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RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH
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Talk about prime delivery! Each year, this river with depths up to 300' provides 20% of the fresh water entering the ocean
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the Amazon
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$400
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In Colorado Mount Yale rises 14,200'; naturally, this "rival" mount that also got its name in 1869 had to be 200' taller
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Mount Harvard
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$600
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You can't miss it, it's the 14,400-foot mountain seen in the distance here
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Mount Rainier
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$800
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The opening words to "America The Beautiful" were inspired by the view from this peak in the Rockies
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Pikes Peak
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The world's deepest river, exceeding 700 feet at its max, it's also Africa's 2nd-longest river at 2,900 miles
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the Congo River
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AMERICAN NAMES
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After manually guiding the Eagle to the Moon, this first in command went on to get a Pres. Medal of Freedom that same year
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Neil Armstrong
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In 1971 the president pardoned this man with the provision that he stay out of union affairs until 1980
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Jimmy Hoffa
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$600
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From 1985 to 1995 Wilma Mankiller was principal chief of this Native American nation based in Oklahoma
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the Cherokee
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The London Times mocked his mechanical reaper as "a cross between an Astley chariot, a wheelbarrow & a flying machine"
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Cyrus McCormick
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Passions were inflamed in the 1940s when this researcher published his findings on Americans' sex lives
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(Alfred) Kinsey
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BEFORE & AFTER
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Russian empress who covers 95,000 square miles of water as a North American quintet
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Catherine the Great Lakes
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$400
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Central Florida NBA team used by Prince Husain in "One Thousand & One Nights"
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the Orlando Magic carpet
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$600
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Symbol on the Israeli flag that sang "Let's Dance"
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Star of David Bowie
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$800
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Spielberg movie about an effort to save a World War II soldier who's also a 12-medal-winning U.S. Olympic swimmer
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Saving Private Ryan Lochte
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An NPR station's push for donations has this window for motorists at Burger King
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pledge drive-thru
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EMMY'S BEST COMEDY
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2000: starring Eric & Debra
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Will & Grace
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2017: your government at work
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Veep
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$600
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2006: the Best Comedy Award took a trip to Scranton
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The Office
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2005: as the Barones bow out
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Everybody Love Raymond
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1998: the doctor was in (& on the radio)
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Frasier
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GESTURES
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A kids' book describes this gesture as "a special slap to celebrate when everything is going great"
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a high five
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$400
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This 2-word gesture can be summed up as "knocking knuckles"
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a fist bump
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$600
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The University of Texas at Austin uses this gesture, also a slogan
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Hook \'em Horns
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$800
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Some schools have advocated replacing clapping with this Fosse-esque gesture, which is sign language for applause
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jazz hands
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$1000
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The pinkie & thumb extend & the other fingers curl to form a Hawaiian gesture for this 2-word phrase about relaxing, aka shaka
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hang loose
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WEIGHT, WHAT'S THAT?
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In this job, a highway weigh station is called a "chicken coop" as you sit in a line hoping you don't exceed 80,000 pounds
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truck driving
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$400
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An old system used to weigh precious stones & metals is called this, like an ancient city where the Greeks horsed around
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troy (weight)
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$600
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Throw weight is the maximum payload of this, the "M" in ICBM
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a missile
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$800
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This boxing class just below heavyweight includes the name of a warship class just below battleship
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cruiserweight
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$1000
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This name for a type of pound is from the French for "goods of weight"
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avoirdupois
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BOOKS' SUBTITLES
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Naturally, this animal is mentioned in the subtitle of "Moby-Dick"
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a whale
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$800
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This Arthur C. Clarke sequel is subtitled "Odyssey Two"
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2010
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$1200
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Sort of Shakespearean fan fiction, Lisa Fiedler's novel "Dating Hamlet" is subtitled this woman's "Story"
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Ophelia
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$1600
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"A King's Story", the autobiography of this onetime monarch, is subtitled "The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor"
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Edward VIII
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HEALTH OBSERVANCES
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$400
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Be a sweetheart on this date when national donor day is observed & consider giving the gift of life
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February 14th
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$800
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Kicking off Memorial weekend, Don't Fry Day reminds us about sun safety to prevent this, basal or otherwise
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carcinoma (skin cancer)
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$1200
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Wear your ribbon proudly, especially during April, to spread awareness of this condition
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autism
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$1600
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January is the month to raise awareness of this sight-stealing disease caused by a buildup of pressure in the eye
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glaucoma
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A PIRATE'S LIFE
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$400
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A 1720s "General History of the Pyrates" spells this infamous "young" captain's last name with just one "D"
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Captain Kidd
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$800
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In 1814 the British offered him $30,000 & a captaincy in the Royal Navy if he'd join them; he didn't say oui but turned on them
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(Jean) Lafitte
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$1200
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Proud to plunder the rich who plunder the poor, Black Sam Bellamy called himself this English forest guy of the sea
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Robin Hood
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$1600
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The Dread Pirate this, first name Bartholomew, was said to have captured more than 400 vessels in the early 1700s
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Roberts
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$2000
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16th century pirate Khidr, aka Barbarossa, took Algiers from the Spanish with the help of this empire
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the Ottoman Empire
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1970: 50 YEARS AGO
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Both 27, this guitarist & Janis Joplin died of overdoses within weeks of each other in September & October
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Jimi Hendrix
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$800
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This Garry Trudeau comic strip debuted in 28 newspapers
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Doonesbury
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National guardsmen shot & killed 4 people at a May protest at this Ohio university
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Kent State
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$1600
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After challenging King Hussein, this organization under Yasser Arafat was driven out of Jordan in "Black September"
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the PLO
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In November U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley went on trial for his role in this 1968 massacre
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Mỹ Lai
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ALBUMS
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This "colorful" singer has used an exclamation point in her name starting with her 2000 debut album "Can't Take Me Home"
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P!nk
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$800
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The title of this Beatles album doesn't refer to a type of gun but rather to what a record does when being played
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Revolver
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$1200
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The cover of "Nevermind", a classic album from this band, featured a baby in a swimming pool reaching for some money
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Nirvana
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$1600
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In 2003 this rapper released the album "Get Rich or Die Tryin' "; the movie of the same name came 2 years later
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50 Cent
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$2000
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"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" is an album from this band whose name sounds like it's trying to comply with a radio transmission
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Wilco
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COMPOUND WORDS
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A dactylogram is another word for this
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a fingerprint
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$800
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Used to clean clothes or to make music, it's the old-timey object seen here
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a washboard
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$1200
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An old term for a jailer, in real estate it's a house that's move-in ready
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a turnkey
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$1600
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It's the designation of 4 U.S. states including Penn. & Mass. despite not having ties to the United Kingdom
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a commonwealth
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$2000
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It's a 10-letter word for a newbie as well as the second rank in Boy Scouts
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a tenderfoot
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AFRICA
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N/A
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After the removal of the dictator, in 2011 3 broad colored stripes & 2 white symbols were restored to this country's flag
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Libya
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