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1
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RSVP

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Répondez s’il vous plaît

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Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro’s characters in Quiz Show

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Charles Van Doren, Herb Stemple

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3
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The zodiac sign for January and February

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Aquarius

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The zodiac sign for May and June

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Gemini

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5
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The zodiac sign for December and January

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Capricorn

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The zodiac sign for August and September

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Virgo

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7
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The state of being extremely poor

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penury

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Someone who wanders from place to place without a home or job

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a vagabond

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9
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A pleasurable kind of tiredness

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languor

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10
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Literary term meaning dark or shadowy

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tenebrous

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11
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Any aromatic plants

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a dittany

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12
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Verb meaning to detain someone in conversation against their will

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buttonhole

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13
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A box that predates a movie projector that displays an image onto a screen

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camera obscura

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14
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Spending money recklessly

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prodigal

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15
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Someone who leaves home to live lavishly but makes a repentant return

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a prodigal son (or daughter)

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16
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A swollen and twisted vein in the leg

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varicose

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17
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Dated colorful British slang for a police officer

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bluebottle

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18
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Contracted into wrinkles and folds

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corrugated

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19
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A group of motionless figures that represent a moment in history

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a tableau

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20
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A paved area next to a building

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a terrace

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21
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A short, thick stick that’s a weapon for British police

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a truncheon

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22
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An open sore on or inside the body

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an ulcer

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23
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Very small pieces or splinters of wood

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matchwood

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24
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British term for a wrench

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a spanner

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25
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A spanner in the UK is this in the US

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a wrench

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26
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The four C’s of jewelry appraisal

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cut, color, clarity, carat

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27
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The director of Never Rarely Sometimes Always

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Eliza Hittman

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28
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Eliza Hittman’s first three features

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It Felt Like Love, Beach Rats, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

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29
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Massachusetts city that used to be a whaling port

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New Bedford

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30
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Famous 19th century Czech composer

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Antonín Dvořák

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31
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Nationality of Dvořák

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Czech

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32
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Composer of the New World symphony

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Antonín Dvořák

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33
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Lobster dish served with cream sauce made with sherry

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lobster Newberg

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34
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Lobster dish served in a cream sauce and inside the shell

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lobster thermidor

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35
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Bobby Brown’s R&B group

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New Edition

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36
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The world’s largest animal

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the blue whale

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37
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Name the song title and the artist: “He may not be a Romeo, but he is a one-man show”

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Let’s Hear It for the Boy by Deneice Williams

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38
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A repeated image or design that forms a pattern

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a motif

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39
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Someone who deserts and betrays an organization

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a renegade

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40
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A circle of light surrounding something, especially the head or body in art

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an aureole

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41
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A unit of a larger classical composition that can stand on its own as a complete work in itself

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a movement

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42
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Conceal one’s true feelings or beliefs

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dissemble

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43
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Countenance as a verb means to [blank]

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admit something is possible

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44
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5-letter word meaning gloomy and drab

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dingy

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45
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General term for bulky equipment

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impedimenta

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46
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Someone who must do hard or dull work

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a drudge

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47
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British term for slingshot

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catapult

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48
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Military weapons and equipment

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armament

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49
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Small group of islands situated between Scotland, Norway, and Iceland

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the Faroe Islands

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50
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Emperor of Rome from 98 - 117

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Trajan

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51
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Roman emperor who expanded Rome’s territory to Armenia, Mesopotamia and Assyria

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Trajan

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52
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The feeling of wanting a substance while trying to quit that substance

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withdrawal

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53
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Steve Coogan’s signature character on British TV

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Alan Partridge

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54
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PDF

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portable document format

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55
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Thick, dark brown Australian food spread

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Vegemite

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56
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The taglines for Irreversible, both the original cut, and the Straight Cut

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“Time destroys everything.” “Time reveals all things.”

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57
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The most famous Applebee’s slogan

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“Eating good in the neighborhood”

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58
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The most famous American Express slogan

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“Don’t leave home without it”

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59
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The most famous Visa slogan

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“It’s everywhere you want to be”

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60
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The most famous Capital One slogan

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“What’s in your wallet?”

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61
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New York City park nearby Broadway

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Zucotti Park

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62
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Mozart’s cities of birth and death

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Salzburg, Leipzig

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63
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Which country’s leader? Nouri al-Maliki

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Iraq

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64
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Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006-2014

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Nouri al-Maliki

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65
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Quentin Tarantino’s editor up through Inglourious Basterds

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Sally Menke

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66
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Full name of the Dallas airport

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Dallas Love Field

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67
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The Lyceum was founded by [blank]

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Aristotle

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68
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Cassie from Euphoria

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Sydney Sweeney

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69
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Maddie from Euphoria

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Alexa Demie

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70
Q

Having knowledge or awareness

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cognizant

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71
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4-letter word for butch lesbian

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stud

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72
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A lesbian who is androgynous but closer to femme

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stemme

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73
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Norman Rockwell worked for this magazine

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the Saturday Evening Post

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74
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Lead singer of Ladytron

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Helen Marnie

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75
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pricking the finger to draw a blood sample

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a fingerstick

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76
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the zodiac sign of february to march

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pisces

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77
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the zodiac sign of july to august

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leo

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78
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the zodiac sign of september to october

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libra

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79
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the zodiac sign of october to november

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scorpio

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80
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Today’s go-to platform for low-budget black cinema

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Tubi

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81
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CNA

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certified nursing assistant

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82
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Name the song title and the artist: “I can’t seem to shake this feelin”

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The Boxer by The Chemical Brothers

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83
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The zodiac sign of March and April

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Aries

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84
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The zodiac sign of April and May

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Taurus

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85
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The zodiac sign of June and July

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Cancer

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86
Q

McCarran International was renamed this in late 2021

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Harry Reid International Airport

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87
Q

The most trusted flag captain to Lord Nelson

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Thomas Hardy

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87
Q

The second book by Nick Hornby

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Fever Pitch

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88
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The largest lake located at least partially within the United States aside from the Great Lakes

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Lake of the Woods

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89
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Lake of the Woods is part of these two provinces

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Manitoba, Ontario

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90
Q

Lake of the Woods is part of this state

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Minnesota

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91
Q

The largest city of Manitoba

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Winnipeg

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92
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Winnipeg is in this province

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Manitoba

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93
Q

Signature character of Mike Connors

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Mannix

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94
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The actor who played Mannix

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Mike Connors

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95
Q

The finance concept S = I

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savings = investment

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96
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Major conservative economist who advised Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

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Milton Friedman

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97
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The total volume of currency held by the public

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the money supply

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98
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A form of money recognized as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt

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legal tender

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99
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Transactional concept that refers to a willingness to negotiate

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invitation to treat

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100
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Economic theory that emphasizes the government’s role in the amount of money in circulation

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monetarism

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101
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The major 20th century economist who argued against Keynesianism

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Milton Friedman

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102
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The terms for economic policy that is official and unofficial

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commitment policy, discretionary policy

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103
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The economic policy that recommends the money supply should be increased by a small percentage every year, regardless of business cycles

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Friedman’s k-percent rule

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103
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Treaty that created a 14-month peace between Britain and France in 1802, during the Napoleonic Wars

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the Treaty of Amiens

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104
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The part of the Netherlands conquered by the French in 1794-1795

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the Batavian Republic

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105
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The Batavian Republic refers to the French-owned part of this country

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the Netherlands

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106
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The French Revolutionary government that lasted from 1795-1799

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the Directory

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107
Q

The name of the club in Cabaret

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the Kit Kat Club

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108
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Which song? “Left a good job in the city”

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Proud Mary

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109
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A writ that commands someone to testify in court

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subpoena

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110
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J. Wellington Wimpy’s famous catchphrase

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“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

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111
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The first American to orbit the earth

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John Glenn

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112
Q

Large bridge recently constructed in Vietnam

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Dragon Bridge

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113
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Which country? Dragon Bridge

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Vietnam

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114
Q

aka high crime and low crime

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felony, misdemeanor

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115
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Famous MLB pitcher from 1890-1911

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Cy Young

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116
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Capital of the Czech Republic

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Prague

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117
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Prague is the capital of this country

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Czech Republic

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118
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The oldest bridge that crosses the Seine, as well as the next bridge downstream

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Pont Neuf, Pont des Arts

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119
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NAIRU

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non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment

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120
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Author of the True Blood books

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Charlaine Harris

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121
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The first prime minister of India

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Nehru

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122
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The first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy

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the Dionne quintuplets

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123
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Maine river nearby Augusta

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Kennebec River

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124
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Which state? Kennebec, Kennebunkport

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Maine

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125
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Whose book? The Graveyard Book

A

Neil Gaiman

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126
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Which character? “What’s past is prologue”

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Antonio

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127
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Which play? “What’s past is prologue”

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The Tempest

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128
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Which show? Daniel J. Travanti

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Hill Street Blues

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129
Q

The primary entrance for an Ancient Roman public bath

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the apodyterium

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130
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An apodyterium is the entryway to this

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a (Ancient Roman) public bath

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131
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The science of fermentation

A

zymology

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132
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Zymology is the science of this

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fermentation

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133
Q

The process of seeking therapeutic benefits by hanging upside down

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inversion therapy

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134
Q

Whose painting? The Kiss

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Gustav Klimt

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135
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Famous Austrian turn-of-the-century symbolist painter

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Gustav Klimt

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The unofficial naval war between America and France from 1798-1800

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the Quasi-War

137
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French term for thinking of the perfect reply too late

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l’esprit d’escalier

138
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Barack Obama’s attorney general (2009-2015)

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Eric Holder

139
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Name the song title and the band: “Love me, love me, say that you love me”

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Lovefool by the Cardigans

140
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Name the cities: University of Arizona, Arizona State University

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Tucson, Tempe

141
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Major university of Tempe, Arizona

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Arizona State University

142
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Major university of Tucson, Arizona

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University of Arizona

143
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The two founders of Sears were Richard Sears and [blank]

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Alvah Roebuck

144
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Ancient Greek meaning “march forth”

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exelauno

145
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Hercules’ fourth labor was to capture this [only 1 word needed]

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(Erymanthian) boar

146
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Award for the top goalscorer in FIFA

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the Golden Boot

147
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A device that converts toxic gas from a car engine into less toxic exhaust

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a catalytic converter

148
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Name the poet: “Tyger, tyger, burning bright”

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William Blake

149
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Which poem? “Tyger, tyger, burning bright”

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Songs of Experience

150
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Troy’s greatest warrior during the Trojan War

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Hector

151
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The series of religious wars during the medieval era

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the Crusades

152
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Years of the crusades (approximately)

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1095 - 1291

153
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Pope during the first crusade

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Urban II

154
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Pope from 1198 - 1216

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Innocent III

155
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The name of the main trophy for the Indianapolis 500

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Borg-Warner trophy

156
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The NHL trophy for best defense

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the Selke trophy

157
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The three main types of rock

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igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

158
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aka magmatic rock

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igneous rock

159
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Type of rock that transforms into new forms over time

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metamorphic rock

160
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Type of rock that accumulates particles or layers

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sedimentary rock

161
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The main constituent of plaster, blackboard, and chalk

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gypsum

162
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AFL (but not the American Football League)

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Australian Football League

163
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Major commercial intersection of Midtown Manhattan

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Herald Square

164
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Who said it? “Peace for our time,” often misquoted as “Peace in our time”

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Neville Chamberlain

165
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The 2 primary gem varieties of corundum

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ruby, sapphire

166
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An extremely hard mineral that can be used to make rubies

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corundum

167
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NoHo and SoHo in New York City are named for this street

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Houston Street

168
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Live-action Disney musical from 1992

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Newsies

169
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Which song? “Left a good job in the city”

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Proud Mary

170
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The study or collection of currency or coins

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numismatics

171
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Singer of the 1990s who was famously great at singing the Star-Spangled Banner

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Whitney Houston

172
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Wine where another spirit has been added, usually brandy

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fortified wine

173
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Fortified wine usually adds this to wine

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brandy

174
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A forest that has attained great age without disturbance from human activity

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an old-growth forest

175
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A community of plants and animals that has achieved long-term stability

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a climax community

176
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The perception of dizziness based on spinning around rapidly

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the Coriolis effect

177
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risotto

178
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crookneck squash

179
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Name the title and artist

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The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

180
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The longest battle of World War I

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the Battle of Verdun

181
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The Spanish islands off the coast of Morocco

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the Canary Islands

182
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Portuguese archipelago far off the coast of Portugal

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the Azores

183
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Which country? the Azores

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Portugal

184
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Which country? the Canary Islands

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Spain

185
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Famous cave of Kentucky

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Mammoth Cave

186
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Which state? Mammoth Cave

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Kentucky

187
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Author of Big Little Lies

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Liane Moriarty

188
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1992 Western romance starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman

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Far and Away

189
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Medium-to-large seabirds [both the longer and shorter names]

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cormorant, shag

190
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Pearl Harbor was on this island of Hawaii

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Oahu

191
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The War of 1812 began when this was attacked by the British

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Fort Sumter

192
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Whose song? Breakfast in America

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Supertramp

193
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Shoe brand famous for its hiking boots

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Timberland

194
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Famous amusement park of Copenhagen

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Tivoli Gardens

195
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Photographer whose subjects included the NYC gay BDSM subculture

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Robert Mapplethorpe

196
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Whose song? Candy-O

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the Cars

197
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Tissue that transports water from roots to stems and leaves

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xylem

198
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The tissue that transports sugar to the rest of the plant

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phloem

199
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The fluid that flows through a plant

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sap

200
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The sugar found especially in flowers

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nectar

201
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Scientific term for the skin fold of the upper eyelid

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epicanthus

202
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The three layers of the earth

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core, mantle, crust

203
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Which state: “On, _____!”

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Wisconsin

204
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V.C. Andrews’ most famous book

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Flowers in the Attic

205
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Author of Flowers in the Attic

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V.C. Andrews

206
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Explorer who was imprisoned in the Tower of London twice, by Elizabeth I and James I

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Sir Walter Raleigh

207
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English Explorer who contributed greatly to the legend of El Dorado

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Sir Walter Raleigh

208
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The Native American who helped Lewis & Clark explore the Louisiana Territory

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Sacagawea

209
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Italian chocolate brand with a French name

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Mon Cheri

210
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Name the parent company: Oreo, Ritz

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Nabisco

211
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Italy’s largest seaport

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Genoa

212
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One of the most important Senate committees since it oversees confirmation hearings for high-level positions in the State Department

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the Senate Foreign Relations committee

213
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The House equivalent of the Senate’s Foreign Relations committee

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the Foreign Affairs committee

214
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The act of obstructing the work of the U.S. Congress

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contempt of Congress

215
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Inventors of the hot air balloon

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the Montgolfier brothers

216
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Professional organization of physicians and medical students

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the American Medical Association

217
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A non-profit organization for U.S. war veterans

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the American Legion

218
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The American Legion is headquartered in this city

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Indianapolis

219
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A long-necked lute popular in Greece

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the bouzouki

220
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the bouzouki

221
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The Golden Horn is nearby this major city

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Istanbul

222
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Which song? “You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss”

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As Time Goes By

223
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1988 romantic comedy starring Bette Midler

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Beaches

224
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Another term for larva

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grub

225
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The four stages of metamorphosis for an insect

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egg, larva, pupa, imago

226
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A simpler term for imago

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adult

227
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Major French journalist and politician who helped incite the French Revolution

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Jean-Paul Marat

228
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French revolutionaries vs. British loyalists to the Stuarts

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Jacobins, Jacobites

229
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Assassinator of Jean-Paul Marat

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Charlotte Corday

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Name the title and artist

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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David

231
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Private university located in Dallas

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Southern Methodist University

232
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The new suicide prevention hotline

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988

233
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Rare genetic disorder that mostly affects the lungs and involves difficulty breathing and coughing up mucus

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cystic fibrosis

234
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Which country? Jan Smuts

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South Africa

235
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Which philosophers? The Academy, the Lyceum

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Plato, Aristotle

236
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Name the schools: Plato, Aristotle

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the Academy, the Lyceum

237
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the lamprey

238
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The mountain range that stretches through Italy

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the Apennines

239
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The mountain range between Spain and France

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the Pyrenees

240
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The Granite State

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New Hampshire

241
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Solid nickname of New Hampshire

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the Granite State

242
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Which state? “Live Free or Die”

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New Hampshire

243
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The five biggest islands of Hawaii

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Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai

244
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Joseph Haydn is considered the “Father” of these two things

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the Symphony, the String Quartet

245
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Whose composition? the Unfinished Symphony

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Franz Schubert

246
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Emperor of Mexico from 1864-1867

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Maximilian I

247
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Wife of Maximilian

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Carlota

248
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Maximilian I was archduke of this kingdom

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Austria

249
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aka hircine

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goatlike

250
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Wife of Zeus

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Hera

251
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aka exeunt

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exit

252
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aka the Nation’s Newspaper

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USA Today

253
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Which composer? Scheherazade

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

254
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Famous poem by Edmund Spenser

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The Faerie Queene

255
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Which poet? The Faerie Queene

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Edmund Spenser

256
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The protective liquid for the fetus

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amniotic fluid

257
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Area of Paris that was popular among artists of the Belle Epoque

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Montmartre

258
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Clothing brand famous for its velour tracksuits

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Juicy Couture

259
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Fabric similar to velvet but cheaper

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velour

260
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pedal-pushers

261
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Toni Morrison’s first novel

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The Bluest Eye

262
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CCP

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Chinese Communist Party

263
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Communist initiative launched by Mao that caused a great famine

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the Great Leap Forward

264
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Leader of China after Mao Zedong

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Deng Xiaoping

265
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aka China’s “ten years of chaos”

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the Cultural Revolution

266
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A great technological catastrophe that occurred during China’s Cultural Revolution

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the Banqiao Dam failure

267
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A mass student-led paramilitary movement that supported Mao Zedong

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the Red Guards

268
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The small group that oversaw China alongside Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution

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the Gang of Four

269
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Mao Zedong’s last wife, the one who was part of the Gang of Four

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Jiang Qing

270
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Book of quotations by Chairman Mao

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The Little Red Book

271
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Alcoholic malt beverage with a Latin name

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Four Loko

272
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Which network? Around the Horn

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ESPN

273
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Mozart’s final opera

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The Magic Flute

274
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Whose opera? The Magic Flute

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Mozart

275
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Ancient Indian side-blown flute

A

bansuri

276
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Fast-flowing air current

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the jet stream

277
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Warm ocean current that flows up the Atlantic coast

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the Gulf Stream

278
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Someone trained to parachute into a military operation

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a paratrooper

279
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US skiing gold medalist

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Lindsey Vonn

280
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German title meaning “count”

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graf

281
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The 3 largest cities of the Netherlands

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Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague

282
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The 2 largest cities of Belgium

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Antwerp, Ghent

283
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Author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman

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John Fowles

284
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Author of The Tin Drum

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Gunter Grass

285
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The 2 states represented by Daniel Webster

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New Hampshire, Massachusetts

286
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2 major congressmen who almost became president in the pre-Civil War 1800s

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Henry Clay, Daniel Webster

287
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Nigeria’s largest city

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Lagos

288
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The capital of Nigeria

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Abuja

289
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Northern central region of Italy

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Lombardy

290
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Standard manual on parliamentary procedure

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Robert’s Rules of Order

291
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Aircraft that is designed to avoid detection using a variety of technologies

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a stealth aircraft

292
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ADR

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automated dialogue replacement

293
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Cooking technique where you coat wet or moist food with a dry ingredient prior to cooking

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dredging

294
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The 2 main characters of The Boys

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Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie

295
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A new home entertainment label that focuses on distributing Canadian avant-garde cinema

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Black Zero

296
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Samsung laptop model that competes with the Macbook

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Galaxy Book

297
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Samsung laptop model that competes with the Macbook

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Galaxy Book

298
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Which school? The Huskies

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the University of Connecticut

299
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Concept where an employee usually keeps getting promoted until they reach a level where they are no longer competent for the job they hold

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the Peter principle

300
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Whose concept? Art is not a mirror that reflects reality but a hammer that shapes it

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Bertolt Brecht

301
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A means of securing the necessities of life

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livelihood

302
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Music used in counterpoint

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contrapuntal

303
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The main character of Infinite Jest

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Harold Incandenza

304
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3-letter word for a boil

A

wen

305
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British for excellent that sounds like a golf term

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top-hole

306
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The capital of Alberta

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Edmonton

307
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Which province? Edmonton

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Alberta

308
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Mark with spots or smears of color

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mottle

309
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Anatomical adjective that means to bend around something

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circumflex

310
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Term for this accent mark when placed over a vowel: “^”

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circumflex

311
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A

crewcut

312
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Term for the way a suit jacket is sometimes cut so that it has flaps

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vents

313
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A bundle of objects, especially paper

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sheaf

314
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Adjective meaning in agreement or harmony

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congruent

315
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The effect that occurs when what you’re looking at warps from seeing it through a mass of hot air

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heat shimmer

316
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Relating to the cutting of gems

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lapidary

317
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Latin meaning, “in a soft voice”

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sotto voce

318
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Medieval university course involving the subjects of math, geometry, astronomy, and music

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quadrivium

319
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Medieval university course involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic

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trivium

320
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A drink that’s effervescent and bubbly

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carbonated

321
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The enlargement of a organ or tissue

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hypertrophied

322
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A distinguishing badge or emblem

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insignia

323
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Which college conference? the University of Arizona

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the Pac-12

324
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When one hip is lower than the other

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hipshot

325
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The RICO in RICO Act

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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

326
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The law that protects witnesses from being intimidated or retaliated against

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the RICO Act

327
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Term for a face with an unhealthy yellow or brown color

A

sallow

328
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Anatomical British term meaning not healthy or reliable

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dickied

329
Q

A lump of earth or clay

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a clod

330
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Medical condition where the eye loses focuses in middle age

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presbyopia

331
Q

The part of an airport where aircraft can be parked and serviced

A

flight line

332
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A written character that symbolizes an idea without indicating the sounds used to say it, such as numbers or Chinese characters

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an ideogram

333
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A fancier word for “hospital”

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infirmary

334
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A suite of rooms with doorways in line with each other

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enfilade

335
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A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end

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enfilade

336
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Popular burger chain of the south, especially Texas, and headquartered in Houston

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Whataburger

337
Q
A

espadrilles

338
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Term for a part of the bathroom where you pee standing up

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the urinal

339
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Term for a tendril or hairlike filament

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cirrus

340
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aka a strict disciplinarian

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a martinet

341
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The science of studying the cause of a disease or condition

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etiology

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