Season 36 (1001-1500) Flashcards
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PHRASE ORIGINS: The OED’s first citation for this phrase referring to a region of the U.S. is from a Durant, Oklahoma newspaper in 1936
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Dust Bowl
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HORROR MOVIES: 2017 saw the 8th film in the “Saw” franchise, & 3 additional letters were needed for this, its title
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Jigsaw
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HORROR MOVIES: This 1931 film had the tagline “A monster science created but could not destroy!"
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Frankenstein
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HORROR MOVIES: Doris tries to play on this board alone (totally against the rules) & learns the “Origin of Evil” in a 2016 movie
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a Ouija board
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HORROR MOVIES: In 1990 Christine Elise battled this homicidal doll; in 2019 it was Aubrey Plaza
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Chucky
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5-LETTER WORDS: Mr. Spock was big into this, the science behind being justified by reason
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logic
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5-LETTER WORDS: Pertaining to Benedict XVI or Boniface VIII
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papal
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5-LETTER WORDS: These were 2 types of columns in Ancient Greece
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Doric & Ionic
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5-LETTER WORDS: This word denoting being simple or guileless is from Old French for “natural”; we hope you’re not…
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naive
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A DAY ENDING IN Y: 1998’s Belfast Agreement is also named for this spring holy day
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Good Friday
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A DAY ENDING IN Y: In a commercial Chris Sullivan gives voice to “Guess what day it is!… Mike Mike Mike Mike Mike! What day is it, Mike?”–this day
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hump day (Wednesday)
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A DAY ENDING IN Y: Laissez les bons temps rouler, y’all! Mardi Gras translates to this
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Fat Tuesday
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A DAY ENDING IN Y: In a song by The Cure, “Thursday I don’t care about you, it’s…” this title
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"Friday I’m In Love"
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A DAY ENDING IN Y: During WWI the U.S. Food Administration called for this alliterative, vegetarian day
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Meatless Mondays
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BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS: Emily Elizabeth & this large colorful canine have many adventures in works by Norman Bridwell
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Clifford (the Big Red Dog)
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BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS: She wrote the classics “Ramona the Pest” & “Beezus & Ramona"
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Beverly Cleary
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BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS: In Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”, this mongoose faces off against 2 cobras to protect his human family
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS: Mary Pope Osborne has taken kids all through history as Jack & Annie travel in this magic structure
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the magic tree house
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BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS: Milo learns about time from a watchdog named Tock after driving through this mysterious title object
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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GUT FEELING: The stomach is the middle man between this, AKA the gullet, & the small intestine
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the esophagus
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GUT FEELING: Originally, the formula of this tummy soother was pepsin, zinc salts, oil of wintergreen, salol & a colorant to make it pink
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Pepto-Bismol
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GUT FEELING: The stomach secretes gastrin, a hormone that in turn helps you secrete this acid that kills bacteria in your food
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hydrochloric acid
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GUT FEELING: Catch these waves, the rhythmical pumping that moves chyme toward the pylorus
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peristaltic waves
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SALUTE TO 8000: This largest seal, which can weigh 8,000 pounds, is named for another large mammal
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the elephant seal
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SALUTE TO 8000: In 2018 Diana Taurasi became the first 8,000-point scorer in the history of this league
the WNBA
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SALUTE TO 8000: The M.I.T. Agelab estimates that this period of your life will last about 8,000 days--don't run out of savings
retirement
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SALUTE TO 8000: Measured at the Equator, this distance is just a bit under 8,000 miles
the diameter of the earth
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SALUTE TO 8000: As per its name, this seat of Pitkin County, Colorado has lots of trees--they release the oxygen humans need at 8,000 feet
Aspen
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FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY: Henry Clay is famous for helping forge these historic deals, like the Missouri one & the one of 1850
compromises
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FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY: Clay was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, which helped create this African nation
Liberia
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FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY: Clay held this congressional leadership post for 10 years, longer than anyone else in the 19th century
Speaker of the House
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FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY: According to Andrew Jackson, Clay's "corrupt bargain" was the sec. of state job for helping make this man president
John Quincy Adams
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FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY: When he died in 1852, Clay became the first American to lie in state in this part of the Capitol building
the rotunda
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\'90s NO. 1 HITS: Wham! He had a No. 1 hit as he was "Praying For Time" in 1990
George Michael
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\'90s NO. 1 HITS: She was "Coming Out Of The Dark" sans Miami Sound Machine in 1991
Gloria Estefan
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\'90s NO. 1 HITS: In 1995 this female trio was chasing "Waterfalls\"
TLC
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\'90s NO. 1 HITS: In 1998, she hit Number One with "Doo Wop (That Thing)" her first solo single
Lauryn Hill
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\'90s NO. 1 HITS: In 1997 this late rapper had "Mo Money Mo Problems\"
the Notorious B.I.G.
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WORDS ABOUT WORDS: As in scientific classification, a nomenclator is someone who assigns these
names
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WORDS ABOUT WORDS: As its name suggests, a pangram uses all of these at least once in one sentence
letters of the alphabet
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WORDS ABOUT WORDS: Paranym is another word for this, a word substituted for a more unpleasant one
a euphemism
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WORDS ABOUT WORDS: It's a word that tells people you're in a group; in the Bible those who said "sib" instead of "shib" were slaughtered
a shibboleth
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WORDS ABOUT WORDS: 2-word term for a common language for speakers of different tongues; it was once an actual language quoted by Moliere
lingua franca
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ADAPTATIONS: This 1910 E.M. Forster work about the Schlegels & Wilcoxes was filmed in 1992 by James Ivory & adapted for TV in 2017
Howards End
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ADAPTATIONS: To stop violence, women take a vow of abstinence in Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq", a retelling of this Greek comedy
Lysistrata
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SAINTS ON THE MAP: It's where to go to groove to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival
St. Paul
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SAINTS ON THE MAP: Napoleon lived at the Briars Pavilion & then at Longwood on this island in the South Atlantic
Saint Helena
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SAINTS ON THE MAP: An island country in the Lesser Antilles is a package deal: this saint & the Grenadines
Saint Vincent
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SAINTS ON THE MAP: The Pony Express went from this Missouri city to Sacramento, California
St. Joseph
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SAINTS ON THE MAP: A church in this suburb of Paris has the tombs of 12 centuries of French kings
Saint-Denis
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\"CRO"-POURRI: The name of this miracle of modern invention is partly from the French for "hook\"
Velcro
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\"CRO"-POURRI: This prying tool is so named because one end looks like a beak
a crowbar
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\"CRO"-POURRI: Remains of an early form of man were found in a French cave with this name
Cro-Magnon
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\"CRO"-POURRI: When a politician appoints his friends to positions they are unqualified for, it's called this
cronyism
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WORLD LITERATURE: Some parts were translated from a 15th century Syrian manuscript when this work was introduced to Europe around 1700
One Thousand and One Nights
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I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOS: This 19th c. pres. was a champion wrestler who only lost 1 match, to another soldier in the Illinois volunteer militia
Abraham Lincoln
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I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOS: In Sweden these people get a text message when their lifesaving donation is used, as for a trauma victim
blood donors
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I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOS: Jack London encouraged this young cartoonist who created the "Believe It or Not!" strip, later spun off into multiple TV series
Ripley
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PLACES OF BUSINESS: Sony is an MNC, short for this, meaning it has sites all over the world
a multinational corporation
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PLACES OF BUSINESS: Corepower, the largest U.S. chain of studios for this activity, once touted "inner peace & flat abs in an hour\"
yoga
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PLACES OF BUSINESS: This family-friendly pizza chain with a mouse mascot has more than 600 locations
Chuck E. Cheese
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PLACES OF BUSINESS: Despite the state found in the name of this airline, its home offices are in Seattle
Alaska Airlines
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PLACES OF BUSINESS: With shared spaces & private offices, this alliterative company helps business get done in more than 110 cities
WeWork
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AROUND THE USA: You may be more familiar with the La Brea ones, but there's a sticky batch of these in Carpinteria, California as well
tar pits
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AROUND THE USA: Eastport in this state is fittingly the easternmost city in the lower 48 states
Maine
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AROUND THE USA: Charging one nickel, the first automated these hit Oklahoma city streets in 1935
a parking meter
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AROUND THE USA: Historians say many residents of this 175-mile long chain of islands off North Carolina are descended from pirates
the Outer Banks
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VIDEO GAME-POURRI: Aunt May & Norman Osborn show up in this superhero's Marvel-ous high-flying game
Spider-Man
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VIDEO GAME-POURRI: In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you can choose among many avatars like Link, Donkey Kong or this fast hedgehog
Sonic
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VIDEO GAME-POURRI: Many online games say they are "F2P" , meaning this; beware, there are usually ways to spend cash down the line
free to play
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VIDEO GAME-POURRI: The 7 rotatable blocks used in this video game have names like Orange Ricky, Hero & Smashboy
Tetris
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VIDEO GAME-POURRI: Of the 4 ghosts in the original English version of the Pac-Man game, the one that doesn't rhyme with the others
Clyde
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RANKS & TITLES: Reasonably enough, it's a Hindi king or prince ranking above a raja
maharaja
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RANKS & TITLES: In ancient times a tetrarch by definition ruled this much of a region or province
a fourth
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RANKS & TITLES: A nuncio is an ambassador or representative from this person
the pope
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RANKS & TITLES: John Fisher's lofty British naval titles included First Sea Lord (1904) & Admiral of this (1905)
Admiral of the Fleet
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ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: To cast a ballot & to refuse to allow something
vote & veto
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ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: A "golden" lack of noise & a permit for cruising in your convertible
silence & license
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ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: To make a sauce more viscous & the room of the house where it might happen
thicken & kitchen
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ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: Place for your tootsies on a ten-speed & to beg strongly
pedal & plead
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ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER: Hogs or pigs & a synonym for a tendon
swine & sinew
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DESIGNING WOMEN: Portland college student Carolyn Davidson received $35 & later, stock for designing the swoosh that became this company's logo
Nike
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DESIGNING WOMEN: In 1921 she became the first major female fashion designer to introduce a perfume
(Coco) Chanel
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DESIGNING WOMEN: It's the last name of Miuccia, whose career took off in the 1980s with the introduction of her black nylon backpack
Prada
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ESSAYS: \"Lost Art" & "The Future of Faith" are 2 of the many essays John Updike wrote for this magazine
The New Yorker
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ESSAYS: This "Infinite Jest" author used the Maine lobster festival to discuss the morality of killing lobsters for eating pleasure
David Foster Wallace
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ESSAYS: \"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself", Emerson wrote near the end of this essay
\"Self-Reliance\"
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SCIENCE BULLETIN: This event that killed more than 400 along the coast of Indonesia in 2018 was due to a collapsing volcano, not an earthquake
a tsunami
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SCIENCE BULLETIN: A campaign to promote handwashing in Australian hospitals greatly reduced infections of this bacterium, the "S" in MRSA
staphylococcus
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SCIENCE BULLETIN: A 2019 study reveals the negative impact of these chemicals on honeybees' ability to fend off deadly mites
pesticides
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SCIENCE BULLETIN: The new "wand", or wireless artifact-free neuromodulation device, is being called a pacemaker for this body part
a brain
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SCIENCE BULLETIN: New particles mean new compound words; CERN scientists keep discovering new pentaquarks, each consisting of 4 quarks & 1 of these
an antiquark
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: After secretly aiding the rebels for years, this nation openly aided the revolution in 1778
France
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: \"Plain Truth" was James Chalmers' Loyalist response to this 1776 pamphlet written in support of the revolution
\"Common Sense\"
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Ethan Allen gets credit for leading this group, but in 1775 Seth Warner was elected as its leader
the Green Mountain Boys
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: For his elusive tactics in South Carolina marsh areas, Guerrilla leader Francis Marion was known by this nickname
the Swamp Fox
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DROP OUT: Drop the "out" from a synonym for "budding" & you get this season when it might happen
spring (from sprouting)
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DROP OUT: Drop "out" from a word meaning "screamed" & you get this small storage building
shed (from shouted)
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DROP OUT: Remove the "out" from the term for financial aid to a big car company & you get this term that will set the accused free
bail (from bailout)
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DROP OUT: Drop "out" from a French word for high-fashion clothing & you get this help for your sickness
cure (from couture)
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DROP OUT: Get the "out" out of a seasoned stew & you're left with this bit of cloth
rag (from ragout)
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THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY: So how does a bill get in the registry? Or "Conjunction Junction"? 'Cause this '70s series of animated shorts was amazing, that's how!
Schoolhouse Rock!
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THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY: Robert Kennedy's April 4, 1968 speech in Indianapolis on the shocking death of this man is now enshrined forever
Martin Luther King Jr.
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THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY: Her 1983 album "She's So Unusual" was unusually good, with songs like "Time After Time\"
Cyndi Lauper
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THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY: The Blues Brothers would approve the inclusion of both "Minnie the Moocher" & this Sam & Dave classic song... play it, Steve!
\"Soul Man\"
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OBSERVANCES: Washington made the very first presidential proclamation in response to a request for "a day of public" this
Thanksgiving
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MANY HANDS: In 1964 the Beatles snagged their first U.S. No. 1 hit with this tune
\"I Want To Hold Your Hand\"
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MANY HANDS: Mano nera, translated as this, was a turn-of-the-20th century Sicilian extortion ring
black hand
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MANY HANDS: In 1950 an Allstate general sales manager came up with this classic slogan
\"You're in good hands\"
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MANY HANDS: During this 1986 event, people all around the country held hands to help the homeless
Hands Across America
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MAKE LIGHT WORK: Around noon on some days, Germany gets close to half its power from this source
solar power
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MAKE LIGHT WORK: The light type of this is a basic tool of cell biology, magnifying specimens hundreds of times
a microscope
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MAKE LIGHT WORK: Take a mind-expanding journey at the live show called Paramount's Laser Spectacular, with the music of this "Dark Side" band
Pink Floyd
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MAKE LIGHT WORK: 10 projectors show astronomical wonders in the USA's largest of these facilities, at a Jersey City science center
a planetarium
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MAKE LIGHT WORK: John Alcott & Emmanuel Lubezki, people in this profession, are noted for creative use of natural light
cinematographers
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HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES: 14th: Around 1347 the bacterium Yersinia pestis begins a European tour known by this "colorful" 2-word phrase
black death
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HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES: 13th: This document debuts in 1215 but is reissued with changes in 1216, 1217 & 1225 under a new king
the Magna Carta
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HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES: 19th: This feat of engineering was completed in 1825, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean
the Erie Canal
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HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES: 17th: On this woman's death in 1617, a London writer referred to her as "The Virginian Woman\"
Pocahontas
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HISTORY, THROUGH THE CENTURIES: 18th: In 1723 Russia captures Baku from Persia in this leader's last great military campaign
Peter the Great
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THE MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME: Of course, this honorary Kentucky colonel was inducted
Colonel Sanders
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THE MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME: Frank Perdue & Donald Tyson are best known for selling this type of meat
chicken
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THE MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME: Founder Dave Thomas appeared in more than 800 commercials for this fast food chain
Wendy's
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THE MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME: Nebraska's Alan Simon made his fortune with mailable beef from this company
Omaha Steaks
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THE MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME: Dave Theno of Jack in the Box was inducted for helping the industry improve after an outbreak of this bacterium
E. coli
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SONG & MOVIE: SAME TITLE: Song: By Black Sabbath; movie: Tony stark weaponizes an armored suit
\"Iron Man\"
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SONG & MOVIE: SAME TITLE: Song: By U2; movie: Heights make Jimmy Stewart dizzy
\"Vertigo\"
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SONG & MOVIE: SAME TITLE: Song: By Styx; movie: About a sheep-herding pig
\"Babe\"
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SONG & MOVIE: SAME TITLE: Song: By the cure; movie: Hilary Swank played Teena Brandon, who became Brandon Teena
\"Boys Don't Cry\"
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SONG & MOVIE: SAME TITLE: Song: By Cream; movie: About the beer-loving McKenzie brothers from "SCTV\"
\"Strange Brew\"
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\"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA\": It's a game played on a 4-walled court--hey, that bounced twice!
racquetball
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\"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA\": Nissin cup noodles, for example
ramen
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\"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA\": Michelangelo painted "The Creation of Adam" on its ceiling
the Sistine Chapel
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\"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA\": Jack Byham, a famous maker of these, sold thousands at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics (with a few returns)
a boomerang
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\"RA", "RA", "SIS", "BOOM", "BA\": Also a bluffing board game from Mattel, this word means nonsense! Hogwash!
Balderdash
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1890s LITERATURE: Edmond Rostand set this 1897 play about the pursuit of the lovely Roxane in 17th century Paris
Cyrano de Bergerac
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1890s LITERATURE: A collection of this controversial German philosopher's thoughts & essays was titled "The Anti-Christ\"
Nietzsche
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1890s LITERATURE: In "Trilby", a young singer falls under the trance of this man whose name became a synonym for a hypnotic controller
Svengali
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THESE TV SHOWS ARE OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK: The theme song of this show now in its 32nd season asks, "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?\"
Cops
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THESE TV SHOWS ARE OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK: Since 1973 audiences have tuned in to watch the tempestuous folks of Genoa City on this soap opera
The Young and the Restless
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COMPUTER KEYBOARDS: Helping you with a soft reboot, this 3-key step was chosen as it was nigh impossible to engage using only one hand
Control-Alt-Delete
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COMPUTER KEYBOARDS: It's not a veggie, it's the mark above the 6 to show where something is to be inserted
caret
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COMPUTER KEYBOARDS: Inscript, the standard keyboard of this country, is for scripts like Gujarati, Tamil & Telugu
India
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COMPUTER KEYBOARDS: New evidence suggests that the QWERTY keyboard design may have sprung from telegraph operators translating this
Morse code
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COMPUTER KEYBOARDS: Invented in 1960, much later than its forward pal, this mark gained popularity when used in MS-DOS
the backslash
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WE NEED SOME HELP: I need a boost--give me a hand or give me this body part "up\"
a leg up
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WE NEED SOME HELP: A player who passes you the puck right before you score is credited with one of these
an assist
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WE NEED SOME HELP: This word for help can also be a performance or other event to raise funds for a charitable cause
benefit
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WE NEED SOME HELP: A weight-bearing structure, or help & encouragement found in many book acknowledgments
support
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WE NEED SOME HELP: \"F" is for this word that means to make a thing easier, specifically to help people work together
facilitate
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WOMEN COMPOSERS: Last name of Fanny, Felix' beloved older sister who composed some 500 pieces of music
Mendelssohn
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WOMEN COMPOSERS: The first symphony by an American woman was Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony", first performed in 1896 by this group, the BSO for short
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
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WOMEN COMPOSERS: Anne Dudley won an Oscar for scoring this film in which unemployed British steelworkers take it off
The Full Monty
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WOMEN COMPOSERS: British-born Rebecca Clarke gained notice with her 1919 sonata for this instrument spelled the same as a woman's first name
the viola
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WOMEN COMPOSERS: A composer in her own right, Clara (nee Wieck) also edited the collected works of this German composer, her husband
(Robert) Schumann
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MUNICIPAL BEFORE & AFTER: E.B. White mouselike boy in a southern state capital
Stuart Little Rock
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MUNICIPAL BEFORE & AFTER: \"Small" piano that is the Michigan burial place for Gerald Ford
Baby Grand Rapids
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MUNICIPAL BEFORE & AFTER: Wisconsin city of "clear water" that has portrayed Temple Grandin & Shakespeare's Juliet
Eau Claire Danes
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MUNICIPAL BEFORE & AFTER: Alliterative Virginia city that is one period of current events reporting
Newport News cycle
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LAST WORDS: In 1876 in the Dakotas this American said, "The old duffer broke me on the last hand\"
Bill Hickock
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A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY: This British captain sighted New Zealand in 1769 & accurately charted its coast
Captain Cook
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A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY: In 2011 & 2015 the New Zealand "All Blacks" became the first team to win back-to-back world cups in this sport
rugby
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A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY: This 1915 military campaign in Turkey is regarded as New Zealand's coming of age in international affairs
Gallipoli (the Dardanelles campaign)
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A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY: In 1642 this guy with an Australian state named for him was the first European to sight New Zealand
Abel Tasman
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A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY: Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior protest ship was sunk in this most populous New Zealand city's harbor in 1985
Auckland
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A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100: Gamblers know it's another name for blackjack--hit me!
21
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A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100: In tennis if you have 2 points, this is your score
30
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A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100: A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl's this number birthday
15
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A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100: This gasoline brand introduced its iconic orange ball in 1962
76
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A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100: In Judaism the word chai represents "life" & is synonymous with this number used to signify good luck & a long life
18
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NOT THE CAPITAL: Of Australia, though it's the country's oldest city
Sydney
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NOT THE CAPITAL: Of Alaska, though it has 9 times the capital's population
Anchorage
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NOT THE CAPITAL: Of England, though it's home to the country's most popular & successful pro sports team
Manchester
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NOT THE CAPITAL: Of Germany, since 1990
Bonn
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NOT THE CAPITAL: Of Canada, though it was incorporated in 1862 with a royal name
Victoria (British Columbia)
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SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY: 1951: "Hey, Stella. Hey, Stella\"
A Streetcar Named Desire
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SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY: 1996: "Show me the money. Show me the money\"
Jerry Maguire
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SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY: 2006: "This is Sparta\"
300
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SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY: 1995: "What was in the box?... What's in the box?\"
Se7en
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SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY: 1973: "The power of Christ compels you. The power of Christ compels you\"
The Exorcist
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WEIRD FLEX: The name for these circus performers suggests that they twist & flex themselves into all sorts of weird positions
contortionists
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WEIRD FLEX: A knee bent beyond its normal range has been this, often seen on pro sports injury reports
hyperextended
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BUT "OK\": \"A horse walks into a bar" is a typical start for one
a joke
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BUT "OK\": urbandictionary.com caustically says this is being "pretentious about how much you care about a social issue\"
woke
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BUT "OK\": Olly olly, this device is made to keep your oxen from being free
a yoke
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BUT "OK\": A close-fitting necklace, or someone who gives away a big lead in a game
a choker
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BUT "OK\": It means "added fuel to a fire" or "elated, pumped up\"
stoked
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LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD: Time to barrel down the Raymond Gary Expressway, named for the head of the Sooner Oil Co. & governor of this state
Oklahoma
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LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD: Julia Tuttle Causeway honors the "Mother of" this city of dolphins & deco
Miami
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LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD: Conland Highway on I-91 was named for a publisher of the Courant newspaper in this New England state capital
Hartford
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LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD: Taking you from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, the Commodore Barry Bridge celebrates a "Father of the American" this force
the Navy
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LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD: You can take a swing by Yankee Stadium on the Major this Expressway, named for a guy who helped build army bases in N.Y. during WWI
the Major Deegan
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BUILDINGS: Named after an ancient ruler & his tomb, it's a large building for above ground entombments
a mausoleum
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BUILDINGS: Also a main building of an airport, it's an installation at a harbor where oil or gas is stored
a terminal
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BUILDINGS: This word for a certain tall structure comes from the Arabic for "lighthouse\"
a minaret
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6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES: King Arthur's wizardly adviser
Merlin
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6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES: Mimic mindlessly like a certain bird
parrot
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6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES: The ancients could count on it
an abacus
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6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES: Silver in heraldry
argent
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LIFE ON MARS: We can train for life on Mars on this continent that best matches its temperature range
Antarctica
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LIFE ON MARS: The Valles Marineris is a canyon system that's almost 5 times as deep as this one carved by the Colorado
the Grand Canyon
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LIFE ON MARS: This period right after sunset is longer on Mars because of high-altitude dust scattering the remaining sunlight
twilight
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LIFE ON MARS: Everyone remember where we parked--next to this NASA lander named for one who goes ahead to seek the way
Pathfinder
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LIFE ON MARS: Keep your water supply handy--long, straight surface lines thought to be systems of these proved to be a 19th century myth
canals
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LITERARY CHARACTERS: He utters the parting words "My dear, I don't give a damn\"
Rhett Butler
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LITERARY CHARACTERS: The title character of this Thomas Hardy novel has the last name Fawley & works as a stonemason
Jude the Obscure
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LITERARY CHARACTERS: 12-year-old Frankie Addams wants to go with her brother & his new wife on their honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel
The Member of the Wedding
208
LITERARY CHARACTERS: Sydney Carton takes the place of this doomed French nobleman in "A Tale of Two Cities\"
Charles Evrémonde (Charles Darnay)
209
CLASSIC TELEVISION: The Ministry of Silly Walks was a sketch on this British troupe's comedy show
Monty Python
210
CLASSIC TELEVISION: The Ponderosa was the name of the Nevada ranch where Ben Cartwright & his sons lived on this western
Bonanza
211
CLASSIC TELEVISION: 9114 South Central Avenue in L.A. was the TV home of this title father & son's house & junkyard
Sanford and Son
212
CLASSIC TELEVISION: Telemundo's 1998 show "Reyes y Rey" was loosely based on this '70s cop show starring David Soul & Paul Michael Glaser
Starsky and Hutch
213
HIT 1980s ALBUMS: This American singer-songwriter briefly landed on the U.N.'s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album
Paul Simon
214
A JOB IN TV: In 2019 Conan O'Brien cut a half hour from his TBS show but kept this sidekick
(Andy) Richter
215
A JOB IN TV: For years, Petri Hawkins Byrd, working in this job, has handed documents to Judge Judy
bailiff
216
A JOB IN TV: The mother of this "Black-ish" actor is scorekeeper when he hosts "To Tell the Truth\"
Anthony Anderson
217
A JOB IN TV: With this French-named front of the house job, Marino Monferrato keeps diners happy at "Hell's Kitchen\"
maître d\'
218
DOUBLE "Z" WORDS: To silence something, like a dog
muzzle
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DOUBLE "Z" WORDS: It can be a low story or balcony between 2 other floors in a building or theater
mezzanine
220
DOUBLE "Z" WORDS: To drink quickly & with great enthusiasm
guzzle
221
DOUBLE "Z" WORDS: You've got 2 sets of double Z's in this 7-letter word! The exciting quality of an energetic personality
pizzazz
222
20th CENTURY NOVELS: A futuristic society revolves around science & efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
223
20th CENTURY NOVELS: \"A House Divided" completed Pearl Buck's trilogy that began 4 years earlier with this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
The Good Earth
224
20th CENTURY NOVELS: A line from this novel: "Name's Joad, Tom Joad\"
The Grapes of Wrath
225
20th CENTURY NOVELS: This novel by Garcia Marquez tells of the Buendia family in the mythic town of Macondo from the 1820s to the 1920s
One Hundred Years of Solitude
226
20th CENTURY NOVELS: Nadsat, the fictional language in this book, is from the Russian suffix that means "teen\"
A Clockwork Orange
227
BOLD STRATEGY: Starving in this type of standoff, a Portuguese town threw the last of its bread over the walls & asked the foe, "Need more?\"
siege
228
BOLD STRATEGY: To try to stop the American offensive in the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, the Japanese used this "divine wind" tactic
kamikaze
229
BOLD STRATEGY: A feigned this move--ooh, you're too strong! We're afraid! Let's run!--helped William the Conqueror to victory at Hastings
a retreat
230
BOLD STRATEGY: An "and" is in the middle of this strategy used by the Romans to foster feuds among smaller entities they were trying to rule
divide and conquer
231
BOLD STRATEGY: Gen. von Manstein convinced Hitler to attack France in 1940 through this wooded area also in Belgium & Luxembourg --it worked
the Ardennes
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COTTON: In 1794 he was granted a patent for his cotton gin
Eli Whitney
233
COTTON: This title creature from a 1922 tale with cotton fabric in his name also has thread whiskers & ears lined with pink sateen
The Velveteen Rabbit
234
COTTON: Weevils know that cotton comes from little pods called these
bolls
235
COTTON: Edison's patent for his first light bulb mentions testing carbonized cotton threads as a possibility for this component
a filament
236
LET'S SEE IF IT PAYS OFF FOR 'EM: In 1892 baking powder salesman William Wrigley began throwing in 2 packages of this with each can, which worked out okay
chewing gum
237
LET'S SEE IF IT PAYS OFF FOR 'EM: In 1927, 4 years after starting a movie company with his brother, he decided to go all-cartoon
Walt Disney
238
LET'S SEE IF IT PAYS OFF FOR 'EM: In 1996, one year after its founding, AuctionWeb moved more than $7 million in merchandise & in 1997 got this new name
eBay
239
LET'S SEE IF IT PAYS OFF FOR 'EM: Created to show girls they could be anything they wanted to be, this toy debuted--to some skepticism--at a 1959 toy fair
the Barbie doll
240
LET'S SEE IF IT PAYS OFF FOR 'EM: Last names of William & Arthur, who partnered in 1903, 2 years after William drew a blue-print of an engine on a bicycle
Harley and Davidson
241
THEY SAID NO!: Director Danny Boyle was offered a knighthood for his work on the London Olympics held in this year, but said no
2012
242
THEY SAID NO!: American James Watson took an honorary knighthood, but this British partner turned the real thing down
Francis Crick
243
THEY SAID NO!: There would be no Sir Ziggy Stardust after this rocker turned down knighthood, saying, "I seriously don't know what it's for\"
David Bowie
244
THEY SAID NO!: This 2013 Nobelist with a boson named for him didn't want to be a knight, saying the whole system is too political
(Peter) Higgs
245
THEY SAID NO!: In 1918 this man refused a knighthood, saying King George V had betrayed the Arabs by not granting independence
Lawrence (of Arabia)
246
4-LETTER PLACES: This Italian island honors Napoleon with an annual mass on May 5, the anniversary of his death
Elba
247
4-LETTER PLACES: This capital of Hyogo Prefecture on Honshu is all the rage in beef
Kobe
248
4-LETTER PLACES: Founded in the 11th century, this capital lies at the head of a fjord
Oslo
249
4-LETTER PLACES: Niger is to the west & Sudan to the east of this African country
Chad
250
TECH TALK: In engineering the Rockwell test, measuring this, involves pressing a steel ball or diamond point into a surface
hardness
251
TECH TALK: Air traffic controllers know airmets are in-flight advisories about changes in this
weather
252
TECH TALK: Aerospace experts are familiar with nanometers, these tiny fractions of a meter
billionths of a meter
253
TECH TALK: The "data" type of this activity is looking for patterns; it's also what people do to get bitcoins
mining
254
TECH TALK: Your auto mechanic knows the PCV filter provides positive ventilation of this engine housing
the crankcase
255
OLD PHRASES: This Scottish phrase meaning "old long since" is used of times remembered with fondness
auld lang syne
256
OLD PHRASES: The "Aeneid" is the source of the phrase "Beware of" these "bearing gifts\"
Greeks
257
OLD PHRASES: Mercutio says "a plague o' both your houses", but often people say this other "P" word instead of "plague\"
pox
258
OLD PHRASES: Modification made tunics practical for work; one tweak allowed mobility & gave us this phrase meaning "to prepare for action\"
to gird your loins
259
OLD PHRASES: This biblical prophet "come to judgment" is someone who has given some sage advice
Daniel
260
THE "NIGHT" WATCH: Billy Bob Thornton played coach Gary Gaines in this film; the TV show of the same name had Kyle Chandler as coach Eric Taylor
Friday Night Lights
261
THE "NIGHT" WATCH: A group of dropouts are trying to get their G.E.D.s in this film starring Tiffany Haddish & Kevin Hart
Night School
262
THE "NIGHT" WATCH: 1967 film in which Sidney Poitier clarifies, "They call me Mr. Tibbs!\"
In the Heat of the Night
263
THE "NIGHT" WATCH: Bounty hunter Robert de Niro is escorting bail-jumping accountant Charles Grodin to L.A. in this 1988 comedy
Midnight Run
264
THE "NIGHT" WATCH: This Clark Gable-Claudette Colbert screwball comedy was the great sleeper film of 1934
It Happened One Night
265
BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME: Garry Wills' 1992 "Lincoln at" this place examines an event sixscore & nine years previous
Gettysburg
266
BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME: The New Orleans Advocate reported a "flood of books" for this event's 10th anniversary, including "Cooking Up a Storm\"
Hurricane Katrina
267
BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME: It's the title town where 2 former Texas Rangers live in the 1870s in a classic novel by Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove
268
BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME: \"I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear", begins 2000's "Fever 1793", about an epidemic of this disease
yellow fever
269
BOOKS GOING BACK IN TIME: His 1815 novel "Guy Mannering" begins in the year "17--" with Guy visiting some ruins in Dumfries
Walter Scott
270
ENGLISH HISTORY: In 1600 a royal charter authorized it to set forth to "parts of Asia and Africa" in search of "trade and traffic\"
British East India Company
271
KURT VONNEGUT: In Vonnegut's novel the title "Breakfast of Champions" refers to this vermouth cocktail
a martini
272
KURT VONNEGUT: 2019 is the 50th anniversary of this Vonnegut novel loosely based on his experiences during the firebombing of Dresden
Slaughterhouse-Five
273
KURT VONNEGUT: Sci-fi author Theodore Sturgeon was the inspiration for this recurring Vonnegut character who also had a fishy name
(Kilgore) Trout
274
KURT VONNEGUT: Vonnegut's "Player Piano" was inspired by his time working for this giant tech company in Schenectady, New York
GE
275
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: This cereal has used the slogan "Breakfast of Champions" since the 1930s
Wheaties
276
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: A special maker with larger, deeper grids produces the Belgian type of these
waffles
277
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: Some translate the Spanish name of this breakfast dish as "country-style eggs\"
huevos rancheros
278
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: For a classic eggs Benedict, use a dollop of this creamy sauce
Hollandaise
279
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: This roll flavored with onion, a sort of bagel without the hole, was named for a Polish city
bialy
280
PLAYER'S PIANO: What'd I say? That the Smithsonian has one of this man's Yamaha KX88 keyboards marked with Braille stickers
Ray Charles
281
PLAYER'S PIANO: The Steinway on which John Lennon wrote this 1971 plea for peace was displayed outside a Texas prison before a 2007 execution
\"Imagine\"
282
PLAYER'S PIANO: At a 2009 "End of Decade Clearout Sale", this band's Chris Martin auctioned off 2 old pianos, one used on "Parachutes\"
Coldplay
283
PLAYER'S PIANO: The piano on which Dooley Wilson "played" this standard in "Casablanca" was a Warner Bros. prop with just 58 keys
\"As Time Goes By\"
284
PLAYER'S PIANO: It took Yamaha 4 years to build the "Million Dollar Piano" this man used for more than 200 shows at Caesars Palace
Elton John
285
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE: Female patas monkeys are dominant; facing a predator, the male runs away, acting as this 5-letter lure
a decoy
286
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE: Scientists found out about all this monkey's pieces when they mapped out its genome in 2007
the rhesus
287
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE: A shell-like organ in its throat gives resonance to the voice of this South American monkey, leading to its name
a howler monkey
288
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE: Spider monkeys lack the grasping adaptation known by this 2-word term; it would get in the way as they hook fingers over branches
an opposable thumb (a prehensile thumb)
289
THE SIRENS OF TITIAN: Titian used the floral symbols myrtle & roses in depicting this love goddess "of Urbino\"
Venus
290
THE SIRENS OF TITIAN: Some of Titian's sirens have too much to drink in a painting of one of these parties named for a Roman wine god
bacchanal
291
THE SIRENS OF TITIAN: An avid reader of this Roman's "Metamorphoses", Titian translated word to brushstroke in "Rape of Europa\"
Ovid
292
THE SIRENS OF TITIAN: In later years, Titian painted the mysterious "La Bella", which todays hangs in the Uffizi in this city
Florence
293
\"HO"CUS "PO"CUS: This term for a scalding tuber means a difficult issue to deal with
hot potato
294
\"HO"CUS "PO"CUS: Some Lamborghini engines have 750 of these "beastly" units under the hood
horsepower
295
\"HO"CUS "PO"CUS: Group dance performed in a circle that requires synchronized shaking of the limbs
the hokey pokey
296
\"HO"CUS "PO"CUS: The base harbor from which a ship originates or is registered
home port
297
\"HO"CUS "PO"CUS: Versifier James Whitcomb Riley from Greenfield, Indiana was known as this
the Hoosier poet
298
SOUTHERN POLITICIAN/AUTHOR: In the 2000s Doug Jones prosecuted 2 men for the 1963 church bombing in this city; he wrote "Bending Toward Justice" about it
Birmingham
299
SOUTHERN POLITICIAN/AUTHOR: This Floridian's memoir is "An American Son"--of Mario & Oriales from Cuba
Marco Rubio
300
SOUTHERN POLITICIAN/AUTHOR: The first novel ever published by a U.S. president was "The Hornet's Nest", his saga of the Revolutionary War in the South
Jimmy Carter
301
SOUTHERN POLITICIAN/AUTHOR: Jesse Helms' memoir "Here's Where I Stand" says he likes seeing others from this state succeed, like Clay Aiken on "American Idol\"
North Carolina
302
MED. ABBREV.: Concussions can occur with or without LOC, loss of this
conciousness
303
MED. ABBREV.: In 1989 the gene that causes this disease, CF for short, was discovered
cystic fibrosis
304
MED. ABBREV.: The common cold is known as a URI, or this type of infection
an upper respiratory infection
305
MED. ABBREV.: Kids can thank Albert Sabin for developing this, abbreviated OPV
oral polio vaccine
306
MED. ABBREV.: If you sleep with a CPAP device, you know it provides continuous positive this
air pressure
307
MONGOL RULERS: The founder of the Mongol Empire, he was great khan from 1206 to 1227
Genghis Khan
308
MONGOL RULERS: Hulagu Khan's 1258 siege of this Iraqi city destroyed its standing in the Islamic world & ended the 500-year rule of the Abbasids
Baghdad
309
MONGOL RULERS: Empress Manduhai Khatun was known for this quality, like Solomon, & used it to unite the warring Mongols in the 15th century
wisdom
310
MONGOL RULERS: Now in ruins, Shangdu is the site of this khan's former great capital where Marco Polo visited him
Kublai Khan
311
MONGOL RULERS: Batu Khan was the leader of this army that sacked & conquered westward as far as Poland & the Danube Valley
Golden Horde
312
IT TAKES A VILLAIN: He says the movie line "You don't know the power of the dark side\"
Darth Vader
313
IT TAKES A VILLAIN: At the end of "Avengers: Infinity War", he snaps his fingers & wipes out half the inhabitants of the universe
Thanos
314
IT TAKES A VILLAIN: Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode has another confrontation with this crazed killer in 2018's "Halloween\"
Michael Myers
315
IT TAKES A VILLAIN: He's the non-human villain in "2001: A Space Odyssey\"
HAL
316
IT TAKES A VILLAIN: He's Dudley Do-Right's dastardly mustachioed nemesis
Snidely Whiplash
317
NATIONAL PARKS: Development on this Florida bay spurred the campaign that helped create a national park there in 1980
Biscayne
318
NATIONAL PARKS: Big Bend National Park is named for a big bend on this river
the Rio Grande
319
NATIONAL PARKS: Ebenezer is the first name of the Utah settler whose last name adorns this spectacular national park
Bryce Canyon National Park
320
ONE-WORD RHYMES: The cost of a plane ticket
airfare
321
ONE-WORD RHYMES: Direct deposit time of the week
payday
322
ONE-WORD RHYMES: Magical or personal power; I've got mine working
mojo
323
ONE-WORD RHYMES: Write one & you might get an award from the James Beard Foundation
a cookbook
324
ONE-WORD RHYMES: To show off, especially in the main seating area of a sports venue
grandstand
325
AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS: In 1963 the Pulitzer Advisory Board vetoed his controversial play & gave no award; he would go on to win 3 Pulitzers
Edward Albee
326
BAYOU TRAP-ISTRY: Armadillos, raccoons & other varmints often have to be removed from the bayou areas of this most populous Texas city
Houston
327
BAYOU TRAP-ISTRY: The state of Louisiana says these reptiles over 4' can be considered a nuisance & will give you the name of a hunter
alligators
328
BAYOU TRAP-ISTRY: You can catch turtles as they're basking on a log in the Bayou sun, a habit due to being ectothermic, also known as this
cold-blooded
329
BAYOU TRAP-ISTRY: \"Rodents of Unusual Size" is a documentary about these animals, once valued for pelts but now destroying southern wetlands
nutria
330
LET'S LIVE ABROAD: Let's turn our winter into mega-winter in this region that's about 75% of Russia's area; we love a brisk -80º day!
Siberia
331
LET'S LIVE ABROAD: ...But not too far abroad! This border city about 15 miles south of San Diego will keep us close to the good ol' USA
Tijuana
332
LET'S LIVE ABROAD: We'll add ourselves to the 2.6 million in this most populous city in Canada; West Queen West is a happening area
Toronto
333
LET'S LIVE ABROAD: As this city hosted the Olympics in '92 & Hans Christian Andersen called it the "Paris of Spain", I say we give it a shot
Barcelona
334
LET'S LIVE ABROAD: With salons of Armani & Versace & the super-ritzy "Golden Rectangle" of fashion in the center of this Italian city...ciao!
Milan
335
I READ IT IN THE WORLD BOOK: Including whoopers, this is "a family of large birds with long legs and a long neck\"
cranes
336
I READ IT IN THE WORLD BOOK: This "is the only planet that cannot be seen without a telescope\"
Neptune
337
I READ IT IN THE WORLD BOOK: This "is a rough sport because the players kick and wrestle or sometimes hold an opponent's head underwater\"
water polo
338
I READ IT IN THE WORLD BOOK: He "(1889?-1950), was the most famous male dancer of his time\"
Nijinsky
339
SPEAK SOFTLY: Double talk word for a low, constant stream of noise or speech
murmur
340
SPEAK SOFTLY: Kids, you're within the walls of the house, not out in the park, so stop shouting & "use your" this
inside voice
341
SPEAK SOFTLY: These 6-letter "tones" are used when speaking softly & reverently
hushed
342
SPEAK SOFTLY: These 5-letter "tones" are subdued colors in clothing & decor
muted
343
SPEAK SOFTLY: In an opera score, instructions telling a singer to hold back include mezza voce & this voce
sotto
344
& CARRIE: \"Star Wars" fans were crushed by her 2016 passing, followed a day later by her mother's
Carrie Fisher
345
& CARRIE: Andie MacDowell played Carrie, the American girl who captures Hugh Grant's heart, in this 1994 film
Four Weddings and a Funeral
346
& CARRIE: In 2005 she became the first country singer to win "American Idol\"
Carrie Underwood
347
& CARRIE: In a 1976 film, she played Carrie White, whose prom night was quite memorable
Sissy Spacek
348
A BIG STATISTIC: Drowning is the most common death for those doing this, the most dangerous job in the U.S. as per a 2019 newspaper report
fishing
349
A BIG STATISTIC: Logitech did a survey that found that almost half the time the remote control was lost, it was found here
under the sofa cushion
350
A BIG STATISTIC: The haze that gives it its 3-word name doesn't keep visitors from making it our most visited national park
Great Smoky Mountains
351
A BIG STATISTIC: BLK on the NYSE, it has more than 6 trillion dollars in assets under management, more than any other firm
BlackRock
352
THE MANY BUILDINGS OF I.M. PEI: A cantilevered auditorium is one feature of this hall of fame designed by Pei on Lake Erie in Cleveland
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
353
THE MANY BUILDINGS OF I.M. PEI: 2 of I.M. Pei's early designs to be built were at an airport & a presidential library both honoring this man
(John F.) Kennedy
354
LOVE SONGS: She first hit the charts in 1985 with "You Give Good Love" & "Saving All My Love For You\"
Whitney Houston
355
LOVE SONGS: In "Perfect" he sings, "I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass\"
Ed Sheeran
356
LOVE SONGS: In a song inspired by his future wife, he sings, "All of me loves all of you, love your curves and all your edges\"
John Legend
357
LOVE SONGS: They breathed life into songs like "All Out Of Love" & "Lost In Love\"
Air Supply
358
LOVE SONGS: The melody for this Elvis hit was borrowed from a Civil War tune called "Aura Lee\"
\"Love Me Tender\"
359
THE TREATY SAYS SO: The 1814 Treaty of Ghent said the U.S. is "desirous" to promote the abolition of traffic in these
slaves
360
THE TREATY SAYS SO: The 1796 Treaty of Tripoli: "The government of the (United States) is not in any sense founded on" this "religion\"
Christianity
361
THE TREATY SAYS SO: The 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gave the U.S. "control of a zone" of this country where Bunau-Varilla became a hated man
Panama
362
THE TREATY SAYS SO: The Treaty of Versailles said "The construction or acquisition of any submarine... shall be forbidden in" this country
Germany
363
THE TREATY SAYS SO: This is the only Great Lake not mentioned in the Paris Peace Treaty of 1783 with Great Britain
Lake Michigan
364
AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE: The federal laureate position is technically called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry" by this library
the Library of Congress
365
AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE: This "Chicago" poet was Illinois' poet laureate in the last years of his life from 1962 to 1967
Carl Sandburg
366
AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE: Colorado laureate Milford Shields must have been surprised when the governor also made this singer laureate in 1974
John Denver
367
AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE: In 1998 Lawrence Ferlinghetti was made this city's first poet laureate
San Francisco
368
AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE: In 2019 Joy Harjo of the Muscogee Creek Nation of this state was named the first Native American poet laureate
Oklahoma
369
5 DAYS IN OCTOBER: October 18, this state's day, commemorates the 1867 transfer of territory from Russia to the United States
Alaska
370
5 DAYS IN OCTOBER: October 16 is National Feral this animal day--remember to spay & neuter!
cats
371
5 DAYS IN OCTOBER: In 2014, a time of increased pressure from Russia, Pres. Poroshenko made October 14 this country's Defender Day
Ukraine
372
5 DAYS IN OCTOBER: October 15 is El Gran Día in Ávila, Spain as it's this saint's feast day
Teresa of Avila
373
5 DAYS IN OCTOBER: On October 17 people in this Caribbean country celebrate national icon Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Haiti
374
\"V"-8: Where wine grapes are grown
a vineyard
375
\"V"-8: An exceptional, highly skilled musician, Italian style
a virtuoso
376
\"V"-8: It was a 1982 Top 10 hit for the Go-Go's
\"Vacation\"
377
\"V"-8: It means abnormally swollen or dilated, like certain veins
varicose
378
\"V"-8: Borrowed from German, it means "not allowed\"
verboden or verboten
379
CHEMICAL SYMBOL WORDPLAY: Fittingly, the symbols for the 4 elements in sodium citrate, which can make cheese melt easier, spell this 5-letter food
nacho
380
EXPLORERS: In June 1503, during his fourth voyage, this man & his remaining crew members were marooned on Jamaica
Christopher Columbus
381
EXPLORERS: A sea off Alaska is named for this Danish explorer
(Vitus) Bering
382
EXPLORERS: Around 980 he sailed west & named the land he found Greenland
Erik the Red
383
EXPLORERS: As part of the topographical corps of the U.S. Army, this "Pathfinder" surveyed the upper Missouri River
(John C.) Fremont
384
EXPLORERS: In 1855 he saw the falls Africans called Mosi-oa-Tunya ("smoke that thunders"), which he renamed for his queen
(Dr.) Livingstone
385
MINNESOTA...NICE: Though Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000" of these, the state's being modest as usual--about 12,000 is more accurate
lakes
386
MINNESOTA...NICE: At this facility you can visit the Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium & do a little shopping, too
the Mall of America
387
MINNESOTA...NICE: Paisley Park, his home & recording studio, is in Chanhassen, a suburb of his hometown of Minneapolis
Prince
388
MINNESOTA...NICE: The temperature falls in Minnesota, especially in these "Falls" that claim the title "Icebox of the Nation\"
International Falls
389
SOCIOLOGIST'S GLOSSARY: One definition of these trends is an "amusing mass involvement" that's short-lived; Hula Hoops & smiley faces are 2 examples
a fad
390
SOCIOLOGIST'S GLOSSARY: From the Latin for "absorbed", it's the process by which immigrants are absorbed into the majority culture
assimilation
391
SOCIOLOGIST'S GLOSSARY: The counterpart of a certain ceiling, this type of floor prevents screwups born into privilege from falling too far socioeconomically
the glass floor
392
SOCIOLOGIST'S GLOSSARY: Like orders of angels, it's the arrangement of positions in rank order, with those below reporting to those above
hierarchy
393
SOCIOLOGIST'S GLOSSARY: To us, it means a too-complex system of rules, but to Max Weber, it was an ideal type of hypothetical organization
bureaucracy
394
TV MORNING SHOWS: In 2005 Robin Roberts began co-anchoring this show, "GMA" for short
Good Morning America
395
TV MORNING SHOWS: The road in the title of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" is this one & they cover the day there from the opening bell
Wall Street
396
TV MORNING SHOWS: Ana Patricia Gámez helps wake up the USA's Spanish speakers on "Despierta América" on this TV network
Univision
397
TV MORNING SHOWS: Groundbreaking female hosts of this morning show that premiered in 1952 include Jane Pauley & Barbara Walters
the TODAY Show
398
TV MORNING SHOWS: She co-hosts MSNBC's "Morning Joe\"
Mika Brzezinski
399
I'VE GOT 2 WORDS FOR YOU: Tarana Burke actually coined this phrase more than a decade ago as a way to help survivors of sexual abuse
me too
400
I'VE GOT 2 WORDS FOR YOU: In 2015 Illinois mandated that polling places pass out stickers with these 2 words on Election Day
I voted
401
I'VE GOT 2 WORDS FOR YOU: Got milk? Maybe you shouldn't if you're this & have trouble digesting the sugar that's found in it
lactose intolerant
402
DRY CLEANING: Dry cleaning got its name because this is not a big part of the process; liquid chemicals are used
water
403
DRY CLEANING: Back in the day, dry cleaning used chemicals including gasoline & this other petroleum product AKA lamp oil
kerosene
404
DRY CLEANING: Perchloroethylene is dry cleaners' go-to as this 7-letter word that makes stains go away
a solvent
405
DRY CLEANING: This substance that gives wine & coffee their astringency also leads to tough stains; special detergents help
tannins
406
THAT CODEX MOMENT: The codex, an early form of the modern book, began replacing this less wieldy form early in the first millennium A.D.
a scroll
407
THAT CODEX MOMENT: The Codex Vaticanus & the codex named for this mount are the earliest known manuscripts of the Bible
Mount Sinai
408
THAT CODEX MOMENT: The Madrid Codex is one of a handful of this Mesoamerican culture's hieroglyphic texts to survive 16th C. Spanish burnings
the Maya
409
THAT CODEX MOMENT: The 13th century Codex Regius, containing the Elder Edda, is a national treasure of this country
Iceland
410
THAT CODEX MOMENT: The 6th century codex of this great Byzantine Emperor was a compilation & distillation of Roman law
Justinian
411
POP CULTURE: This reality show returned to MTV in 2019, with Spencer & Heidi now parents
The Hills
412
POP CULTURE: This alliterative MMORPG released a "Classic" version in 2019 that returns players to Azeroth prior to its many expansions
World of Warcraft
413
POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift's song "Me!" features Brendon Urie of this band that's got an exclamation point in its name!
Panic! at the Disco
414
POP CULTURE: In "John Wick: Chapter 3", Keanu kicks butt with Sofia, played by this Oscar-winning actress
Halle Berry
415
POP CULTURE: In the comics this town is the rural residence of Li'l Abner
Dogpatch
416
AUTOMATONS: Czech writer Karel Capek wrote the play "R.U.R.". short for "Rossum's Universal" these automata
robots
417
AUTOMATONS: Talos was a mythical giant automaton made of this tin/copper alloy to protect Crete
bronze
418
AUTOMATONS: This 2011 Martin Scorsese movie is based on a Brian Selznick book about a boy who fixes an automaton with a secret message
Hugo
419
AUTOMATONS: In Offenbach's opera "Tales of" this man, the writer falls in love with an automaton named Olympia
Hoffmann
420
AUTOMATONS: The Hebrew name of this creature made of clay is also a word for an automaton
a golem
421
OH OH, 3 O'S: It describes your peepers when they've caught the red eye
bloodshot
422
OH OH, 3 O'S: The scientific field of Franz Boas & Margaret Mead
anthropology
423
OH OH, 3 O'S: It's the Royal Navy rank just below Rear Admiral
Commodore
424
OH OH, 3 O'S: You'll give a piece of your mind with this brain-cutting operation
lobotomy
425
FALL-POURRI: Circleville, Ohio is famous for its fall festival feting these gourds; the biggest one in 2018 was over 1,600 pounds
a pumpkin
426
FALL-POURRI: 1978's "Autumn Sonata" was the last feature film for this actress who won her first Oscar for "Gaslight" in 1945
Ingrid Bergman
427
FALL-POURRI: The American Meteorological Society defines it as "a period, in mid- or late autumn, of abnormally warm weather\"
Indian summer
428
FALL-POURRI: Don't fear the reaper or this person, found in Keats' "To Autumn", who gathers the grain the reaper has left behind
the Gleaner
429
LONDON'S BLUE PLAQUES: A blue plaque shows the Soho location where John Logie Baird, a claimant as the inventor of this medium, first demoed it in 1926
television
430
LONDON'S BLUE PLAQUES: Though she fought plaque, Lilian Lindsay would have liked the one that honors her as Britain's 1st woman in this profession
a dentist
431
LONDON'S BLUE PLAQUES: He could have said, "I need the 2-wheeled carriage or 'cab' named for me to take me home to 27 Sumner Place\"
(Joseph) Hansom
432
LONDON'S BLUE PLAQUES: A play & 2 movies were titled "The Barretts of" this street & that's where Elizabeth Barrett Browning's plaque is
Wimpole Street
433
LONDON'S BLUE PLAQUES: This composer of "The Planets" has a plaque on St. Paul's Girls' School, where he taught & which is still operating
Gustav Holst
434
20th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN: In her only kids' book, she says, "There was Rose. Rose was her name & would she have been Rose if her name had not been Rose\"
Gertrude Stein
435
WHAT PREZ PRECEDED...: James Madison--another Founding Father
Jefferson
436
WHAT PREZ PRECEDED...: The surprised John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
437
WHAT PREZ PRECEDED...: The surprised Chester Arthur
Garfield
438
WHAT PREZ PRECEDED...: Martin Van Buren, & you can take that to the bank
Andrew Jackson
439
WHAT PREZ PRECEDED...: Franklin Pierce--a man whose first name is a good bet not to repeat as a presidential one in the near future
Millard Fillmore
440
RAINY DAY GEAR: The rain version of this, a sort of blanket with a hole in the center, often comes with an attached hood
a poncho
441
RAINY DAY GEAR: This waterproof jacket named for its inventor Charles was made of a patented India rubber cloth
a mackintosh
442
RAINY DAY GEAR: The Inuit in Greenland wore this weatherproof jacket with an Inuit name
anorak
443
RAINY DAY GEAR: This British brand known for its plaid-lined raincoats outfitted Amundsen for his 1911 South Pole expedition
Burberry
444
HER STORY: Her tale of a boy wizard was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury picked it up
J.K. Rowling
445
HER STORY: From her pen: "The dirty scallawags, the lousy trashy poor whites, boasting they would live at Tara!\"
(Margaret) Mitchell
446
HER STORY: She wrote, "Why is this book called 'Bossypants'? One, because the name 'Two and a Half Men' was already taken\"
(Tina) Fey
447
HER STORY: In 1969 this young adult novelist published "The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo"; soon, God heard from Margaret
Judy Blume
448
OLD SCHOOL MOVIES: Who else but this "SNL" alum, so near & dear to my heart, would go streaking through the quad at Harrison University in "Old School"?
Will Ferrell
449
OLD SCHOOL MOVIES: We sing the praises of Barden University & the Bellas from this 2012 film
Pitch Perfect
450
OLD SCHOOL MOVIES: Asked incredulously in this film, "You got into Harvard law?", Elle Woods replies, "What, like it's hard?\"
Legally Blonde
451
OLD SCHOOL MOVIES: In 1998 this actor was "The Waterboy" for South Central Louisiana State until he became a tackling machine on the gridiron
Adam Sandler
452
OLD SCHOOL MOVIES: This funnyman got some respect going "Back to School" at Grand Lakes U., I tell ya
Rodney Dangerfield
453
IT'S CRUNCH TIME: Oh, this word! When attached to ginger, often indicates a perfectly crispy cookie
a snap
454
IT'S CRUNCH TIME: The navigator of this food brand sails the milky seas on his ship, the S.S. Guppy
Cap'n Crunch
455
IT'S CRUNCH TIME: Lay's potato chips that are "cooked" in small batches in one of these are thicker & crunchier than the regular chips
kettles
456
IT'S CRUNCH TIME: This crunchy salad containing apples, celery & mayo was named for the New York hotel where it was created
Waldorf
457
WORK THOSE "ABS\": It's to hold back from doing something like drinking or voting
to abstain
458
WORK THOSE "ABS\": To pardon or forgive a sin, my son
absolve
459
WORK THOSE "ABS\": According to the title of a 1960s Disney classic, Fred MacMurray was this type of professor
absent-minded
460
WORK THOSE "ABS\": Bacteria are commonly the cause of one of these painful pockets of pus that may need to be drained
abscess
461
WORK THOSE "ABS\": It's a concise summary of an article or speech
an abstract
462
FLOWER POWER: Van Gogh captured these huge flowers in their August bloom; the yellow background makes the work almost monochromatic
sunflowers
463
FLOWER POWER: The oil made from this purple flower is used in perfumes and cosmetics
lavender
464
FLOWER POWER: The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" says, "All at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden" these flowers
daffodils
465
SO LONG: Hallmark says sales of cards for this anniversary spiked in the early 1990s; Americans had rushed to marry before the boys went to WWII
50th anniversary wedding card
466
SO LONG: The anniversary Hanoi celebrated in 2010, or a person born around 1990
a millennial
467
SO LONG: If someone says you kept him waiting for these lengths of time, remind him there have only been 4 of them in earth's 4.6 billion years
eons
468
SO LONG: Fed up with economists saying things will return to balance, J.M. Keynes wrote, "In" this extended period "we are all dead\"
the long run
469
TV PETS: The standard by which all TV pets will forever be measured is this beloved Collie owned by young Timmy Martin
Lassie
470
TV PETS: On "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", her talking black cat had this name, also a historic New England village
Salem
471
TV PETS: A sea snail named Gary is the pet of this title burger joint employee
SpongeBob SquarePants
472
TV PETS: Moose was the real name of the popular pup called Eddie on this sitcom
Frasier
473
TV PETS: Arnold, one of these animals on "Green Acres", could change the TV channel & play the piano
a pig
474
GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES: Norway & Alaska, where there's 24 hours of light during summer, share the nickname the "Land of" this
Midnight Sun
475
GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES: After one of its national symbols, this U.K. country is "The Land of the Leek\"
Wales
476
GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES: In Germany, it's "The Town of the Pied Piper\"
Hamelin
477
GEOGRAPHICAL NICKNAMES: This country that's famous for its cheese & butter is nicknamed "the Dairy of Northern Europe\"
Denmark
478
SHIP OF THE LINE: \"The clangor of that blacksmiths' fray" is a line by Herman Melville about this ironclad ship's battle with the Merrimack
the Monitor
479
SHIP OF THE LINE: \"They say I got away in a boat / and humbled me at the inquiry", begins Derek Mahon's "After" this, about a haunted survivor
the Titanic
480
SHIP OF THE LINE: \"The ship went down like lead" in this Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem about a man haunted by a guilty act
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
481
SHIP OF THE LINE: This ship "is unsinkable / that was Hitler's cry", ran a WWII-era Royal Navy poem titled "The Sinking of" it
the Bismarck
482
SHIP OF THE LINE: \"Long time ago, from Amsterdam a vessel sailed away", begins John Boyle O'Reilly's poem about this spooky title ship
the Flying Dutchman
483
& SOMETIMES Y: A direction takes on a Y & rises as a single-celled fungal organism
east & yeast
484
& SOMETIMES Y: A canvas roof extension extends further with a Y to become an action done when drowsy
awning & yawning
485
& SOMETIMES Y: Ecclesiastical law approves the addition of a Y to be a steep-sided deep valley
canon & canyon
486
& SOMETIMES Y: The occupation of examining accounting records adds a Y & becomes an adjective that pertains to hearing
auditor & auditory
487
& SOMETIMES Y: A general term for a musical group adds Y to become a verb meaning to exchange words
band & bandy
488
WORLD LEADERS: This man who ruled from 1949 to 1976 was sometimes called "the Red Sun\"
Mao Zedong (Mao)
489
LEGAL BRIEFS: Defamatory statement in a fixed medium like writing
libel
490
LEGAL BRIEFS: President's ex-lawyer; he lied to Congress; sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2018
Michael Cohen
491
LEGAL BRIEFS: Exemption of ambassadors & such from local law enforcement is this 2-word term
diplomatic immunity
492
LEGAL BRIEFS: This lawyer: pro-labor, also defended Leopold & Loeb in 1924
Clarence Darrow
493
LEGAL BRIEFS: 3-word principle established in 1896; overturned in Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka
Separate but equal
494
\'60s POP CULTURE: Complete with combat boots & a dog tag, he made his debut at a 1964 toy fair
G.I. Joe
495
\'60s POP CULTURE: It was the dawning of a New Age in theater with this "Love-Rock Musical" & its much-publicized nudity
Hair
496
\'60s POP CULTURE: In November 1967 John Lennon appeared on the cover of this music magazine's first issue
Rolling Stone
497
\'60s POP CULTURE: At the Oscars in 1969, there was a rare tie for Best Actress between Barbra Streisand & this other legend
Katharine Hepburn
498
THE NONFICTION BOOK'S SUBTITLE: With a rhyming title: "The True Story of the Manson Murders\"
Helter Skelter
499
THE NONFICTION BOOK'S SUBTITLE: \"A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything\"
Freakonomics
500
THE NONFICTION BOOK'S SUBTITLE: About Louis Zamperini: "A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption\"
Unbroken
