HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR AFRICAN CAPITALS
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Use your general funds in these 2 "General" companies in the top 5 firms in the Fortune 500
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General Motors & General Electric
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PLACES TO PUT YOUR BIG WINNINGS
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The Times marked the Centennial of this poet who wrote, "I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother"
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Langston Hughes
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THE NEW YORK TIMESARTS & LEISURE
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Read about it in this month's issue; this word for "worldly" is from the Greek for "world" & "city"
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cosmopolitan
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FROM THE GREEK
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In 1415 this Bohemian religious reformer was condemned for heresy & burned at the stake in Germany
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(Jan) Hus
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THE RENAISSANCE
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Because this is a million-dollar tournament, you have to spell the middle name of President Warren Harding
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G-A-M-A-L-I-E-L
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MIDDLE NAMES
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On the northeast tip of Lake Tanganyika, Bujumbura is the capital of this African nation
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Burundi
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HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR AFRICAN CAPITALS
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On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this investment opportunity is abbreviated "PB"
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pork bellies
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PLACES TO PUT YOUR BIG WINNINGS
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This "famed... company from St. Petersburg is now at the mercy of... ballet masters of the world", the Times lamented
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the Kirov
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THE NEW YORK TIMESARTS & LEISURE
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From Greek for "tribe" or "race", it's the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom
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phylum
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FROM THE GREEK
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In the 1400s this pioneering architect designed the Duomo & the Foundling Hospital in Florence
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(Filippo) Brunelleschi
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THE RENAISSANCE
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John C. Calhoun's middle initial stood for this name
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Caldwell
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MIDDLE NAMES
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Some go to the artisans' market in this country's capital of Bamako to look for monkey skulls & skins
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Mali
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HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR AFRICAN CAPITALS
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For mutual funds go to your broker; to invest this way, French for "betting amongst ourselves", go to the track
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parimutuel
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PLACES TO PUT YOUR BIG WINNINGS
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'He was born in India; his father worked for the British government & he was nicknamed for a Kipling character')
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Kim Philby
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ESPIONAGE
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In 1993 he hinted that he'd be willing to give up power if the U.S. ended its embargo of Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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HISTORY
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Yo! The leather jacket he wore in "Rocky" is on display at Planet Hollywood in Washington, D.C.
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Sylvester Stallone
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TV & MOVIE TOURISM
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Like Atlanta's Journal & Constitution, Detroit's News & Free Press combine for this day's edition
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Sunday (only)
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DAYS OF THE WEEK
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This continent is home to both pacas & alpacas
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South America
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ANIMALS
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When chopped & formed into a ball, it's gefilte
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Fish
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JEWISH FOOD
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Side,Dart,Ouija
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Boards
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COMMON BONDS
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In 1951 Macao became an overseas province of this country, & in 1974 a "Special Territory"
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Portugal
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HISTORY
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Hossburgers are served at the Ponderosa Ranch in Incline Village, Nevada, where some of this TV series was filmed
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"Bonanza"
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TV & MOVIE TOURISM
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It's the day of the week for presidents & labor
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Monday
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DAYS OF THE WEEK
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One of these chilopoda arthropods has as many as 177 pairs of legs; most have 15 to 23 pairs
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Centipede
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ANIMALS
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Not all matzos can be used during this holiday, only those in boxes designated for it
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Passover
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JEWISH FOOD
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Bank,Honor,Tootsie
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Rolls
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COMMON BONDS
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In 1867 Emperor Franz Joseph created this dual monarchy
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Austria-Hungary
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HISTORY
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Some of his personal movie memorabilia are displayed in the Tree Room, a restaurant at his Sundance Resort
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Robert Redford
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TV & MOVIE TOURISM
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This day will earn you the greatest number of regular points in Scrabble
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Wednesday
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DAYS OF THE WEEK
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A female one of the gypsy species of this insect can lay over 1,000 eggs at one time
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Moth
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ANIMALS
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On Rosh Hashanah it's traditional to dip slices of this fruit in honey
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Apples
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JEWISH FOOD
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Booster,Sling,Jump
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Shots
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COMMON BONDS
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A skirmish over the theft of one of the Discovery's boats led to this explorer's murder in 1779
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Captain James Cook
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HISTORY
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Fans of this 1963 Hitchcock classic "flock" to Bodega Bay, California, where it was filmed
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"The Birds"
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TV & MOVIE TOURISM
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In ancient Rome it was called Dies Veneris, the day of Venus, hence the French Vendredi
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Friday
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DAYS OF THE WEEK
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To count a pair of these carnivorous sea snails, say "A-one-an-a-two"
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Whelks
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ANIMALS
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Challah, a type of this, is served in a twisted form on the Sabbath
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Bread
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JEWISH FOOD
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Place,Floor,Door
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Mats
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COMMON BONDS
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Tradition says this country's first emperor, Menelik I, was the son of King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
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Ethiopia
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HISTORY
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The Virginia museum devoted to this TV series is across the street from Earl Hamner's boyhood home
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"The Waltons"
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TV & MOVIE TOURISM
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These 2 days were named for 2 sons of Odin
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Tuesday & Thursday (Tue & Thor)
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DAYS OF THE WEEK
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The domestic one of these evolved from the mouflon & urial
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Sheep
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ANIMALS
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A kugel may be noodle or this type made from the main ingredient in latkes
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Potatoes
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JEWISH FOOD
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Life,Security,Shin
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Guards
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COMMON BONDS
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At over 3,500,000 square miles, this desert covers an area larger than Australia
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Sahara
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WORLD FACTS
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This event is also called the deluge
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The Flood
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THE BIBLE
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This capital's library may not have the sun & the moon, but it does have the Sung & Ming Royal Libraries
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Beijing
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LIBRARIES
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When she became an actress, she was following in the footsteps of her mother, Edith Luckett
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Nancy Reagan
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FIRST LADIES
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A special ward of the hospital devoted to very sick patients is the ICU, which stands for this
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Intensive Care Unit
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MEDICINE
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In 1994 Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia in "The Brady Bunch", appeared as Rizzo in this Broadway musical
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"Grease"
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MUSICAL THEATRE
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The initials F & I on Puerto Rico's official seal stand for this royal pair
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Ferdinand & Isabella
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WORLD FACTS
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This brother of Moses was the first Jewish high priest
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Aaron
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THE BIBLE
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The Truman Library in this city has a Thomas Hart Benton mural
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Independence, Missouri
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LIBRARIES
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During the 1960 presidential campaign, this Texan was called the Democrats' "secret weapon"
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Lady Bird Johnson
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FIRST LADIES
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In 1965 this famous pediatrician published "Caring For Your Disabled Child"
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Dr. Benjamin Spock
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MEDICINE
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"King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running" is a musical revue set in the Outer Banks of this state
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North Carolina
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MUSICAL THEATRE
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This Swiss-French lake is the largest of the Alpine lakes
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Lake Geneva
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WORLD FACTS
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Alphabetically, it's the first book of the King James Bible
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Acts of the Apostles
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THE BIBLE
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One location where this U.S. industrialist donated a library was his native Dunfermline, Scotland
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Andrew Carnegie
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LIBRARIES
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Teddy Roosevelt's wife Edith was related to this author of "The Age of Innocence"
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Edith Wharton
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FIRST LADIES
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This common childhood viral disease is also called epidemic parotitis
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The Mumps
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MEDICINE
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Robert Preston starred as this silent film director in the Jerry Herman musical "Mack & Mabel"
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Mack Sennett
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MUSICAL THEATRE
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The Denmark Strait separates these 2 islands by about 200 miles
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Greenland & Iceland
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WORLD FACTS
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In Luke 17 Jesus healed 10 men with this affliction, but only one thanked him
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Leprosy
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THE BIBLE
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This country's largest library is part of its University of Dhaka
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Bangladesh
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LIBRARIES
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She wore a yellow velvet gown & a plumed Parisian turban to her husband's 1809 inaugural ball
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Dolley Madison
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FIRST LADIES
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This medical magazine published in Waltham, Massachusetts was founded in 1812
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The New England Journal of Medicine
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MEDICINE
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"Her First Roman" was a musical adaptation of Shaw's play about these historic lovers
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Caesar & Cleopatra
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MUSICAL THEATRE
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A lion on this country's coat of arms holds Saint Olaf's battle-axe
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Norway
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WORLD FACTS
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Paul's first & second epistles to these Greeks immediately follow his epistle to the Romans
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The Corinthians
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THE BIBLE
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The Margaret Clapp Library at Wellesley College has all the love letters sent by this pair of poets
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Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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LIBRARIES
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His wife Florence often consulted a Washington astrologer known as Madame Marcia
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Warren G. Harding
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FIRST LADIES
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This psychiatric center in Topeka includes a children's hospital
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Menninger Clinic
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MEDICINE
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This creator of Jeeves wrote lyrics for more than 2 dozen musicals, including "Leave It To Jane"
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P.G. Wodehouse
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MUSICAL THEATRE
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'Commander Lloyd M. Bucher was the last captain of this U.S. ship')
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U.S.S. Pueblo (attacked by North Korea in 1968)
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FAMOUS SHIPS
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In 1988, yes, 1988, the Times reported, "For computers" this year "may prove a bit traumatic"
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2000
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THE NEW YORK TIMESHEADLINES
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This one of St. Paul's 3 virtues, said Nietzsche, "is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man"
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hope
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NIETZSCHE, I'M GLAD TO MEETCHA
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Fred MacMurray played Dad to Robbie, Chip & Ernie on this long-running comedy
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My Three Sons
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CLASSIC TV
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A "wet" one of these breast-feeds another woman's child
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a wet nurse
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YOUR FEMININE SIDE
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This motorcycle manufacturer sponsors an owners group called H.O.G.
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Harley-Davidson
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MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
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From Season 3:This "Pretty Baby" once suggested wearing red mascara, because it's "perfect for the disco"
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Brooke Shields
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18 YEARS OF LEFTOVERS
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Its split-up in 1982 was noted with the headline seenhere
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AT&T;
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THE NEW YORK TIMESHEADLINES
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One of the 2 things Nietzsche called "the 2 great European narcotics"
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Christianity (or alcohol)
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NIETZSCHE, I'M GLAD TO MEETCHA
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Psst! This game show hosted by Garry Moore & then Steve Allen ran for 15 seasons
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I\'ve Got a Secret
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CLASSIC TV
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(Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) If you're sure you've met this "correct" man but he's skittish, keep your options open
|
"Mr. Right"
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YOUR FEMININE SIDE
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XJ6 & XKE are models of this car
|
the Jaguar
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MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
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From Season 14:21-year-old Frances Folsom married 49-year-old Grover Cleveland in this "colorful" room
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the Blue Room
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18 YEARS OF LEFTOVERS
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In the January 11, 1946 headline "UNO Opened", UNO was short for these 3 words
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United Nations Organization
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THE NEW YORK TIMESHEADLINES
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Nietzsche's family called him by this nickname, like the 1984 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee
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Fritz
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NIETZSCHE, I'M GLAD TO MEETCHA
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In 1973 Beverly Hillbilly Buddy Ebsen returned to series TV as a private eye on this show
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Barnaby Jones
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CLASSIC TV
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Completes the title of a 1977 play, also Victorian advice to new brides, "Shut Your Eyes and..."
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Think of England
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YOUR FEMININE SIDE
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This fast-food chain got its name from a character in "The French Connection"
|
Popeyes
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MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
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From Season 12:Horace's quote "Permitte divis cetera" means "Leave the rest to" these beings
|
the gods
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18 YEARS OF LEFTOVERS
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The end to this man's trial was noted with the January 22, 1950 headline seenhere
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Alger Hiss
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THE NEW YORK TIMESHEADLINES
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Between 1872 & 1879, Nietzsche often visited Richard Wagner at his home in this city northeast of Nuremberg
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Bayreuth
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NIETZSCHE, I'M GLAD TO MEETCHA
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This occult series featuring Darren McGavin premiered in September 1974, on Friday the 13th
|
The Night Stalker
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CLASSIC TV
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An Estee Lauder perfume, or the type of non-rational sensing that's proverbially "feminine"
|
Intuition
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YOUR FEMININE SIDE
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This chain owned by The Gap began selling its dog supply line of canine fashions, accessories & toys in 2001
|
Old Navy
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MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
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From Season 11:British nonsense poet who wrote the 1877 poem "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo"
|
Edward Lear
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18 YEARS OF LEFTOVERS
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A November 9, 1917 story said this Russian "in exile lived in the Bronx"; "real name is Braunstein"
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Trotsky
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THE NEW YORK TIMESHEADLINES
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Further complicating his health, Nietzsche worked as a hospital attendant during this 1870-71 conflict
|
the Franco-Prussian War
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NIETZSCHE, I'M GLAD TO MEETCHA
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Officers Toody & Muldoon kept order in the Bronx on this '60s comedy
|
Car 54, Where Are You?
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CLASSIC TV
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Born Francisco Rabaneda, in the 1960s he clothed women in dresses held together with metal rings
|
Paco Rabanne
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YOUR FEMININE SIDE
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Based in Laufen, Switzerland, this company makes cough drops & breath mints from Alpine herbs
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Ricola
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MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
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From Season 10:This count who commanded a French force at Yorktown had almost become a priest
|
Rochambeau
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18 YEARS OF LEFTOVERS
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She fictionalized her affair with Nelson Algren in "Les Mandarins", & based the heroine's husband on Sartre
|
Simone de Beauvoir
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AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
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"Death of a Salesman"(1999)
|
Brian Dennehy
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BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS
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It's Latin for "bark" (like on a tree); the cerebral type is the layer that covers your brain
|
cortex
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"C" IN SCIENCE
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Maybe Columbus was trying to butter up this king when he gave his son the same name in 1488
|
Ferdinand
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KING ME!
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Shop for "Mystery Pipes", whose designs don't appear until you smoke them, in this cheese-y city 17 mi. E. of Delft
|
Gouda
|
TRAVEL FUN
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Walt Whitman poem about the duo that sang "Love Will Keep Us Together"
|
"O Captain! My Captain & Tennille"
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BEFORE & AFTER
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This Bronte sister based the debauched Huntingdon in "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" on her brother Branwell
|
Anne
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AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
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"The Great White Hope"(1969)
|
James Earl Jones
|
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS
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This type of cable has insulated conducting material around a separately insulated conducting tube
|
coaxial
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"C" IN SCIENCE
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Meetingwith President Clinton in 1996, he's the king seenhere
|
King Hussein
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KING ME!
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You won't want to miss the ancestral chateau of the Counts of Egmont at Gaasbeek in this Low Country
|
Belgium
|
TRAVEL FUN
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He sang "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" when negotiating a peace treaty with Japan & as Ike's Secretary of State
|
Elton John Foster Dulles
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BEFORE & AFTER
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The title of this D.H. Lawrence novel refers to the Brangwen sisters
|
Women in Love
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AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
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"Mark Twain Tonight!"(1966)
|
Hal Holbrook
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BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS
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In an experiment, it's the "group" of people not receiving the treatment under study
|
the control group
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"C" IN SCIENCE
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"Le Bref" was the epithet of this medieval king, Charlemagne's father
|
Pepin the Short
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KING ME!
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Observe wild animals from this famous hotel where Princess Elizabeth was when she became Queen of England
|
Treetops
|
TRAVEL FUN
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Hey Lady! This star of "The Nutty Professor" created the Mad Hatter
|
Jerry Lewis Carroll
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BEFORE & AFTER
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A wild romance with Alfred de Musset inspired this Frenchwoman with a masculine name to write "Elle et lui"
|
George Sand
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AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
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"Sunrise at Campobello"(1958)
|
Ralph Bellamy
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BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew finds some enormous turtles.) This word, derived from Spanish, refers to the upper part of a turtle'sshell
|
a carapace
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"C" IN SCIENCE
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He was deposed by the Bavarian government in 1886; must've made him really "Mad"
|
Ludwig II
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KING ME!
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Let opera wash over you at the Roman baths named for this emperor who ruled from 211 to 217
|
Caracalla
|
TRAVEL FUN
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Frequent "What's My Line" panelist & vocalizing equine in a '50s film series
|
Arlene Francis the Talking Mule
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BEFORE & AFTER
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A character known as "Sister" narrates this Mississippi woman's famous story "Why I Live at the P.O."
|
Eudora Welty
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AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
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"Hamlet"(1995)
|
Ralph Fiennes
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BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS
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This Frenchman showed that the inverse square law applied to the forces between magnetic poles
|
(Charles Augustin de) Coulomb
|
"C" IN SCIENCE
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Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bhumibol Adulyadej grew up to become king of this country
|
Thailand
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KING ME!
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In Barcelona, take a rooftop tour of Casa Mila, designed by this master of Modernismo architecture
|
Gaudi
|
TRAVEL FUN
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Dueling vice president who created the puppet show "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"
|
Aaron Burr Tillstrom
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BEFORE & AFTER
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'In 1999 the wreck of this ship, known for its historic 1912 rescue effort, was discovered 120 miles off England')
|
theCarpathia
|
FAMOUS SHIPS
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"The Universe in a Nutshell" is his bestselling follow-up to "A Brief History of Time"
|
Stephen Hawking
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THE NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLERS
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The international airport in New Delhi bears her name
|
Indira Gandhi
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PEOPLE FROM INDIA
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In 1985 Portugal's Carlos Lopes, at age 38, set a record in one of these: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 12 seconds
|
a marathon
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TRACK & FIELD
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This predatory creature is classified as Carcharodon carcharias
|
the great white shark
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WHITE
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Kolyibo is a Serbian Thanksgiving food whose basic ingredients are wheat & this insect sweet
|
honey
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WHEAT
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Twain said this type of book is one "which people praise and don't read"
|
a classic
|
WRY
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This sequel by Alexandria Ripley, published 55 years after the original novel, entered the list at No. 1 in 1991
|
Scarlett
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THE NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLERS
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As the first prime minister of independent India, he served from 1947 to 1964
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Nehru
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PEOPLE FROM INDIA
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In 1986 Jackie Joyner-Kersee was named the amateur athlete of the year; this sister-in-law won in 1988
|
Florence Griffith Joyner
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TRACK & FIELD
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The name of this disease comes from Greek words for "white" & "blood"
|
leukemia
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WHITE
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Dunkelweizen & Kristall Weizen are refreshing wheat types of these
|
beer
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WHEAT
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Completes Groucho's saying "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make..."
|
an exception
|
WRY
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If you know that this was Herman Wouk's first No. 1 novel, back in 1951, we salute you!
|
The Caine Mutiny
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THE NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLERS
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This musician's album "In Celebration" was co-produced by George Harrison
|
Ravi Shankar
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PEOPLE FROM INDIA
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On May 25, 1935 he tied or set 6 track & field records--the most ever in one day
|
Jesse Owens
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TRACK & FIELD
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It's the seven-letter term for the white of an egg
|
albumen
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WHITE
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Nabisco makes these crispy crackers; red oval farms makes them "stoned"
|
Wheat Thins
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WHEAT
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Oscar Wilde wrote, "Experience is the name everyone gives to" these
|
their mistakes
|
WRY
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A best seller in 1980, this Jeffrey Archer novel sounds like the saga of biblical siblings
|
Cain and Abel
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THE NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLERS
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In the 1950s he directed the landmark "Apu" triology of films
|
Satyajit Ray
|
PEOPLE FROM INDIA
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In 1978 5'8" Franklin Jacobs exceeded his height by 23 1/4" in this event--the greatest differential ever
|
the high jump
|
TRACK & FIELD
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Vases can be made from this gypsum mineral whose name has come to mean "smooth & white"
|
alabaster
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WHITE
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1-word name of a cooked cereal introduced in 1879 as an alternative to oatmeal
|
Wheatina
|
WHEAT
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H.L. Mencken said, "No one... has ever lost money by" doing this to "the intelligence of the... plain people"
|
underestimating
|
WRY
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This seductive novel landed John Fowles on the best-seller list in 1969
|
The French Lieutenant\'s Woman
|
THE NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLERS
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Born Prince Khurram in 1596, he built the Taj Mahal & ruled under this name
|
Shah Jahan
|
PEOPLE FROM INDIA
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This son of a dutch immigrant had the first 15' pole vault--in fact, he had the first 43 15' pole vaults
|
"Dutch" Warmerdam
|
TRACK & FIELD
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Don't fire until you see this, the white of the eye
|
sclera
|
WHITE
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Best known as part of tabbouleh, it's also an ingredient in many meatless burgers
|
bulgur
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WHEAT
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The epitaph she suggested for herself: "Excuse my dust"
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Dorothy Parker
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WRY
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In 1536 King Christian III established this protestant denomination as Denmark's state religion
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Lutheranism
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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Michigan detective Axel Foley, California detective Billy Rosewood
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Beverly Hills Cop
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MOVIES BY CHARACTER
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Britannica suggests that the out-of-wedlock children fathered by this "Good Gray Poet" were imaginary
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Walt Whitman
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POETIC LICENSE
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It was Otto von Guericke who theorized that these "return" & Halley ursurped, er... jumped on the idea
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comets
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
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Italian for "half", this prefix often precedes forte & soprano
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mezzo
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
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Yours right now is approximately 74 degrees west
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longitude
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YOU'VE GOT A "TUDE", MISTER
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When this country gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece objected to its name & flag
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Macedonia
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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Jeanne & Paul (who don't know each other's names) & a French apartment
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Last Tango in Paris
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MOVIES BY CHARACTER
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The 2001 biography "Savage Beauty" details the lustful life of this "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed" poet
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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POETIC LICENSE
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In 1800, Humphry Davy wrote that this gas "appears capable of destroying... pain" & could be used in operations
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nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
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The name of this old French dance follows "Ascot" in the title of a song from "My Fair Lady"
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gavotte
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
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In 1994 the A in SAT was changed from this to "assessment"
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aptitude
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YOU'VE GOT A "TUDE", MISTER
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In WWI Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire were known in the West as these "Powers"
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the Central
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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In a 1959 film, Altair, Aldebaran, Antares & Rigel (total legs: 16)
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Ben Hur
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MOVIES BY CHARACTER
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A rural legend says he wrote a nasty ballad about Sir Thomas Lucy after being caught poaching on Lucy's land
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William Shakespeare
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POETIC LICENSE
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Linus Pauling rightly predicted that this blood disease producing strangely-shaped hemoglobin was genetic
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sickle-cell anemia
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
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He composed "Karelia" as a tribute to the Finnish province of the same name
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Sibelius
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
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The state of being alone or isolated
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solitude
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YOU'VE GOT A "TUDE", MISTER
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In 59 B.C. Julius Caesar established a colony on the Arno River which later became this Italian city
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Florence
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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Defendants Ernst Janning & Friedrich Hofstetter
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Judgment at Nuremberg
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MOVIES BY CHARACTER
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One week after a secret wedding at St. Marylebone Church, she ran off to Italy, escaping Wimpole Street forever
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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POETIC LICENSE
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In 1846 Joseph Leidy discovered that the worm Trichina is found in this animal
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the pig
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
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The name of this small harpsichord may come from the Latin for "rod" or the Latin for "maiden"
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virginal
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
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King Lear speaks of "filial" this, which caused him grief
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ingratitude
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YOU'VE GOT A "TUDE", MISTER
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In 1589 Henry of this kingdom became Henry IV of France & began the Royal Bourbon dynasty
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Navarre
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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Lyle, Tector & Pike, who says, "If they move... kill 'em"
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The Wild Bunch
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MOVIES BY CHARACTER
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Leigh Hunt was imprisoned in 1823 for literary attacks against the prince regent, who later became this king
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George IV
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POETIC LICENSE
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Studying refraction in 1627, this French mathematician made a rainbow connection
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Rene Descartes
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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
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The film "Gosford Park" features several songs by this British actor & composer who's a character in the movie
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Ivor Novello
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
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From the Latin for "vile", this term often follows "moral"
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turpitude
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YOU'VE GOT A "TUDE", MISTER
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'Founded in 1758, it\'s named for a British prime minister who was a noted defender of the American Colonists')
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Pittsburgh
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U.S. CITIES
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The sartorius, which flexes the thigh, is the body's longest one of these
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muscle
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THE BODY HUMAN
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This daughter of a pop music icon found "The Simple Life" on Fox
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Nicole Richie
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CELEBS
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The cereal that Tony the Tiger thinks is gr-r-reat is Kellogg's Frosted Flakes of this
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corn
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AMERICANA
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"Because you've got better things to do than plug in and wait", the battery of this co.'s Civic Hybrid recharges itself
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Honda
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DRIVING THE GREEN
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In a Grimm fairy tale, a witch entices this brother & sister into a gingerbread house
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Hansel & Gretel
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BEWITCHED
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The Olympic Games begin with these events
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opening ceremony
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THE "O.C."
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World Book describes this organ as a "grayish-pink jellylike ball with many ridges and grooves"
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brain
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THE BODY HUMAN
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This tennis star born in Omaha is nicknamed A-Rod
|
Andy Roddick
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CELEBS
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The total weight of copper in this statue is 31 tons, though the copper sheeting is only 3/32 of an inch thick
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Statue of Liberty
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AMERICANA
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At 55 MPG, you could get from L.A. to Vegas on a bout 5 gallons driving a Prius from this company
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Toyota
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DRIVING THE GREEN
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It's the town where 20 people were executed for being witches in 1692
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Salem
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BEWITCHED
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It's the capital of the Sooner State
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Oklahoma City
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THE "O.C."
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It's the area of hardened skin at the base & sides of your fingernails, or a protective outer layer of a hair
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cuticle
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THE BODY HUMAN
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She & Chris Robinson have a baby named Ryder Russell Robinson
|
Kate Hudson
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CELEBS
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For McDonald's fries, this portion found in the name of a documentary translates to 610 calories & 29 grams of fat
|
Super Size
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AMERICANA
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The Altra EV from this company that also makes the Altima can hit 75 MPH; what a (non) gas!
|
Nissan
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DRIVING THE GREEN
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As a witch's familiar, Pywacket is one of these animals in the play "Bell, Book and Candle"
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cat
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BEWITCHED
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Freudian theory in which a son wants to kill his father & marry his mother
|
the Oedipus complex
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THE "O.C."
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This substance that covers the tooth is the hardest tissue in the body
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enamel
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THE BODY HUMAN
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He's the fashion svant on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"
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Carson
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CELEBS
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A 2003 stamp honored the bicentennial of this, often called the greatest real estate deal in history
|
Louisiana Purchase
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AMERICANA
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The Escape Hybrid from this company claims to have a "range of well over 400 miles on a single tank"
|
Ford
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DRIVING THE GREEN
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This term for a group of witches is from an Anglo-Norman word meaning "assembly"
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coven
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BEWITCHED
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This Neil Simon play featured the antics of fussy Felix & slovenly Oscar
|
Odd Couple
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THE "O.C."
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As well as red & white blood cells you have these disk-like cells, aka thrombocytes, to help blood clot
|
platelets
|
THE BODY HUMAN
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This American supermodel's dad is a Dutch-born furniture maker
|
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
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CELEBS
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This white school shoe is named for the shape of the black leather piece that's over the middle section of the shoe
|
saddle shoe
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AMERICANA
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The EV1 got a fantastic 0 MPG, as it was a no-gas vehicle from this U.S. co. organized by William Durant in 1908
|
General Motors
|
DRIVING THE GREEN
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In this Hawthorne tale, a "young" man discovers his neighbors practicing witchcraft
|
Young Goodman Brown
|
BEWITCHED
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this man and his son ruled England following the execution of King Charles I
|
Oliver Cromwell
|
THE "O.C."
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The renaissance began in the early 1300s in the northern city-states of what is now this country
|
Italy
|
THE RENAISSANCE
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"The Chronicles of Riddick" star who is an internal-combustion machine found in trucks
|
Vin Diesel Engine
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BEFORE & AFTER
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The Daily Bruin
|
UCLA
|
COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS
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You could say it was horrible that he became the first Russian czar in 1547, but that wouldn't be quite the right word
|
Ivan the Terrible
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RUSSIAN AROUND
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Other names for this Australian dog are Noggum, Maliki & Boolomo; don't let one "steal your by-bee"
|
Dingo
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WHAT UP, DOG?
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(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.) We need to force some turnovers--let's use this "full-court" defense
|
the press
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BASKETBALL WITH COACH DIXON
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This French author poked fun at man's follies in his stinging satire "Gargantua"
|
Rabelais
|
THE RENAISSANCE
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"Hybrid Theory" & "Meteora" are albums by this alt-metal band that's the second-priciest Monopoly property
|
Linkin Park Place
|
BEFORE & AFTER
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The Daily Tar Heel
|
University of North Carolina
|
COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS
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In 2000 the Russian Orthodox Church canonized this last Russian czar & his family
|
Nicholas II
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RUSSIAN AROUND
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With public sentiment running high from WWI, the British renamed this breed Alsatian
|
the German shepherd
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WHAT UP, DOG?
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(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.) As long as they're in man-to-man, keep going to this basic play which starts with setting a pick
|
pick and roll
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BASKETBALL WITH COACH DIXON
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King Philip II hated this artist's "Martyrdom at St. Maurice", so he never gained royal favor; he soon moved to Toledo
|
El Greco
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THE RENAISSANCE
|
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1977 film in which Luke Skywalker uses the force in the struggle between the royal houses of York & Lancaster
|
Star Wars of the Roses
|
BEFORE & AFTER
|
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The Daily Gamecock
|
University of South Carolina
|
COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS
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In 1762 Peter III was deposed, she became reigning empress & poor ol' Pete was murdered shortly thereafter
|
Catherine the Great
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RUSSIAN AROUND
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When a problem comes along you must name this British breed seenhere
|
the whippet
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WHAT UP, DOG?
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(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.) This is what I tell people who don't belong in the gym; it's also the play we'll run to isolate our hot hand on one side
|
clear out
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BASKETBALL WITH COACH DIXON
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In his 1509 work "The Praise of Folly", this Dutch priest criticized the moral quality of church leaders
|
Erasmus
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THE RENAISSANCE
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"Sister Act" comedienne who is a 1740s piece of music J.S. Bach wrote for harpsichord
|
Whoopi Goldberg Variations
|
BEFORE & AFTER
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The Hoya
|
Georgetown
|
COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS
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In 1887 the brother of this first USSR leader was executed for attempting to kill Czar Alexander III
|
Lenin
|
RUSSIAN AROUND
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This breed shares its name with a famous 1830s British science ship
|
the beagle
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WHAT UP, DOG?
|
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(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.) We'll never get transition points if you don't sharpen up this pass that gets the fast break going
|
an outlet pass
|
BASKETBALL WITH COACH DIXON
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He opposed Henry VIII's divorce, but Henry appointed him anyway to succeed Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor
|
Thomas More
|
THE RENAISSANCE
|
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Not only was this man Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1801 to 1835, he's also Eminem's real name
|
John Marshall Mathers
|
BEFORE & AFTER
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Washington Square News
|
NYU
|
COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS
|
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The 1980s were tough on Russian heads of state: he died in 1982, Andropov in 1984 & Chernenko in 1985
|
Brezhnev
|
RUSSIAN AROUND
|
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Zeppo Marx helped establish the U.S. line of this hound that would feel at home in Kandahar
|
Afghan
|
WHAT UP, DOG?
|
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(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.) When I talk about the "3-man" type of this, I don't mean something you get at the hair salon
|
the weave
|
BASKETBALL WITH COACH DIXON
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'In 1952 William Rehnquist graduated first in his class at Stanford Law & she graduated third')
|
Sandra Day O\'Connor
|
FAMOUS WOMEN
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Even as a young girl in Philadelphia, this future flagmaker showed a talent for fine needlework
|
Betsy Ross
|
KIDS IN HISTORY
|
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...to Hawaii where we got to pig out & dance the hula at one of these native feasts, right on the beach
|
a luau
|
WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION
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He's the elusive writer of "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
|
Lemony Snicket
|
IN THE BOOKSTORE
|
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Tall fellow:FIFE RAG
|
giraffe
|
ANAGRAM ZOO
|
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Buy a desired collectible & you might make more money by auctioning it on this web site started in 1995
|
eBay
|
HOW TO INVEST YOUR ALLOWANCE
|
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The strength of the outer part of a kernel of this determines if it's a nice fluffy one or a crunchy "old maid"
|
popcorn
|
LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES
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When this Italian explorer was a kid, his dad went to China without him; when he was a teen, his dad took him along
|
Marco Polo
|
KIDS IN HISTORY
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…to Paris, France where we saw this famous landmark that's picturedhere
|
the Eiffel Tower
|
WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION
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In a novel by E.B. White, a spider named Charlotte becomes friends with this pig
|
Wilbur
|
IN THE BOOKSTORE
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From Australia:ORGAN OAK
|
kangaroo
|
ANAGRAM ZOO
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Buy real estate & name the buildings after yourself, like this host of "The Apprentice"
|
Donald Trump
|
HOW TO INVEST YOUR ALLOWANCE
|
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In the 1960s, California had over 200 of these, where people watched movies from their cars
|
drive-ins
|
LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES
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Born in Scotland in 1747, he sailed off as a cabin boy at age 12 & later became a naval hero in the Amer. Revolution
|
John Paul Jones
|
KIDS IN HISTORY
|
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…to Italy, where we tasted tiramisu, which was yummy, & gorgonzola, a type of this, which was yucky!
|
cheese
|
WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION
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The Tuck family finds a fountain of youth in this novel by Natalie Babbitt
|
Tuck Everlasting
|
IN THE BOOKSTORE
|
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A mountain ape:LIAR LOG
|
gorilla
|
ANAGRAM ZOO
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You donate money to the charity that fights this disease, & buy a wristband like the one seenhere
|
cancer
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HOW TO INVEST YOUR ALLOWANCE
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The people on the board that assigns these, such as G & R, have to have had kids
|
ratings
|
LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES
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A gifted student & a fine athlete, this member of the Tudor family became the heir to Engl.'s throne at age 10, in 1502
|
Henry VIII
|
KIDS IN HISTORY
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…to this U.S. city where we got to see Mt. Rainier form the top of the Space Needle
|
Seattle
|
WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION
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Milo meets a dog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body) in this classic by Norton Juster
|
The Phantom Tollbooth
|
IN THE BOOKSTORE
|
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Ocean mammal:PIN HOLD
|
a dolphin
|
ANAGRAM ZOO
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Buy shares of this in a company; there's an exchange for them on Wall St.
|
stock
|
HOW TO INVEST YOUR ALLOWANCE
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The people at www.captiveaudience.org want to eliminate these before movies; coming attractions, they're OK with
|
commercials
|
LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES
|
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This Polish-French composer who was born in 1810 composed a polonaise when he was only 7
|
(Fredric) Chopin
|
KIDS IN HISTORY
|
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…to New York City where we visited the Museum of Modern Art & saw this man's famous painting,"Starry Night"
|
Vincent Van Gogh
|
WHERE WE WENT ON SUMMER VACATION
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Duchess is the mother of the title horse of this Anna Sewell story
|
Black Beauty
|
IN THE BOOKSTORE
|
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Asian snake fighter:EGO MOONS
|
a mongoose
|
ANAGRAM ZOO
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds from this government department founded in 1789
|
the U.S. Treasury
|
HOW TO INVEST YOUR ALLOWANCE
|
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This type of "seating", named for a place to watch sports, puts each row well above the one in front
|
stadium
|
LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES
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This treelike grass with a woody stem is the favored food of pandas
|
bamboo
|
"B" IN SCIENCE
|
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This title character had to work as a frycook at the Chum Bucket after Mr. Krabs lost him in a bet
|
SpongeBob SquarePants
|
TV DINNERS
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A current U.S. governor:"America is a place where anyone can make it, even an Austrian farm boy"
|
Schwarzenegger
|
YOU CAN QUOTE ME!
|
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(Jon of the Clue Crew plays with his food.) A traditional sound effect iscrushing cornflakesto get the sound of footsteps on these in autumn
|
leaves
|
THE AUDIOVISUAL HOUR
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Opened in 1994 & nearly 31 miles long, it has entrances near Folkstone, England & Coquelles, France
|
the Chunnel
|
I SEE LONDON, I SEE FRANCE
|
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Superman knows it's from the Greek for "mother city"
|
Metropolis
|
10-LETTER WORDS
|
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Toxins from these single-celled organisms can cause diseases like botulism
|
bacteria
|
"B" IN SCIENCE
|
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Restaurants on this animated series include The Frying Dutchman & Krusty Burger
|
The Simpsons
|
TV DINNERS
|
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|
In 1961:"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"
|
John F. Kennedy
|
YOU CAN QUOTE ME!
|
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|
This instrument heardhereis popular in both jazz & classical ensembles
|
a clarinet
|
THE AUDIOVISUAL HOUR
|
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This roamin' Roman led the invasions of Gaul in 58 B.C. & Britain in 55 B.C.; he'd be dead 11 years after that
|
Julius Caesar
|
I SEE LONDON, I SEE FRANCE
|
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The only continent that fits the category
|
Antarctica
|
10-LETTER WORDS
|
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It's the theory that the universe was created in a cosmic explosion
|
the big bang theory
|
"B" IN SCIENCE
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You can buy groceries to make your own dinner at Mr. Hooper's store on this famous PBS road
|
Sesame Street
|
TV DINNERS
|
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In the Bible:"Let my people go!"
|
Moses
|
YOU CAN QUOTE ME!
|
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The straight dope is it's the strait indicatedhere
|
the Strait of Gibraltar
|
THE AUDIOVISUAL HOUR
|
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In 1066 William the Conqueror was crowned King at this famous abbey
|
Westminster Abbey
|
I SEE LONDON, I SEE FRANCE
|
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A round missile of war, or a splashy pool entry
|
cannonball
|
10-LETTER WORDS
|
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This attraction between atoms may be ionic, covalent or hydrogen
|
the bond
|
"B" IN SCIENCE
|
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Hilary Duff had a nightmare about working at the Burger Planet on this show
|
Lizzie McGuire
|
TV DINNERS
|
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Andy Warhol:"In the future, everyone will be famous for" this many minutes
|
fifteen
|
YOU CAN QUOTE ME!
|
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the chemistry lab.) The soft mineral that I'm able to scratch easily gives its name to this popular powder for skin
|
talc (or talcum powder)
|
THE AUDIOVISUAL HOUR
|
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Though France beat this future American president in a 1754 battle at Fort Necessity, it lost the war
|
George Washington
|
I SEE LONDON, I SEE FRANCE
|
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A 1920s dance, or a city in South Carolina
|
the Charleston
|
10-LETTER WORDS
|
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This dark volcanic rock is low in silica content but fairly rich in iron & magnesium
|
basalt
|
"B" IN SCIENCE
|
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You don't have to be psychic to know the Chill Grill is the home away from home on this Disney Channel show
|
That\'s So Raven
|
TV DINNERS
|
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An inventor:"Genius is one percent inspiration & ninety-nine percent perspiration"
|
Thomas Alva Edison
|
YOU CAN QUOTE ME!
|
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After his capture during this long war with France, Chaucer's ransom was paid by King Edward III & he was released
|
the Hundred Years\' War
|
I SEE LONDON, I SEE FRANCE
|
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A solid figure having 10 sides
|
a decahedron
|
10-LETTER WORDS
|
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'This one-word name is derived from the fact that the character used to sit among the ashes')
|
Cinderella
|
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
|
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|
A city in Utah is named for this Virginia home of Thomas Jefferson
|
Monticello
|
U.S.A.
|
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|
On June 14, 1995 this team led by Hakeem Olajuwon won its second straight NBA title
|
Houston Rockets
|
SPORTS
|
|
|
It's fun to pull this saltwater candy into long strands, then cut it into bite-size pieces
|
Taffy
|
FUN FOOD
|
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These pendulous body parts of Doberman pinschers are often cropped to make them stand up
|
Ears
|
THE BODY CANINE
|
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|
Common abbreviation for the Latin phrase meaning "In the year of our Lord"
|
A.D. (Anno Domini)
|
TIME
|
|
|
The history of the Tower of London goes back to the fortress built by this conqueror
|
William The Conqueror
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
Bertha Raffetto wrote Nevada's official one, "Home Means Nevada"
|
State Song
|
U.S.A.
|
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|
In 1985 he became the first jockey to win over $100,000,000 in career purses
|
Willie Shoemaker
|
SPORTS
|
|
|
In 1995 Mrs. Gooch's Market in Glendale, Calif. baked a 710-lb cake made from 825 of these orange veggies
|
Carrots
|
FUN FOOD
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A dog cools its body mainly by panting because these glands are only found on its feet
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Sweat Glands
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THE BODY CANINE
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It's the word for 1/10 of a century
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Decade
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TIME
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In 1633 he was brought before the Inquisition for believing the doctrine of the Earth moving around the sun
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Galileo
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WORLD HISTORY
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Some descendants of Jean Laffite's pirate crew still live on Grand Isle in this state
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Louisiana
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U.S.A.
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Muhammad Ali called his 1974 heavyweight fight with this recent champ the "Rumble In The Jungle"
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George Foreman
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SPORTS
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Frankenberry, Booberry & Count Chocula are types of these made by General Mills
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Breakfast Cereals
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FUN FOOD
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Like other running animals, many dogs lack this bone also called the clavicle
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Collarbone
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THE BODY CANINE
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Season during which many clocks in the U.S. are set ahead an hour
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Spring ("Spring forward, fall back")
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TIME
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In 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army of 614,000 invaded this country; months later only 40,000 were left
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Russia
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WORLD HISTORY
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Every other year the people of Monroe in this state celebrate Cheese Days
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Wisconsin
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U.S.A.
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He won the Indy 500 in 1992 & 1994; his father won the race on 4 previous occasions
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Al Unser, Jr.
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SPORTS
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Guinness says the largest of these treats was a jelly one that weighed 3,739 lbs.; hope no one tried to dunk it
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Doughnut
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FUN FOOD
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The canine digestive system closely resembles the human while lacking this "vermiform" projection
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Appendix
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THE BODY CANINE
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Working 9-5, no lunches we're includin', 5 days a week, this many hours you'll be doin'
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40
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TIME
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German for "empire", the first one was the Holy Roman Empire; the second was founded in 1871
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Reich
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WORLD HISTORY
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This Ithaca, N.Y. school is the only Ivy League university established after the American Revolution
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Cornell
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U.S.A.
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In 1944 swimmer Ann Curtis became the 1st woman to receive this award as the nation's oustanding amateur athlete
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Sullivan Award
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SPORTS
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If their ice cream was known by their last names, they'd be scooping up Cohen & Greenfield's
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Ben & Jerry\'s
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FUN FOOD
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Varying in number, the caudal vertebrae of a dog are found in this body part
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Tail
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THE BODY CANINE
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New Jersey & New Hampshire lie in the eastern time zone; New Mexico is in this zone
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Mountain Time Zone
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TIME
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This Athenian's code was so strict, you could be executed for stealing a cabbage
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Draco
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WORLD HISTORY
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He began his mountain climbing career in New Zealand's Southern Alps
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Sir Edmund Hillary
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EXPLORERS
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Botanist George Carver took this middle name to distinguish himself from another George Carver
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Washington
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MIDDLE NAMES
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She was the goddess of marriage, even though her marriage to Zeus was far from blissful
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Hera
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WOMEN IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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Awardees receive the medal, $400 a month for life & the right to be buried in this Virginia cemetery
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Arlington National Cemetery
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THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
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The name of this country comes from the Koryo dynasty, which ruled until the 1300s
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Korea
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COUNTRIES
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When filming this 1956 motion picture, Cantinflas got many stamps in his "Passepartout"
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Around the World in 80 Days
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"WORLD" CINEMA
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With about 180 men & 3 ships, he set out for Peru from Central America in January 1531
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Francisco Pizarro
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EXPLORERS
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Named for the poet & essayist, author Ralph Ellison had this middle name
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Waldo
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MIDDLE NAMES
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You could say this love goddess' eye was on the sparrow because the sparrow was sacred to her
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Aphrodite
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WOMEN IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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9 Congressional Medals have been awarded to these anonymous warriors
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Unknown Soldiers
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THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
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It's the smallest of the countries in the Benelux economic union
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Luxembourg
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COUNTRIES
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Gene Barry meets Martians in this 1953 H.G. Wells sci-fi classic
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"War Of The Worlds"
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"WORLD" CINEMA
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This Dane joined the Russian navy in 1704 & served in the war against Sweden
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Vitus Bering
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EXPLORERS
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Friends of country music sensation Mary Carpenter refer to her by this middle name
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Chapin
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MIDDLE NAMES
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This daughter of King Nisus shared her name with a monster who lived near Charybdis
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Scylla
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WOMEN IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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In 1989 this wild west scout & showman's medal, revoked in 1917, was restored
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William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
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THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
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In 1991 Macedonia declared its independence from this country
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Yugoslavia
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COUNTRIES
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This 1992 comedy featuring a Campbell & an Algar won 8 Oscars -- Not!
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"Wayne\'s World"
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"WORLD" CINEMA
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While serving as viceroy in India, he died suddenly at Cochin on December 24, 1524
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Vasco Da Gama
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EXPLORERS
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Former president George Bush has 2 middle names, Herbert & this
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Walker
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MIDDLE NAMES
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This goddess of the hunt turned the nymph Arethusa into a fountain so she could escape a river god
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Artemis
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WOMEN IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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Only one medal has been awarded to a member of this service branch
|
Coast Guard
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THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
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Hungarians largely in Transylvania make up this country's largest minority group
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Romania
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COUNTRIES
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Author John Irving has a cameo in it as a wrestling referee
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"The World According To Garp"
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"WORLD" CINEMA
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While searching for the 7 Cities of Cibola in 1540, this conquistador's party reached the Grand Canyon
|
Francisco Coronado
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EXPLORERS
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Of American Indian ancestry, Colorado senator Ben Campbell adopted this middle name in 1980
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Nighthorse
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MIDDLE NAMES
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Some say this sorceress slew her brother Absyrtus before fleeing with the golden fleece
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Medea
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WOMEN IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY
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59 medals were awarded to men who fought in this 1900 Asian uprising
|
The Boxer Rebellion
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THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
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In 1994 actor Ruben Blades ran for president of this Central American country; he came in 3rd
|
Panama
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COUNTRIES
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In this 1960 film, William Holden falls for lady of the evening Nancy Kwan in Hong Kong
|
"The World Of Suzie Wong"
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"WORLD" CINEMA
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'1904 British play that includes the line "To die will be an awfully big adventure"')
|
Peter Pan
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CHILDREN'S THEATRE
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In 1492 this man landed on the island of San Salvador & came in contact with Native Americans called Arawaks
|
Columbus
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NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
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Thisclassic Warner Bros. animated duo helps Granny solve mysteries
|
Sylvester & Tweety
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WARNER BROS. ANIMATION
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In the 1600s his findings like the phases of Venus made this Italian think maybe the sun is what stuff revolves around
|
Galileo
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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J-10--miss!H-5--hit!One more hit in this game & I'll have sunk your title vessel
|
Battleship
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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
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On the highway this co.'s Corolla gets 40 mpg, its Land Cruiser, 17 (it'll be important to you one day, trust me)
|
Toyota
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GOIN' MOBILE
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Starbucks & most parents couldn't survive without this drink
|
coffee
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"OFF" THE BEATEN PATH
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The Pawtuxet Indian known as Squanto is famous for teaching the Pilgrims how to plant this crop aka maize
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corn
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NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
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Thesetitle crime fighters all live together in a tower that might be even messier than your room
|
the Teen Titans
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WARNER BROS. ANIMATION
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Ares Vallis is one of the larger channels on the surface of this planet
|
Mars
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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In 1985 Russian computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov created this maddening video game that features blocks
|
Tetris
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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
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S. Dak., Alaska, Wyo. &, obviously, Hawaii are the only 4 states not on this natl. train co.'s passenger route map
|
Amtrak
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GOIN' MOBILE
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You'll want to visit this building to send a parcel or letter
|
the post office
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"OFF" THE BEATEN PATH
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew brings a Native American artifact for show and tell.) Warring tribes often usedthisceremonial item to try to settle their differences
|
a peace pipe
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NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
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Mechanikat is one of the evil adversaries of this new breed of superhero seenhere
|
Krypto the Superdog
|
WARNER BROS. ANIMATION
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Using Newton's laws of motion, astronomer Edmund Halley determined that these travel in elliptical orbits
|
comets
|
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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Spinning the Wheel of Fate in this game can take you to Millionaire Estates, or you can end up in Countryside Acres
|
LIFE
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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
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On May 20, 1927 at 7:52 A.M., Charles Lindbergh took to the skies of New York in this plane
|
The Spirit of St. Louis
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GOIN' MOBILE
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Term for working on a computer that is not on the network
|
offline
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"OFF" THE BEATEN PATH
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Gaining his powers from exposure to mutagenetic gas, he's the African-American teen superhero seenhere
|
Static Shock
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WARNER BROS. ANIMATION
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On Jan. 14, 2005 the Huygens Probe soft-landed on this largest moon of Saturn; photos reveal its surface to be orange
|
Titan
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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This "game for your whole brain" features a big purple brain in the center of the game board
|
Cranium
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GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
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In 2005 Dan Wheldon led a 1-2-3-4 finish at the Indy 500 for cars made by this co., known for its Accord & CR-V
|
Honda
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GOIN' MOBILE
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It's the first play of a football game
|
a kickoff
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"OFF" THE BEATEN PATH
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Monks in training battle villains for sacred, ancient objects onthisaction-packed program
|
Xiaolin Showdown
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WARNER BROS. ANIMATION
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Consisting of a continuous flow of gases from the sun, its top speed may reach 2.25 million miles per hour
|
solar wind
|
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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"Pop in the shapes fast or out they'll blast" is what can happen in this "flawless" game for kids
|
Perfection
|
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
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On May 10, 1869, No. 119 & the Jupiter were the 2 trains head-to-head when this golden item was hammered home
|
a spike
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GOIN' MOBILE
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It's the first play of a basketball game
|
a tipoff
|
"OFF" THE BEATEN PATH
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Of 103, 206 or 412, the total number of bones in the adult body
|
206
|
THE HUMAN BODY
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It's the show in which Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"
|
The Lion King
|
MUSICAL THEATRE
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Due to use of the magnetic type of this device in the Middle Ages, mapmakers started putting north at the top of maps
|
a compass
|
ON THE MAP
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This third president had siblings who were fraternal twins
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
PRESIDENTIAL FAMILIES
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The Encyclopedia of American Comics called Charlie Brown of this comic strip a "likable loser"
|
Peanuts
|
ENCYCLOPEDIA: BROWN
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Building this type of large outdoor fire has been an autumn tradition for centuries
|
a bonfire
|
AUTUMN WORDS
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Digestion begins in the mouth, where this secretion breaks down starches into sugars
|
saliva
|
THE HUMAN BODY
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Phil Collins wasn't a star yet when he played this young pickpocket in the London stage production of "Oliver!"
|
the Artful Dodger
|
MUSICAL THEATRE
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Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator is said to have invented this word for a map collection
|
an atlas
|
ON THE MAP
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World Book tells us that the brown recluse is one of these with a violin-shaped mark on its back
|
a spider
|
ENCYCLOPEDIA: BROWN
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A prayer of this is one that expresses gratitude, not always over turkey & stuffing
|
thanksgiving (thanks accepted)
|
AUTUMN WORDS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads.) When you make a muscle, you can track the two-headed upper arm muscle called this
|
biceps
|
THE HUMAN BODY
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This Dr. Seuss-inspired musical sort of rhymes with "musical"
|
Seussical: The Musical
|
MUSICAL THEATRE
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A U.S. county's equivalent of a capital, it's often shown on maps as a dot inside a circle
|
the county seat
|
ON THE MAP
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"Cooking A to Z" tells us that brown sugar is a mixture of white sugar & this thick syrup, which gives it its color
|
molasses
|
ENCYCLOPEDIA: BROWN
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A small bite, a small sip or a touch of cold in the air one autumn night
|
nip
|
AUTUMN WORDS
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Your body's largest joint is this one that's capped by a bone called the patella
|
your knee
|
THE HUMAN BODY
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|
Thismusical has it all: cute kids named Jeremy & Jemima, a truly scrumptious leading lady &, oh yes, aflying car
|
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
|
MUSICAL THEATRE
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There are lines of latitude called this of Cancer & this of Capricorn
|
Tropics
|
ON THE MAP
|
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According to Encyclopedia Britannica, his raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause
|
John Brown
|
ENCYCLOPEDIA: BROWN
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Puff the Magic Dragon "frolicked in" this "in a land called Honah Lee"
|
the autumn mist
|
AUTUMN WORDS
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Elastic tissue called this forms the auricle; that's the outside of your ear
|
cartilage
|
THE HUMAN BODY
|
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"Annie" is based on a comic strip; "Annie Get Your Gun" is based on this real-life girl who "shot" to fame in the 1800s
|
Annie Oakley
|
MUSICAL THEATRE
|
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew traces lines on a globe.) Two of these meet around the poles to form what's called a great circle around the Earth
|
the meridians
|
ON THE MAP
|
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Though it has a different number in our calendar, its name comes from the Latin for "eight"
|
October
|
AUTUMN WORDS
|
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'Chapter 1 of this book describes "a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those… whirlwinds arose"')
|
The Wizard of Oz
|
CLASSIC LITERATURE
|
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MLB's all-time stolen base leader, in 2001 he also set a record for most career walks
|
Rickey Henderson
|
PLAY BALL!
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Jean Chapelain's ponderous epic & Voltaire's mock epic, both called "La pucelle", were about this French heroine
|
Joan of Arc
|
FRENCH LIT
|
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He was Georgia's governor from 1971 to 1975
|
Jimmy Carter
|
WELCOME BACK, CARTER
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In 1863 he became music director of the court balls in Vienna
|
(Johann) Strauss
|
COMPOSERS
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These animals are divided into 4 groups: lizards & snakes; turtles; crocodilians; & the tuatara
|
reptiles
|
THE NATURAL WORLD
|
|
|
55 down:Flying mammals(4)
|
bats
|
THE NEW YORK TIMESCROSSWORD CLUES
|
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Last name of brothers Pedro & Ramon, who faced each other on the mound in a 1996 game
|
Martinez
|
PLAY BALL!
|
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This book about an adulterous wife named Emma, which some called morally offensive, became a bestseller
|
Madame Bovary
|
FRENCH LIT
|
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She played Lucy in the Merchant Ivory film "A Room with a View"
|
Helena Bonham Carter
|
WELCOME BACK, CARTER
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By his death at age 31 in 1828, he'd composed more than 600 lieder including "Ave Maria"
|
Schubert
|
COMPOSERS
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Indians prized the Eulachon, also called this kind of "fish", because it was so oily it could be burned like one
|
a candle
|
THE NATURAL WORLD
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47 down:Indian prince(5)
|
rajah
|
THE NEW YORK TIMESCROSSWORD CLUES
|
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This legend was born in Narrows, Georgia December 18, 1886
|
Ty Cobb
|
PLAY BALL!
|
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|
Serialized in Le Siecle from March to July 1844, it was sold "all for one" price later in the year
|
3 Musketeers
|
FRENCH LIT
|
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He was the first to achieve bowling's grand slam
|
Don Carter
|
WELCOME BACK, CARTER
|
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This composer of the ballet "Rodeo" scored an Oscar for his score from "The Heiress"
|
Copland
|
COMPOSERS
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew groups with the troop.) Referring to its hair color, thedominant malein a group of gorillas is called this
|
a silverback
|
THE NATURAL WORLD
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64 across:Gardener's need(4)
|
hose
|
THE NEW YORK TIMESCROSSWORD CLUES
|
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|
Just a week after Roy Campanella's death, the Dodgers lost this Hall of Famer & broadcaster
|
(Don) Drysdale
|
PLAY BALL!
|
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The first volume in this author's 3,000-page novel was 1913's "Du Cote de Chez Swann"
|
Marcel Proust
|
FRENCH LIT
|
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This archaeologist made a great find in the Valley of the Kings in 1922
|
Howard Carter
|
WELCOME BACK, CARTER
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In 1927 the Baldwin Piano Co. sponsored this Hungarian composer's first visit to the U.S.
|
Bla Bartk
|
COMPOSERS
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18th C. naturalist Georg Steller described the sea eagle, the sea lion & this slow-moving "sea" beast
|
the sea cow
|
THE NATURAL WORLD
|
|
|
43 down:Big citrus fruit(6)
|
pomelo
|
THE NEW YORK TIMESCROSSWORD CLUES
|
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In 1993 this one-handed pitcher, then with the Yankees, pitched a no-hitter against the Indians
|
Jim Abbott
|
PLAY BALL!
|
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This onetime military pilot wrote "Le Petit Prince"
|
Saint-Exupery
|
FRENCH LIT
|
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Jazz vocalist heardhere"Don't know why /There's no sun up in the sky /Stormy weather..."
|
Betty Carter
|
WELCOME BACK, CARTER
|
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He's the French composer ofthe following
|
(Erik) Satie
|
COMPOSERS
|
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The "least" one of these creatures is the smallest member of the order of carnivores
|
the weasel
|
THE NATURAL WORLD
|
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|
52 across:What the queasy rodeo rider didn't feel like(1,7,5)
|
a million bucks
|
THE NEW YORK TIMESCROSSWORD CLUES
|
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|
Playbill exposed the way this show's final scene is tastefully lit during those last few seconds when 6 guys bare all
|
The Full Monty
|
PLAYBILL
|
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In 1949 he began his reign over a principality & has served in that capacity ever since
|
Prince Rainier
|
THE 1940s
|
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Around 1930 Angelos Sikelianos tried to revive the famous festival of this town, "Navel of the World"--didn't work
|
Delphi
|
GREECE
|
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Flora Tristan, a women's rights & labor activist, was the grand-mere of this artist who painted Tahitians
|
(Paul) Gauguin
|
WOMEN IN LABOR
|
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Madeleine Albright or Martina Navratilova, by birth
|
a Czechoslovakian
|
15-LETTER WORDS
|
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Take language classes now to fit in during visits to this region stretching from Hyeres, France to La Spezia, Italy
|
the Riviera
|
THE HEADACHES OF MILLIONAIRES
|
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|
What a record! Emanuel Azenberg has produced all of this writer's plays since 1972's "The Sunshine Boys"
|
Neil Simon
|
PLAYBILL
|
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The action in this bestselling novel published in 1949 takes place 35 years later
|
1984
|
THE 1940s
|
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|
Baron de Coubertin's heart is buried in this city, home to the ancient version of the modern games he founded
|
Olympia
|
GREECE
|
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Founded in the early '70s, COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) is for women in this "oldest profession"
|
prostitutes
|
WOMEN IN LABOR
|
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|
A film's director of photography often goes by this title
|
cinematographer
|
15-LETTER WORDS
|
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|
On your next tax form, be prepared for the IRS to take a close look at this, your A.G.I.
|
adjusted gross income
|
THE HEADACHES OF MILLIONAIRES
|
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|
Ellen Burstyn told Playbill she just wanted to wear "sequins like Betty Grable" till this method guru changed her life
|
(Lee) Strasberg
|
PLAYBILL
|
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One of Alec Guinness's many masterly character portrayals was as this man in 1948's "Oliver Twist"
|
Fagin
|
THE 1940s
|
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|
After docking at this island, Apollo's birthplace, head up the sacred way to the sanctuary of Apollo
|
Delos
|
GREECE
|
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|
As a lawyer in 1944, Ruth Weyand argued before the Supreme Court; she did it for the NLRB, this group
|
the National Labor Relations Board
|
WOMEN IN LABOR
|
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|
In 1964 James Garner & Julie Andrews starred in "The" this "of Emily"
|
Americanization
|
15-LETTER WORDS
|
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Get used to sitting in 1st class & hearing this ex-Enron CEO's wife Linda complain about her finances
|
Kenneth Lay
|
THE HEADACHES OF MILLIONAIRES
|
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This musical's "American Dream" ended on B'way after 4,097 performances--& a lot of helicopter flights
|
Miss Saigon
|
PLAYBILL
|
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|
In 1942, he painted his best-known work, "Nighthawks"
|
(Edward) Hopper
|
THE 1940s
|
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|
If you love the nightlife & want to boogie, head to Pierros, a bar on this party island of the Cyclades
|
Mykonos
|
GREECE
|
|
|
From 1933 to 1945 she had her work cut out for her as the U.S. Secretary of Labor
|
Frances Perkins
|
WOMEN IN LABOR
|
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|
From Greek & Latin for "life light", it's the production of light by certain living organisms, like fireflies
|
bioluminescence
|
15-LETTER WORDS
|
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Visit Monte Carlo & you'll be expected to bet big playing this game from which chemin de fer is derived
|
baccarat
|
THE HEADACHES OF MILLIONAIRES
|
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|
This playwright said that he's "testing the limits of tolerance" with his new play about 4 people & a goat
|
Edward Albee
|
PLAYBILL
|
|
|
In 1940 this Republican lost to FDR in the presidential election
|
(Wendell) Willkie
|
THE 1940s
|
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The long walls Pericles built connected Athens with this port city, 4 miles away
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Pireas
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GREECE
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Formed in 1896, the Daughters of St. Crispin was a union for women in this trade
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shoemaking
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WOMEN IN LABOR
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It's the biblical event depicted in the painting seenhere
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The Transfiguration
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15-LETTER WORDS
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Because of your enormous wealth, get used to people saying you're "as rich as" this ancient king of Lydia
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Croesus
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THE HEADACHES OF MILLIONAIRES
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'The 2 Best Picture nominees for 1983 that featured astronaut characters')
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The Right Stuff&Terms of Endearment
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THE OSCARS
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Riots marred this convention in August 1968
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Democratic National Convention
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CHICAGO
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It's pretty "apparent" this is the beneficiary of a will
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Heir
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4-LETTER WORDS
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A "boss" among singers, in 1985 he reflected on his "Glory Days"
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Bruce Springsteen
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1980S POP MUSIC
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Term for a lump of gold; the farther it's traveled from its source, the more rounded it is
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Nugget
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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3 tbsp. of carob powder plus 2 tbsp. of liquid may be substituted for 1 unsweetened ounce of this
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Chocolate
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COOKING
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Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull & Wayne Gretzky
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Ice Hockey
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THE SPORT PLAYED
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Lake Shore Drive is on this lake's shore
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Lake Michigan
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CHICAGO
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Groucho said he wouldn't belong to one that would accept him as a member
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Club
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4-LETTER WORDS
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Christopher Cross' song "Think Of Laura" became a hit after it was featured on this daytime soap
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"General Hospital"
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1980S POP MUSIC
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The most prized turquoise is this bird-related shade
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Robin\'s Egg Blue
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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This word can refer to a sauce served on a salad or a mixture used to stuff poultry
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Dressing
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COOKING
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Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders & Dan Marino
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Football
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THE SPORT PLAYED
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In 1916 he gave us his "Chicago Poems"
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Carl Sandburg
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CHICAGO
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The crop of a bird; something may get stuck in yours
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Craw
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4-LETTER WORDS
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In 1983 this group had its first No. 1 hit in the U.S. with "Every Breath You Take"
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The Police
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1980S POP MUSIC
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Like graphite, molybdenite is used as a solid one of these for moving parts
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Lubricant
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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This classic kind of clam chowder contains tomatoes; New England clam chowder doesn't
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Manhattan
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COOKING
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Viktor Petrenko, Oksana Baiul & Michelle Kwan
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Figure/Ice Skating
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THE SPORT PLAYED
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The 10-story Home Insurance Building, considered the first of these, was demolished in 1931
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Skyscraper
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CHICAGO
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A long story chronicling the history of a family like the Forsytes
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Saga
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4-LETTER WORDS
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According to the title of a Tears For Fears hit, "Everybody Wants To" do this
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Rule The World
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1980S POP MUSIC
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Calcite is recognizable from the bubbles that form when this is applied during a test
|
Acid
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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Some recipes for these southern pecan patties call for granulated sugar & brown sugar
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Pralines
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COOKING
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Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan & Michael Andretti
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Auto Racing
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THE SPORT PLAYED
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In 1937 the first large-scale bank for this substance was established in Chicago
|
Blood
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CHICAGO
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Thomas Hobbes' last words were "I am about to take my last voyage, a great" one of these "in the dark"
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Leap
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4-LETTER WORDS
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In 1982 Phil Collins had a Top 10 solo hit with a remake of this Supremes song
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"You Can\'t Hurry Love"
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1980S POP MUSIC
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Deposits near the mouth of the Orange River have been a rich source of these precious gemstones
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Diamonds
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ROCKS & MINERALS
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Diced ham & vegetables often go into a frittata, an Italian type of this egg dish
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Omelet
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COOKING
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Marshall Holman, Pete Weber & Earl Anthony
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Bowling
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THE SPORT PLAYED
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The British cabinet meets with the prime minister at this famous residence
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10 Downing Street
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
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These New Zealand natives are known for carving small jade pendants called hei tiki
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Maori
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PAINTING & SCULPTURE
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1995 marked the 200th anniversary of this university's Hasty Pudding Club
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Harvard
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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While most of Lake Geneva is in Switzerland, its southern shore lies in this country
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France
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Lotus Blossom is the concubine of Wang Lung in this Pearl Buck novel
|
"The Good Earth"
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LITERATURE
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Julius Caesar was made this for life in 44 B.C.; modern ones include Juan Peron & Manuel Noriega
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Dictator
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
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This term can refer to posing for a sculpture or to sculpting in a pliable material such as clay
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Modeling
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PAINTING & SCULPTURE
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In 1873 Illinois' Evanston College for Ladies became the women's college of this university
|
Northwestern
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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This capital city is situated in the Judean Hills
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Jerusalem
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is set in the town of St. Petersburg in this state
|
Missouri
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LITERATURE
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is 17th in this line
|
Line of Presidential Succession
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
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He called his 1873 portrait of Cicely Alexander "Harmony In Grey And Green"
|
James M. Whistler
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PAINTING & SCULPTURE
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This religious group was responsible for founding Wake Forest & Baylor universities
|
Southern Baptists
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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Sir Francis Drake looted & burned the Spanish fort at this Florida site in 1586
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St. Augustine
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16TH CENTURY NAMES
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Botany Bay is on the southeast coast of this country & Geographe Bay is on the southwest coast
|
Australia
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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At the end of "Moby Dick", this narrator is rescued by another whaling ship, the Rachel
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Ishmael
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LITERATURE
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This type of government is formed by members of competing parties since neither has a majority
|
Coalition Government
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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A Madison Ave. art museum is named for this woman who sculpted the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Gertrude Whitney
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PAINTING & SCULPTURE
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This university at College Station, TX is noted for its engineering & environmental design colleges
|
Texas A & M
|
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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The Earl of Bothwell was created Duke of Orkney & Shetland one day before he married this queen in 1567
|
Mary, Queen of Scots
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16TH CENTURY NAMES
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At 16,800 feet, Vinson Massif is the highest point on this continent
|
Antarctica
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
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This R.D. Blackmore novel begins in Exmoor, in the county of Somerset, in the year 1673
|
"Lorna Doone"
|
LITERATURE
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Term given to the Communist doctrine formulated by Lenin; it's from the Russian for "majority"
|
Bolshevism
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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This Frenchman's life-sized 1781 marble statue of Voltaire is in the Comedie Francaise in Paris
|
Jean-Antoine Houdon
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PAINTING & SCULPTURE
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Located in Brunswick, it's Maine's oldest institution of higher learning
|
Bowdoin College
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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As a child, this Danish astronomer was abducted by his uncle & raised in a castle
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Tycho Brahe
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16TH CENTURY NAMES
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The name of this smallest South American country can be spelled with or without an e
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Suriname
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
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This Edith Wharton title character has a hypochondriac wife named Zenobia
|
Ethan Frome
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LITERATURE
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'His fascination with clowns & make-believe may have begun when he ran off with Pierino\'s Circus as a child')
|
Federico Fellini
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FOREIGN DIRECTORS
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This man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman"
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Adam
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OLD TESTAMENT HEROES
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At age 5 Anna Kournikova received this sporting good for Christmas & it changed her whole life
|
a tennis racket
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BLONDE AMBITION
|
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Billy loves the Red Sox no matter what; he loves 'emA) eerilyB) unconditionallyC) ceremoniouslyD) haphazardly
|
unconditionally
|
THE PRE-PSAT
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Hot California is famous for these temblors, making it a shake & bake state
|
earthquakes
|
THIS CATEGORY IS A DISASTER!
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It's the large, swift bird seenhere
|
an ostrich
|
SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER
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A tall building or structure
|
tower
|
RHYMES WITH POWER
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Because of the many psalms he wrote, this kind was called "The Sweet Psalmist of Israel"
|
David
|
OLD TESTAMENT HEROES
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This mega pop star seenherehas also written several children's books including "Yakov and the Seven Thieves"
|
Madonna
|
BLONDE AMBITION
|
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In the diagramhere, the quantity is greater in column 1, column 2, or the columns are equal
|
the columns are equal
|
THE PRE-PSAT
|
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From the Latin for "thunder", these funnel-shaped columns of terrific winds are also known as twisters
|
tornadoes
|
THIS CATEGORY IS A DISASTER!
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Seenhereis the trumpeter variety of this bird, whose name comes from an old word for "singer"
|
a swan
|
SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER
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One carnation or one buttercup
|
a flower
|
RHYMES WITH POWER
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His brothers took his coat of many colors & dipped it in goat's blood to make his father believe he had been killed
|
Joseph
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OLD TESTAMENT HEROES
|
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She's starred in 2 "Charlie's Angels" movies & was the voice of Princess Fiona in 2 others
|
Cameron Diaz
|
BLONDE AMBITION
|
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Paintbrush: artist asA) writer: penB) lawsuit: duckC) saw: carpenterD) stethoscope: supermodel
|
saw: carpenter
|
THE PRE-PSAT
|
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This type of eruption happens when molten rock, gas & ash pour through a vent in the earth
|
a volcano
|
THIS CATEGORY IS A DISASTER!
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Thisbird is probably popular in Vatican City & St. Louis
|
a cardinal
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SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER
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A light rain
|
a shower
|
RHYMES WITH POWER
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He became the father of Lamech at the age of 187 & lived for another 782 years
|
Methuselah
|
OLD TESTAMENT HEROES
|
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This talk show hostess voiced the ever-forgetful Dory in "Finding Nemo"
|
Ellen DeGeneres
|
BLONDE AMBITION
|
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Ounce: gallon asA) water: wineB) light: darkC) book: chapterD) inch: yard
|
inch: yard
|
THE PRE-PSAT
|
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A "flash" one of these can be caused by persistent, heavy rainfall or the failure of a dam
|
a flood
|
THIS CATEGORY IS A DISASTER!
|
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The New Zealand non-flyer seenhere; it's also a slang term for any New Zealander
|
a kiwi
|
SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER
|
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3,600 seconds
|
an hour
|
RHYMES WITH POWER
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After he told his people, "Shout, for the Lord hath given you the city", the walls of Jericho came tumbling down
|
Joshua
|
OLD TESTAMENT HEROES
|
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In 2005 she & hubby Nick Lachey were among People magazine's Most Beautiful Couples
|
Jessica Simpson
|
BLONDE AMBITION
|
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|
One of these destroyed more than 17,000 buildings in Chicago in October 1871
|
a fire
|
THIS CATEGORY IS A DISASTER!
|
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Send the bill tothisbird of Brazil that also endorses Froot Loops
|
a toucan
|
SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHER
|
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To cringe in fear
|
cower
|
RHYMES WITH POWER
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Originally an 1864 Christmas gift to a friend, her "Adventures Under Ground" became a classic under a new title
|
Alice in Wonderland
|
KID LIT
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The Sphinx of Greek myth would be right at home as this questioning Batman villain
|
the Riddler
|
MOVIE & TV MONSTERS
|
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|
The flag of Chile has just one of these, 49 fewer than the U.S. flag
|
a star
|
POTPOURRI
|
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When he visited England in 1921, Hirohito, this country's future emperor, said he "discovered freedom"
|
Japan
|
A ROYAL VISIT
|
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The Caribbean Sea is part of this second-largest ocean
|
the Atlantic
|
GOING GLOBAL
|
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|
Get hooked on the spelling of...
|
P-H-O-N-I-C-S
|
SPELLING
|
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In "Where the Wild Things Are", he's sent to bed without his supper & later becomes royalty
|
Max
|
KID LIT
|
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|
This "Mighty Morphin" group battles against monsters & demons unleashed by Queen Bansheera
|
the Power Rangers
|
MOVIE & TV MONSTERS
|
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|
Python & Scorpion aren't merely animals, they're 2 of these rides at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
|
roller coasters
|
POTPOURRI
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Old North Church in Boston, MA.) The first reigning British monarch to visit Boston,shetook part in a Sunday morningservicehere at Old North Church on July 11, 1976
|
Queen Elizabeth (II)
|
A ROYAL VISIT
|
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If you've been to Benin, you've been to a country on this continent
|
Africa
|
GOING GLOBAL
|
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|
Protect yourself as you spell...
|
G-U-A-R-D-I-A-N
|
SPELLING
|
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|
In a 1964 book by this man, the mysterious Willy Wonka owns a unique chocolate factory
|
Roald Dahl
|
KID LIT
|
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In a classic movie, this monstrous character seenheretakes a look at New York City from a unique perspective
|
King Kong
|
MOVIE & TV MONSTERS
|
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Of Ketchupseed, Mustardseed or Onionseed, the one who's a fairy in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
|
Mustardseed
|
POTPOURRI
|
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|
Formerly part of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut became a separate territory of this country in 1999
|
Canada
|
GOING GLOBAL
|
|
|
Convince me that you can spell...
|
P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-O-N
|
SPELLING
|
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|
This young detective didn't have a cell phone & a hybrid car when she debuted 75 years ago, but she has 'em now
|
Nancy Drew
|
KID LIT
|
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|
Put your cards on the table when you tell us Digimon stands for these strange creatures
|
Digital Monsters
|
MOVIE & TV MONSTERS
|
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|
This apparatus that female gymnasts compete on is just 4 inches wide, so don't lose your equilibrium
|
the balance beam
|
POTPOURRI
|
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|
Much of the western part of this country is covered by the Great Sandy & Great Victoria Deserts
|
Australia
|
GOING GLOBAL
|
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|
You'll make me hungry when you spell...
|
S-P-A-G-H-E-T-T-I
|
SPELLING
|
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|
In 1981 she won a Newbery Honor for "A Ring of Endless Light"; she won the medal in 1963 for "A Wrinkle in Time"
|
Madeleine L\'Engle
|
KID LIT
|
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|
A blast of radiation created this big-screen monster seenhere
|
the Incredible Hulk
|
MOVIE & TV MONSTERS
|
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|
If you have any Na, you've got sodium; if you have any Ne, you've got this gas
|
neon
|
POTPOURRI
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|
It's only about 50 miles from Alaska to Russia when you cross this strait
|
the Bering Strait
|
GOING GLOBAL
|
|
|
Put your thoughts in order as you spell...
|
C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L
|
SPELLING
|
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|
'Once known as fairy floss in the U.S., it\'s "papa\'s beard" in France & "sugar wool" in Germany')
|
cotton candy
|
SWEET TREATS
|
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|
Go Ba Soup, a specialty of this country, makes a sizzling sound when poured over deep-fried rice patties
|
China
|
ASIA
|
|
|
Since 1947 teams competing in this Pasadena bowl game have come from the Pac 10 & Big 10 conferences
|
Rose Bowl
|
SPORTS
|
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|
Larry King is seldom seen without these, which the British call braces
|
Suspenders
|
CLOTHING
|
|
|
A carol is a simple occasional song most often associated with this holiday
|
Christmas
|
MUSIC
|
|
|
It publishes Travel & Leisure Magazine as well as selling traveler's checks
|
American Express
|
DJIA STOCKS
|
|
|
Clock warning(5)
|
Alarm
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
|
|
|
The 2 houses of this large country's parliament are the Lok Sabha & the Rajya Sabha
|
India
|
ASIA
|
|
|
On Nov. 5, 1994 he became the oldest to win a heavyweight title -- or any boxing title -- at age 45
|
George Foreman
|
SPORTS
|
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|
The sandalfoot style of these does not have reinforcements at the toes & heels
|
Pantyhose
|
CLOTHING
|
|
|
This form of light opera with spoken dialogue evolved from the opera comique & led to the musical
|
Operetta
|
MUSIC
|
|
|
Its roots go back to Bell Telephone in 1877
|
AT&T; (American Telephone & Telegraph)
|
DJIA STOCKS
|
|
|
River for tall women(6)
|
Amazon
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
|
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|
Most of this country's people live in hamlets called kampongs but about a million reside in Kuala Lumpur
|
Malaysia
|
ASIA
|
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|
In 1993 this Philadelphia 76ers player nicknamed "Dr. J" was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame
|
Julius Erving
|
SPORTS
|
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|
Vienna-born designer Rudi Gernreich introduced this extremely revealing swimsuit in 1964
|
Monokini
|
CLOTHING
|
|
|
This brass instrument may be fitted with valves either replacing the slide or in addition to it
|
Trombone
|
MUSIC
|
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|
Foot Locker & Kinney Shoe Stores are owned by this five & dime company
|
Woolworth\'s
|
DJIA STOCKS
|
|
|
Knightware(5)
|
Armor
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
|
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|
Sometimes this country is referred to as East Bengal
|
Bangladesh
|
ASIA
|
|
|
The 4 basic events in women's gymnastics are floor exercise, uneven parallel bars, vault & this event
|
Balance Beam
|
SPORTS
|
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|
Low necklines & high waists were features of the Empire Style popularized c. 1805 by this French empress
|
Josephine
|
CLOTHING
|
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An instrumental piece usually for one musician, its name comes from Toccare, Italian for "to touch"
|
Toccata
|
MUSIC
|
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|
May we be so "Bold" in this "Era" as to "Cheer" this "Charmin" company
|
Procter & Gamble
|
DJIA STOCKS
|
|
|
It leaves when winter comes(6)
|
Autumn
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
|
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|
Indonesians call this third-largest island in the world Kalimantan, or "River of Diamonds"
|
Borneo
|
ASIA
|
|
|
On Sept. 5, 1993 Noureddine Morceli of Algeria set the world record in this event at 3:44.39
|
The Mile
|
SPORTS
|
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|
The name of this hip-length Japanese-style lounging robe makes us feel "glad"
|
Happi Coat
|
CLOTHING
|
|
|
Malaguena is a sub-type of this Spanish or Andalusian song style
|
Flamenco
|
MUSIC
|
|
|
It's America's largest maker of commercial aircraft & that's the plane truth
|
Boeing
|
DJIA STOCKS
|
|
|
Deer playmate(8)
|
Antelope
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
|
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|
While living by Walden Pond in 1846, he was arrested for refusing to pay his poll tax
|
Henry David Thoreau
|
NATURALISTS
|
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|
You can find the Bill of Rights on display in this D.C. building's Exhibition Hall
|
The National Archives
|
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
|
|
|
Legend says this Japanese mountain was created during an earthquake in 286 B.C.
|
Mt. Fuji
|
MOUNTAINS
|
|
|
These colored chalklike sticks are made with a pigment & a weak adhesive such as gum tragacanth
|
Pastels
|
ART
|
|
|
On Nov. 21, 1620, after a 66-day voyage, this ship reached Cape Cod
|
The Mayflower
|
17TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
In addition to Buck & White Fang, this author wrote about Jerry, an Irish terrier pup
|
Jack London
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
He & William MacGillivray wrote "The Ornithological Biography" to go with his "Birds of America"
|
John James Audubon
|
NATURALISTS
|
|
|
He's the only U.S. president to have served as director of the CIA
|
George (H.W.) Bush
|
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
|
|
|
This highest Greek mountain wasn't scaled until 1913
|
Mt. Olympus
|
MOUNTAINS
|
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|
In 1546 Pope Paul III appointed this artist architect of St. Peter's Basilica
|
Michelangelo
|
ART
|
|
|
In 1607 Edward M. Wingfield was ousted as president of the Virginia colony at this site
|
Jamestown
|
17TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
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|
Early collections of his stories include "Flappers And Philosophers" & "Tales Of The Jazz Age"
|
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
LITERATURE
|
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|
Studying these in the Swiss Alps, Louis Agassiz postulated the Earth was once covered by them
|
Glaciers
|
NATURALISTS
|
|
|
National grasslands are administered by the Forest Service, an agency of this cabinet department
|
Agriculture
|
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
|
|
|
Encyclopedia Americana calls it the "most photographed peak in Europe"
|
The Matterhorn
|
MOUNTAINS
|
|
|
The final layer of plaster prepared for this type of wall painting is called intonaco
|
Fresco
|
ART
|
|
|
George Fox, leader of this British religious group, toured the American colonies in 1672
|
The Quakers
|
17TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
|
|
In "David Copperfield", Wilkins is the first name of this kindhearted optimist
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Mr. Micawber
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LITERATURE
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He was only 22 when he boarded the Beagle in 1831
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Charles Darwin
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NATURALISTS
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Montana's Marc Racicot & this state's Jim Guy Tucker are the USA's lowest-paid governors
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Arkansas
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
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In 1949 a U.S. expedition spent 12 futile days searching for Noah's Ark on this mountain
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Mt. Ararat
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MOUNTAINS
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In 1930 Grant Wood's reputation was established by a Chicago showing of this painting
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"American Gothic"
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ART
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In 1631 this governor of New Netherland was removed due to liberal policies toward wealthy landowners
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Peter Minuit
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17TH CENTURY AMERICA
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This B. Traven novel about 3 Americans looking for gold in Mexico was first published in Germany
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"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
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LITERATURE
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While in Holland in 1735, this Swede published his "Systema Naturae", a taxonomy system
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Carolus Linnaeus
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NATURALISTS
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This Ohio Republican won election to the U.S. Senate in 1938 & served until his death in 1953
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Robert Taft
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
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The Karakoram Mountains include this famous peak also known as Mount Godwin Austen
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K2
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MOUNTAINS
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She was commissioned to paint a mural for the woman's building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition
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Mary Cassatt
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ART
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On April 9, 1682 this Frenchman reached the mouth of the Mississippi & claimed the valley for France
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LaSalle
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17TH CENTURY AMERICA
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"To Let" was the last novel in this John Galsworthy series
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"The Forsyte Saga"
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LITERATURE
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'Frederick, Maryland was named for the 6th Baron this')
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Baltimore (the Barons Baltimore; the Calvert family)
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U.S. CITY NAME ORIGINS
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This future secretary of the treasury commanded a battalion under Lafayette at Yorktown
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Hamilton
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES
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Bridget in a '70s sitcom, her TV movies include "Down Will Come Baby" & "Miracle on the 17th Green"
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Meredith Baxter Birney
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TV's PRETTY FACES
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He said he was inspired to write the book after finding the Greek word for fate carved in a tower of Notre Dame
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Victor Hugo
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
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This tiny dog that shares its name with a Mexican state descends from a dog known to the Toltecs centuries ago
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a Chihuahua
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LI'L BOW WOW
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Umbrian painter Perugino helped decorate this (he got to do a wall fresco; Michelangelo did the ceiling)
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the Sistine Chapel
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LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA
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Per Genesis 1, God created Adam on this day of creation
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the sixth
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STRAIN THY BRAIN
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When Washington asked for a volunteer to spy on the British before the Battle of Harlem Heights, he volunteered
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Nathan Hale
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES
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Marge Simpson had a crush on this singer/actor seen on "Shindig", "Getting Together" & "Here Come the Brides"
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Bobby Sherman
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TV's PRETTY FACES
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This cathedral bell ringer is the Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Quasimodo
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
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The smallest dog on record was a 2.5" tall Yorkie, which is short for this
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a Yorkshire terrier
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LI'L BOW WOW
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This Umbrian town's claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of St. Francis
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Assisi
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LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA
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The eyes of E.T. were modeled on those of this 1921 Nobel Prize winner
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Einstein
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STRAIN THY BRAIN
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The Fallen Timbers monument in Toledo, Ohio commemorates a 1794 victory by this "Mad" general
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Anthony Wayne
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES
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African-American actor Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs played this character on "Welcome Back, Kotter"
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(Freddy "Boom-Boom") Washington
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TV's PRETTY FACES
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This gypsy girl is accused of witchcraft because of the tricks she has taught her pet goat
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Esmeralda
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
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Developed in this country, the cairn terrier was named for its ability to dig under cairns, or rock heaps, to hunt vermin
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Scotland
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LI'L BOW WOW
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In 1990 this brand retired raw umber, a color whose name came from Umbria
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Crayola
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LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sizes herself up with an NBA behemoth.) I'm 5'2", and Shawn Bradley is 7'6", so this is the number of inches difference in our heights
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28
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STRAIN THY BRAIN
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In 1778 this frontiersman & his band captured the British settlements of Kaskaskia & Cahokia
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George Rogers Clark
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES
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Seenhere, this co-star of "That '70s Show" was born in 1980
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Laura Prepon
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TV's PRETTY FACES
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The novel opens on Jan. 6, 1482, during the Feast of Fools & this post-Christmas festival
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the Twelfth Night
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
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The largest of the toy breeds, this dog, seenhere, still only weighs about 14-18 lbs.
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a pug
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LI'L BOW WOW
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Native to Umbria, the Sangiovese variety of these is grown to produce a popular Italian export
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grapes
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LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA
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The U.S. National Historic Landmark found in California that moves at a steady 9.5 miles per hour
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the San Francisco cable cars
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STRAIN THY BRAIN
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This general was appointed president of the Board of War for his victory over Burgoyne at Saratoga
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General (Horatio) Gates
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES
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She's the bespectacled anchor of MSNBC's "A Region of Conflict"
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Ashleigh Banfield
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TV's PRETTY FACES
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The novel praises this style of architecture, that of the cathedral
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Gothic
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
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Bred by eunuchs in Peking, this dog, whose name is Chinese for "lion", was once grouped with the lhasa apso
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a shih tzu
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LI'L BOW WOW
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Running through Umbria are the Tiber & Nera Rivers & the Umbrian Range of this mountain system
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the Apennines
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LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA
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In the 16th C., it was the unusual annual rent paid by the Knights of Malta to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
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the (real) Maltese Falcon
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STRAIN THY BRAIN
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Lavinia has her tongue cut out & Tamora is served her own sons baked in a pie in this far-from-tasteful tragedy
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Titus Andronicus
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SHAKESPEARE
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He succeeded Janet Reno as Attorney General
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John Ashcroft
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ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN
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Cosima, Liszt's daughter with a countess who wrote under the pen name Daniel Stern, married this "Ring" cyclist
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Wagner
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT
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In a 1960 hit song, this man's lover was waiting for him "Beyond the Sea"
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Bobby Darin
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BOBBING FOR BOBS
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Asia's longest river, it rises in China's Kunlun Mountains & empties into the East China Sea near Shanghai
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the Yangtze River
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TOUGH GEOGRAPHY
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"L.A. Story" comic whose other work includes the 95 Theses & "'Til My Baby Comes Home"
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Steve Martin Luther Vandross
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BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
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He has the nerve to woo a widow beside her father-in-law's coffin, but she marries him anyway
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Richard III
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SHAKESPEARE
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It might ring a bell that he was John Adams' Secretary of State before he became Chief Justice
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(John) Marshall
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ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN
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The 1840s excitement over Liszt was dubbed this (later a movie title) by Heinrich Heine
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Lisztomania
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT
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It's the sports team nickname of Ohio University
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Bobcats
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BOBBING FOR BOBS
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The Gulf of Aden guards the southern entrance to this sea
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the Red Sea
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TOUGH GEOGRAPHY
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Depicting mobile homes on a space near Boardwalk, it sits under your plate
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Trailer Park Place Mat
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BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
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Froth is a foolish gentlemen in this comedy whose title begins & ends with the same 7-letter word
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Measure for Measure
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SHAKESPEARE
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In 1993 this Texan cashed in his Senate seat to become President Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury
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Lloyd Bentsen
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ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN
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One of Liszt's later works was an 1867 funeral march for this Austrian archduke & emperor of a N. American country
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Maximillian
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT
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In 1966 Huey Newton & this man founded the Black Panthers
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Bobby Seale
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BOBBING FOR BOBS
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This Argentine region's name is Spanish for "big feet", perhaps because Spaniards saw Indians who wore large boots
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Patagonia
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TOUGH GEOGRAPHY
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Flowing warm through the Atlantic, this rapid succession of ideas increases awareness of social needs
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Gulf Stream of Consciousness Raising
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BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
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In "Macbeth", these 3 words immediately precede the line "And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'"
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Lay on, Macduff
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SHAKESPEARE
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This Defense Secretary under Ronald Reagan received a full pardon for his role in the Iran Contra affair
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Caspar Weinberger
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ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN
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For one of his few songs in English, "Go Not Happy Day", Liszt took his text from this "Light Brigade" poet
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Tennyson
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT
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In the 1980s he twice drove Buicks to victory in the Daytona 500
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Bobby Allison
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BOBBING FOR BOBS
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This last colony in Africa shares part of its name with a desert & is claimed by Morocco
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Western Sahara
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TOUGH GEOGRAPHY
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A 19th century Sioux leader who damages porcelain as a labor union representative
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Sitting Bull in a China Shop Steward
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BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
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Guiderius & Arviragus, who pretend to be Polydore & Cadwal, are sons of this title king of Britain
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Cymbeline
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SHAKESPEARE
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In 1989 he made a touchdown scoring the job of HUD Secretary
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(Jack) Kemp
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ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN
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Liszt's "La Clochette Fantasy" is a difficult piano piece based on this violinist's difficult B minor concerto
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Paganini
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT
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Just as he was to become Speaker of the House in 1999, this Louisiana politician abruptly resigned
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Bob Livingstone
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BOBBING FOR BOBS
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Karafuto is the Japanese name for this large Russian island north of Hokkaido
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Sakhalin
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TOUGH GEOGRAPHY
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The first to score in overtime wins the game between Hemingway's bull book & Debussy's hoofed deity at midday
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Sudden Death in the Afternoon of a Faun
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BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
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'In his dictionary, Samuel Johnson self-effacingly defined this job title in part as "a harmless drudge"')
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lexicographer
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IN THE DICTIONARY
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This "New" state is the southeast one of "the Four Corners states"
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New Mexico
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STATE OF INTEREST
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On Aug. 29, 2004 the pabao team from Curacao, led by 168-pound "Big Papi" Pineda, won the Little League version of this
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the World Series
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LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
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To get your mitts on "Andean folk knits", head for this library section, a word often paired with "arts"
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crafts
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THE BOOK NOOK
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Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon is among the 3 most popular flavors of this Kellogg toaster pastry
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Pop-Tarts
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SNACK ATTACK
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Most oak & maple trees are deciduous, meaning this happens every year
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their leaves fall off
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NATURE STUDY
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In Spanish, oro is gold & plata is this metal
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silver
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ESPAOL
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Pend Oreille is the largest of the thousands of lakes in this "Gem State"
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Idaho
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STATE OF INTEREST
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Little League regulation games last this many innings, so there's no stretch
|
6
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LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
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From the Latin for "to form", it's the noun for made-up stories, from "Moby Dick" to the "Heritage of Horror" novels
|
fiction
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THE BOOK NOOK
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In 2003 campers made one of these with approx. 20,000 marshmallows, 7,000 Hershey bars & 24,000 graham crackers
|
a s\'more
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SNACK ATTACK
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some animal tracks on the monitor.) To track the striped type of this animal, look for the meandering print pattern, or just follow your nose
|
a skunk
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NATURE STUDY
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This day of the week is domingo
|
Sunday
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ESPAOL
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It's the only state that shares its border with only one other state
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Maine
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STATE OF INTEREST
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Unlike Major Leaguers, Little Leaguers may use bats made from this metal, atomic number 13
|
aluminum
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LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
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If someone says, "Go look it up", head for this library section to find "Webster's American Dictionary"
|
reference
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THE BOOK NOOK
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Spice things up with this snack--tortilla chips covered with melted cheese & dare I say jalapenos!
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nachos
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SNACK ATTACK
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Annuals are plants that live for one year, biennials live for 2 years & this type lives for many years
|
perennials
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NATURE STUDY
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This pet is un perro
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a dog
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ESPAOL
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Middlesboro in this state of Abe Lincoln's birth promotes itself as the only U.S. city built within a meteor crater
|
Kentucky
|
STATE OF INTEREST
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You can get "The Collected" these of William Carlos Williams or "The Selected" ones of Langston Hughes
|
poems
|
THE BOOK NOOK
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Nibblers, like the chocolate chip & white chunk macademia, are bite-size versions of her cookies
|
Mrs. Fields
|
SNACK ATTACK
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The prickly pear, or Indian fig, is neither a pear nor a fig; it's a type of this succulent
|
cactus
|
NATURE STUDY
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Before you turn in a paper, you should check this, la ortografia
|
the spelling
|
ESPAOL
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The town of Levan (navel, backwards) is located in the middle of this state whose symbol is a beehive
|
Utah
|
STATE OF INTEREST
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In slang this 2-word phrase can refer to an event that no longer matters; it's also the section where "Roman Britain" is
|
ancient history
|
THE BOOK NOOK
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A hike sounds like the right time for this snack that you can make with Chex cereal, M&Ms;, raisins & peanuts
|
trail mix
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SNACK ATTACK
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Imperfect flowers lack one of these 2 reproductive organs
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pistils & stamens
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NATURE STUDY
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You'll find these, los escritorios, in the classroom
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a desk
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ESPAOL
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Colonists protested the Sugar Act of 1764 by famously saying, "No taxation without" this
|
representation
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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While the first 5 "Star Wars" movies were all rated PG, "Revenge of the Sith" was rated this due to some violent scenes
|
PG-13
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STAR WARSFOREVER
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Before it was a Broadway musical, "Aida" was one of these, composed by Giuseppe Verdi
|
an opera
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MUSIC CLASS
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It can mean to slaughter animals, or the person at the market who sells meat
|
a butcher
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OCCUPATIONS
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This river irrigates millions of acres of land in Egypt & Sudan
|
the Nile
|
LAKES & RIVERS
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Shrek is this type of monster described in dictionaries as a "hideous giant" (how rude!)
|
an ogre
|
KIDS' DICTIONARY
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This monarch said, "The die is now cast, the colonies must either submit or triumph" upon approving the Intolerable Acts
|
King George III
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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(Mark Hamill gives the clue.) In the early drafts of "Star Wars", Luke's last name was Starkiller; this, of course, was his last name in the finished film
|
Skywalker
|
STAR WARSFOREVER
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When a piano is played, this is the term for 3 or more notes sounded together
|
a chord
|
MUSIC CLASS
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a chemistry lab.) Themortar & pestle, once used to grind materials to make medicine, are still the symbol of this profession
|
a pharmacist
|
OCCUPATIONS
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This "monstrous" Scottish lake has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain
|
Loch Ness
|
LAKES & RIVERS
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Parents think it's a person who seats you in a theater; kids know it's this hip-hop hunk seenhere
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Usher
|
KIDS' DICTIONARY
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On Dec. 26, 1776, at this location, Washington's troops woke up to find 4 more inches of snow on the ground
|
Valley Forge
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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The only actors to be in all 6 "Star Wars" movies are the men who played these 2 robots
|
C-3PO & R2-D2
|
STAR WARSFOREVER
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In a symphony orchestra, this section of instruments usually includes the drums, bells, cymbals & gongs
|
percussion
|
MUSIC CLASS
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If you say you want to be this, you could mean making art for museum walls or keeping those walls white
|
a painter
|
OCCUPATIONS
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Allahabad, India is a holy city located at the junction of the Jumna River & this more famous one
|
the Ganges
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LAKES & RIVERS
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Made partly of rope, espadrilles are a type of these that a lot of girls wore in the summer of 2005
|
shoe (or sandal)
|
KIDS' DICTIONARY
|
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In the first of a series of pamphlets, he wrote, "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered"
|
(Thomas) Paine
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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In "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith", this old Jedi master was entirely computer-generated
|
Yoda
|
STAR WARSFOREVER
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(Jon of the Clue Crew points to a paper spreadsheet.) In an old-fashionedledger book, I'm keeping track of money coming in & going out like someone in this job
|
an accountant
|
OCCUPATIONS
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The name of this state's Lake Okeechobee is a seminole Indian word meaning "plenty big water"
|
Florida
|
LAKES & RIVERS
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From a Latin word for "flow", this watery word often follows "log" in the names of amusement park rides
|
flume
|
KIDS' DICTIONARY
|
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Although adopted by Congress in 1777, this temporary constitution did not take effect until 1781
|
the Articles of Confederation
|
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
|
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George Lucas gave this Jedi character a unique purple lightsaber at the request of actor Samuel L. Jackson
|
Mace Windu
|
STAR WARSFOREVER
|
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|
To be this type of translator at the U.N. requires "full auditory comprehension" of 3 of the 6 official U.N. languages
|
interpreter
|
OCCUPATIONS
|
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This salt lake on the border of Asia & Europe is more than 4 times the size of Lake Superior
|
the Caspian Sea
|
LAKES & RIVERS
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Adults think it's a square dance move, but kids know it's a peanut butter sandwich cookie sold by Girl Scouts
|
Do-si-do
|
KIDS' DICTIONARY
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'This word comes from the Greek words for "light" & "writing"')
|
photography
|
HOBBIES
|
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On February 15 this president-elect survived an assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
1933
|
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To audition for this musical, Yul Brynner sang while sitting cross-legged on the floor
|
"The King And I"
|
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
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Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country
|
Japan
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
|
|
Abbreviated TB, this disease is characterized by lesions in the lung tissue
|
Tuberculosis
|
THE BODY HUMAN
|
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The winner of a game of War winds up with this many cards
|
52
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CARDS & DICE
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"Can the leopard change" these? means "it's impossible"
|
Its Spots
|
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
|
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|
Federal judge John Woolsey lifted the ban on the importation & sale of this James Joyce book
|
"Ulysses"
|
1933
|
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Their 1955 show, "Pipe Dream", about the people of Cannery Row, was based on this author's "Sweet Thursday"
|
John Steinbeck
|
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
|
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On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence
|
7/4/2011
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
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The human body contains many of these: some are hinge, some are saddle, some are pivot types
|
Joints
|
THE BODY HUMAN
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Instead of pips, poker dice have 6 card values on them that run 9 through this
|
Ace
|
CARDS & DICE
|
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To "pass over" this river means to reach the promised land
|
Jordan River
|
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
|
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The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established this corporation that guarantees the savings of bank customers
|
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
|
1933
|
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In 1994 this show about a carnival barker won 5 Tonys, including Best Musical Revival
|
"Carousel"
|
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
|
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|
National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the 13th Amendment, which abolished this
|
Slavery
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
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|
Blood leaves the heart from ventricles & enters the heart through these chambers
|
Atria
|
THE BODY HUMAN
|
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It's a form of Authors for kids; playing it you may ask another player, "Do you have any twos?"
|
Go Fish
|
CARDS & DICE
|
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|
Unworthy or sinful people are known as a "generation of" these poisonous creatures
|
Vipers
|
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
|
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Known as the "Little Flower", he left the House of Representatives in 1933 & became mayor of NYC
|
Fiorello LaGuardia
|
1933
|
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For 15 years, 1946-1961, this show set in Indian Territory was Broadway's longest-running musical
|
"Oklahoma!"
|
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
|
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Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this "George Washington of South America" each July 24
|
Simon Bolivar
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
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|
This vitamin produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight is toxic in excess
|
Vitamin D
|
THE BODY HUMAN
|
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|
The 4 players in bridge are given these directional titles
|
North, South, East & West
|
CARDS & DICE
|
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|
Robert Heinlein used this phrase from Exodus 2:22 as the title of one of his novels
|
"Stranger In A Strange Land"
|
BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
|
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On March 23 this German parliament relinquished its power to Adolf Hitler
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Reichstag
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1933
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Characters in this musical include Mei Li, Linda Low & Sammy Fong
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"Flower Drum Song"
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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
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September 10 is St. George's Cay Day in this Central American country
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Belize (formerly British Honduras)
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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These corpuscles are named for their shape rather than for their color
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Platelets
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THE BODY HUMAN
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It's the number of dice you toss on your first roll of Yahtzee
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5
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CARDS & DICE
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"Pale Horse" is a metaphor for the approach of this
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Death
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BIBLICAL WORDS & PHRASES
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This "bonnie" prince had a daughter by his mistress Clementina Walkinshaw
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"Bonnie" Prince Charlie
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ROYALTY
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Some say these dried treats are tastier made from seeded grapes than from seedless ones
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Raisins
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FOOD
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Elizabeth Barrett mentioned this future husband in her poem "Lady Geraldine's Courtship" before they met
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Robert Browning
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BRITISH POETS & POETRY
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Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III"
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Hulk Hogan
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BOXING MOVIES
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You can see this North American country's highest volcano, Volcan Citlaltepetl, in Pico de Orizaba National Park
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Mexico
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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
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A male feline
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Tomcat
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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
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In 1949 he succeeded his grandfather Prince Louis II as ruler of Monaco
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Prince Rainier
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ROYALTY
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Chop Suey, cioppini & vichyssoise were all invented in this country
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U.S.A.
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FOOD
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Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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BRITISH POETS & POETRY
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He played Elvis' trainer in "Kid Galahad" a "Dirty Dozen" years before he starred in "Death Wish"
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Charles Bronson
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BOXING MOVIES
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This snowcapped mountain provides the backdrop for Kenya's Amboseli National Park
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
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The name of this device used to stop bleeding may come from a French word for "turn"
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Tourniquet
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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
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In 1599, Albert, Archduke of Austria, married the Infanta of this country
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Spain
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ROYALTY
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Juniper is used to smoke Germany's Westphalian form of this meat
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Ham
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FOOD
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Written in 1811, this lord's poem "Farewell To Malta" begins, "Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!"
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Lord Byron
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BRITISH POETS & POETRY
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This platinum blonde was a real knockout as a prizefighter's scheming wife in the 1931 film "Iron Man"
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Jean Harlow
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BOXING MOVIES
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One of this country's major recreational areas is Vitosha National Park near Sofia
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Bulgaria
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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
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One who plays hooky from school might find himself pursued by this type of officer
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Truant officer
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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
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This dreaded czar who died in 1584 was probably the most famous member of the Rurik dynasty
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Ivan The Terrible
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ROYALTY
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Riz A L'Imperatrice is an elegant version of this homey dessert
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Rice Pudding
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FOOD
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In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", Wordsworth wrote about "A crowd, a host of golden" ones
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daffodils
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BRITISH POETS & POETRY
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Jack Palance starred in the TV version of this "heavy" Rod Serling drama; Anthony Quinn, in the film version
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"Requiem For A Heavyweight"
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BOXING MOVIES
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In Alberta the scenic Icefields Parkway connects Jasper National Park with this other one
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Banff
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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
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It's the period between sunset & dark when the sun is just below the horizon
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Twilight
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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
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After this emperor died in 14 A.D., his relatives, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruled until 68
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Augustus
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ROYALTY
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The Bismarck type of this fish is made of fillets cured in vinegar, salt & onions
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Herring
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FOOD
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He called "Prometheus Unbound" "The best thing I ever wrote"
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Percy B. Shelley
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BRITISH POETS & POETRY
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Based on Clifford Odets' play, this "colorful" 1939 film made William Holden a star
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Golden Boy
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BOXING MOVIES
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Argentina & Brazil have national parks to preserve the wildlife & beauty of these extensive waterfalls
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Iguazu Falls
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NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
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The Roman god Jupiter used this weather phenomenon as a weapon, by jove
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Thunderbolt
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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "T"
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'In 1967 this former teacher published a memoir entitled "Center of the Storm"')
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John Scopes (famous Scopes Trial)
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FAMOUS TEACHERS
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It can precede "anemone" or "cow"
|
sea
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PLACES FOR ANIMALS
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In 2002 Melissa Gilbert was reelected president of this guild formed by actors of the silver screen
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the Screen Actors Guild
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STUPID ANSWERS
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Just west of Davenport, the Iowa-80, one of these refuges for big rigs, features a dentist & barber shop
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a truck stop
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ROAD TRIPPING
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To convert pints into these metric units of liquid measure, multiply by .47
|
a liter
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UNITS OF MEASURE
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This light wood gets its name from the Spanish for "raft" because people in the tropics have used its logs for rafts
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balsa
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WORD ORIGINS
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This Puerto Rican Hall of Fame outfielder won 12 consecutive Gold Gloves during his 18-year career
|
(Roberto) Clemente
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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This leopard lives at nearly 20,000 feet in Central Asia
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a snow leopard
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PLACES FOR ANIMALS
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The flag of the Organization of American States has 35 different ones of these on it
|
flags
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STUPID ANSWERS
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Going west from Fargo, it's a 193-mile straight shot (about as straight as it gets) on I-94 to this state capital
|
Bismarck
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ROAD TRIPPING
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This unit of weight used for gemstones equals 200 milligrams
|
carat
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UNITS OF MEASURE
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The gigantic statue at Rhodes, one of the 7 ancient wonders, gave us this adjective meaning gigantic
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colossal
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WORD ORIGINS
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A 10-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle, he wasn't so "Mean" when he tossed a kid his jersey in a Coke ad
|
Joe Green
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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Over 1,500 species of worm are named for this habitat
|
the earth
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PLACES FOR ANIMALS
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The great-grandson of a slave, he was the first black mayor of Washington, D.C.
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Walter Washington
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STUPID ANSWERS
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In Santa Fe, visit the USA's only art museum of international stature devoted to a single woman: her
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Georgia O\'Keeffe
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ROAD TRIPPING
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Ths unit for measuring type size was invented in 1737 by Pierre Simon Fournier
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point
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UNITS OF MEASURE
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Originally used to designate an errand boy, it was introduced into Scotland by golfer Mary, Queen of Scots
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a caddy
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WORD ORIGINS
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This "Miracle on Ice" coach was the Penguin's head man in 1999 & 2000
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(Herb) Brooks
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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Grassy field that joins with "lark"
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meadow
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PLACES FOR ANIMALS
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The very farthest west you can drive in the Florida Keys is to this island
|
Key West
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STUPID ANSWERS
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There's a hang-gliding school named for this 2-word North Carolina town that became famous in 1903
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Kitty Hawk
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ROAD TRIPPING
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Both the ounce & this unit of measure get their names from the Latin uncia, "twelfth part"
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the inch
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UNITS OF MEASURE
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The Greek word "iota" gave us this 3-letter word that means to write down hastily
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jot
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WORD ORIGINS
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Thomas Henderson said this Steeler QB "couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the C & the A", but he still won 4 Super Bowls
|
Terry Bradshaw
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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This word refers to extreme opposites or a type of bear
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polar
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PLACES FOR ANIMALS
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(Cheryl and Sofia of the Clue Crew shoot some skeet.) "Pull!" You should know the name of the person who releases the target in trap shooting
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the puller
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STUPID ANSWERS
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You can camp at Mazam Village when visiting this Northwestern body of water seenhere
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Crater Lake
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ROAD TRIPPING
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By pedaling with all your might for a few minutes you can generate 250 watts, or barely one-third of this unit
|
horsepower
|
UNITS OF MEASURE
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They got their name from the wooden sandals worn by the French court to protect shoes on rainy days
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galoshes
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WORD ORIGINS
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You might see why this coach, seenhere, tends to lead with this chin
|
Bill Cowher
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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The poet & his buddy Virgil spend some time in Hell, a fate you avoided by buying our version of this classic
|
The Divine Comedy
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CLIFFS NOTES
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When this singerrings, it means she needs a partner for her Kabbalah class
|
Madonna
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I HEAR YOU CALLING
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"Drool Brittania" might have been a better anthem for this English king who went insane & also lost the American colonies
|
George III
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ROYAL SCANDALS
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A Rhodes Scholar, Howard Florey, led a research team at Oxford that discovered a way to mass-produce this antibiotic
|
penicillin
|
A REAL RHODES SCHOLAR
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A "Steel-drivin' Man" who helped dig the Big Bend tunnel in the 1870s is said to be the basis of this folklore legend
|
John Henry
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STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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John Bunyan classic that we suspect has sold more "Cliffs Notes" copies than the real thing
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Pilgrim\'s Progress
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CLIFFS NOTES
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This French dictator's sister Pauline was so scandalous, you might say her specialty was "Foreign Affairs"
|
Napoleon
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ROYAL SCANDALS
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Robert Reich met this man on the voyage to Oxford, where both were Rhodes Scholars, & later served as his Secretary of Labor
|
Bill Clinton
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A REAL RHODES SCHOLAR
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In Britain, if you need these well-placed friends to land a job, they'd be spelled with an X instead of the CT
|
connections
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X GAMES
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In 1718 the British Navy took a little too much off the top of this pirate, captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge
|
Blackbeard
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STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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Any 1 of the 3 Moliere plays which--admit it--you've only read in "Cliffs Notes"
|
(1 of)The Misanthrope,TartuffeorLe Bourgeois Gentilhomme
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CLIFFS NOTES
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It's "The Long Road" back to Canada when this bandcalls
|
Nickelback
|
I HEAR YOU CALLING
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Julia, the daughter of this first Roman emperor, was so outrageous he had her banished from Rome
|
Augustus
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ROYAL SCANDALS
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This 2004 presidential hopeful graduated first in his class at West Point and was a Rhodes Scholar
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Gen. Clark
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A REAL RHODES SCHOLAR
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Add an X to a word meaning "a system of laws" to get this term for an early type of book
|
a codex
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X GAMES
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Maxing out at about 4 feet tall, this largest type of penguin can weigh 100 pounds
|
an emperor penguin
|
STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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Unlike Pangloss, this title character finally wises up, like you did when you got our version of this classic
|
Candide
|
CLIFFS NOTES
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Called "The Merry Monarch", this English king had 14 children by mistresses, but failed to sire a legal heir
|
Charles II
|
ROYAL SCANDALS
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This American astronomer for whom a telescope is named studied law as a Rhodes Scholar
|
Hubble
|
A REAL RHODES SCHOLAR
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In Roman numerals, one-fifth of CL is this saucy-looking result
|
XXX
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X GAMES
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Set in a coastal town in Cornwall, this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta premiered in 1879
|
The Pirates of Penzance
|
STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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|
Joyce classic about the Earwicker family... uh, maybe... okay, we admit it; we haven't read it either
|
Finnegan\'s Wake
|
CLIFFS NOTES
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This Hungarian piano virtuoso was scandalously involved with the married princess Carolyn Sayn-Wittgenstein
|
Franz Liszt
|
ROYAL SCANDALS
|
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This International Exchange Scholarship is named for the U.S. Senator, a Rhodes Scholar, who sponsored it
|
the Fulbright Scholarship
|
A REAL RHODES SCHOLAR
|
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In 1901, merging with this steeler, J.P. Morgan said, "I congratulate you on being the richest man in the world"
|
Andrew Carnegie
|
STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
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'At the dedication of a fountain at Radcliffe College in 1960, she began her speech with the single word "Water"')
|
Helen Keller
|
20th CENTURY AMERICANS
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When Apollo 11 reached the moon, Lawrence Knutson was the voice of Mission Control in this city
|
Houston
|
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES
|
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This band's 2001 CD "Weathered" spent 8 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard album chart
|
Creed
|
POP MUSIC
|
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Chicago & Waukegan are Illinois' busiest ports on this lake
|
Lake Michigan
|
U.S. BODIES OF WATER
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The Dionnes, born in 1934, were famous ones
|
quintuplets
|
"P"s & "Q"s
|
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Along with St. Andrew's & St. Patrick's, his cross appears on Britain's Union Jack
|
St. George
|
SAINTS
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Holiday in 1929 on which Chicago gangster Bugs Moran lost several members of his gang
|
St. Valentine\'s Day
|
SINNERS
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23-year-old Donald Turnupseed was the other driver in this 24-year-old actor's fatal crash
|
James Dean
|
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES
|
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|
'70s classic heardhere"Plucked her eyebrows on the way /Shaved her legs and then he was a she /She says, 'Hey babe'"
|
"Walk On The Wild Side"
|
POP MUSIC
|
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|
It's referred to in the song heardhere"Old man river /He just keeps rolling /Along"
|
the Mississippi
|
U.S. BODIES OF WATER
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It's the ship in Melville's famous whale tale
|
thePequod
|
"P"s & "Q"s
|
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T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" deals with the murder of this saint
|
Thomas Becket
|
SAINTS
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Born in Brooklyn in 1899, this gangster got his nickname from a knife cut to his cheeck
|
Al Capone ("Scarface")
|
SINNERS
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James Blake was driving the bus in this city on the night when Rosa Parks wouldn't stand up
|
Montgomery (Alabama)
|
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES
|
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|
Aaron Lewis is the lead singer of this "It's Been Awhile" alterna-band
|
Staind
|
POP MUSIC
|
|
|
This state is home to Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Lake & Penobscot River
|
Maine
|
U.S. BODIES OF WATER
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Like "Tommy", this '70s rock opera by The Who was also made into a movie
|
Quadrophenia
|
"P"s & "Q"s
|
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St. Paul shares his June 29 feast day with this man whom he rebukes in Galatians
|
St. Peter
|
SAINTS
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It was long thought that this gangster, seenhere, got his nickname from his careful grooming habits
|
"Pretty Boy" Floyd
|
SINNERS
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Clint Hartung & Whitey Lockman were on base when this N.Y. Giant won the 1951 pennant with a home run
|
Bobby Thomson
|
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES
|
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This group heardheregets its name from a hockey penalty"I'm more than a bird /I'm more than a plane /I'm more than some pretty face /Beside a train"
|
Five for Fighting
|
POP MUSIC
|
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|
New Jersey's western boundary is formed by this river
|
the Delaware
|
U.S. BODIES OF WATER
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It's Latin for any 4-footed animal
|
quadruped
|
"P"s & "Q"s
|
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He's the "beloved physician" of Colossians
|
Luke
|
SAINTS
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Despite the nickname, this man said to have coined the term "G-men" reportedly never fired a shot during a crime
|
"Machine Gun" Kelly
|
SINNERS
|
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Albert Smith, mayor of this suburb, helped stop American Nazis from marching there in the late 1970s
|
Skokie (Illinois)
|
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES
|
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Footage from a concert at the Fillmore is included in his video for "Babylon"
|
David Gray
|
POP MUSIC
|
|
|
This river that flows out of Lake Tahoe is named for an Indian guide, not a big rig
|
the Truckee
|
U.S. BODIES OF WATER
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In Mexico the juice of certain agaves is used to make this milky fermented drink
|
pulque
|
"P"s & "Q"s
|
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A follower of St. Francis, this "poor" saint is the patroness of television
|
Claire
|
SAINTS
|
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from a building on an infamous island.) This "Birdman of Alcatraz" raised canaries at Leavenworth, but wasn't permitted birdsherein his cell at Alcatraz
|
(Robert) Stroud
|
SINNERS
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As you'd expect, radon gas is collected out of the radioactive decay of this element, symbol Ra
|
radium
|
CHEMISTRY
|
|
|
Funicello & Fabray
|
Annette & Nanette
|
ANAGRAMMED NAMES
|
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|
If you're in top physical condition, you can climb this 14,691-foot peak also known as Monte Cervino
|
the Matterhorn
|
SWITZERLAND
|
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|
This physician born in 1903 has been called "The man who reared 50 million kids"
|
(Dr.) Spock
|
MILLION
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He died in 1969 but popped up on a U.S. dollar coin 2 years later
|
Eisenhower
|
DOLLAR
|
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His portrait subjects include Ginevra de' Benci & Lisa del Giocondo
|
Da Vinci
|
MASTERS
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|
In an exception to the norm, Co, cobalt, atomic number 27, is heavier than this element, Ni, atomic number 28
|
nickel
|
CHEMISTRY
|
|
|
Lincoln & Arthur
|
Abe & Bea
|
ANAGRAMMED NAMES
|
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Swiss banks store heaps of gold in vaults below the Bahnhofstrasse, an elegant street in this city
|
Zurich
|
SWITZERLAND
|
|
|
Thomas Wolfe described this island as a "million-footed, tower-masted, and sky-soaring citadel"
|
Manhattan
|
MILLION
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The word thaler, which became dollar, is from Joachimsthal, site of a mine for this metal
|
silver
|
DOLLAR
|
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When he was born on Crete around 1540, Crete belonged to Venice, so he could have been El Veneto
|
El Greco
|
MASTERS
|
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It's the valence number of the oxygen atom in a molecule of water
|
2
|
CHEMISTRY
|
|
|
Banks & Dunne
|
Irene & Ernie
|
ANAGRAMMED NAMES
|
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|
Schwyz, one of the 23 states called these that make up Switzerland today, was one of the original 3
|
cantons
|
SWITZERLAND
|
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|
The "3 Million Bill" passed by Congress in 1847 appropriated $3 million for the purchase of land from this country
|
Mexico
|
MILLION
|
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2-word term for a golf score of 3 under par on a hole, or the old $20 coin it might have won you
|
double eagle
|
DOLLAR
|
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In 1883 Claude Monet settled in this hamlet 50 miles from Paris, often seen in his later works
|
Giverny
|
MASTERS
|
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4-letter word for the intrinsic angular momentum of an elementary particle
|
spin
|
CHEMISTRY
|
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Campion & Chretien
|
Jane & Jean
|
ANAGRAMMED NAMES
|
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This 16th century Dutch scholar is buried in Basel
|
Erasmus
|
SWITZERLAND
|
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Of the 10 million slaves sent to the Americas over 3 1/2 centuries, almost 40 percent went to this Latin American country
|
Brazil
|
MILLION
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A "Benjamin" from it would have meant a $2 note, which showed its Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin
|
the Confederacy
|
DOLLAR
|
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Van Gogh & Kandinsky were in this modern art "show" named for the NYC military building where it was held in 1913
|
the Armory Show
|
MASTERS
|
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This "point" doesn't mean someone's being judgmental--it's where liquid & gaseous phases become identical
|
the critical point
|
CHEMISTRY
|
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|
Baxter & Buffett
|
Warner & Warren
|
ANAGRAMMED NAMES
|
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A period of the Mesozoic era was named for this mountain range that straddles the Swiss-French border
|
the Jura
|
SWITZERLAND
|
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|
Led by a man from Popowo, in 1981 it had 10 million members
|
Solidarity
|
MILLION
|
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|
This revolutionary year (not the one you might think) appears on the front of all U.S. dollar bills
|
1789
|
DOLLAR
|
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Ms. Gentileschi, the painter, rape victim, & movie subject whose work is seenhere, had this first name
|
Artemisia
|
MASTERS
|
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|
'One of its title studies is Sen. Edmund Ross\' 1868 vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson')
|
Profiles in Courage
|
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOKS
|
|
|
The Tebenna, an Etruscan mantle, evolved into this garment perhaps worn most strikingly by John Belushi
|
a toga
|
THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
|
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|
This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles
|
The Rock
|
PEOPLE
|
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|
If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age
|
Little
|
SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
|
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|
What's now officially called the Central Park Wildlife Center is probably better-known by this name
|
the zoo
|
CENTRAL PARK
|
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|
Proverbially, this pungent bulb "makes a man wink, drink & stink"
|
garlic
|
THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
|
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|
This state that acts as a conjunction between Nevada & Washington has an abbreviation that is a conjunction
|
Oregon
|
ABBREVIATED STATES
|
|
|
Oscar Mayer could tell you that this is the city the Etruscans called Felsina
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Bologna
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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
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Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker's girlfriend
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Sid Vicious
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PEOPLE
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Your job options include teacher & this related job of the heroines in "Jane Eyre" & "Vanity Fair"
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governess
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
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Central Park has a statue of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of this country, who was also Grand Duke of Lithuania
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Poland
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CENTRAL PARK
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It's the Belgian province bordering the Netherlands that's famous for originating a smelly cheese
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Limburgh
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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
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The abbreviation of this state is also an abbreviation for the largest city in California
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Louisiana
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ABBREVIATED STATES
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Along with the Borgia apartments, the Etruscan Museum is one of the top attractions in this 109-acre country
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Vatican City
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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
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She owns the St. Louis Rams
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Georgia Frontiere
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PEOPLE
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Even if you're 27 & still single, like Anne in this author's "Persuasion", your life may not be over
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Jane Austen
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
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(Sofia of the Clue Crew jogs through Central Park.) I'm running around the reservoir now named for this first lady, who lived nearby and used to go jogging here
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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CENTRAL PARK
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This cartoon character's big screen credits include "For Scent-imental Reasons" & "Heaven Scent"
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Pep Le Pew
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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
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Show me that the abbreviation for this state means the habits of a predictable criminal
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Missouri
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ABBREVIATED STATES
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The wolf in the Capitoline Wolf statue may be Etruscan; these 2 babies she's suckling were added around 1509
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Romulus & Remus
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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
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This actor gave a speech for Harvard roommate Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic Convention
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Tommy Lee Jones
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PEOPLE
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Like Gertrude in this author's "The Europeans", go ahead & marry a relative (it might get you out of your house, too)
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Henry James
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A 19th CENTURY HEROINE
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In the 1953 film "The Band Wagon" Fred Astaire & this leggy partner were "Dancing In The Dark" through Central Park
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Cyd Charisse
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CENTRAL PARK
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The strong odor of this semi-aquatic rodent gives it its name
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the muskrat
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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
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When abbreviated before the number 47, this state becomes an assault weapon
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Alaska
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ABBREVIATED STATES
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A 1927 visit to Etruscan sites inspired this author of "The Plumed Serpent" to write "Etruscan Places"
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D.H. Lawrence
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THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS
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M.C. Hammer earned his nickname from his resemblance to this "Hammerin'" home run king
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Hank Aaron
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PEOPLE
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679. δέσμιος, -ου, ὁ
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a prisoner
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Cleopatra's Needle is a short walk from this Egyptian Temple in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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the Temple of Dendur
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CENTRAL PARK
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The only film ever released in "Odorama", it shares its name with a synthetic fabric popular in the 1970s
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Polyester
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THIS CATEGORY STINKS!
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What is the most common cause of mitral and aortic valve disorders?
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Congenital defects
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What is the most common cause of mitral and aortic valve disorders?
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Congenital defects
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What is the most common cause of mitral and aortic valve disorders?
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Congenital defects
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On New Year's Day 2002, this school's Seminoles beat Vriginia Tech 30-17 to win the Gator Bowl
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Florida State University
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this
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Episcopal
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RELIGION
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The four-color problem relates to the minimum number of colors needed for this cartographic item
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a map
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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
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These peptide hormones in the brain reduce the sensation of pain
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endorphins
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"EN" THE BEGINNING
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In 1750 theater was banned in this then-colonial capital as a form of Mass. entertainment
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Boston
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COLONIAL ARTS
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To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine
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fondue
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
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In 2001 Brian Cappelletto won this game's World Championship with words like vozhd for 50 points & jerrid for 44
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Scrabble
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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Less than 20% of all Muslims are Shi'ites or of other groups; the rest belong to this branch
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Sunni
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RELIGION
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Ferdinand von Lindemann proved the problem of "squaring" this with compass & ruler was impossible
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the circle
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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
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2-word term for the consumer, for whom a computer is ultimately designed
|
an end user
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"EN" THE BEGINNING
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Some of the earliest surviving colonial portraits are of Richard & Increase, members of this family
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the Mathers
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COLONIAL ARTS
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The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice
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ceviche
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
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In 1993 she became the first woman from Ukraine to win the world figure skating championships
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Oksana Baiul
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire
|
Zoroastrianism
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RELIGION
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew peruses a model train hobbyist's fantasy setup.) If train "A" leaves at 6:00 at 60 mph, & train "B" leaves at 5:00 at 90 mph, this equation, d=rt, tells you when B passes A
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distance equals rate times time
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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
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This Baja California port city is known as "Yellowtail Capital of the World"
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Ensenada
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"EN" THE BEGINNING
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Meaning "tobacco peddler", it's the title of a 1708 Ebenezer Cooke poem & a 1960 John Barth novel about Cooke
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The Sot-Weed Factor
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COLONIAL ARTS
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This Greek dish typically consists of layers of eggplant & ground lamb or beef topped with a white sauce
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moussaka
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
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At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion
|
Althea Gibson
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur
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shofar
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RELIGION
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To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the "cosmological" this
|
constant
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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
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The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958
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Enewetak
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"EN" THE BEGINNING
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James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer
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Zenger
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COLONIAL ARTS
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On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon
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carbonara
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INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
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The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984
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Daley Thompson
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this
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Moroni
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RELIGION
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This Frenchman's "last theorem", stated in 1637, was proved by Andrew Wiles in the 1990s
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(Pierre de) Fermat
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PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS
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John Keats wrote a poem about this handsome Greek whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep
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Endymion
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"EN" THE BEGINNING
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'Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus')
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6 (2 + 2 + 2)
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KNOWLEDGE BY THE NUMBERS
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Von Humboldt popularized this group name; they called themselves Tenochca, Mexica & Colhua Mexica
|
Aztecs
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ANCIENT AMERICANS
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Louis Comfort Tiffany made lampshades of this material using the copper foil technique
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Stained Glass
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CRAFTS
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Robert Frost wrote, it "Is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in"
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Home
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QUOTATIONS
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This state has a Custer County as well as one named Big Horn
|
Montana
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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To snub is to let this heavy device drop on a short cable, bringing the ship to an abrupt halt
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Anchor
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NAUTICAL TERMS
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In it Groucho pointed out a contract's sanity clause to Chico who said, "There ain't no Sanity Claus"
|
"A Night At The Opera"
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"NIGHT" MOVIES
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The 2 major contributions of the Olmecs, the mother culture of Mesoamerica, were writing & this time tracker
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Calendar
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ANCIENT AMERICANS
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It's often heavy paper with a design or lettering cut out; you paint over it to transfer the design
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Stencil
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CRAFTS
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Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting" this "in a theater"
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"Fire!"
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QUOTATIONS
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This state's parishes began as administrative units of the Catholic Church under Spanish rule
|
Louisiana
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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The helm of a small boat may just consist of a tiller & this in the water
|
Rudder
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NAUTICAL TERMS
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At a June 1995 auction, the white suit John Travolta wore in this film sold for $145,500
|
"Saturday Night Fever"
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"NIGHT" MOVIES
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Like Monet, the Mayans used this pond flower as a motif in their art
|
Lilies
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ANCIENT AMERICANS
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Used in bags, wallets & belts, Moroccan leather comes from this animal
|
Goat
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CRAFTS
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Thomas Appleton said, "Good Americans, when they die, go to" this European city
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Paris
|
QUOTATIONS
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New Jersey's eastern border is formed by the Atlantic Ocean & this river
|
Hudson River
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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Collective term for all the lines used to support masts & raise & lower sails
|
Rigging
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NAUTICAL TERMS
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In this 1934 classic, Alan Hale was the driver who stopped at the sight of Claudette Colbert's leg
|
"It Happened One Night"
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"NIGHT" MOVIES
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c. 1200-1465 the Chimu Empire controlled about 600 miles of what's now this Andean country's coast
|
Peru
|
ANCIENT AMERICANS
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It's the term for making pots on a potter's wheel
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Throw
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CRAFTS
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The inspirational quote "Win this one for the Gipper" is attributed to him
|
Knute Rockne
|
QUOTATIONS
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The Detroit, Huron & Sandusky Rivers are among those that flow into this great lake
|
Lake Erie
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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On shipboard it's opposite starboard
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Port
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NAUTICAL TERMS
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George Romero shot this 1968 horror classic for under $150,000
|
Night of the Living Dead
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"NIGHT" MOVIES
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Almost 400 workshops for this black volcanic glass have been discovered in Teotihuacan
|
Obsidian
|
ANCIENT AMERICANS
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Making these cords that hold whistles is a popular camp craft
|
Lanyards
|
CRAFTS
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German who wrote, "I teach you the Superman. Man is something that is to be surpassed"
|
Friedrich Nietzsche
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QUOTATIONS
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This home of the U.S. Air Force Academy was founded in 1871 as Fountain Colony
|
Colorado Springs
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
|
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This 4-letter word means to adjust & you do it to sails & ballast
|
Trim
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NAUTICAL TERMS
|
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|
Truffaut's 1973 movie about making movies
|
"Day For Night"
|
"NIGHT" MOVIES
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To avert suspicion that he started the Great Fire of 64, he blamed it on the Christians
|
Nero
|
ROMAN EMPERORS
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This term for a short, simple poem or song comes from dictatum, Latin for "dictated thing"
|
Ditty
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LITERARY TERMS
|
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Buza, a spirit from Egypt, is made from these palm fruits
|
Dates
|
WINES & SPIRITS
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Like the falcon or hawk, the shrike is classified as a bird of this
|
Prey
|
ANIMALS
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A loser in 1980 & 1988, this Senate majority leader is again bidding for the GOP presidential nomination
|
Robert Dole
|
REPUBLICANS
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The Crickets in 1957 & Linda Ronstadt in 1976 had a hit with it
|
"That\'ll Be The Day"
|
"DAY" SONGS
|
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Hadrian's decision to build a shrine on the site of the temple in this city incited a Jewish revolt
|
Jerusalem
|
ROMAN EMPERORS
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Heptameter refers to a line of verse consisting of this number of feet
|
7
|
LITERARY TERMS
|
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in 1995 Jim Beam, a maker of this Kentucky spirit, celebrated its 200th anniversary
|
Bourbon
|
WINES & SPIRITS
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Almost 99% of a jellyfish's body is made of this substance
|
Water
|
ANIMALS
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|
He shared his views on domestic policy in the 1995 bestseller "To Renew America"
|
Newt Gingrich
|
REPUBLICANS
|
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"Let us sing a song of cheer again" because of this
|
"Happy Days Are Here Again"
|
"DAY" SONGS
|
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Slipping into insanity, Commodus imagined he was this mythical club-wielding hero
|
Hercules
|
ROMAN EMPERORS
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This form of light verse named for a place in Ireland rhymes aabba
|
Limerick
|
LITERARY TERMS
|
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Tia Maria is a coffee-flavored Jamaican drink based on this liquor
|
Rum
|
WINES & SPIRITS
|
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The marine types of these have flattish carapaces & their limbs have evolved into flippers
|
Turtles
|
ANIMALS
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In 1994 the Arizona chapter of the ACLU named this former senator its Civil Libertarian of the Year
|
Barry Goldwater
|
REPUBLICANS
|
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|
Andy Williams & Henry Mancini had hits in 1963 with this film theme
|
"Days of Wine And Roses"
|
"DAY" SONGS
|
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To eliminate opposition, Septimius Severus replaced these imperial bodyguards with his own troops
|
Praetorian Guards
|
ROMAN EMPERORS
|
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|
Bowdlerize comes from the name of an editor best known for purging his works of "indecent" passages
|
William Shakespeare
|
LITERARY TERMS
|
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|
The name of this wine is French for "Smoked White"
|
Fume Blanc
|
WINES & SPIRITS
|
|
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A bee is said to do this at the hive to show the other bees the direction & distance to a food source
|
Dance
|
ANIMALS
|
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|
This independent candidate for president was chairman of the House Republican Conference from 1969 to 1979
|
John Anderson
|
REPUBLICANS
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In 1963 Ruby & The Romantics had their only No. 1 hit with this song
|
"Our Day Will Come"
|
"DAY" SONGS
|
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To support his building program, including his famous baths, he raised taxes & debased the currency
|
Caracalla
|
ROMAN EMPERORS
|
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|
The 30,000-line poem about this fox is the best-known beast epic
|
Reynard
|
LITERARY TERMS
|
|
|
It's the Dutch version of cointreau or triple sec
|
Curacao
|
WINES & SPIRITS
|
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It's the proper name for the Australian animal some call the spiny anteater
|
Echidna
|
ANIMALS
|
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|
In 1995 this New Jersey governor became the first woman to give the response to the State of the Union address
|
Christie Todd Whitman
|
REPUBLICANS
|
|
|
In 1959 Dinah Washington found this out
|
"What A Diff\'rence A Day Makes!"
|
"DAY" SONGS
|
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'It was the first war covered by both newspaper reporters & photographers')
|
The Crimean War
|
FOREIGN WARS
|
|
|
The Great Lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie & this one whose name implies greatness
|
Lake Superior
|
GEOGRAPHY
|
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Of tardy, very happy, or full of hot air, what the word elated means
|
very happy
|
VOCABULARY TEST
|
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He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 & was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002
|
Rudy Giuliani
|
GOSH DARN YANKEES
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The ballet "Les patineurs" focuses on this athletic pastime, with the dancers gliding by in wintry setting
|
ice skating
|
BALLET
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If a grown-up tries to serve you the oxtail type of this, say, "No thanks. I'll have the chicken noodle"
|
soup
|
GROWN-UPS EAT THAT?
|
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The votes are in: winners on this show have included Ruben Studdard & Carrie Underwood
|
American Idol
|
WHAT'S ON TV, KIDS?
|
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|
This largest city in New Mexico has 2 Qs & 3 Us in its name
|
Albuquerque
|
GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
While this word can mean a series of arches, you probably know it better as a place to play pinball & video games
|
an arcade
|
VOCABULARY TEST
|
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This 19th century New Yorker wrote of one guy who slept for 20 years & another who went around headless
|
Washington Irving
|
GOSH DARN YANKEES
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|
In part two of the ballet "Jewels", the dancers dress like these red gems
|
rubies
|
BALLET
|
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Don't be fooled: calamari is just a fancy name for this sea creature that has suction cups on some of its squiggly arms
|
squid
|
GROWN-UPS EAT THAT?
|
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Melissa Joan Hart starred as this extraordinary teenage witch with ordinary teenage problems
|
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
|
WHAT'S ON TV, KIDS?
|
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|
Hartford is the capital of this New England state
|
Connecticut
|
GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
It's the 4-letter word for the president's power to reject a bill passed by Congress
|
veto
|
VOCABULARY TEST
|
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|
Polio struck this Hyde Park politician in 1921
|
Franklin Roosevelt
|
GOSH DARN YANKEES
|
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Maybe kids would eat more of these green spears if we called them by their German name, Spargel
|
asparagus
|
GROWN-UPS EAT THAT?
|
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|
Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's this WB series about a young Superman
|
Smallville
|
WHAT'S ON TV, KIDS?
|
|
|
Have you "bean" to this capital of Peru?
|
Lima
|
GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
The name of this branch of math comes from 2 Greek words meaning "earth measure"
|
geometry
|
VOCABULARY TEST
|
|
|
Originally from New York City, this microbiologist developed the first vaccine against polio
|
Jonas Salk
|
GOSH DARN YANKEES
|
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|
Unlike Florentine cookies (dipped in chocolate--yum!), eggs Florentine is made with this leafy green veggie (not so yum)
|
spinach
|
GROWN-UPS EAT THAT?
|
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|
Seenhereon a U.S. stamp, most of us seeheron the eternally popular reruns of shows she starred in from the 1950s
|
Lucille Ball
|
WHAT'S ON TV, KIDS?
|
|
|
On an alphabetical list of world nations, this country immediately follows the United States
|
Uruguay
|
GEOGRAPHY
|
|
|
It's the Spanish term for any of the Spanish conquerors who came to the Americas in the 1500s
|
the conquistadores
|
VOCABULARY TEST
|
|
|
Trifle is a fancy dessert; this similar word is a fungus found in the forest by trained pigs
|
a truffle
|
GROWN-UPS EAT THAT?
|
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|
George Gore & Parker McKenna Posey are 2 of the "kids" on this sitcom that stars Damon Wayans as their dad
|
My Wife and Kids
|
WHAT'S ON TV, KIDS?
|
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|
After alligators were declared protected in the U.S., caimans were brought from this continent as a substitute
|
South America
|
REPTILES
|
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|
Since 1997 this golfer has won the PGA twice, the Masters 4 times, the British Open twice & the U.S. Open twice
|
Tiger Woods
|
SPORTS STARS
|
|
|
Charles de Gaulle,Georges Pompidou,Francois Mitterrand
|
France
|
TAKE ME TO YOUR FORMER LEADERS
|
|
|
In "The Fellowship of the Ring", Gandalf warns this young hobbit to "keep" the ring "safe, and keep it secret!"
|
Frodo
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
This Cabinet department is in charge of grading meat, poultry & dairy products to ensure their quality
|
the Department of Agriculture
|
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
|
|
|
A water-filled barrier around a castle
|
a moat
|
GIMME "MO"
|
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|
The Native American word torope gives us this name for a turtle that was a common Native American food
|
a terrapin
|
REPTILES
|
|
|
After leading Team USA to the Olympic Gold in soccer in 2004, she retired with a record 158 international goals
|
Mia Hamm
|
SPORTS STARS
|
|
|
Pieter Botha,F.W. de Klerk,Nelson Mandela
|
South Africa
|
TAKE ME TO YOUR FORMER LEADERS
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|
The middle name of this funny "First Grader" is Beatrice, but she just likes to use the initial B. & that's all
|
Junie B. Jones
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
It's the minimum number of electoral votes that a state may have in the electoral college
|
3
|
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
|
|
|
It can be a chocolately flavor or a Yemeni port city famous for its coffee
|
Mocha
|
GIMME "MO"
|
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|
Grossness alert! The banded gecko doesn't just shed this, but rips it off in strips that it then swallows
|
its skin
|
REPTILES
|
|
|
These 2 sisters topped the WTA's money leaders list in tennis tournaments in 2002
|
Venus & Serena Williams
|
SPORTS STARS
|
|
|
Konrad Adenauer,Helmut Schmidt,Helmut Kohl
|
Germany
|
TAKE ME TO YOUR FORMER LEADERS
|
|
|
In "Little Women", she's the tomboy among the 4 March sisters
|
Jo
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
The Great Seal of the U.S. features a bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth bearing this Latin motto
|
E pluribus unum
|
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
|
|
|
Also called angora, it's the soft, silky wool of the angora goat
|
mohair
|
GIMME "MO"
|
|
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew introduces us to a green lizard.) The name ofthisanimal, found in Africa, is from the Greek for "ground lion"
|
a chameleon
|
REPTILES
|
|
|
In 2005 guard Steve Nash became the first Canadian to be named MVP of this league
|
the NBA
|
SPORTS STARS
|
|
|
Pierre Trudeau,Brian Mulroney,Jean Chretien
|
Canada
|
TAKE ME TO YOUR FORMER LEADERS
|
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|
The First Amendment to the Constitution gurantees "the right of the people peaceably to" do this
|
assemble
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
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If the pupil of the eye is round, the reptile is diurnal; if it looks like a slit, this opposite
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nocturnal
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REPTILES
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Ferdinand Marcos,Corazon Aquino,Joseph Estrada
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the Philippines
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TAKE ME TO YOUR FORMER LEADERS
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In the absence of the vice president, it's the title of the person who heads the U.S. Senate
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the president pro tem
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
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'At 81, this Pennsylvanian was the oldest delegate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention')
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Benjamin Franklin
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HISTORIC PEOPLE
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Both African & Indian species of this mammal undergo periods of odd behavior called musth
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Elephant
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MAMMALS
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On this sitcom Duff Beer is on tap at Moe's Tavern where the clientele is always "animated"
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"The Simpsons"
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TV BARS & RESTAURANTS
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In 1847 Louis Cartier founded an elegant jewelry firm in this capital city
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Paris
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GEMS & JEWELRY
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This Puerto Rican capital's harbor is guarded by Fort San Felipe Del Morro
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San Juan
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WORLD CITIES
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Laurens Hammond invented an electric type of this musical instrument
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Organ
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INVENTORS
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In heraldry a wyvern is one of these mythical beasts depicted with 2 legs, wings & a barbed tail
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Dragon
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HODGEPODGE
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Collisions with boats are the largest identifiable cause of death of these gentle Florida sea cows
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Manatees
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MAMMALS
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Head north, far north, to visit The Brick, this show's restaurant
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"Northern Exposure"
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TV BARS & RESTAURANTS
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One of the most important mines for these green gems is found at Muzo, Colombia
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Emeralds
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GEMS & JEWELRY
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You can visit the Museum Carolino-Augusteum as well as Mozart's birthplace in this Austrian city
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Salzburg
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WORLD CITIES
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He invented a razor with disposable blades after experts at M.I.T. told him it was impossible
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King Gillette
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INVENTORS
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Kellogg introduced these toaster pastries in 1964
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Pop-Tarts
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HODGEPODGE
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In Sumatra they call this tree-dwelling ape mawas
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Orangutan
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MAMMALS
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On this sitcom you could have seen Jay Thomas take a few "Potts" shots in the Blue Shamrock
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"Love And War"
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TV BARS & RESTAURANTS
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The Jonker, a 726-carat gem of this kind, was discovered in South Africa in 1934
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Diamond
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GEMS & JEWELRY
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This city founded in 1693 didn't become capital of Jamaica until 1872
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Kingston
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WORLD CITIES
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Thomas Hancock patented vulcanized rubber in England the year before this man in the U.S.
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Charles Goodyear
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INVENTORS
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Mercury & aneroid are the 2 main types of this instrument used to measure air pressure
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Barometer
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HODGEPODGE
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Though these "Earth pigs" eat ants, strictly speaking they are not anteaters
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Aardvarks
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MAMMALS
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On this sitcom you may find the Crane brothers having coffee at Cafe Nervosa
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"Frasier"
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TV BARS & RESTAURANTS
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It's the color of the Star of India, a famous 563-carat sapphire
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Blue
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GEMS & JEWELRY
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This capital of Saudi Arabia was built at an oasis
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Riyadh
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WORLD CITIES
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Typists owe a debt of thanks to Bette Nesmith, who invented this correction fluid
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Liquid Paper
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INVENTORS
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Members of this church are popularly called "Moonies"
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Unification Church
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HODGEPODGE
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The fossa, a type of civet, is the dominant carnivore of this African island, the world's 4th largest
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Madagascar
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MAMMALS
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The Lunch Box in Lanford, Ill. is one of this sitcom's settings
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"Roseanne"
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TV BARS & RESTAURANTS
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The "sherry" type of this golden gemstone is sometimes heated to turn it pink
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Topaz
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GEMS & JEWELRY
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In 1932 Cholon was combined with this city in Vietnam's Mekong delta
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Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
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WORLD CITIES
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The first inflatable rubber life jacket is credited to this man famous for his raincoats
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Charles McIntosh
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INVENTORS
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The fish called the Dolly Varden Trout was named for a character in this author's "Barnaby Rudge"
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Charles Dickens
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HODGEPODGE
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On July 29, 1588 this fleet was sighted off the coast of England
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The Spanish Armada
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THE 16TH CENTURY
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In 1994 this former British prime minister was installed as chancellor of the college of William And Mary
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Margaret Thatcher
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FAMOUS MARGARETS
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The Minnesota River joins the Mississippi near these twin cities
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Minneapolis & St. Paul
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THE MISSISSIPPI
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This March observance has been called the "most important national holiday in Ireland"
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St. Patrick\'s Day
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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In 1922 he painted his 1st major mural, "Creation", at the National Preparatory School in Mexico City
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Diego Rivera
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ART
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In 1911 this "Trees" poet's first volume of verse, "Summer of Love" was published
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Joyce Kilmer
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POETS
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At the beginning of the century, Huayna Capac ruled this South American empire
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Incas
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THE 16TH CENTURY
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Her 10th murder mystery, "Murder in the National Cathedral", was published in 1990
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Margaret Truman
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FAMOUS MARGARETS
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Riverboat casino gambling has increased tourism in this Hawkeye State's city of Bettendorf
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Iowa
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THE MISSISSIPPI
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On August 30 this state observes Huey P. Long Day
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Louisiana
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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Botticelli featured members of this prominent family in his "Adoration of the Magi"
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The Medicis
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ART
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He became a reporter for the Chicago Daily News in 1917, a year after his "Chicago Poems" was published
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Carl Sandburg
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POETS
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When Thomas Cavendish became the third to accomplish this feat it took 2 years & 50 days
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Circumnavigate the globe
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THE 16TH CENTURY
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Found at a swap meet, the special Oscar stolen from this child star of "Meet Me In St. Louis" was returned in 1995
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Margaret O\' Brien
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FAMOUS MARGARETS
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This word for a Mississippi River embankment comes from the French meaning "to rise"
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Levee
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THE MISSISSIPPI
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It's the date on which the anniversary of D-Day & South Korea's Memorial Day are observed
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6/6/2011
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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It's what Alexander Calder called his stationary sculptures
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Stabiles
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ART
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George Thomson's "Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs" contains many of his songs
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Robert Burns
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POETS
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This confederation was split in the 1531 War of the Catholic Cantons
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Swiss Confederation
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THE 16TH CENTURY
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Her photograph of Montana's Fort Peck Dam graced the cover of Life Magazine's first issue
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Margaret Bourke-White
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FAMOUS MARGARETS
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Ferde Grofe wrote his "Mississippi Suite" 6 years before this famous suite
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"Grand Canyon Suite"
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THE MISSISSIPPI
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The Megillah or Story of Esther is read on this Jewish holiday
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Purim
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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You can see his "Majas on a Balcony" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Francisco Goya
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ART
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In a Longfellow poem, this schooner is wrecked "On the reef of Norman's Woe"
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The Hesperus
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POETS
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In 1543 he published his treatise "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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THE 16TH CENTURY
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She was secretary of Health & Human Services 1983-85, then became U.S. ambassador to Ireland
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Margaret Heckler
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FAMOUS MARGARETS
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This future Republican president managed flood relief on the Mississippi in 1927
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Herbert Hoover
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THE MISSISSIPPI
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July 26 is observed as the feast day of the Virgin Mary's parents, St. Joachim & this woman
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St. Anne
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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In 1983 he skirted 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with sheets of pink plastic
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Christo
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ART
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His 1892 work "Barrack-Room Ballads" included such poems as "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" & "Danny Deever"
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Rudyard Kipling
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POETS
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'It\'s Europe\'s second-largest island')
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Iceland
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GEOGRAPHY
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Born in Corfu in 1921, he's a great grandson of the Danish king Christian IX
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Prince Philip
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BRITISH ROYALTY
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He played wise wizard Gandalf in 2001's "Lord of the Rings"
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Ian McKellen
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RECENT FILMS
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Wow! This man bought Manhattan with trinkets worth about 60 guilders, usually quoted as $24
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(Peter) Minuit
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TOUGH POTPOURRI
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"The Remains of the Day" novelist Kazuo Ishiguro
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Japan
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AUTHORS' NATIVE LANDS
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2-word French term for a competitive international road race
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grand prix
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"GRAND" CENTRAL
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On January 1, 1892 this receiving station for immigrants in Upper N.Y. Bay opened its doors for the first time
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Ellis Island
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STATION
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Some thought this Tudor would marry Lord Dudley when his wife was found dead after a suspicious accident in 1560
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Elizabeth I
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BRITISH ROYALTY
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He played wise wizard Dumbledore in 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
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Richard Harris
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RECENT FILMS
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The jird is a common (& rather cute) type of this hamster relative
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a gerbil
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TOUGH POTPOURRI
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicler of a death foretold
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Colombia
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AUTHORS' NATIVE LANDS
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This midwestern city of 190,000 was built on the site of an Ottawa Indian village
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Grand Rapids
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"GRAND" CENTRAL
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He took a failing UHF station in the 1970s & turned it into a "Superstation"
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Ted Turner
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STATION
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On Oct. 31, 1955 Princess Margaret announced that she was not going to marry the man she loved, this man
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(Peter) Townsend
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BRITISH ROYALTY
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"Leave no man behind" was the tagline of this 2001 film that co-starred Josh Hartnett
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Black Hawk Down
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RECENT FILMS
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This bejeweled N.Y. financier was so famous for overeating that one restaurateur called him "my 25 best customers"
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"Diamond" Jim Brady
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TOUGH POTPOURRI
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Celebrator of imperialism Rudyard Kipling
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India
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AUTHORS' NATIVE LANDS
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Traditional term for a comprehensive survey of the continent for a young upper-class Englishman
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the grand tour
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"GRAND" CENTRAL
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In Catholic churches, there are 14 of these depicting the Passion of Christ
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the stations of the cross
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STATION
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This son of the Black Prince became king in 1377 & got his own Shakespeare play somewhat later
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Richard II
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BRITISH ROYALTY
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Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman found love across time in this romance
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Kate & Leopold
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RECENT FILMS
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If you've read "The Flame Trees of Thika" (or if you saw the miniseries) you know that Thika is in this country
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Kenya
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TOUGH POTPOURRI
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Godot waiter Samuel Beckett
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Ireland
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AUTHORS' NATIVE LANDS
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Found off Newfoundland, it's a major source of food fish
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the Grand Banks
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"GRAND" CENTRAL
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This present-day San Francisco "Hill" was named for the semaphore station established there in the 1800s
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Telegraph Hill
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STATION
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England's beloved Queen Mother grew up in this castle that's featured in "Macbeth"
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Glamis
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BRITISH ROYALTY
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Jennifer Connelly won an Oscar for playing the wife of this man
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(John) Nash
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RECENT FILMS
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She was the first African-American author to win a Pulitzer Prize; she won in 1950 for her poetry
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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TOUGH POTPOURRI
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Deptford trilogist Robertson Davies
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Canada
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AUTHORS' NATIVE LANDS
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Named for a Paris theater, it's drama that emphasizes the horrific or macabre
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Grand Guignol
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"GRAND" CENTRAL
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It's the Greek letter designation for the International Space Station
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Alpha
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STATION
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In 1931 2 Americans modified the Mercalli scale to measure the intensity of these in California
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earthquakes
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GENERAL SCIENCE
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix.) In 2001 the Diamondbacks were going for their first world championship; this team was going for its 27th
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the Yankees
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BIG NAMES IN SPORTS
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A sexually confused stable boy is the focus of this ballet based on Peter Shaffer's play of the same name
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Equus
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BALLET
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This Asian-born architect designed Boston's John Hancock Tower
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I.M. Pei
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ARCHITECTS
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To be or knot to be, it was the capital of Phrygia
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Gordion (or Gordium)
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NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY
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Strunk & White's 5th rule of usage says, do not join independent clauses with this; use a semicolon, as we just did
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a comma
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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There were only 63 known elements when this Russian devised the periodic table
|
Mendeleev
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GENERAL SCIENCE
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At Wimbledon 1969, aged 41, this Mexican-American saved 7 match points to beat Charlie Pasarell
|
Pancho Gonzales
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BIG NAMES IN SPORTS
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The 1938 premiere of this ballet featured Lew Christensen in the role of Pat Garrett
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Billy the Kid
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BALLET
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From his mother's surname, the "Glass Skyscraper" architect added van der Rohe to this name
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Mies
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ARCHITECTS
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With the kingdom split, in 920 B.C. you had Rehoboam ruling Judah & Jeroboam ruling this
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Israel
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NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY
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This 5-letter word means break down a sentence into subject, object & predicate, or describe a word's grammatical role
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parse
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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The Earth's crust consists of about 46% oxygen; this element is second most abundant at about 28%
|
silicon
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GENERAL SCIENCE
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His last-minute field goal won Super Bowl XXXVI for the Patriots
|
Adam Vinatieri
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BIG NAMES IN SPORTS
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Von Rotbart is the evil, bird-like sorcerer in this classic 1877 ballet
|
Swan Lake
|
BALLET
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Frank Lloyd Wright was a pupil of this noted Chicago architect, whom Wright called his "Lieber Meister"
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(Louis) Sullivan
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ARCHITECTS
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Dagon was the top god of these people, whose name has come to mean "uncouth" & "unsophisticated"
|
the Philistines
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NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY
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Besides fancy-sounding, "in lieu of salary" is this type of grammatical phrase
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a prepositional phrase
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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Mayonnaise is an example of this colloidal dispersion of liquid particles in another liquid
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an emulsion
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GENERAL SCIENCE
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In 1986, with the Springfield Fame, she became the first woman to play in a men's pro basketball league
|
Nancy Lieberman
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BIG NAMES IN SPORTS
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In 1911 this great dancer leapt into immortality with his magnificent exit leap in "Le spectre de la rose"
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Nijinsky
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BALLET
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This American architect who turned 95 in 2001 is known for his "Glass House" of 1949
|
Philip Johnson
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ARCHITECTS
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Scholars label Old Persian royal inscriptions X for Xerxes, C for Cyrus & D for him
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Darius
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NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY
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A helping group, like the ladies' one of the VFW, or a helping verb like will or may
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an auxiliary
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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In 1896 this French scientist accidentally discovered radioactivity while researching fluorescence
|
Antoine Becquerel
|
GENERAL SCIENCE
|
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NHL goalie nicknames include Nikolai Khabibulin's "Bulin Wall" & this Maple Leaf player's "Cujo"
|
Curtis Joseph
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BIG NAMES IN SPORTS
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This choreographer played one of the sailors when his ballet "Fancy Free" premiered in 1944
|
Jerome Robbins
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BALLET
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Surveyor General of royal buildings, he designed & constructed London's Covent Garden in the early 1630s
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Inigo Jones
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ARCHITECTS
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We know Carians were in Egypt from graffiti they carved into a big Ramses statue at this temple site
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Abu Simbel
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NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY
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The Spanish levantarse, "to get up", is this type of verb whose subject & object are identical
|
reflexive
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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'In old philosophy this 12-letter word referred to a fifth substance, superior to earth, air, fire or water')
|
quintessence
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WORD HISTORIES
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She's the most recent first lady to have her son run for U.S. President
|
Barbara Bush
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MOTHER'S DAY
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In 1995 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men took this "Sweet" hit to the top of the charts for a record 16-week stay
|
"One Sweet Day"
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TOP O' THE CHARTS
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This gulf connects to the Atlantic Ocean via the narrow Straits of Florida
|
the Gulf of Mexico
|
GULFS
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20 people were executed after the supposed 17th C. demonic possession of girls in this U.S. city
|
Salem
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WHAT POSSESSED THEM?
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In 2001 this sandwich chain surpassed McDonald's in the number of U.S. restaurants
|
Subway
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew unrolls a flag with a flourish.) It's the action I'm performing
|
unfurling
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"U"2
|
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Moon was the maiden name of the mother of this moon-walking man named Edwin
|
Buzz Aldrin
|
MOTHER'S DAY
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In a 1957 No. 1 hit, he sang, "Darling, you send me, honest you do"
|
Sam Cooke
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
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The Gulf of Thailand is bordered on its west by Thailand & on its east by Vietnam & this country
|
Cambodia
|
GULFS
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Indicating that even animals can be possessed, the Bible features the fate of these bewitched animals in Matthew 8:30-32
|
swine (or hogs)
|
WHAT POSSESSED THEM?
|
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This company was founded in 1948 as the baby furniture & toy supermarket; its present name came in 1957
|
Toys "R" Us
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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A Hamburg housewife
|
hausfrau
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"U"2
|
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Her life & the life of her dog were laid "bare" in a nursery rhyme
|
Old Mother Hubbard
|
MOTHER'S DAY
|
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In 1992 Madonna topped the charts with "This Used To Be My Playground", a track from this Penny Marshall film
|
A League of Their Own
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
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This gulf, also called the Gulf of Bac Bo, had a 1964 congressional resolution named for it
|
the Gulf of Tonkin
|
GULFS
|
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A Maryland boy's 1949 exorcism was the main source material for this man's 1971 bestseller
|
(William Peter) Blatty
|
WHAT POSSESSED THEM?
|
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This athletic wear company best known for its shoes began in Oregon as Blue Ribbon Sports
|
Nike
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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Stocks or commodities bought to be delivered at some time to come
|
futures
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"U"2
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Believing true healing came from God's power, she formed the Mother Church in 1892 to promote her "Science"
|
Mary Baker Eddy
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MOTHER'S DAY
|
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Stevie Nicks' "Edge Of Seventeen" is sampled on their No. 1 hit "Bootylicious"
|
Destiny\'s Child
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
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The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island lies within this gulf
|
the Gulf of St. Lawrence
|
GULFS
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Often prescribing torture, a famous 15 C. exorcism manual was titled the "Malleus Maleficarum" or "The Witch's" this
|
Hammer
|
WHAT POSSESSED THEM?
|
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A New Bern, North Carolina pharmacist invented this drink in 1898, claiming it cured dyspepsia
|
Pepsi (or Pepsi-Cola)
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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In 1975 kabuki actor Mitsugoro Bando died from eating this delicacy
|
fugu
|
"U"2
|
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This "Last of the Red Hot Mamas" was famous for belting out "My Yiddishe Momme"
|
Sophie Tucker
|
MOTHER'S DAY
|
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"Let Your Love Flow" was a chart topper for these brothers in 1976
|
the Bellamy Brothers
|
TOP O' THE CHARTS
|
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At its mouth, the Gulf of Sidra stretches 280 miles from Misratah to Benghazi in this African country
|
Libya
|
GULFS
|
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Involving a whole convent of nuns, a famous case of possession occurred in this French town in the mid-1630s
|
Loudun
|
WHAT POSSESSED THEM?
|
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This longest-listed company on the NYSE was first listed in 1824 as the New York Gas Light Company
|
ConEdison
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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Hyphenated, watery term for a small passenger airplane that makes short trips
|
a puddle-jumper
|
"U"2
|
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Proletarian writer Ding Ling was once friendly with this leader, but was jailed in his Cultural Revolution
|
Mao Tse-tung
|
WORLD LITERATURE
|
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|
As a circus owner, she caused her daughter to go "Berserk" in that 1967 film; however, no wire hangers were used
|
Joan Crawford
|
CIRCUS & CARNIVAL CINEMA
|
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|
Dixieland refers to a style of jazz that originated in this Southern city
|
New Orleans
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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|
Of Nixon's appointees to the Supreme Court, he's the only one still there as of 2002
|
Rehnquist
|
THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED
|
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Over a million members of this ethnic group had to flee their homes in Iraq in the '90s
|
the Kurds
|
HISTORY HODGEPODGE
|
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|
Madison said, as people "exercise the government in person", this system "will be confined to a small spot"
|
democracy
|
4-SYLLABLE WORDS
|
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Muhammad Yamin was one of the great poets of this largely Islamic island republic
|
Indonesia
|
WORLD LITERATURE
|
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|
In 1936 this detective, then played by Warner Oland, was "at the Circus"
|
Charlie Chan
|
CIRCUS & CARNIVAL CINEMA
|
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There's a tomb of the unknown soldiers of the Revolutionary War in this N.Y. city that wasn't built in a day
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Rome, New York
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U.S. CITIES
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This Kennedy appointee was a former Colorado running back
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Byron White
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THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED
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After a Senate investigation into the scandal, the Mammoth Oil Co. lost its lease on this Wyoming site
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Teapot Dome
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HISTORY HODGEPODGE
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11-letter term for a tight situation, like a dilemma, that you'd like to extricate yourself from
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predicament
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4-SYLLABLE WORDS
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A 1985 movie covered the life of this Japanese writer who dramatically committed suicide in 1970
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Mishima
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WORLD LITERATURE
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Jimmy Stewart plays Buttons the Clown (a surgeon in disguise!) in this 1952 De Mille circus epic
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The Greatest Show on Earth
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CIRCUS & CARNIVAL CINEMA
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This New Jersey city was the birthplace of Frank Sinatra, Michael Chang & Pia Zadora
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Hoboken
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U.S. CITIES
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Appointed by Pres. Eisenhower, he served nearly 34 years, retiring in 1990
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William Brennan
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THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED
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Lenin contributed to this then-underground newspaper founded in 1912
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Pravda
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HISTORY HODGEPODGE
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This adjective referring to a reversal of common sense comes from the Latin for "before behind"
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preposterous
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4-SYLLABLE WORDS
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The initials of this British author of "Crash" & "Memories of the Space Age" stand for James Graham
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J.G. Ballard
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WORLD LITERATURE
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In 1956's "Trapeze" this actor played an aerialist vying with Burt Lancaster for the attentions of Gina Lollobrigida
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Tony Curtis
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CIRCUS & CARNIVAL CINEMA
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Careful now--it's the state where you can visit San Diego, Universal City & Jefferson County's Port Arthur
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Texas
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U.S. CITIES
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He resigned from the Supreme Court in 1916 to run for president & was reappointed in 1930 as chief justice
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Charles Evans Hughes
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THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED
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South Arabia became independent November 28, 1967 & became South this
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Yemen
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HISTORY HODGEPODGE
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The word jihad is closely related to this word used of Afghan fighters
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mujahideen
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4-SYLLABLE WORDS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from San Francisco, CA.) If you really need a book by this poet, comehereto City Lights Books, the store he founded in 1953
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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WORLD LITERATURE
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This 1932 MGM film was later re-released as "Nature's Mistakes"
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Freaks
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CIRCUS & CARNIVAL CINEMA
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Vincennes on the Wabash River in this state was the territorial capital from 1800 to 1813
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Indiana
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U.S. CITIES
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The only appointment Coolidge made, he was so rock solid that FDR made him chief
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Justice Stone
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THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED
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The life of author Plutarch began during the reign of this emperor whose life was chronicled by Robert Graves
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Claudius
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HISTORY HODGEPODGE
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Yeats wrote, "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate" this
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intensity
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4-SYLLABLE WORDS
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'He was the only vice president to be elected to, & serve, 2 full terms as president')
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Thomas Jefferson
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VICE PRESIDENTS
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Idaho's license plates logically carry the slogan "Famous" these
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Potatoes
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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
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A 1972 experiment set this more precisely at 186,282 miles per second
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the speed of light
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SPEED
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In cloud names, "nimbus" means this, so get out your umbrella
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rain
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A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
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In 321 Constantine declared this to be the official day of rest & worship
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Sunday
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CONSTANTINE
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On this TV show President Bartlet got betaseron injections from his wife for his MS
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The West Wing
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THE MATE Rx
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In 1995 Keanu was chosen one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by this magazine
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Peoplemagazine
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KEANU REEVES
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In the 1860s this precious metal was discovered at Owyhee, & today Idaho leads the U.S. in its production
|
silver
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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
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Of 500, 1,000 or 10,000 mph, the approximate speed of a spot on the equator while the Earth spins
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1,000 mph
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SPEED
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It's the 2-word "agricultural" term for the causing of precipitation by humans
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cloud seeding
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A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
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Sufferin' succotash!This pope reportedly cured Constantine of leprosy & converted him to Christianity
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Sylvester
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CONSTANTINE
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A "Brief History" of this physicist includes the fact that he married his nurse after leaving his wife in 1990
|
Stephen Hawking
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THE MATE Rx
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On Jan. 31, 2005 Keanu was recognized with a star on the Walk of Fame on this street
|
Hollywood Boulevard
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KEANU REEVES
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The Idaho section of U.S. Highway 12 bears the name of these 2 men who passed through the area in the early 1800s
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Lewis & Clark
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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
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In 1965 Gordon Moore famously predicted that these would double in processing speed every 18 months
|
computer chips
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SPEED
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From the type of cloud it indicates, a horizontal line is this type of "symbol" (sounds like a big house or car)
|
stratus
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A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
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Constantine's mother, St. Helena, is most famous for supposedly discovering this holy relic
|
the True Cross
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CONSTANTINE
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In the "Iliad" this goddess anoints herself with "ambrosial sweet" olive oil to seduce her husband Zeus
|
Hera
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THE MATE Rx
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Keanu maintains his passport & citizenship from this country
|
Canada
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KEANU REEVES
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Idaho's Kamiah Valley is rich in the heritage & legends of this "nosy" Native American tribe
|
Nez Perce
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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
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The 2nd-largest living bird, this flightless Australian can run at nearly 30 mph; faster than you!
|
an emu
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SPEED
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Found in Southeast Asia, the clouded type of this large cat is named for the cloud-shaped patterns on its coat
|
a leopard
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A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
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In 330, Constantine moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to this ancient Greek city, which he renamed Constantinople
|
Byzantium
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CONSTANTINE
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After this Sioux chief tried to take his sick wife for help in 1877, he was killed by soldiers
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Crazy Horse
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THE MATE Rx
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Keanu's first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in this language
|
Hawaiian
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KEANU REEVES
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Calling itself the birthplace of television, Rigby, Idaho was the boyhood home of this technology pioneer
|
Philo Farnsworth
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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
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Any object said to be traveling at hypersonic velocity has a speed over 5 on this scale named for an Austrian
|
Mach
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SPEED
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The 2 galaxies closest to the Milky Way are the "clouds" named for this Portuguese explorer
|
Magellan
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A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
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Now Iznik, Turkey, this city hosted an important Christian council called by Constantine in 325
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Nicaea
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CONSTANTINE
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It was once rumored that this president's wife "Flossie" poisoned him in order to avoid corruption charges
|
Harding
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THE MATE Rx
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Keanu's first professional theater work was in this c.1610 play about the rightful Duke of Milan
|
The Tempest
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KEANU REEVES
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In 1830 the French captured this city, Casbah & all, & made it the military HQ for their colonial empire in N. Africa
|
Algiers
|
THE 19th CENTURY
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Houston Rocket Steve Francis said of this teammate, "He's just like me, except he's 7'6" & Chinese"
|
Yao Ming
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QUOTABLE SPORTS
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He pondered weak & weary over many a curious volume at 230 N. Amity Street in Baltimore
|
(Edgar Allan) Poe
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WRITER'S HOMES
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In 1985 scientist Neri Vela became the first Mexican to venture here
|
space
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SOUTH OF THE BORDER
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In 1935 on the big screen, she was "The Little Colonel"
|
Shirley Temple
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A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE
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Used to relieve faintness, they're made up of ammonium carbonate & some fragrant scent
|
smelling salts
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WHAT THE "ELL"?
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In 1812 the Earl of Selkirk established the Red River Colony in this Canadian province to begin settling the West
|
Manitoba
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THE 19th CENTURY
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Asked if he'd earned a Clemson U. degree in this state, NBAer Elden Campbell said, "No, but they gave me one anyway"
|
South Carolina
|
QUOTABLE SPORTS
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Last name of the literary sisters who wrote their novels at the parsonage in Haworth, now a museum to them
|
Bronte
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WRITER'S HOMES
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Mexican star Alma Delfina is in the cast of "Te Amare en Silencio", the first original telenovela from this network
|
Univision
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SOUTH OF THE BORDER
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The Las Vegas Hilton was the setting for this Elvis manager's memorial service
|
Colonel Tom Parker
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A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE
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FD&C; Green No. 8 is one of the ingredients listed in this famous shampoo introduced in 1946
|
Prell
|
WHAT THE "ELL"?
|
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In 1873 these 2 cities united with Obuda & Margaret Island to form the capital of Hungary
|
Buda & Pest
|
THE 19th CENTURY
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Asked about this West Central Florida NFL team's execution, then-coach John McKay said, "I'm for it"
|
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|
QUOTABLE SPORTS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew strolls in Washington Square, New York.) As a boyhelived right here in the area & later wrote "Washington Square", whose heroine prefers it to any other habitation
|
Henry James
|
WRITER'S HOMES
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Known as J.C., this boxing champion won titles in 3 weight divisions & more than 100 pro fights
|
Julio Cesar Chavez
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SOUTH OF THE BORDER
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In 1874 this colonel led a "scientific" expedition into the Black Hills where he said it found gold
|
Custer
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A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE
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Each Labor Day weekend, this Colorado village popular with skiers hosts its annual film festival
|
Telluride
|
WHAT THE "ELL"?
|
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Pow! Kaboom! Russian explosive shells destroyed this empire's ships in Crimea in 1853
|
the Ottoman Empire
|
THE 19th CENTURY
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In '91 Vin Scully said, "Andre Dawson has a bruised knee & is listed as" this 3-word term... "aren't we all?"
|
day-to-day
|
QUOTABLE SPORTS
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He spent summer holidays from 1907 to 1914 remembering things past at a seaside resort in Normandy
|
Proust
|
WRITER'S HOMES
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This beloved film comedian got his name from a nightclub heckler who once yelled, "In the cantina you talk big!"
|
Cantinflas
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SOUTH OF THE BORDER
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He's the musical man in the title ofthe following
|
Colonel Bogey
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A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE
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He was Archibishop of New York from 1939 until his death in 1967
|
Francis Cardinal Spellman
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WHAT THE "ELL"?
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In 1825 patriots crossed the Rio de la Plata from Argentina to fight for this country's freedom from Brazil
|
Uruguay
|
THE 19th CENTURY
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Asked how he was putting in 1991 compared with '82, when he won the Masters, this "Walrus" said, "More"
|
Craig Stadler
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QUOTABLE SPORTS
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This Norwegian wrote his play "An Enemy of the People" while living in Rome
|
Ibsen
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WRITER'S HOMES
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Seenhere, in 1988 he was President of Mexico; 10 years later he was living in exile in Ireland
|
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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SOUTH OF THE BORDER
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After Jim Bowie fell ill, this colonel took command at the Alamo
|
Travis
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A COLONEL OF KNOWLEDGE
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In 2002 he published "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers"
|
Daniel Ellsberg
|
WHAT THE "ELL"?
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'Of nations entirely within Europe, it was the largest in area in 1571 & 1771, not on the map in 1871, & No. 6 in 1971')
|
Poland
|
EUROPE
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The Jarube Tehuano is a folk dance from this North American country
|
Mexico
|
LET'S DANCE
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With 16 planes built, construction of this supersonic transport ended in 1979
|
Concorde
|
FLYING
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Yachting & horse racing are popular pastimes in Rio but this sport rules supreme
|
Futbol (Soccer)
|
DOWN TO RIO
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Easter is the Christian version of this Jewish feast with which it often coincides
|
Passover
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EASTER PARADE
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"The Bridesmaids" is a memoir about this actress' 1956 royal wedding by one of her bridesmaids
|
Grace Kelly
|
ROYAL WEDDING
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To chill champagne, or to postpone a project
|
Put on ice
|
THREE LITTLE WORDS
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Auguste Bournonville, the father of Danish ballet, was born in this capital city in 1805
|
Copenhagen
|
LET'S DANCE
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It's the nickname of the H-4 Hercules, the flying boat Howard Hughes piloted in 1947
|
"The Spruce Goose"
|
FLYING
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With all of the festivities, the most exciting time to visit Rio is during this, their Mardi Gras
|
Carnaval
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DOWN TO RIO
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Thousands of New Yorkers traditionally stroll down this avenue on Easter showing off their new clothes
|
Fifth Avenue
|
EASTER PARADE
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Her gown had a 17 1/2' train & was embellished with the initials "S" & "A" when she married Prince Andrew
|
Sarah Ferguson
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ROYAL WEDDING
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Incidentally
|
By the way
|
THREE LITTLE WORDS
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The Giga is the Italian version of this lively dance popular in England & Ireland
|
Jig
|
LET'S DANCE
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In 1995 Eileen Collins became the first American woman to pilot one of these
|
Space Shuttle
|
FLYING
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A Rio museum honors this entertainer known for her lavish gowns & fruity headgear
|
Carmen Miranda
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DOWN TO RIO
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The Venerable Bede traced the word Easter to Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of this season
|
Spring
|
EASTER PARADE
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In 1993 Harvard grad Masako Owada became the 1st career woman to marry a crown prince of this country
|
Japan
|
ROYAL WEDDING
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It might mean to fall asleep in a barn loft
|
Hit the hay
|
THREE LITTLE WORDS
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Charles Weidman danced the role of this silent film idol in the modern dance work "Flickers"; tres "sheik"
|
Rudolf Valentino
|
LET'S DANCE
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By 1940 Artem Mikoyan & Mikhail Gurevich produced the first of these Soviet fighter planes
|
Mig
|
FLYING
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Less than 20 minutes from downtown, you'll find this famous beach, followed by Ipanema & Leblon
|
Copacabana
|
DOWN TO RIO
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Easter is called this kind of feast because its date can vary between March 22 & April 25
|
A moveable feast
|
EASTER PARADE
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On July 29, 1981 she looked just like Cinderella when she rode to St. Paul's Cathedral in a glass coach
|
Diana Spencer (Princess Diana)
|
ROYAL WEDDING
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Be number one on a list of entertainers in a show
|
Top the bill
|
THREE LITTLE WORDS
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These married dancers popularized the Castle Polka
|
Vernon & Irene Castle
|
LET'S DANCE
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Referring to the way certain aircraft rise up & touch down, the abbreviation VTOL stands for this
|
Vertical Takeoff & Landing
|
FLYING
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This rocky landmark that rises above Guanabara Bay is known as Pao de Acucar in Portuguese
|
The Sugarloaf
|
DOWN TO RIO
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Oberammergau, Germany is home to a famous one of these performances that dramatize the Easter story
|
Passion Play
|
EASTER PARADE
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In 1978 American-born Lisa Halaby married King Hussein at Zaharan Palace in this capital city
|
Amman, Jordan
|
ROYAL WEDDING
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Dance like Fred Astaire, or scissor one toupee
|
Cut a rug
|
THREE LITTLE WORDS
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Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee was in command of this ship when it blew up February 15, 1898
|
The Maine
|
U.S. HISTORY
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Most of this country's vineyards are in the area around Lake Geneva
|
Switzerland
|
WINE
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This Belgian capital constitutes 1 of the country's 3 administrative regions
|
Brussels
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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While teaching Russian literature at Cornell, he wrote his famous novel "Lolita"
|
Vladimir Nabokov
|
LITERATURE
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Probate is the legal procedure by which one of these documents is proven valid or invalid
|
Will
|
LAW
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She was a year younger than James Dean when they made this 1956 film
|
"Giant"
|
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
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Samuel Smith wrote this song to a melody he found in a German book, not knowing it was England's anthem
|
"America" (or "My Country, \'Tis Of Thee")
|
U.S. HISTORY
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Sekt is the German equivalent of this celebrated French sparkling wine
|
Champagne
|
WINE
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Venice is known as the "Queen Of" this sea
|
Adriatic
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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"Much Obliged, Jeeves", this author's last collection of Bertie-&-Jeeves stories, was published in 1971
|
P.G. Wodehouse
|
LITERATURE
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It's defined as one who could testify regarding what he had seen
|
Eyewitness
|
LAW
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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):In 1942's "There's One Born Every Minute", Liz sang a duet with this person seen here:
|
Carl "Alfalfa" Schweitzer
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
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1840s guidebooks could lead you landmark by landmark along this trail from Independence to Astoria
|
Oregon Trail
|
U.S. HISTORY
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Wine is produced in this grand duchy, along the Moselle River
|
Luxembourg
|
WINE
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Gilbertese, a Micronesian language, is widely spoken in Kiribati, an island country in this ocean
|
Pacific
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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It begins, "In the ancient city of London....A boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty...."
|
"The Prince And The Pauper"
|
LITERATURE
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This word can mean to terminate a right or to quench a flame
|
Extinguish
|
LAW
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As Amy in this 1949 film, she marries Laurie after Jo rejects him
|
"Little Women"
|
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
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Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt & Alfred E. Smith all held this political post
|
Governor of New York
|
U.S. HISTORY
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Blue Nun & Crown Of Crowns are 2 of the biggest producers of this famous German wine
|
Liebfraumilch
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WINE
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You'll find San Marino, one of the world's smallest countries, in these mountains
|
Apennines
|
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
|
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In novels by Baroness Orczy, this colorful hero is really Sir Percy Blakeney
|
"The Scarlet Pimpernel"
|
LITERATURE
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In 1967 she starred in this Shakespearean comedy with Richard Burton
|
The Taming of the Shrew
|
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
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The Treaty of New Echota said these Indians would move west for $5 million & 7 million acres
|
Cherokee
|
U.S. HISTORY
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The Fino type of this wine is sometimes served chilled; the Oloroso, at room temperature
|
Sherry
|
WINE
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Canada is a federation of 2 territories & this many provinces
|
10
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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This 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse is based on the early life of Buddha
|
"Siddhartha"
|
LITERATURE
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In many U.S. jurisdictions, the M'Naghten rule is the test applied for this type of defense
|
Insanity
|
LAW
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In this 1972 film she was Zee
|
"X, Y & Zee"
|
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
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'During the 1920s the Progressive Party was headquartered in this capital')
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
STATE CAPITALS
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Augusta
|
Georgia
|
CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD
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On the Mamas & the Papas' last Top 40 hit, "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", she got top billing
|
Mama Cass
|
'60s POP QUIZ
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Michigan claims the nation's oldest one, starting in 1849; don't miss the pig races or the midway
|
a state fair
|
ANNUAL EVENTS
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She knew it was over; Octavian had rejected her advances. The asp awaited; she'd be buried with her love forevermore
|
Cleopatra
|
ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK
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Princess Cruises now offer scuba & volleyball as well as this beloved game that uses cues to push disks
|
shuffleboard
|
LET'S GO CRUISING
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Solfatara, a gas-belching volcanic vent, is partly from the Italian for this element
|
sulfur
|
ODD WORDS
|
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Portland
|
Maine
|
CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD
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In 1968 this film star turned pop star with the song heardhere"MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark /All the sweet, green icing flowing down..."
|
Richard Harris
|
'60s POP QUIZ
|
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds up a lantern.) Lanterns are popular in Cairo's bazaar right now, as they're a symbol of this holy month of daylight fasting
|
Ramadan
|
ANNUAL EVENTS
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Mary had caught this lawyer's eye & wed him on Nov. 4, 1842. But would her growing madness doom them both?
|
Lincoln
|
ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK
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The person who handles passengers' accounts; Gopher on "The Love Boat" was an assistant one
|
a purser
|
LET'S GO CRUISING
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Popular with kids, dactylonomy is the practice of counting this way
|
with your fingers
|
ODD WORDS
|
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Huntsville
|
Alabama
|
CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD
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According to the title of a 1967 hit, it's what The Young Rascals were doing "On A Sunday Afternoon"
|
"Groovin\'"
|
'60s POP QUIZ
|
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People who gather each New Year's Day for a swim in frigid water are called this animal's club
|
a polar bear
|
ANNUAL EVENTS
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It was WWI. Her new name meant "eye of the dawn" & she felt reborn. Oh, how she loved German military men!
|
Mata Hari
|
ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK
|
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|
This Virgin Island with its city of Charlotte Amalie is among the most popular Caribbean ports of call
|
St. Thomas
|
LET'S GO CRUISING
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A canephora is a statue of a woman bearing one of these on her head
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a basket
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ODD WORDS
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Guthrie
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Oklahoma
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CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD
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In a 3-year period in the 1960s, she had 15 Top 40 hits, including the one heardhere"My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine /Softer than a sigh /My love is deeper than the deepest ocean..."
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Petula Clark
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'60s POP QUIZ
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In 1960 this "royal" krewe became the first to throw doubloons in New Orleans' Mardi Gras parade
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the Rex Krewe
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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June 20, 1791. She and Louis fled in the night. But a man recognized Louis, whose face was literally on the money
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Marie Antoinette
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ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK
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You can sail from Southampton on this Cunard liner that has covered 5.3 mil. nautical miles, a record for any ship
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theQE2
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LET'S GO CRUISING
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By definition in a style of painting called grisaille, only shades of this color are used
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gray
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ODD WORDS
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This Zager & Evans hit about the future is subtitled "Exordium & Terminus"
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"In The Year 2525"
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'60s POP QUIZ
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English profs rub elbow patches at the 122-year-old annual convention of the MLA, short for this
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the Modern Language Association
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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Odysseus had been gone 20 years, even after she'd given him a son, Telemachus. Yet she knew someday, Odie would return
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Penelope
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ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK
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Term for a woman who christens a cruise ship, like Kim Cattral for Norwegian Dawn & Judi Dench for Carnival Legend
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the godmother
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LET'S GO CRUISING
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From the French for "to go out", it can mean to sally forth, or a combat mission by a single military plane
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a sortie
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ODD WORDS
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The source of the Lena River, one of Russia's longest, lies less than 10 miles from this huge Siberian lake
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Lake Baikal
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ASIA
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Jason Bateman is Michael Bluth, the stable family member in this Emmy-winning Fox comedy
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Arrested Development
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SITCOMS
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This Minnesotan ran for the 1968 Democratic nomination & ran in 1976 as an independent
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Eugene McCarthy
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THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT
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Cremora
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cream (creamer accepted)
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WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?
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The great city of Dane is near Madison in this last state carved out of the Northwest Territory
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Wisconsin
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DOG TOWNS
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This "Follies" producer who helped create the showgirl tradition used the slogan "Glorifying the American girl"
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Ziegfeld
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"Z" BOYS
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Legend says an empress in 2640 B.C. discovered how to produce this, & put the Chinese on the "road" of trade
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silk
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ASIA
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Mike O'Malley & Anthony Clark play brothers-in-law on this CBS sitcom
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Yes, Dear
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SITCOMS
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My name is Inigo de Onaz y Loyola! You know me better under this name! Prepare to pray!
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St. Ignatius Loyola
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THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT
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Sizzlean
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bacon
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WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?
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Fly into the Akita Airport to lap up the sights in Akita on the East Sea in this country
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Japan
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DOG TOWNS
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This German optician's name is on digital camera lenses, though he died in 1888
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(Carl) Zeiss
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"Z" BOYS
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More than 16 million Vietnamese live in this river's delta
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the Mekong
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ASIA
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Based on a BBC show, this sitcom takes place at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Supply Company in Scranton, Penn.
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The Office
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SITCOMS
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In 1792 this British captain finally managed to bring breadfruit to the Americas
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Bligh
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THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT
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Rock group Achtung Babies
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U2
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WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?
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The Casa of the "Royal Dog of the Americas" would be in this city twice occupied by American troops in the 1840s
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Chihuahua
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DOG TOWNS
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This "Germinal" novelist defended the Impressionists in newspaper articles
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Emile Zola
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"Z" BOYS
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It consists of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Ra's Al Khaymah, Ash Shariqah, Umm Al Qaywayn & Al Fujayrah
|
the United Arab Emirates
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ASIA
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This title character was dad to Mearth, played by Jonathan Winters
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Mork
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SITCOMS
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In his effort to unite his nation, he won battles at Calatafimi & Milazzo in 1860
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Garibaldi
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THE GREAT & NEAR-GREAT
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Peltex products
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fur coats
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WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?
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We hope you retrieve the name of this breed, also a city in the Philippines & a region of Northeast Canada
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Labrador
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DOG TOWNS
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This agrarian reformer who sided with Pancho Villa is considered a Mexican national hero
|
(Emiliano) Zapata
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"Z" BOYS
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This ancient Sumerian city's ruins were first excavated in the 1850s, when the Ziggurat of Nanna was discovered
|
Ur
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ASIA
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This actress played the perenially perky Corky Sherwood on "Murphy Brown"
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Faith Ford
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SITCOMS
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The mineral red spinel
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rubies
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WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?
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When Lassie wants to visit Collie, she takes a boat on the Indian Ocean to Bunbury on the west coast of this country
|
Australia
|
DOG TOWNS
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This N.Y. free-jazz saxophonist heardherewrote tribute songs to Ennio Morricone, Sonny Clark & Ornette Coleman
|
John Zorn
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"Z" BOYS
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'He was nominated for Best Actor 5 times in the 1950s, the most for any man in one decade')
|
Marlon Brando
|
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
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Bucephalus was the favorite horse of this ancient warrior, who built a city in its honor when it died
|
Alexander the Great
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MY NAME IS ALEX
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In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love & Amnesia"
|
50 First Dates
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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
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In a 1719 sequel, he & his manservant revisit the island where he was shipwrecked
|
Robinson Crusoe
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Check it out: in 2000, 17-year-old M.I.T. freshman Elina Groverman was the U.S. women's co-champ in this board game
|
chess
|
COLLEGE HODGEPODGE
|
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The diameter of this largest planet in our solar system is more than 11 times that of the earth
|
Jupiter
|
THE PLANETS
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Aristotle's teacher(5)
|
Plato
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
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This author first learned of his African ancestor Kunta Kinte while living this his grandparents in Tennessee
|
Alex Haley
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MY NAME IS ALEX
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This Oscar-winning film set in Somalia became "Helicopter on Fire" in Poland
|
Black Hawk Down
|
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
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This Mary Shelley tale is told through the letters of an Arctic explorer named Walton
|
Frankenstein
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE
|
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|
Many a college campus has an area called a quad, which is short for this
|
quadrangle
|
COLLEGE HODGEPODGE
|
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|
Taken recently, the ultraviolet image seenhereshows this planet's most famous feature
|
Saturn
|
THE PLANETS
|
|
|
At right angles(13)
|
perpendicular
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
|
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This French author penned the immortal line "All for one, and one for all"
|
(Alexandre) Dumas
|
MY NAME IS ALEX
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In France, Billy Crystal learned all about "life, love and cows" in this film
|
City Slickers
|
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
|
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This D.H. Lawrence work was not published in full in England until Penguin books did it in 1960
|
Lady Chatterley\'s Lover
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE
|
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|
This adjective for a second-year student is defined as "intellectually pretentious", "conceited" & "immature"
|
sophomoric
|
COLLEGE HODGEPODGE
|
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|
It's the only planet that has yet to be visited by a spacecraft
|
Pluto
|
THE PLANETS
|
|
|
Science of fossils(12)
|
paleontology
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
|
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|
This scientist was knighted in 1944 for his discovery of penicillin
|
(Alexander) Fleming
|
MY NAME IS ALEX
|
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|
The censorship board in Malaysia damned this Ron Perlman film with the title "Super Sapiens"
|
Hellboy
|
MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS
|
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|
The activities of a certain London club form the basis of this Dickens novel, his first
|
The Pickwick Papers
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE
|
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|
At cambridge, this "Lord" of poetry became a lifelong friend of John Cam Hobhouse, who later went to Greece with him
|
Byron
|
COLLEGE HODGEPODGE
|
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|
They're the 2 planets whose astrological symbols also signify male & female
|
Venus & Mars
|
THE PLANETS
|
|
|
Argentinian region(9)
|
Patagonia
|
CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
|
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|
A major ocean current off of Peru is named for this man who charted it in 1802
|
(Alexander von) Humboldt
|
MY NAME IS ALEX
|
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|
This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford)
|
Brave New World
|
ENGLISH LITERATURE
|
|
|
(Hi. I'm Keith Olberman.) I started when I was 16 and I graduated at 20 with a B.S. in communications at this Ivy League school in Ithaca
|
Cornell
|
COLLEGE HODGEPODGE
|
|
|
Named for a water nymph, Naiad is this planet's nearest known moon
|
Neptune
|
THE PLANETS
|
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|
In 1948 Dr. King was ordained a minister in this Christian denomination
|
Baptist
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
|
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|
Ending this man's 50-year reign atop the alphabetical list of MLBers, David Aardsma said, "I owe it all to my parents"
|
Hank Aaron
|
POP CULTURE 2004
|
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|
Sterling silver is not pure silver; it's actually an alloy consisting of 92.5% silver & 7.5% this metal
|
copper
|
METALS
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew speaks from Santorini in Greece.) Volcanic cliffs on Santorini are the remnants of an eruption that may be the source of the legend of this island
|
Atlantis
|
GREECE
|
|
|
freetranslation.com taught me "Your eyes shine like oysters" in this language--"I suoi occhi brillano come le ostriche"
|
Italian
|
I LEARNED IT ONLINE
|
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|
A book by Lynne Truss warns against inserting this into the innocent panda description "eats shoots & leaves"
|
a comma
|
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
|
|
|
King donated the money he received for winning this international award in December 1964 to civil rights causes
|
the Nobel Peace Prize
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
|
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|
Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin gave their yummy morsel born April 14 this name
|
Apple
|
POP CULTURE 2004
|
|
|
An oxide of this metal, symbol Ti, is used as a white pigment in paints
|
titanium
|
METALS
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Delos in Greece.) Delos was sacred as the birthplace of this music-loving sun god whose temple this is
|
Apollo
|
GREECE
|
|
|
howstuffworks.com told me each Apache one of these can carry 16 Hellfire missiles--cool
|
a helicopter
|
I LEARNED IT ONLINE
|
|
|
The type of essay where you back up your opinion, or the type of person who always challenges others' opinions
|
argumentative
|
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
|
|
|
While at Crozer Theological Seminary, King studied the nonviolent philosophy of this Asian leader
|
Gandhi
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
|
|
|
This fitness guru was accused of slapping a 255 lb. man (an actual cage wrestler!) who made fun of his exercise videos
|
Richard Simmons
|
POP CULTURE 2004
|
|
|
Poisoning from this metal is sometimes called plumbism or saturnism
|
lead
|
METALS
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Athens, Greece.) In Greek cities, orient yourself using this, whose name comes from words meaning "highest" and "city"
|
the Acropolis
|
GREECE
|
|
|
I learned about the obligations of my moving company at dot.gov, the website of this Cabinet department
|
Transportation
|
I LEARNED IT ONLINE
|
|
|
You'll find the French word for "day" in this word that may be a daily assignment
|
journal
|
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
|
|
|
Tragically, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while visiting this Tennessee city
|
Memphis
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
|
|
|
Sadly, Shante Broadus got served with divizzle papers after a 7-year marriage to this rapper
|
Snoop Dogg
|
POP CULTURE 2004
|
|
|
Cassiterite is the chief ore of this metal used to coat food containers
|
tin
|
METALS
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in the the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) In 401 B.C. here at the Theatre of Dionysus, this man won a posthumous first prize for his play "Oedipus at Colonus"
|
Sophocles
|
GREECE
|
|
|
At greenwichpast.com I learned that this famed skywatcher was Astronomer Royal from 1720 to his death in 1742
|
Sir Edmond Halley
|
I LEARNED IT ONLINE
|
|
|
This clue would get or receive a failing & inadequate grade for inordinate & excess use of this 10-letter problem
|
redundancy
|
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
|
|
|
At this Washington, D.C. landmark in 1963, King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech
|
Lincoln Memorial
|
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
|
|
|
A 2004 comedy starred Jon Heder as high school geek Napoleon, with this explosive last name
|
Dynamite
|
POP CULTURE 2004
|
|
|
Named by British scientist Humphry Davy, it's now pronounced & spelled his way in the U.S.; others add an "I"
|
aluminum
|
METALS
|
|
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.) Built in the 400s B.C., the temple of Athena, known as the Parthenon, is the greatest example of this ancient architectural style
|
doric
|
GREECE
|
|
|
webmd.com tells me this condition, which can cause no symptoms until a stroke, is the "silent killer"
|
high blood pressure
|
I LEARNED IT ONLINE
|
|
|
From the Latin for "speak" in speaking, it's clarity of pronounciation; in writing, it's word choice
|
diction
|
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
|
|
|
'This state & its capital were named for 2 dukedoms held by the same British man')
|
New York
|
STATE FACTS
|
|
|
Some say this woman of Troy married Paris' brother Deiphobus after Paris' death
|
Helen
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
|
|
A shrewdness of these large primates may be full of chimps or gorillas
|
Apes
|
ANIMAL GROUPS
|
|
|
At 465 square miles, it's California's largest city in area
|
Los Angeles
|
CALIFORNIA CITIES
|
|
|
When stocks are in an upward trend, it's a bull market; as they drop, it's called this
|
Bear Market
|
MONEY & FINANCE
|
|
|
With its theme park & mega-hotel, Opryland is one of this state's most popular attractions
|
Tennessee
|
OPRYLAND USA
|
|
|
"We Try Harder"
|
Avis
|
WHAT'S THE PITCH?
|
|
|
Poseidon's son Polyphemus was one of these one-eyed creatures
|
Cyclops
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
|
|
"Nevermore" will we mention that a group of these birds is an unkindness
|
Ravens
|
ANIMAL GROUPS
|
|
|
This city near the U.S.-Mexico border is home to a naval base & a world famous zoo
|
San Diego
|
CALIFORNIA CITIES
|
|
|
A company that steadily produces profits is referred to by this bovine term
|
Cash Cow
|
MONEY & FINANCE
|
|
|
Visitors can go rollin' on the river aboard a showboat named for this general & 7th president
|
Andrew Jackson
|
OPRYLAND USA
|
|
|
"I can't believe I ate the whole thing"
|
Alka-Seltzer
|
WHAT'S THE PITCH?
|
|
|
The name of this river of the underworld means "hateful" or "abhorrent"
|
Styx
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
|
|
Watch Jeopardy! & find out how to succeed in this group of ferrets without really trying
|
Business
|
ANIMAL GROUPS
|
|
|
This city's Moscone Center has over 500,000 square feet of exhibit & meeting space
|
San Francisco
|
CALIFORNIA CITIES
|
|
|
It's the type of tax paid on expensive items considered nonessential, such as yachts, furs & jewelry
|
Luxury Tax
|
MONEY & FINANCE
|
|
|
TV's "Music City Tonight" is taped at Opryland & broadcast by this cable network located there
|
TNN (The Nashville Network)
|
OPRYLAND USA
|
|
|
"Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' from the oven"
|
Pillsbury
|
WHAT'S THE PITCH?
|
|
|
In Norse myth Fenris, one of these lupine animals, has jaws so huge they stretch from heaven to Earth
|
Wolf
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
|
|
When someone wishes you "good" these at Christmas, they may be referring to a group of magpies
|
Tidings
|
ANIMAL GROUPS
|
|
|
This upscale community was founded in 1906 by the Rodeo Land & Water Company
|
Beverly Hills
|
CALIFORNIA CITIES
|
|
|
Despite its name, this type of insurance payout can be made monthly or quarterly as well as yearly
|
Annuity
|
MONEY & FINANCE
|
|
|
Adjacent to the park are 3 museums, one of which honors this "Queen of Country Comedy"
|
Minnie Pearl
|
OPRYLAND USA
|
|
|
"Because life is not a spectator sport"
|
Reebok
|
WHAT'S THE PITCH?
|
|
|
This wife of Jupiter was considered the queen of heaven
|
Juno
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
|
|
Gather a group of these animals in Wisconsin & you'll have a cete
|
Badgers
|
ANIMAL GROUPS
|
|
|
This Silicon Valley city served as California's first capital from 1849 to 1851
|
San Jose
|
CALIFORNIA CITIES
|
|
|
Similar to Ginnie Mae, the Student Loan Marketing Association is popularly called this
|
Sallie Mae
|
MONEY & FINANCE
|
|
|
A historic building, this former home of the Grand Ole Opry was renovated & reopened in 1994
|
The Ryman Auditorium
|
OPRYLAND USA
|
|
|
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste"
|
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
|
WHAT'S THE PITCH?
|
|
|
After his death in 1958, Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto's opera "Juha" premiered on radio in this capital
|
Helsinki
|
OPERA
|
|
|
In 969 the Fatimids conquered Egypt & made this city a center of the Muslim world
|
Cairo
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
It's the crime for which Hester Prynne is condemned to wear "The Scarlet Letter"
|
Adultery
|
AMERICAN LITERATURE
|
|
|
Less than 3 years after his debates with Lincoln, he died of typhoid fever
|
Stephen Douglas
|
19TH CENTURY POLITICIANS
|
|
|
We were "Speechless" when we heard this former movie Batman's real name is Michael Douglas
|
Michael Keaton
|
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
|
|
|
Polynesians still use the dugout type of this vessel
|
Canoe
|
POLYNESIA
|
|
|
This 1791 Mozart opera is the greatest example of Zauberoper, or "Magic Opera"
|
"The Magic Flute"
|
OPERA
|
|
|
In 1776 Spain created a colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio De La Plata on this continent
|
South America
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
In a James Fenimore Cooper novel, Uncas, a young chieftain, is identified as this title character
|
"The Last of the Mohicans"
|
AMERICAN LITERATURE
|
|
|
After retiring in 1869, this secretary of state traveled the world, including a stop in Alaska
|
William Seward
|
19TH CENTURY POLITICIANS
|
|
|
Susan Lucci has played Erica Kane on this soap opera since its 1970 debut
|
"All My Children"
|
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
|
|
|
Ethnological descriptions of Polynesia include this country because the Maori are Polynesian
|
New Zealand
|
POLYNESIA
|
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|
Darius Milhaud wrote a 1932 opera about this Hapsburg emperor of Mexico
|
Maximilian
|
OPERA
|
|
|
In 1960 Prince Norodom Sihanouk became leader of this country, but declined the title of king
|
Cambodia
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
In a John Steinbeck work, this title object found by Kino the fisherman is as big as a seagull's egg
|
"The Pearl"
|
AMERICAN LITERATURE
|
|
|
Rainbow
|
虹
|
INSECTS shine in RAINBOW colors, they could CRAFT a RAINBOW with their backs.
|
|
|
On "Women of the House" she played designing woman turned congresswoman Suzanne Sugarbaker
|
Delta Burke
|
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
|
|
|
The word Polynesia means this
|
"Many Islands"
|
POLYNESIA
|
|
|
In 1615 this explorer who has a large island & bay named for him searched for the Northwest Passage
|
William Baffin
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
This 1941 Budd Schulberg novel chronicles the rise of Sammy Glick from office boy to film tycoon
|
"What Makes Sammy Run?"
|
AMERICAN LITERATURE
|
|
|
This "Great Pacificator" helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812
|
Henry Clay
|
19TH CENTURY POLITICIANS
|
|
|
Robert Pastorelli, who starred in the comedy series "Double Rush", played Eldin on this sitcom
|
"Murphy Brown"
|
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
|
|
|
Swains Island, part of this unincorporated U.S. territory, is privately owned
|
American Samoa
|
POLYNESIA
|
|
|
In 1968 Marcello Caetano replaced this longtime dictator as ruler of Portugal
|
Antonio de Salazar
|
WORLD HISTORY
|
|
|
Sinclair Lewis spent several months researching Midwestern Protestantism for this 1927 novel
|
"Elmer Gantry"
|
AMERICAN LITERATURE
|
|
|
He served in Congress & in the New York state senate before his arrest for fraud in 1871
|
Boss Tweed
|
19TH CENTURY POLITICIANS
|
|
|
Her "so-called life" includes the role of Beth in the 1994 film "Little Women"
|
Claire Danes
|
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
|
|
|
This nation is ruled by a king & a 30-member legislative assembly
|
Tonga
|
POLYNESIA
|
|
|
'This French tennis player born in 1905 is nicknamed "The Crocodile"')
|
Rene Lacoste
|
SPORTS NICKNAMES
|
|
|
Neville,Copland,Spelling
|
Aaron
|
BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME
|
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This "Bionic Man" got his head chopped off by an axe-wielding Joan Crawford in his first film, "Strait-Jacket"
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Lee Majors
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THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS
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L.A.'s Pink's hot dog stand has many fans, incl. this often pink-haired singer, who, by the way, isn't the owner
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Pink
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STUPID ANSWERS
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In war & football, "The best defense is a good" this
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offense
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FAMILIAR PHRASES
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Often used to move large herds of longhorn cattle, the Chisholm Trail ran from this state to Kansas
|
Texas
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HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU
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From the Old French for "upper loin", it's an expensive cut of beef from the upper loin
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sirloin
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UNTIL WE MEAT AGAIN
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Manoff,Washington,Shore
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Dinah
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BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME
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Her first album was "All Hail the Queen"; her first film was Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever"
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Queen Latifah
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THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks the stage of the Majestic Theatre in New York.) In the musical "The Phantom of the Opera", the Phantom writes one of these, called "Don Juan Triumphant"
|
an opera
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STUPID ANSWERS
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When disappointed, we sometimes say "There's no joy in" this town--just like when Casey struck out
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Mudville
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FAMILIAR PHRASES
|
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Hikers enjoy the 13-mile Barr Trail to the summit of this Colorado peak
|
Pikes Peak
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HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU
|
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From the French for "calf", it's meat from a calf
|
veal
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UNTIL WE MEAT AGAIN
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Ward,Weisz &"My Cousin"
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Rachel
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BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME
|
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Falling off a chair at her audition helped her win the role of the klutzy princess in "The Princess Diaries"
|
(Anne) Hathaway
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THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS
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This Hugo Boss perfume scented with freesia & vanilla comes in a distinctive deep red bottle
|
Deep Red
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STUPID ANSWERS
|
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With skyrocketing medical costs, remember that this is "cheaper than treatment" & "better than cure"
|
prevention
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FAMILIAR PHRASES
|
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From beginning to end, the Old Spanish Trail ran between Santa Fe & this West Coast city
|
Los Angeles
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HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU
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From the Latin for "ram", it's the meat of an adult sheep
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mutton
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UNTIL WE MEAT AGAIN
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Dalton,Hutton,Leary
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Timothy
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BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME
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Later Rose on "The Golden Girls", she blossomed as a senator in the 1962 drama "Advise and Consent"
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Betty White
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THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS
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This gemstone is basically an onyx with alternating bands of sard & other minerals
|
sardonyx
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STUPID ANSWERS
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Arthur Fletcher coined this "mind"ful United Negro College Fund motto about living up to one's potential
|
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste"
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FAMILIAR PHRASES
|
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The forced march this Eastern tribe made West during the winter of 1838-39 is known as the Trail of Tears
|
the Cherokee
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HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU
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From the Latin for "to hunt", it's deer meat
|
venison
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UNTIL WE MEAT AGAIN
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Watts,Campbell,Judd
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Naomi
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BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME
|
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Seth Green checked in when he played Egg in this film based on a John Irving novel
|
The Hotel New Hampshire
|
THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS
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The town that became Orlando, Florida was founded in 1850 by Aaron Jernigan & was given this 1-word name
|
Jernigan
|
STUPID ANSWERS
|
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The phrase "handwriting on the wall" goes back to this book of the Old Testament
|
Daniel
|
FAMILIAR PHRASES
|
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The Bozeman Trail took travelers from this Wyoming fort to the gold fields in Montana
|
Fort Laramie
|
HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU
|
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From the Old English for "heel", it's an animal's lower leg served as a cut of cured meat
|
hock
|
UNTIL WE MEAT AGAIN
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During the war this future British prime minister served as First Lord of the Admiralty
|
Churchill
|
WORLD WAR I
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Venus Flytrap & Dr. Johnny Fever both worked at this title location
|
WKRP in Cincinnati
|
OCCUPATIONAL TV
|
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This 19th c. Russian was still a student when he began his great Romantic poem "Ruslan and Ludmila"
|
Pushkin
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A WORLD OF "P"OETS
|
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Our wood stoop, the one on the front of a house, comes from this language's word spelled S-T-O-E-P
|
Dutch
|
LANGUAGES & DIALECTS
|
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The "MiB" pug & the "Legally Blonde" Chihuahua popularized breeds classified by the AKC in this group
|
toy dogs
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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Dangerous creations, as mentioned in a January 29, 2002 presidential speech:WMD
|
weapons of mass destruction
|
ABBREVIATED
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This American flying ace shot down 26 enemy aircraft & received the French Croix de Guerre
|
Rickenbacker
|
WORLD WAR I
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Well kiss my grits, Mel's Diner was the place of work on this sitcom
|
Alice
|
OCCUPATIONAL TV
|
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When Alexander the Great burned Thebes to the ground, the only house spared was that of this great lyric poet
|
Pindar
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A WORLD OF "P"OETS
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The oldest known text in this Slavic language is the religious hymn "Bogurodzica", which dates back to 1408
|
Polish
|
LANGUAGES & DIALECTS
|
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The Sphynx cat is often referred to as this, also following "Mexican" in a dog breed name
|
a hairless (cat)
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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A TV & film labor organization:The WGA
|
the Writers Guild of America
|
ABBREVIATED
|
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3-word name for the ground between enemy trenches; it could be less than 30 yards or more than a mile wide
|
no man\'s land
|
WORLD WAR I
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On "Everybody Loves Raymond", Ray Barone was a sportswriter at this New York newspaper
|
Newsday
|
OCCUPATIONAL TV
|
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This Frenchman who gave us the "Sleeping Beauty" story also wrote such poems as "Le Siecle de Louis le Grand"
|
Charles Perrault
|
A WORLD OF "P"OETS
|
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Latgalian is a dialect spoken by about 150,000 in this country's province of Latgale
|
Latvia
|
LANGUAGES & DIALECTS
|
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National name of the kitty known affectionately as a "Wegie"
|
Norwegian
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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A movie special-effects company:ILM
|
Industrial Light & Magic
|
ABBREVIATED
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During the war the Food Admin. headed by this future president controlled the distribution of food
|
Hoover
|
WORLD WAR I
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Jim Anderson was an agent at the General Insurance Company on this sitcom
|
Father Knows Best
|
OCCUPATIONAL TV
|
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This 14th century Italian made Scipio Africanus the hero of his poem "Africa"
|
Petrarch
|
A WORLD OF "P"OETS
|
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Sesotho is a Sotho dialect mainly spoken in the Republic of South Africa & this kingdom
|
Lesotho
|
LANGUAGES & DIALECTS
|
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Dash, a favorite pet of Queen Victoria, was this type of spaniel named for another monarch
|
a Cavalier King Charles
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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On a camera:SLR
|
single lens reflex
|
ABBREVIATED
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This controversial Army officer led the air operations of the AEF & flew many missions deep into enemy territory
|
(Billy) Mitchell
|
WORLD WAR I
|
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On "Taxi" this character was a cab driver & part-time art gallery receptionist
|
Elaine (Nardo)
|
OCCUPATIONAL TV
|
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"Peace" be with this Mexican, who published "Luna Silvestre", his first book of poems, when he was 19
|
(Octavio) Paz
|
A WORLD OF "P"OETS
|
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The official languages of this small African kingdom are siSwati & English
|
Swaziland
|
LANGUAGES & DIALECTS
|
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a Bouvier de New York; a fine cattle-herding dog is the Bouvier de this
|
Bouvier des Flandres
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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|
At the library or Barnes & Noble:ISBN
|
International Standard Book Number
|
ABBREVIATED
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'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-10-19_FJ.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reads the clue from a mail sorting counter at the post office.</a>) In the \'60s, to popularize a new system, the Post Office used ads of Ethel Merman singing this Disney movie tune')
|
\"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah\"
|
AMERICANA
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On August 29, 1877, this leader of the Mormon Church died
|
Brigham Young
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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The ancient Romans established this number of years of bad luck for breaking a mirror
|
7
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
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The cities of Highland Park & Hamtramck are surrounded by this Michigan city
|
Detroit
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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This Bill Haley hit told us to "Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans"
|
"Shake, Rattle And Roll"
|
'50s SONG LYRICS
|
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The akita is named for the prefecture of Akita on this country's island of Honshu
|
Japan
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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During one of these heavy snowstorms, visibility is less than one-quarter mile
|
Blizzard
|
"B" WORDS
|
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After aiding the U.S. in the Battle of New Orleans, this pirate was pardoned
|
Jean Lafitte
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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If you pass under one of these leaning against a wall, cross your fingers
|
Ladder
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
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|
This Midwest city is home base to Cardinals, Rams & Clydesdales
|
St. Louis
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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|
This Erroll Garner song begins, "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree"
|
"Misty"
|
'50s SONG LYRICS
|
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On an otterhound these features are slightly webbed, so it's quite a good swimmer
|
Feet
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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|
It's a 4-letter synonym for boast
|
Brag
|
"B" WORDS
|
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|
In December 1952, this president-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War
|
Dwight Eisenhower
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
|
|
After doing this, wait until the water clears to see your reflection before wishing
|
Throwing a penny into a well
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
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|
The U.S. Air Force Museum is located near this city, home of the Wright Brothers
|
Dayton, Ohio
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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|
This Carl Perkins hit begins, "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show...."
|
"Blue Suede Shoes"
|
'50s SONG LYRICS
|
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Like the chow, the shar-pei is noted for having this blue-black organ
|
Tongue
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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|
It's a person hired to remove disorderly people from a nightclub or restaurant
|
Bouncer
|
"B" WORDS
|
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|
After this waterway opened in 1825, freight rates between Buffalo & NYC were cut by more than 90%
|
Erie Canal
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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|
Scientists have dismissed as superstition these forked sticks that allegedly locate water
|
Divining Rods/Dowsing Rods/Witching Sticks
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
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|
Hamar, Norway is a sister city of this largest North Dakota city
|
Fargo
|
U.S. CITIES
|
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|
This song's lyrics contain such names as "Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown"
|
"Mack The Knife"
|
'50s SONG LYRICS
|
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|
The 1st Cornish Rex was a mutant kitten named Kallibunker who was born in this English duchy in 1950
|
Cornwall
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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|
It's the sports event that combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting
|
Biathlon
|
"B" WORDS
|
|
|
This man who bought Manhattan from the Indians later served as governor of New Sweden
|
Peter Minuit
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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|
One of these found accidentally will bring luck & nailed over a door will ward off witches
|
Horseshoe
|
SUPERSTITIONS
|
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|
In 1799 this city became the seat of Kennebec County; 33 years later, it became a state capital
|
Augusta, Maine
|
U.S. CITIES
|
|
|
"I believe for ev'ry drop of rain that falls" this "grows"
|
A Flower
|
'50s SONG LYRICS
|
|
|
Tonkinese cats were produced by mating Siamese to these "Myanmar" cats
|
Burmese
|
CATS & DOGS
|
|
|
Emerson said that this "without grace is the hook without the bait"
|
Beauty
|
"B" WORDS
|
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|
March 27, 1964 wasn't a good Good Friday in Anchorage, Alaska: one of these struck
|
Earthquake
|
1964
|
|
|
To avoid crying, try peeling this underwater
|
Onion
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
|
|
It's what made Quasimodo deaf
|
Ringing of the bells
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
Cesium & rubidium were discovered by Gustav Kirchhoff & this man famous for his burner
|
Robert Bunsen
|
THE ELEMENTS
|
|
|
In 1907 the circus formed by this pair was acquired by the Ringling Brothers
|
Barnum & Bailey
|
FAMOUS PAIRS
|
|
|
The L.A. film critics named John Travolta best actor for this 1994 film; give him a royale with cheese
|
"Pulp Fiction"
|
FILM NOIR
|
|
|
In January Paul VI became the first pope to travel by this mode of transportation
|
Airplane
|
1964
|
|
|
Collard is a type of this vegetable with leaves that do not form a head
|
Cabbage
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
|
|
James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Pioneers" & she wrote "O Pioneers!"
|
Willa Cather
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
This metallic element's symbol, Pb, derives from its Latin name, plumbum
|
Lead
|
THE ELEMENTS
|
|
|
These brothers were the subject of a 1991 book called "Fascinating Rhythm"
|
George & Ira Gershwin
|
FAMOUS PAIRS
|
|
|
In 1968 Lee Radziwill, this woman's sister, starred in a TV remake of the classic film noir "Laura"
|
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
|
FILM NOIR
|
|
|
This country's King Constantine, the world's youngest monarch, was married in September
|
Greece
|
1964
|
|
|
In French pruneau is a prune while la prune refers to this
|
Plum
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
|
|
Robert Jordan's big mission in "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is to blow up one of these structures
|
Bridge
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
Most fluorescent lights are filled with a combination of argon & this element, Kr
|
Krypton
|
THE ELEMENTS
|
|
|
They founded the comapny that launched Pocket Books in 1939
|
Simon & Schuster
|
FAMOUS PAIRS
|
|
|
After 45 years on the throne, this small country's Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in November
|
Luxembourg
|
1964
|
|
|
Creme de Cassis, a liqueur, is made of the black type of these; bar-le-duc, a preserve, from the red
|
Currants
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
|
|
Thomas Mann story published as "Der Tod In Venedig" in 1912; it didn't appear in English until 1925
|
"Death In Venice"
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
Marie Curie named this rare element for the country where she was born
|
Polonium
|
THE ELEMENTS
|
|
|
These comedic magicians gained notice in an act called the "Asparagus Valley Cultural Society" in San Francisco
|
Penn & Teller
|
FAMOUS PAIRS
|
|
|
4 days after Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, it approved a bill on the "war on" this
|
Poverty
|
1964
|
|
|
This, a type of chicory with red or pinkish leaves, is a trendy salad ingredient
|
Radicchio
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
|
|
This E.M. Forster novel is divided into 3 sections: "Mosque", "Caves" & "Temple"
|
"A Passage to India"
|
LITERATURE
|
|
|
Used to make transistors & semiconductors, it's the most abundant element on Earth after oxygen
|
Silicon
|
THE ELEMENTS
|
|
|
In 1673 these French explorers set out to trace the course of the Mississippi
|
Marquette & Joliet
|
FAMOUS PAIRS
|
|
|
Originally, this 1944 Barbara Stanwyck film ended with Fred MacMurray's death in the gas chamber
|
"Double Indemnity"
|
FILM NOIR
|
|
|
'The next year that will be written in only 4 Roman numerals')
|
2002 (MMII)
|
THE CALENDAR
|
|
|
In 1987thisVan Gogh work sold for $53.9 million, then a record price for a work of art
|
Irises
|
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS
|
|
|
This tune hit the Top 40 again in 1974 thanks to its use as the theme to "Happy Days"
|
"Rock Around The Clock"
|
"ROCK" SONGS
|
|
|
The Bureau's Hotshot Crews are part of its responsibility for these events on 388 million acres
|
forest fires
|
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
|
|
|
On trees these have stomata, or little pores, on the underside; on aquatic plants, their stomata are on the upper side
|
leaves
|
AQUATIC LIFE
|
|
|
Proxima Centauri is about 4.3 light years from Earth; this is the only star that's closer
|
the sun
|
THE ONLY
|
|
|
To catch a bass, you'll need some sort of bait on one of these dangling from the end of the line on your pole
|
fishhook
|
DOUBLE "H"
|
|
|
Painted around 1876, his"Au Moulin de la Galette"was purchased in 1990 for $78 million
|
Renoir
|
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS
|
|
|
"The Shareef don't like it", but The Clash's fans sure did in 1982
|
"Rock The Casbah"
|
"ROCK" SONGS
|
|
|
In 2004 the BLM announced a fee increase to $30 to stake a new one of these
|
mining claims
|
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
|
|
|
A fish called the feather blenny lays its eggs in this mollusk's shells
|
oysters
|
AQUATIC LIFE
|
|
|
In a standard pack of playing cards, it's the only king without a moustache
|
the King of Hearts
|
THE ONLY
|
|
|
In "It Happened One Night", Clark Gable used his thumb to do this; Claudette Colbert bared her leg
|
hitchhike
|
DOUBLE "H"
|
|
|
Selling for $60 million in 1999, "Rideau, Crouchon, et Compotier" by this Post-Impressionist is seenhere
|
Paul Cezanne
|
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS
|
|
|
"Here I am..."; The Scorpions blew into the Top 40 in 1984 with this tune
|
"Rock You Like A Hurricane"
|
"ROCK" SONGS
|
|
|
There's no free land from the BLM; this practice enshrined in an 1862 law was abolished in 1976
|
homesteading
|
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
|
|
|
Giant tube ones of these 1,700 feet below the Gulf of Mexico live to be 250
|
worms
|
AQUATIC LIFE
|
|
|
"The Lady In My Life" & "Baby Be Mine" were the only 2 songs on this 1983 album not to be Top 10 hits
|
Thriller
|
THE ONLY
|
|
|
To engage in rowdy behaviour, usually in fun
|
roughhouse
|
DOUBLE "H"
|
|
|
His "Garcon a la Pipe" seenheresold for a record $104 million in 2004
|
Picasso
|
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS
|
|
|
In 1972 Johnny Rivers came down with this, in addition to the "Boogie Woogie Flu"
|
"The Rockin\' Pneumonia"
|
"ROCK" SONGS
|
|
|
Of the lower 48, this state has the most land under exclusive BLM jurisdiction, more than 75,000 square miles
|
Nevada
|
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
|
|
|
Antarctica's leopard type of this mammal has a big, toothy mouth and a spotted hide
|
seal
|
AQUATIC LIFE
|
|
|
Javier Sotomayor, the only man to clear 8 feet in this track & field event, retired in 2001
|
the high jump
|
THE ONLY
|
|
|
This tax is removed from the paychecks of salaried workers; how much depends on the number of W-4 exemptions
|
withholding
|
DOUBLE "H"
|
|
|
In 2004, an unidentified buyer purchased this artist's 1872"Races at the Bois de Boulogne"for $26 million
|
Manet
|
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS
|
|
|
This John Denver tune begins, "He was born in the summer of his 27th year"
|
"Rocky Mountain High"
|
"ROCK" SONGS
|
|
|
The BLM administers Escalante National Monument, including "No Man's"thisformation
|
Mesa
|
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
|
|
|
Though just one of these fish is seenhere, its name sounds like it's part of a collective
|
a grouper
|
AQUATIC LIFE
|
|
|
It's the only bone in the skull that articulates or moves
|
the mandible
|
THE ONLY
|
|
|
This position on an enemy shoreline is captured by troops prior to landing an invading force
|
beachhead
|
DOUBLE "H"
|
|
|
An Act in the early 1900s unifed Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal & Orange River to establish this country
|
South Africa
|
INTO AFRICA
|
|
|
"I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go", says Jimmy Chitwood in this 1986 Hackman pic
|
Hoosiers
|
THE GENE HACKMAN POOL
|
|
|
Thomas Wolfe infuriated readers in his hometown who thought this 1929 novel of his was local gossip
|
Look Homeward, Angel
|
HOME PAGES
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue in front of a tub of milk in Wisconsin.) The first step in cheese making is this process named for a bacteriologist
|
pasteurization
|
CHEESE
|
|
|
This Virginian was appointed the first Secretary of State under the new Constitution in 1789
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
THE VIRGINIAN
|
|
|
A beginner
|
a novice
|
ENDS WITH "ICE"
|
|
|
Injera, a pancake-like Ethiopian type of this staple, is used as a scoop for dipping & as a plate
|
bread
|
INTO AFRICA
|
|
|
Gene gives English Bob a rough Big Whiskey welcome in this 1992 film with a 1-word title
|
Unforgiven
|
THE GENE HACKMAN POOL
|
|
|
"At Home in Italy" is the subtitle of this Frances Mayes memoir of renovating a villa in the town of Cortona
|
Under the Tuscan Sun
|
HOME PAGES
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue scoops milky white granules out of a trough in Wisconsin.) In cheese making the magic of warming causes separation into whey and this semi-solid material
|
curds
|
CHEESE
|
|
|
In 1790 this Virginian & "Federalist" co-author began to worry about states losing their rights
|
Madison
|
THE VIRGINIAN
|
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One who knowingly helps another in the commision of a crime
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an accomplice
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ENDS WITH "ICE"
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2 central African countries share this name; one is "The Republic of" it & the other "The Democratic Republic of" it
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Congo
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INTO AFRICA
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This 1971 flick had Gene inquiring about feet-picking in Poughkeepsie
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The French Connection
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THE GENE HACKMAN POOL
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This novel begins, "Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..."
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The House of the Seven Gables
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HOME PAGES
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a cylinder of cheese in Wisconsin.) Cheese is formed, warmed, & then preserved in this salt water solution; the salt flavors the cheese & protects its surface
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brine
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CHEESE
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The 9th & 10th presidents of the U.S., they were both born in Charles City County, Virginia
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William Henry Harrison & John Tyler
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THE VIRGINIAN
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Hey, pal, are you yellow? Or do you just have this condition associated with liver damage?
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jaundice
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ENDS WITH "ICE"
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It extends into Namibia, but the majority of this desert is in Botswana
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the Kalahari
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INTO AFRICA
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Gene's been in 3 films adapted from this author's novels, including 2003's "Runaway Jury"
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(John) Grisham
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THE GENE HACKMAN POOL
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In a Dickens novel, Esther is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce & lives with him at this title residence
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Bleak House
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HOME PAGES
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents in front of metal shelves stocked with cheese in Wisconsin.) This cheese making stage, also called ripening, can be as simple as keeping the cheese in a cooler until the flavors have matured
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aging
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CHEESE
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The land the 6th Baron Fairfax built his home on in Virginia had been surveyed by this man
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Washington
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THE VIRGINIAN
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To be glad or to take delight
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rejoice
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ENDS WITH "ICE"
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Nouakchott is the capital city of this NW African country that lent its name to the 8th century invaders of Spain
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Mauritania
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INTO AFRICA
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Secretary of Defense Gene gets offensive & kills his girlfriend in this 1987 Kevin Costner thriller
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No Way Out
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THE GENE HACKMAN POOL
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Beautiful but penniless Lily Bart overdoses on chloral in this not-so-jolly book by Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth
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HOME PAGES
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew, in a cheese storage area in Wisconsin, gives the final clue of the category.) The name of this final step that refines cheese is from the French for "refine"; it may include 30 washes by hand
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affinage
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CHEESE
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In 1951, this gen. born in Fort Monroe replaced MacArthur as U.N. Forces Commander-in-Chief in Korea
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Matthew Ridgway
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THE VIRGINIAN
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It can be a mass of snow or a molding between the top of a wall & a ceiling
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a cornice
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ENDS WITH "ICE"
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'She began her company in 1946 with a skin cream her chemist uncle developed & pioneered the concept of "gift with purchase"')
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Este Lauder
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ENTERPRISING WOMEN
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The name of these South American mountains may be derived from anti, a Quechuan word for "east"
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Andes
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AROUND THE WORLD
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On the November 16, 1968 episode of "Get Smart", Maxwell Smart married her
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Agent 99
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TELEVISION
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This kind of bar may have iceberg or romaine, cold veggies & dressings on it
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a salad bar
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DINING OUT
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Among alkaloids found in plants, this stimulant is found in coffee or tea
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caffeine
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SCIENCE
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One of this country's shekels can be broken down into 100 agorot
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Israel
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POTPOURRI
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It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & was attacked 18 years before becoming a state
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Hawaii
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HISTORY
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Women of India often drape the end of this wrapped garment over their heads
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sari
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AROUND THE WORLD
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In 1990 Jimmy Smits won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his work on this NBC drama
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L.A. Law
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TELEVISION
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At this type of restaurant you really dine out -- out in your automobile where you are served
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drive-in
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DINING OUT
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You may not need a high IQ to know IQ stands for this
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intelligence quotient
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SCIENCE
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In the basic form of this game, each player gets a card with 5 horizontal rows of numbers from 1 to 75
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bingo
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POTPOURRI
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From 1954 to 1969 he was president of North Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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HISTORY
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Almost all Bedouins in the Middle East speak this language
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Arabic
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AROUND THE WORLD
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This series' Flub-A-Dub had the head of a duck & the body of a dachshund
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Howdy Doody
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TELEVISION
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You may be shown a tray for this course whose name is from the old French for "to clear the table"
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dessert
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DINING OUT
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Name for the process a caterpillar goes through to become a moth
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metamorphosis
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SCIENCE
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Peau de soie, a textile with good drapability & body, is woven from this fiber
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silk
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POTPOURRI
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The U.S. arsenal at this Shenandoah Valley location was raided October 16, 1859
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Harper\'s Ferry
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HISTORY
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This grain is Laos' chief agricultural product
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Rice
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AROUND THE WORLD
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This Jane Wyman series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley in California
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Falcon Crest
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TELEVISION
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A trattoria usually specializes in this country's cuisine
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Italy
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DINING OUT
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When cocci live in pairs, they're called diplococci; in clusters, staphylococci; in chains, this
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streptococci
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SCIENCE
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Lydia & Xenia are women's names derived from this language
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Greek
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POTPOURRI
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Roman emperor, 117-138, he built walls in Germany as well as in Britain
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Hadrian
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HISTORY
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Queen's University, 1 of the 2 universities in Northern Ireland, is in this capital city
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Belfast
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AROUND THE WORLD
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In 1966 Alice Pearce won a posthumous Emmy for her role as neighbor Gladys Kravitz on this ABC sitcom
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Bewitched
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TELEVISION
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Rhyming name given to a lobster & steak combo
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surf and turf
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DINING OUT
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Next in length on the scale of geological time: age, epoch, period, era...
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eon
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SCIENCE
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The fad involving this type of radio followed the oil embargo of 1973-74
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CB (citizens\' band) radio
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POTPOURRI
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Mode of protest used by Emmeline Pankhurst & Mohandas Gandhi while in jail
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hunger strike
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HISTORY
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In April 1964, Ford introduced this new sporty car with a $2,368 sticker price
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Mustang
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20TH CENTURY AMERICA
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Hybrid perpetuals like the American Beauty were the main type of these in American gardens 1840-1880
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Roses
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GARDENING
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During the Russo-Japanese War, this "Call of the Wild" author served as a reporter for Hearst
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Jack London
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AUTHORS
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In July 1995 Ohio raised these; a passenger car traversing the state now pays $5.40, up from $4.80
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Turnpike Tolls
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
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2 island nations lie within this sea: Cyprus & Malta
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Mediterranean Sea
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SEAS
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He played Jimmy Shine on Broadway in 1968, the year after he played "The Graduate" on film
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Dustin Hoffman
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ON BROADWAY 1968
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On July 5, 1975 this Hawaiian volcano erupted for the first time in over 26 years
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Mauna Loa
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20TH CENTURY AMERICA
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This type of moss is most useful for growing acid-loving plants
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Peat Moss
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GARDENING
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As a youngster this "Billy Budd" author worked in his brother's fur store in Albany
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Herman Melville
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AUTHORS
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In March 1995 she was removed from her South African cabinet post by her estranged husband
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Winnie Mandela
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
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This sea was named for a warlike tribe of Indians that inhabited the Lesser Antilles
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Caribbean Sea
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SEAS
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Herschel Bernardi played this title Greek in a musical based on a Nikos Kazantzakis book
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Zorba The Greek
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ON BROADWAY 1968
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On April 6, 1917 America entered World War I & this composer wrote "Over There"
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George M. Cohan
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20TH CENTURY AMERICA
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The oscillating type of this irrigation device sprays back & forth in a rectangular pattern
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Sprinkler
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GARDENING
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In 1971 this novelist was named Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire
|
Agatha Christie
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AUTHORS
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In January 1995 this country's government knocked 4 zeroes off its zloty
|
Poland
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
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The Scheldt River flows through Antwerp before emptying into this sea
|
North Sea
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SEAS
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On Broadway since 1964, this musical starred Pearl Bailey in the title role in 1968
|
Hello, Dolly!
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ON BROADWAY 1968
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In March 1925 this state passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools
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Tennessee
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20TH CENTURY AMERICA
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Scarification is a technique where hard-shelled ones of these are scratched to help them sprout
|
Seeds
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GARDENING
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From 1846 to 1849, he was surveyor of the port of Salem, Mass.
|
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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AUTHORS
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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Heard here, it's the anthem of the European Union:
|
"Ode To Joy"
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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
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Vladivostok is the most important port on this north Pacific sea
|
Sea of Japan
|
SEAS
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James Earl Jones starred on the Great White Way in this drama set in the world of boxing
|
The Great White Hope
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ON BROADWAY 1968
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He served in the House for 30 years before becoming FDR's first vice president in 1933
|
John Nance Garner
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20TH CENTURY AMERICA
|
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Compared to a tree, this type of plant produces its branches near, at or below the soil surface
|
Shrub
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GARDENING
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Sherwood Anderson helped this Mississippi author publish his first novel, "Soldiers' Pay"
|
William Faulkner
|
AUTHORS
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Ex-Soviet republic ruled by Saparmurad Niyazov, who calls himself "Chief of the Turkmen"
|
Turkmenistan
|
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
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The world's largest inland body of water, its surface lies about 90 feet below sea level
|
Caspian Sea
|
SEAS
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Based on the film "The Apartment", this Burt Bacharach-Hal David musical opened in December
|
Promises, Promises
|
ON BROADWAY 1968
|
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'The death of Denise Darvall in a traffic accident permitted this historic December 3, 1967 event')
|
First Heart Transplant
|
MEDICAL FIRSTS
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Spain1939-1975
|
Franco
|
NAME THAT AUTOCRAT
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This 1967 hit begins,"Love love love.Love love love.Love love love"
|
"All You Need Is Love"
|
BEATLYRICS
|
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She graduated from Stanford & was impersonated by Julia Sweeney on "Saturday Night Live"
|
Chelsea Clinton
|
PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS
|
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Of king, queen or jack, the one that's a 6-pronged metal object
|
a jack
|
MULTIPLE CHOICE
|
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This artery branches off into the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with blood
|
the aorta
|
BRING YOUR "A" GAME
|
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Some sources say policemen were informally called this because of what their badges were made from
|
cops (or coppers)
|
THE BOYS IN BLUE
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Diabetic ________ may worsen significantly during pregnancy. (p. 147)
|
Retinopathy
|
|
|
|
"I saw a film today, oh boy,The English Army had just won the war"
|
"A Day In The Life"
|
BEATLYRICS
|
|
|
They were kids when she met her future husband at Ike's inauguration
|
Julie Nixon (Eisenhower)
|
PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS
|
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Of lock, stock or barrel, the one that's the handle of a whip
|
a stock
|
MULTIPLE CHOICE
|
|
|
The city of Hopewell in eastern Virginia is bounded by the James & this "Court House" river
|
the Appomattox
|
BRING YOUR "A" GAME
|
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|
1st used in police work by Berkeley, Ca.'s chief August Vollmer in the 1920s, this tool measures pulse, B.P. & respiration
|
a lie detector
|
THE BOYS IN BLUE
|
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|
Norway1942-1945
|
Vidkun Quisling
|
NAME THAT AUTOCRAT
|
|
|
"Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out,They leave the West behind"
|
"Back In The U.S.S.R."
|
BEATLYRICS
|
|
|
A Columbia Law School graduate, she married museum designer Edwin Schlossberg in 1986
|
Caroline Kennedy
|
PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS
|
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Of punt, pass, or kick, the one that's the former currency of Ireland
|
the punt
|
MULTIPLE CHOICE
|
|
|
Give him a beer! This patriot became tax collector of Boston in 1756
|
Samuel Adams
|
BRING YOUR "A" GAME
|
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|
Booking a suspect means entering his or her information into the daily record called the "police" this
|
blotter (log accepted)
|
THE BOYS IN BLUE
|
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|
Nicaragua1967-1972 &1974-1979
|
Somoza
|
NAME THAT AUTOCRAT
|
|
|
"Let me tell you how it will be,There's one for you, 19 for me,'Cos I'm" this guy,"Yeah I'm" this guy
|
the "Taxman"
|
BEATLYRICS
|
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|
The press dubbed her "Watusi Luci" because she loved to dance the watusi (also the frug & the monkey)
|
Luci Johnson
|
PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS
|
|
|
Of Peter, Paul, or Mary, the one who converted Lydia in the Bible
|
Paul
|
MULTIPLE CHOICE
|
|
|
This mid-Atlantic island group was uninhabited when discovered by Diego de Senil of Portugal around 1427
|
the Azores
|
BRING YOUR "A" GAME
|
|
|
Police now use speed guns with this technology first constructed by Theodore Maiman using a ruby rod
|
a laser
|
THE BOYS IN BLUE
|
|
|
The Soviet Union1964-1982
|
Brezhnev
|
NAME THAT AUTOCRAT
|
|
|
"Expert texpert choking smokersDon't you think the joker laughs at you?"
|
"I Am The Walrus"
|
BEATLYRICS
|
|
|
Known as "Princess Alice", she married a congressman who became Speaker of the House in the 1920s
|
Alice Roosevelt
|
PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS
|
|
|
Of Leonardo, Michelangelo or Tintoretto, the artist who was not in Florence in 1504
|
Tintoretto
|
MULTIPLE CHOICE
|
|
|
The Liberty Bell was hidden in this Pennsylvania "town" in 1777
|
Allentown
|
BRING YOUR "A" GAME
|
|
|
The bulletproof shields used by police depts. are called this type of shield, from the Greek for "to throw"
|
ballistic
|
THE BOYS IN BLUE
|
|
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1863:"All persons held as slaves within any state... shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"
|
the Emancipation Proclamation
|
HISTORIC AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
|
|
|
The name of this hat worn by Packer fans was originally a term of derision
|
a cheesehead
|
SPORTS U.S.A.
|
|
|
Oct. 21, 2005 is the natl. day for this; done every 1-2 years starting at 40, it can reduce risk of breast cancer death
|
a mammogram
|
DISEASES
|
|
|
Thestripesare for the 11 signers of its declaration of independence; thestarmeans it's a Western-style African state
|
Liberia
|
OTHER STARS & STRIPES
|
|
|
A Native American infant
|
a papoose
|
"POO" POURRI
|
|
|
Of marital woes that led to a 1996 royal divorce, a biography said his "gaiety of spirit" was "stifled by melancholy"
|
Prince Charles
|
THE BOYS ARE BLUE
|
|
|
1620:"We whose names are underwritten... combine ourselves together into a civil body politick"
|
the Mayflower Compact
|
HISTORIC AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
|
|
|
Hyphenated term for a tournament pairing, say, Phil Mickelson with, say, 15-handicapper Richie Tycoon
|
a pro-am
|
SPORTS U.S.A.
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew, at the Smithsonian Institution, holds up a small needle.) By dispensing just enough vaccine, thebifurcated needleis the only medical instrument to eradicate a disease, this one eliminated in 1979
|
smallpox
|
DISEASES
|
|
|
Thestripesare the Union Jack; thestarsform the Southern Cross
|
New Zealand
|
OTHER STARS & STRIPES
|
|
|
Once used at sea, it's a spearlike weapon with a barbed head
|
a harpoon
|
"POO" POURRI
|
|
|
About his blues he wrote, "I traveled to the moon, but the most significant voyage... began when I returned"
|
Buzz Aldrin
|
THE BOYS ARE BLUE
|
|
|
1918:"No. 2: Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters"
|
Wilson\'s 14 Points
|
HISTORIC AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
|
|
|
(Jon of the Clue Crew sports Boston ball club paraphernalia.) I'm a proud citizen of this, a phrase popularized and used in a book subtitle by sportswriter Dan Shaughnessy
|
the Red Sox Nation
|
SPORTS U.S.A.
|
|
|
The first outbreak of this serious form of pneumonia occurred in Southeastern China in November 2002
|
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
|
DISEASES
|
|
|
The redstripes & starstill symbolize its commitment to communism; the blue is peace; the white is purity
|
North Korea
|
OTHER STARS & STRIPES
|
|
|
Unjust or dishonest conduct, it sounds like a contaminated backyard swimming hole
|
dirty pool
|
"POO" POURRI
|
|
|
This "Adonais" poet suffered from depression after several family tragedies
|
Percy Shelley
|
THE BOYS ARE BLUE
|
|
|
1781:"Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence"
|
the Articles of Confederation
|
HISTORIC AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
|
|
|
In the programs of AYSO, short for this, every kid gets to play at least half of every game
|
the American Youth Soccer Organization
|
SPORTS U.S.A.
|
|
|
Joint pain & fever are results of this 3-word blood disease occurring chiefly among African Americans
|
sickle-cell anemia
|
DISEASES
|
|
|
Thestaris a guide; the blue is sky; the red is the blood of patriots; the white is the Andean snow
|
Chile
|
OTHER STARS & STRIPES
|
|
|
It's the 1741 publication that contains the line "Beauty, like supreme dominion, is but supported by opinion"
|
Poor Richard\'s Almanack
|
"POO" POURRI
|
|
|
This artist's 1909 U. of Oslo murals were done after receiving electroshock & contain no scenes of personal anguish
|
(Edvard) Munch
|
THE BOYS ARE BLUE
|
|
|
1783:"His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said U.S. to be free, sovereign and independent"
|
the Treaty of Paris
|
HISTORIC AMERICAN DOCUMENTS
|
|
|
Basically "Chickenpox 2: With a Vengeance", this painful rash is outbreak No. 2 of the Varicella-Zoster virus
|
shingles
|
DISEASES
|
|
|
Thetricolorwas adopted when it was part of Gran Colombia; thestarsare its seven original provinces
|
Venezuela
|
OTHER STARS & STRIPES
|
|
|
In the '50s all the best-clad girls wore bobby socks, saddle shoes & one of these "canine" creations
|
poodle skirts
|
"POO" POURRI
|
|
|
He wrote a 1779 coronation mass though depressed over his mother's death, his failed relationship & unfulfilled goals
|
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|
THE BOYS ARE BLUE
|
|
|
'Hanged in an 1837 novel, he so angered some Londoners that his creator toned him down in future editions')
|
Fagin
|
19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS
|
|
|
The next time we'll be able to see this famous object from Earth is in 2134; reserve your seats now
|
Halley\'s Comet
|
ASTRONOMY
|
|
|
In 1995 this "Pretty Woman" was named UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador to Haiti
|
Julia Roberts
|
ACTRESSES
|
|
|
The gift of eloquence will be yours if you kiss this during your trip to the Emerald Isle
|
The Blarney Stone
|
FOLKLORE
|
|
|
In his "History", Livy wrote, "Potius sero quam numquam" -- better late than this
|
Never
|
LATIN QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
This Persian Gulf nation gets its name from kut, an Arabic word for "fort"
|
Kuwait
|
SMALL COUNTRIES
|
|
|
Ancient Greeks dated events from the first of these, held in 776 B.C.
|
The Olympic Games
|
HODGEPODGE
|
|
|
It's the only star on which astronomers have observed spots
|
Sun
|
ASTRONOMY
|
|
|
She was once romantically involved with Joe Lando, who plays her husband on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
|
Jane Seymour
|
ACTRESSES
|
|
|
Lady Godiva's ride was a protest against these
|
Taxes
|
FOLKLORE
|
|
|
Virgil's saying "Latet anguis in herba" is usually translated as "A snake lurks in" this
|
The grass
|
LATIN QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
The major ethnic group in this Pyrenees principality is Spanish at 61%
|
Andorra
|
SMALL COUNTRIES
|
|
|
Name shared by a national monument in Arizona & a famous "faithful Indian companion"
|
Tonto
|
HODGEPODGE
|
|
|
In 1504 Columbus scared the locals in Jamaica when he predicted one of these
|
(Lunar) Eclipse
|
ASTRONOMY
|
|
|
Jeanne Moreau presided over this French film festival's jury twice, in 1975 & in 1995
|
Cannes
|
ACTRESSES
|
|
|
Both Laocoon & Cassandra warned this city to refuse the big gift from the Greeks, but did they listen?
|
Troy
|
FOLKLORE
|
|
|
Ovid's famous phrase "Tempus edax rerum" means this is the devourer of all things
|
Time (tempus)
|
LATIN QUOTATIONS
|
|
|
In 1962 Tobago & this larger neighbor won their independence from Great Britain
|
Trinidad
|
SMALL COUNTRIES
|
|
|
This word comes from the Greek etymon, "the meaning of a word from its origin" & logos, "word"
|
etymology
|
HODGEPODGE
|
|
|
Betelguese is a red supergiant in this constellation of the hunter
|
Orion
|
ASTRONOMY
|
|
|
This wife of Tom Cruise starred as sexy psychopath Suzanne Stone in the 1995 film "To Die For"
|
Nicole Kidman
|
ACTRESSES
|
|
|
When the foot & hoof prints left by this pair filled with water, Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed
|
Paul Bunyan & Babe
|
FOLKLORE
|
|
|
Tertullian advised, "Veritas non erubescit" -- this does not blush
|
Truth
|
LATIN QUOTATIONS
|
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This sultanate is surrounded on its landward side by the Malaysian state of Sarawak
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Brunei
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SMALL COUNTRIES
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This animal on Saskatchewan's flag stands for Great Britain
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Lion
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HODGEPODGE
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CP 1919, the first of these ever found, emits bursts of radiation every 1.337 seconds
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Pulsar
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ASTRONOMY
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She had her "biggest" role to date in the HBO film "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman"
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Daryl Hannah
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ACTRESSES
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This bird periodically makes an ash of himself, but soon rises above it
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The Phoenix
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FOLKLORE
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As he crossed the Rubicon, Julius Caesar quoted the proverb "Iacta alea est" -- this is cast
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The die
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LATIN QUOTATIONS
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It's the only Central American nation that does not border the Caribbean
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El Salvador
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SMALL COUNTRIES
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An Atlanta football player, or the middle name of explorer Robert Scott
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Falcon
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HODGEPODGE
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In 1990 the Shoshone-Bannocks of Idaho petitioned for the sockeye species of this to be protected
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Salmon
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AMERICAN INDIANS
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Lawrence Welk was nicknamed "The Liberace of" this musical instrument
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Accordion
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Major rivers entering this gulf include the Rio Grande & the Mississippi
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Gulf of Mexico
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BODIES OF WATER
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It was once said of her, "Indira is India, and India is Indira"
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Indira Gandhi
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NOTABLE WOMEN
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He based the Red Queen on Miss Prickett, the governess of Alice Liddell
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Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson)
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LITERATURE
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It's the single-celled organism that makes bread rise
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Yeast
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"X", "Y", "Z"
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Typically, this dwelling was made with 10 or more bison skins & 20 or more cedar poles
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Tepee
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AMERICAN INDIANS
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These large bowl-shaped drums are also called timpani
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Kettle Drums
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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This country's lowest point, about 140' below sea level, is at Lake Enriquillo near its border with Haiti
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Dominican Republic
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BODIES OF WATER
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"Atlas Shrugged" is the fullest fictional presentation of this author's philosophy, objectivism
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Ayn Rand
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LITERATURE
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It's caused by drowsiness or acute boredom; a polite person tries to stifle it
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Yawning
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"X", "Y", "Z"
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Smoked in pipes, kinnikinnick was a mixture of sumac, the inner bark of dogwood or red willow & this plant
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Tobacco
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AMERICAN INDIANS
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The Portuguese machete is the ancestor of this Hawaiian instrument
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Ukulele
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Cape May, New Jersey lies on this bay
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Delaware Bay
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BODIES OF WATER
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Gerald Ford nominated this former actress as ambassador to Ghana in 1974
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Shirley Temple Black
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NOTABLE WOMEN
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This James Joyce book was first published in France in 1922
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"Ulysses"
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LITERATURE
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The malamute was so important in this Canadian territory's history that it's on the territorial flag
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Yukon Territory
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"X", "Y", "Z"
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A monument in Nespelem, Washington marks the grave of this Nez Perce chief who died in 1904
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Chief Joseph
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AMERICAN INDIANS
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Neapolitan folk songs often feature the Neapolitan type of this lutelike instrument
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Mandolin
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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The Brahmaputra flows into the Bay of Bengal & the Loire flows into this bay
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Bay of Biscay
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BODIES OF WATER
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Tennis players Hana Mandlikova & Martina Navratilova were born in this capital city
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Prague (Czechoslovakia)
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NOTABLE WOMEN
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The epistolary novel, in the form of these, was popularized by Samuel Richardson's "Pamela" in 1740
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Letters
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LITERATURE
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Khshayarsha was the old Persian name of this old Persian king
|
Xerxes
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"X", "Y", "Z"
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The name of this tribe centered in northeast Arizona means "peaceful ones"
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Hopi
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AMERICAN INDIANS
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This end-blown woodwind with a whistle mouthpiece was the dominant flute of the Baroque period
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Recorder
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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This Venezuelan lake has been dredged so transport ships can carry oil from it
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Lake Maracaibo
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BODIES OF WATER
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She danced in Antony Tudor's 1937 ballet "Dark Elegies" before she choreographed "Rodeo"
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Agnes de Mille
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NOTABLE WOMEN
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Proust paid to publish "Swann's Way", the first part of this epic work, after publishers rejected it
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"Rememberance of Things Past"
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LITERATURE
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Of the countries that border Zambia, the 2 that fit the category
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Zaire & Zimbabwe
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"X", "Y", "Z"
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'His name means "son of the young lion" in Hebrew')
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David Ben-Gurion
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20th CENTURY LEADERS
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In October 1994 she became the first British sovereign to make a state visit to Russia
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Queen Elizabeth II
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ROYALTY
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A coin put in a 1615 vending machine opened a locked top so customers could receive a pipeful of this
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Tobacco
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17TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY
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When Sonny gets blue, he can think of "Good Times", the film in which he & this partner played themselves
|
Cher
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SINGERS & THEIR ROLES
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A heart with an arrow through it is often used to symbolize this holiday
|
Valentine\'s Day
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SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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This city is home to the Pabst Theater, Pabst Mansion & Pabst Brewery
|
Milwaukee
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WISCONSIN
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Something that displays eutexia does this easily, like ice cream
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Melt
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ODD WORDS
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Princess Grace's youngest child, she was born in Monaco's Palais Princier on Feb. 1, 1965
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Princess Stephanie
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ROYALTY
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The first practical machine powered by this was used in 1698 to pump water out of mines
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Steam
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17TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY
|
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She earned an Oscar nomination for starring in "The Rose" & an Emmy nomination for playing Mama Rose in "Gypsy"
|
Bette Midler
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SINGERS & THEIR ROLES
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The C that represents this number in Roman numerals may stand for centum
|
100
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SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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This capital city is the state's second most populous
|
Madison
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WISCONSIN
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Sometimes experienced on a boat or plane, kinetosis is another term for this
|
Motion Sickness
|
ODD WORDS
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Her illegitimate half-brother James served as regent of Scotland during her imprisonment
|
Mary, Queen of Scots
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ROYALTY
|
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These were made more accurate in the late 1600s with the inventions of the pendulum & balance spring
|
Clocks
|
17TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY
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Reba McEntire hit her marks as this markswoman in the 1995 TV miniseries "Buffalo Girls"
|
Annie Oakley
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SINGERS & THEIR ROLES
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Associated with an organization, it's the sign seen on many first aid kits
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Red Cross
|
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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New Glarus was settled by emigrants from this country's canton of Glarus
|
Switzerland
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WISCONSIN
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It's the often ball-shaped striking end of a hammer, opposite the face
|
Peen
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ODD WORDS
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In 1993 King Hussein celebrated his 40th anniversary as ruler of this country
|
Jordan
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ROYALTY
|
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In mid-century Otto Von Guericke was the first to use this device to predict the weather
|
Barometer
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17TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY
|
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Sinead O'Connor appeared briefly as this author in a TV version of "Wuthering Heights"
|
Emily Bronte
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SINGERS & THEIR ROLES
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It's the national symbol of Canada
|
Maple Leaf
|
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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This state nickname was first used for Wisconsin lead miners who dug their homes in hillsides
|
"The Badger State"
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WISCONSIN
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Pinto horses are usually described as piebald, black & white, or this, white & another color
|
Skewbald
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ODD WORDS
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When this Medici died in 1589, it was said, "It is not a woman who has just expired, it is royalty itself"
|
Catherine de\' Medici
|
ROYALTY
|
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While Pascal's could only add & subtract, Leibniz' could multiply
|
Calculator
|
17TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY
|
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This ever-hip singer played Hymie Kelly in the 1966 film "The Oscar" years before he got "Unplugged"
|
Tony Bennett
|
SINGERS & THEIR ROLES
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It's the term for the "and" sign used in typing & printing
|
Ampersand
|
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
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These 2 Great Lakes lap the shores of Wisconsin
|
Michigan & Superior
|
WISCONSIN
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Stipple means to draw or paint with these instead of lines; Seurat was a master
|
Points (Pointilism)
|
ODD WORDS
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As a goddess of this heavenly body, Artemis was sometimes called Phoebe
|
Moon
|
MYTHOLOGY
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Howtowdie is a Scottish dish of boiled chicken served with spinach & a poached one of these
|
Egg
|
EUROPEAN FOOD & DRINK
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In 1908 this British liner crossed the Atlantic in a record 4.6 days; the Germans sank it in 1915
|
Lusitania
|
1901-1910
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This actress' grandfather, Ed Close, was Marjorie Merriweather Post's first husband
|
Glenn Close
|
FAMOUS RELATIVES
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In December 1993 the Catholic Church agreed to establish diplomatic ties with this state founded in 1948
|
Israel
|
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
|
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|
The hero of this Mark Twain novel calls himself "A Yankee of the Yankees....and nearly barren of sentiment"
|
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur\'s Court"
|
LITERATURE
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This winged horse carried thunderbolts for Zeus
|
Pegasus
|
MYTHOLOGY
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This April 18, 1906 natural disaster destroyed 25,000 buildings & left 225,000 homeless
|
San Francisco Earthquake
|
1901-1910
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This partner of David Brinkley was a descendant of John Adams & John Quincy Adams
|
Chet Huntley
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FAMOUS RELATIVES
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In December 1994 Russia sent 40,000 troops into this breakaway republic
|
Chechnya
|
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
|
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|
In his 1913 novel "Sons And Lovers", Miriam is based on his close friend Jessie Chambers
|
D.H. Lawrence
|
LITERATURE
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|
While the oldest oracle was at Dodona, the most famous one was Apollo's, located here
|
Delphi
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
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In 1910 this future president was elected to the New York senate
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
1901-1910
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In this kind of monarchy, a king's or queen's rule is unrestricted
|
Absolute Monarchy
|
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
|
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|
John Updike called this author's "The Metamorphosis" "An indubitable masterpiece"
|
Franz Kafka
|
LITERATURE
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|
Each of these daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne represented a branch of the arts & sciences
|
Muses
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
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Leyden cheese, produced in this country, is flavored with cumin & caraway seeds
|
Netherlands
|
EUROPEAN FOOD & DRINK
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On Nov. 3, 1903 this country rebelled against Colombian rule & proclaimed its independence
|
Panama
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1901-1910
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Orson Bean's great-grandmother & this "silent" president's mother were sisters
|
Calvin Coolidge
|
FAMOUS RELATIVES
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Term for a government that another nation controls, pulling its strings, as it were
|
Puppet Government
|
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
|
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|
Written in 1900, "In the Ravine" is one of this Russian playwright's finest stories
|
Anton Chekhov
|
LITERATURE
|
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|
Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire & metalworking, was identified with this Roman god
|
Vulcan
|
MYTHOLOGY
|
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The confection Tocino de Cielo, or "Heavenly Bacon" is a specialty of this European country
|
Spain
|
EUROPEAN FOOD & DRINK
|
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On Sept. 1, 1909 Frederick Cook claimed to have beaten him to the North Pole by a year
|
Robert Peary
|
1901-1910
|
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This great female modern dancer & choreographer who died in 1991 was a direct descendant of Miles Standish
|
Martha Graham
|
FAMOUS RELATIVES
|
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Named for a European peninsula, it's the process of one country separating into hostile units
|
Balkanization
|
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
|
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|
Wamba is a brave jester who risks his life to save his master Cedric in this Sir Walter Scott novel
|
"Ivanhoe"
|
LITERATURE
|
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'In Spanish-speaking countries, this Disney film is known as "La Sirenita"')
|
The Little Mermaid
|
DISNEY FILMS
|
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|
Leviticus 23:24 sets this horn-blowing high holiday on the 1st day of the 7th month
|
Rosh Hashanah
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
|
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In a 1917 game Fred Toney & Hippo Vaughn both pitched these for 9 innings; Vaughn cracked in the 10th
|
a no-hitter
|
BASEBALL HISTORY
|
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|
Barry Manilow performed the jingle "Like a good neighbor" this insurance co., No. 19, "is there"
|
State Farm
|
THE 2004FORTUNE500
|
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The male emperor variety of these birds stands about 4 feet tall & incubates eggs between its feet & belly
|
a penguin
|
A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS
|
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|
If you're abusing your position, you do it to your nest; if you were Shaun Cassidy in the '70s, you did it to your hair
|
feather
|
HAIR
|
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|
A favorite cocktail made with tomato juice & spices
|
a Bloody Mary
|
WE WANT "BLOOD"!
|
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|
I Chronicles 15 reports even King David was dancing when he brought this container into Jerusalem
|
the Ark of the Covenant
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
|
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|
In 2004 this team led by manager Bobby Cox won its remarkable 13th straight division title
|
Atlanta Braves
|
BASEBALL HISTORY
|
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|
This Bentonville, Arkansas chain checked in (or is that out?) at No. 1
|
Wal-Mart
|
THE 2004FORTUNE500
|
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Equipped with cameras, these birds were used to conduct aerial surveillance during World War I
|
pigeons
|
A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS
|
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In the "Death" chapter in "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Eva has her "long, golden-brown" these sheared & hands them out
|
curls
|
HAIR
|
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This droopy-eared critter is often used to track people
|
a bloodhound
|
WE WANT "BLOOD"!
|
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One lie he told was "If they bind me with 7 green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak"
|
Samson
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
|
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Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent helped win the 1978 pennant for the Yankees with a playoff home run at this park
|
Fenway Park
|
BASEBALL HISTORY
|
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|
This Round Rock, Texas computer maker was No. 28, up 3 spots from 2003
|
Dell
|
THE 2004FORTUNE500
|
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|
Early Roman epicureans slaughtered flamingos to eat this organ of the lower mandible
|
the tongue
|
A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS
|
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|
A method of hair restoration uses grafts with this "electric" name
|
hair plugs
|
HAIR
|
|
|
The Coen Brothers' first feature film
|
Blood Simple
|
WE WANT "BLOOD"!
|
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|
After he went to heaven in a chariot of fire, his servant Elisha inherited his power
|
Elijah
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
|
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|
Many balls have gotten lost in this, originally planted along Wrigley Field's outfield walls by Bill Veeck in 1937
|
the ivy
|
BASEBALL HISTORY
|
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|
No. 25, it's odd to see this company is now based in Chicago & not Seattle
|
Boeing
|
THE 2004FORTUNE500
|
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|
This smallest variety of owl sounds like it works for Santa Claus
|
an elf owl
|
A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS
|
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Lisha Coleman has added these to Shari Belafonte's & Laila Ali's locks
|
extensions
|
HAIR
|
|
|
2-word term for a multigenerational fight between 2 families
|
a blood feud
|
WE WANT "BLOOD"!
|
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Sorrowful prophet who wrote the Old Testament book of Lamentations
|
Jeremiah
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
|
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Tom Connolly & Bill Klem, "The Old Arbitrator", were the first men to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame as these
|
umpires
|
BASEBALL HISTORY
|
|
|
On Aug. 3, 2005 "A" shares of this Omaha-based co., No. 12, were trading at a mere $83,490 a pop
|
Berkshire Hathaway
|
THE 2004FORTUNE500
|
|
|
These large birds can be found in mixed herds with Guanacos in South America
|
rheas
|
A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS
|
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This once-popular scented hair ointment got its name because apples were once an ingredient
|
pomade
|
HAIR
|
|
|
This citrus fruit grown in Mediterranean countries has a pink to red pulp & rind
|
a blood orange
|
WE WANT "BLOOD"!
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the beautiful Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) ThePeacock Clockat the Hermitage was given to Catherine the Great bythisprince for whom a Russian battleship was named
|
Potemkin
|
SAINT PETERSBURG
|
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|
A 1975 thriller:Steven Spielberg,John Williams
|
Jaws
|
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!
|
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|
"Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 mph upside-down", wrote this Miami Herald columnist
|
Dave Barry
|
MARK MY WORDS
|
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|
It's the disease of the nervous system abbreviated MS
|
multiple sclerosis
|
MISCELLANY
|
|
|
This Northern state had draft riots in July 1863 even as its industrial output exceeded that of the entire South
|
New York
|
A STATE OF CIVIL WAR
|
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|
The star garnet gets star billing as the state gem of this "Gem State"
|
Idaho
|
THE "I"s HAVE IT
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outdoors in St. Petersburg, Russia.) From a grateful Russia, theAlexander Columnhere in Palace Square is dedicated to the czar who helped defeat this man
|
Napoleon
|
SAINT PETERSBURG
|
|
|
You've got a friend in this 1995 film:John Lasseter,Randy Newman
|
Toy Story
|
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!
|
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|
Tom Lehrer joked, "It is a sobering thought... that when Mozart was my age he had been" this "for two years"
|
dead
|
MARK MY WORDS
|
|
|
The chance of getting this on a single deal in poker is 1 in 649,740
|
a royal flush
|
MISCELLANY
|
|
|
On September 17, 1862 Gen. Robert E. Lee's Northern march was halted in this slave-holding Union state
|
Maryland
|
A STATE OF CIVIL WAR
|
|
|
Christopher Buckley quipped that the name of these theatres stands for "I make the audience cross-eyed"
|
IMAX
|
THE "I"s HAVE IT
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports again from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.) A tradition was born in the 1880s when Alexander III gave his czarina ajeweled Easter eggmade by this design firm
|
Faberg
|
SAINT PETERSBURG
|
|
|
A 1983 weeper & Oscar fave:James L. Brooks,Michael Gore
|
Terms of Endearment
|
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!
|
|
|
"The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected", opined this fella, who never met a man he didn't like
|
Will Rogers
|
MARK MY WORDS
|
|
|
In Latin this Charlie Rich song would be titled "Januis Clausis"
|
"Behind Closed Doors"
|
MISCELLANY
|
|
|
What is now this state was briefly called Kanawha after it refused to secede from the Union
|
West Virginia
|
A STATE OF CIVIL WAR
|
|
|
This 3-letter abbreviation for the study of fishes is also the name of a fish disease
|
ich
|
THE "I"s HAVE IT
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports again from St. Petersburg, Russia.) As prime minister of Russia's provisional government in 1917,thisman moved into the Winter Palace & used the czar's private library as his office
|
Kerensky
|
SAINT PETERSBURG
|
|
|
A 1962 epic:David Lean,Maurice Jarre
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!
|
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|
In "Without Feathers", he penned, "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons"
|
Woody Allen
|
MARK MY WORDS
|
|
|
In the Cajun vernacular, this double-talk term refers to a voodoo spell, good or bad
|
grigri (juju accepted)
|
MISCELLANY
|
|
|
The USS Monitor sank off the shore of this state that supplied the most troops to the Confederate Army
|
North Carolina
|
A STATE OF CIVIL WAR
|
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|
Dorothy Hamill must have fond memories of this Tyrolean city: she won her Olympic gold medal there
|
Innsbruck
|
THE "I"s HAVE IT
|
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads a final time from St. Petersburg, Russia.) Here in Palace Square on June 28, 1762,thisczar was overthrown & his wife Catherine the Great was hailed as empress
|
Peter III
|
SAINT PETERSBURG
|
|
|
2 pianos, 1 gorgeous blonde:Steven Kloves,David Grusin
|
The Fabulous Baker Boys
|
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!
|
|
|
In his "Devil's Dictionary", he defined "appeal" as "In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw"
|
(Ambrose) Bierce
|
MARK MY WORDS
|
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|
In legend, after slaying a dragon, Cadmus sowed its teeth & grew a crop of warriors who helped him defeat this city
|
Thebes
|
MISCELLANY
|
|
|
The first major victories for the Union were at Fort Donelson & Fort Henry in this state
|
Tennessee
|
A STATE OF CIVIL WAR
|
|
|
Enlightened folks know that this secret society figures prominently in the novel "Angels & Demons"
|
the Illuminati
|
THE "I"s HAVE IT
|
|
|
'It was the first TV series to win the Hugo Award for best dramatic presentation')
|
The Twilight Zone
|
CLASSIC TELEVISION
|
|
|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark.) In the original story, the prince never knew how much the Little Mermaid loved him because the Sea Witch had taken this away
|
her voice
|
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
|
|
|
Made up of Frida Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, ABBA hails from this country
|
Sweden
|
ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS
|
|
|
Blackmun,Houdini,Cohn
|
Harry
|
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
|
|
|
"Oh, my nose!", Marcia exclaimed, after bumping into the oven door & causing this light, fluffy egg dish to fall flat
|
a souffl
|
THE BRADY BRUNCH
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In a 1991 speech this ex-president endorsed the Brady gun-control bill
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Reagan
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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In German it begins, "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!"
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"Silent Night"
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OH, BE "SILENT"!
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H.C. Andersen is often compared to this title character of his, who felt unloved until he made a big discovery
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the Ugly Duckling
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
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"See that girl, watch that scene, dig in" this ABBA title teen
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the Dancing Queen
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ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS
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Reynolds,Allen,Harry
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Debbie
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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
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A hungry Peter keeps mentioningthese & applesauce, sweetheart(like in one famous episode)
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pork chops
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THE BRADY BRUNCH
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He gave the plea for mercy speech at Leopold & Loeb's trial on August 22, 1924
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Clarence Darrow
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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Sale in which bids are submitted in sealed envelopes
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a silent auction
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OH, BE "SILENT"!
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(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from Nyhavn, Denmark.) Hans Christian Andersen lived at several addresses here in Nyhavn, a nautical neighborhood whose name means "new" this
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harbor
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
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It was the end for Napoleon but this song was the beginning for ABBA, marking its first foray into the Top 40
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"Waterloo"
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ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS
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Bergen,Degas,Winter
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Edgar
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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
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Jan impressed the family by making the blueberry-filled type of these Jewish pancakes
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blintzes
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THE BRADY BRUNCH
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On July 4, 1939 he gave a famous farewell speech in the Bronx
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Lou Gehrig
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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Richard Nixon identified this large group that chooses not to express its views publicly
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the silent majority
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OH, BE "SILENT"!
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Andersen's early fairy tales include this one that inspired the musical "Once Upon a Mattress"
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"The Princess and the Pea"
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
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In the spring of 1999 this show featuring the songs of ABBA premiered in London
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Mamma Mia!
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ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS
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Halley,Muskie,Burke
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Edmund
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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
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When no one was looking, Cindy & Bobby tried to sneak a sip of this orange juice & champagne cocktail
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a mimosa
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THE BRADY BRUNCH
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In a 1922 speech he declared, "Nonviolence is the first article of my faith"
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(Mahatma) Gandhi
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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Ironically, Marcel Marceau has the only line of dialogue in this film
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Silent Movie
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OH, BE "SILENT"!
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark.) Avisitto Tivoli in its very first season in 1843 inspired Andersen to write this, which he called his "Chinese fairy tale"
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"The Nightingale"
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
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ABBA hit the Top 40 for the third time in 1975 with this 3-letter palindrome
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"SOS"
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ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS
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Klesko,Longwell,Gosling
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Ryan
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FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
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Alice chopped up lots of vegetables for this Italian omelet that resembles a large pancake
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a frittata
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THE BRADY BRUNCH
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In 1848, in this New York town, Elizabeth Cady Stanton said, "The right is ours. Have it, we must. Use it, we will"
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Seneca Falls
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SPEECH! SPEECH!
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It's a small container with a hinged lid used to collect crumbs or ashes from the dinner table
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a silent butler
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OH, BE "SILENT"!
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By population, it's the largest capital in the Western Hemisphere
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Mexico City
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WORLD CAPITALS
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Max Detweiler is the impresario character who enters a family in music festival in this beloved 1965 film
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The Sound of Music
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MOVIES TO THE MAX
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February 13, 1933 after making a speech in Miami
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FDR
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ALMOST ASSASSINATED
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"Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico
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(Georgia) O\'Keeffe
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AMERICAN WOMEN
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The brown type of this pouched bird plunges from the air to fish; the white one scoops up fish as it swims
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a pelican
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FURRED, FEATHERED, FINNED
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These crispy snacks were created for a certain mollusk soup
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oyster crackers
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THE "O.C."
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This capital is located on Luzon Island
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Manila
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WORLD CAPITALS
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Laurence Olivier starred as Maxim de Winter in this film, but no one played the title role
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Rebecca
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MOVIES TO THE MAX
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May 12, 1982 on a visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal
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Pope John Paul II
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ALMOST ASSASSINATED
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6 years after Chuck Yeager, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this
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break the sound barrier
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AMERICAN WOMEN
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The mulgara of Queensland is among the carnivorous members of this order
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marsupial
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FURRED, FEATHERED, FINNED
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This type of fabric often used for shirts is named for a city northwest of London
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Oxford cloth
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THE "O.C."
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The famous Gold Museum in this Colombian capital houses a large collection of pre-Columbian gold objects
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Bogota
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WORLD CAPITALS
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This former TV Hillbilly directed the 1976 film "Ode to Billie Joe"
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Max Baer (Jr.)
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MOVIES TO THE MAX
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September 5, 1975 while greeting a crowd in Sacramento, California
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Ford
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ALMOST ASSASSINATED
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(Hi, I'm Bob Woodward,) One of the most influential women of the 20th century, she was publisher of the Washington Post from 1969 to 1979 & CEO until 1991
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(Katherine) Graham
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AMERICAN WOMEN
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The dogfish is a small type of this fish, & one dogfish is also called the "Greenland" one
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a shark
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FURRED, FEATHERED, FINNED
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Me, him & her are examples of this form of a pronoun
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objective case
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THE "O.C."
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The world's largest govt. building after the Pentagon is this city's Parliament Palace, built by Ceausescu
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Bucharest
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WORLD CAPITALS
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He directed a 1984 documentary about Marlene Dietrich, his co-star in "Judgment at Nuremberg"
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Maximilian Schell
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MOVIES TO THE MAX
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August 22, 1962 when his limousine was attacked near Paris
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Charles de Gaulle
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ALMOST ASSASSINATED
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Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, won for this category in 1950
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Poetry
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AMERICAN WOMEN
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It can be a 1/6-inch printer's unit, or (spelled differently) a 7- or 8-inch furrred creature
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a pica
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FURRED, FEATHERED, FINNED
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He was Jackie Kennedy's official White House designer
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Oleg Cassini
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THE "O.C."
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It may ring a bell that this capital of Belize also starts with "Bel"
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Belmopan
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WORLD CAPITALS
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In 1935 this great German stage director brought "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to the screen
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Max Reinhardt
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MOVIES TO THE MAX
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October 14, 1912 on his way to a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Theodore Roosevelt
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ALMOST ASSASSINATED
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Elected in 1993, she's the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
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AMERICAN WOMEN
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The dorsal spines give this fishseenhereits name
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a stickleback
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FURRED, FEATHERED, FINNED
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This Latin abbreviation is used in footnotes
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op. cit.
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THE "O.C."
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'This organization pledges it will strive for "clearer thinking... greater loyalty... larger service, and... better living" in that order')
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4H
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YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
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The snake dance of the Hopi is a petition to the gods to bring this
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rain
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ANTHROPOLOGY
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The theme song for "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Ballad of" this man, went to No. 44 in 1962
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Jed Clampett
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HIT TV THEME SONGS
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A wild hog
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a boar
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RHYMES WITH FOUR
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Matthew was a publican, meaning he collected these
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taxes
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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"Lion on the Links" is the subtitle of a biography of him
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Tiger Woods
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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
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This PM had a swimming pool built at his home Chartwell, in Kent, where he spent the last 40 years of his life
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Churchill
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TAKE ME HOME, ALEX
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Johann Blumenback determined from his collection of these body parts that there were 5 races of humans
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skulls
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ANTHROPOLOGY
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Whatcha gonna do? This "Cops" theme song by Inner Circle peaked at No. 8 in 1993
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"Bad Boys"
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HIT TV THEME SONGS
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Represented Tennessee in the Senate, 1985 to 1993
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Gore
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RHYMES WITH FOUR
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This author of Corinthans is very proud of the fact he's multilingual
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Paul
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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The same firm did the beading on Dorothy's ruby slippers for "The Wizard of Oz" & this man's famous sequined glove
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Jacko (Michael Jackson)
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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
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This 1920s matinee idol is said to haunt Falcon Lair, his Hollywood home
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Valentino
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TAKE ME HOME, ALEX
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From the name of the ancient Greek city of Pergamum we get this word for an old material to write on
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parchment
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ANTHROPOLOGY
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Heardhere, the theme to this TV show hit the charts 3 different times
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Peter Gunn
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HIT TV THEME SONGS
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20 years
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a score
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RHYMES WITH FOUR
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Acts reports that John & he were arrested under suspicion of promoting resurrection of the dead
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Peter
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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This Halloween favorite that has bands of white, orange & yellow dates back to the 1880s
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candy corn
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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
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Prefabricated & shipped by steamboat to Hannibal, Mo., Pilaster House is a childhood home of this author
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Mark Twain
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TAKE ME HOME, ALEX
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To a Yurok Indian of the Pacific NW, the scalps of these birds that eat insects in trees were a form of wealth
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woodpeckers
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ANTHROPOLOGY
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Climbing to No. 25 in 1976, "Making Our Dreams Come True" was the hit them song for this TV show
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Laverne & Shirley
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HIT TV THEME SONGS
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Return a painting or a piece of furniture to its original condition
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restore
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RHYMES WITH FOUR
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Acts & this Gospel are credited to the same author
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Luke
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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The use of steel girders in construction inspired A.C. Gilbert to invent this classic toy
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an erector set
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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
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After the deaths of his Uncle George & Aunt Martha, Bushrod Washington moved into this home
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Mount Vernon
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TAKE ME HOME, ALEX
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"The Book of Knowledge" refers to these New Mexico Indian dwellings as large apartment houses
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pueblos
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ANTHROPOLOGY
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Appropriately, his 1976 No. 1 hit "Welcome Back" was the theme song to "Welcome Back, Kotter"
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John Sebastian
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HIT TV THEME SONGS
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Pakistan's second most populous city
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Lahore
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RHYMES WITH FOUR
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Object opened in Revelation 8, or a Bergman film that opened in 1957
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the Seventh Seal
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THE NEW TESTAMENT
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Sit-N-Snooze & Slack-Back were suggested names for what became this brand of reclining lounge chairs
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La-Z-Boy
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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE
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Once home to a prosperous NYC merchant who went bankrupt, it's now the mayor's official residence
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Gracie Mansion
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TAKE ME HOME, ALEX
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Anti-civilization philosopher Jean-Jacques Rosseau advocated man's "Return to" this
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Nature
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PHILOSOPHY
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Kauai filled in for South America in this first Indiana Jones film
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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FILMED IN HAWAII
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It's California's capital as well as the "Almond Capital of the World"
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Sacramento
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U.S. "S"ITIES
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This planet closest to the sun features a crater, the Caloris basin, which is about the size of Texas
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Mercury
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ASTRONOMY
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...the Tet Offensive was launched
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Elizabeth II
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WHO WAS THE ENGLISH MONARCH WHEN...
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You'll know it's from the German for "rule" & "army" if you just do the Matthau
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Walter
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NAMES FROM THE GERMAN
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This ancient philosopher wrote about a theory of forms in his "Republic"
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Plato
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PHILOSOPHY
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Part of this 1961 Elvis movie was filmed at the Hilton Hawaiian village, also the birthplace of the colorful cocktail
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Blue Hawaii
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FILMED IN HAWAII
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They're Washington State's 2 largest "s"ities
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Seattle & Spokane
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U.S. "S"ITIES
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Triton, this planet's largest satellite, has a surface temperature of about -390 degrees F.
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Neptune
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ASTRONOMY
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...the Spanish Armada was destroyed
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Elizabeth I
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WHO WAS THE ENGLISH MONARCH WHEN...
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It's German for "strong ruler", like a lion-heart, we guess
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Richard
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NAMES FROM THE GERMAN
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Kierkegaard said that God telling Abraham to do this in Genesis 22 is an example of absurdity in religion
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sacrifice his son (kill Isaac)
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PHILOSOPHY
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We assume that Jessica Lange was impressed by the size of her co-star in this 1976 remake filmed partly in Hawaii
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King Kong
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FILMED IN HAWAII
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You can score some points right now if you know that this city is "The Birthplace of Basketball"
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Springfield (Mass.)
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U.S. "S"ITIES
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Jupiter's feature called this is really a windstorm raging at around 250 mph & large enough to cover 2 Earths
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the Great Red Spot
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ASTRONOMY
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...the U.S. ended its Civil War
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Victoria
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WHO WAS THE ENGLISH MONARCH WHEN...
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In English it means "truthful"; in German it's "Frenchman"
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Frank
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NAMES FROM THE GERMAN
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Ancient Greek philosopher from Samos whose school promoted pleasure & let women & slaves join, too
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Epicurus
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PHILOSOPHY
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Danny DeVito scampered off to Kauai to murder Billy Crystal's wife in this 1987 comedy caper
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Throw Momma from the Train
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FILMED IN HAWAII
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The first Olympics held in the U.S. were in this Midwest city in 1904
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St. Louis
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U.S. "S"ITIES
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Meteors, also known as shooting stars, may be debris left by these icy bodies traveling around the sun
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comets
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ASTRONOMY
|
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...Napoleon lost at Waterloo
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George III
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WHO WAS THE ENGLISH MONARCH WHEN...
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This name we spell with a G or a J may be from the German Gaufrid, "land-peace" or Gisfrid, "pledge-peace"
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Jeffrey
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NAMES FROM THE GERMAN
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This Scot wanted to change the course of philosophy with his 1739-1740 "A Treatise of Human Nature"
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David Hume
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PHILOSOPHY
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In a John Ford movie filmed on Kauai, John Wayne played "Guns" Donovan, the owner of this title bar
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Donovan\'s Reef
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FILMED IN HAWAII
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Until 1867 it was the capital of Russian America
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Sitka
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U.S. "S"ITIES
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Part of this astronomer's "belt" theory says small chunks of matter are the building blocks of planets
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Gerard Kuiper
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ASTRONOMY
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...the Union Jack was first used
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James I
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WHO WAS THE ENGLISH MONARCH WHEN...
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Halmric, "home-power", became this in English, a powerful name of a '70s Secretary of State
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Henry
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NAMES FROM THE GERMAN
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'Aptly, his middle name contained the word "rich"')
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
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20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS
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Galesburg, seat of this state's Knox County, was the site of a Lincoln-Douglas debate
|
Illinois
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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This Disney film based on a book by Englishman Lewis Carroll had its world premiere in England in 1951
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"Alice In Wonderland"
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'50S FILM FACTS
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Ibn Saud founded this kingdom in 1932 & ruled until his death in 1953
|
Saudi Arabia
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RULERS
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Drumlins are elongated, elliptical hills formed at the edges of these moving ice masses
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Glaciers
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SCIENCE
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This fruit dessert is known as Betty for short
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Brown Betty
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JUST DESSERTS
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B.C.
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Before Christ
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"BEFORE" & "AFTER"
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A railroad president named Aberdeen, South Dakota for his birthplace in this country
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Scotland
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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When Sandra Dee played this tiny beach bunny, James Darren was Moondoggie & Cliff Robertson played Kahoona
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Gidget
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'50S FILM FACTS
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In 1995, in Spain's 1st royal wedding in 89 years, this king's daughter Elena married a Castilian nobleman
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King Juan Carlos I
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RULERS
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Elements are arranged in order of their atomic numbers on this table
|
Periodic Table of Elements
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SCIENCE
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The short-, medium- or long-grain type of this may be used to make pudding
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Rice
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JUST DESSERTS
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It's where you shouldn't put the cart
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Before the horse
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"BEFORE" & "AFTER"
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This largest Oregon city is home to the International Rose Test Gardens
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Portland
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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This James Dean film featured Sal Mineo as Plato, Nick Adams as Moose & Dennis Hopper as Goon
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"Rebel Without A Cause"
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'50S FILM FACTS
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King when the French Revolution broke out, he was guillotined in 1793
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Louis XVI
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RULERS
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This yellow element is found in gunpowder & matches & is used in vulcanizing rubber
|
Sulphur
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SCIENCE
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This pie with a sheer fabric in its name contains beaten egg whites &/or gelatin
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Chiffon Pie
|
JUST DESSERTS
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It's a small earthquake or tremor that follows a major one
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Aftershock
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"BEFORE" & "AFTER"
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Johns Hopkins University in this city is the home of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame
|
Baltimore
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden & Rod Steiger were all Oscar contenders for this 1954 Marlon Brando film
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"On The Waterfront"
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'50S FILM FACTS
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The 1560 death of his wife Anastasia Romanovna may have contributed to this czar's madness
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Ivan The Terrible
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RULERS
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2 bacteria, Lactobacillus Bulgaricus & Streptococcus Thermophilus, turn milk into this
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Yogurt
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SCIENCE
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In names of desserts, this woman's name may follow chocolate or precede russe
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Charlotte
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JUST DESSERTS
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A commentary placed at the end of a literary work
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Afterword
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"BEFORE" & "AFTER"
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This state's Acadia National Park includes parts of Isle Au Haut & the Schoodic Peninsula
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Maine
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U.S. GEOGRAPHY
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Jimmy Stewart spies on his neighbor Raymond Burr in this Hitchcock classic
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"Rear Window"
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'50S FILM FACTS
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He was one of Guy Fawkes' main intended victims in the Gunpowder Plot
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James I
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RULERS
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Named after its 19th century inventor, this pendulum demonstrates the Earth's rotation
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Foucault\'s Pendulum
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SCIENCE
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Black Forest Cake is made with kirsch, a liquor made from this fruit
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Cherries
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JUST DESSERTS
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It's a synonym for the hereafter
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The afterlife
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"BEFORE" & "AFTER"
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Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent signed earlier, the British attacked this Louisiana city on Jan. 8, 1815
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New Orleans
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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This duo's comic opera of "The Yeomen of the Guard" premiered at the Savoy Theatre on Oct. 3, 1888
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Gilbert & Sullivan
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
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A February match between English & Irish teams in this sport was canceled because of fan rioting
|
Football (Soccer)
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SPORTS '95
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Soapwort is sometimes used in brewing to give a glass of beer a good one of these
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Head
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HERBS
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Mount Pentelicus, north of this capital, supplied the white marble for the buildings on the Acropolis
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Athens
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WORLD CITIES
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This Jonathan Swift sailor makes 4 fantastic voyages
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Gulliver
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REQUIRED READING
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The British gained Charlestown Peninsula, now in Boston, by winning this June 17, 1775 battle
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Bunker Hill
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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"Gaspard De La Nuit" is a series of 3 piano pieces by this "Bolero" composer
|
Maurice Ravel
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
|
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|
This NFL team announced its move from Anaheim, California to St. Louis, Missouri
|
Rams
|
SPORTS '95
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Once believed to render man immortal, this smart-sounding herb is mixed with onions in poultry stuffing
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Sage
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HERBS
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Perhaps the best view of this city is from the Piazzale Michelangelo on the far side of the Arno River
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Florence
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WORLD CITIES
|
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"Johnny Tremain" by Esther Forbes is set during this war
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The Revolutionary War
|
REQUIRED READING
|
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On Nov. 7, 1811 this territorial governor of Indiana lost 62 of his men at Tippecanoe
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William Henry Harrison
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AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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His 1782 opera "The Abduction From The Seraglio", k. 384, is set in 16th century Turkey
|
W. A. Mozart
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
|
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Elvis Stojko of this country won a 2nd consecutive men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships
|
Canada
|
SPORTS '95
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Planting spearmint or peppermint near your roses will deter these pests also called greenflies
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Aphids
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HERBS
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This Swiss city is headquarters to the World Council of Churches
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Geneva
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WORLD CITIES
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The life of Amory Blaine, part of the Lost Generation, is covered in his "This Side of Paradise"
|
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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REQUIRED READING
|
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In 1794 this chief justice negotiated a treaty calling for British evacuation of the Northwest
|
John Jay
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AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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This Hungarian composed his "Hungarian Fantasia" for piano & orchestra in 1852
|
Franz Liszt
|
MUSIC APPRECIATION
|
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Lenny Wilkens surpassed this Celtics coach as the winningest coach in NBA history
|
Red Auerbach
|
SPORTS '95
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Bergamot was named for its scent's resemblance to the Bergamot type of this fruit
|
Orange
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HERBS
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This oil-producing Venezuelan city was founded in 1571 as Nueva Zamora
|
Maracaibo
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WORLD CITIES
|
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Absolutely, absolutely!, his "Absalom, Absalom!" should be on the list
|
William Faulkner
|
REQUIRED READING
|
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|
In 1912 Alaska became an organized U.S. territory & these 2 states joined the union
|
Arizona & New Mexico
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
|
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This "Finlandia" composer evoked the mood of Scandinavian sagas in his 1892 tone poem "En Saga"
|
Jean Sibelius
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
|
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Mike Schmidt of this team was the only player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995
|
Philadelphia Phillies
|
SPORTS '95
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This herb native to the Mediterranean is said to aid the memory & serves as an emblem of fidelity
|
Rosemary
|
HERBS
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Tallinn, capital of this nation, was settled by the Danes in 1219 & later joined the Hanseatic League
|
Estonia
|
WORLD CITIES
|
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|
Richard Wright's tale of Bigger Thomas, a black youth raised in a Chicago slum
|
"Native Son"
|
REQUIRED READING
|
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'On March 18, 1912 he wrote in his diary, "My right foot has gone, nearly all the toes..."')
|
Robert Falcon Scott (in Antarctica)
|
EXPLORERS
|
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This city's Sentinel newspaper carries heavy coverage of "Magic" events
|
Orlando
|
"O" TOWN
|
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In 1993 he was ranked the world's No. 1 tennis player; he "re-peted" as No. 1 5 more years
|
Pete Sampras
|
TENNIS, ANYONE?
|
|
|
Stuffed,deep dish,New York
|
pizza
|
COMMON BONDS
|
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Admiral Byrd gave navigational training to him prior to his historic 1927 transatlantic solo flight
|
Lindbergh
|
AVIATION FIRSTS
|
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|
The smallest exhibited animal in NYC's Central Park Zoo is the leaf-cutter type of this
|
an ant
|
THE SMALL STUFF
|
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|
It's a type of one-room apartment, or the facility you're in right now
|
a studio
|
ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS
|
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You'll find Jack London Square in this California metropolis
|
Oakland
|
"O" TOWN
|
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In 1999 she won the U.S. Open, becoming the first African-American woman since 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles title
|
Serena Williams
|
TENNIS, ANYONE?
|
|
|
Answering,dictating,pinball
|
a machine
|
COMMON BONDS
|
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On August 28, 1884 John Montgomery made the first manned flight of one of these engineless planes at Otay, Calif.
|
a glider
|
AVIATION FIRSTS
|
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Blake wrote, "To see a world in" this much sand "and a heaven in a wild flower"
|
a grain
|
THE SMALL STUFF
|
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This French export has been dubbed "the king of cheeses"
|
brie
|
ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS
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With the help of a teenager, French forces ended the long, bloody siege of this city in May 1429
|
Orleans
|
"O" TOWN
|
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|
Before she was stabbed in the back on April 30, 1993, she had won an amazing 32 singles titles in less than 5 years
|
Monica Seles
|
TENNIS, ANYONE?
|
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Argus,Goliath,Gargantua
|
giants
|
COMMON BONDS
|
|
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In 1783 Pilatre de Rozier became the first to fly in one of these
|
a balloon
|
AVIATION FIRSTS
|
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew spoons out some slimy black fish eggs into a Petri dish in the chemistry lab.)As opposed to beluga or ossetra,thistype of caviar has the tiniest eggs, with about 2,500 per ounce
|
sevruga
|
THE SMALL STUFF
|
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Hyphenated name for the style of music heardhere
|
boogie-woogie
|
ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS
|
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It's a village next to Chicago or a city next to Detroit
|
Oak Park
|
"O" TOWN
|
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Jimmy Connors won a record 109 men's singles titles; this Czech is No. 2 with 94
|
Ivan Lendl
|
TENNIS, ANYONE?
|
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A record,a deck of cards,an umbilical cord
|
things that are cut
|
COMMON BONDS
|
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The first major flight over water was by Glenn Curtiss, who flew over this lake from Cleveland to Sandusky in 1910
|
Lake Erie
|
AVIATION FIRSTS
|
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A speck, as of dust; Jesus asks how you can see one in someone else's eye but not notice the beam in your own eye
|
a mote
|
THE SMALL STUFF
|
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Heinz Holliger is a well-known player of this double-reed wind instrument
|
oboe
|
ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS
|
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Every 10 years the residents of this German village put on a passion play as they have since 1634
|
Oberammergau
|
"O" TOWN
|
|
|
In 2004 this Russian-born woman won the Wimbledon singles title
|
(Maria) Sharapova
|
TENNIS, ANYONE?
|
|
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A mug,a briefcase,a CBer
|
a handle
|
COMMON BONDS
|
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The 1st full-scale wind tunnel for testing planes was introduced at Langley Research Center in this state in 1931
|
Virginia
|
AVIATION FIRSTS
|
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|
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a hair under a magnifying glass in the chemistry lab.) This technology of endless possibilities has been defined as using structures less than one-thousandth the width of ahair
|
nanotechnology
|
THE SMALL STUFF
|
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A basilica in this northeastern Italian city contains the tomb of Saint Anthony
|
Padua
|
ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS
|
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The seventh planet from the Sun
|
Uranus
|
THE SEVENTH SEAL
|
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Prince Andrei is contemptuous of his silly society girl wife Lise in this Tolstoy epic
|
War and Peace
|
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
|
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Most snake moms abandon their eggs, but the female of this "regal" venomous species builds a nest & stays
|
the king cobra
|
THE SERPENT'S EGG
|
|
|
This woman scientist named a new phenomenon "radioactivity"
|
Madame Curie
|
PERSONA
|
|
|
Puck or Mozart
|
Wolfgang
|
HOUR OF THE "WOLF"
|
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|
No relation, she earned an Oscar nomination under Ingmar Bergman's direction in 1978's "Autumn Sonata"
|
Ingrid Bergman
|
INGMAR BERGMAN
|
|
|
The seventh month of the calendar in first-century Rome
|
September
|
THE SEVENTH SEAL
|
|
|
Elinor Dashwood finally marries Edward Ferrars in an autumn wedding at the end of this Austen novel
|
Sense and Sensibility
|
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
|
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|
A python doesn't need to see or smell its prey; the pit organs in its head detect this given off by its victims
|
body heat
|
THE SERPENT'S EGG
|
|
|
In 1609 this English explorer sailed for the Dutch in the Halve Maen
|
(Henry) Hudson
|
PERSONA
|
|
|
It's the politically incorrect noise heardhere
|
a wolf whistle
|
HOUR OF THE "WOLF"
|
|
|
Bergman went into exile after a traumatic arrest for this in 1976
|
tax evasion
|
INGMAR BERGMAN
|
|
|
Heardhere, it was the Beatles' seventh U.S. No. 1 hit single
|
"Eight Days A Week"
|
THE SEVENTH SEAL
|
|
|
Dorothea Brooke makes a serious mistake when she marries Edward Casaubon in her novel "Middlemarch"
|
(George) Eliot
|
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
|
|
|
The death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus, is actually from this continent where most snakes are poisonous
|
Australia
|
THE SERPENT'S EGG
|
|
|
He published the results of his ink-blot tests in 1921's "Psycho-Diagnostics"
|
(Hermann) Rorschach
|
PERSONA
|
|
|
This park for the performing arts is found in Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C.
|
Wolf Trap
|
HOUR OF THE "WOLF"
|
|
|
The seventh-largest island in the world, it's home to Mt. Fuji
|
Honshu
|
THE SEVENTH SEAL
|
|
|
In this novel, Cathy Earnshaw admits, "I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton, than I have to be in heaven"
|
Wuthering Heights
|
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
|
|
|
The pose of the water moccasin seenhereshows why it has this other name
|
a cottonmouth
|
THE SERPENT'S EGG
|
|
|
He was the third & favorite son of King David
|
Absalom
|
PERSONA
|
|
|
He's the noted defense thinker seenhere
|
(Paul) Wolfowitz
|
HOUR OF THE "WOLF"
|
|
|
The Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees your right to this
|
trial by jury
|
THE SEVENTH SEAL
|
|
|
In "Vanity Fair" this poor, scheming girl secretly marries Rawdon Crawley, who is then disinherited
|
Becky Sharp
|
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
|
|
|
There are 4 species of these dangerous African snakes: 1 black, 3 green
|
the mamba
|
THE SERPENT'S EGG
|
|
|
President Loubet pardoned this Army captain in 1899
|
Dreyfus
|
PERSONA
|
|
|
Of the genus Aconitum, this poisonous garden plant is sometimes used medicinally
|
wolfsbane (wolfbane later accepted)
|
HOUR OF THE "WOLF"
|
|
|
In Swedish Bergman's 1982 film is "Fanny Och Alexander" & this harrowing 1972 film, "Viskningar och rop"
|
Cries and Whispers
|
INGMAR BERGMAN
|
|
|
'Elected in 1916, she was the subject of a 1995 biography called "Bright Star in the Big Sky"')
|
Jeannette Rankin
|
WOMEN IN POLITICS
|
|
|
George met her at a 1941 Christmas dance, became engaged to her in 1943 & married her in 1945
|
Barbara Pierce
|
GEORGE BUSH
|
|
|
TV wasn't the final frontier for this series; in 1979 it became "The Motion Picture"
|
"Star Trek"
|
TV TO FILM
|
|
|
Saintpaulia Ionantha is commonly called this geographical "violet"
|
African Violet
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
This city's Alamodome is one of 8 home courts in the NBA to exceed a seating capacity of 20,000
|
San Antonio
|
STADIUMS & ARENAS
|
|
|
The name of this Mary Shelley scientist is often confused with his ghastly creation
|
Dr. Frankenstein
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
This branch of the Justice Department administers the National Crime Information Center
|
FBI
|
POTPOURRI
|
|
|
He chose Bush as his running mate though they disagreed on cutting taxes, abortion & the E.R.A.
|
Ronald Reagan
|
GEORGE BUSH
|
|
|
This '60s TV comedy about the crew of the PT-73 sailed twice onto the big screen
|
"McHale\'s Navy"
|
TV TO FILM
|
|
|
Vanilla has been cultivated in this North American country for hundreds of years
|
Mexico
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
From 1966 to 1986, this NFL team played its home games in the Orange Bowl
|
Miami Dolphins
|
STADIUMS & ARENAS
|
|
|
Like Quincy on TV, Kay Scarpetta in novels by Patricia Cornwell has this profession
|
Medical Examiner
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
This Denver newspaper was given a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service
|
The Denver Post
|
POTPOURRI
|
|
|
As U.S. ambassador to this organization in 1971, Bush worked to keep Nationalist China from expulsion
|
United Nations
|
GEORGE BUSH
|
|
|
In the movie version, she played Carol Brady
|
Shelley Long
|
TV TO FILM
|
|
|
These creatures spread the seeds of plants like mistletoe
|
Birds
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
The opening ceremonies for the 1932 & 1984 Summer Olympic Games took place at this L.A. arena
|
Los Angeles Memorial Colliseum
|
STADIUMS & ARENAS
|
|
|
In a Judith Krantz bestseller, Billy Ikehorn Orsini owns this title boutique
|
Scruples
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
Some say that Jesse James was with this man & his gang when they raided Lawrence, Kansas
|
William Quantrill
|
POTPOURRI
|
|
|
As president, Bush sent troops into Panama to overthrow this dictator
|
Manuel Noriega
|
GEORGE BUSH
|
|
|
Subtitled "Fire Walk With Me", it brought back Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer
|
"Twin Peaks"
|
TV TO FILM
|
|
|
Varieties of this important cereal grain include emmer, spelt & common or bread
|
Wheat
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
Built in 1912, Tiger Stadium & this Red Sox park are the oldest major league ballparks
|
Fenway Park
|
STADIUMS & ARENAS
|
|
|
Howard Roark, the central architect in this novel, was supposedly modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright
|
"The Fountainhead"
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
This principality & Switzerland are joined in a customs union
|
Liechtenstein
|
POTPOURRI
|
|
|
Bush's father, Prescott, represented this state in the U.S. Senate from 1952 to 1963
|
Connecticut
|
GEORGE BUSH
|
|
|
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" was one of its segments on TV & in a feature film
|
"The Twilight Zone"
|
TV TO FILM
|
|
|
Crocus is the Latin word for this expensive spice produced by a type of crocus
|
Saffron
|
PLANTS
|
|
|
This London stadium has been the site of cup finals in soccer & of Live Aid
|
Wembley Stadium
|
STADIUMS & ARENAS
|
|
|
She's the matriarch in "The Grapes of Wrath"
|
Ma Joad
|
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
|
|
|
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is Illinois' busiest; this airport is second
|
Chicago Midway
|
POTPOURRI
|
|
|
In 1959 Georges Vanier became the 1st Roman Catholic Governor General of this North American country
|
Canada
|
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
|
|
|
She's the subject of Andy Warhol's 1962 "Marilyn Diptych"
|
Marilyn Monroe
|
ART & ARTISTS
|
|
|
The red stripe on Indonesia's flag stands for courage; this color stripe stands for purity
|
White
|
FLAGS
|
|
|
In 1995 3 actors presented "The Compleat Works Of" this playwright "abridged" in just 105 minutes
|
William Shakespeare
|
THEATRE
|
|
|
Christian Nelson of Onawa, Iowa patented this chocolate-coated ice cream bar in 1921
|
Eskimo Pie
|
INVENTORS
|
|
|
Only 2 inches long, the smallest bird is a species of this
|
Hummingbird
|
FILE UNDER "H"
|
|
|
Che Guevara once served as president of the national bank of this country
|
Cuba
|
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
|
|
|
An X-ray of his "Blue Boy" has revealed the figure of a small dog that was painted out
|
Thomas Gainsborough
|
ART & ARTISTS
|
|
|
Angola's flag features a segment of a cogwheel & this large knife used to clear underbrush
|
Machete
|
FLAGS
|
|
|
At the 1889 Paris Centennial Exposition, 1/4 of the American exhibit space was devoted to his inventions
|
Thomas Edison
|
INVENTORS
|
|
|
On June 6, 1523 Gustav I was elected king of this country at the Diet of Strangnas
|
Sweden
|
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
|
|
|
In 1481 Botticelli led a group of painters in frescoing this newly erected Vatican chapel
|
The Sistine Chapel
|
ART & ARTISTS
|
|
|
The words "Semper Fidelis" appear on the flag of this armed services branch
|
The Marine Corps
|
FLAGS
|
|
|
This comic's wife Camille co-produced the Tony-nominated play about the Delany Sisters, "Having Our Say"
|
Bill Cosby
|
THEATRE
|
|
|
While fighting for his patent for the cotton gin, he made arms for the U.S. government
|
Eli Whitney
|
INVENTORS
|
|
|
John Bradshaw was president of the court that condemned this English king to death in 1649
|
Charles I
|
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
|
|
|
His portrait of the Duchess of Alba in a Maja costume is at NYC's Hispanic Society of America
|
Francisco Goya
|
ART & ARTISTS
|
|
|
The 11 stripes on this African republic's flag represent the signers of its 1847 Declaration of Independence
|
Liberia
|
FLAGS
|
|
|
Mercedes Ruehl played the lusty Serafina Delle Rose in the 1995 revival of his play "The Rose Tattoo"
|
Tennessee Williams
|
THEATRE
|
|
|
The British inventor of the mechanical seed drill, or a British rock group featuring Ian Anderson
|
Jethro Tull
|
INVENTORS
|
|
|
Ludovico Sforza, a duke of this city, was so dark he was nicknamed Il Moro, "The Moor"
|
Milan
|
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
|
|
|
In 1797 Ingres entered the studio of this "Death Of Marat" painter
|
Jacques-Louis David
|
ART & ARTISTS
|
|
|
While no longer linked with Egypt, this country still uses the flag of the United Arab Republic
|
Syria
|
FLAGS
|
|
|
Ed Begley Jr. starred in this "American Buffalo" author's 1995 play "The Cryptogram"
|
David Mamet
|
THEATRE
|
|
|
These French brothers developed the 1st popular color photographic process, introduced in 1907
|
The Lumiere Brothers
|
INVENTORS
|
|
|
One of Ireland's national pastimes is this stick & ball game similar to field hockey
|
Hurling
|
FILE UNDER "H"
|
|
|
'This state capital is on the site of a cross erected by Capt. Christopher Newport May 24, 1607')
|
Richmond, Virginia (in 1607)
|
STATE CAPITALS
|
|
|
In January 1898 this ship was sent to Havana to protect American interests in case of war
|
theMaine
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
|
|
|
Adriana La Cerva, Jimmy Altieri & Ralph Cifaretto all got whacked on this TV drama
|
The Sopranos
|
MOB HITS
|
|
|
In 2005 this chain with close to 9,000 locations began offering Chantico, a "drinkable dessert"
|
Starbucks
|
GETTING MALL-ED
|
|
|
Belgium,the Netherlands,Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg
|
THE SMALLEST IN AREA
|
|
|
The Carnegie one at 7th & 55th in N.Y.C., or Jerry's famous one on Ventura Blvd. in Studio City; hello...
|
deli
|
HELLO, POTPOURRI
|
|
|
The greatest quantity possible, perhaps in prison security
|
maximum
|
3-M
|
|
|
The N.Y. Tribune said possession of this island group would "convert the Pacific Ocean into an American lake"
|
the Philippines
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
|
|
|
Rotund name of "The Simpsons" head mobster who hangs out at "The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club"
|
Fat Tony
|
MOB HITS
|
|
|
In 1986 ThisCompanyKids opened its first store; in 1990 BabyThisCompany was born
|
The Gap
|
GETTING MALL-ED
|
|
|
El Salvador,Honduras,Costa Rica
|
El Salvador
|
THE SMALLEST IN AREA
|
|
|
Last name of "Jungle Doctor of Laos" Thomas, or "Breaking Away" actor Paul; hello...
|
Dooley
|
HELLO, POTPOURRI
|
|
|
About 10 feet high at the shoulder, this Pleistocene animal had complex molar teeth
|
a mammoth
|
3-M
|
|
|
This painter & sculptor of the American West served as a war correspondent & artist for the Hearst papers
|
Remington
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
|
|
|
In the video game based on this film, players use violence & negotiation to become the next don
|
The Godfather
|
MOB HITS
|
|
|
It began in 1949 as a single home furnishings store in Manhattan; its latest addition is PBteen
|
Pottery Barn
|
GETTING MALL-ED
|
|
|
Slovenia,Bosnia,Macedonia
|
Slovenia
|
THE SMALLEST IN AREA
|
|
|
Dandridge Payne Todd are names sandwiched between the better-known 1st and last ones of this 1st lady; hello...
|
Dolley Madison
|
HELLO, POTPOURRI
|
|
|
Porgy & Bess know this title is when "the livin' is easy"
|
"Summertime"
|
3-M
|
|
|
The peace treaty gave this island to the U.S.; the rest of the Marianas were later purchased by Germany
|
Guam
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
|
|
|
"When I got into family therapy, this was not the 'family' I had in mind", says Billy Crystal in this '99 comedy
|
Analyze This
|
MOB HITS
|
|
|
This safari-inspired clothing company began in 1978 with 2 stores & a catalog
|
Banana Republic
|
GETTING MALL-ED
|
|
|
Oman,Yemen,Qatar
|
Qatar
|
THE SMALLEST IN AREA
|
|
|
Named after a 17th century draper, it's any small, ornamental mat, as of lace; hello...
|
doily
|
HELLO, POTPOURRI
|
|
|
On New Year's Day 1901, Philadelphia hosted the first annual this Parade
|
Mummers
|
3-M
|
|
|
The Spanish had fortified San Juan Hill, so the Rough Riders charged up this hill
|
Kettle Hill
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
|
|
|
"But I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?" says Tommy de Vito in this 1990 film
|
Goodfellas
|
MOB HITS
|
|
|
This skin care co.'s name combines its symbol, aka wild apple, & a British conservationist's last name
|
Crabtree & Evelyn
|
GETTING MALL-ED
|
|
|
South Africa,Zimbabwe,Namibia
|
Zimbabwe
|
THE SMALLEST IN AREA
|
|
|
One of the smallest species of this warm-blooded cetacean is the buffeo; hello...
|
dolphin
|
HELLO, POTPOURRI
|
|
|
11-letter term meaning to honor by some observance
|
commemorate
|
3-M
|
|
|
His last important building, the Marin County Civic Ctr., was completed by his students at the Taliesin Foundation
|
Frank Lloyd Wright
|
ARCHITECTS
|
|
|
Shoeshine Boy transformed himself into this superhero pooch who spent a lot of time saving Polly Purebred
|
Underdog
|
TV CARTOON POOCHES
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue while walking down a Pentagon corridor.) The 20,000+ people who work here at the Pentagon include the CJCS, short for this senior-ranking armed forces member
|
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations)
|
|
|
Yip Harburg is shown with the lyric "skies are blue", from this Oscar-winning song of his
|
"Over The Rainbow"
|
STAMPS
|
|
|
Set in 1307, this 4-act opera has long been the apple of my eye
|
William Tell
|
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
|
|
|
A traveler, especially on foot, or a style of sunglasses
|
wayfarer
|
THERE'S A "WAY"
|
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He lived as a youth in Hong Kong where in the 1980s he designed the Bank of China office building
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(I.M.) Pei
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ARCHITECTS
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Although George Jetson wanted a nuclear-powered mechanical dog, the kids won out & he became a part of the family
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Astro
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TV CARTOON POOCHES
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In a crisis the military might go to DEFCON 2, DEFCON standing for this
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defense condition
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MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations)
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In 2004 the Post Office honored the "Greatest Generation" with a stamp of this national memorial in D.C.
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the World War II Memorial
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STAMPS
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William S. Burroughs wrote, "Grass is English thief slang for inform" in this literary feast of a novel
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Naked Lunch
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WHERE THERE'S A WILL
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This country singer gave up his seat to the Big Bopper on the 1959 flight that also killed Buddy Holly & Richie Valens
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Waylon Jennings
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THERE'S A "WAY"
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Walter Gropius founded this innovative design school at Weimar in 1919
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the Bauhaus
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ARCHITECTS
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In 1960 this Hanna-Barbera canine's show became the first cartoon series to win an Emmy
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Huckleberry Hound
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TV CARTOON POOCHES
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue while standing in the ANZUS corridor of the Pentagon.) I'm in the Pentagon corridor that honors the Pacific security treaty known as ANZUS, an acronym for these three nations
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Australia, New Zealand, & the United States
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MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations)
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1 of the 2 women featured in the 2004 American Choreographers series
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(Martha) Graham (or Agnes de Mille)
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STAMPS
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In 1807 he published the poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
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William Wordsworth
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WHERE THERE'S A WILL
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Friends & Romans! Stephen Sondheim launched his career as a Broadway composer with this musical
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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THERE'S A "WAY"
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In 1929 he created the "Barcelona Chair", a chair of curved steel bands cantilevered to support cushions
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Mies van der Rohe
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ARCHITECTS
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Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog was the faithful companion to this cartoon boy with the funnel-shaped hat
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Tom Terrific
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TV CARTOON POOCHES
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TNW is tactical nuclear weapon; SNW is this longer-range counterpart
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strategic nuclear weapon
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MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations)
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The background art on this author's stamp recalls a scene from "All the King's Men"
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Robert Penn Warren
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STAMPS
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His island-set 1954 novel divided characters into 2 groups; hunters & fire-keepers
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(William) Golding
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WHERE THERE'S A WILL
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This battle was waged from June 3-7, 1942
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the Battle of Midway
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THERE'S A "WAY"
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In the 1940s Oscar Niemeyer was chief architect of Pampulha, a new suburb near Belo Horizonte in this country
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Brazil
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ARCHITECTS
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Smedley the dog was the longtime co-star of this Walter Lantz penguin who wore a stocking cap
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Chilly Willy
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TV CARTOON POOCHES
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a Pentagon hallway.) Abbreviated NMCC, it's located in the Pentagon & sends EAMs, emergency action messages, to battlefields & nuclear subs
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National Military Command Center
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MAA (military acronyms & abbreviations)
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Scientist Barbara McClintock, who discovered "jumping" these in maize, was honored on a 2005 stamp
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genes
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STAMPS
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My oh Myers! His 1990 children's book "Shrek!" got very animated in 2001
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William Steig
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WHERE THERE'S A WILL
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James K. Polk chaired this House committee from 1833 to 1835; Bill Thomas chairs it today
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the Ways and Means Committee
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THERE'S A "WAY"
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'In 1776 she wrote, "Whilst you are... emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives"')
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Abigail Adams
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18th CENTURY CORRESPONDENCE
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The Confederate victory at Chancellorsville paved the way for this early July 1863 Pennsylvania battle
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Gettysburg
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BITTER BATTLES
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It's a writ "to produce the body" of the detained before the court
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Habeas Corpus
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LATIN LEGAL LINGO
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An Oscar went to Sarandon for playing Helen Prejean, a Louisiana nun, in this film
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"Dead Man Walking"
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SUSAN SARANDON CINEMA
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Lauren Bacall & Kate Moss have had white moustaches in print ads for this liquid refreshment
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Milk
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SHE SELLS
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The largest tree fruit, the 50-lb. Coco-De-Mer, or "sea" one of these is found only in the Seychelles
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Coconut
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SEYCHELLES
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The northern fur seal breeds each summer in the Pribilof Islands in this sea
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Bering Sea
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BY THE SEASHORE
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The 1824 battle of Ayacucho marked the end of this European country's power in South America
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Spain
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BITTER BATTLES
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When a criminal is caught red-handed, he's caught "in" this, "while the crime is blazing"
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Flagrante Delicto
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LATIN LEGAL LINGO
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Sarandon provided the voice of a spider in this 1996 animated film based on a Roald Dahl book
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"James And The Giant Peach"
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SUSAN SARANDON CINEMA
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The Seychelles is home to these color-changing lizards
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Chameleons
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SEYCHELLES
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Yielding 20 pounds of edible flesh, the giant type of this is the largest bivalve mollusk
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Clam
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BY THE SEASHORE
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The Battle of Austerlitz, one of his greatest victories, is sometimes called the Battle of the Three Emperors
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Napoleon
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BITTER BATTLES
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Literally "for the good", it refers to a case taken by an attorney free of charge
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Pro Bono
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LATIN LEGAL LINGO
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This midnight cult film featured Tim Curry as transvestite scientist Frank N. Furter
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"The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
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SUSAN SARANDON CINEMA
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This former "Bionic Woman" can be seen in Southern California Ford ads
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Lindsay Wagner
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SHE SELLS
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To pay for your dinner at a "new deli" in Victoria, the capital, you'll use this currency
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Rupees
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SEYCHELLES
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These animals of the class Asteroidea can regenerate body parts & produce new bodies from a fragment
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Starfish
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BY THE SEASHORE
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The Battle of the Argonne during this war was part of a general offensive against the Hindenburg line
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World War I
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BITTER BATTLES
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This phrase isn't necessarily an admission of guilt; it simply means "I do not contest it"
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Nolo Contendere
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LATIN LEGAL LINGO
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Screenwriter Callie Khouri won an Oscar for this 1991 female buddy film
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"Thelma & Louise"
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SUSAN SARANDON CINEMA
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This fashion label's "girls" have included Carre Otis, Claudia Schiffer & Anna Nicole Smith
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The Gap
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SHE SELLS
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In 1956 this Cypriot archbishop was exiled to the Seychelles
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Makarios
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SEYCHELLES
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The dried skeleton of this invertebrate resembles a large white coin
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Sand Dollar
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BY THE SEASHORE
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The recapture of Antwerp was a goal of this 1944-45 battle, Germany's last great offensive in the West
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Battle of the Bulge
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BITTER BATTLES
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"Ignorantia Legis Neminem Excusat" translates to this maxim
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Ignorance is no excuse of the law
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LATIN LEGAL LINGO
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Sarandon played Southern attorney Reggie Love in this 1994 film
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"The Client" (based on the book by John Grisham)
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SUSAN SARANDON CINEMA
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It wasn't just Eva Herzigova's career that got a lift on her "Look me in the eyes" billboards for this
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Wonderbra
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SHE SELLS
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The 115 islands of the Seychelles are in this ocean
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Indian Ocean
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SEYCHELLES
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In California this fish spawns on the beach the first few nights after the highest tides of the month
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Grunion
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BY THE SEASHORE
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WRAS-FM in this largest Georgia city is the USA's most powerful student-run college radio station
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Atlanta
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EDUCATION
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"Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach has this many messages for women, one for each day in 1996
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366
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IN THE BOOKSTORE
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In 1790 it succeeded Charleston as South Carolina's capital
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Columbia
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U.S. CITIES
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Gustatory organ is another term for these flavor receptors found mostly on the tongue
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taste buds
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HEALTH & MEDICINE
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"Everybody Loves Somebody" & Las Vegas loved this man, dimming the Strip's lights in his honor December 28, 1995
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Dean Martin
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SINGERS
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In 1925 he was fined $100 for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tenn., but the conviction was reversed
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John Scopes
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EDUCATION
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On Jan. 16, 1855 the first territorial legislature of Nebraska met at this city on the Missouri River
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Omaha
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19th CENTURY AMERICA
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This talk show host's mom, Dorothy, published a cookbook
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David Letterman
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IN THE BOOKSTORE
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Steamboat builder & operator Henry M. Shreve has a city named for him in this state
|
Louisiana
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U.S. CITIES
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Swollen & bleeding gums are a symptom of this vitamin C deficiency, once the scourge of sailors
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scurvy
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HEALTH & MEDICINE
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This Monkee called his 1993 autobiography "I'm a Believer"
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Micky Dolenz
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SINGERS
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The brother of Pres. Eisenhower, he served as president of Kansas State, Penn State & Johns Hopkins
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Milton Eisenhower
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EDUCATION
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A stirring speech by Daniel Webster marked the dedication of this monument at Charlestown, Massachusetts
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the Battle of Bunker Hill
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19th CENTURY AMERICA
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In 1994 this sitcom star had a bestseller with "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man"
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Tim Allen
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IN THE BOOKSTORE
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This Florida city was named by a railroad official for his boyhood home in Russia
|
St. Petersburg
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U.S. CITIES
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Once widely used as an anesthetic, trichloromethane is better known as this
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chloroform
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HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Before "Married... with Children", Katey Sagal was a Harlette, one of this star's backup singers
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Bette Midler
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SINGERS
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In 1909, 2 years after introducing her teaching method in Rome, she wrote a book about it
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Maria Montessori
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EDUCATION
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In December 1875 this former commissioner of NYC's public works escaped from jail & fled to Cuba
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Boss Tweed
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19th CENTURY AMERICA
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"In the Name of Sorrow and Hope" is about this late Israeli PM by his granddaughter Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof
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Yitzhak Rabin
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IN THE BOOKSTORE
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Since 1907 this Oregon city has hosted an annual Rose Festival
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Portland
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U.S. CITIES
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In strabismus one or both of these may turn inward or outward
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the eyes
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HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Born Patricia Andrzejewski, she recorded "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" under this name
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Pat Benatar
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SINGERS
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He was chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities before becoming Secretary of Education in 1985
|
William Bennett
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EDUCATION
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Joel Poinsett, the 1st U.S. minister to this Latin American nation, opposed the war with it in 1846
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Mexico
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19th CENTURY AMERICA
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"The Tenth Insight" is James Redfield's sequel to this book about spiritual exploration
|
"The Celestine Prophecy"
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IN THE BOOKSTORE
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This largest North Dakota city lies across the Red River of the North from Moorhead, Minnesota
|
Fargo
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U.S. CITIES
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There are 3 types of this in humans: lanugo, which is shed before or shortly after birth, vellus & terminal
|
hair
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HEALTH & MEDICINE
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In 1994 Julio Iglesias recorded Patsy Cline's hit "Crazy", written by this man, once his duet partner
|
Willie Nelson
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SINGERS
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'The best American League lefthanded pitcher 1916-18, he was moved to left field in 1919')
|
Babe Ruth
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BASEBALL
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In 1985 a British Antarctic science expedition first detected one of these that forms annually in the ozone layer
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a hole
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SCIENCE LAB
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___ & The E Street Band
|
Bruce Springsteen
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WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
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The London structure where the little princes were kept in 1483 is called the "Bloody" this
|
Tower
|
BUILDING TYPES
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Berlin's first Reichstag was a governmental body formed by princes & nobles of this medieval empire
|
the Holy Roman Empire
|
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU
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This magazine's "Marginal Thinking Department" features "drawn out dramas" by Sergio Aragones
|
Madmagazine
|
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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Drink up! This nation leads the world in coffee growing
|
Brazil
|
"B" PREPARED
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A fluorescent lamp contains argon & a small amount of this liquid metal's vapor
|
mercury
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SCIENCE LAB
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___ & Dawn
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Tony Orlando
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WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
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Dictionaries define a cottage as a small house with just 1 of these
|
a story
|
BUILDING TYPES
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Around 1268 Roger Bacon observed that these new optical devices could be used to improve eyesight
|
lenses
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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU
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Guideposts magazine was founded in 1945 by this "positive" minister & his wife Ruth
|
Norman Vincent Peale
|
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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Sodium penthothal is in this class of drugs that have sedative & hypnotic properties
|
barbiturates
|
"B" PREPARED
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(Kelly of the Clue Crew juices a lemon in the chemistry lab.) This acid--C6H8O7--is found in the juice I'mextracting
|
citric acid
|
SCIENCE LAB
|
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|
___ & The Heartbreakers
|
Tom Petty
|
WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
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A building dedicated to one country at a World's Fair, like the 1939 or 1967 one
|
a pavilion
|
BUILDING TYPES
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A poet, mathematician & astronomer, he moved people with the quatrains in his 12th century "Rubaiyat"
|
Omar Khayyam
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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU
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Adolph Ochs, who bought into the New York Times in 1896, "train"ed at this Tennessee city's Times
|
Chattanooga
|
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
|
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(Hi, I'm Wolf Blitzer.) During the 2000 election I interviewed Bush, Gore, Nader & this Reform Party nominee
|
Pat Buchanan
|
"B" PREPARED
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In 1969 Marcian Hoff Jr. condensed all of a computer's arithmetic functions to this one tiny chip
|
a microprocessor chip
|
SCIENCE LAB
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___ & The Silver Bullet Band
|
Bob Seger
|
WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
|
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The structure seenhereat Churchill Downs is known as this, like certain Buddhist edifices
|
a pagoda
|
BUILDING TYPES
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Chinese explorer Cheng Ho died in Calicut, India some 65 years before this Portuguese man reached it in 1498
|
Vasco da Gama
|
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU
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In 1989 & 1999, it got the National Magazine Award's "Seal of Approval" for personal service
|
Good Housekeeping
|
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
|
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In The Princeton Review's 2004 colleges survey, this university of 30,000 was ranked lowest in alcohol consumption
|
Brigham Young University
|
"B" PREPARED
|
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William Gilbert coined the word electricity, which comes from the Latin word for this fossil resin
|
amber
|
SCIENCE LAB
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___ & The Tijuana Brass
|
Herb Alpert
|
WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK
|
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As well as the art of public speaking, this word can mean a place for prayer, like Montreal's St. Joseph'sone
|
an oratory
|
BUILDING TYPES
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Now called ergotism, this "fiery" medieval disease took its name from the order of monks who treated it
|
St. Anthony\'s Fire
|
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AGES WITH YOU
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In 1756, the New Hampshire Gazette, the state's first newspaper, began publishing in this "port" city
|
Portsmouth
|
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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684. ἕτοιμος, -η, -ον
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ready, prepared
|
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This 1949 novel features a society dominated by such slogans as "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"
|
1984
|
20th CENTURY LITERATURE
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1995:"Houston, we have a problem"
|
Apollo 13
|
MOVIE TAGLINES
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Serving under President Clinton, she was the first female press secretary
|
Dee Dee Myers
|
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARIES
|
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National Aviation Day is on the August 19 birthday of this pioneer who made the first powered flight in Dec. 1903
|
Orville Wright
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
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A pair of cocky, cartoon magpies, one had a New York accent & one had a British accent
|
Heckle & Jeckle
|
PAIR CAPITA
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Your Uncle Marty can't believe you bought that sweater this way when he owns 3 garment factories
|
retail
|
6-LETTER WORDS
|
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When this title slat bridge with vine handrails broke, 5 victims were hurled to their death
|
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
|
20th CENTURY LITERATURE
|
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2003:"The guy next door just became the man upstairs"
|
Bruce Almighty
|
MOVIE TAGLINES
|
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England honors this bird, not the clock, in April; its arrival announces the return of spring
|
a cuckoo
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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About a century ago, London's South Kensington Museum got renamed for this pair
|
Victoria & Albert
|
PAIR CAPITA
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The earlier-in-the-sentence counterpart of latter
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former
|
6-LETTER WORDS
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While traveling from Oklahoma to California during the Depression, she says, "All we got is the family unbroke"
|
Ma Joad
|
20th CENTURY LITERATURE
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2001:"Ten years ago he could get to you from behind the glass. On Feb. 9th he's out"
|
Hannibal
|
MOVIE TAGLINES
|
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|
Pierre Salinger became the interim California senator 4 years after being made press secretary by this president
|
JFK
|
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARIES
|
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|
Shavu'ot, or Feast of Weeks, is a Jewish holiday celebrated 7 weeks after this festival
|
Passover
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
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Known for their 1972 match, these Russian & American chess players had a rematch 20 years later
|
Fischer & Spassky
|
PAIR CAPITA
|
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"Admire" has the same Latin root as this, a household item commonly used for admiration
|
mirror
|
6-LETTER WORDS
|
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This 1946 Nikos Kazantzakis novel was narrated by a Crete mine owner who's drawn out of his shell by an elderly employee
|
Zorba the Greek
|
20th CENTURY LITERATURE
|
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2001:"One ring to rule them all"
|
The Fellowship of the Ring
|
MOVIE TAGLINES
|
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Marlin Fitzwater was first appointed by this president
|
Ronald Reagan
|
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARIES
|
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|
On the first Monday in March, Illinois honors this Polish hero of the American Revolution
|
Pulaski
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
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In a tragic Babylonian love story recounted by Ovid, Pyramus is paired with this fair maiden
|
Thisbe
|
PAIR CAPITA
|
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It's an alternate name for a high school yearbook
|
an annual
|
6-LETTER WORDS
|
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This most popular of Zane Grey's books featured a gunslinger named Lassiter & Jane Withersteen, a Mormon heiress
|
Riders of the Purple Sage
|
20th CENTURY LITERATURE
|
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A 2001 sequel:"He will rise again"
|
The Mummy Returns
|
MOVIE TAGLINES
|
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|
This president appointed Ronald Ziegler, who was just 29
|
Nixon
|
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARIES
|
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The weather on July 15, this saint's day, is said to fortell the weather for the next 40 days
|
St. Swithun
|
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
|
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"Hurrah! Hurrah! For Cleve & Steve" was an 1890s song for this pair campaigning for prez & veep
|
Grover Cleveland & (Adlai) Stevenson
|
PAIR CAPITA
|
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates the proper way to hang Old Glory.) When hanging a flag in a window, this rectangular corner section should be to the left of the viewer
|
the canton
|
6-LETTER WORDS
|
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'Home to the oldest cathedral & the oldest university in the Americas, this capital was founded in 1496')
|
Santo Domingo
|
CAPITAL CITIES
|
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|
On Jan. 17, 1994 California was struck by one measuring 6.7; on Jan. 17, 1995 Kobe, Japan was hit by a 7.2
|
Earthquake
|
MODERN HISTORY
|
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Some French cabinetmakers called themselves ebenis for the ability to work in this difficult wood
|
Ebony
|
FURNITURE
|
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She opened Dollywood Boulevard, an $8 million addition to her Dollywood theme park in 1996
|
Dolly Parton
|
COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM
|
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This creator of "Lake Wobegon" grew up in Anoka, Minnesota
|
Garrison Keillor
|
LITERARY HODGEPODGE
|
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In 1978 Margaret A. Brewer became the first woman Marine to achieve this rank
|
General
|
THE MARINE CORPS
|
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In the nursery rhyme, this line precedes "Bake me a cake as fast as you can"
|
"Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker\'s Man"
|
"MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES
|
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In 1988 radio-carbon testing dated this holy cloth only to the Middle Ages
|
Shroud of Turin
|
MODERN HISTORY
|
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The rolltop type of this piece of furniture features a flexible hood that's drawn down as a lid
|
Desk
|
FURNITURE
|
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This "Grand Ole" theme park is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1996
|
Opryland USA
|
COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM
|
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|
Once a naval historian in the south Pacific, he won a Pulitzer Prize for "Tales of the South Pacific"
|
James Michener
|
LITERARY HODGEPODGE
|
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This Latin motto of the corps means "Always Faithful"
|
"Semper Fidelis"
|
THE MARINE CORPS
|
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It follows "That's one small step for a man,..."
|
"One Giant Leap for Mankind"
|
"MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES
|
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|
In 1969 after traveling about 2600 miles, he & his crew abandoned their Ra expedition
|
Thor Heyerdahl
|
MODERN HISTORY
|
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|
This modern table named for a beverage is lower & wider than the 18th century tea table
|
Coffee Table
|
FURNITURE
|
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|
You can tour a simulated coal mine at this coal miner's daughter's home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
|
Loretta Lynn
|
COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM
|
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Standard English is referred to as Oldspeak in this George Orwell novel
|
"1984"
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LITERARY HODGEPODGE
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This nickname for Marines refers to the type of collar they once wore
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Leathernecks
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THE MARINE CORPS
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Term for an electorate's wishes that its representatives carry out a certain program
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Mandate
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"MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES
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In 1967 a launch pad fire claimed the lives of Edward White, Roger Chaffee & this astronaut
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Virgil "Gus" Grissom
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MODERN HISTORY
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A vitrine is a cabinet with doors made of this material
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Glass
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FURNITURE
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When visiting Disney World, line dancers head for the Neon Armadillo on this night club "island"
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Pleasure Island
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COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM
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A visitor interrupted him while he was writing down his poem "Kubla Khan" & he never finished it
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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LITERARY HODGEPODGE
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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):Island on which the action depicted here took place: (the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi)
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Iwo Jima
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THE MARINE CORPS
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Tube pasta filled with meat & cheese & served with tomato sauce
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Manicotti
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"MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES
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Suleyman Demirel was premier of this country on 5 separate occasions before becoming president in 1993
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Turkey
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MODERN HISTORY
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This furniture support may be Dutch, club or ball-and-claw
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Feet
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FURNITURE
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Alabama & the Gatlin Brothers are among the country stars who have theatres in this S.C. beach city
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Myrtle Beach
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COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM
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"Hey-Rub-A-Dub-Dub" is a 1920 collection of philosophical essays by this "Sister Carrie" author
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Theodore Dreiser
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LITERARY HODGEPODGE
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This dog named for its breeder originated in Apolda, Germany in the 1890s
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Doberman Pinscher
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"MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES
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Ancient Cretan performers would run toward a charging one of these animals, grab its horns & flip over it
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Bull
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GYMNASTICS
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The World Eskimo Indian Olympics held in this state includes a rather competitive ear pull
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Alaska
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U.S.A.
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In addition to serving as Iraq's president, he's chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
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Saddam Hussein
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WORLD LEADERS
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The optic nerve transmits impulses between the eyes & this organ
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Brain
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ANATOMY
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His "Play It Again, Sam" tells the story of Allan Felix, a film journalist whose marriage has just broken up
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Woody Allen
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THEATRE
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Voice range of Chaliapin, a Russian singer who popularized the "Song of the Volga Boatmen"
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Bass
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POT LUCK
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One part of this piece of women's event equipment is about 90" above the floor, the other about 60"
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Uneven parallel bars
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GYMNASTICS
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There's a grave in Boston that some people claim belongs to this story teller of nursery rhyme fame
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Mother Goose
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U.S.A.
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Before his 1979 election to Great Britain's parliament, he worked in banking for almost 20 years
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John Major
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WORLD LEADERS
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These smallest blood vessels are about one-eighth the thickness of a strand of hair
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Capillaries
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ANATOMY
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In this musical members of the Class of '59 recall their days at Rydell High School
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"Grease"
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THEATRE
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Clink was the name of a 16th century one of these in Southwark, London
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Prison/Jail
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POT LUCK
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In this event performed on a mat 40' square, men's routines must be 50-70 seconds long, women's 70-90
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Floor exercise
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GYMNASTICS
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Evanston in this state was named for John Evans, a founder of Northwestern University
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Illinois
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U.S.A.
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In 1918 he was born the son of a Tembu chief in what's now Eastern Cape province
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Nelson Mandela
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WORLD LEADERS
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Nearly all of the body's endocrine glands are stimulated by hormones released by this gland
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Pituitary Gland
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ANATOMY
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After Randle P. McMurphy attacks Nurse Ratched in this play, she has him lobotomized
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"One Flew Over The Cuckoo\'s Nest"
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THEATRE
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The astronomical symbol for this planet is the same as the biological symbol for a female
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Venus
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POT LUCK
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This type of gymnastics became an Olympic event in 1984
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Rhythmic Gymnastics
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GYMNASTICS
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This Southwest reservoir is the largest artificial lake in the U.S.
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Lake Mead
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U.S.A.
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In 1992 this former Soviet prime minister was named chairman of the State Council of Georgia
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Edward Shevardnadze
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WORLD LEADERS
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Bow legs are often the result of this childhood disease caused by a lack of vitamin D
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Ricketts
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ANATOMY
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This play takes place at the summer home of Norman & Ethel Thayer
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"On Golden Pond"
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THEATRE
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A chapter of this 1532 book discusses the Machiavellian career of Cesare Borgia
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"The Prince"
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POT LUCK
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Name for the wooden handles on a side horse
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Pommels
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GYMNASTICS
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in Alabama marks the site of this Indian war's last battle
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Creek Indian War
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U.S.A.
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She took over Nicaragua's La Prensa newspaper after her husband's assassination
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Violetta Chamorro
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WORLD LEADERS
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It's the anatomical name for the stirrup, the smallest bone in the body
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Stapes
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ANATOMY
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In his play "Lysistrata", the women of Athens refuse to sleep with their men until peace is declared
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Aristophanes
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THEATRE
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Tia Maria, a liqueur made from Blue Mountain coffee beans, comes from this country
|
Jamaica
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POT LUCK
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'In area, it\'s the largest country in South America entirely north of the Equator')
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Venezuela
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SOUTH AMERICA
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Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast
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gold
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AMERICAN EXPLORERS
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The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer
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sugar
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MEASURING DEVICES
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Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back
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wax
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MYTHOLOGY
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This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"
|
Lois & Clark
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TELEVISION
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This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847
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Utah
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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A complete donut center
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whole hole
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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
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Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable
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Colorado
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AMERICAN EXPLORERS
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The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer
|
the Sun
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MEASURING DEVICES
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Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops
|
teeth
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MYTHOLOGY
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"Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series
|
Nightmare on Elm Street
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TELEVISION
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Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair
|
Washington
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request
|
for four
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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
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Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast
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Lewis & Clark
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AMERICAN EXPLORERS
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An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked
|
a pedometer
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MEASURING DEVICES
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The sister of Orestes, mourning became her
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Electra
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MYTHOLOGY
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This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon
|
Hart to Hart
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TELEVISION
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Dog lovers look forward to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, held each February in this city
|
New York City
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ANNUAL EVENTS
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Contented performing kittens might be paid this way
|
per purr
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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
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Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry
|
fur trading
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AMERICAN EXPLORERS
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A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs
|
the lungs
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MEASURING DEVICES
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Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12
|
Titans
|
MYTHOLOGY
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Character seenhere, his action-packed journeys are legendary:
|
Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)
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TELEVISION
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The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state
|
Oregon
|
ANNUAL EVENTS
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A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn
|
gored gourd
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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
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Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"
|
John C. Frmont
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AMERICAN EXPLORERS
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A nilometer measures the height of the water in this
|
the Nile River
|
MEASURING DEVICES
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Leda laid 2 eggs: one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him
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Castor
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MYTHOLOGY
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Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
|
Melrose Place
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TELEVISION
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The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state
|
Massachusetts
|
ANNUAL EVENTS
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Remained sedate
|
stayed staid
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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
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This Nazi dictator sometimes dined alone with Blondi, his Alsatian
|
Adolf Hitler
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NOTABLE NONHUMANS
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This isthmus connects North & South America
|
Isthmus of Panama
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WORLD FACTS
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He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
|
Vincent Van Gogh
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ART & ARTISTS
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It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide
|
H&R; Block
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city
|
Athens
|
HISTORY
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On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress
|
Carl Sandburg
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POETS
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In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest
|
Lyndon Johnson
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NOTABLE NONHUMANS
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A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line
|
the Tropic of Capricorn
|
WORLD FACTS
|
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This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912
|
Jackson Pollock
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ART & ARTISTS
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In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element
|
IBM
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands
|
Denmark
|
HISTORY
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Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King"
|
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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POETS
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Colo was the first of these great apes born in captivity, in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo
|
Gorilla
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NOTABLE NONHUMANS
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The lowest river in the world, it's revered by Jews, Christians & Muslims alike
|
The River Jordan
|
WORLD FACTS
|
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He spent several summers painting pointillist seascapes including "Le Bec Du Hoc, Grandcamp"
|
Georges Seurat
|
ART & ARTISTS
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In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches
|
Charles Lindbergh
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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|
In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
|
Japan
|
HISTORY
|
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|
For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland
|
Robert Burns
|
POETS
|
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|
In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff
|
Fala
|
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
|
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|
Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert
|
Kalahari Desert
|
WORLD FACTS
|
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|
His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo
|
Auguste Rodin
|
ART & ARTISTS
|
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|
Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion
|
Procter & Gamble
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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|
On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war
|
Nigeria
|
HISTORY
|
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|
Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"
|
Emily Dickinson
|
POETS
|
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|
This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle
|
Bucephalus
|
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
|
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|
In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia
|
Myanmar (Burma)
|
WORLD FACTS
|
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|
You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
|
Henry Moore
|
ART & ARTISTS
|
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In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen
|
Krupp
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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|
In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms
|
Syngman Rhee
|
HISTORY
|
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|
He once wrote, "I choose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer"
|
Robert Frost
|
POETS
|
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'This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"')
|
The Time Machine
|
BRITISH NOVELS
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Hope there's enough gravy forthisbicontinental nation
|
Turkey
|
ON THE MAP
|
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"The Great One", this record-setting center became coach of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes in 2005
|
(Wayne) Gretzky
|
SPORTS LEGENDS
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|
Mesothelioma is a rare cancer strongly linked to long-term exposure to this fibrous mineral
|
asbestos
|
FIBERS
|
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|
"Beware" this, "my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the jubjub bird..."
|
the jabberwock
|
VICTORIAN VERSE
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In 1931 Pangborn & Herndon landed a Bellanca CH-200 at Wenatchee, Wash., ending the first nonstop flight across this
|
the Pacific
|
THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
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This soft, furry rodent seenherehas become an increasingly popular house pet
|
chinchilla
|
"CHIN" UP
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Before the euro,thiscountry used the escudo
|
Portugal
|
ON THE MAP
|
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This "large" pool hustler wanted his epitaph to be "Beat everybody living on Earth. Now, St. Peter, rack 'em up"
|
Minnesota Fats
|
SPORTS LEGENDS
|
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The name of this elastic synthetic fiber is an anagram of "expands"
|
spandex
|
FIBERS
|
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|
The last verse of the first version of this Tennyson poem begins, "When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!"
|
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
|
VICTORIAN VERSE
|
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Airsick but intact, in 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin became the first aeronaut to make one of these descents
|
a parachute jump
|
THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
|
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It's the cherry of choice for garnishing a cocktail
|
a maraschino
|
"CHIN" UP
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It can get cold inthiscountry, around 40 degrees in July in Puerto Montt
|
Chile
|
ON THE MAP
|
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The USA's top amateur athlete in 1930, this golfer retired & helped design the Augusta National Golf Course
|
Bobby Jones
|
SPORTS LEGENDS
|
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|
DuPont coined this term but chose not to trademark it so it could enter the lexicon as a synonym for "stockings"
|
nylon
|
FIBERS
|
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|
In his "Departmental Ditties", Kipling wrote, "A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is" this
|
a smoke
|
VICTORIAN VERSE
|
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|
This overture, first heard on August 3, 1829 in Paris, debuted as a radio show's theme in 1933
|
theWilliam TellOverture
|
THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
|
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Add a "y" to a common drapery fabric & you'll get this word meaning cheap or gaudy
|
chintzy
|
"CHIN" UP
|
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|
Don't get angry identifyingthisnation
|
Madagascar
|
ON THE MAP
|
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This catcher retired at the end of '63, managed the Yankees to a pennant in '64 & played 4 games for the Mets in '65
|
Yogi Berra
|
SPORTS LEGENDS
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The soft white fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family
|
cotton
|
FIBERS
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"I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call" this
|
the sky
|
VICTORIAN VERSE
|
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Probably the first emergency use of this device was on January 15, 1878 to alert doctors to a train wreck
|
the telephone
|
THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
|
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Seenhereis a display of these dolls made by the Navajo
|
kachinas
|
"CHIN" UP
|
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|
Put on your outerwear when visitingthiscountry
|
Outer Mongolia
|
ON THE MAP
|
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1974's top money-winning horse was named for this U.S.-born woman who won 157 tennis singles titles
|
Chris Evert
|
SPORTS LEGENDS
|
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Before becoming a successful poet, Robert Burns worked in the linen industry as a dresser of this plant fiber
|
flax
|
FIBERS
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"When I was one and twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas but not'" this "'away'"
|
your heart
|
VICTORIAN VERSE
|
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In 1824 this first foreigner to address a joint session of Congress congratulated the U.S. on its growth
|
the Marquis de Lafayette
|
THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
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In 1982 he choreographed his final ballet, a new version of Stravinsky's "Variations for Orchestra"
|
(George) Balanchine
|
"CHIN" UP
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"Now there are cornfields where" this ancient city, temporary home to Helen, "once was"
|
Troy
|
AN OVID READER
|
|
|
"The Watcher's Guide" & "The Sunnydale High Yearbook" are offical book companions to this TV show
|
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
|
VAMPIRE SLAYERS
|
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Beefsteak is an often misshapen but delicious type of this
|
a tomato
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
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It can be a synonm for "bar", or a stately English dance of old
|
a measure
|
"M"USIC
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In 1579 he anchored the Golden Hind for repairs on the West Coast of N. America--no one knows where
|
(Sir) Francis Drake
|
NEW WORLD EXPLORERS
|
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|
In the 1939 film of "The Wizard of Oz" the medal presented to the Cowardly Lion has this single word on it
|
courage
|
FUN WITH WORDS
|
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"Tempus edax rerum"--this "is the devourer of all things"
|
time
|
AN OVID READER
|
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|
In 2004 he was back as the title vampire slayer in "Blade: Trinity"
|
Wesley Snipes
|
VAMPIRE SLAYERS
|
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|
This variety of lime grown only in Southern Florida is best known as an ingredient in a certain pie
|
a key lime
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
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|
Many opera overtures are these, sequences of tunes from the opera to follow
|
medleys
|
"M"USIC
|
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After discovering the MIssissippi River on May 8, 1541, he took several weeks to build barges to cross it
|
De Soto
|
NEW WORLD EXPLORERS
|
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"Every lover is a warrior, and" this Roman god "has his camps"
|
Cupid
|
AN OVID READER
|
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Peter Cushing, Anthony Hopkins & Laurence Olivier have played this nemesis of Dracula
|
Van Helsing
|
VAMPIRE SLAYERS
|
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|
The California French variety of this dried fruit can be juiced, stewed or eaten out of hand
|
a prune
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
|
|
Renowned Australian-born diva seenherearound 1900
|
Dame Nellie Melba
|
"M"USIC
|
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|
In April 1524 he sighted the Hudson River; his bridge hadn't been built yet
|
Verrazzano
|
NEW WORLD EXPLORERS
|
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This 2-word term for a rundown area of town originally referred to a logging road paved with logs
|
skid row
|
FUN WITH WORDS
|
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Ovid says he was "scarecely able to find his way back to the entrance, so confusing was the maze" he constructed
|
Daedalus
|
AN OVID READER
|
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Title time during which George Clooney & Quentin Tarantino ran into some vampires in Mexico
|
From Dusk Till Dawn
|
VAMPIRE SLAYERS
|
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|
Cauliflower & kohlrabi probably developed from a wild European coastal type of this vegetable
|
cabbage
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
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|
In 1723 Bach wrote a setting for this part of Vespers, from the Latin for "to extol"
|
magnificat
|
"M"USIC
|
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|
On Feb. 20, 1521 he set sail from Puerto Rico with 200 men; days later, he landed near Charlotte Harbor, Florida
|
Ponce de Leon
|
NEW WORLD EXPLORERS
|
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|
It's the 1-word title of the classic game show that debuted in 1961 in which you gave 1-word clues one at a time
|
Password
|
FUN WITH WORDS
|
|
|
Ovid relates how this hero "sailed homewards in triumph and, with his wife Medea, came... to Iolcos' harbor"
|
Jason
|
AN OVID READER
|
|
|
In this 1985 classic, Roddy McDowall hunts down vampire Chris Sarandon
|
Fright Night
|
VAMPIRE SLAYERS
|
|
|
There are 2 species of this fruit native to the U.S.: Vitis labrusca & Vitis rotundifolia
|
the grape
|
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
|
|
|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up an instrument having a keyboard.) The harmonica company, Hohner, trademarked the name forthisinstrument that plays single notes or chords
|
the melodica
|
"M"USIC
|
|
|
He discovered San Diego Bay & Catalina Island in 1542 & is said to be buried there
|
Juan Cabrillo
|
NEW WORLD EXPLORERS
|
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|
In 2003 President Bush said, "Saddam Hussein is not" this, an adjective meaning "engaging" or "full of charm"
|
disarming
|
FUN WITH WORDS
|
|
|
'Never president, he was the youngest man ever to receive the Republican presidential nomination')
|
(Thomas) Dewey
|
20th CENTURY REPUBLICANS
|
|
|
This largest planet spins the most rapidly; its day is just 10 hours long
|
Jupiter
|
THE PLANETS
|
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This 1995 Disney film won Oscars for its musical score & for best song, "Colors Of The Wind"
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"Pocahontas"
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POP MUSIC
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This street that runs from the White House to the Capitol is used for ceremonial parades
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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PARADES
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Mirin is a sweet Japanese wine made from the glutinous type of this grain
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Rice
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WORLD FOOD & DRINK
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After waking up & going back to the village, Rip is astonished to find it "Had grown a foot long!"
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His beard
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RIP VAN WINKLE
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Its signs include Taurus, Gemini & Leo
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Zodiac
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CATCHING SOME "Z"S
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At its closest this planet is just 28.6 million miles from the sun; at its most distant, 43.4 million
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Mercury
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THE PLANETS
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Once a backup singer for David Bowie, he released 2 early albums with his own band, Luther
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Luther Vandross
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POP MUSIC
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Each November a parade starts at the Guildhall in this city when a new lord mayor takes office
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London
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PARADES
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Many visitors to Rotorua in this country enjoy a hangi, a traditional Maori feast of steamed meat & vegetables
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New Zealand
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WORLD FOOD & DRINK
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Rip's grown & married daughter Judith Gardenier tells him she hasn't seen her father for this many years
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20
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RIP VAN WINKLE
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It means to move back & forth at sharp angles
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Zig-Zag
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CATCHING SOME "Z"S
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Layers of sulfuric acid clouds completely obscure the surface of this neighboring planet
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Venus
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THE PLANETS
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"Valotte" was this first Top 10 hit for this son of a Beatle
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Julian Lennon
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POP MUSIC
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Van Cliburn & the Iran hostages were among those to receive this type of parade on Broadway
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Ticker Tape Parade
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PARADES
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Marsala is a fortified wine named for a seaport on this large Mediterranean island
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Sicily
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WORLD FOOD & DRINK
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The tale begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up" this river "must remeber the Kaatskill Mountains"
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Hudson River
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RIP VAN WINKLE
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Like pumpkin, this Italian squash makes an excellent bread
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Zucchini
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CATCHING SOME "Z"S
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This smallest planet always keeps the same face toward Charon, its moon
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Pluto
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THE PLANETS
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Karen & Richard Carpenter won their 1st Grammys in 1970 & this Carpenter won her 1st Grammy in 1992
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
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POP MUSIC
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Grand Marshal of the 1996 Rose Parade, he was a balloon in the 1977 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Kermit The Frog
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PARADES
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French dishes described as A L'Allemande are inspired by the cuisine of this country
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Germany
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WORLD FOOD & DRINK
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Wolf, as henpecked as Rip, is one of these creatures
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Dog
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RIP VAN WINKLE
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Israel, as a symbol of the Jewish people, is sometimes referred to by this name
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Zion
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CATCHING SOME "Z"S
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This planet's moon Triton orbits in a direction opposite the planet's rotation
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Neptune
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THE PLANETS
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(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Steven Spielberg film that inspired the 1982 hit heard here:"Turn on your heart light, let it shine wherever you go..."
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"E.T." (song by Neil Diamond)
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POP MUSIC
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Krewes cruise by in the annual parades celebrating this
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Mardi Gras
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PARADES
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This gumbo ingredient is popular in the Middle East, where it's known as bamia
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Okra
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WORLD FOOD & DRINK
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Rip's tale appears in "The Sketch Book" written by this man
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Washington Irving
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RIP VAN WINKLE
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Popular with the Japanese, it's a flat sandal with thongs, usually made of straw or leather
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Zori
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CATCHING SOME "Z"S
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The name of the Montagnards, a Vietnamese minority, means "highlander" or "mountain man" in this language
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French
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MINORITIES
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Act II of this tragedy opens in Polonius' house
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Hamlet
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SHAKESPEARE
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This Alabama institute was the major training facility for black airmen during World War II
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Tuskegee Institute
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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In 1502, during his fourth voyage to the New World, he landed in what is now Honduras
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Christopher Columbus
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EXPLORERS
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She starred in the high-seas thriller "Dead Calm" before she married Tom Cruise
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Nicole Kidman
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INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES
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Willem Einthoven devised a way to measure & record its electrical current, thus producing the EKG
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the heart
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POTPOURRI
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The Nubians live along the Nile in the southern part of this country
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Egypt
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MINORITIES
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These families in Verona have been the cause of three civil brawls
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the Montagues & the Capulets
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SHAKESPEARE
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The universities of Mandalay & Rangoon are the chief universities of this country
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Burma (or Myanmar)
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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In 1581, a year after circumnavigating the Earth, this explorer became mayor of Plymouth, England
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Sir Francis Drake
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EXPLORERS
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Chinese-born actress Joan Chen played Pu Yi's wife in this Oscar-winning 1987 epic
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The Last Emperor
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INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES
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In 1032 this Venetian official gave up most of his authority but remained commander of the army & navy
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The Doge
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POTPOURRI
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Albanians form the largest minority group in this Balkan republic whose capital is Belgrade
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Yugoslavia (or Serbia)
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MINORITIES
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Name shared by the heroine of "The Merchant of Venice" & Brutus' wife in "Julius Caesar"
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Portia
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SHAKESPEARE
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The library at this Hanover, New Hampshire school has a special collection on Robert Frost
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Dartmouth
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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On Nov. 29, 1929 this American flew over the South Pole in his trimotor aircraft, the Floyd Bennett
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Admiral Richard Byrd
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EXPLORERS
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This Norwegian known for her enigmatic "Persona" directed her 1st film, "Sofie", in 1992
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Liv Ullmann
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INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES
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This is Mississippi's state tree -- its flower is the state flower
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Magnolia
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POTPOURRI
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A small German-speaking minority lives on the eastern edge of this country's region of Walllonia
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Belgium
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MINORITIES
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Bertram, the Count of Rousillon, is the hero of this comedy whose title foretells its happy ending
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All\'s Well That Ends Well
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SHAKESPEARE
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In the 1850s this Massachusetts educator founded Antioch College & became its first president
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Horace Mann
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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In 1481 this sailor landed in present-day Ghana; 6 years later he rounded the Cape of Good Hope
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Bartolomeo Diaz
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EXPLORERS
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When Liam Neeson married Natasha Richardson, he became this British actress' son-in-law
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Vanessa Redgrave
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INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES
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A thin sheet of fine wood applied over cheaper material for decoration
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Veneer
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POTPOURRI
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In 1988 thousands of Kurds were killed by the armed forces of this country -- some by poison gas
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Iraq
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MINORITIES
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Play containing the line "There is among the Greeks a lord of Trojan blood, nephew to Hector; they call him Ajax"
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Troilus & Cressida
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SHAKESPEARE
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In 1898 DePaul University was founded in this city & named for St. Vincent De Paul
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Chicago
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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This French discoverer of the St. Lawrence River may have been with Verrazano on his 1524 trip to North America
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Jacques Cartier
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EXPLORERS
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Some historians consider this first "Dark Horse" the best president between Jackson & Lincoln
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James K. Polk
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POTPOURRI
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'Some attribute these 1692 proceedings to the psychotic effects of ergot poisoning')
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The Salem Witch Trials
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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He was elected to Louisiana's State Railroad Commission in 1918, lost the race for governor in '24 but won in '28
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Huey Long
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FIRST ELECTED OFFICE
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In this 2000 film, Taiwan saw Tom Hanks "Discover New Meaning of Life after Catastrophe"
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Cast Away
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RETITLED CINEMA
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She was elected Britain's Prime Minister May 4, 1979
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Maggie Thatcher
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A DATE WITH HISTORY
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This constitutional provision protects you from self-incrimination & double jeopardy
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the 5th Amendment
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DOUBLE DOWN
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There's an Independence Brew Pub there:PHL
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Philadelphia
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AIRPORT CODES
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At an elevation of about 12,000 feet, this South American capital is the world's highest
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La Paz
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"Z" END
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This New York junior senator's first elected office was... New York junior senator
|
Hillary Clinton
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FIRST ELECTED OFFICE
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Fans in Poland weighed the merits of "Fatter and Thinner 2" starring this "Nutty Professor"
|
Eddie Murphy
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RETITLED CINEMA
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(I'm Aaron Brown of CNN.) One of my first on-air assignments for CNN was on this fateful date, reporting from a rooftop vantage point
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9/11/2001
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A DATE WITH HISTORY
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To reach 2-digit totals in points, rebounds & assists in one basketball game is to achieve this kind of "double"
|
a triple double
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DOUBLE DOWN
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Named for a politician:LGA
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LaGuardia
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AIRPORT CODES
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In the Bible he was married to Ruth
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Boaz
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"Z" END
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His first gig was mayor of Palm Springs in 1988 & Congress got him, babe, in 1995
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Sonny Bono
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FIRST ELECTED OFFICE
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We're not sure how "Unluckly Son-in-Law (To Be) Meets Tricky Daddy", this Ben Stiller film, fit on Thai Marquees
|
Meet the Parents
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RETITLED CINEMA
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Many still remember that it was on this December date in 1941 that the U.S. officially entered World War II
|
December 8th
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A DATE WITH HISTORY
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"Double Date with the Sarge" is a classic episode of this 1960s sitcom
|
Gomer Pyle
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DOUBLE DOWN
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A regional airport in Texas:ABI
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Abilene
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AIRPORT CODES
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What's the frequency, Kenneth?--& make sure it's in this unit equal to one cycle per second
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hertz
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"Z" END
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She was an Ariz. State Senator in 1970; Ronald Reagan arranged an "appointment" with history for her in 1981
|
Sandra Day O\'Connor
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FIRST ELECTED OFFICE
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In Egypt the "2000" sequel to this film started Dan Aykroyd as one of "The Naughty Brothers"
|
Blues Brothers 2000
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RETITLED CINEMA
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Referred to as "Black Tuesday", it's the date in 1929 that saw the final collapse of the stock market
|
October 29th
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A DATE WITH HISTORY
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Linus Pauling lost the race against Watson & Crick to determine the structure of this; it turned out to be a double helix
|
DNA
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DOUBLE DOWN
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A friendly ghost town?:CPR
|
Casper, Wyoming
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AIRPORT CODES
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In the 1910s this auto company introduced its famous Bearcat
|
Stutz
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"Z" END
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Starting out as Edgefield County's Superintendent of Education in 1929, he retired from the U.S. Senate 74 years later
|
Strom Thurmond
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FIRST ELECTED OFFICE
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Robin Williams amused Thailand with "Untraditional Doctor, Delighted Patients", known as this in the U.S.
|
Patch Adams
|
RETITLED CINEMA
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John Marshall handed down the decision in this landmark case Feb. 24, 1803
|
Marbury v. Madison
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A DATE WITH HISTORY
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In the "Niebelunglied" this hero defeats the dwarf Alberich twice & takes his cloak of invisibility
|
Siegfried
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DOUBLE DOWN
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It's in the Northeast:BGR
|
Bangor, Maine
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AIRPORT CODES
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This strategically important strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman
|
Hormuz
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"Z" END
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Yongbyon in this country is the home of a nuclear reactor that may be used to make weapons
|
North Korea
|
ASIA
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Good golly! The only artist to write his own tribute was this one, No. 8, whose first hit came in 1956
|
Little Richard
|
ROLLING STONE'S 50 GREATEST ARTISTS
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George Marshall
|
Peace
|
NOBEL CATEGORIES BY WINNER
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The H. M. S. Bounty: in 1787 before all the trouble
|
William Bligh
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CAPTAIN O' THE SHIP
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O'Neill, 1922 & Tolstoy, 1875-77:"Anna _____" & "Anna _____"
|
Christie & Karenina
|
BOOK BINDINGS
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To seep slowly through a hole; add two letters & you nap through the entire ordeal
|
ooze & snooze
|
ADD TWO LETTERS
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India & Pakistan have disputed this region since 1947 & sometimes China gets into the act
|
Kashmir
|
ASIA
|
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|
Bono wrote of him, No. 3 after the Beatles & Dylan, that he "ate America before America ate him"
|
Elvis Presley
|
ROLLING STONE'S 50 GREATEST ARTISTS
|
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Frederick Banting
|
Medicine
|
NOBEL CATEGORIES BY WINNER
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Looking for a NW Passage, sandwiched between a rock & a Hawaiian hard place:The Resolution
|
James Cook
|
CAPTAIN O' THE SHIP
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Tolkien (a trilogy), 1954-55 & Golding, 1954:"Lord of the _____"
|
Rings & Flies
|
BOOK BINDINGS
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The wood used to immobilize a fractured bone & two letters later, the less painful result of part of it in your skin
|
splint & splinter
|
ADD TWO LETTERS
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If you plan to walk from Beijing to Ulan Bator, take lots of water, as you'll be crossing this land region
|
the Gobi Desert
|
ASIA
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No. 11, he "came from the poverty & injustice of Jamaica, & that manifested itself in his rebel sound"
|
Bob Marley
|
ROLLING STONE'S 50 GREATEST ARTISTS
|
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Ernest Lawrence
|
Physics
|
NOBEL CATEGORIES BY WINNER
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A knighted Englishman:The Golden Hind
|
(Sir Francis) Drake
|
CAPTAIN O' THE SHIP
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Ellison, 1952 & Bradbury, 1951:"_____ Man"
|
Invisible & Illustrated
|
BOOK BINDINGS
|
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It's the season to which you add two letters to get this last name of Cincinnati's mayor in 1977
|
Spring & Springer
|
ADD TWO LETTERS
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In 2003, after a struggle, the British gained control of this Southern Iraqi city, the country's main port
|
Basra
|
ASIA
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Someone "managed to combine R.E.M. & Metallica", wrote Vernon Reid after he heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by this band, No. 27
|
Nirvana
|
ROLLING STONE'S 50 GREATEST ARTISTS
|
|
|
Paul Samuelson
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Economics
|
NOBEL CATEGORIES BY WINNER
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Pirate & War of 1812 hero:The Pride
|
Jean Lafitte
|
CAPTAIN O' THE SHIP
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Fitzgerald, 1925 & Conroy, 1976:"The Great _____"
|
Gatsby & Santini
|
BOOK BINDINGS
|
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|
Add two letters to this term for a small house in the woods & you get this piece of woodwork inside it
|
cabin & cabinet
|
ADD TWO LETTERS
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Shymkent, Kazakhstan is just north of this capital of Uzbekistan, Central Asia's largest city
|
Tashkent
|
ASIA
|
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"Without" No. 46, this Texan, "there would be no Melissa Etheridge... no Chrissie Hynde, no Gwen Stefani"
|
Janis Joplin
|
ROLLING STONE'S 50 GREATEST ARTISTS
|
|
|
Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon (C'mon, it was just last year...)
|
Chemistry
|
NOBEL CATEGORIES BY WINNER
|
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|
3-time America's Cup winner:Freedom & Stars and Stripes
|
Dennis Conner
|
CAPTAIN O' THE SHIP
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Hawthorne, 1850 & Poe, 1844:"The ____ Letter"
|
Scarlet & Purloined
|
BOOK BINDINGS
|
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New or fresh; add two letters & you get this adjective for an early inhabitant of Australia
|
original & Aboriginal
|
ADD TWO LETTERS
|
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'Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, "The fight is on & I\'m stripped to the buff"')
|
\"Throw a hat in the ring\"
|
POLITICAL WORDS & PHRASES
|
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A former House speaker, John Bell ran as a third-party candidate in this last election year before the Civil War
|
1860
|
NAME THE YEAR
|
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Marley's high-arcing tennis shots
|
Bob\'s lobs
|
POP MUSIC RHYME TIME
|
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|
Mix egg whites, gin, lemon juice & grenadine & you get this colorful "lady"
|
a pink lady
|
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
|
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|
So your uncle killed Dad & married Mom; I say stop brooding, get off your duff & kill your uncle!
|
Hamlet
|
DR. PHIL, SHAKESPEAREAN COUNSELOR
|
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|
While vacationing in this city, you might stop by the Pere-Lachaise cemetery to pay your respects to Chopin & others
|
Paris
|
TRAVEL & TOURISM
|
|
|
Slang for your trachea
|
windpipe
|
A "WIN" WIN SITUATION
|
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|
William the Conqueror was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day in this year
|
1066
|
NAME THE YEAR
|
|
|
Freddie Mercury band's limas & kidneys
|
Queen\'s beans
|
POP MUSIC RHYME TIME
|
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|
For breakfast, this dish of diced & fried potatoes goes well with just about anything
|
hash browns
|
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
|
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You say you value your wife's love above "the sea's worth", but you gotta jack it up & see what she needs: it's trust!
|
Othello
|
DR. PHIL, SHAKESPEAREAN COUNSELOR
|
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Saskatoon has a museum devoted to the culture of this former Soviet republic, the largest country entirely in Europe
|
the Ukraine
|
TRAVEL & TOURISM
|
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|
A plant also called checkerberry, or the oil made from it
|
wintergreen
|
A "WIN" WIN SITUATION
|
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The Pilgrims who survived the first winter celebrated New England's first Thanksgiving in this year
|
1621
|
NAME THE YEAR
|
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Mr. Vicious' offspring
|
Sid\'s kids
|
POP MUSIC RHYME TIME
|
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These cells can be monocytes, lymphocytes or neutrophiles
|
white blood cells
|
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
|
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|
After being your own severed hand on a platter, I think killing Tamora & her sons was a cry for help, General
|
Titus Andronicus
|
DR. PHIL, SHAKESPEAREAN COUNSELOR
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Excurstions are available from this largest Greek island to Santorini, which some call the "Lost Atlantis"
|
Crete
|
TRAVEL & TOURISM
|
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|
A pilot who flies in position behind & to the side of the formation leader
|
wingman
|
A "WIN" WIN SITUATION
|
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|
Reborn after 1,500 years, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in this year
|
1896
|
NAME THE YEAR
|
|
|
A Rolling Stones lead singer's selections
|
Mick\'s picks
|
POP MUSIC RHYME TIME
|
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|
Sue Ellen Cooper, seenhere, has the title of Exalted Queen Mother of this society
|
the Red Hat Society
|
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
|
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|
Regan & Goneril got your inheritance, but you married the King of France; get over your daddy issues!
|
Cordelia
|
DR. PHIL, SHAKESPEAREAN COUNSELOR
|
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|
The Hofbrauhaus in Munich was once the royal court brewery of this German state
|
Bavaria
|
TRAVEL & TOURISM
|
|
|
The poem "Invictus" says, "In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not" done this "nor cried aloud"
|
winced
|
A "WIN" WIN SITUATION
|
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|
The United Nations officially came into existence on October 24 of this year
|
1945
|
NAME THE YEAR
|
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|
Ex-Black Sabbath singer's Muppet bears
|
Ozzy\'s Fozzies
|
POP MUSIC RHYME TIME
|
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|
Mr. Haney always tried to sell stuff to the Douglases on this rural 1960s sitcom
|
Green Acres
|
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
|
|
|
You're obese, gluttonous, lecherous, & you stabbed Hotspur's corpse; you either get it or you don't, & you don't
|
Falstaff
|
DR. PHIL, SHAKESPEAREAN COUNSELOR
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About half of the visitors to this former Portuguese colony are mainland Chinese coming to gamble
|
Macao
|
TRAVEL & TOURISM
|
|
|
Chicago suburb on the shores of Lake Michigan
|
Winnetka
|
A "WIN" WIN SITUATION
|
|
|
Originally a term for a full-size sketch ready for transfer to a canvas or wall, it now refers to any humorous drawing
|
a cartoon
|
ART TERMS
|
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|
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, accompanied by a large puppet bird and its puppeteer.) Julie Taymor & Michael Curry designed puppets like Zazu for this 1998 Tony-award-winning musicalZazu: "Say it!"
|
The Lion King
|
PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY
|
|
|
Appropriately, a replica of the Doge's Palace can be found at this Vegas casino
|
the Venetian
|
DOGE CITY
|
|
|
It was written over the first half of November 1863--not, as legend says, scribbled on a train ride
|
the Gettysburg Address
|
PUT IT ON PAPER
|
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|
In 1836 he bacame the first Secretary of State for the new republic of Texas
|
(Stephen) Austin
|
EVEN STEPHEN
|
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|
Bedford Industries & Hanscom Inc. are 2 manufacturers of these plastic bag closers
|
twist ties
|
ALLITERATIVE RESPONSES
|
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|
As in the workseenhere, this technique often includes photographs
|
collage
|
ART TERMS
|
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Several puppets of different sizes "plant" themselves onstage as Audrey II in this musical
|
Little Shop of Horrors
|
PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY
|
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|
Symbolizing Venice's dominance over land & sea, statues at the Doge's Palace depict Mars & this other Roman god
|
Neptune
|
DOGE CITY
|
|
|
"Strong at Home, Respected in the World" was the title of this 2004 Democratic Party document
|
The Platform for America(the Democratic Party platform accepted)
|
PUT IT ON PAPER
|
|
|
In 1993 this British physicist made an appearance as himself on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
|
Hawking
|
EVEN STEPHEN
|
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|
You blow into this device to tune a musical instrument
|
a pitch pipe
|
ALLITERATIVE RESPONSES
|
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|
This term usually refers to a binder of egg yolk thinned with water
|
egg tempera
|
ART TERMS
|
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(Sarah pets a puppet lion cub in a cage in the Gershwin Theatre, New York.) My cute little puppet friend lives here in the magical land of Oz, in this current Broadway musical
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Wicked
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PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY
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Built around 1600, this Venetian bridge links the Doge's Palace with nearby infamous prisons
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the Bridge of Sighs
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DOGE CITY
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Seenhereare the signatures on an instrument of this, now housed in the National Archives
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surrender
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PUT IT ON PAPER
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"Camptown Races" is only one of the many popular songs written by this 19th century composer
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Stephen Foster
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EVEN STEPHEN
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This term's original meaning was cash that a woman carries on a date in case she has to ditch her escort
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mad money
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ALLITERATIVE RESPONSES
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This type of work means "fresh" in Italian
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fresco
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ART TERMS
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His movements constricted by law, a Doge spent much of his time at his palace complex & this nearby cathedral
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the Cathedral of St. Mark (or San Marco)
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DOGE CITY
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Poet Filippo Marinetti wrote a series of these declarations of principles for the Futurist art movement
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manifestos
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PUT IT ON PAPER
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Elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois in 1847, he advocated the annexation of Cuba
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Stephen Douglas
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EVEN STEPHEN
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If your hair color is Nice 'N Easy shade No. 87, you might be called this
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a bottle blonde (or a bleached blonde)
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ALLITERATIVE RESPONSES
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Borrowed from the German, it's a term for art exhibiting sentimental bad taste
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kitsch
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ART TERMS
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Golden Theatre, New York.) Rick Lyon not only designed the puppets for this musical...Rick Lyon: "He also performs characters like me, Trekkie Monster!"
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Avenue Q
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PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY
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In 697 A.D. Venice's legendary first Doge took office after independence was gained from this empire
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the Byzantine Empire
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DOGE CITY
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On Dec. 10, 1948 the U.N. General Assembly adopted it & called upon nations to display & disseminate it
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the (Universal) Declaration of Human Rights
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PUT IT ON PAPER
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This character was James Joyce's fictional counterpart in "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" & "Ulysses"
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Stephen Dedalus
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EVEN STEPHEN
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A record of every species seen & identified by a person in his or her birdwatching career
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a life list
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ALLITERATIVE RESPONSES
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'This outlaw\'s father, a minister, gave him his first & middle names after an 18th century English clergyman')
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John Wesley Hardin
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THE OLD WEST
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On July 9, 1982 Michael Fagan made headlines when he broke into her bedroom
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Queen Elizabeth II
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BRITISH HISTORY
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In April 1996 this "Doonesbury" creator joined Time magazine as a regular contributor
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Garry Trudeau
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PEOPLE
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In 1964 Vincent Gaddis coined this term for the area in which Flight 19 disappeared in 1945
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"The Bermuda Triangle"
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THE UNEXPLAINED
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Li Xiaoshuang became the first athlete from this country to win the men's all-around gold in gymnastics
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China
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1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS
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Its state sport is dog mushing
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Alaska
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U.S. STATES
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In his famous recruitment poster, James Montgomery Flagg modeled this figure on himself
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Uncle Sam
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CRY "UNCLE"
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During the Wars of the Roses, the houses of Lancaster & this one both claimed the English throne
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York
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BRITISH HISTORY
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This "Dr. Quinn" star's twins John & Kristopher are named in part for Christopher Reeve & Johnny Cash
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Jane Seymour
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PEOPLE
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A 1961 book by Ivan T. Sanderson linked these 2 creatures of the Pacific Northwest & the Himalayas
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Sasquatch/Bigfoot & The Abominable Snowman/Yeti
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THE UNEXPLAINED
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21-year-old Justin Huish of Simi Valley was right on target with 2 gold medals in this sport
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Archery
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1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS
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This state's largest lake is Yellowstone Lake in the northwest
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Wyoming
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U.S. STATES
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After Little Eva's death, he's sold to Simon Legree
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Uncle Tom
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CRY "UNCLE"
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As early as the 8th century, the English were required to pay Peter's Pence, a tax in support of this person
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The Pope
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BRITISH HISTORY
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This son of A.A. Milne, the inspiration for Winnie-The-Pooh's human friend, passed away in 1996
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Christopher Robin Milne
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PEOPLE
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An explanation for these areas of flattened grain is that they're saucer-shaped UFO landing sites
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Crop Circles
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THE UNEXPLAINED
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Nike named its Air Swoopes for Sheryl Swoopes of this gold medal-winning U.S. team
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Women\'s Basketball
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1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS
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It's known as "The Land Where the Tall Corn Grows"
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Iowa
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U.S. STATES
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John Candy gets the third degree from his nephew, played by Macaulay Culkin, in this 1989 film
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"Uncle Buck"
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CRY "UNCLE"
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In 1661 the body of this Lord Protector was exhumed, strung up & beheaded
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Oliver Cromwell
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BRITISH HISTORY
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A vice-presidential candidate in 1984, she recently became co-host of CNN's "Crossfire"
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Geraldine Ferraro
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PEOPLE
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It's alleged a 1943 experiment transported a destroyer from this PA. city to Virginia & back within minutes
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Philadelphia
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THE UNEXPLAINED
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He's the first American athlete to win the decathlon since Bruce Jenner in 1976
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Dan O\'Brien
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1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS
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One of its oldest universities is named for Robert Baylor, who helped craft its state constitution
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Texas
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U.S. STATES
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It was Jackie Coogan's character on "The Addams Family"
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Uncle Fester
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CRY "UNCLE"
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This envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury was held hostage in Lebanon for over 4 years before his 1991 release
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Terry Waite
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BRITISH HISTORY
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In 1996 this Illinois Democrat pleaded guilty to mail fraud & was sentenced to 17 months in prison
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Dan Rostenkowski
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PEOPLE
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If you came home & found your maid had suffered from this, SHC, she'd be a real char woman
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Spontaneous Human Combustion
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THE UNEXPLAINED
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Swimmer Michelle Smith, the first woman from this country to win Olympic gold, took home 3 gold medals & 1 bronze
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Ireland
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1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS
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In Latin its state motto is "Montani Semper Liberi"
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West Virginia ("Mountaineers are Always Free")
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U.S. STATES
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In a Chekhov play, this title character runs the estate of his brother-in-law, a pompous professor
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Uncle Vanya
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CRY "UNCLE"
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This legendary Green Bay Packers leader coached high school football in Englewood until he was 34
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Vince Lombardi
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NEW JERSEYANS
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The crookneck type of this vegetable has creamy-yellow, mild-tasting flesh
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Squash
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FOOD
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This element used in advertising signs was first separated from other inert gases in 1898
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Neon
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19TH CENTURY SCIENCE
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Businessman Gere opened up a whole new world to hooker Julia Roberts in this 1990 hit
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"Pretty Woman"
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RICHARD GERE FILMS
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This Stephen Crane novel is set during the Battle of Chancellorsville
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"The Red Badge of Courage"
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LITERATURE
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It's another term for the cranium
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Skull
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DOUBLE L WORDS
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The Grolier Encyclopedia called his "Trees" "A work full of sentiment & confused simile"
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Joyce Kilmer
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NEW JERSEYANS
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A Middle Eastern treat, labna is made by draining this cultured milk product of whey & forming it into balls
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Yogurt
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FOOD
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He considered the nitroglycerin made by his family unsafe, so he invented dynamite
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Alfred Nobel
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19TH CENTURY SCIENCE
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As a Naval cadet Gere suffered 13 weeks of agony under drill sergeant Louis Gossett, Jr. in this film
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"An Officer & A Gentleman"
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RICHARD GERE FILMS
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In an Anthony Hope novel, King Rudolf is "The Prisoner Of" this castle in Ruritania
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Zenda
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LITERATURE
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Coined by Jonathan Swift, it's come to mean any tiny person
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Lilliputian
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DOUBLE L WORDS
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This poet moved to Camden in 1873 to be near his mother & brother George
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Walt Whitman
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NEW JERSEYANS
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Langues-De-Chat are long, thin cookies that resemble one of these, hence the name
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Cat\'s tongues
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FOOD
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Edison's 1876 carbon transmitter was invented to improve this device
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Telephone
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19TH CENTURY SCIENCE
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Gere grabbed the spotlight as defense attorney Martin Vail in this 1996 thriller
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"Primal Fear"
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RICHARD GERE FILMS
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Novel in which an old seaman sings, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest --- Yo--Ho--Ho, and a bottle of rum"
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"Treasure Island"
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LITERATURE
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It's one who makes or sells women's hat
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Milliner
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DOUBLE L WORDS
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In 1995 this New Jersey senator announced his retirement but said he might run for president
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Bill Bradley
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NEW JERSEYANS
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The German name of this German cake is Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte
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Black Forest Torte
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FOOD
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1883 saw the debut of alloy steel & 1884 this first synthetic fiber
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Rayon
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19TH CENTURY SCIENCE
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(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):(Alex: Take a look at this video while I read this clue):As this character, Gere performed the stunts seen here to impress the woman he loves
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Sir Lancelot ("First Knight")
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RICHARD GERE FILMS
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This Raymond Chandler private eye was introduced in the 1939 novel "The Big Sleep"
|
Philip Marlowe
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LITERATURE
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Like sour cream on a potato or whipped cream on cake, it's a small, unspecified serving
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Dollop
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DOUBLE L WORDS
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John McPhee became a staff writer on this magazine in 1965
|
The New Yorker
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NEW JERSEYANS
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Around 1850 he absolutely positively came up with the idea for an absolute temperature scale
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Lord Kelvin
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19TH CENTURY SCIENCE
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In a 1985 film Gere portrayed this Biblical ruler
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King David
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RICHARD GERE FILMS
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Poe's "The Mystery of Marie Roget" was a sequel to this story featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin
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"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
|
LITERATURE
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The only president whose first & last names contain double Ls
|
Millard Fillmore
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DOUBLE L WORDS
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'With 930 million people, it\'s the world\'s second-most populous country & its most populous democracy')
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India
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COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
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A Canton, Ohio library is an archive for the contributions of these women, such as Pat Nixon
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First Ladies
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NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
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Assistant D.A. Sylvia Costas & Detectives Danny Sorenson & Bobby Simone all met tragic ends on this show
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NYPD Blue
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TV D.O.A.
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Cleopatra is said to have used rejuvenating products from this saline body of water in which the Jordan ends
|
the Dead Sea
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THE HOME SPA
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TTFN:This way of saying I'll chat with you at a later time
|
ta ta for now
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INSTANT MESSAGING SHORTHAND
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One of Princess Diana's first jobs was teaching this level at the Young England School in Pimlico
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kindergarten
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DIANA
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In a Monty Python sketch, a man wanted to buy a Good Humor ice cream, but the salesman only sold this sea bird
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an albatross
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"ROSS"
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The Greenville, Tennessee historic site honoring this president preserves his 2 homes, tailor shop & gravesite
|
Andrew Johnson
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NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
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When Rory Cochrane left this CBS show, his character was killed off; did David Caruso give him career advice?
|
CSI: Miami
|
TV D.O.A.
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For disguise, try one in black silk; to refresh your skin, try one made from oatmeal or avocado
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a mask
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THE HOME SPA
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RUMORF:"Are you" this "or" this
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are you male or female
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INSTANT MESSAGING SHORTHAND
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This actress, whose father starred in "Grand Hotel", wrote about her alcoholism in "Too Much, Too Soon"
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(Diana) Barrymore
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DIANA
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A "stick"y game originated by North American Indians
|
lacrosse
|
"ROSS"
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Nicodemus in this "Jayhawk State" is the only remaining Western town founded by black Americans after Reconstruction
|
Kansas
|
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
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On "M*A*S*H", this Lt. Col.'s "Plane was shot down over the sea of Japan. It spun in. There weren't no survivors"
|
(Henry) Blake
|
TV D.O.A.
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sticks her hand in a tub of wax inside a home spa.) At home, you can treat your hands to a warm coating of this wax that's also the main ingredient in candles
|
paraffin
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THE HOME SPA
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POS:This person "over my shoulder"
|
a parent
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INSTANT MESSAGING SHORTHAND
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She was the doyenne of Amer. high fashion as editor of Harper's Bazaar & Vogue for more than 30 years
|
Diana Vreeland
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DIANA
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This code name the Germans gave to their invasion of the Soviet Union also belonged to a 16th century pirate
|
Barbarossa
|
"ROSS"
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A historic site in South Dakota contains the launch control facility & a silo for 1 of these Cold War ICBMs
|
a minuteman missile
|
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
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Though previously killed & buried in a big funeral, this show's Bobby returned in 1986, clean as a whistle
|
Dallas
|
TV D.O.A.
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"National" name for the procedure of giving yourself white-tipped fingernails
|
French (manicure)
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THE HOME SPA
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RTBS:"Reason to be" this
|
single
|
INSTANT MESSAGING SHORTHAND
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Critic Lionel's wife, she achieved fame with her book "Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor"
|
(Diana) Trilling
|
DIANA
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There's nothing disgusting about this branch of anatomy that deals with structures seen by the naked eye
|
gross anatomy
|
"ROSS"
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This naturalist's historic site preserves the 14-room mansion in Martinez, Calif. where he founded the Sierra Club
|
(John) Muir
|
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
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Unfortunately, Nate wasn't just a co-owner of the Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home, he also was a client on this show
|
Six Feet Under
|
TV D.O.A.
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew wipes some oil on her hand in a home spa.) Oil fromthis shrubwith a Spanish name makes a good moisturizer; it's similar to our natural skin oil
|
jojoba
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THE HOME SPA
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SSEWBA:"Someday soon, everything will be" these
|
acronyms
|
INSTANT MESSAGING SHORTHAND
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"Diana of the Crossways" & "The Egoist" show this Victorian novelist's views on women's rights
|
George Meredith
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DIANA
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This is the waste product removed from molten metal during smelting
|
dross
|
"ROSS"
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In 1776 this economist noted the value of the potato in "The Wealth of Nations"
|
(Adam) Smith
|
18th CENTURY BRITAIN
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"As Long As He Needs Me" & "You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two"
|
Oliver!
|
SONGS FROM MUSICALS
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A little girl in a Sandburg poem hopes, "Sometime they'll give" this & "nobody will come"
|
a war
|
AND I QUOTE
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In 1888 Dr. John Henry Wilson founded the Loyal Order of Moose in his home in this largest Kentucky city
|
Louisville
|
MOOSE-PODGE
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Levy Mwanawasa holds this governmental position as Zambia's chief of state
|
president
|
ZANY FOR ZAMBIA
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"She Done Him Wrong" star who is an illness spread by mosquitos
|
Mae West Nile Virus
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BEFORE & AFTER
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In 1766 Ben Franklin spoke before the British Parliament & managed to get this act repealed
|
the Stamp Act
|
18th CENTURY BRITAIN
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"Sadie, Sadie" & "I'm The Greatest Star"
|
Funny Girl
|
SONGS FROM MUSICALS
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Baseball's Branch Rickey called it "the residue of design"; presumably he meant the "good" type
|
luck
|
AND I QUOTE
|
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This dimwit from Frostbite Falls, Minnesota also goes by the moniker Mr. Know-it-All
|
Bullwinkle
|
MOOSE-PODGE
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Before independence, Zambia was known as the "Northern" part of this territory
|
Rhodesia
|
ZANY FOR ZAMBIA
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"Nothing can stop" this title character of a Gene Chandler song from repainting your car
|
Duke of Earl Scheib
|
BEFORE & AFTER
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Born in 1778,hemust have picked up some dandy habits at Eaton, as he went on to be quite the fashion authority
|
Beau Brummell
|
18th CENTURY BRITAIN
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"Good Morning Starshine" & "Easy To Be Hard"
|
Hair
|
SONGS FROM MUSICALS
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J.P. Morgan thought "a man always has two reasons for what he does--a good one" & this one
|
the real one
|
AND I QUOTE
|
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In Archie comics Moose is the dimwitted football hero who attends this high school along with Archie
|
Riverdale High
|
MOOSE-PODGE
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In 1855 this Scottish missionary visited the region
|
(Dr.) Livingstone
|
ZANY FOR ZAMBIA
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Dutch-born king who ruled England jointly with Mary II & is a tasty New Zealand fish
|
William of Orange roughy
|
BEFORE & AFTER
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In 1720 bad investments in this "bubble" burst the British economy
|
the South Sea Bubble
|
18th CENTURY BRITAIN
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"Whatever Lola Wants" & "Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, MO"
|
Damn Yankees
|
SONGS FROM MUSICALS
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Caligula liked to quote Accius' "Oderint dum metuant", "Let them hate so long as they" do this
|
fear
|
AND I QUOTE
|
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Nicknamed Moose, this Yankees first baseman of the 1950s appeared in 39 World Series games during his career
|
Bill Skowron
|
MOOSE-PODGE
|
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Zambia takes its name from this river that forms part of its southern border
|
the Zambezi
|
ZANY FOR ZAMBIA
|
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Charlemagne's dad who prepares meals at a lunch counter
|
Pepin the Short-Order Cook
|
BEFORE & AFTER
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Founded to keep an eye on rebellious Scots, the Royal Highland Regiment has this other colorful name
|
the Black Watch
|
18th CENTURY BRITAIN
|
|
|
"Light My Candle" & "La Vie Boheme"
|
Rent
|
SONGS FROM MUSICALS
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"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast", but "no" this "so fierce but knows some touch of pity"
|
beast
|
AND I QUOTE
|
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120-square-mile Moosehead Lake, Maine's largest, is the source for this river that's pretty familiar to George H.W. Bush
|
Kennebec
|
MOOSE-PODGE
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The Zambian national museum in this capital contains sections on witchcraft & contemporary art
|
Lusaka
|
ZANY FOR ZAMBIA
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Old West outlaw who takes a trip to the Big Apple in a fuzzy fruit in a Roald Dahl book
|
Jesse James and the Giant Peach
|
BEFORE & AFTER
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'This cliche about superfluousness is derived from criticism of a 2nd coronation in Shakespeare\'s "King John"')
|
gilding the lily
|
FAMOUS EXPRESSIONS
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This dog's name refers to its impressive pedigree; it really should be called "blooded"
|
Bloodhound
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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Sliced bread that's browned, or the light shade of brown that resembles it
|
Toast
|
COLORS
|
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On "Matt Houston", Matt was short for this, also the last name of a lawyer played by Andy Griffith
|
Matlock
|
TV CHARACTERS
|
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In accepting this charter, King John acknowledged that he too was subject to the law of the land
|
Magna Carta
|
HISTORY
|
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Created to honor a bicycle race, Paris-Brest is a cake made to resemble this bicycle part
|
Wheel
|
FRENCH CUISINE
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Sign for a broken soda machine
|
Out of order
|
"OUT OF "
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Because this cat from the Isle of Man has hind legs longer than its forelegs, it runs like a rabbit
|
Manx
|
CATS & DOGS
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It precedes letter, fever or pimpernel
|
Scarlet
|
COLORS
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On "The Beverly Hillbilles" this cantankerous character's real name was Daisy Moses
|
Granny (Moses)
|
TV CHARACTERS
|
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His son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano, was executed by Fascists as a traitor in January 1944
|
Benito Mussolini
|
HISTORY
|
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Often served with fish, pommes de terre a L'Anglaise are these vegetables, boiled or steamed
|
Potatoes
|
FRENCH CUISINE
|
|
|
Al Fresco
|
Out of doors
|
"OUT OF "
|
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The bombay, a panther-like cat, was bred from a black American shorthair & one of these "Myanmar" cats
|
Burmese
|
CATS & DOGS
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It's the pinkish color associated with certain colony-forming polyps
|
Coral
|
COLORS
|
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|
Beatrice is the middle name of this mystery writer played by Angela Lansbury
|
Jessica Fletcher
|
TV CHARACTERS
|
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Theodora helped save the Byzantine throne by keeping Justinian from fleeing this city during the Nika Riots
|
Constantinople
|
HISTORY
|
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|
This leafy green vegetable is the main ingredient in souffle d'epinards
|
Spinach
|
FRENCH CUISINE
|
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According to the proverb, something "out of sight" is this
|
Out of mind
|
"OUT OF "
|
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|
The Magyars first brought the Puli dog to this country about 1,000 years ago
|
Hungary
|
CATS & DOGS
|
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|
Cadet & cerulean are shades of this color
|
Blue
|
COLORS
|
|
|
Geordi LaForge, whom he played on "Star Trek: TNG", was named for a handicapped "Star Trek" fan who died in 1975
|
LeVar Burton
|
TV CHARACTERS
|
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|
The Osmanli Empire became known as this in English
|
Ottoman Empire
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
This puree gives Consomme Carmen a light rosy tinge
|
Tomato Puree
|
FRENCH CUISINE
|
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|
Taboo, or beyond the basketball sidelines
|
Out of bounds
|
"OUT OF "
|
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It's a synonym for a domestic cat, or a coat pattern that may be classic, spotted, ticked or mackerel
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Tabby
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CATS & DOGS
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This greenish-yellow color is named for an aromatic liqueur made by Carthusian monks
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Chartreuse
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COLORS
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On "Bonanza" Eric Cartwright, whose mother was Scandinavian, was nicknamed this, Norwegian for "good luck"
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Hoss
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TV CHARACTERS
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In 1980 this deposed president of Nicaragua was assassinated in Paraguay
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Anastasio Somoza
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HISTORY
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Coupes A L'Ananas are ice cream desserts made with this tropical fruit, not bananas
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Pineapples
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FRENCH CUISINE
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1985's "Best Picture"
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"Out Of Africa"
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"OUT OF "
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As Miami's state attorney, she developed a reputation as a tough enforcer of child-support laws
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Janet Reno
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THE CLINTON CABINET
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In Egypt & Algeria, some areas of this desert are below sea level
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Sahara
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GEOGRAPHY
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Princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle in act one of this 1890 ballet
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"Sleeping Beauty"
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BALLET
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Marcello Mastroianni starred in several of his films, including "La Dolce Vita" & "8 1/2"
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Federico Fellini
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FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS
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Lungfish breathe by means of primitive lungs, as well as these respiratory organs
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Gills
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BIOLOGY
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To research this 1958 novel, Leon Uris reportedly traveled about 12,000 miles in Israel
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"Exodus"
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BOOKS & AUTHORS
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This secretary of state sat on commissions investigating L.A. riots in the '60s & L.A. police in 1991
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Warren Christopher
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THE CLINTON CABINET
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This South American river has the world's largest drainage basin
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Amazon
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GEOGRAPHY
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Jerome Robbins' ballet "Dances At A Gathering" is danced to piano pieces by this Polish-French composer
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Frederic Chopin
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BALLET
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14 years passed between the releases of his last 2 films: "Ryan's Daughter" & "A Passage to India"
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Sir David Lean
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FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS
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Like mushrooms, molds belong to this group of organisms that lack chlorophyll
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Fungi
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BIOLOGY
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In 1993 this author sold the film rights to "Disclosure" for about $3.5 million before it had been published
|
Michael Crichton
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BOOKS & AUTHORS
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In April 1996 President Clinton eulogized this late commerce secretary as a "force of nature"
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Ron Brown
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THE CLINTON CABINET
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Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the admministrative capital of this country
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Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
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GEOGRAPHY
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Originally, Prokofiev wanted this Shakespearean ballet to end with both lovers alive & dancing
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"Romeo & Juliet"
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BALLET
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The wartime life of this director of "Chinatown" partly inspired Jerzy Kosinski's novel "The Painted Bird"
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Roman Polanski
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FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS
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An ootid is a cell that matures into this
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Egg
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BIOLOGY
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This author based the character Philboyd Studge in "Breakfast of Champions" on himself
|
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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BOOKS & AUTHORS
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This Clinton interior secretary earned a master's degree from the University of Newcastle in England
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Bruce Babbitt
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THE CLINTON CABINET
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The Rhodope Mountains delineate Bulgaria's southern border with this country
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Greece
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GEOGRAPHY
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Shinobu Hashimoto co-wrote the scripts for his "Rashomon" & "Seven Samurai"
|
Akira Kurosawa
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FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS
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Impulses concerned with the sense of smell are transmitted to the brain by these nerves
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Olfactory Nerves
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BIOLOGY
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At the time of her death in 1974, she was writing a sequel to "Every Night, Josephine!"
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Jacqueline Susann
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BOOKS & AUTHORS
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This secretary of HHS was the first woman to head a Big Ten school, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Donna Shalala
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THE CLINTON CABINET
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The Aland Islands are usually regarded as the dividing line between the Baltic Sea & this large gulf
|
Gulf of Bothnia
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GEOGRAPHY
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Jane Campion, director of "The Piano", grew up in Waikanae in this country
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New Zealand
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FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS
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It's the term for the tiny projections on the surface of the tongue & at the roots of the hair
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Papillae
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BIOLOGY
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The rise to power of the ruthless Julian Sorel is the subject of this colorful Stendhal book
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"The Red And The Black"
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BOOKS & AUTHORS
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'AT&T; says more collect calls are made on this holiday than on any other day of the year')
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Father\'s Day
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HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
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Despitethisprez's efforts, he couldn't get over his Depression
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Hoover
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HERE'S THE PREZ
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In 2000 this ex-Chicago Bull became president of the Wizards
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(Michael) Jordan
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BASKETBALL
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In 1946 Chicago maitre d' Frank Brown posed for this rice brand's trademark picture
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Uncle Ben\'s
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COMPANY SYMBOLS
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ON THE MENU: I'll take a "G", Pat & solve the puzzle... it's an Italian dish of tiny dumplings made from potatoes or flour
|
gnocchi
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REALLY TOUGHWHEEL OF FORTUNEPUZZLES
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A major waterway of western Germany, the Weser river flows 273 miles to this sea
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the North Sea
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GERMAN RIVERS
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Proverbially, don't ruin plans & "upset" this fruit-delivery mechanism
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the apple cart
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A LA "CART"
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Hewas Mr. Big when he occupied the White House
|
Taft
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HERE'S THE PREZ
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(Hi. I'm Bill Walton.) In 1974 this team that now plays its home games in the Rose Garden made me the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft
|
the Portland Trail Blazers
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BASKETBALL
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This mustachioed yachtsman not only founded a great tea company, he affixed his own portrait to the packages
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(Sir Thomas) Lipton
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COMPANY SYMBOLS
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THING: It's the cavity or tube that connects the oral & nasal passages with the esophagus & larynx
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pharynx
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REALLY TOUGHWHEEL OF FORTUNEPUZZLES
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The Breg & the Brigach unite at Donaueschingen, Germany to form this second-longest river in Europe
|
the Danube
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GERMAN RIVERS
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Yeesh! Random House defines this body part as "gristle"
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cartilage
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A LA "CART"
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Died inhisfirst term
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Harding
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HERE'S THE PREZ
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Averaging 21 points per game, this team's Chauncey Billups was named MVP of the 2004 NBA finals
|
the Detroit Pistons
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BASKETBALL
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In the '20s the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Assn. added an Indian maiden to this butter brand logo
|
Land o\' Lakes
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COMPANY SYMBOLS
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ON THE MAP: This country whose capital is Astana became a republic of the USSR in 1936
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Kazakhstan
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REALLY TOUGHWHEEL OF FORTUNEPUZZLES
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The Neckar river of SW Germany begins its 228-mile course near Schwenningen in this region aka the Schwarzwald
|
the Black Forest
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GERMAN RIVERS
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Literally "blank document", it's the 2-word French term for unconditional authority
|
carte blanche
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A LA "CART"
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Oneof the first four
|
John Adams
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HERE'S THE PREZ
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This Warrior had 6 NBA games in which he scored 70 or more points, including a 100-point game in 1962
|
Wilt Chamberlain
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BASKETBALL
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This polishing soap's baby chick was created in the late 1890s; it still "hasn't scratched yet"
|
Bon Ami
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COMPANY SYMBOLS
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BEFORE & AFTER: French action movie & Peta Wilson TV show that became a world leader in 1958
|
La Femme Nikita Khrushchev
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REALLY TOUGHWHEEL OF FORTUNEPUZZLES
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The Pegnitz & the Rednitz join to form the Regnitz River just NW of this German city famous for its trials & rallies
|
Nuremberg
|
GERMAN RIVERS
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One of the best-known examples of this 6-letter term is OPEC
|
a cartel
|
A LA "CART"
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He's the big Whig seenhere
|
Zachary Taylor
|
HERE'S THE PREZ
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He's won 6 NBA championship rings: 1 as a player, 1 as an asst. coach & 4 as head coach of the Lakers in the 1980s
|
Pat Riley
|
BASKETBALL
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In the '30s Sinclair Oil used this Brontosaurus in its ads; inflatable toys & other promotions followed
|
Dino
|
COMPANY SYMBOLS
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PERSON: A total of 3 Zs are in the first & last names of this national security adviser under Carter
|
Zbigniew Brzezinski
|
REALLY TOUGHWHEEL OF FORTUNEPUZZLES
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The 339-mile Moselle River forms part of the boundary between Germany & this duchy
|
Luxembourg
|
GERMAN RIVERS
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Don't put this writer of 1644's "Principles of Philosophy" before the horse
|
Rene Descartes
|
A LA "CART"
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AR stands for the problem of "antibiotic" this, when bacteria shrug off drugs that once would have killed them
|
resistance
|
BACTERIOLOGY
|
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1995:"That'll do pig. That'll do"
|
Babe
|
NAME THAT MOVIE
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His first & middle names were Pelham Grenville, but his friends called him "Plum"
|
P.G. Wodehouse
|
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
|
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Word found after clay, passenger or stool
|
pigeon
|
"GEO"PARDY!
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In 87 B.C. Gaius Marius & his pal Cinna captured this city
|
Rome
|
MILITARY MATTERS
|
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In October, the Buckeye Central Railroad in this state offers Haunted Halloween trips
|
Ohio
|
BASIC TRAIN-ING
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Helicobacter pylori has special defenses against this acid, which allow it to live in the stomach & cause ulcers
|
hydrochloric acid
|
BACTERIOLOGY
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1969:"Kid, the next time I say, 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia,' let's go someplace like Bolivia"
|
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
NAME THAT MOVIE
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the JFK Library & Museum.) The Kennedy Library has a fine collection of the papers & mementos of this writer, including an antelope that he shot on safari
|
Hemingway
|
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
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Comedian Steve Boyer said he was such a geek in H.S. that his characters in this 3-word fantasy game had asthma
|
Dungeons & Dragons
|
"GEO"PARDY!
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From 1968 to 1971, President George W. Bush served in this military group
|
the Texas Air National Guard
|
MILITARY MATTERS
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Inspired by the train in this 1941 film, the Casey Jr. Circus Train opened at Disneyland in its first year, 1955
|
Dumbo
|
BASIC TRAIN-ING
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up a small vial from inside the Smithsonian Institution.) In 1943 Selman Waksman discovered inthissoil sample this, the first drug effective against tuberculosis
|
streptomycin
|
BACTERIOLOGY
|
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1931:"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make"
|
Dracula
|
NAME THAT MOVIE
|
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In his youth, this author of "The Mayor of Casterbridge" played the fiddle at weddings & dances
|
Thomas Hardy
|
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
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"My wife said, 'That's not going in the living room'", a man said in 2004 after spearing a 188-lb. one of these fish
|
a sturgeon
|
"GEO"PARDY!
|
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Aiding the English win at Crecy were people collecting these off the battlefield for reuse after each French retreat
|
arrows
|
MILITARY MATTERS
|
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Riding the Mount Washington Cog Railway has thrilled folks in this New England State since 1869
|
New Hampshire
|
BASIC TRAIN-ING
|
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|
Clostridium tetani typically affects the masseter muscle, which controls the movement of this body part
|
the jaw
|
BACTERIOLOGY
|
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1984:"There are simply too many notes"
|
Amadeus
|
NAME THAT MOVIE
|
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This author of "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" spent his last years with the former proprietress of a Florida brothel
|
(Stephen) Crane
|
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
|
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A petty way of referring to a member of the middle class
|
a bourgeois
|
"GEO"PARDY!
|
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Soldiers still practice this "drill" of marching in formation even though it's not used in battle
|
close order drill
|
MILITARY MATTERS
|
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|
The California State Railroad Museum is in this city once at the western end of the Transcontinental RR
|
Sacramento
|
BASIC TRAIN-ING
|
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|
1958:"Help me! Help me!"
|
The Fly
|
NAME THAT MOVIE
|
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He was eventually buried in the Illinois cemetery that inspired his "Spoon River Anthology"
|
Edgar Lee Masters
|
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
|
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This 1897 Kipling novel details a boy's coming of age on a fishing trawler
|
Captains Courageous
|
"GEO"PARDY!
|
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|
Abbreviated SAS, this elite British military unit is similar to the USA's Delta Force
|
the Special Air Service
|
MILITARY MATTERS
|
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The old Wakarusa Railroad offers a 1 1/2 mile ride over a hand-laid railway near Elkhart in this state
|
Indiana
|
BASIC TRAIN-ING
|
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|
'Calling him a Revolutionary, in 2000 Fidel Castro dedicated a statue of this man on the 20th anniversary of his murder')
|
John Lennon
|
CELEBRITIES
|
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Nebraska is north of Kansas & directly south of this state
|
South Dakota
|
HEAD NORTH
|
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In 1985 this 5-medal-winning gymnast was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
|
Mary Lou Retton
|
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
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Now a Supreme Court justice, in 1964 Stephen Breyer was one of these to Supreme Court Justice Goldberg
|
a clerk
|
GOVERNMENT WORK
|
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|
"Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of" this aviator billionaire
|
Howard Hughes
|
BIO SUBJECTS
|
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There may be more of these animals, including the Bengal type, kept as pets in the U.S. than living in the wild in Asia
|
tigers
|
UNUSUAL PETS
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A clumsy mistake, such as one selected by Dick Clark
|
a blooper
|
"OOP" THERE IT IS!
|
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All of Connecticut's almost 100-mile northern border is with this state
|
Massachusetts
|
HEAD NORTH
|
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"And here's to" this mrs. who was Ireland's first woman president, serving from 1990 to 1997
|
Mary Robinson
|
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
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Barry C. Black holds this job; his duties include teaching Senate Bible-study groups
|
the chaplain
|
GOVERNMENT WORK
|
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|
"American Sphinx: The Character of" this founding father & president
|
Jefferson
|
BIO SUBJECTS
|
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Proto-surrealist poet Gerard de Nerval reportedly walked one of these crustaceans on a leash through Paris
|
a lobster
|
UNUSUAL PETS
|
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A small porch leading to the entrance of a house
|
a stoop
|
"OOP" THERE IT IS!
|
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|
They're the 2 states you could be entering is you're crossing Florida's northern border
|
Georgia & Alabama
|
HEAD NORTH
|
|
|
Heardhere, she was Motown's first big singing star"Nothing you could say /Can tear me away /From my guy..."
|
Mary Wells
|
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
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There are 93 of these, the main litigators on behalf of the nation
|
U.S. attorneys
|
GOVERNMENT WORK
|
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|
This writer's name precedes "and the Lost Boys" in the title of a biography by Andrew Birkin
|
J.M. Barrie
|
BIO SUBJECTS
|
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|
To feed your gecko, PETCO offers a "Case O'" these noisy insects
|
crickets
|
UNUSUAL PETS
|
|
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Soldiers who jump out of airplanes
|
paratroopers
|
"OOP" THERE IT IS!
|
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Nevada's northern border is shared with these 2 states
|
Idaho & Oregon
|
HEAD NORTH
|
|
|
The beat goes on for this woman who assumed the House seat left vacant by her husband's death in 1998
|
Mary Bono
|
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
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|
As this type of "examiner", you'll determine if that combination scalpel & salt shaker is really a new invention
|
a patent examiner
|
GOVERNMENT WORK
|
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|
"Unforgivable Blackness" is subtitled "The Rise and Fall of" this first black heavyweight champion
|
Jack Johnson
|
BIO SUBJECTS
|
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|
Alice Roosevelt appeared in public with one of these around her neck--the reptile, not the scarf
|
a boa (constrictor)
|
UNUSUAL PETS
|
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|
Endangered tall critter seenhere
|
a whooping crane
|
"OOP" THERE IT IS!
|
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|
Part of Tennessee's northern border is with Missouri & Virginia, but the longest section is with this state
|
Kentucky
|
HEAD NORTH
|
|
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Her designs, like the one seenhere, can be found on everything from teapots & greeting cards to needlework
|
Mary Engelbreit
|
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
|
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If you can read and translate Arabic, Dari or this majority language of Afghanistan, the CIA could use your help
|
Pushtu
|
GOVERNMENT WORK
|
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|
"His Invention So Fertile" is "A Life of" this reshaper of 17th century London
|
(Christopher) Wren
|
BIO SUBJECTS
|
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The most popular coloration for this polecat relative is fitch, or buff with black feet
|
a ferret
|
UNUSUAL PETS
|
|
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Chingachgook creator
|
James Fenimore Cooper
|
"OOP" THERE IT IS!
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The second one of these in Jerusalem was destroyed in Titus in 70 A.D.
|
the Temple
|
ANCIENT TIMES
|
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1953:Military corruption, romance & boxing at a Hawaiian Army camp just prior to Pearl Harbor
|
From Here to Eternity
|
WORLD WAR II MOVIES
|
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|
"Dawn's Family Feud" is No. 64 in this book series
|
The Baby-sitters Club
|
BABY BOOKS
|
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Eggs, watercress & this pig product are key ingredients of a traditional Cobb salad
|
bacon
|
THE BOUNTY OF THE PIG
|
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This African republic's 2 official languages are English & Swahili
|
Tanzania
|
"T" ZONES
|
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Fowl 5-letter adjective meaning arrogant or conceited
|
cocky
|
FOWL LANGUAGE
|
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He founded his academy in the olive grove of Academus outside Athens
|
Plato
|
ANCIENT TIMES
|
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1970:A bombardier desperately tries to prove his insanity in order to get out of bombing missions
|
Catch-22
|
WORLD WAR II MOVIES
|
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|
This book by F.X. Toole was originally titled "Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner"
|
Million Dollar Baby
|
BABY BOOKS
|
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|
Natural ones of these sausage coverings are made from the submucosa, & that's all you want to know
|
casings
|
THE BOUNTY OF THE PIG
|
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Following 50 years of rule by Japan, this island was returned to China in 1945
|
Taiwan
|
"T" ZONES
|
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|
"Come On, Get Happy" was one of its theme songs
|
The Partridge Family
|
FOWL LANGUAGE
|
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|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Karnak, Egypt.) Some columns at the temple to this god, whose name later includes the sun god Re or Ra are nearly 80 feet high
|
Amon
|
ANCIENT TIMES
|
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|
2001:A love triangle & snipers' duel play out amidst the rubble of Stalingrad during a Nazi seige
|
Enemy at the Gates
|
WORLD WAR II MOVIES
|
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"Baby Catcher" is the "Chronicles of a Modern" one of these
|
a midwife
|
BABY BOOKS
|
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Italians cure this, the flesh of the pig's cheek & jaw, & call it guanciale
|
the jowl
|
THE BOUNTY OF THE PIG
|
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The UTO is the united opposition group that once opposed president Rakhmonov in this "stan"
|
Tajikistan
|
"T" ZONES
|
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Xanthippe's reputation as a shrewish wife led the spectator to call Socrates the "head of the sect of" this
|
the henpecked
|
FOWL LANGUAGE
|
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|
(Jeff Probst reports from Guatemala.) With a name meaning "rubber people", this first great Mexican tribe used stone in architecture & influenced the Mayans greatly
|
the Olmecs
|
ANCIENT TIMES
|
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1967:Charles Bronson & Jim Brown are 2 of the 12 angry men on a secret mission behind Nazi lines
|
The Dirty Dozen
|
WORLD WAR II MOVIES
|
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|
A 4-room apartment at the Bramford becomes available at the beginning of this Ira Levin novel
|
Rosemary\'s Baby
|
BABY BOOKS
|
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|
Despite its name, there's no brie or cheddar in this jellied pig loaf
|
headcheese
|
THE BOUNTY OF THE PIG
|
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Italy's industrial triangle is formed by Milan, Genoa & this city on the Po
|
Turin
|
"T" ZONES
|
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This round dance is performed by couples, properly to ragtime
|
the turkey trot
|
FOWL LANGUAGE
|
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|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Athens.) The agora was partially enclosed bylong buildingscalled this, the Greek word for "portico"
|
a stoa
|
ANCIENT TIMES
|
|
|
1990:The crew of a B-17 bomber has to make one final bombing raid over Europe & then can return home
|
Memphis Belle
|
WORLD WAR II MOVIES
|
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|
This 1981 novel by Toni Morrison takes place on a Caribbean island
|
Tar Baby
|
BABY BOOKS
|
|
|
It's the alliterative term for the shredded sandwich filling seenhere, a Southern favorite
|
pulled pork
|
THE BOUNTY OF THE PIG
|
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It was Montezuma's capital
|
Tenochtitln
|
"T" ZONES
|
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An English game of follow-the-leader on horseback was called this, after a certain fowl's flight formation
|
wild goose chase
|
FOWL LANGUAGE
|
|
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'The largest single accumulation of gold known, about $90 billion from several countries, is found in this U.S. state')
|
New York
|
PRECIOUS METALS
|
|
|
This form of needlework uses a hooked needle to pull the yarn through intertwined loops
|
crochet
|
ARTS & CRAFTS
|
|
|
The Dict. of American Literary Characters lists "Great White Shark" from this 1974 Peter Benchley book
|
Jaws
|
AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS
|
|
|
On Dec. 3, 1995 Marc Kudisch starred as Conrad Birdie in a remake of this musical
|
Bye Bye Birdie
|
TELEVISION
|
|
|
In 1982 this country's president Jose Lopez Portillo devalued the peso & nationalized the banks
|
Mexico
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
This underwear manufacturer's New York Stock Exchange symbol is FTL
|
Fruit of the Loom
|
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
|
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Moo juice(4)
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milk
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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
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Pyrography or pokerwork is the process of making designs in wood or leather this way
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burning it in
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ARTS & CRAFTS
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Nordhoff & Hall's 1934 "Men Against the Sea", the story of Bligh & his men in an open boat, was a sequel to this
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS
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In a 1995 episode of this Fox animated series, Glenn Close played Homer's long-lost mother
|
The Simpsons
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TELEVISION
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On July 5, 1945 he announced that "The entire Philippine Islands are now liberated"
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Douglas MacArthur
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HISTORY
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This company's beer is "Brewed in Golden, Colorado with Rocky Mountain water"
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Coors
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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Pilgrims progressed on it(9)
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Mayflower
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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
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This design is pressed into paper by wires in the mold
|
a watermark
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ARTS & CRAFTS
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Budd Schulberg based the alcoholic central character of "The Disenchanted" on this "Gatsby" author
|
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS
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The most frequent sketch on this series was "Mr. Bill" with 24 appearances
|
"Saturday Night Live"
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TELEVISION
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In 1815 the Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's neutrality
|
Switzerland
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HISTORY
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In 1995 this firm released an upgraded version of its Newton messagepad, a hand-held computer
|
Apple
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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Elvisopolis(7)
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Memphis
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CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
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Used on watercolors, bookplates & documents, fraktur is a type of this stylized writing
|
calligraphy
|
ARTS & CRAFTS
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This character from an 1865 work could vanish at will, with its grin the last part to disappear
|
the Cheshire Cat
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AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS
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In 1985 he replaced Coach behind the bar at "Cheers"
|
Woody Harrelson (the character\'s name was Woody Boyd)
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TELEVISION
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Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of this czar, became empress of Russia in 1741
|
Peter the Great
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HISTORY
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It owns the world's largest fleet of cargo delivery planes
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Federal Express
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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On a cloisonne pin, this material is poured into hollows between wires soldered onto metal
|
enamel
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ARTS & CRAFTS
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Comedy writer Al Franken called his 1996 bestseller this man "Is a Big Fat Idiot"
|
Rush Limbaugh
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AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS
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On this cartoon series, you'll find such characters as Plucky Duck, Dizzy Devil & Buster Bunny
|
Tiny Toon Adventures
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TELEVISION
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This country formerly known as Dutch Guiana gained independence in 1975
|
Suriname
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HISTORY
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The Golden Gate Bridge was among the structures erected by this 2nd-largest American steel company
|
Bethlehem Steel
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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
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On Jan. 23, 1995 he signed the first bill passed by the 104th -- the Congressional Accountability Act
|
President Bill Clinton
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THE 104TH CONGRESS
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This school's Cornhuskers won the 1995 college football title by overwhelming Florida in the Fiesta Bowl
|
Nebraska
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SPORTS
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At the time of her abduction, she was married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta
|
Helen of Troy
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WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
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The scientific name of this U.S. national symbol is haliaeetus leucocephalus
|
Bald Eagle
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BIRDS
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Brazilians have added words from African slaves & the Tupi Indians to this language
|
Portuguese
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LANGUAGES
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Discharged from the military in 1946, this "Odd Couple" author worked in the Warner Bros. mailroom
|
Neil Simon
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PLAYWRIGHTS
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Democrats opposed to nuclear tests boycotted a speech by this French president
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Jacques Chirac
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THE 104TH CONGRESS
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In 1980 the NHL's Atlanta Flames moved to this Canadian city
|
Calgary
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SPORTS
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In book 12 of "The Odyssey", Circe warns of these women "who betwitch everybody who approaches them"
|
Sirens
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WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
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Lions & occasionally cheetahs & leopards prey on this largest living bird
|
Ostrich
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BIRDS
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Modern speakers of this Semitic language call it Ivrit
|
Hebrew
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LANGUAGES
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He claimed his comic masterpiece "Pygmalion" was a didactic play about phonetics
|
George Bernard Shaw
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PLAYWRIGHTS
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In a 1996 mail-in vote, Ron Wyden was elected to the Senate seat vacated by this Oregon politician
|
Robert Packwood
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THE 104TH CONGRESS
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Technically, this NFL team is located in Orchard Park, New York
|
Buffalo Bills
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SPORTS
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The Parthenon was built in her honor
|
Athena
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WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
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The hyacinth macaw is the largest of these birds of the family psittacidae
|
Parrots
|
BIRDS
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It's the official language of Bahrain
|
Arabic
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LANGUAGES
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After this Czech denounced the Soviet invasion of his country in 1968, his plays were banned
|
Vaclav Havel
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PLAYWRIGHTS
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This New York Republican chaired the Senate Banking Committee & the special Whitewater panel
|
Alphonse D\' Amato
|
THE 104TH CONGRESS
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At the 1912 Olympics, King Gustav V of Sweden called him "The Greatest Athlete in the World"
|
Jim Thorpe
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SPORTS
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Ariadne supplied Theseus with the ball of thread that led him out of this
|
The Labyrinth
|
WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
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Krill are the major prey of the Adelie species of this bird
|
Penguin
|
BIRDS
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Coptic was the last phase of this language whose 5,000-year recorded history is the longest known
|
Egyptian
|
LANGUAGES
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Although his 1975 play "Seascape" had only a brief Broadway run, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
|
Edward Albee
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PLAYWRIGHTS
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This constitutional amendment fell 1 vote short in the Senate March 2, 1995
|
Balanced Budget Amendment
|
THE 104TH CONGRESS
|
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She holds the U.S. & world records in freestyle swimming at 400, 800 & 1500 meters
|
Janet Evans
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SPORTS
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Orpheus nearly saved her from the underworld, but he looked back & lost her forever
|
Euridyce
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WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
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The tiny vestigial wings of this New Zealand bird are hidden in its feathers
|
Kiwi
|
BIRDS
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It's the most widely spoken of the artificial languages
|
Esperanto
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LANGUAGES
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This "Picnic" playwright's screenplay for "Splendor In The Grass" won a 1961 Oscar
|
William Inge
|
PLAYWRIGHTS
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'The 2 men whose presidencies each began & ended during one calendar year')
|
William Henry Harrison (1841) & James Garfield (1881)
|
U.S. PRESIDENTS
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The Lord called Moses' people stiff-necked, meaning stubborn, for making this idol & worshiping it
|
The Golden Calf
|
THE BIBLE
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In 1976, in her first ABC special, Barbara interviewed the Carters & this superstar Barbra
|
Barbra Streisand
|
BARBARA WALTERS' 20 YEARS
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This Finnish capital is noted for its Russian restaurants, such as Alexander Nevski
|
Helsinki
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EUROPEAN DINING
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Fractus, congestus & humilis are terms used to describe these aerial formations
|
Clouds
|
GENERAL SCIENCE
|
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|
The name of this skirt isn't Scottish in origin; it may come from the Danish for "to tuck up"
|
Kilt
|
WORD ORIGINS
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The title of this 1995 Bruce Willis film refers to a group that may have lauched a deadly plague
|
"12 Monkeys"
|
MONKEY BUSINESS
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Jesus called it a den of thieves & ordered it cleansed, angering the priests
|
The Temple
|
THE BIBLE
|
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During a visit to Fidel Castro, Barbara's crew became the 1st Americans to cross this bay since 1961
|
Bay of Pigs
|
BARBARA WALTERS' 20 YEARS
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It's said the Witchery by the Castle, on Castle Hill in this Scottish city, is haunted by several ghosts
|
Edinburgh
|
EUROPEAN DINING
|
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Projecting from the cecum, where the small & large intestines meet, is this non functional organ
|
Appendix
|
GENERAL SCIENCE
|
|
|
This term for a broad street is French, but it goes back to bolwerc, a Middle Dutch word for bulwark
|
Boulevard
|
WORD ORIGINS
|
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A monkey god named Hanuman appears in the "Ramayana", an epic poem of this country
|
India
|
MONKEY BUSINESS
|
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Judge Shamgar slew 600 of these people with an ox goad; David slew just one with a sling & a stone
|
Philistines
|
THE BIBLE
|
|
|
In 1992 he made Barbara's fantasy come true by dancing the tango with her -- Hoo-aah!
|
Al Pacino
|
BARBARA WALTERS' 20 YEARS
|
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La Tour D' Argent in this city's 5th arrandissement is world famous for its pressed duck
|
Paris
|
EUROPEAN DINING
|
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|
In 1862 Darwin published a book on how orchids are fertilized by these creatures
|
Insects
|
GENERAL SCIENCE
|
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|
The adjective vespertilian means resembling this winged mammal, whose Latin name is vespertilio
|
Bat
|
WORD ORIGINS
|
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These monkeys were important "factors" in the development of the Salk polio vaccine
|
Rheseus Monkeys
|
MONKEY BUSINESS
|
|
|
Famous quote from Jesus that precedes "But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"
|
"Man does not live by bread alone"
|
THE BIBLE
|
|
|
She called her 1977 joint talk with these Egyptian & Israeli leaders the biggest break of her career
|
Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin
|
BARBARA WALTERS' 20 YEARS
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|
There's a restaurant named for this seductive spy in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, her birthplace
|
Mata Hari
|
EUROPEAN DINING
|
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|
It's the terrestrial planet farthest from the sun
|
Mars
|
GENERAL SCIENCE
|
|
|
This fruity condiment's name comes from the Hindi meaning "to be licked"
|
Chutney
|
WORD ORIGINS
|
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|
The long, pendulous nose of the male gave this monkey its name
|
Proboscis Monkey
|
MONKEY BUSINESS
|
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|
The first word in Romans 1:1 is his name
|
Paul
|
THE BIBLE
|
|
|
Most will never forget when Barbara asked this actress "What kind of a tree are you?"; she said "Oak"
|
Katharine Hepburn
|
BARBARA WALTERS' 20 YEARS
|
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|
Hemingway hung out at Harry's Bar, the birthplace of the Bellini cocktail, in this Italian city
|
Venice
|
EUROPEAN DINING
|
|
|
The mammalian order edentata has 3 families: anteaters, armadillos & these slow movers
|
Sloths
|
GENERAL SCIENCE
|
|
|
The name of this small magnifying glass used by jewelers comes from the French for an imperfect gem
|
Loupe
|
WORD ORIGINS
|
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|
In 1996 this inquisitive monkey of children's lit turned 55
|
Curious George
|
MONKEY BUSINESS
|
|
|
Our fifth Secretary of State; his Secretary of State, James Madison, became president, too
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
THE CABINET
|
|
|
Rainfall on this island that's home to Haiti averages 55 inches per year
|
Hispaniola
|
ISLANDS
|
|
|
This creator of Huck Finn has been called the first major American writer born west of the Mississippi
|
Mark Twain
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
Some say he got the nickname Woody by always bringing the stick for neighborhood stickball games
|
Woddy Allen
|
FILM DIRECTORS
|
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|
In October 1936 he was named "El Caudillo" of nationalist Spain
|
Francisco Franco
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
This, along with "Liberty and the pursuit of happiness", are our "unalienable rights"
|
Life
|
4-LETTER QUOTES
|
|
|
She held the post of Secretary of Transportation 1983-87
|
Elizabeth Dole
|
THE CABINET
|
|
|
Nearly all the inhabitants of this island are descendants of Bounty mutineers
|
Pitcairn Island
|
ISLANDS
|
|
|
"A Tangled Skein" was this author's original title for "A Study in Scarlet"
|
Arthur Conan Doyle
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
In 1993 he was given permission to build a replica of Auschwitz near the actual site & film there
|
Steven Spielberg
|
FILM DIRECTORS
|
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|
The Domesday Book was compiled from a survey done in this year, 20 years after the Norman Conquest
|
1086
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
"What's in a name? That which we call" one of these "by any other name would smell as sweet"
|
Rose
|
4-LETTER QUOTES
|
|
|
Financier Andrew Mellon served in this post under 3 presidents: Harding, Coolidge & Hoover
|
Secretary of the Treasury
|
THE CABINET
|
|
|
In 1978 islanders were removed from this Pacific atoll when their strontium-90 counts became dangerous
|
Bikini
|
ISLANDS
|
|
|
Towrard the end of World War I, this Mississippi-born author joined the Royal Air Force in Canada
|
William Faulkner
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
Charlie Sheen starred in 2 of his most lauded films: "Platoon" & "Wall Street"
|
Oliver Stone
|
FILM DIRECTORS
|
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|
In 1835 these Dutch farmers began their "Great Trek" from Cape Colony to South Africa's interior
|
Boers
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
"A dying lady, lean and pale, who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil", Shelley wrote of "The Waning" this
|
Moon
|
4-LETTER QUOTES
|
|
|
The Bureau of Mines is part of this department
|
Department of the Interior
|
THE CABINET
|
|
|
This Indian Ocean island, the world's fourth largest, is slightly smaller than Texas
|
Madagascar
|
ISLANDS
|
|
|
She set "Death Comes For The Archbishop" in New Mexico, not on the Nebraska prairie
|
Willa Cather
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
This director who died in 1987 choreographed 3 of the 5 features he directed
|
Bob Fosse
|
FILM DIRECTORS
|
|
|
In 1991 the United Somali Congress overthrew the Siad Barre regime & took over this capital city
|
Mogadishu
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
Resigned to the fact she might be queen, Victoria said, "I will be" this
|
Good
|
4-LETTER QUOTES
|
|
|
This president's father, Alphonso, was Grant's attorney general
|
William Howard Taft
|
THE CABINET
|
|
|
Tourist sites on this island in the Bay of Naples include the ruins of the 12 villas built by emperor Tiberius
|
Capri
|
ISLANDS
|
|
|
Although this "Of Human Bondage" author earned a medical degree, he never practiced medicine
|
Somerset Maugham
|
AUTHORS
|
|
|
This director of "Short Cuts" learned his trade making industrial films in Kansas City
|
Robert Altman
|
FILM DIRECTORS
|
|
|
In 1885 this British governor-general was killed defending Khartoum from the Mahdi's forces
|
Charles Gordon ("Gordon of Khartoum")
|
HISTORY
|
|
|
In "Sea Fever" John Masefield wrote, "All I ask is a tall" one of these "and a star to steer her by"
|
Ship
|
4-LETTER QUOTES
|
|
|
'His love of music led him to found a school of music at the University of Rochester, N.Y.')
|
George Eastman (The Eastman School of Music)
|
FAMOUS AMERICANS
|
|
|
Kwame Nkrumah, later a pioneer of independence for this continent's colonies, went to Pennsylvania's Lincoln University
|
Africa
|
OFF TO COLLEGE
|
|
|
1992:The Sultan,Jasmine,Jafar
|
Aladdin
|
DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER
|
|
|
This capital of Venezuela has a population of about 3 million
|
Caracas
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
|
|
Arranging a lovers' meeting in a crypt is a really bad idea--just look at Act V, Scene 3 of this play
|
Romeo and Juliet
|
I LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
Sorry, this company doesn't Supersize its Fruit & Walnut or California Cobb salads
|
McDonald\'s
|
NOUVELLE FAST FOOD
|
|
|
In French, the name of this fancy dining room fixture means "something that holds candles"
|
a chandelier
|
FROM THE FRENCH
|
|
|
In 1993 Google co-founder Sergey Brin graduated from Maryland with honors in math & this field
|
computer science
|
OFF TO COLLEGE
|
|
|
1961:Pongo,Patch,Cruella de Vil
|
101 Dalmatians
|
DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER
|
|
|
Calcutta was once the capital of India; this "New" city was made the capital in 1931
|
New Delhi
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
|
|
Never promise anybody a pound of this; Antonio did, & Shylock tried to collect it (ouch!)
|
flesh
|
I LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
If you need to drop a couple of hundred pounds, try this chain's 6" Turkey or Veggie Delite sandwiches
|
Subway
|
NOUVELLE FAST FOOD
|
|
|
The name of the U.S. state is partly from the French word for "green"
|
Vermont
|
FROM THE FRENCH
|
|
|
Dwight Eisenhower lived in the same Kansas home from the age of 8 until he went off to this school at age 20
|
West Point
|
OFF TO COLLEGE
|
|
|
1940:Figaro,The Blue Fairy,Cleo
|
Pinocchio
|
DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER
|
|
|
It's the northernmost capital city in mainland North America
|
Ottawa
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
|
|
Never trust a woman whose words are too flattering--like Goneril in this play
|
King Lear
|
I LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
Ring up a lower-fat meal by asking for a "Fresco Style" Chalupa or Gordita at this restaurant
|
Taco Bell
|
NOUVELLE FAST FOOD
|
|
|
This synonym for bravery comes from the Old French for "heart"
|
courage
|
FROM THE FRENCH
|
|
|
This 19th century "Children's Hour" poet attended Bowdoin College & returned to teach there
|
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
|
OFF TO COLLEGE
|
|
|
1999:Tantor,Kala,Jane Porter
|
Tarzan
|
DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER
|
|
|
One of the 2 national capital cities located on the island of Hispaniola
|
Port-au-Prince (or Santo Domingo)
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
|
|
Losing a hanky might lead to some deadly hanky-panky--I learned it from this play
|
Othello
|
I LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
Try this franchise's Crispy Caesar Salad & a Lil' Bucket Strawberry Shortcake for dessert
|
KFC
|
NOUVELLE FAST FOOD
|
|
|
The name of this type of vehicle is a shortened version of the French for "walking hospital"
|
ambulance
|
FROM THE FRENCH
|
|
|
In 1944 he entered Atlanta's Morehouse College as a 15-year-old struggling with religions doubts
|
Martin Luther King
|
OFF TO COLLEGE
|
|
|
1967:Baloo,Bagheera,King Louie
|
The Jungle Book
|
DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER
|
|
|
South Africa actually has 3 capitals: Bloemfontein, Cape Town & this one
|
Pretoria
|
WORLD CAPITALS
|
|
|
Heed this "Hamlet" character's advice that "the apparel oft proclaims the man"
|
Polonius
|
I LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE
|
|
|
Have it your fat-conscious way with the Fire-grilled Shrimp Garden Salad or the Croissan'wich from here
|
Burger King
|
NOUVELLE FAST FOOD
|
|
|
This word for an alpine cottage comes from the Swiss French for "shelter"
|
a chalet
|
FROM THE FRENCH
|
|
|
She turned heads as a cheerleader at North Myrtle Beach High before turning letters on "Wheel of Fortune"
|
Vanna White
|
CAROLINIANS ON MY MIND
|
|
|
(Hi, I'm Bill Rancic ofThe Apprentice.) My boss Donald Trump has made this 2-word catchphrase his own; I just hope he never says it to me
|
"You\'re fired!"
|
REALITY TV
|
|
|
Of the U.S. coins currently being minted, it's the smallest in size
|
a dime
|
TO PHRASE A COIN
|
|
|
Make a statement about the infantilization of consumers with a foof chair, which resembles this "bag" chair
|
a beanbag chair
|
DORM DECOR
|
|
|
At the 2005 British Open, this "Golden Bear" played in what he said would be his final major golf tournament
|
Jack Nicklaus
|
FINALS
|
|
|
In legend, this pure knight found the Holy Grail
|
Galahad
|
I GOT 3 As, MOM!
|
|
|
In June 2005 more than 230,000 attended this 86-year-old North Carolinian's New York Crusade
|
Billy Graham
|
CAROLINIANS ON MY MIND
|
|
|
Celebrities who've appeared on this show, now on VH1, include Corey Feldman & Bronson Pinchot
|
The Surreal Life
|
REALITY TV
|
|
|
Before the euro, the peseta in this country equaled 100 centimos
|
Spain
|
TO PHRASE A COIN
|
|
|
You can find a floral bedding ensemble from these "N Things", founded in 1975
|
Linens \'N Things
|
DORM DECOR
|
|
|
FDR gave his final one of these radio addresses June 12, 1944
|
the Fireside Chats
|
FINALS
|
|
|
The 2 U.S. states that fit the category (sorry, Alabama has 4)
|
Arkansas & Alaska
|
I GOT 3 As, MOM!
|
|
|
Like his late dad, "The Intimidator", this NASCAR hotshot has also made a career on the fast track
|
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
|
CAROLINIANS ON MY MIND
|
|
|
Evan Marriott, a construction worker, was the prize up for grabs on this series
|
Joe Millionaire
|
REALITY TV
|
|
|
This national park noted for its geysers was placed on a commemorative U.S. silver dollar in 1999
|
Yellowstone
|
TO PHRASE A COIN
|
|
|
Evoke psychedelia with this type of poster whose fluorescent colors glow in the dark under UV radiation
|
a blacklight poster
|
DORM DECOR
|
|
|
First performed in London in 1896, "The Grand Duke" was the final one of their Savoy operettas
|
Gilbert & Sullivan
|
FINALS
|
|
|
Sing out this 2-word musical term, from the Italian from "in the manner of a choir"
|
a cappella
|
I GOT 3 As, MOM!
|
|
|
This fiery civil rights leaderseenherehails from Greenville, South Carolina
|
Jesse Jackson
|
CAROLINIANS ON MY MIND
|
|
|
On this show in 2003, Trista gave Ryan the final rose, he gave her a ring & they were later married on TV
|
The Bachelorette
|
REALITY TV
|
|
|
Of the 12 words that appear on every currently circulated U.S. quarter, this Latin word is the shortest
|
E
|
TO PHRASE A COIN
|
|
|
Instead of a car or a girlfriend, consider a screensaver ofthe High Gothic cathedralin this Northwest French city
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Chartres
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DORM DECOR
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In contrast to James Joyce, Joseph Heller titled his final novel "A Portrait of an Artist" as this
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an Old Man
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FINALS
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Pertaining to farmers, it means rural or agricultural
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agrarian
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I GOT 3 As, MOM!
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Internet users have South Carolina-born sci-fi author William Gibson to thank for this 10-letter term
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cyberspace
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CAROLINIANS ON MY MIND
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One "Survivor" locale was the Shaba Game Reserve in this country
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Kenya
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REALITY TV
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It's the "silly" nickname for Canada's one-dollar coin
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the "Loonie"
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TO PHRASE A COIN
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These storage blocks seenherelend an airy, geometric touch to a space
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Yaffa blocks
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DORM DECOR
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In 1955 this admiral made his fifth & final expedition to Antarctica
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Admiral Byrd
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FINALS
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Any land of promise, it's the Biblical name of Palestine
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Canaan
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I GOT 3 As, MOM!
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'He declined the offer to lead a country & once said, "Politics is for the present... an equation is... for eternity"')
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Albert Einstein
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NOTABLE NAMES
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For the first 9 to 10 days of its life, a bobcat suffers from this ocular disability
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blindness
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PANTHERS & BOBCATS
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Stranded FedEx employee Chuck Noland
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Cast Away
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TOM HANKS MOVIE ROLES
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This Texas port is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S.
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Houston
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U.S. CITIES
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Rav is Hebrew for "teacher" or "master"; an "I" sound to mean "my" was added to create this word we use in English
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rabbi
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WORD HISTORY
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These spinning neutron stars were named for the bursts, or "pulses", of radio waves they emit
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pulsars
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THE STARS
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A SURE TRY
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Treasury
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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
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Taxonomists group cats into ones that roar & ones, including bobcats, that do this instead
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purr
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PANTHERS & BOBCATS
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Airport residentViktor Navorski
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The Terminal
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TOM HANKS MOVIE ROLES
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Its capitol building stands 5,280 feet above sea level
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Denver
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U.S. CITIES
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The word leech comes from an Old English word for this modern occupation
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doctor
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WORD HISTORY
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The name of Rigel is from the Arabic for "foot"; it's the foot of this mighty hunter
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Orion
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THE STARS
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IRON RITE
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Interior
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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
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When it's black instead of spotted, this cat is often called a panther; there are albino ones, too
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a leopard
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PANTHERS & BOBCATS
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Death row prison guard Paul Edgecomb
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The Green Mile
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TOM HANKS MOVIE ROLES
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Believe it or not, Jerry Springer was once the mayor of this large Ohio city
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Cincinnati
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U.S. CITIES
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some Greek on the monitor.) The name of this typographical mark comes from the Greek words para, meaning "beside", and tithenai, "to put"
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parentheses
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WORD HISTORY
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This measure of star brightness is symbolized with a small m if it's apparent, a big M if it's absolute
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magnitude
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THE STARS
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NO PARTISAN TROT
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Transportation
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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
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Y acts as the only vowel in the name of this wildcat, a bobcat relative
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lynx
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PANTHERS & BOBCATS
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Dying lawyer Andrew Beckett
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Philadelphia
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TOM HANKS MOVIE ROLES
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Founded in 1769, this city near the Mexican border is often called "The Birthplace of California"
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San Diego
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U.S. CITIES
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English words drawn from the Algonquian language include moose, terrapin & this other word for groundhog
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woodchuck
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WORD HISTORY
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In about 22,000 years, Thuban in the constellation Draco will hold this distinction now held by Polaris
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The North Star
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THE STARS
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AUDIT ONCE
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Education
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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
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E.T. Seton referred to the "lithe & splended beasthood" of the New World panther with this 2-word name
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a mountain lion
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PANTHERS & BOBCATS
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Mob enforcer & loving father Michael Sullivan
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Road to Perdition
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TOM HANKS MOVIE ROLES
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A campus for the University of Alabama is here, nicknamed "Rocket City, U.S.A."
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Huntsville
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U.S. CITIES
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The Latin mulsus, meaning "sweet", gave us the name of this chocolate dessert
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mousse
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WORD HISTORY
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The 3 stars of the Alpha Centauri system are Alpha, Beta & this, whose name means "the nearest"
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Proxima
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THE STARS
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CURTAIL URGE
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Agriculture
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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
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Willy: "I'm tired."Howard: "Oh yeah? You're fired"
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Death of a Salesman
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CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA
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Kenneth Branagh & Anthony Hopkins once trod the boards at this city's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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London
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CELEBRITY ALUMNI
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After Mississippi seceded, he resigned from the U.S. senate and soon led the Confederacy
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(Jefferson) Davis
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HE'S A REBEL
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Her name comes from the Greek for "gift"; Zeus gift-boxed her for the human race as punishment
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Pandora
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BEAUTY & THE GREEK
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Schizo-,as in an atom or a banana dessert
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split
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MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
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The College Board advises bringing 2 of the No. 2 types of these to the SAT
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pencils
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STATE "NC"
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Martha: "I'm drunk."Nick: "I'm confused."Honey: "I'm mousy."George: "I'm going to bed"
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Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA
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This co-star of the film "Charlie's Angels" studied Asian languages & culture at the Univeristy of Michigan
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Lucy Liu
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CELEBRITY ALUMNI
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"Pickett's Charge" up Cemetery Ridge was the Rebels' last chance in this battle
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Gettysburg
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HE'S A REBEL
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Cheating Zeus hung his jealous wife Hera by her wrists on this mountain
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Mount Olympus
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BEAUTY & THE GREEK
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Glott- or lingua-;there's a mother one
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tongue
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MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
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Tell great-grandpa to teach you the Lindy hop, one of these
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a dance
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STATE "NC"
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Laura: "You broke my unicorn!"Gentleman caller: "whoops"
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The Glass Menagerie
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CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA
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Regis Philbin knows that this co-host of his is a proud alumna of Camden County College
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Kelly Ripa
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CELEBRITY ALUMNI
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In 1863 at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee famously sent this steadfast general to attack the Union flank
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Stonewall Jackson
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HE'S A REBEL
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Plato said this Greek love goddess was actually 2 individuals: Urania & Pandemos
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Aphrodite
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BEAUTY & THE GREEK
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-sclerosis,as in "of an artery"
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hardening
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MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
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High school math may include these, a term first used by Descartes in 1637 & involving variables
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functions
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STATE "NC"
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Act One, "Daily Life":Stage manager: "My God, is this place boring"
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Our Town
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CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA
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This actress who played Amidala studied psychology at Harvard
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Natalie Portman
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CELEBRITY ALUMNI
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His Raiders burned most of Lawrence, Kansas in 1863
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William Quantrill
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HE'S A REBEL
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"Mourning becomes" this nymph who became one of the Pleiades
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Elektra
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BEAUTY & THE GREEK
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Tachy-,as in tachycardia
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fast
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MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
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In the movie "Orange County", Lily Tomlin has this 2-word job & messes up Colin Hanks' transcripts
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a guidance counselor
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STATE "NC"
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Estragon: "Is he here yet?"Vladimir: "Nope"(curtain)
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Waiting for Godot
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CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA
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This mystery novelist could tell us "E is for English"; that was her major at the University of Louisville
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Sue Grafton
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CELEBRITY ALUMNI
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Nicknamed "Old Jube", he brought his forces within sight of Washington, D.C. in 1864
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Jubal Early
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HE'S A REBEL
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Zeus allowed this underworld goddess to spend part of her time in the world above
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Persephone
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BEAUTY & THE GREEK
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Leuko-,as in a hue
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white
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MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
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Before you turned 18, you were this, meaning you couldn't vote
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disenfranchised
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STATE "NC"
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'This continent has the lowest high point & the highest low point, less than a 7,500\' difference')
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Australia
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CONTINENTS
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