Season 36 (1501-2000) Flashcards
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THE NONFICTION BOOK’S SUBTITLE: By Sheryl Sandberg: “Women, Work, and the Will to Lead"
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Lean In
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THE NONFICTION BOOK’S SUBTITLE: Made into a Jennifer Aniston movie, “The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys"
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He’s Just Not That Into You
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4-WORD EXCHANGE: In a proverb they “flock together"
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birds of a feather
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4-WORD EXCHANGE: In 2010 Congress passed a law ending the ban on openly gay soldiers serving in the military, repealing this 4-word policy
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Dont ask, don’t tell
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4-WORD EXCHANGE: This 4-word phrase is the ordinal equivalent of “The early bird gets the worm"
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First come, first serve
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4-WORD EXCHANGE: At the end of this Shakespeare play, Orlando & Rosalind tie the knot
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As You Like It
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4-WORD EXCHANGE: 4-word phrase that’s the title of a 2002 book about Ronco & Popeil products like the Veg-O-matic
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but wait, there’s more
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HISTORIC NAMES: On May 29, 1953 he left a crucifix on the summit of Mount Everest; his companion left a food offering
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(Edmund) Hillary
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HISTORIC NAMES: Given to 2 continents, the name of this explorer previously belonged to his grandfather
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Amerigo Vespucci
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HISTORIC NAMES: The Tribune (not a newspaper but a guy named Clodius) got this orator exiled from Rome in 58 B.C.
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Cicero
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HISTORIC NAMES: The international airport serving Jackson, Mississippi is named for this civil rights leader, assassinated in 1963
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(Medgar) Evers
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ENFANTS TERRIBLES: If young Jacques fusses in his crib, hang a musical one of these from Moulin Roty to calm him
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a mobile
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ENFANTS TERRIBLES: Noelle needs juice now–get her favorite, Blédina’s pommes raisins, made from these 2 fruits
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apples & grapes
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ENFANTS TERRIBLES: French moms use Mitosyl when cranky babies are suffering from this skin irritation named for something they wear
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diaper rash
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ENFANTS TERRIBLES: Little Antoine can think about his ways, during une mise à l’écart temporaire, what we in the States know as this
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a time-out
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MAGIC & ILLUSION: Giving a lot of bang for your buck in the 1920s, he presented magic, illusions, escapes & phony mediums exposed
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Houdini
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MAGIC & ILLUSION: On “The Big Bang Theory”, this notably silent magician played Amy’s dad & actually had a line–“Thank you!"
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Teller
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MAGIC & ILLUSION: In 1983 an onlooker said, “I have never seen a Statue of Liberty disappear the way this one did”, courtesy of this performer
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Copperfield
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MAGIC & ILLUSION: On April 5, 1999 this magician was “Buried Alive” in a plexiglass coffin under a 3-ton water tank & stayed for 7 days
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(David) Blaine
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MAGIC & ILLUSION: He said throwing 2 cards so they stick in the same spot in a watermelon was a “feat so impressive, I am forced to mention it myself"
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(Ricky) Jay
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TV-POURRI: Season 3 of this streaming show about a blind superhero featured a nearly 11-minute, single-take prison riot scene
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Daredevil
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TV-POURRI: On TruTv he’s just being truthful, but he “Ruins Everything"
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Adam
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TV-POURRI: The house that stood in for this home of the Crawleys was remodeled by Sir Charles Barry, who also built the Houses of Parliament
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Downton Abbey
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TV-POURRI: In 2018 Kaycee Clark was the ultimate head of household, winning $500,000 on this reality show
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Big Brother
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SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: In 1986, shortly before his death, this pop artist completed 6 "Fright Wig" self-portraits in acrylic & silkscreen ink
(Andy) Warhol
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SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: A grandson of Sigmund, he made a self-portrait with a black eye that sold for over $4 million in 2010
Lucian Freud
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\"OB"SCURE WORDS: Greek for a pointed pillar gives us this word for a pointed pillar
obelisk
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\"OB"SCURE WORDS: To confuse or make obscure
obfuscate
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\"OB"SCURE WORDS: A sycophant is obedient as well as this servile adjective
obsequious
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\"OB"SCURE WORDS: French phrase for something of aesthetic value
objet d'art
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\"OB"SCURE WORDS: The abdominal external these muscles are used in a side bend
obliques
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PUT THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSION: Fred Haise, James Lovell, Jack Swigert handled some problems on this mission
Apollo 13
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PUT THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSION: Robert Cabana & a crew of 5 made the 1998 first docking here
the International Space Station
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PUT THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSION: Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin & Paul Weitz were on the 1973 first visit to this, which burned up 6 years later
Skylab
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LANGUAGE ISOLATES: You might think this tongue of the Pyrenees would be related to French or Spanish, but not really
Basque
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LANGUAGE ISOLATES: Written in cuneiform in Ur, this oldest written language was an isolate
Sumerian
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LANGUAGE ISOLATES: Kutenai is an isolate spoken in the Kootenay region of this Canadian province, near its eastern border with Alberta
British Columbia
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LANGUAGE ISOLATES: Japanese has supplanted the isolate spoken by this 4-letter indigenous people of Hokkaido
Ainu
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MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS: The soundtrack of this 2018 film has "Material Girl" & "Money (That's What I Want)" in Chinese & English
Crazy Rich Asians
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AROUND THE WORLD: The 3,000-room Royal Palace in this city is the official residence of the Spanish royal family, but they don't live there
Madrid
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AROUND THE WORLD: These 2 colorful rivers join together just north of Khartoum, Sudan
the Blue & White Nile
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AROUND THE WORLD: Studying the earth-moving capabilities of earthworms in 1877, Charles Darwin dug holes in Salisbury Plain at this landmark
Stonehenge
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ENABLING COOKIES: The Facebook page of this century-old brand of sandwich cookie has more than 42 million "likes\"
Oreo
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ENABLING COOKIES: A little elf told me that this brand makes E.L. Fudge, but obviously, that elf was slacking & should get back to work
Keebler
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ENABLING COOKIES: This Nabisco brand went cage-free on its box covers in 2018
Animal Crackers
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ENABLING COOKIES: This Nestle cookie named for a Massachusetts inn dates to the 1930s
a Toll House
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ENABLING COOKIES: These Girl Scout cookies are known as the "Cradle of Polynesia\"
Samoas
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WEIRD SPORTS STUFF: It's not about hunting--these rights that get NBA teams around the salary cap are named for Larry
Bird rights
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WEIRD SPORTS STUFF: 2 ketchup bottles top the scoreboard of "The Big Ketchup Bottle", this home to the Pittsburgh Steelers
Heinz Field
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WEIRD SPORTS STUFF: Bodexpress didn't win this 2019 race, the second in the Triple Crown, but did finish--not bad for running with no jockey
the Preakness
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WEIRD SPORTS STUFF: One letter off from a big web company, it's a cricket ball thrown with unusual spin
googly
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WEIRD SPORTS STUFF: Lionel Messi is diminutive & a pest to those he faces, so he is dubbed "La Pulga", or this in English
The Flea
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CLUE "N" RESPONSE: Joan Jett sang "I love" this
\"I Love Rock 'N' Roll\"
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CLUE "N" RESPONSE: With this product you toss your chicken in a bag with bread crumbs before it goes in the oven
Shake 'n Bake
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CLUE "N" RESPONSE: Beginning in 2016, this Axl Rose band's "Not in This Lifetime" tour played to more than 5 million fans
Guns N' Roses
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CLUE "N" RESPONSE: The name of this Clairol hair color brand emphasizes how simple it is
Nice 'N Easy
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CLUE "N" RESPONSE: This rap duo throws a pajama jammy jam in "House Party 2\"
Kid 'n Play
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DOUBLE TALK: It weighed 50 pounds, had small, useless wings & was extinct by the end of the 17th century
the dodo
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DOUBLE TALK: Proverbially, hindsight is said to be this designation of normal vision
20/20
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DOUBLE TALK: A chocolate candy with a fruit, cream or nut center
bonbon
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DOUBLE TALK: Give me the name of Ossining, New York's correctional facility, ya mug
Sing Sing
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LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS: Last name of 18th century printer James, who used the pen name "Poor Robin" for some of his almanacs
Franklin
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LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS: Last name of Louisiana privateer Pierre, who died following a skirmish in 1821; brother Jean outlived him
Lafitte
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LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS: In a song beloved by 1940s Red Sox fans, this name rhymes with "better than his brother Joe\"
DiMaggio
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LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS: Al Capone's oldest brother, a lawman who went by "Two-Gun" Hart, was known for pursuing these prohibition violators
bootleggers
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LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS: With the new idea of using steel, Ludvig Nobel built the first modern one of these oil-carrying ships
a tanker
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THIS SIDE OF PARODIES: One of many efforts at parodying this play says, "To wed, or not to wed... for in that married life what fights may come...\"
Hamlet
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THIS SIDE OF PARODIES: The "Batracho-Myomachia", or "Battle of Frogs & Mice", is an ancient parody of this epic
The Iliad
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THIS SIDE OF PARODIES: We follow not a baby bird but a young woman in "Are You My Boyfriend?", a twist on this 1960 kids' book
Are You My Mother?
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THIS SIDE OF PARODIES: First published anonymously, this author's "The Rape of the Lock" from 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative poem
(Alexander) Pope
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THIS SIDE OF PARODIES: In this novel about Catherine Morland, Jane Austen parodied Gothic tales of terror
Northanger Abbey
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NEWSPAPERS: The latest news about Starbucks can be found in this city's Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
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NEWSPAPERS: In 1982 the Gannett Co. started publishing this national newspaper
USA Today
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NEWSPAPERS: Times have changed: a 1924 New York Times opinion column called this word game "a primitive sort of mental exercise\"
a crossword
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NEWSPAPERS: Now online only, this daily still holds to Mary Baker Eddy's rule that there be one religious article each weekday
The Christian Science Monitor
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NEWSPAPERS: This family with its name on a spelling bee & an oceanographic institution got into publishing with the Cleveland Penny Press
Scripps
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THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II: Charles II's enthronement as king in 1660 was called the Restoration--it restored this royal family
the Stuart
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THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II: Smoothing his return, Charles II's Declaration of Breda granted one of these for crimes against "us or our royal father\"
a pardon
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THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II: These 2 "Great" historic afflictions hit London in 1665 & 1666
Great Fire & the Plague
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BIOLOGY: 4-letter word for an organism that provides sustenance to one or more parasites
the host
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BIOLOGY: Descendants of these cells, progenitor cells have their own medical potential but are more limited in what tissue they can become
stem cells
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BIOLOGY: In invertebrates, this outermost layer of the skin is usually only one cell thick
the epidermis
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BIOLOGY: In most mollusks a trochophore is the animal at this juvenile stage that looks very different from the adult
the larva stage
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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS: Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian helped propel this 1935 film to best picture, the first remake to win the Oscar
Mutiny on the Bounty
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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS: It was Oscar's kind of town for 2002
Chicago
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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS: Professor, author, critic & PBS host Henry Louis Gates Jr. served as a consultant on this 2013 film
12 Years a Slave
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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS: This recent winner began as an attempt to remake "The Creature From the Black Lagoon\"
The Shape of Water
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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS: Johnny Hooker got the help of "the greatest con artist of them all" as this 1973 pic stole away with the Oscar
The Sting
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WORDS IN ICELANDIC: To annul
cancel
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WORDS IN ICELANDIC: A tribe of highlanders
clan
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WORDS IN ICELANDIC: In the winter of 2010, a 27-foot-long one was seen hanging under a Scottish bridge
icicle
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WORDS IN ICELANDIC: Carrying a burden
laden
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WORDS IN ICELANDIC: This African antelope is right there in the middle
eland
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THE POSTCOLONIAL WORLD: This African nation left the British Commonwealth in 2003 over sanctions on its undemocratic government; in 2018 it applied to rejoin
Zimbabwe
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MUSICAL LEGENDS: On Sept. 25, 1970 she recorded "Me And Bobby McGee"; on October 4 she died
(Janis) Joplin
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MUSICAL LEGENDS: This country crossover star's Top 40 hits included "Rhinestone Cowboy" & "Wichita Lineman\"
Glen Campbell
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STARTS & ENDS WITH "P\": It's a person's style of handwriting; a doctor's is stereotypically poor
penmanship
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STARTS & ENDS WITH "P\": At the 2018 Indy 500 Scott Dixon's crew won the challenge named for this break for service
pit stop
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STARTS & ENDS WITH "P\": Ogden Nash called this root vegetable "an anemic beet\"
a parsnip
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STARTS & ENDS WITH "P\": On a Vegas-set reality series, Rick Harrison buys, sells & appraises items of historical value in this kind of establishment
a pawn shop
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STARTS & ENDS WITH "P\": The main building block of coral is this tiny organism
a polyp
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QUOTABLE NOTABLES: Archimedes was referring to this simple machine when he said, "Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth\"
a lever
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QUOTABLE NOTABLES: F. Scott Fitzgerald warned that using this punctuation mark "is like laughing at your own joke\"
an exclamation mark
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QUOTABLE NOTABLES: From this place, George Washington wrote his soldiers were unfit for duty because they were "barefoot and otherwise naked\"
Valley Forge
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QUOTABLE NOTABLES: This French microbiologist said, "Chance favors only the prepared mind\"
Pasteur
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QUOTABLE NOTABLES: In the 1940s this British novelist said "The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world\"
George Orwell
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CANADIAN NATIONAL STUFF, EH?: If you're having trouble remembering these 2 national colors of Canada, think of the flag
red & white
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CANADIAN NATIONAL STUFF, EH?: Canada's motto is "a Mari usque ad Mare", translated as "from" this "to" this
sea
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CANADIAN NATIONAL STUFF, EH?: Whether it's silver or bigleaf, Canada's national tree is this
the maple
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CANADIAN NATIONAL STUFF, EH?: This rodent became a national symbol in 1975
the beaver
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CANADIAN NATIONAL STUFF, EH?: The national anthem "O Canada" was first sung in 1880 here, Canada's only walled city
Quebec City
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OUR HOME: We like the pool, but now it's time for some bubbly in our J-500 one of these that "defines the hot tub experience\"
a Jacuzzi
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OUR HOME: We have this directional exposure--it's great for the solar panels & Architectural Digest says it's best "for bright light all day\"
southern
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OUR HOME: We've got an extra sink & plenty of storage between the kitchen & dining room in the "pantry" named for this worker
a butler
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OUR HOME: This French phrase meaning "following" is used to describe a bathroom that connects to a bedroom
en suite
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& NATIVE LAND: Musician Ravi Shankar
India
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& NATIVE LAND: President to some, not so much to others Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela
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& NATIVE LAND: The whiskey-wanting Greta Garbo
Sweden
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& NATIVE LAND: Painter with a pipe dream René Magritte
Belgium
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& NATIVE LAND: Nobel Peace Prize winner F.W. de Klerk
South Africa
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BAN THAT BOOK!: A book about George, who takes the new name Melissa, earned some bans but also one of these Greek-letter awards AKA the Lammys
the Lambda Award
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BAN THAT BOOK!: This Stowe novel was banned in parts of the slave-holding South & in serf-holding Russia
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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BAN THAT BOOK!: Forget the love story--Pasternak's "Dr. Zhivago" was banned in the USSR until 1987 because of its portrayal of this commie faction
the Bolsheviks
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BAN THAT BOOK!: Due to its alleged obscenity, in 1957 U.S. Customs seized 520 copies of this Allen Ginsberg poem printed in England
\"Howl\"
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BAN THAT BOOK!: The 1722 novel "Moll Flanders" by this author has been taken off shelves for lewdness
Daniel Defoe
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ACCENTS: A 2019 survey ranked this island nation as having the sexiest accent; nearby Australia ranked fifth
New Zealand
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ACCENTS: In Latin America, this word of thanks is pronounced with a soft "C"; in most of Spain, the "C" is said as a "th\"
gracias
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ACCENTS: Ewan McGregor called the Midwest accent he used for this TV show based on a movie the hardest one he'd ever done
Fargo
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ACCENTS: Scouse, the accent for this port city on England's West Coast, comes from lobscouse, a sailor's dish
Liverpool
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ACCENTS: It's another word for an Irish accent
a brogue
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GAME OF CLONES: Using cloned DNA worked out just super-duper in this 1993 film... well, for its producers, not its characters
Jurassic Park
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GAME OF CLONES: This man returned to the "Star Wars" universe in animated form, voicing Mace Windu in "The Clone Wars\"
Samuel L. Jackson
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GAME OF CLONES: Sarah, Helena & Cosima were but some of the "Clone Club" played by this actress on "Orphan Black\"
Tatiana Maslany
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GAME OF CLONES: This author was able to revive the character Duncan Idaho when he introduced clones called ghola in "Dune Messiah\"
(Frank) Herbert
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AMERICAN HISTORY: \"Insure domestic tranquility" & "secure the blessings of liberty" are lines from this historic document
the Constitution
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AMERICAN HISTORY: In the 1760s these 2 surveyors marked the boundary between Maryland & Pennsylvania
Mason and Dixon
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AMERICAN HISTORY: Woeful economic conditions helped reduce immigration from 4.2 million the decade before to less than 700,000 in this decade
the 1930s
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AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1868 the House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 to impeach this man
(Andrew) Johnson
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THE GENDER-FREE OPTION: One suggestion for this chess piece: deputy sovereign
queen
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THE GENDER-FREE OPTION: We could call this "parental" computer component a primary circuit board
a motherboard
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THE GENDER-FREE OPTION: You can use this 6-letter term rather than Latina or Latino
Latinx
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THE GENDER-FREE OPTION: How about "synthetic" or "artificial" instead of this hyphenated adjective
man-made
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THE GENDER-FREE OPTION: To describe those who came before us, these "bears" are less patriarchal than these "fathers\"
forebears
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\"T" BIRDS: In 1784 Ben Franklin panned the bald eagle as a U.S. national symbol, preferring this bird instead
the turkey
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\"T" BIRDS: This small duck shares its name with a bluish-green color
a teal duck
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\"T" BIRDS: This swan is named for its low-pitched call
a trumpeter swan
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\"T" BIRDS: Scarlet is one species of this songbird
the scarlet tanager
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U.S. CITIES: Named for the ore once mined there, this city at an altitude of 10,152 feet is home to the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum
Leadville
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A TREE GROWS IN BOOK LAND: The Whomping Willow does its whomping on the grounds of this castle
Hogwarts
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A TREE GROWS IN BOOK LAND: The party tree that grew in this Middle-Earth land was the location of Bilbo's farewell speech
the Shire
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A TREE GROWS IN BOOK LAND: Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree" gives these fruits & more to a thoughtless boy
an apple
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A TREE GROWS IN BOOK LAND: \"It was a right motley company that gathered about the noble greenwood tree in Sherwood's depths" in an 1883 tale of this hero
Robin Hood
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A TREE GROWS IN BOOK LAND: After this title character accepts Rochester's proposal, lightning splits a chestnut tree at Thornfield Hall
Jane Eyre
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21st CENTURY TELEVISION: Fans of this show called it "The Jack Bauer Power Hour\"
24
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21st CENTURY TELEVISION: Casey Webb has taken over for Adam Richman on this travel channel show that pits humanity against digestion
Man v. Food
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21st CENTURY TELEVISION: Justin Timberlake & Frankie Muniz were the first 2 victims on this MTV prank show
Punk'd
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21st CENTURY TELEVISION: As Sydney Bristow on "Alias", this actress worked for SD-6 & the CIA
(Jennifer) Garner
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21st CENTURY TELEVISION: Amybeth McNulty stars in the series "Anne with an E", a grittier take on this 1908 Canadian novel
Anne of Green Gables
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: At the gov.uk site in the Past Prime Ministers section, there is only one listed as "Baroness"--this person
Margaret Thatcher
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Before his PM-ship Robert Peel organized the London police force & his nickname gave the cops this moniker
Bobbies
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: A few months after quitting as prime minister in 2016, this Conservative gave up his seat in the House of Commons
(David) Cameron
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: With the 1938 Munich Agreement, this PM granted most of Hitler's demands & left Czechoslovakia to its fate
(Neville) Chamberlain
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: A giant of 19th century politics as well as a novelist, he was the first man of Jewish ancestry to be prime minister
Disraeli
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WHAT DO YOU LOVE?: Oenophile: Drink up!
wine
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WHAT DO YOU LOVE?: Cinephile
movies
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WHAT DO YOU LOVE?: Ornithophile
birds
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WHAT DO YOU LOVE?: Theophile
God
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WHAT DO YOU LOVE?: Heliophile
the Sun
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COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA: The comma as we know it came to be around 1500, not by an author, but rather by one of these putting out Greek classics
a printing press
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COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA: On keyboards you'll find a comma by itself & as part of this other punctuation mark
a semicolon
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COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA, COMMA: The comma named for this school often precedes the words "and" & "or\"
the Oxford comma
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CHAMELEON: \"Karma Chameleon" was a No. 1 Hit in 1983 for this alliterative U.K. band fronted by Boy George
Culture Club
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CHAMELEON: About half the world's species of chameleon live on this large African island, with dozens existing nowhere else
Madagascar
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CHAMELEON: In the 2011 animated film "Rango", this swashbuckling actor voices the title chameleon
(Johnny) Depp
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CHAMELEON: To catch prey, chameleons can extend this to a distance nearly twice their body length
their tongue
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CHAMELEON: Some lizards can lose a tail & not worry much, but chameleons don't have the ability to regrow body parts via this process
regeneration
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BRIDGES GALORE!: In 1971 this bridge went from crossing the Thames to crossing the Colorado
London Bridge
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BRIDGES GALORE!: Spanning 6 miles over 5 islands, the Great Seto Bridge connects Shikoku to this main Japanese island
Honshu
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BRIDGES GALORE!: Not far from Davos, this nation's Sunniberg Bridge is thin, so as not to obstruct the view
Switzerland
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BRIDGES GALORE!: The Kennedy Bridge in Niamey crosses this river with the same name as the country
Niger
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POTPOURRI: Chemists say roasting is the key factor driving bitter taste in this beverage; wake up & smell it!
coffee
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POTPOURRI: One who appears on a document transferring the title to realty may be "a friend in" this
deed
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POTPOURRI: You can climb the Hangayn Mountains in this country that's sandwiched between China & Russia
Mongolia
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POTPOURRI: This Boston store's "Basement" was famous for its 1-day wedding gown sale dubbed the "Running of the Brides\"
Filene's
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POTPOURRI: This little metal piece at the front of a gun barrel acts as a sight; marksmen "draw" it when they line up a target
a bead
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MOVING THE SAINTS: Swiped from the Holy Land, the reputed head of this decapitated saint is on display on a silver plate at Amiens Cathedral
John the Baptist
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MOVING THE SAINTS: This saint venerated in December was buried in Asia Minor but stolen & moved to Italy; reputed bits of him have turned up all over
(Saint) Nicholas
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MOVING THE SAINTS: In 2004 bones of 2 saints taken from Constantinople to Rome were returned by the pope to this church's patriarch
Eastern Orthodox
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MOVING THE SAINTS: According to tradition, St. Mark's remains were stolen from Alexandria, taken to this European city, lost & rediscovered
Venice
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MOVING THE SAINTS: A Louisville church displays almost half of the skeleton of St. Magnus, said to be a martyred one of these Roman legionary officers
a centurion
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ON THE "B"-LIST: Equilibrium
balance
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ON THE "B"-LIST: It's said to be the "soul of wit\"
brevity
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ON THE "B"-LIST: The late, great Bill Monroe was considered "The Father of" this type of music
Bluegrass
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ON THE "B"-LIST: This 5-letter word for the verge of catastrophe also means the edge of a steep drop
brink
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ON THE "B"-LIST: This word for troops camping outside comes from a German word for "extra watch\"
bivouac
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: In 1787 he gave us a little gem called "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik\"
Mozart
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: This piece by Tchaikovsky depicts Napoleon's retreat from Moscow
the 1812 Overture
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: Joseph Haydn helped create this orchestral form & wrote more than 100 of them, many with nicknames like "The Hen\"
symphonies
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: In this piece, the oboe & bassoon help depict a celebration on the treeless mount Triglav
\"A Night On Bald Mountain\"
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GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING: Jack Skellington from Halloween Town tries to take over a holiday that's later in the year
Christmas
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GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING: During WWII 2 sisters join the first professional baseball league for women
Own
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GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING: From 1936, it warned how one puff of marijuana could lead to insanity & death
Madness
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GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING: Professor Henry Jones is called back into action to uncover the secret of ancient craniums
Skull
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GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING: Brad Pitt plays Jesse James at what turns out to be the end of his life
Ford
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FEMALE MUSIC SUPERSTARS: With more than 30 Top 10 albums since 1963, this singer-actress ranks No. 1 among the Billboard 200's Greatest Women Artists of All Time
Barbra Streisand
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GOVERNMENT ABCs: Its headquarters & many of its labs are in Atlanta: CDC
Centers for Disease Control
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GOVERNMENT ABCs: In 2017 Alexander Acosta became its new head: DOL
the Department of Labor
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GOVERNMENT ABCs: It's issued by the president: EO
an executive order
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GOVERNMENT ABCs: It was established in 1934, 5 years after the big stock market crash: SEC
the Securities and Exchange Commission
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GOVERNMENT ABCs: Much of the acreage controlled by this agency is in Alaska & the western states: BLM
the Bureau of Land Management
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SPORTS ALL IN THE FAMILY: It's the last name of golfing sisters Annika & Charlotta
Sorenstam
212
SPORTS ALL IN THE FAMILY: This racing dynasty includes Mario, son Michael & grandson Marco
the Andrettis
213
E BEFORE I: Mark 12:31 instructs, "Thou shalt love" this person
your neighbor
214
E BEFORE I: To pretend to an emotion; it's often found before "indifference\"
feign
215
E BEFORE I: A prized family memento passed down from one generation to another
an heirloom
216
E BEFORE I: This main protein in milk & cheese was widely used in glues & plastics
casein
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E BEFORE I: Numbering more than 1,000, these stellar sisters are found in Taurus
the Pleiades
218
I BLESS THE RAINS: Between a primary & secondary one of these in the sky is a region called Alexander's dark band
a rainbow
219
I BLESS THE RAINS: Chac was the Mayan god of rain; Tlaloc, whose name means "he who makes things sprout", was rain god for these people
the Aztec
220
I BLESS THE RAINS: In 2018 this Rivers Cuomo band had Toto recall with a hit cover, singing, "I bless the rains down in Africa\"
Weezer
221
I BLESS THE RAINS: Rainfall in this area covering 2 million square miles & 9 countries has topped 120 inches some years
the Amazon (rainforest)
222
I BLESS THE RAINS: Though this weather system can cause terrible flooding, as in Gujarat in 2005, people depend on its rain for their water
the monsoons
223
DOWN IN AFRICA: This capital of Kenya lies at an elevation of 5,500 feet, making it a natural sister city to Denver
Nairobi
224
DOWN IN AFRICA: Species that need protection include this animal--Africa has fewer of them than their shorter pal the elephant
the giraffe
225
DOWN IN AFRICA: This north African country belonged to France for about 130 years, until 1962
Algeria
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DOWN IN AFRICA: The San, formerly called Bushmen, mainly in this desert, are the oldest population group of southern Africa
the Kalahari
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THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: The march was held in 1963 & one of the speeches mentioned the 100th anniversary of this document
the Emancipation Proclamation
228
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: The organizers intended the march to bring attention to this bill, eventually signed by LBJ
the Civil Rights Act
229
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: 10 times Martin Luther King spoke these 3 words that end the first verse of "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee\"
Let freedom ring
230
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON: One of the few female speakers at the event was this woman famous for her performances at the Folies-Bergere
Josephine Baker
231
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: In 2019 this letter-perfect Dutch airline celebrates its centenary
KLM
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: This Swiss food & chocolate company owns brands like Purina & Gerber baby food
Nestlé
233
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: In 1900 this Japanese company began producing upright pianos; motorcycles came along more than half a century later
Yamaha
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: Originally founded as a grocery store, today this London icon boasts more than 100 departments & about 20 restaurants
Harrods
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: State-owned & known by this 5-letter name for short, Mexico's largest company is this oil concern
Pemex
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ODD WORDS: A tittle is that little dot you place over these 2 lowercase letters
\"I" & "J\"
237
ODD WORDS: Equitation is the art of riding this
a horse
238
ODD WORDS: Drupe, the term for a fleshy fruit with a single pit, like a cherry, comes from Latin for this small, oily Mediterranean fruit
an olive
239
ODD WORDS: It sounds like a geometric figure, but this 7-letter word means resembling the walking dead
zomboid
240
A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON: \"Hail to thee, monarch of African mountains", begins Bayard Taylor's verse about this peak
Kilimanjaro
241
A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON: Bessie Rayner Parkes described this Scottish region as "hills that were born of ages... like monuments to mighty gods\"
the Highlands
242
A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON: Longfellow's line "On the shores of Gitche Gumee" from "The Song of Hiawatha" refers to this Great Lake
Lake Superior
243
A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON: Switzerland's "Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face", mused this poet in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage\"
Byron
244
A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON: George Prentice's poem "Lookout Mountain" recounts the 1863 battle for this Tennessee city
Chattanooga
245
BOTANISTS: Luther Burbank developed what is known as the Burbank or Idaho type of this
a potato
246
BOTANISTS: This former slave & botany whiz turned down offers to work for Thomas Edison & Joseph Stalin
George Washington Carver
247
BOTANISTS: 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug developed a dwarf type of this grain that greatly reduced famine
wheat
248
BOTANISTS: Knott's Berry Farm got its signature berries from this horticulturist; the berry is named for him
(Rudolph) Boysen
249
TV SHOW "ME\": Time magazine's November 23, 1970 cover called this show still popular today "TV's gift to children\"
Sesame Street
250
TV SHOW "ME\": Ben Savage was the title "Boy" of this '90s sitcom
Boy Meets World
251
TV SHOW "ME\": Patricia Arquette won an Emmy as the title crime solver on this show
Medium
252
TV SHOW "ME\": We found out the Almighty is on Facebook on this Brandon Micheal Hall show on CBS
God Friended Me
253
TV SHOW "ME\": This 1997-2003 sitcom starring David Spade & Laura San Giacomo was set at a fashion magazine
Just Shoot Me!
254
1930s NOVEL CHARACTERS: Prior to a murder in a 1934 book, he says he hasn't been a detective since 1927 & that his wife inherited a lumber mill
Nick Charles
255
WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?: 11 Wall Street, New York, New York
the New York Stock Exchange
256
WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?: It rises above the Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, Paris
the Eiffel Tower
257
WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?: His presidential library, museum & boyhood home: 200 SE 4th Street, Abilene, Kansas
Eisenhower
258
WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?: All 12 columns of it are found at Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin
the Brandenburg Gate
259
WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?: A famous estate: 1 Lodge Street, Asheville, North Carolina
the Biltmore house
260
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY: There's a kind of plane in this word for traveling to exotic places & living a luxury lifestyle
jet-setting
261
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY: Bump & rob (a driver rear-ends you, you stop & get out...) is a technique in this form of auto theft
carjacking
262
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY: Nautical idiom meaning to complain when people wish you'd keep quiet & not make waves
not rock the boat (Don't rock the boat)
263
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY: Trying to supervise every aspect of your kid's life is this sky vehicle "parenting\"
helicopter parenting
264
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY: Trying to remove every obstacle from your kid's path is this winter vehicle "parenting\"
snowplow
265
20th CENTURY NAMES: In June 1914 he was assassinated in Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip
(Franz) Ferdinand
266
20th CENTURY NAMES: Michael Collins, a hero of the Irish struggle for independence, fought in the 1916 rebellion named for this holiday
Easter
267
20th CENTURY NAMES: Reading the book "The Rocket Into Interplanetary Space" changed the life of this German who went on to be a rocket scientist
(Wernher) von Braun
268
CELEBRITY-INSPIRED PRODUCTS: This pop singer whose last name is a Starbucks drink size helped create Starbucks' cloud macchiato
Ariana Grande
269
CELEBRITY-INSPIRED PRODUCTS: LeBron James helped develop a special mix of this lemon-lime soda, adding cherry & orange flavors
Sprite
270
CELEBRITY-INSPIRED PRODUCTS: Blake's Smokehouse BBQ pizza from Pizza Hut was inspired by this country music star
(Blake) Shelton
271
CELEBRITY-INSPIRED PRODUCTS: Vitaminwater created the Formula 50 flavor for this rapper
50 Cent
272
CELEBRITY-INSPIRED PRODUCTS: In 2018 this colorful candy brand beloved by NFL great Marshawn Lynch put his face on its packaging
Skittles
273
DANCE AT THE WEDDING: Heading to a wedding in Epirus? Better practice the 12 steps of the kalamatianos, this country's national dance
Greece
274
DANCE AT THE WEDDING: Beginning as a Hasidic melody, "Hava Nagila" has become a tune for this best-known Israeli folk dance
the hora
275
DANCE AT THE WEDDING: For their first dance as man & wife, Prince Harry & Meghan Markle reportedly chose this fitting 1987 Whitney Houston hit
\"I Wanna Dance With Somebody\"
276
DANCE AT THE WEDDING: At Mexican weddings, single women dance near the bride during the lanzar el ramo, or throw of this
the bouquet
277
HAVE AN AGUILA!: \"Águila" is Spanish for one of these birds
an eagle
278
HAVE AN AGUILA!: Mr. Águila is a famed luchador, one of these entertaining athletes
a wrestler
279
HAVE AN AGUILA!: In both 1915 & 1941 British passenger ships named SS Aguila were sunk by these vessels
submarines
280
HAVE AN AGUILA!: Atlético Nacional & Independiente Medellín compete in Liga Águila, this country's top soccer league
Colombia
281
HAVE AN AGUILA!: Population 798, Aguila, Arizona lies just northwest of Phoenix in this most-populous Arizona county
Maricopa
282
SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE: \"First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you; next, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand", says Antony in this play
Julius Caesar
283
SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE: \"I hold it fit that we shake hands and part", says Hamlet to this faithful buddy in act I
Horatio
284
SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE: In the play about this title guy, Helicanus, a lord of Tyre, says, "Then you love us, we you, and we'll clasp hands\"
Pericles
285
SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE: \"Take me by the hand, and say 'Harry of England, I am thine'" is how this title king proposes to Katherine
Henry V
286
SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE: \"Time is like a fashionable host that slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand", says Ulysses in this Troy-set play
Troilus and Cressida
287
YOUNGER THAN THE SIMPSONS: This video-sharing service premiered in 2005 & was sold to Google a year later for $1.6 billion
YouTube
288
YOUNGER THAN THE SIMPSONS: This pro sport introduced wild card teams into its playoff system in 1995
baseball (Major League Baseball)
289
YOUNGER THAN THE SIMPSONS: Rumbacise was the original name of this exercise program introduced in the 1990s by Colombian dancer Beto Pérez
Zumba
290
YOUNGER THAN THE SIMPSONS: Robert James Waller got the idea for this bestselling book when he was taking pictures in Iowa in the early 1990s
The Bridges of Madison County
291
BEHIND THE MUSICAL TITLE: This Broadway musical's title refers to the fabulous new footwear at the Price & Sons factory in Northampton
Kinky Boots
292
BEHIND THE MUSICAL TITLE: A sham Vietnamese beauty contest gives us the title of this musical that debuted on Broadway in 1991
Miss Saigon
293
BEHIND THE MUSICAL TITLE: \"Professor" Harold Hill is the title character of this 1957 show
The Music Man
294
BEHIND THE MUSICAL TITLE: This title of a musical set in Newfoundland beginning on 9/11 is a local slang term for a person not from the Maritimes
Come From Away
295
WHERE DO YOU STAN?: Reflecting its recent history, the 2 official languages of Kyrgyzstan are Kyrgyz & this one
Russian
296
WHERE DO YOU STAN?: Kazakhstan has 1,200 miles of coastline along this large inland body of water
the Caspian Sea
297
WHERE DO YOU STAN?: Mohammad Daud Khan took power in this country in a 1973 coup & lost it in a 1978 one; then the Soviets came
Afghanistan
298
WHERE DO YOU STAN?: Home to more than 14 million, this city on the Arabian Sea was once Pakistan's capital city
Karachi
299
GODS INSIDE YOU: This colored part of your eye bears the name of the Greek personification of the rainbow
the iris
300
GODS INSIDE YOU: Named for the blacksmith god, hephaestin is a protein that's important for metabolizing this metal in the body
iron
301
GODS INSIDE YOU: The upper lip outline with 2 peaks is known as this love god's bow
Cupid
302
GODS INSIDE YOU: Holding up your head, the Atlas is the first of this type of vertebra
cervical
303
GODS INSIDE YOU: It's where on the body you would find the Girdle of Venus line
the palm (of your hand)
304
SAVE "IT" FOR LATER: It's Britspeak for "cookie\"
a biscuit
305
SAVE "IT" FOR LATER: A sworn written statement
an affidavit
306
SAVE "IT" FOR LATER: A follower of St. Ignatius
Jesuit
307
SAVE "IT" FOR LATER: Illuminated by tapers
candlelit
308
THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: This modern regime that lasted 4 years changed the national motto to "Travail, Famille, Patrie"--"Work, Family, Fatherland\"
Vichy France
309
SMOKEY BEAR: 75TH YEAR PREVENTING WILDFIRE: Smokey was named for Smokey Joe Martin, a member of this famed urban force for 46 years & a hero of the "Greenwich Volcano" blaze
the New York Fire Department
310
SMOKEY BEAR: 75TH YEAR PREVENTING WILDFIRE: Prior to Smokey Bear's debut in 1944, the U.S. Forest Service used this Disney deer in ads
Bambi
311
SMOKEY BEAR: 75TH YEAR PREVENTING WILDFIRE: In 1950 Smokey got a living symbol: a bear cub that survived a forest fire in this state; his burns were treated in Santa Fe
New Mexico
312
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: In the original Italian, this coffee drink with steamed milk has "caffé" before it
latte
313
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: The name of this craft is Japanese for "folding paper\"
origami
314
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: Oy, you're so clumsy--in fact, you're this Yiddish word for a clumsy person, from a word meaning "wooden beam\"
a klutz
315
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: The name of this mythical sea monster was released from the Norwegian language
the Kraken
316
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: A pair of Mandarin ducks in your home are great for love luck in this harmonious Chinese living space practice
feng shui
317
LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB: Now on public display in Ohio, an aircraft popularly known by this name was used by JFK starting in 1962
Air Force One
318
LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB: As 100,000 waited in Paris on May 21, 1927, he saw "danger of killing people with my propeller and I quickly came to a stop\"
Lindbergh
319
LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB: The U.S. Army's Sikorsky UH-60 is called this; 2 of them were at the center of a notorious incident in Mogadishu in 1993
Black Hawks
320
LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB: On Nov. 2, 1947 Howard Hughes took this plane on its only flight, cruising about one mile at 70 feet for one minute
the Spruce Goose
321
DAM THAT RIVER!: Aswan High Dam
the Nile
322
DAM THAT RIVER!: Lake Winnibigoshish Reservoir Dam in Minnesota & Melvin Price Locks & Dam in Illinois
the Mississippi
323
DAM THAT RIVER!: Three Gorges Dam
the Yangtze
324
DAM THAT RIVER!: Gorky Dam at Nizhny Novgorod
the Volga
325
DAM THAT RIVER!: The Kariba Dam at the border of Zambia & Zimbabwe
the Zambezi
326
\'90s NEWSMAKERS: In 1996 the fairy tale was over as Buckingham Palace announced an agreement in the divorce of this couple
Prince Charles & Princes Diana
327
\'90s NEWSMAKERS: This Georgian published "To Renew America" & also became Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich
328
\'90s NEWSMAKERS: Nearly 6 months after the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, this skater was stripped of her national title & banned from the sport for life
Tonya Harding
329
\'90s NEWSMAKERS: U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke is best remembered for brokering the Balkan Peace Accords named for this Ohio city
the Dayton Accords
330
THE EASTERN CONFERENCE: In 1963 Jim Brown led the Eastern Conference to a 30-20 victory in this NFL all-star game
the Pro Bowl
331
THE EASTERN CONFERENCE: In 2001 this 76ers guard became the shortest NBA MVP in history & was the All-Star Game MVP in an Eastern Conference victory
Allen Iverson
332
THE EASTERN CONFERENCE: Georgetown & Villanova compete in this NCAA conference
the Big East
333
THE EASTERN CONFERENCE: The Impact, Revolution & 2 teams called United compete in the Eastern Conference of this league
the MLS (Major League Soccer)
334
THE EASTERN CONFERENCE: His move to the NBA's Eastern Conference paid off as he led Toronto to the 2019 title & was named Finals MVP
Leonard
335
KIDD STUFF: The USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, this lethal-sounding type of ship, is named for the first U.S. Navy flag officer killed in WWII
a destroyer
336
KIDD STUFF: In 1934 journalist Ronald Kidd founded the NCCL, the British equivalent of this U.S. group that protects people's CLs
the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
337
ANCIENT ROME FICTION: Thornton Wilder's novel about the time of Julius Caesar in Rome has this title, like an unlucky date for Julius
The Ides of March
338
ANCIENT ROME FICTION: \"The Gladiator" & "Rebellion" are the subtitles of Ben Kane's books about this man who led a slave army against Rome
Spartacus
339
ANCIENT ROME FICTION: When the death of a popular politician threatens to destroy the Roman Republic, Gordianus the Finder must solve "A Murder on" this famous road
the Appian Way
340
ANCIENT ROME FICTION: In "The Eagle of the Ninth", a soldier seeks to discover what became of a legion that went missing in this faraway island
Britain
341
ANCIENT ROME FICTION: This novel by Robert Graves is written as the memoir of a reluctant 1st century Roman emperor
I, Claudius
342
ONCE UPON A TIME...: Robert Carlyle played Mr. Gold, AKA this spinner of straw, in ABC's "Once Upon a Time\"
Rumpelstiltskin
343
ONCE UPON A TIME...: Leonardo DiCaprio plays "Bounty Law" actor Rick Dalton in this director's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood\"
Quentin Tarantino
344
ONCE UPON A TIME...: This Spanish-born star played El Mariachi for the last time in "Once Upon a Time in Mexico\"
Antonio Banderas
345
ONCE UPON A TIME...: This Italian director gave us "Once Upon a Time in the West" & "Once Upon a Time in America\"
Sergio Leone
346
FROM B TO A: These single-celled organisms, some causing disease, are some of the smallest life forms
bacteria
347
FROM B TO A: It's not just any old Catholic church--it's one with special status from the Vatican
a basilica
348
FROM B TO A: This Hindu creator god is often depicted seated on a lotus throne
Brahma
349
ANIMAL COMMUNITY: To make this home for the birth of their young, foxes enlarge burrows of other animals
a den
350
ANIMAL COMMUNITY: Shoaling fish move in the same direction but each does its own thing; fish doing this similar word use coordinated moves
schooling fish
351
ANIMAL COMMUNITY: Konrad Lorenz found that newly hatched ducklings followed him due to this "I" process, as if he were their parent
imprinting
352
ANIMAL COMMUNITY: Mud baths remove bugs from the Cape buffalo, & if that doesn't get them all, the cattle type of this white wading bird helps
the egret
353
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE: Attended by 46 delegations, the San Francisco Conference of 1945 gave birth to this international organization
the United Nations
354
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE: At the 1822 Guayaquil Conference, José Francisco de San Martín met this other South American liberator in western Ecuador
(Simón) Bolivar
355
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE: South by Southwest is an annual festival in this Texas city
Austin, Texas
356
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE: The 1920 Conference of San Remo along Italy's western Riviera decided the fate of this empire's former territories
the Ottoman Empire
357
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE: The 2018 emerging Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference featured this Washington gov. who's trying to stop climate change
(Jay) Inslee
358
BRITISH HISTORY: In 2018 Parliament Square got its first statue of a woman, Millicent Fawcett, a founding member of the London Society for Women's this
Suffrage
359
THE 2019 TIME 100: \"When our country needed someone to untangle Russian election interference, he served again\"
Mueller
360
THE 2019 TIME 100: This actress "is primed to be one of Marvel's next big leaders at a time when women are breaking ceilings in all spaces\"
Brie Larson
361
THE 2019 TIME 100: Mitch McConnell wrote of the "impartial jurisprudence" of this successor to Anthony Kennedy
Kavanaugh
362
THE 2019 TIME 100: Robert Downey Jr. called this Egyptian-American actor a "testament to hardworking immigrants raising their kids right\"
Rami Malek
363
THE 2019 TIME 100: The chimpanzee research she began at age 26 in Tanzania "ended up changing behavioral science forever\"
Jane Goodall
364
DELIVER THE LETTER: A 2.0 GPA
a C
365
DELIVER THE LETTER: Have a grand time with this Roman numeral for 1,000
M
366
DELIVER THE LETTER: Friends of the King of Rock 'n' Roll sometimes called him by this single letter
E
367
DELIVER THE LETTER: The setting of an adjustable lens aperture is a this-stop
f-stop
368
DELIVER THE LETTER: It comes before "-value" to indicate the strength of evidence in some experiments, or before "-hacking" if data are manipulated
P
369
POP & ROCK MUSIC: This "Hotel California" band first came together to back Linda Ronstadt at a concert at Disneyland
the Eagles
370
POP & ROCK MUSIC: Oddly, female rapper Megan Pete calls herself "Megan Thee" this word for a male horse
Stallion
371
POP & ROCK MUSIC: In 2019 this 5-letter rap & R&B artist had the "Juice" to be nominated for Best New Artist at the VMAs
Lizzo
372
POP & ROCK MUSIC: In 2019 Madonna performed at but did not compete in this international song competition
Eurovision
373
POP & ROCK MUSIC: This Jackson Browne album about life on the road was recorded onstage, backstage, in hotel rooms & on a tour bus
Running On Empty
374
\"C"IENCE: Both the cerebrum & this, with a name meaning "little brain", are composed of 2 hemispheres
the cerebellum
375
\"C"IENCE: This term is also used to describe the tiniest lymph & bile vessels
capillaries
376
\"C"IENCE: This connective tissue is largely made from collagen
cartilage
377
\"C"IENCE: Larger than a pebble, this rock type used in roads tops out at 256 mm in particle size
cobble
378
HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS: A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
jack-o-lanterns
379
HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS: It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest
orange & black
380
HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS: The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when she, Ike's better half, hung owls & goblins
Mamie Eisenhower
381
HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS: This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona
bobbing for apples
382
HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS: This 20th century performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. features an online seance every Halloween
Houdini
383
JUST GIVE US THE CANDY!: This candy "melts in your mouth, not in your hand\"
M&M's
384
JUST GIVE US THE CANDY!: \"Nobody better lay a finger on" this crispety, crunchety candy bar I've been saving
Butterfinger
385
JUST GIVE US THE CANDY!: These "Everlasting" jawbreakers sold under the Wonka label change colors & flavors as you eat them
Gobstoppers
386
JUST GIVE US THE CANDY!: \"At work, rest or play, you get three great tastes in" this galactic goody
Milky Way
387
JUST GIVE US THE CANDY!: \"Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't"; better get one of each of these just to be sure
Mounds & Almond Joy
388
HISTORY ON FILM: Watergate security guard Frank Wills played himself at the beginning of this 1976 film
All the President's Men
389
HISTORY ON FILM: In "American Made" it's the 1980s & Tom Cruise is flying guns to these Nicaraguans battling the Sandinistas
the Contras
390
HISTORY ON FILM: Among this 1995 Oscar-winning film's less historically accurate moments--the Battle of Stirling Bridge is fought in a field
Braveheart
391
HISTORY ON FILM: Luc Besson's "The Messenger" set during the Hundred Years' War, is subtitled, "The Story of" her
Joan of Arc
392
GREEK ISLES: Today mostly an archaeological site, Delos is the legendary birthplace of this Greek god of the sun & music
Apollo
393
GREEK ISLES: For 200 years the Knights Hospitaler ruled this island that was formerly occupied by an over 100-foot-tall colossal statue
Rhodes
394
GREEK ISLES: Skorpios was once owned by this Greek shipping magnate & it's where he & Jackie married in 1968
Onassis
395
GREEK ISLES: The famous "Winged Victory" statue of this island was discovered in 1863
Samothrace
396
THE 20th CENTURY: This president submitted his draft of the covenant for the League of Nations on February 14, 1919
Wilson
397
THE 20th CENTURY: After Bobby Thomson's 1951 "Shot Heard 'Round the World", this team won the pennant! This team won the pennant!
the Giants
398
THE 20th CENTURY: Made when she was 23, Meret Oppenheim's 1936 furry teacup is a landmark of this art movement
Surrealism
399
THE 20th CENTURY: Kenya's first president, Jomo Kenyatta, carried a fly whisk, a symbol of wealth, indicating you kept your horses safe from these flies
tsetse flies
400
THE 20th CENTURY: He became king of Spain in 1975 & helped the country transition to democracy after Franco's dictatorship
Juan Carlos
401
PEN NAMES: In England the gravestone for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson mentions this pen name in parentheses
Lewis Carroll
402
PEN NAMES: A perfect spy could tell you it's the pen name of the British novelist born David John Moore Cornwell
John le Carré
403
PEN NAMES: Erika Leonard wrote "Twilight" fan fiction under the name Snowqueens Icedragon & the "Fifty Shades" books under this name
(E.L.) James
404
PEN NAMES: She's from Antigua, but longtime New Yorker writer Elaine Potter Richardson uses the pen name this island Kincaid
Jamaica
405
PEN NAMES: Since 1930, titles credited to this Nancy Drew author have included "The Bungalow Mystery" & more recently "Crime at the Chat Cafe\"
Carolyn Keene
406
EXERCISE: Many consider cast iron to be the original type of this gym weight that has an attached handle; now "ring" in!
a kettlebell
407
EXERCISE: Contrology is the former name of this exercise discipline created by & named for German gymnast Joseph
Pilates
408
EXERCISE: This Chinese martial art has been called "meditation in motion"; balance is important in its series of fluid movements
tai chi
409
EXERCISE: At a CrossFit gym, AMRAP stands for this, & the higher the number, the better
as many reps as possible
410
EXERCISE: This alphanumeric fitness regimen uses "the advanced science of muscle confusion\"
P90X
411
CROSSWORD CLUES "Y\": Seinfeldian term for "etc." (4-4-4)
yada-yada-yada
412
CROSSWORD CLUES "Y\": Avian slang for a convict (8)
a yardbird
413
CROSSWORD CLUES "Y\": Adjective for workmanlike service (6)
yeoman
414
CROSSWORD CLUES "Y\": A real busybody (5)
a yenta
415
CROSSWORD CLUES "Y\": Mighty ash tree at the center of Norse creation myths (9)
Yggdrasil
416
19th CENTURY AMERICA: Before its official opening on May 24, 1883 Emily Roebling became the first person to cross it in a carriage
Brooklyn Bridge
417
A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICAL QUIZ: They provide a "red glare" to the battle scene
rockets
418
A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICAL QUIZ: Verse 4 says, "Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto--'In God is our'" this
trust
419
A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICAL QUIZ: The "towering steep" in verse 2 is this edifice that was under attack by the British
Fort McHenry
420
A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICAL QUIZ: In a kids' book this phrase leads Ramona Quimby to think a lamp is called a dawnzer
dawn's early light
421
A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICAL QUIZ: This phrase about liberty in all 4 verses provides the title of a song by The Killers where it has a more ironic meaning
the land of the free
422
GARGOYLES: On rooftops grotesque statues aren't gargoyles unless they serve as one of these for rain
a downspout (waterspout)
423
GARGOYLES: The singing gargoyles in this 1996 Disney cartoon are named Victor, Hugo & Laverne
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
424
GARGOYLES: Some of the earliest known gargoyles are these animals on the Temple of Zeus; maybe they're the Nemean type
lions
425
GARGOYLES: Paisley Abbey in Scotland added a new gargoyle likely inspired by this 1979 horror film
Alien
426
GARGOYLES: The gargoyles on this Manhattan building named for an auto executive are less earthbound--they're eagles
the Chrysler Building
427
BOOK NUMBERS: By Bret Easton Ellis: "Less Than ____\"
Zero
428
BOOK NUMBERS: \"The ____ Habits of Highly Effective People\"
7
429
BOOK NUMBERS: An international bestseller: "The ____ -Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared\"
100
430
BOOK NUMBERS: From "The Charge of the Light Brigade": "All in the valley of Death rode the ___\"
600
431
BOOK NUMBERS: A Temperance Brennan novel: "___ Bones" (referring to the number of bones in the body)
206
432
TONS OF FUN: It's estimated that some of these, literally "terrible lizards", stood about 50 feet tall & weighed as much as 85 tons
dinosaurs
433
TONS OF FUN: Mostly copper & weighing just over a ton, it was cast for the Pennsylvania Statehouse in the 1750s
the Liberty Bell
434
TONS OF FUN: Buoys may be anchored in place with these that weigh 9 tons, a bit heavier than the same-named weight on a fishing line
a sinker
435
TONS OF FUN: 3,500 years old & weighing 220 tons, one of NYC's oldest artifacts is the Central Park Obelisk known as her Needle
Cleopatra
436
COASTLINES: This South American country has about 4,600 miles of Atlantic coastline
Brazil
437
COASTLINES: Cities along this U.S. state's ocean coast include Astoria & Brookings
Oregon
438
COASTLINES: This nation's 2,100-mile coastline extends from the Gulf of Thailand to the Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
439
COASTLINES: This nation takes its name from the Latin are erythraeum, meaning "Red Sea", the body of water the nation borders
Eritrea
440
COASTLINES: It's the only Central American country without a coastline on the Pacific Ocean
Belize
441
IDIOMS DELIGHT: If you're a little crazy or foolish, you're "off your" this piece of furniture
rocker
442
IDIOMS DELIGHT: To view something with skepticism is to "take it with" this bit of sodium chloride
a grain of salt
443
IDIOMS DELIGHT: To cause trouble or a ruckus is to "raise" this biblical person
Cain
444
ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY: Indium is named for this deep blue color
indigo
445
ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY: Palladium honors one of these space objects that's named for Pallas Athena
an asteroid
446
ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY: Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius named this element for a thunder god
thorium
447
ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY: This noble gas is named for an element discovered by the Curies
radon
448
ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGY: Symbol Ga, this element is named from the Latin for France & maybe also the Latin for rooster (it was named by M. Lecoq)
gallium
449
TV: This former "Daily Show" correspondent hosts his own news satire, "Last Week Tonight\"
John Oliver
450
TV: Omar Little on this Baltimore-set series was a big fan of Honey Nut Cheerios
The Wire
451
TV: On a '90s nighttime soap, Heather Locklear was a resident of the apartment complex at 4616 this title street
Melrose Place
452
TV: Sanchez & Smith are the last names of the title duo of this adult swim show
Rick and Morty
453
TAKE "TEN\": An apartment dweller
a tenant
454
TAKE "TEN\": In the U.S., it's the most popular form of bowling
ten pin
455
TAKE "TEN\": It's an adjective meaning pertaining to the most popular British poet of the Victorian era
Tennysonian
456
TAKE "TEN\": In a state of anxiety? You're "on" these 11-letter items
tenterhooks
457
TAKE "TEN\": The khayyam in Omar Khayyam means this profession
tent maker
458
GRANT: Ulysses S. Grant said the story that this general had offered his sword & Grant had returned it was "the purest romance\"
Lee
459
GRANT: When fellow West Point cadets saw the name U.S. Grant, they mockingly called him this, after a national symbol
Uncle Sam
460
GRANT: As a young man, Grant's dad lived with this militant abolitionist & thought he was a man of high morals but a fanatic
John Brown
461
GRANT: As president, Grant tried to annex this Caribbean "Republic", but the Senate rejected his treaty
the Dominican
462
GRANT: Grant said, "I do not think there was ever a more wicked war than" this one, the first in which he fought
the Mexican-American War
463
WOOD: 1.5 by 3.5 inches is the usual size of this piece of lumber; its name comes from its unprocessed dimensions
a 2x4
464
WOOD: For easy woodcutting, strike up this 4-letter power saw that uses a continuously looping blade
a band saw
465
WOOD: A froe is a woodworking tool; coopers used curved froes to cut these pieces to form the sides of barrels
staves
466
WOOD: Visit Mandalay in Burma & you may come home with a table of this wood from which the city's U Bein Bridge is built
teak
467
AMERICAN GOTHIC: In 1798's "Wieland", the 1st Amer. Gothic novel, a character seems to die from this: "In a moment, the whole was reduced to ashes\"
spontaneous combustion
468
AMERICAN GOTHIC: The style Collegiate Gothic began with Pembroke Hall & other buildings at this women's college outside Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr
469
AMERICAN GOTHIC: This southern Gothic O'author wrote her novel "Wise Blood" about a preacher in the church without Christ
Flannery O'Connor
470
1950s CINEMA: Objects of attention in this suspenseful film include a digging dog, a scantily clad dancer & a possible murderer
Rear Window
471
COLLEGE TOWNS: It's the L-V in UNLV
Las Vegas
472
COLLEGE TOWNS: This city that's home to the oldest University of California campus often ranks as the "most liberal city in America\"
Berkeley
473
COLLEGE TOWNS: This city that's home to Brigham Young University was originally known as Fort Utah
Provo
474
COLLEGE TOWNS: Ulysses would fit right in in this city at the south end of Cayuga Lake
Ithaca
475
COLLEGE TOWNS: The main campus for the University of Arkansas is located in this city nicknamed the "Athens of the Ozarks\"
Fayetteville
476
SPORTS TALK: Lepidopterans excel at this third stroke in the medley relay
the butterfly stroke
477
SPORTS TALK: A tennis player who serves & scores the first point after deuce has this edge
advantage (ad-in)
478
SPORTS TALK: Boxers "bob &" this to avoid getting punched in the face
weave
479
SPORTS TALK: It's sports talk for a scheme in which players defend an area of the court, not a particular opponent
zone
480
A HISTORICAL RHETORICAL: European explorers, is it worth your toes & maybe your lives to go 500 mi. north of the Arctic Circle to find this path to the Pacific?
the Northwest Passage
481
A HISTORICAL RHETORICAL: Hey you, not-so-law-abiding 1920s guy! Think the feds will indict you on 22 counts of tax evasion? You should!
Capone
482
A HISTORICAL RHETORICAL: Visigoth princes of Spain, are you sure it's a good idea to invite these people to help you take power? They have their own agenda
the Moors
483
A HISTORICAL RHETORICAL: The foundation's kinda shaky... is a 180' tower in this Italian city a good idea? Heck, it's 1173, we have the technology!
Pisa
484
A HISTORICAL RHETORICAL: Yo, France... between 1930 & '40, will it be worth it to spend billions of francs on this "Line" of defense? (it will not)
the Maginot Line
485
\"IO"-9: Cat killer, or NASA rover
curiosity
486
\"IO"-9: To be verklempt is to be considered very this
emotional
487
\"IO"-9: In sushidom, California rolls often include fish called this type of "crab\"
imitation
488
\"IO"-9: A permit to drive a taxi; one in a big city has sold for as much as $1.3 million
a medallion
489
\"IO"-9: Referring to a standard of judgment, this word comes before an important "Collection" of classic movies
Criterion
490
ADVERTISING: In the 1960s Geoffrey the Giraffe became the mascot & spokesanimal for this store
Toys "R" Us
491
ADVERTISING: With the introduction of the Model T & more people hitting the road, outdoor advertising on these became more popular
billboards
492
ADVERTISING: A portmanteau word, this type of paid programming is a TV ad that typically lasts 15 to 30 minutes
an infomercial
493
ADVERTISING: In a 2019 Super Bowl ad, Sarah Jessica Parker's & Jeff Bridges' characters forego their usual drinks for this fancy Belgian beer
Stella Artois
494
CUBA LIBRO: The Gulf Stream runs close to Cuba & in this Hemingway novel Santiago fishes in it
The Old Man and the Sea
495
CUBA LIBRO: In a Graham Greene novel, James Wormold is recruited by British Secret Service to be "Our Man in" this city
Havana
496
CUBA LIBRO: Reinaldo Arenas' memoir "Before Night Falls" recounts his attempts to flee Communist Cuba, even swimming to this U.S. naval station
Guantánamo Bay
497
CUBA LIBRO: Oscar Hijuelos wrote a novel about the title "Kings" of this Cuban ballroom dance
mambo
498
CUBA LIBRO: Joe falls for a Cuban revolutionary in "Live by Night" by this "Shutter Island" author, who normally does Massachusetts
Dennis Lehane
499
ANIMALS & THEIR FOOD: 2 species of this blood-drinking bat, the white-winged & hairy-legged, feed primarily on birds
a vampire bat
500
ANIMALS & THEIR FOOD: Birds called kites include one that doesn't fly very fast; it doesn't need to as it eats only one species of this gastropod
a snail
