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Born in British India in 1865 he was the first British winner of Nobel prize in literature
Rudyard Kipling
Lived in Vermont for 4 years and wrote 2 jungle books captains Courageous and other poetry including gun guh din plus more
3 musketeers
Athos
porthos
R tuh miss
Dar tan gen
Business
In thr 1850s thr .925 sterling silver standard was instituted by this company thr first American one to do so
Tiffany
Site of South America’s Loa River
Chile
Fifth Roman emperor
Nero
Like I love you song
Justin Timberlake
“Good Eats” host ___
Alton. Brown
Great Mosque locale
Mecca
Jason’s wife
Medea
Kids of boomers
Gen X
Children’s toy invented by a NASA scientist who worked on heat pumps
Super soaker
Lonnie Johnson
Bread for its name from phrase that translates to the devils fart
Pumpernickel
Pumpern breaking wind
Nickel devil
Originally caused digestion
In matrix the difference blissful ignorance and harsh reality is represented by
Red and blue pills (bliss)
Hit home runs off 3 consecutive pitches in WS
Mr October Reggie Jackson
Rosetta Stone has inscriptions in these 2 languages
Egyptian
Greek
Script and hieroglyphics
is a type of laboratory tool commonly used in chemistry and biology to transport a measured volume of liquid, often as a media dispenser
A pipette (sometimes spelled as pipet)
Puh pet
In his farewell my lovely a man about 6’5” in a yellow tie is as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food
Raymond chandler
Enclosed earth like research facility in Arizona
10 squares
Biosphere 2
Birth of this university 1848 with alumni like Frank Lloyd wright and selig
University of Wisconsin
Used his mothers maiden name because double S words work for artists
Picasso
Nixon mother maiden name
Millhouse
Born in USSR he was just a little wood pusher when he adopted a Russified rain of his mother maiden name gasparyan
Ghas par e in
Kasparov
Trio with a 86 raising hell tour that saw ll cool j and beastie boys open
Run DMC
I rent in 2000 with this Vermont band as they lit the morning sky incorporating sunrise from also sprach Zarathustra in a jam
Fish
I survived the legendary deluge at Glastonbury in 97 and heard an epic version of creep by these Brit rockers
Radiohead
Maiden name of Elizabeth who got her author son James cooper to add it as a middle name so it would be preserved
Fenimore
A South American capital city founded by Pizarro and a largely desert country of Western Africa
Mali and Lima
The Houses of Parliament are located in this London borough
Westminster
Palace of
The onetime capital of new Granada and one of the southernmost Caribbean islands
Bogota and Tobago
Literature
Preserved in a single manuscript called cotton MS Vitellius A XV (15) this epic begins with the word hwaet often translated as listen
Huh wept
Beowolf
Named for shelf it was discovered
Bay o wolf
A plaque that says we came in peace for all mankind lives on this lunar location
Sea of tranquility on the moon
Under the boardwalk song
Also two paired foods they sell
Drifters
Hot dogs and French fries
One of the books of the Hebrew Bible most represented in the scrolls is this one that has 150 chapters
Psalms
A is for this gypsum mineral well-known in Milan and Florence and used metaphorically to describe any smooth white color
Alabaster
This 10 letter adjective, describing a kaleidoscope of colors can be traced to a goddess of the rainbow
Iridescent
From iris
Potatoes are part of this family
Also, sweet potatoes are part of this other family
Potatoes nightshade
Sweet potatoes morning, glory
What does the W stand for in motor oil ratings like 10 W 30?
Winter
motor oils have different viscosities at different temperatures so you might need different engine oil in the winter
Catch-22 slaughterhouse five and the English patient are all set during which war
World War II
Many World War II novels, have been turned into films, but the only one to win Best picture is the English patient.
They hit reality show was a spinoff from a Swedish show called expedition Robinson
Survivor
In 1997 Swedish show expedition Robinson debuted named for Robinson Crusoe and became the basis for survivor
Weight loss, drugs, like ozempic were developed from the venom of what animal
Gila monster
Global-1 is a human hormone that regulates insulin, but it’s quickly broken down
semaglutide drugs act similarly but last longer in the body
Type of acceleration of a body traveling in a circular motion,
the same name force is directed towards the circle center
Centripetal
Sen truh petal
Quarks are grouped in three pairs
up and down top and bottom and let’s call them this Rizzy and odd pair-
Strange and charm
A cern document calls it a material composed of electrically neutral particles that can flow without friction
Superfluid
When you’re on a plane, it’s the four letter opposing force of thrust
Drag
We have a problem if you don’t know that it’s the fourth largest US city in population
Houston
A return of part of a payment ;you might receive one for purchasing an energy star appliance
Rebate
Intolerable
Common location for piercing and a crease in one may be a sign of coronary heart disease
Ear lobe
It’s the higher end of the audio frequency, range in broadcasting and sound recording
Treble
Won emmys
The West Wing and mom
Alison jan e
Won emmys
Third rock from the Sun and the crown
John Lithgow
Go
Won emmys
Monk and the marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tony Shalhoub
Won emmys
This is us and American crime story as Christopher Darden
Sterling K brown
In colonial Times, Burlington and Perth Amboy served as twin capitals of what is now this state
New Jersey
Bar Harbor Maine is located on Mount Desert Island, where the majority of this national park is also located
Acadia
The shape of planet earth can be described as this kind of steroid meaning it’s flattened at the polls
Oblate
O blate
Do I have to explain it again Dean ?it means to rebuke or scold someone angrily and at great length
Berate
Used in coal mining a BWE is a bucket wheel this machine
Excavator
Oil still bubbles the surface of Pearl Harbor from this battleship
USS Arizona
In 1610 Gallaher discovered this two letter moon of Jupiter, which is about 5% wider than ours
Io
E O
This language is celebrated every July 26 1887. That was the publication day for unua Libro or first book.
Esperanto
S puh rhan toe
Invented in that year
Winston Churchill was born at this Oxfordshire Palace, a nice example of baroque architecture in England oxford shurr
Blenheim palace
Blen um
In the first line of Canadian officer, John McRae’s World War I poem in Flanders fields we see these flowers blow between the crosses
Poppies
This 1915 work was the poets joke about a pal’s frequent regret about the path they took on walks together
The road not taken
Frost?
In his poem, the portent this hanged abolitionist is the meteor of the war
Herman Melville
John brown
In his classic she walks in beauty all that’s best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes
Lord Byron
The name of this Iowa city across the river from Omaha honors the site where Lewis and Clark met with tribesmen in 1804
Council Bluffs iowa
Emma Lazara said in this poem that the title object was not like the brazen giant of greek fame
The new Colossus
Its home to Indiana University and the little 500 bike race that inspired the movie breaking away
Bloomington
Supreme Court justices
Born to immigrant parents in 1916 he was the first Supreme Court nominee to undergo public Senate confirmation hearings
Brandeis
Bran dice first Jewish Supreme Court Justice
the priest wins
Jamaal Anderson had four 1,000+ yard seasons with this NFC team from 1994-2001 and had a year with over 1,800 yards in 1998.
Guess: Minnesota Vikings
Answer: Atlanta Falcons
After winning a National Title with Kentucky, this Power Forward played for the Celtics from 1996-2003 and made 3 All-Star teams.
Guess: Kevin Burleson
Answer: Antoine Walker
In his late 30’s, Rich Hill went 30-16 as a starter and posted a 3.16 ERA for this National League team from 2016-2019.
Guess: St. Louis Cardinals
Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers
Founded in Texas in 1936 and now with over 300 locations, this Southern donut chain is known for hexagon-shaped donuts.
Guess: Krispy Kreme
Answer: Shipley Do-Nuts
Sean Connery’s final role in a theatrically released live-action film was this 2003 steampunk superhero movie that was panned by critics.
Guess: 24 Frames
Answer: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band…” are the opening lyrics from what 2006 My Chemical Romance song?
Guess: Kings & Queens
Answer: Welcome To The Black Parade
Booyaka Booyaka, 619 is an area code for cities like El Cajon & Chula Vista from this U.S. State, the latter of which is the hometown of WWE legend Rey Mysterio.
Guess: California
Answer: California
Before becoming the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle starred in this USA series from 2011-2018.
Guess: Suits
