Jeopardy #8234

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Washington Irving's tale of this farmer who takes a big snooze was based on a German folktale

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Willa Cather's novel about this title girl is set around the town of Black Hawk, Nebraska

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The title of this first Philip Marlowe novel is a euphemism for death

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4 Chinese women meet regularly to play Mah-jongg & to talk about life & their children in this 1989 Amy Tan novel

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In 1997 this famously reclusive author published a fictionalized tale of surveyors "Mason & Dixon"

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"D'oh!"

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"Yabba dabba doo!"

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"Bazinga!"

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"Nanu-nanu"

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"Book 'em, Danno"

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Covered over in the late 19th century, the Bievre runs under Paris before flowing into this river

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Connecticut's Park River, which flows under the state capitol grounds, was buried in the 1940s by the Army Corps of these

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Today buried in tunnels, Moscow's Neglinnaya river fed the moat protecting this fortress

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West Virginia's Lost River disappears under a ridge in this mountain chain, then emerges as the Cacapon River on the other side

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This rhyming road synonymous with the British press gets its name from a river that flows under London

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After one of your checkers reaches your opponent's first row, do this to your piece to show it's now a king

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Steph Curry is one of many athletes who tap their chests & then do this to thank God after a successful play

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In dancing the Lindy Hop, the kaye is this type of move to be done carefully & without surprising your partner

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In knitting, it means to pull a loop of yarn through the front to the back of the fabric

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Medically speaking, remove 2 letters from a word meaning "to beat rapidly" & you get this word meaning "to examine by touching"

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If you're increasing these units that measure the intensity of sound, you're getting louder

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Thespians know that to speak louder, you need to project, & a good method is engaging this dome-shaped muscle in the torso

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It was inspired by a 1621 harvest feast

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"Beowulf" features several of these feudal warriors who serve their liege

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It's handy to put facilities for this gasoline additive right in fields of the Midwestern corn it's made from

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In Greek mythology this 8-letter figure is the personification of death

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Euphuism, an artificially elegant prose style, came into fashion in this royal period of English literature

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During this notorious period that began in 1793, the Committee of Public Safety was effectively the govt. of France

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The National Convention first met on Sept. 20, 1792 & declared France one of these kingless governments 2 days later

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A coup on 18 Brumaire established the consulate & brought this general to power

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The motto of the radical Jacobin Club was "Vivre libre ou mourir", translated as this

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From tomber, French for "to fall", it was the cart that took those condemned to death on their last ride

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The pronghorn, also called the American or pronghorned one of these, can cover about one mile per minute

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In the 1950s Idaho relocated these amphibious rodents by dropping them (with parachutes) out of airplanes

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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Those aren't racing stripes; a mutation in the king type of this African cat blends the spots around its spine to look like stripes

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When these camel relatives give birth, it's been colloquially called "unpacking"

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This late gorilla once broke a sink & used sign language to blame someone else

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Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the non-voting delegate for this district for nearly 30 years

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2019's H.R. 420 is a federal bill that seeks to regulate this substance

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Chaired by Maxine Waters, the House Committee on these services regulates the banks

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This 15-letter appointed officer publishes the rules for the House & makes sure the reps abide by them

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The 9th district of this state was not represented in January 2019 because the vote there was not certified due to charges of fraud

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This actress who captured our hearts as little Gertie in "E.T."

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Him as adult film star Dirk Diggler in "Boogie Nights"

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Him as stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"

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This Canadian-born actress in the title role of "Juno"

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Described as a cinematic chameleon, this British actress in the title role of "Orlando"

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This patron saint of lost causes probably got his 4-letter name so he wouldn't be confused with Judas

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George slew this mythical beast, which led to 15,000 baptisms & him becoming patron saint of England

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St, Erasmus, also known by this shorter name, is a patron saint of sailors

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Sharing his feast day with fellow archangels Gabriel & Michael, he's the patron saint of the blind

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Pope Clement IX made Rose of Lima patron of this country; Clement X made her patron saint of all of South America

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"The hog products you crave", or a mammal with quills

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"A spot for handing out pink slips", or a hearth at the base of a chimney

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"What you say to scare a lemon pie topping", or an Australian aboriginal weapon

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"Where Noah stored his bees aboard his vessel", or a place where historical documents & records are kept

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"To break God's law until a prime time hour", or to sparkle brightly

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One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks