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CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES
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In 1913 this model from Ford became the first mass-produced car, reducing assembly time from 12 hours to less than 3 hours
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the Model T
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The 1964 Pontiac GTO is often called the first of these "brawny" autos
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a muscle car
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Everything's feeling for this manufacturer whose E-Type is seen here
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Jaguar
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The C2, the second generation of this classic from Chevrolet, was produced from 1963 to 1967
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the Corvette
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The late 1960s SEL 300 6.3 model of this car had a limousine V-8 engine in a smaller sedan body, so it could go fast
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Mercedes
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THE SPEAKER IN SHAKESPEARE
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"A bloody deed--almost as bad, good mother as kill a king, and marry with his brother"
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Hamlet
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"Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble"
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the witches of Macbeth
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"Katherine, I charge thee, tell these headstrong women what duty they do owe their lords and husbands"
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Petruchio
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"I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad"
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King Lear
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"How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore? The orchard walls are high and hard to climb"
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Juliet
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TABLE TALK
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You probably haven't seen one of these since grade school
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times table (multiplication table)
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It's the part of a phonograph that spins the record
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a turntable
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This Arizona city whose Spanish name means "table" was founded by Mormons in 1878
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Mesa
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It's the chemical formula for table salt
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NaCl
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"The autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" is a book of essays by this writer & father of a Supreme Court justice
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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CELEBRITY EXES
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This actress & husband Chris Martin of Coldplay called their split a "conscious uncoupling"
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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After 12 days of marriage, my true love said to me... let's split up! (the true lovers being Jon peters & this "Baywatch" star)
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Pamela Anderson
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Quite the nice ex, Anna Faris offered to officiate the wedding of Katherine Schwarzenegger & this "Jurassic World" star
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(Chris) Pratt
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Seal & this supermodel had 3 kids together & the 2 split amicably--he guest-judged "America's Got Talent" next to her
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Heidi Klum
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In 1954 Marilyn Monroe singled, divorcing this Yankee after 9 months of wedded non-bliss
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(Joe) DiMaggio
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WORDS & PHRASES
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To invent a new word or phrase is to do this--makes cents
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to coin
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Meaning "false step" in French, it's a socially embarrassing act or remark
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a faux pas
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Term for the technical jargon of attorneys & their documents
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legalese
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"He who pays the piper holds the reins" is an example of this, incorrectly fusing 2 symbolic comparisons
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a mixed metaphor
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From the Latin for "announce", this means to pronounce clearly & correctly
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to enunciate
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INSIDE OF ME
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The fissure of Rolando is found in this topmost & probably importantmost part of the brain
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the cerebrum
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The corpus luteum in these organs secretes estrogen & progesterone
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the ovaries
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Each of these organs is encased in a sac called the pleura
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your lungs
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If you want to be formal about it, "vermiform" precedes the name of this tube that seems to serve no purpose but can become inflamed
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the appendix
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The name of this internal organ is a synonym for ill humor or bad temper
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your spleen
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THE MADNESS OF THE KING
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A blood disease may have caused the madness of this king, & in 1811 his son assumed his duties
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King George III
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Battle of Agincourt loser Charles VI of this country had a delusion that he was made of glass & that he could shatter
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France
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Obsessed with ringing church bells, Fyodor I had issues; his child's death & being the son of this "rough" 1580s czar
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Ivan the Terrible
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Erik XIV took over for Gustav I Vasa in this country but fears of treason caused a breakdown in 1567 & he had a lot of rivals killed
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Sweden
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Ludwig of this German state got the official "Mad" designation in 1886 after a panel of doctors declared him insane
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Bavaria
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COLORFUL CITIES
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Football fans know it sits at the mouth of Wisconsin's Fox River
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Green Bay
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A Southern California city & a Northern New Jersey township share this citrusy name
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Orange
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Parlez-vous Francais? Then name this Louisiana port at the head of the Mississippi's deepwater navigation
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Baton Rouge
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This "ville" is across the Rio Grande from Matamoros
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Brownsville
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This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital
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Golden
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TROOP-POURRI
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The Alpini were Italian soldiers in WWI who specialized in this type of terrain
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mountains
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In a cataphract cavalry unit, both horse & rider wore this protective gear
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armor
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A C.O.S., short for this operations specialist, protects the army's computer networks from getting hacked
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cyber
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This word for a guerrilla was used in the Boer War, in WWII & as the title of a 1985 Schwarzenegger movie
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commando
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Although they come from this nation, more than 40,000 Gurkhas fight in the Indian army
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Nepal
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A CONTESTANT WALKS INTO A "BAR"
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System of exchanging goods or services without using money
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barter
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Tanzania gets part of its name from this island
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Zanzibar
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A decompression chamber can also be called this kind of chamber
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a hyperbaric chamber (a barometric chamber)
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In reinforced concrete, it's what does the reinforcing
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rebar
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You eat the red stalks of this plant; the green leaves are toxic
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rhubarb
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PLAYING THE VILLAIN
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Dennis Hopper won a Best Villain MTV Movie Award for menacing a bus in this film
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Speed
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John Malkovich is a menace in the skies as the felon Cyrus the Virus in this 1997 thriller
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Con Air
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Played with cackling excellence by Ian McDiarmid, this character returned from the dead in "Star Wars: Episode IX"
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Emperor Palpatine
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As him in 1982, Ricardo Montalban says, "I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you"
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Khan
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We rooted for him in "Get Out" and "Queen and Slim" but not when he made life miserable for the title women in "Widows"
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Daniel Kaluuya
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OUTSIDE OF ME
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Jewelry designer Laura Lombardi makes this 4-letter type of earring in different diameters
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a hoop
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Circus wardrobe fun fact: the average size of these is 28EEEEE
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clown shoes
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Fighting a cliche, the Florida Highway Patrol prohibits its officers from wearing this intimidating type of sunglasses
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This cosmetic with a metal in its name can be used to give a warm, healthy-looking glow, not a specific color
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bronzer
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This warm headgear shares its name with a battle of the Crimean War
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balaclava
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AUTHORS
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On this woman's passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her "a magician with language, who understood the power of words"
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Toni Morrison
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