KINDER GARDEN
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$200
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The chocolate is an appropriately tanned version of this flower that will make your garden shine
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a sunflower
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$400
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"Z" is for this zesty flower that's hardy and stands up well to drought
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zinnia
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$600
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This flower with a precious metal in its name is sure to bring joy to all who behold one
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a marigold
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$800
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As the name implies, these flowers are so happy to propagate that their seeds burst out with great alacrity
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impatiens
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$1000
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Yes, Iggy, this rhododendron variety is the pride of the South
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azalea
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GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN
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The 2019 film of "Little Women" replicated Orchard House, where this author wrote & set the novel
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(Louisa May) Alcott
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As this March sister in the 1949 version of "Little Women", Elizabeth Taylor marries Laurie, played by Peter Lawford
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Amy
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In 1994, this actress made her feature film debut as Beth
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Claire Danes
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$800
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Before George Cukor directed her in "Adam's Rib" & "The Philadelphia Story", he cast this actress as Jo for the 1933 film adaptation
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(Katharine) Hepburn
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The 2019 film of "Little Women" was written & directed by this woman
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Greta Gerwig
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CONSTELLATIONS
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The Whirlpool Galaxy is in Canes Venatici, "the hunting" these
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dogs
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In the 18th century a big constellation named for this ship in which Jason & his "nauts" sailed was broken up into smaller ones
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Argo
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The star Arcturus is in Boötes , but its name is Greek for "bear guard"; it's right on the tail of this other constellation
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Ursa Major
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$800
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Lepus, "the hare", is the quarry of this nearby constellation
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Orion
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$1000
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Appearing overhead in northern summer months, the Summer Triangle is formed by the brightest stars of Aquila the eagle, Lyra the harp and this swan-shaped constellation
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Cygnus
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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS
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A story about a beastly appendage
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a tail tale
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To wander through the land of the Caesars
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roam Rome
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$600
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The right moment for a pungent herb of the mint family
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thyme time
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$800
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The 60 minutes that belong to you & me
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our hour
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$1000
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A scratchy & hard-to-wear elaborate starched collar
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a rough ruff
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CHECK YOUR CALENDAR
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Colorful nickname for November 27, 2020, knowing that Thanksgiving is November 26
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Black Friday
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You are this sign of the zodiac if your birthday falls between December 22 & January 19
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Capricorn
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Bastille Day, Parents' Day & Nelson Mandela Day are all observed during this month
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July
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$800
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Place your bets--this sporting event established in 1875 takes place the first Saturday in May
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the Kentucky Derby
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$1000
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Commemorating an event from 1777, June 14 is this holiday
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Flag Day
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IN THE YEAR 2000
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Defeating Rick Lazio, Hillary Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate to represent this state
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New York
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Following the death of Charles Schulz, the final original strip of this comic was published in February
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Peanuts
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$600
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A rise in this fatal bovine ailment sparked alarm in several European countries
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mad cow disease
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$800
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The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in this city with Governor-General Sir William Deane opening the games
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Sydney
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After 136 years underwater, this Confederate submarine was raised intact to the surface in August
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the Hunley
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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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The prosecutors in a Senate impeachment trial are called the "House" these
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managers
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The person in this job, currently Gretchen Whitmer, has an official summer residence overlooking the Straits of Mackinac
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the governor of Michigan
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$1200
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Lucile Lomen, daughter of a reindeer meat salesman, was the first female one of these, helping Justice Douglas
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a (Supreme Court) clerk
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$1600
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One task of this government commission opened in 1915 is to protect consumers from con games
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the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
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$2000
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In the wake of WWI, it was organized as a bureau; then it was an administration & in 1989 got a new name & cabinet status
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Veterans Affairs
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THE A.V. CLUB
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As a child in 1450s Florence, he probably didn't expect to have 2 continents named for him
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Andreas Vesalius' 1543 "De humani corporis fabrica libri septem" pioneered this study of human body structures
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anatomy
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Almost 500 concerti from this Venetian survive today
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Vivaldi
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$1600
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Last name of Alessandro, for whom a unit of electricity is named
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Volta
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Senator Arthur Vandenberg wrote, "For any realist" Pearl Harbor ended this policy of avoiding foreign entanglements
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isolation
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POP MUSIC
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$400
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The hive was buzzing in 2019 when she released her live album "Homecoming"
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Beyoncé
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$800
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It wasn't so long ago that this singer's "Gangnam Style" was everywhere
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Psy
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$1200
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This French pop duo were right at home in their "Tron: Legacy" cameos--lots of people were wearing futuristic headgear
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Daft Punk
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$1600
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This "Use Somebody" group sounds like a long line of Spanish royalty, but it actually formed in Nashville
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Kings of Leon
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$2000
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Ufologists took notice of Nicki Minaj's song about these title objects that were "meant to fly"
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starships
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A CONTAINER FULL OF WORDS
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$400
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A woven container, or the structure under a hot air balloon for the crew & equipment
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a basket
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$800
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A handbag; it can also refer to the prize money in a boxing match
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a purse
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$1200
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Wearable term for the box from which cards are dealt for blackjack in a casino
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a shoe
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$1600
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This small glass container can begin with "v" or with "ph"
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a vial (phial)
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$2000
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From the Latin for "box", it's an underground reservoir for collecting rainwater
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a cistern
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19th CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
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$400
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Lewis Carroll mirrored the success of his "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" with this 1872 sequel
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Through the Looking-Glass
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The painting seen here, depicts a scene from this Charles Dickens novel
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The Old Curiosity Shop
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"Agnes Grey" is a novel by this lesser-known sister
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Anne Bronte
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He wrote a critique of prison life, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", after spending time in the prison; it was his last published work
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Oscar Wilde
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The title gem in this Wilkie Collins novel was originally stolen from an Indian shrine
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The Moonstone
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NATIONS' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES
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Put a stopper in this second city of Ireland, found on an island in the River Lee
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Cork
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$800
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Italy's financial capital, this second city of the nation is also the center of its fashion & publishing industries
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Milan
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Its second city of Pusan is located at the southeast tip of this nation's peninsula
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South Korea
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Barcelona is Spain's second-largest city & has about a fifth of the population of this region it's in
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Catalonia
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$2000
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At one time a major Byzantine city, Split is today the second-largest city in this country that split from Yugoslavia in 1991
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Croatia
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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Once Europe's leading military power & later the largest state in Germany, it was abolished by the Allies in 1947
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Prussia
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