THE BIBLE
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In Exodus, God promises to "rain bread from heaven"; when the Israelites see it, they call it this
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manna
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Biblical dreamers include Joseph & in the gospel of Matthew, the wife of this Roman governor
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(Pontius) Pilate
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A version known as the "Wicked Bible" was printed in 1631 with the typo "Thou shalt commit" this sin
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adultery
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The shortest verse in the King James Bible is John 11:35, these 2 words
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Jesus wept
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Not to be confused with Barabbas, this companion of Paul has sometimes been credited with writing the epistle to the Hebrews
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Barnabas
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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This barbarian ruler who had terrorized Europe died on his wedding night in 453 A.D.
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Attila the Hun
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The 2nd tsar of this name freed the serfs in Russia in 1861
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Alexander
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This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1993
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Czechoslovakia
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Once a powerful republic, this Italian city lost 4 wars to Venice in the middle ages
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Genoa
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On October 25, 1415 an English army won this battle over a much larger French force
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the Battle of Agincourt
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DESCRIBING THE FILM TRILOGY
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1960s playboy/spy wakes up in the 1990s; playboy/spy travels back to the 1960s; playboy/spy travels back to 1975
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Austin Powers
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Heist in Vegas; heist in Europe; heist in Vegas
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the Oceans trilogy
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Killings intercut with baptism; killings in Cuba; killings intercut with an opera
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The Godfather
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Movie earns 4 Oscars; movie earns 2 Oscars; movie earns 11 Oscars
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Lord of the Rings
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Hero visits parents; hero visits kids; hero visits great-great-grandparents
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Back to the Future
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THE GIVING TREE
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Although the red type of this tree can provide sap for syrup, it mainly gives us shade
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maple
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Pull out the stopper & let's celebrate this live oak species that produces a useful spongy lightweight product
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cork
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The southern species of this tree gives us the flower seen here
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magnolia
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The leaves of Brazil's carnauba palm yield a type of this used in lipsticks & shoe polish
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wax
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Trees named for Rudolph Hass yield the most popular variety of these
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avocados
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I'D LIKE TO BUY
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I'd like to buy a Flodalen, a terry cloth this from IKEA
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a (bath) towel
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Got some caped crusading to do, so I'll need one of these head coverings, from Latin for "hood"
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a cowl
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I want to lay some bricks, so I'll take a Kraft tool carbon steel one of these mortar spreaders with a flat plate & a handle
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a trowel
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Guess it's time I got around to reading "My American Journey", the 1995 autobiography of this Secretary of State
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Colin Powell
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I love to build things, so I sure could use a Madison Mill round wood poplar one of these connecting rods
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a dowel
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"A" VOWEL
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A situation involving conflict, or a Pulitzer Prize category for plays
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drama
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Lady fingers & thousand fingers are varieties of this fruit
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bananas
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A defacer of property, or a member of King Gunderic's 5th century tribe
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a vandal
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This nickname of General Pershing can also mean a face card in spades or clubs
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Black Jack
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The name of this gourd rattle is from a South American Indian word
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maracas
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ISLANDS
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This island has a museum in Napoleon's summer residence, Villa San Martino
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Elba
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Here's the flag of this chilly island that's more than three times the size of Texas
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Greenland
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Visit the port of Lahaina or drive the Hana Highway on this Hawaiian island
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Maui
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The names of the 2 main islands that make up this equatorial nation mean "St. Thomas & Prince"
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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This island 37 miles north of Venezuela grows oranges whose peel is used to make a famous liqueur
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Curacao
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IT'S ALL ABOUT HER
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In "My Beloved World", this first Hispanic American on the Supreme Court talks about growing up in a Bronx housing project
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(Sonia) Sotomayor
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In this 1937 memoir Isak Dinesen told of her life in Kenya, where she managed a coffee plantation
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Out of Africa
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"Mad Girl's Love Song" tells of this poet's "Life Before Ted" (Hughes)
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Sylvia Plath
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"Daughter of Destiny" is the autobiography of this slain Pakistani prime minister
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Benazir Bhutto
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"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is less about Alice & more about this woman, her life partner who wrote the book
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Gertrude Stein
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ART MOVEMENTS
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The Incoherents had fun with art: Eugène Bataille depicted this Leonardo da Vinci gal enjoying a pipe
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the Mona Lisa
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With work like "Indefinite Divisibility", Yves Tanguy helped import this European movement to the United States
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Surrealism
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Named for Orpheus, Orphism was an offshoot of this other "-ism" of Georges Braque
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Cubism
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Henri Matisse was the leader of this "wild beast" art movement that flourished in the early 1900s
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Fauvism
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Led by Robert Henri, "The Eight" were a group of artists who tried to show a grittier side of city life in this "rubbish" movement
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the Ashcan School
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POTPOURRI
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In the 1950s these candy dispensers were adorned with heads; they've now been adorned with almost 2,000 different ones
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PEZ dispensers
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The mythical story of Prometheus points to a real medical fact: this organ's ability to regenerate itself
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the liver
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(Brad Keselowski presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) I'm Brad Keselowski; the pit crew guy hauling a 20-pound piece of equipment to help change my four tires is called this, also the last name of an X-Men actor
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a jackman
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A cloak called the scapular is worn by this order of monks established by a papal bull in 1216
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Dominicans (Dominican Order)
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To keyboard players a "smear" is this finger-sweeping action, from a word meaning to slide
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glissando
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NEW TO THE OED
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Chickens don't have these digits, but in 2020 the OED acknowledged their existence in a popular fried food product
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(chicken) fingers
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Even better than awesome is "awesome" followed by this 5-letter liquid
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sauce
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Chichimec refers to an indigenous people of this country
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Mexico
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The last 4 months of the year are called these 5-letter "months", like the last piece of wood in a fire
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the ember months
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The Henriad refers to 4 plays by this man
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Shakespeare
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POP PSYCHOLOGY
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In 1986 Janet Jackson sang about this Freudian "Principle"
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the pleasure principle
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In "Paranoid", this hard-rocking man sang, "People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time"
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Ozzy Osbourne
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In 1967 this man sang, "Manic depression is a frustrating mess"--what a harrowing "experience"
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(Jimi) Hendrix
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This Nirvana song shares its name with an element used in medications for bipolar disorder
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"Lithium"
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NEWSPAPER NAMES
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N/A
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Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient Roman official who represented the people's interests
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Tribune
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