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WE MISS YOU, MISTER ROGERS
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Of this 5-word signature query, Mr. Rogers said, "I suppose it's... an invitation for somebody to be close to you"
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Won\'t you be my neighbor?
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The show was produced in this city, making it easy for Lynn Swann to come by & show off his uniform--& his ballet moves
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Pittsburgh
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Margaret Hamilton visited Mr. Rogers in 1975 to help kids understand make-believe & not fear this "Wizard of Oz" character
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the Wicked Witch of the West
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In 1986 Mr. Rogers did a show to help children deal with grief & death after the explosion of this transport
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the Challenger
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Mr. Rogers noted "those all-important three Cs: caring, confidence, and" this, also a Thomas Paine title
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common sense
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THE NATURAL WORLD
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Though it resembles an anteater, this African animal, the only member of order Tubulidentata, is actually related to the elephant
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an aardvark
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The brook & lake types of this freshwater fish are sometimes crossbred to make "splakes"
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trout
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From the Latin for "pouch", it's any member of a group of various non-placental animals
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marsupials
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You see females a lot more often than males of this North American venomous spider, hence its name
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the black widow
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Sheep wool is mainly composed of this form of fibrous protein that also makes up hair & fingernails
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keratin
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ASIA
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The center of the nation's film industry, this city is also the capital of India's Maharashtra state
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Mumbai
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At about 1 million square miles, this "stan" is the largest landlocked country in the world
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Kazakhstan
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Part of the Old Palace of the Malla kings, the Taleju Temple is found in this capital of Nepal
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Kathmandu
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The language called Filipino is based on this one
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Tagalog
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16-foot stingrays can be found in the waters of this 2,700-mile-long Indochinese river
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the Mekong
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EMMYS FOR WRITING
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"30 Rock" earned her 2 awards for writing; there were others for starring & executive producing as well
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Tina Fey
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In 2015 govt. work paid off for Armando Iannucci, who won for co-writing the "Election Night" episode of this HBO comedy
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Veep
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In 2000 government work paid off for Rick Cleveland & this creator of "The West Wing"
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Sorkin
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Charlie Brooker & William Bridges won 2018's limited series award for the "USS Callister" episode of this high-tech anthology
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Black Mirror
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In 2011 Jason Katims had clear eyes, a full heart & couldn't lose an Emmy for this H.S. football drama
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Friday Night Lights
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RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Stomps, toe punches & heel clicks are all part of this activity that Bojangles was famous for
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tap dancing
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Tricks you can quickly learn to do with a yo-yo include "Around the World" & this one popular with Rovers & Fidos
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Walk the Dog
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Easy gardening might include planting some cactus or aloe, both from this group of plants with a name from Latin for "juice"
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succulents
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As a conchologist, you can stroll the beaches collecting whelks, cowries or these, named for Muslim or Sikh headwear
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turbans
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This urban running, jumping & climbing activity originated from a French special forces training course
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parkour
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SHORTENED SLANG
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It rhymes with vacay & means a vacay where you don't leave town
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staycay
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In an interview in 2020, Hillary Clinton had some thoughts on Senator Sanders' "online Bernie" these
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Bros
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It's a 4-letter shortened way to say "very apparent"
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obvy
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Take an adjective for theater that's serious & artistic-minded, cut it in half & you get this word, as MC Hammer knows
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legit
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Merriam-Webster says this word for something that gives you great ideas follows in the footsteps of "convo" & "rando"
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inspo
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SUMMER READING
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During WWII, a Jewish girl protects an escaped P.O.W. in Bette Greene's Y.A. novel "Summer of My" this nationality "Soldier"
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German
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In the prequel novel "Summer & the City", this Cndace Bushnell character discovers New York City
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Carrie Bradshaw
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This Scottish naturalist recounts his trip to California in his memoir "My First Summer in the Sierra"
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(John) Muir
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This playwright must have loved the season: he wrote "Summer & Smoke", "Suddenly, Last Summer" & "Clothes for a Summer Hotel"
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(Tennessee) Williams
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This woman's New England novels include "Ethan Frome" & the lusty "Summer", which she referred to as "hot Ethan"
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Edith Wharton
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WORLD FLAGS
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Nigeria & Saudi Arabia both have flags of these 2 colors
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green & white
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An exotic bird of paradise occupies the top half of Papua New Guinea's flag, with this constellation on the bottom
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the Southern Cross
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5 of these natural phenomena are depicted on Nicaragua's flag; the country boasts many more active ones
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volcanoes
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The red & white on this French-speaking principality's flag date back to 1339 & its royal arms
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Monaco
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The endemic golden bosun bird adorns the flag of this Australian island territory named for the day of its discovery
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Christmas Island
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THROWING YOU A CURVE
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In economics, the demand curve plots a product's price vs. demand for it; this curve plots price vs. available quantity
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the supply
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In astronomy, a light curve graphs changes in magnitude of one of these, especially the variable type
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a star
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Used in global warming studies, the Keeling curve charts the buildup of this gas in earth's atmosphere
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carbon dioxide
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The Phillips curve shows that wages tend to increase faster as the rate of this goes down
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unemployment
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Unlike the way it's often used, a "steep" one of these doesn't mean the subject is tough, it means you get more ability quicker
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a learning curve
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FORGETFUL SEQUELS
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This 2018 horror movie is a sequel to the 1978 original & skips over the 2002 sequel where Jamie Lee Curtis' character is killed
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Halloween
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When this superhero "Returns" in a 2006 film, he must have spun the world backwards to erase movies No. 3 & 4, which were ignored
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Superman
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The 2nd film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series titled this guy's "Revenge" was just treated like a bad dream in later films
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Freddy Krueger
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"Dark Fate", the latest film in this series, ignores all the sequels after "Judgment Day"
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Terminator
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William Peter Blatty wrote this film "III", ignoring the first sequel that had Linda Blair return as the once-possessed Regan
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The Exorcist
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BROTHER
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Until a fatal car accident in 1994, Basil, not brother Bashar, was heir to father Hafez al-Assad as this country's leader
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Syria
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Elliott, brother of this 20th century president, was also father to a first lady
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Edward IV made this scoliosis-suffering brother duke of Gloucester; in return, he made Edward's sons prisoners
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Richard III
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A couple months after this more famous brother's death, Frank gave himself up & was acquitted of murder & robbery
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Jesse James
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Ever the loving brother, Cesare Borgia had this sister's husband Alfonso murdered in 1500
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Lucrezia Borgia
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CAN YOU SPARE A RHYME
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A rope trap
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a snare
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It's also a term for a female zebra or donkey
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mare
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First this for any instrument is coveted in an orchestra
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chair
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This contraction precedes "-do-well" in a term for a shady person
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ne\'er
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A puma's home in the mountains, or a "Dragon's" in an arcade
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a lair
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NOTABLE BRITS
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N/A
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On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary"
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Lawrence of Arabia
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