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LANDMARKS
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This suspension bridge links San Francisco & Marin County
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the Golden Gate Bridge
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Recent research suggests segments of this British landmark were moved 150 miles from Wales--quite a job
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Stonehenge
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In its own country, it's known as Wan-li Chang cheng
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the Great Wall of China
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Commissioned to celebrate France's military victories, it stands smack in the middle of Place Charles de Gaulle
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the Arc de Triomphe
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A surveyor named this monolith for a south Australian prime minister; its Aboriginal name has no direct English translation
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Uluru (Ayers Rock)
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TOP BRITISH BABY NAMES
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Here's a twist--in 2019, the top name for boys was this, like Dickens' young Mr. Twist
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Oliver
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Popular floral names include Rose, Lily & this one, like the flower seen here
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Daisy
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While Freya is on the rise, this name shared by Blunt & Mortimer dropped a few notches
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Emily
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$800
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"How sweet the sound" of this name meaning a divine favor or blessing
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Grace
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This boy's name popular in Wales belonged to Welsh national hero Glendower
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Owen
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SOME GOOD NEWS
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In 2020 this Canadian province purchased a hotel in the capital of Victoria to house its homeless population
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British Columbia
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Looking for a Jigglypuff on this app craze led a pair of players to "go" save a wounded puppy--awwww...
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Pokémon Go
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In 2020, a pygmy one of these--an endangered species--was born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time in over 30 years
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a hippo (a pygmy hippopotamus)
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A therapy dog named Moose got an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine from this school based in Blacksburg
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Virginia Tech
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A city in Costa Rica has given citizenship to bees due to this role they play in the ecosystem
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pollinators
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ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
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Sept. 22, 1776: The British take the life of this American spy at what is now the corner of 66th & 3rd in Manhattan
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Nathan Hale
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Oct. 20, 1632: This future architect is born in England & within a few years, probably begins to design buildings on the floor
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Christopher Wren
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July 30, 1898: This ex-Prussian prime minister sinks into destiny
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Otto von Bismarck
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Nov. 2, 1865: It's a bouncing baby future president in Corsica, Ohio & like so many newborns, he gets the middle name Gamaliel
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Warren Harding
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August 8, 1866: He is born to sharecropper parents in Maryland; the North Pole awaits
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Matthew Henson
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HEIR GUITAR
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The Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa featured guitars signed by Miley Cyrus & this man, her father
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Billy Ray Cyrus
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Playing with this Beatles's son Dhani, Paul McCartney repeated the line, "It looks like he stayed young and we all got old"
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(George) Harrison
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Daughter Rosanne played guitar & duetted with this country legend on "September When It Comes"
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Johnny Cash
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This Jamaican singer taught his son Ziggy how to play guitar & drums & by age 10, Ziggy was sitting in on recording sessions
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Bob Marley
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This famous Jr. of country music sang "Waylon's Guitar", but that instrument was bought by Keith Urban
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Hank Williams Jr.
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BRING IT "ON"
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In the mid-1990s CALCampus became one of the first schools to offer real-time college courses this way
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online
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It means the beginning of, often in regards to an illness
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onset
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In the title of a hymn, it precedes "Christian Soldiers"
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Onward
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It's a synonym for observer or spectator
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onlooker
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This 10-letter word is used for the process of orienting & integrating a new employee into a company
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onboarding
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HISTORY BEFORE 1738
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From 1229 to 1241 Ogodei expanded the Mongol Empire as the son & successor of this mane
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Genghis Khan
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Meaning "lily flower" , this emblem was adopted by French kings more than 900 years ago
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a fleur-de-lis
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La Malinche was a native woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who translated for & advised this conquistador
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Hernán Cortés
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This restored king of Great Britain reigned during the great plague & Great Fire that struck London in the 1660s
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Charles II
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Beginning in 1168 Calixtus III ruled as one of these in opposition to Alexander III
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an antipope
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-ISMs
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This economic -ism is also known as free enterprise
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capitalism
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An erroneous reference in time, like showing a German shepherd in the film "Gladiator" (the breed didn't exist yet)
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an anachronism
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Saying "blushing crow" instead of "crushing blow" is one of these, named for an Anglican clergyman
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a spoonerism
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Great Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary.) The Jewish Museum in Budapest, which is part of the Great Synagogue Complex, is built on the site of the house where Theodore Herzl, father of this movement, was born in 1860
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Zionism
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CAT scans can help diagnose pulmonary these -isms, obstructions of arteries
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an embolism
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U.K. TV
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Jodie Whittaker first took on the title role of this series in a special 2017 episode
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Doctor Who
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"Match of the Day" presents interviews & highlights from this British soccer league
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the Premier League
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She hosted a British version of "The Weakest Link" before doing one in the States-- Goodbye!
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Anne Robinson
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In season one of this series, Olivia Colman investigated a boy's murder in a seaside town
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Broadchurch
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Jack Davenport & Sarah Alexander were 2 of the 6 stars of this Britcom, a sort of U.K. version of "Friends"
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Coupling
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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The Caribbean has lost more than 50% of these structures due to problems like overfishing, pollution & thermal stress
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(coral) reefs
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Topped a year-round ski slope, CopenHill is a waste-to-energy plant in this European nation
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Denmark
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A common measure of walking was coined when a Japanese company called its pedometer the Manpo-kei, or this many steps "meter"
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10,000 steps
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In 1893 this genius made a copper egg stand on end by using his rotating magnetic field device to rapidly spin it
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Nikola Tesla
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In 2018 scientists discovered Przewalski's this animal is not truly wild but was once domesticated over 5,000 years ago
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a horse
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CONSCIOUSNESS OF STREAM WRITING
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Mark Twain's memoir "Life on" it tells tales of one of America's great rivers
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the Mississippi
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Jonathan Schneer's history of this river includes an account of the 1215 negotiation of the Magna Carta on its banks
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the Thames
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Whistle a happy tune & name this Pierre Boulle World War II P.O.W. novel that was made into an Oscar-winning film
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Bridge on the River Kwai
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Alan Moorehead published histories of these 2 main branches of the world's longest river
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the Blue Nile & the White Nile
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4 men on a canoe trip in this James Dickey novel fight to survive the wild Cahulawassee River & scary locals
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Deliverance
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IT'S HYPHENATED
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It describes a person who's anywhere from 45 to 65
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middle-aged
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Adjective for carpeting that covers the entire floor
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wall-to-wall
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It lines certain shells, like the abalone, seen here
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mother-of-pearl
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It's the familial relationship of Peter Sarsgaard to Jake Gyllenhaal
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brother-in-law
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This French name of the deadly pit viper seen here refers to the shape of its head
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a fer-de-lance
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GOLDEN AGE ACTRESSES
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In 2013 the Victoria & Albert Museum acquired her archives, including letters from Laurence Olivier & Tennessee Williams
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Vivien Leigh
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