Season 36 (1-500) Flashcards

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MOTOR TREND CAR OF THE YEAR: 2004: This pioneering Toyota model

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the Prius

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MOTOR TREND CAR OF THE YEAR: 2018: This maker’s Giulia was the alfa dog

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Alfa Romeo

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MOTOR TREND CAR OF THE YEAR: 1984: This Chevy sports car, about 30 years overdue

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the Corvette

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MOTOR TREND CAR OF THE YEAR: 1958: This sporty pre-Mustang Ford

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Thunderbird

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HEALTH WATCH: Short periods in the sun provide this vitamin AKA cholecalciferol

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D

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HEALTH WATCH: Regular exercise can raise this “good” type of cholesterol

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HDL

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HEALTH WATCH: Abbreviated O.T., it’s designed to maintain &/or improve a patient’s living skills

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occupational therapy

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HEALTH WATCH: In public showers you’re advised to wear shower shoes to prevent this condition, tinea pedis

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athlete’s foot

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HEALTH WATCH: Sudden fever & neck stiffness could signal this serious inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain & spinal cord

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meningitis

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PARTS OF SPEECHES: Douglas MacArthur, 1951: “I now close my military career and just…"

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fade away

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PARTS OF SPEECHES: Lou Gehrig, 1939: “Today, I consider myself…"

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the luckiest man on the face of the Earth

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PARTS OF SPEECHES: MLK, 1963: “They will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of…"

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their character

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PARTS OF SPEECHES: William Faulkner at the Nobel banquet: “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will…"

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prevail

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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN: This Spielberg Holocaust film was based on a book by Thomas Keneally

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Schindler’s List

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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN: A novel by Chuck Palahniuk was the basis for this film starring Brad Pitt & Edward Norton

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Fight Club

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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN: She stars as literary forger Lee Israel in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, based on the memoir of the same name

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Melissa McCarthy

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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN: This film with Ray Liotta & Joe Pesci was based on the book “Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family"

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Goodfellas

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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN: Emma Stone played aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this ’60s-set film based on the novel of the same name

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The Help

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KITCHEN ORIGINS: Reinhold Burger held a contest to name his insulated container based on the Dewar flask–this word, Greek for “hot”, won

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Thermos

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KITCHEN ORIGINS: This appliance was invented in the 1940s; the Radarange was one of the first commercial ones

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a microwave

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KITCHEN ORIGINS: The Oster company created recipes so that this appliance would be used in the kitchen as well as the bar

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a blender

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KITCHEN ORIGINS: This man based his airtight plastic tops on inverted paint can lids

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(Earl) Tupper

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KITCHEN ORIGINS: Peter Schlumbohm used a Pyrex glass carafe when he invented the Chemex brand of this

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a coffee pot

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GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES: When it comes to Latin prefixes, 3 letters = this one meaning “one"

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uni-

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GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES: Vincent van Gogh’s brother knows this 4-letter combining form is built like a Greek “god"

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theo-

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GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES: From the Latin for “around”, it can precede -navigation & -locution

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circum-

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GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES: Mal- is from Latin for “bad”; the Greeks used this prefix to indicate something bad, like when used before -function

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dys-

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GREEK & LATIN PREFIXES: This near-the-end-of-the-alphabet prefix often paired with “phobia” is from the Greek for “alien"

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xeno-

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BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER: Fraulein Schneider & the Master of Ceremonies

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Cabaret

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BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER: Velma Kelly & her lawyer Billy Flynn

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Chicago

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BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER: Laurey, Curly, Jud Fry

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Oklahoma!

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BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER: Danny, Sandy, Rizzo

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Grease

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BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER: Max von Mayerling, Norma Desmond

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Sunset Boulevard

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THE 1820s: "Sacr” bleu! French king Charles X’s law named for this sinful crime, like stealing communion wafers, could impose the death penalty

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sacrilege

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THE 1820s: In 1828 explorer René Caillié became the first European to visit this city now in central Mali & to survive to tell the tale

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Timbuktu

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THE 1820s: British surgeon Thomas Wakley founded this “incisive” medical journal that’s still published today

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Lancet

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WORLD CURRENCY: After the U.S. pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with this country in 2018, its currency plunged

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Iran

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WORLD CURRENCY: ISK is the currency code for this country’s krona

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Iceland

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WORLD CURRENCY: In 2018 its pres. Erdogan urged his people to take euros & dollars from under their pillows & convert them to the native lira

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Turkey

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WORLD CURRENCY: In 2018 this country introduced the sovereign bolívar, dropping 5 zeroes so something that cost 5 mil. old bolívars is now just 50

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Venezuela

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WORLD CURRENCY: Nicaragua’s currency is the cordoba, equal to 100 of these, from the Spanish for “100th part"

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centavo

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LAST NAME FLOW-TOGETHERS: Leonard, a conductor & piano player “on the town” in 1944, & Henry, who made his first grand piano in 1856

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Bernsteinway

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LAST NAME FLOW-TOGETHERS: Lena, one of TV’s “Girls”, & Dashiell, who wrote about hard-boiled men

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Dunhammett

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LAST NAME FLOW-TOGETHERS: Journalist Ted, who brought us the news late at night, & politician Nancy, who makes news on many days

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Koppelosi

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LAST NAME FLOW-TOGETHERS: Edwin, husband of Caroline Kennedy, & Ingrid, wife of Roberto Rossellini

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Schlossberg & Bergman

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LAST NAME FLOW-TOGETHERS: Jesse, who created a Rainbow Coalition, & Barry, who directed “Addams Family Values"

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Jacksonnenfeld

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JACK LONDON: "The Star Rover” of 1915 revolves around this concept of rebirth as a man on death row recounts his past lives

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reincarnation

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JACK LONDON: In London’s early novel “A Daughter of the Snows”, a young woman seeks adventure in the Klondike region of this territory

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the Yukon

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JACK LONDON: In “The Game”, a man shows his fiancee the brutality of this sport in which he competes

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boxing

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JACK LONDON: The title of this novel refers to the brutality of ship’s captain Wolf Larsen

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The Sea-Wolf

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THE “BEAN” STALK: 3-word phrase meaning to divulge confidential information or secrets

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spill the beans

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THE “BEAN” STALK: Scientifically known as Glycine max, this member of the pea family is native to Asia

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the soybean

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THE “BEAN” STALK: The pope’s is white & called a zucchetto

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beanie

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THE “BEAN” STALK: In Del Rio, Texas you can find the grave of this notorious frontier judge

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Roy Bean

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THE “BEAN” STALK: In 2019 Northeastern beat Boston College to win this venerable hockey tourney

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the Beanpot

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BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: A site excavated since 1899, Tell es-Safi has been identified as this Philistine city, home to a giant warrior

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Gath

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE: Hey there, fancy (above the) pants! The name of this tuxedo staple comes from the Hindi for a waist band

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a cummerbund

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE: Keep your eye on the prize… one of these aids is held in place by your forehead & cheek muscles

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a monocle

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE: This tall spiked heel ends in a tiny base, & here’s a metal tip for you–1950s women rocked ‘em

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a stiletto

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE: Princess Jasmine in the animated “Aladdin” wore these pants that get their name from a grouping of women

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harem

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE: As well as French, these shirt features can be fringed or hounds’ ears

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cuffs

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MUSICAL STYLES: This “colorful” genre has subgroups named for Chicago & Memphis

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blues

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MUSICAL STYLES: Lil Nas X made waves in 2019 with his crossover song “Old Town Road” in the genre known as “country” this

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rap

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MUSICAL STYLES: Britannica calls this 3-letter genre “Jamaica’s first indigenous urban pop style"

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ska

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MUSICAL STYLES: This Louisiana style follows “Buckwheat” in the name of one of its popular performers

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zydeco

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MUSICAL STYLES: In Britain, Dave Clark’s Tottenham Sound competed with the “Beat” named for this river that’s in a song by Gerry & the Pacemakers

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Mersey

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NAME-CALLING IN POLITICS: Critics call GOP members who have gotten too liberal RINOs, short for this

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Republican In Name Only

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NAME-CALLING IN POLITICS: The Progressive Party was also called this male deer

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Bull Moose

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NAME-CALLING IN POLITICS: Northerners against the Civil War embraced this beastly nickname & cut the heads out of Liberty pennies to wear as badges

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Copperhead

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36 TIMES THE FUN: A perfect 3-game series in bowling will require you to throw 36 strikes in a row, yielding you this total score

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900

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36 TIMES THE FUN: As a young man, this 36th president taught debate & public speaking at Sam Houston High School

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LBJ

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36 TIMES THE FUN: A 36 is a perfect score on this college admissions test

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the ACT

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36 TIMES THE FUN: A famous series of prints by the Japanese artist Hokusai is called the “36 Views of” this landmark

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Mount Fuji

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PIG LATIN: Word maven Richard Lederer points out that this is Pig Latin for “trash”, but it’s also an (apt) English word

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ashtray

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PIG LATIN: In a Three Stooges short, trying to explain Pig Latin, Arrylay & this guy tell Urlycay he’s umbday

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Oemay

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PIG LATIN: The OED defines this Pig Latin word as “no; not possibly” & has citations back to around 1930

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ixnay

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PIG LATIN: The “Historical Dict. of American Slang” defines this Pig Latin word as “to clear out” & has citations back to around 1930

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amscray

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PIG LATIN: Pig Latin cheered up the Depression–in 1933 a popular song debuted with a Pig Latin segment, “e’reway inay the” this

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"oneymay"

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RAINFORESTS: With about 225 million acres of coverage, this Asian island nation is third to Brazil & the Congo in rainforest area

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Indonesia

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RAINFORESTS: The ipe tree was harvested from rainforests for its wood, durable enough to last 25 years as this path on Coney Island

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the boardwalk

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LITERARY LADIES: 1944’s “Absent in the Spring” is one of the non-mystery novels she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott

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(Agatha) Christie

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LITERARY LADIES: On Ursula Le Guin’s passing, George R.R. Martin called her one of the great writers of these paired genres of the past century

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science fiction & fantasy

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LITERARY LADIES: It’s the first name shared by bestselling authors Delinsky, Tuchman & Kingsolver

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Barbara

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LITERARY LADIES: During the Harlem Renaissance, she wrote “Their Eyes Were Watching God"

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(Zora Neale) Hurston

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LITERARY LADIES: At 15 she wrote a satirical “History of England” by “a partial, prejudiced, & ignorant historian"

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Jane Austen

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TITL”ING” THE MOVIE: In the titles of a cinematic “Part 1” & “Part 2”, it followed “The Twilight Saga"

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Breaking Dawn

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TITL”ING” THE MOVIE: In 1980 it starred Jack Nicholson

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The Shining

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TITL”ING” THE MOVIE: 1981 movie about werewolves & the noise they made

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The Howling

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TITL”ING” THE MOVIE: In a comedy Jason Segal went to Hawaii so he could be doing this

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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TITL”ING” THE MOVIE: In 1991 Julia Roberts was doing this before faking her own death

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Sleeping with the Enemy

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PSYCHOLOGY: G. Stanley Hall, the 19th C. founder of child psychology, said, “men grow old because they stop” doing this, not the other way around

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playing

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PSYCHOLOGY: In 1938 Kurt Schneider defined hearing these as a first-rank symptom of schizophrenia

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auditory hallucinations (or voices)

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PSYCHOLOGY: Freud distinguished “real” fear from this kind of fear, such as phobias; now it’s an adjective for anyone anxious or just high-strung

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neurotic

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THE 20th CENTURY: In the early 20th century, he introduced a concept of nonviolent resistance called satyagraha

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Gandhi

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THE 20th CENTURY: 1902 saw the end of this conflict known to Afrikaners as the Second War of Independence

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the Boer War

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THE 20th CENTURY: In the 1930s Mustafa Kemal made Kemal his first name & took this last name

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Ataturk

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THE 20th CENTURY: In 1933 & in 1952 this Cuban toppled the regimes of other leaders; he himself was deposed in 1959

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(Fulgencio) Batista

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PIG ENGLISH: This is an old word for a sack; buy “a pig in” one & you don’t really know what you’re getting

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a poke

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PIG ENGLISH: In 1901 John Moore-Brabazon strapped a shoat name Icarus into a basket on the wing of his Voisin, & this impossibility was a reality

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pigs flying

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PIG ENGLISH: The first recorded use of “in a” this as an exclamation of derision dates to 1847

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pig’s eye

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PIG ENGLISH: An 1824 London news report on a boxing match said that one of the fighters did this like a pig

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sweat

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PIG ENGLISH: Completes a quote from Matthew 7:6: “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your…"

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pearls before swine

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1960s TV HISTORY: The 1967 finale of “The Fugitive” drew in 78 million viewers, surpassing the 73 million who tuned into this show Sunday, February 9, 1964

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The Ed Sullivan Show

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A PRINCE OF A GUY: Prince Friso of this country died in The Hague in 2013 after a skiing accident

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the Netherlands

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A PRINCE OF A GUY: Said just like it looks, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd died in 1282 as the last powerful independent prince of this

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Wales

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A PRINCE OF A GUY: In 1904 this couple welcomed Czarevitch Alexis to the family, joining his 4 sisters, but things would not end well

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Nicholas & Alexandra

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A PRINCE OF A GUY: Prince was one of many titles of this Prussian– he also had count, duke, prime minister & chancellor on his resume

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Bismarck

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4-LETTER WORDS: "Don’t touch that” this, the tuning knob on a radio or television

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dial

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4-LETTER WORDS: "Pick up the” this, the rate of speed at which someone walks or runs

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pace

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4-LETTER WORDS: It’s a fact that this word means a collection of facts & figures to be processed in some way

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data

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4-LETTER WORDS: Atomic number 30, this bluish white metal is a component of brass

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zinc

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HOBBIES & PASTIMES: Amateur astronomers know of the 5 planets that can be seen with the naked eye, this is the farthest from the Sun

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Saturn

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HOBBIES & PASTIMES: Clay pigeons simulating birds in flight are mechanically lofted skyward in this pastime; pull!

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skeet (or trap shooting)

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HOBBIES & PASTIMES: Forge your own knife in this hobby that takes its name from a worker of metals

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blacksmithing

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NUMERIC LIT: This kid lit classic has a chapter called “The Puppies Arrive"

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians

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NUMERIC LIT: E.L. James self-published this first book in an erotic series that started as fan fiction loosely based on “Twilight"

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Fifty Shades of Grey

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NUMERIC LIT: The cover of the first edition of this 1961 military novel included a dancing figure & a little airplane

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Catch-22

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NUMERIC LIT: John Reed gave an eyewitness account of the Bolshevik Revolution in “Ten Days That” did this

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Shook the World

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NUMERIC LIT: "The Science of Deduction” is chapter one of this Sherlock Holmes story

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The Sign of Four

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THANK YOU: In her hit song “Thank U, Next”, she references former flames Pete Davidson & Mac Miller

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Ariana Grande

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THANK YOU: In an open letter about his Alzheimer’s, he thanked the American people for giving him the honor of serving as president

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Reagan

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THANK YOU: Some tidying up advice from her: if an object doesn’t spark joy, say thank you & goodbye

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Marie Kondo

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THANK YOU: In Luke 17 Jesus healed 10 men with this skin disease but only one thanked him

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leprosy

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THANK YOU: David Finkel’s acclaimed follow-up to “The Good Soldiers”, about those soldiers returning home, has this 5-word title

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Thank You for Your Service

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NEXT: "Tonight Show” hosts: Paar, Carson, him, Conan, him

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Leno

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NEXT: Rolling Stones Top 40 hits: “Heart of Stone”, “The Last Time”, this signature song, the band’s first no. 1

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"(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (“Satisfaction” accepted)

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NEXT: World Series winners since 2016: the Cubs, the Astros, this A.L. team

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the Red Sox

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NEXT: Movie James Bonds: Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, him

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(Pierce) Brosnan

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NEXT: Grisham novels: “The Client”, “The Chamber”, “The Rainmaker”, this title 12

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The Runaway Jury

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IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE: Beginning in 1989 the solid rocket boosters in this NASA program carried radio transponders so they could be recovered & reused

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the Shuttle program

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IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE: Hutchings was the middle name of this notorious RHG who pioneered rocket science

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(Robert H.) Goddard

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IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE: This force that propels a rocket is equal to the rate at which it expels mass times the velocity of its exhaust

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thrust

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HOTELS: In a classic kids’ book by Kay Thompson, Eloise lives at this NYC hotel

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the Plaza

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HOTELS: The Belmond Hotel Monasterio offers oxygen-enriched rooms because it’s in this Peruvian city that’s at 11,000 feet

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Cusco

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HOTELS: This luxurious hotel in Paris opened in 1928 with a name honoring the British monarchy

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George V

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NAME-LETTER PEOPLE: From his 1952 parole to his 1964 hajj, Malcolm Little went by this name

A

Malcolm X

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NAME-LETTER PEOPLE: Kat Von D rose to TV fame on “Miami Ink” & “L.A. Ink” in this profession

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a tattoo artist

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NAME-LETTER PEOPLE: This British pop singer revealed she survived a stroke at 18 & “there’s no real reason for the J"

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Jessie J

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NAME-LETTER PEOPLE: In 2014 the Queen signed her first tweet “Elizabeth R.”, the R. short for this Latin word

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Regina

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CLASSICAL DANCE: Not “sausage” but this dance follows “Vienna Blood” in a Johann Strauss Jr. title

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waltz

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CLASSICAL DANCE: Between 1915 & 1917, after traveling among rural people, Bela Bartok wrote 6 “Romanian” these “Dances"

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Folk

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CLASSICAL DANCE: Bach’s keyboard suites include music for this happy dance, 5 letters long (not 3) & starting with “G” (not “J”)

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a gigue

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CLASSICAL DANCE: Jean-Baptiste Lully pioneered music for this dance whose name, from the Latin for “small”, comes from its small, dainty steps

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a minuet

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PROVERBS & EXPRESSIONS: Shakespeare noted that “all the world’s” one of these

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a stage

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PROVERBS & EXPRESSIONS: Boxers embrace the pithy old saying “don’t lead with your” this

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chin

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PROVERBS & EXPRESSIONS: Snitches get stitches, & these “tell no tales"

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dead men

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PROVERBS & EXPRESSIONS: Ask Pinocchio– one of these “should have a good memory"

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a liar

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PROVERBS & EXPRESSIONS: Be prepared! “Put your trust in God, but keep” this “dry"

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your powder

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THAT PLACE USED TO BE CALLED…: Until 1784 music out of his city had the Fort Nashborough sound

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Nashville

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THAT PLACE USED TO BE CALLED…: The Portuguese name for this island was Ilha Formosa, “Beautiful Island"

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Taiwan

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THAT PLACE USED TO BE CALLED…: St. Petersburg was once called Leningrad; similarly, Volgograd was once called by this name

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Stalingrad

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THAT PLACE USED TO BE CALLED…: Much of what makes up the Czech Republic today was once this kingdom, which was, oddly, once ruled by the Luxembourg Dynasty

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Bohemia

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THAT PLACE USED TO BE CALLED…: Until 1855 this Western Hemisphere capital city was known as Bytown

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Ottawa

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS: The original title of this 1900 classic included a gem; another working title mentioned a Plains state

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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SEPTEMBER: The third Saturday in September is the start of this German festival first observed in 1810 to celebrate a royal wedding; cheers!

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Oktoberfest

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SEPTEMBER: September is the heritage month for this style of music that rose to new heights in the Black church

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gospel music

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SEPTEMBER: In 2019 Sept. 8-14 is the national week for this type of facility housing seniors who need help but not full-time nursing care

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assisted living centers

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SEPTEMBER: These heavenly occurrences due in September 2019 include the Southern Taurids

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a meteor shower

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159
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EVERYDAY FOOTBALL TERMS: A long walk through the woods

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a hike

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EVERYDAY FOOTBALL TERMS: "Explosive” word denoting a giant failure, maybe at the box office

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a bomb

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EVERYDAY FOOTBALL TERMS: Prayer AKA an Ave Maria

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a Hail Mary

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EVERYDAY FOOTBALL TERMS: A sudden rushed or ill-informed type of judgment

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snap

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EVERYDAY FOOTBALL TERMS: A mental pause related to a certain subject, perhaps due to a psychological issue

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block

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BLANK THAT GUY: Connived his way to control of the New York City Treasury in the 1870s: William “____” ____

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"Boss” Tweed

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BLANK THAT GUY: Alliterative SS chief: Heinrich ____

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Himmler

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BLANK THAT GUY: Ran a brutal gang in Prohibition-era NYC: Dutch ___

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Schultz

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BLANK THAT GUY: Shot near a Virginia farmhouse in April 1865: ____ ____ ____

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John Wilkes Booth

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BLANK THAT GUY: Took over in Cambodia in 1975: ____ ____

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Pol Pot

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CISTERN CITIES: Ancient cisterns were basically rainwater barrels; in 79 A.D., some Pompeiians tried to hide in them from this disaster

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the eruption of Vesuvius

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CISTERN CITIES: This tippy-top area of Athens employed wells & cisterns

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the Acropolis

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CISTERN CITIES: This western U.S. city, fire-prone since the Shades Hotel burned in 1849, still has around 200 buried cisterns

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San Francisco

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IT’S HYPHENATED: It’s a synonym for carousel

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merry-go-round

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IT’S HYPHENATED: According to the Flag Code, for 30 days after the death of a president, the flag should be flown this way

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at half-staff

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IT’S HYPHENATED: Like the platypus, dinosaurs known as hadrosaurs have this descriptive facial adjective applied to them

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duck-bill

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IT’S HYPHENATED: It takes about a week to travel the 5,700-mile route from Moscow to Vladivostok on this railway

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the Trans-Siberian

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IT’S HYPHENATED: During the Revolutionary War, George Washington had many of these confidential assistants including Alexander Hamilton

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aide-de-camp

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ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY: The name of this joint means “arm bend"

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the elbow

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ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin for “neck”, it’s the narrow, necklike lower end of the uterus

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cervix

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ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY: The name of this hard protein found in hair & nails derives its name from a Greek word for “horn"

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keratin

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ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY: This other word for the windpipe comes from the Greek for “rough”; it was the “rough artery"

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the trachea

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ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY: Aristotle was the first to call the bones of the fingers these; they are arranged in rows like Greek soldiers

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phalanges

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THE NON-ADVERB “-LY” WORD: A young female horse

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a filly

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THE NON-ADVERB “-LY” WORD: In scientific classification, it’s between order & genus

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family

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THE NON-ADVERB “-LY” WORD: 2 independent countries lie within the borders of this nation

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Italy

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THE NON-ADVERB “-LY” WORD: 5-letter piece of ornamental lace or embroidery found on a table

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doily

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THE NON-ADVERB “-LY” WORD: Hospital attendant job with nonmedical duties

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orderly

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CANADIAN TV SHOWS: Several incarnations of this sci-fi show about an ancient space portal were filmed in British Columbia

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Stargate

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CANADIAN TV SHOWS: After witnessing the death of her double, a hustler is drawn into a clone-spiracy on this drama

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Orphan Black

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CANADIAN TV SHOWS: Showing bush pilots at work & at play, “Arctic Air” is set in this “colorful” capital of the Northwest Territories

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Yellowknife

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CANADIAN TV SHOWS: This Canadian sketch comedy troupe including Dave Foley & Kevin McDonald had its own show

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Kids in the Hall

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BEEN AROUND AWHILE: History’s longest papacy, that of Pius IX, included the 1854 affirmation of this doctrine that Mary was born without original sin

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the Immaculate Conception

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BEEN AROUND AWHILE: During China’s 800-year Zhou Dynasty, these came into common use, maybe as cooks dealt with scarcity by serving tinier bits of food

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chopsticks

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BEEN AROUND AWHILE: To raise money for his army, King Charles I called the “Long” one of these in 1640; it lasted past the king’s death in 1649

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Parliament

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BEEN AROUND AWHILE: Ernest Hollings, who died in 2019 at age 97, was a junior senator longer than anyone else–36 years from this state

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South Carolina

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YOGA POSES: Upward-facing this is part of the sun salutation sequence

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dog

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YOGA POSES: It can be a challenge to stand as strong as an oak on one leg in vrksasana, this pose

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tree

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YOGA POSES: The hip-opening fire log pose is often suggested to treat this leg pain named for a nerve

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sciatica

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SUN SALUTATIONS: An optimistic tune from this Broadway show promises that “the sun’ll come out tomorrow"

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Annie

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SUN SALUTATIONS: This Thoreau work ends, “There is more day to dawn. The Sun is but a morning star"

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Walden

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SUN SALUTATIONS: Playing hooky, George Harrison wrote this Beatles song on a warm day in Eric Clapton’s garden

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"Here Comes The Sun"

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SUN SALUTATIONS: Ernest Hemingway took the title of this novel about a group of expatriates from a passage in Ecclesiastes

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The Sun Also Rises

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SUN SALUTATIONS: A poem by him asks, “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

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(Langston) Hughes

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AMERICAN MUSEUMS: President Johnson signed a law that added 2 words to the name of this museum established in 1946, D.C.’s most popular

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the Air & Space Museum

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FANTASY ISLAND: Peter Pan can bring visitors to this island, home to the Lost Boys

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Never-Never Land

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FANTASY ISLAND: This title character travels to the islands of Laputa & Lilliput

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Gulliver

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FANTASY ISLAND: This titular tank engine & his friends inhabit the island of Sodor

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Thomas

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FANTASY ISLAND: The temple of Poseidon was on this legendary island that was said to lie west of the Strait of Gibraltar

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Atlantis

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FANTASY ISLAND: In one version of the legend, King Arthur was offered Excalibur when Merlin brought him to this island

A

Avalon

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MOTTOES: This full Latin motto of the U.S. Marine Corps symbolizes its members’ lifelong commitment

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"Semper Fidelis"

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MOTTOES: When asked “For what?” with regard to this motto of the Boy Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell said, “Why, for any old thing"

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"Be Prepared"

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MOTTOES: Like Truman, Carter had a sign with this motto in the Oval Office

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"The Buck Stops Here"

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MOTTOES: "God, Home and Country” is the motto of this patriotic group, DAR for short

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Daughters of the American Revolution

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MOTTOES: The New York times has used this 7-word motto on its front page since 1897

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"All the News That’s Fit to Print"

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: A group of street performers in Quebec became this circus troupe that puts on shows like Mystère

A

Cirque du Soleil

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: The Bruise Brothers are a Chicago-based men’s team in this contact sport on wheels

A

roller derby

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Want to see this PBS music series live? Head to Texas’ Moody Theater

A

Austin City Limits

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Woody Harrelson & Jamie Foxx were in the casts of these 2 Norman Lear shows performed live on ABC in 2019

A

The Jeffersons & All in the Family

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: The UCB is this “Brigade” that does improv shows 7 nights a week

A

Upright Citizens Brigade

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: In Cuba

A

Spanish

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: In Egypt

A

Arabic

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: In Benin

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French

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: On Cyprus, these 2 languages

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Turkish & Greek

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: In Brunei, this language of a nearby peninsula

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Malay

224
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HUNTING & FISHING: Also a poker hand, in hunting this word means to cause game birds to break cover or take flight

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flush

225
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HUNTING & FISHING: Make sure all flesh is removed from the hide before you begin this process of turning it to leather or things will get smelly

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tanning

226
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HUNTING & FISHING: In Florida, the bag limit for the largemouth type of this is 5 a day, so don’t get greedy

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bass

227
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HUNTING & FISHING: This style of fishing means to tow a baited line, not a net, behind a slow-moving boat

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trolling

228
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HUNTING & FISHING: In Maryland, there are 3 seasons for deer: regular firearms, muzzle-loaded firearms & this non-firearm activity

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archery

229
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ANTONYMS: This verb, the opposite of “succeed” , has made a comeback as a noun, especially following “epic"

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fail

230
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ANTONYMS: PC Magazine’s online encyclopedia uses these 2 antonyms for hard-to-figure-out & easy-to-figure-out passwords

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strong & weak

231
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ANTONYMS: Katy Perry’s opposites primer “Hot n Cold” rhymes, “we fight, we break up, we kiss, we” do this

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make up

232
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ANTONYMS: This adjective is the opposite of “attentive”; legally, it refers to one who fails to use “due care” & “ordinary prudence"

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negligence

233
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ANTONYMS: Leptodermous means having a thin skin–elephants know this similar word means the opposite

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pachydermous

234
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SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: Railing against these machines, philosopher C.E.M. Joad said, “The only way to see the country is to walk in it"

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cars (automobiles)

235
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SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: His “Das Kapital” says that a machine “ immediately becomes a competitor of the workman"

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Marx

236
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SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: Some cybersecurity experts warn about Russian-developed FaceApp, best known for virtually doing this to people’s faces

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aging them

237
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SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: This author’s 1952 novel “Player Piano” deals with a man rebelling against a machine-filled dystopia

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(Kurt) Vonnegut

238
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SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: In 1816 Lord Byron penned a “Song for” these loom-smashing rioters who were being displaced by new technology

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Luddites

239
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CROSSWORD CLUES “O": A person in their 80s (12)

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octagenarian

240
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CROSSWORD CLUES “O": To swing back & forth (9)

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oscillate

241
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CROSSWORD CLUES “O": A musical composition (4)

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opus

242
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CROSSWORD CLUES “O": Spanish stew pot (4)

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olla

243
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CROSSWORD CLUES “O": Hatred (5)

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odium

244
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SURNAMES: It’s the occupational surname shared by Plymouth Colony governor John & scientist George Washington

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Carver

245
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SURNAMES: Reasonably enough, this last name of Canadian author Margaret refers to one who lives in or near a forest

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Atwood

246
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SURNAMES: In the names Kirkman & Kirkland, Kirk refers to one of these

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church

247
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SURNAMES: In Vietnam, an estimated 40% of the population answer to this last name, the country’s most popular

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Nguyen

248
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SURNAMES: Horvat & Knezevic are common surnames in this country; Horvat comes from the country’s name for itself in its own language

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Croatia

249
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INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE: The novel titled this “Patient” is set in Italy & was written by Sri Lankan-Canadian Michael Ondaatje

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The English

250
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INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE: Born off Queensland, Kath Walker, aka Oodgeroo Noonuccal, wrote “We Are Going”, the 1st book of poems by a person of this ethnicity

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Aboriginal

251
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INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE: Gabriel Sundukian wrote this language’s greatest dramas in what’s now the country of Georgia

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Armenian

252
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INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE: This poet told the Nobel Banquet, “Our Irish theatre could (never) have come into existence but for” Henrik Ibsen

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(William Butler) Yeats

253
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INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE: Son of a Polish patriot, he was born in what’s now Berdychiv, Ukraine & wrote works like “Typhoon” in English

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(Joseph) Conrad

254
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THEIR ENTIRE OSCAR SPEECH: Not opening with “Good even-ing”, this thriller director took the Thalberg in 1968 with “Thank you…very much indeed"

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Hitchcock

255
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THEIR ENTIRE OSCAR SPEECH: Music Score winner Dimitri Tiomkin, for this Cooper-Kelly western: “Thank you very much. Thank you”; now give us the time of day!

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High Noon

256
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THEIR ENTIRE OSCAR SPEECH: This Viennese-Amer. Best Director for “The Apartment”: “Thank you so much, you lovely discerning people. Thank you"

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(Billy) Wilder

257
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THEIR ENTIRE OSCAR SPEECH: Best actor William Holden, for this “numeric” 1953 film set in a German P.O.W. camp: “Thank you. Thank you"

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Stalag 17

258
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GET HIM TO THE ANCIENT GREEK: The 60 or so works bearing the name of this “Father of Medicine” likely weren’t written by him, nor was his oath

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Hippocrates

259
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GET HIM TO THE ANCIENT GREEK: After Ptolemy I wished for an easier way to study it, Euclid said, “there is no royal road to” this branch of math

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geometry

260
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GET HIM TO THE ANCIENT GREEK: He said, “The unexamined life is not worth living”, so let’s examine it–he wed Xanthippe & was an Athenian Hoplite soldier

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Socrates

261
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GET HIM TO THE ANCIENT GREEK: Aeschylus penned the tale of this title Titan, visited by Oceanus & Io… C’mon, you’re bound to remember him!

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Prometheus

262
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GET HIM TO THE ANCIENT GREEK: We can give you at least 300 reasons you should know this king of Sparta who headed the Persians off at the pass in 480 B.C.

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Leonidas

263
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: This is the most recent presidential election year when both major presidential candidates were residents of the same state

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2016

264
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FAMILY TELEVISION: Judy & Elroy were (or is that will be) the kids on this visionary show

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The Jetsons

265
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FAMILY TELEVISION: Blackmail, betrayal & bravado were always on tap for this scheming oil family on “Dallas"

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the Ewings

266
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FAMILY TELEVISION: On “The Simpsons” she’s Bart & Lisa’s pacifier-equipped baby sister

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Maggie

267
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FAMILY TELEVISION: Salinger was the last name of the siblings living without parents on this 1990s TV show

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Party of Five

268
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FAMILY TELEVISION: This “Happy Days” family included Richie, Joanie & Chuck, who was last seen at Christmas but didn’t make it to New Year’s

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the Cunninghams

269
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ACRONYMS & ABBREVS.: HGH stands for this hormone secreted by the pituitary

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human growth hormone

270
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ACRONYMS & ABBREVS.: In business, the CFO is this job title

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chief financial officer

271
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ACRONYMS & ABBREVS.: In the 1990s we had PDAs, “personal” these, used for organizing

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digital assistants

272
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ACRONYMS & ABBREVS.: JSYK is texting shorthand for this 4-word phrase

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just so you know

273
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POPULAR INVENTION: This treat was first introduced to a wide audience as Fairy Floss at the 1904 World’s Fair

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cotton candy

274
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POPULAR INVENTION: Around 1870 Thomas Adams was experimenting with Central Amer. tree resin to replace rubber, but instead developed this

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(chewing) gum

275
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POPULAR INVENTION: Popularized by boxer Jack Broughton in the 18th century, the early version of these were used only in training bouts

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boxing gloves

276
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POPULAR INVENTION: During WWII a fabric mesh was sandwiched between polyethylene & adhesive layers to make this sticky roll

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duct tape

277
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ART & ARTISTS: This popular name for Rembrandt’s 1642 portrait of a militia group is a result of its old darkened varnish, now cleaned off

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The Night Watch

278
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ART & ARTISTS: The pensive pose of the figure in a Rodin sculpture originally called “The Poet” earned it this name

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The Thinker

279
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ART & ARTISTS: Pastel colors & asymmetry are features of this style of Antoine Watteau, a reaction against Baroque art

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Rococo

280
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GIMME “5": At a poker table it precedes “draw” or “stud"

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five-card

281
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GIMME “5": L.A. Dodgers Dusty Baker & Glenn Burke have been credited with inventing this gesture after a 1977 home run

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a high five

282
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GIMME “5": shavetalks.com has tips on avoiding this

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five o’clock shadow

283
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GIMME “5": Omar Bradley or Dwight Eisenhower, for example

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a five-star general

284
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GIMME “5": Shoplifting is also known as this anatomical “discount"

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five-finger

285
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200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN: Whitman’s 1865 poems “O Captain! My Captain!” & “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” are elegies for this hero of his

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Lincoln

286
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200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN: In an 1856 essay, Walt wrote, “You young men!…You are either to abolish” this, “or it will abolish you"

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slavery

287
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200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN: "Every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”, wrote Walt in this groundbreaking long poem

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"Song of Myself"

288
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200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN: After Walt published his first book of verse, this “Sage of Concord” wrote to him, “I greet you at the beginning of a great career"

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Emerson

289
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WHICH PRESIDENT?: Promised “the final triumph over poverty” in accepting the 1928 nomination

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Hoover

290
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WHICH PRESIDENT?: He was left an invalid by a paralytic stroke suffered while in office

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Woodrow Wilson

291
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WHICH PRESIDENT?: The year he left the presidency, he became president (of the American Bar Association)

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William Howard Taft

292
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WHICH PRESIDENT?: 7 of the first 10 presidents were born south of the White House; Martin Van Buren & these 2 men were from the north

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John Adams & John Quincy Adams

293
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WHICH PRESIDENT?: He got contract offers from the Lions & Packers to play in the NFL

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(Gerald) Ford

294
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THIS CATEGORY HAS PLATEAUED: The Cumberland Plateau is located in the southern section of this mountain range

A

the Appalachians

295
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THIS CATEGORY HAS PLATEAUED: The Udi-Nsukka Plateau of this country is home to the Igbo people

A

Nigeria

296
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THIS CATEGORY HAS PLATEAUED: The Saharan al-Hamra Plateau is mostly located in Tripolitania in this country

A

Libya

297
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THIS CATEGORY HAS PLATEAUED: The Yangtze & the Mekong are 2 of the rivers emerging from the plateau named for this lofty land

A

Tibet

298
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MYTHS & LEGENDS: Thought by some to be in Cornwall, it’s the legendary site of King Arthur’s palace & court

A

Camelot

299
Q

MYTHS & LEGENDS: This voyeur who is struck blind has been connected with the legend of Lady Godiva

A

Peeping Tom

300
Q

MYTHS & LEGENDS: Makemake is the chief god of a divine race of bird beings in the Rapa Nui mythology of this island

A

Easter Island

301
Q

MYTHS & LEGENDS: For his 11th labor Hercules nabs some golden apples from the garden of these nymphs at the western edge of the world

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the Hesperides

302
Q

MYTHS & LEGENDS: In Norse myth, it’s the rainbow bridge between the home of the gods & Earth

A

Bifröst

303
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COMEDY: YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO BE THERE: You didn’t have to catch Rodney Dangerfield live–he was recorded in 1980 for an album with, of course, this 2-word title

A

No Respect

304
Q

COMEDY: YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO BE THERE: Samuel L. Jackson played the uncle of this comedian in a sketch from the 1987 concert film “Raw"

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Eddie Murphy

305
Q

COMEDY: YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO BE THERE: Aussie comic Hannah Gadsby undermined traditional stand-up in this show on Netflix with a woman’s name as the title

A

Nanette

306
Q

POTPOURRI: Luke 11:4 says, “lead us not into” this, “but deliver us from evil"

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temptation

307
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POTPOURRI: Lying at the junction of the Bow & Elbow Rivers, this Alberta city was Canada’s first to host the Winter Olympics

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Calgary

308
Q

POTPOURRI: In 1953 a fisherman paralleled “The Old Man and the Sea” by bringing in a 1,560-pound black one of these

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a marlin

309
Q

POTPOURRI: 46,368, 75,025, 121,393 & 196,418 are specific to the work of this 12th & 13th century Italian man

A

Fibonacci

310
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HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD: The person who presides over a debate, or over an ecclesiastical body in the Presbyterian Church

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a moderator

311
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HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD: One who makes calls on taxable value

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assessor

312
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HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD: AKA justice of the peace; I present the gift of the…

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magistrate

313
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HERE COMES THE JUDGE WORD: Someone who knows what’s good & bad is this “of taste”; author Petronius was declared to be one in Nero’s court

A

arbiter

314
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EUROPEAN AUTHORS: When he didn’t win the inaugural 1901 Nobel Prize, 42 of his peers apologized to him, calling him “the most revered patriarch of today’s literature"

A

Leo Tolstoy

315
Q

HALLEY’S COMET IN HISTORY: It’s been speculated that Halley’s Comet in 12 B.C. was this star from Matthew 2:2

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the Star of Bethlehem (the star that the Magi followed accepted)

316
Q

HALLEY’S COMET IN HISTORY: When the comet showed up in 451, it added to the “Scourge of God” reputation for this invader of Europe

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Attila the Hun

317
Q

HALLEY’S COMET IN HISTORY: A probe designed to study Halley’s Comet was one of the many casualties of this 1986 space program disaster

A

the Challenger disaster

318
Q

HALLEY’S COMET IN HISTORY: This author can’t have been surprised to die April 21, 1910, the day after Halley’s Comet reached perihelion

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(Mark) Twain

319
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VERBS: To identify the nature of a person’s illness

A

diagnose

320
Q

VERBS: It can mean to work jointly on a scientific activity; or in wartime, to cooperate traitorously with an enemy

A

collaborate

321
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VERBS: It can mean to present the way something works, or to publicly protest

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demonstrate

322
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VERBS: Samuel Taylor Coleridge defended this then-new verb, saying that to “render intense” just didn’t work

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intensify

323
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VERBS: This 4-letter verb means “to beget”; use it as a noun when addressing a king

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sire

324
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HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT: In 2019 Germany announced it would phase out power plants that use this fossil fuel

A

coal

325
Q

HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT: Airborne wind energy systems use drones or these tethered playthings like the diamond or sled kind

A

a kite

326
Q

HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT: Proceeds from this Ben & Jerry’s flavor inspired by a Vermont band benefit environmental causes

A

Phish Food

327
Q

HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT: Worried about pollution, in 2019 residents of Toledo, Ohio voted to give personhood status to this lake

A

Erie

328
Q

HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT: Preserving outdoor America is the goal of the league named for this author of “The Compleat Angler"

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(Izaak) Walton

329
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LET’S HAVE A BALL: 3 inches in diameter, 108 double stitches

A

a baseball

330
Q

LET’S HAVE A BALL: Long axis 11 to 11 1/4 inches, inflated to (important!) at least 12.5 pounds per square inch

A

a football

331
Q

LET’S HAVE A BALL: Wilson makes the official AVP one

A

a volleyball

332
Q

LET’S HAVE A BALL: The yellow ones were introduced for TV in 1972

A

tennis balls

333
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BURGERS: Hamburger U.’s main campus is a sprawling Illinois facility that trains this company’s employees

A

McDonald’s

334
Q

BURGERS: The first hamburger chain in the U.S. was this one that sounds like it could’ve benefitted from a moat

A

White Castle

335
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BURGERS: Not seen on In-N-Out’s drive-thru menu is the “Protein Style” burger, which uses this instead of a bun

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lettuce

336
Q

BURGERS: Hamburger is sometimes turned into this kind of “steak”, as in the name of a British city

A

Salisbury

337
Q

BURGERS: The FleurBurger 5000 is a $5,000 burger with black truffles & foie gras, made from wagyu, a type of beef originally from this country

A

Japan

338
Q

CAL. “A": The name of this city near Los Angeles is from the German for “home” on the Santa “Ana” River

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Anaheim

339
Q

CAL. “A": AKA “The Rock”, this island is a prime stop on your San Francisco tour schedule

A

Alcatraz

340
Q

CAL. “A": This street intersects with Haight Street to create the name of a San Francisco neighborhood

A

Ashbury

341
Q

CAL. “A": This Spanish word refers to a deep gully & precedes “Grande” in the name of a cute village on the Central Coast

A

Arroyo

342
Q

CAL. “A": It’s paired with Oakland in the name of a coliseum in the Bay Area

A

Alameda

343
Q

AWARDS & HONORS: Cardi B won Best New Artist at these MTV awards in 2018

A

the VMAs (Video Music Awards)

344
Q

AWARDS & HONORS: The MacArthur Fellows Program gives out what are nicknamed these Grants, though IQs are not measured

A

Genius

345
Q

AWARDS & HONORS: Sylvia Plath was awarded one of these scholarships whose name contains a synonym for “smart"

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a Fulbright Scholarship

346
Q

ACTOR-DIRECTORS: His career as an actor-director has been largely a “rocky” one but also includes “The Expendables"

A

(Sylvester) Stallone

347
Q

ACTOR-DIRECTORS: Clint Eastwood transports cartel drugs in this 2018 film he also directed

A

The Mule

348
Q

ACTOR-DIRECTORS: He directed “Tropic Thunder”; Steve Coogan directed the film within that film

A

(Ben) Stiller

349
Q

ACTOR-DIRECTORS: As Variety would say, he toplined & helmed 2014’s “A Million Ways to Die in the West"

A

Seth MacFarlane

350
Q

ACTOR-DIRECTORS: "You should lay off those candy bars”, Marlene Dietrich tells this great film auteur in “Touch of Evil"

A

(Orson) Welles

351
Q

FROM C TO D: koa.com helps you find this type of place to put up your tent

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campground

352
Q

FROM C TO D: In a 1982 no. 1 hit The J. Geils Band sang, “My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold, my angel is” this

A

centerfold

353
Q

FROM C TO D: Motion picture film substance

A

celluloid

354
Q

FROM C TO D: Goods imported or exported illegally

A

contraband

355
Q

NEVER TO RETURN: This 3-named naval hero sailed from America in 1787 & died bitter in Europe in 1792

A

John Paul Jones

356
Q

NEVER TO RETURN: In 1194 Richard I left England to fight for disputed land in this country, where he caught an arrow 5 years later

A

France

357
Q

NEVER TO RETURN: Local boy made good Napoleon paid a sentimental visit to this island in 1799 & never saw it again

A

Corsica

358
Q

NEVER TO RETURN: Pablo Picasso, who died in 1973, last set foot in Spain in this decade, not long before the Fascist takeover

A

the ’30s

359
Q

NEVER TO RETURN: In December 1949 this man who had led China for 20 years left the mainland forever

A

Chiang Kai-shek

360
Q

SHAKESPEARE’S EXIT LINES: "My kingdom for a horse!"

A

Richard III

361
Q

SHAKESPEARE’S EXIT LINES: "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die"

A

Romeo

362
Q

SHAKESPEARE’S EXIT LINES: "Then fall”, me

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Caesar

363
Q

SHAKESPEARE’S EXIT LINES: "I kiss’d thee ere I kill’d thee: no way but this; killing myself, to die upon a kiss"

A

Othello

364
Q

NATIONAL ANTHEMS: With lyrics by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, it debuted on June 24, 1880, at a celebration of St. Jean Baptiste Day

A

"O Canada\”

365
Q

TALKING TO YOUR SPANIEL IN ESPAÑOL: ¡Buen perro!

A

good dog!

366
Q

TALKING TO YOUR SPANIEL IN ESPAÑOL: ¡Siéntate!

A

sit!

367
Q

TALKING TO YOUR SPANIEL IN ESPAÑOL: ¡Bájate del sofá!

A

get off the couch!

368
Q

TALKING TO YOUR SPANIEL IN ESPAÑOL: ¡Hazte el muerto!

A

play dead!

369
Q

TALKING TO YOUR SPANIEL IN ESPAÑOL: ¡Trae el palo!

A

fetch the stick!

370
Q

SCIENCE: The greatest incidence of tornadoes is in this country, where more than 1,000 happen annually

A

the United States

371
Q

SCIENCE: In physics, it’s when 2 waves meet & sometimes neutralize each other; in broadcasting, it’s disturbance by outside signals

A

interference

372
Q

SCIENCE: To make binoculars compact, they may contain these pieces of glass with precise angles & faces to “fold” the light path

A

a prism

373
Q

SCIENCE: During a total solar eclipse, you can glimpse this “colorful” layer of the Sun just above the photosphere

A

the chromosphere

374
Q

BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK: Play-____ modeling compound

A

D-O-H

375
Q

BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK: Making pictures with illuminated pegs: Lite-____

A

B-R-I-T-E

376
Q

BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK: "Silly rabbit! ____ are for kids"

A

T-R-I-X

377
Q

BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK: ____-It crackers come in flavors like Cheddar Jack, White Cheddar & Hot & Spicy

A

C-H-E-E-Z

378
Q

BRAND NAMES: SPELL IN THE BLANK: Double ____ Oreo Cookies are twice as creme-y as the regular kind

A

S-T-U-F

379
Q

RECENT BESTSELLERS: It’s a whole new world for Annie in Mitch Albom’s sequel “The Next People You Meet” here

A

Heaven

380
Q

RECENT BESTSELLERS: This Jr. of NASCAR probably never figured to be a N.Y. Times bestselling author, but in 2018 he was “racing to the finish"

A

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

381
Q

RECENT BESTSELLERS: As if he weren’t busy enough, this Broadway musical creator provided some self-help in “Gmorning, Gnight!"

A

(Lin-Manuel) Miranda

382
Q

RECENT BESTSELLERS: Readers liked this Oscar-winning actress…you liked this Oscar-winning actress! & also her memoir “In Pieces"

A

(Sally) Field

383
Q

DESCRIBING THE CASINO GAME: It’s a wheel that can bring you fortune; bet even or odd; I’m seeing red

A

roulette

384
Q

DESCRIBING THE CASINO GAME: There’s no joy in a push; soft numbers, hard choices; a “split” personality

A

blackjack

385
Q

DESCRIBING THE CASINO GAME: The stickman cometh; easy “come”, easy go; get the point? Good for you!

A

craps

386
Q

DESCRIBING THE CASINO GAME: Dressed & playing to the 9s; banker’s hours; what brings you to Monaco, Mr. Bond?

A

baccarat

387
Q

DESCRIBING THE CASINO GAME: The joker is semi-wild & dressed as an ace; one hand becomes 2; the Asian name of the game

A

pai gow poker

388
Q

"M” PORTS: This city’s port on Biscayne Bay calls itself “Cruise Capital of the World"

A

Miami

389
Q

"M” PORTS: A peninsula in the Mississippi called Presidents Island is the center of this Tennessee city’s port

A

Memphis

390
Q

"M” PORTS: It’s home to the Alabama State Docks

A

Mobile

391
Q

"M” PORTS: In June 2018 the Ovation of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever to dock in the Philippines, arrived in this port’s South Harbor

A

Manila

392
Q

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. congressman & senator from Calif., vice president, president; played by Anthony Hopkins in a biopic

A

Richard Nixon

393
Q

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. congressman & senator from Massachusetts, president; played by Cliff Robertson in a biopic

A

John F. Kennedy

394
Q

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: U.S. congressman & senator from Virginia, vice president; president, 1841-45; never been played in a biopic

A

Tyler

395
Q

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Financier; White House director of communications, July 21-31, 2017; “Celebrity Big Brother” contestant

A

Anthony Scaramucci (“The Mooch” accepted)

396
Q

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Governor, secretary of energy; “Dancing with the Stars” contestant

A

(Rick) Perry

397
Q

CLASSIC METAL BANDS: Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine partied so hard he got kicked out of this band whose very name says “metal"

A

Metallica

398
Q

CLASSIC METAL BANDS: "And I want! And I need! And I lust!” are primal lyrics from this band’s “Animal"

A

Def Leppard

399
Q

CLASSIC METAL BANDS: "We’re Not Gonna Take It” by this Dee Snider band has some musical roots in “O Come, All Ye Faithful"

A

Twisted Sister

400
Q

CLASSIC METAL BANDS: In 2010 this band’s frontman Vince Neil took to the ice for ABC’s “Skating with the Stars"

A

Mötley Crüe

401
Q

CLASSIC METAL BANDS: In the ’90s singer Rob Halford told this Brit band, “You’ve got another thing comin’” (I’m leaving the group)

A

Judas Priest

402
Q

ITTY BITTY CITY: The California studio tour where you can see King Kong & Jaws is in this “city” named for the movie studio

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Universal City

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ITTY BITTY CITY: On Valentine’s Day 2019, this company said it was breaking up with Long Island City as future home for its second headquarters

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Amazon

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ITTY BITTY CITY: Arlington County, Virginia is home to a neighborhood called this “City”, after a nearby Department of Defense building

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Pentagon

405
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ITTY BITTY CITY: Black Rock City is created & torn down every year as part of this Nevada arts festival

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Burning Man

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ITTY BITTY CITY: Nevada City, Montana is one big historical museum; visit the area & you can learn this water-based skill & maybe get rich

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panning for gold

407
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: As Act 1 of this Neil Simon play begins, we’re told, “it is a warm summer night in Oscar Madison’s apartment"

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The Odd Couple

408
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: Alfred Uhry based the character of Hoke in this play on the black chauffeur of his childhood

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Driving Miss Daisy

409
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: Tom Stoppard first came to Broadway with this play featuring 2 minor characters from “Hamlet"

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

410
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: Parisians knew Georges Feydeau as a master of this 5-letter type of comedic play like “Keep an Eye on Amélie!"

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farce

411
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS: In 1981 Elizabeth Taylor made her Broadway debut in a revival of this playwright’s “The Little Foxes"

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(Lillian) Hellman

412
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EX-SPORTS: The UFC of the ancient world, pankration debuted at the XXXIIIrd of these in 648 B.C.

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the Olympics

413
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EX-SPORTS: Ancient Romans rooted for the red, white, blue & green teams that raced these around the Circus Maximus

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chariots

414
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EX-SPORTS: Playing this rough sport in 1559, France’s Henry II was mortally wounded by a splintered lance

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jousting

415
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THE 1940s: This nickname for a history-changing weapon of 1945 came from a character in “The Maltese Falcon"

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Fat Man

416
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THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE: Founded in 1889 on Halsted St. in this city, Hull House was the most famous settlement house, kind of an immigrant community center

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Chicago

417
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THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE: Hull House did political work, starting with lobbying for a max 48-hour work week for women in these “shops"

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sweat shops

418
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THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE: Immigrants from all over lived in the area; a group from this country put on “Ajax” in the original on the Hull House stage

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Greece

419
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THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE: Hull House was a center of the Arts & Crafts movement & in 1901 this architect spoke there on “the art & craft of the machine"

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(Frank Lloyd) Wright

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THE HINTING OF HULL HOUSE: Hull House is now a museum named for her, its founder & the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

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(Jane) Addams

421
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NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES: "The Family Circus” is a comic strip; this is the similar name of the magazine founded by Charles Merrill of Merrill Lynch

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Family Circle

422
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NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES: In 2018 billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought this newspaper & moved its headquarters to El Segundo, California

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L.A. Times

423
Q

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES: Henry Windsor founded this “Popular” magazine in 1902 for laymen interested in emerging technologies

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Poplular Mechanics

424
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NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES: In 1906 H.L. Mencken joined the staff of this Maryland newspaper that’s still around today

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The Baltimore Sun

425
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FERDINAND: This explorer was joined on his 4th voyage in 1502 by illegitimate son Ferdinand, who later wrote dad’s biography

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Columbus

426
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FERDINAND: With a pickaxe blow in 1859 Ferdinand de Lesseps began construction of this

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Suez Canal

427
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FERDINAND: Judge Ferdinand Pecora led a 1933 Wall Street investigation & later served on this newly created federal commission

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SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

428
Q

FERDINAND: Before he became pres., he argued his way out of a murder conviction with an appeal to the Philippine Supreme Court

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(Ferdinand) Marcos

429
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FERDINAND: This German count spent his retirement & fortune developing rigid airships

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(Ferdinand von) Zeppelin

430
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THE U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM: All red, white & blue with a dash of purple (hair), this star did it all at the 2019 World Cup, winning the Golden Boot & Golden Ball

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Megan Rapinoe

431
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THE U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM: In 2019 Jessica Chastain tweeted, “Guys, I just met” this same-surnamed hero of the ‘99 tournament

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Brandi Chastain

432
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THE U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM: As we taped in 2019, Jon Hamm had not tweeted, “Guys, I just met” this same-surnamed legend who scored 158 intl. goals for the team

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Mia Hamm

433
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THE U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM: The 2015 World Cup titlists were the first women’s sports team honored with this NYC tradition featuring obsolete paper

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ticker tape parade

434
Q

A “DROP": Ricola makes them

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cough drops

435
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A “DROP": This onstage action has become a metaphor for a stylish ending

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mic drop

436
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A “DROP": In 2006 Doug Flutie made one of these for an extra point, the first time that had been done in the NFL since 1941

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drop kick

437
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A “DROP": 3-verb advice for what to do if your clothing catches fire

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stop, drop & roll

438
Q

A “DROP": When you read in an old book about a death from this, it means what we now call edema

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dropsy

439
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IN THE OCEAN: The Kuroshio Current

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Pacific

440
Q

IN THE OCEAN: The Sunda Double Trench

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Indian

441
Q

IN THE OCEAN: The Bismarck Archipelago

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Pacific

442
Q

IN THE OCEAN: The Lomonosov Ridge

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Arctic

443
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MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY: The 1857 search by Richard Burton & John Speke for the source of this river plays out in “Mountains of the Moon"

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Nile

444
Q

MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY: After a plane crash in “Alive”, a Rugby team stranded in these snow-swept peaks struggles to survive

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Andes

445
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MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY: A treasure map takes Kathleen Turner to Colombia & into the arms of Michael Douglas in this 1984 adventure

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Romancing the Stone

446
Q

MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY: 2017’s “Queen of the Desert” is the story of Gertrude Bell, a British writer & explorer on this peninsula in the early 20th century

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Arabian Peninsula

447
Q

MOVIES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY: He played a cartographer in the 1995 film “The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain"

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Hugh Grant

448
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BRITISH NICKNAMES: A 17th century writer: “The Blind Poet"

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Milton

449
Q

BRITISH NICKNAMES: The “Nine Days’ Queen"

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Lady Jane Grey

450
Q

BRITISH NICKNAMES: Lived in the 1400s: “The Father of English Printing"

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William Caxton

451
Q

ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES: This book by Malcolm Gladwell subtitled “The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” is a real eye-opener

A

Blink

452
Q

ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES: Born a slave, Sethe escapes to Ohio but is haunted by memories of a lost baby in this Toni Morrison novel

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Beloved

453
Q

ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES: 2 psychics have a pyrokinetic child in this Stephen King work

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Firestarter

454
Q

ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES: This 1974 James Michener novel covers centuries, not just 1 significant year, in the history of Colorado

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Centennial

455
Q

ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES: In this 1984 William Gibson cyberpunk classic, a data thief matches wits with a powerful artificial intelligence

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Neuromancer

456
Q

TRANSPORTATION: In March 2019, following 2 recent crashes, this company’s 737 Max planes were grounded

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Boeing

457
Q

TRANSPORTATION: The theft of this Southern locomotive by Northern spies during the Civil War inspired a classic Buster Keaton film

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The General

458
Q

WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS: Boron is used in control rods to interrupt fission in reactors, as it’s good at capturing these subatomic particles

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neutrons

459
Q

WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS: Interruptions at work make you constantly do this, the more technical name for switching between computer windows

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toggle

460
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WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS: In your home, GFCI stands for this circuit interrupter; it makes sure the electricity doesn’t go through you

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ground fault

461
Q

16-LETTER WORDS: A toast of grog to Sir Francis Drake, who completed this type of round-the-world voyage on Sept. 26, 1580

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circumnavigation

462
Q

16-LETTER WORDS: Made popular in a 1982 Spielberg film, this word means “originating outside of the Earth"

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extraterrestrial

463
Q

16-LETTER WORDS: Type of coordinated activity designed to prevent or thwart groups like ISIS that use violence for political aims

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counterterrorism

464
Q

16-LETTER WORDS: Regarding a new business, it means having insufficient funds for effective operation

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undercapitalized

465
Q

16-LETTER WORDS: This method of cooling your home is pretty simple: open windows on opposite walls

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crossventilation

466
Q

TOYS & GAMES: Invented in 1974 as a model to teach 3-D problems, it became one of the bestselling toys of all time

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Rubik’s Cube

467
Q

2019 MOVIES: Arcade Fire performs the song “Baby Mine” during the end credits of this Tim Burton film based on a Disney cartoon

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Dumbo

468
Q

2019 MOVIES: Tyler Perry said this woman’s “Family Funeral” would be the last time he plays the iconic character

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Madea

469
Q

2019 MOVIES: Don’t let the sun go down on 2019 without seeing this biopic in which Jamie Bell plays Bernie Taupin

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Rocketman

470
Q

2019 MOVIES: Ryan Reynolds gave voice to the little yellow guy in “Pokémon Detective” him

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Pikachu

471
Q

2019 MOVIES: In “The Upside”, a remake of a French film, Kevin Hart cares for a quadriplegic man played by this actor

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Bryan Cranston

472
Q

THE TECH WORLD: In 1991 “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” became the first work of fiction turned into this format

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eBook

473
Q

THE TECH WORLD: In 2018 Microsoft unveiled its All Access program that allowed gamers to get this console on a rent-to-own basis

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Xbox

474
Q

THE TECH WORLD: Before this Apple program was released in 2003, engineers jokingly referred to it as iBrowse

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Safari

475
Q

THE TECH WORLD: News of another 10 million or so hacked accounts might have you paraphrase Shakespeare & say, “Once more unto the data” this

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breach

476
Q

TRIAL OF THE CENTURY: Sacco & Vanzetti trial

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20th century

477
Q

TRIAL OF THE CENTURY: Salem witch trials

A

17th

478
Q

TRIAL OF THE CENTURY: Amistad mutiny trial

A

19th

479
Q

TRIAL OF THE CENTURY: Trial of Thomas More

A

16th

480
Q

TRIAL OF THE CENTURY: Heresy trial of Joan of Arc

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15th century

481
Q

2-WORD ALLITERATION: To have this guffaw is to gain satisfaction & final vindication

A

last laugh

482
Q

2-WORD ALLITERATION: It’s something that personally annoys you, not Fluffy or Fido

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pet peeve

483
Q

2-WORD ALLITERATION: Powerful influence from your equals to act in a way acceptable to them

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peer pressure

484
Q

2-WORD ALLITERATION: Alliterative phrase for a situation that seems okay but is “inclined” to gradually lead to a bad outcome

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slippery slope

485
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FABRICS: Chiffe, a French word for an old rag, gave us this word for an elegant, often sheer fabric

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chiffon

486
Q

FABRICS: Duck cloth & sailcloth are types of this strong, plain weave fabric usually made of cotton

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canvas

487
Q

FABRICS: In “Sunset Blvd.” William Holden is told, “as long as the lady is paying for it, why not” a coat of this llama & alpaca relative

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vicuna

488
Q

CHIEFS OF STATE: Title of Japan’s head of state; Naruhito is the 126th

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emperor

489
Q

CHIEFS OF STATE: Like the U.S., Italy chooses its president by this 2-word body, but Italy’s is mostly members of parliament

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electoral college

490
Q

CHIEFS OF STATE: This Mideast country is run by a supreme leader appointed for life by an Islamic group called the Assembly of Experts

A

Iran

491
Q

CHIEFS OF STATE: In 2019 Andry Rajoelina was the 1st elected pres. in the history of this Indian Ocean island to succeed another elected president

A

Madagascar

492
Q

CHIEFS OF STATE: This position is not only for Commonwealth nations–Alfonso Boekhoudt reps King Willem-Alexander in Aruba

A

governor general

493
Q

THE BOOK NOOK: "Pebble in the Sky” was his first novel, the “Foundation” of a long & prolific career writing science fiction

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Asimov

494
Q

THE BOOK NOOK: "The Fastest Kid in the Fifth Grade” is chapter 3 of “Bridge to” this enchanted land

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Terabithia

495
Q

THE BOOK NOOK: He taught us “The Power of Myth"

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Joseph Campbell

496
Q

THE BOOK NOOK: The title of this debut novel by Gillian Flynn is an allusion to cutting, part of Camille Preaker’s traumatic past in the book

A

Sharp Objects

497
Q

THE BOOK NOOK: The first book in a series, it opens in Inverness in 1945 & begins. “It wasn’t a very likely place for disappearances"

A

Outlander

498
Q

THAT USED TO HAPPEN?: If you wanted someone’s phone number or address back in the day, you could dial these 3 numbers for free & get help

A

411

499
Q

THAT USED TO HAPPEN?: Once common in schools but now frowned upon, it was not dispensed by an army NCO, despite the name

A

corporal punishment

500
Q

THAT USED TO HAPPEN?: At the 1900 Olympics more than 300 of these birds were killed in a single sporting event

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pigeons