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15 LOVE
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In a 2003 book this 15-year-old could have "counted the freckles on" Cho Chang's nose as she steals a kiss from him
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Harry Potter
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"One Time" in 2009 this 15-year-old kid from Ontario hit us with the lyrics "Girl I love, girl I love you"
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Justin Bieber
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The youngest of the Bennet sisters, Lydia is 15 when this Jane Austen novel begins & 16 when she elopes with Wickham
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Pride and Prejudice
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Before her birthday in this 1984 film, Molly Ringwald was already crushing hard on hunky Jake
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Sixteen Candles
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At 15, Joe was the younger of this literary detective duo; his first love, Iola Morton, would perish from a car bomb
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The Hardy Boys
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DEUCE
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Leesylvania State Park in this state is the burial site of Henry Lee II, grandfather of Robert E.
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Virginia
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Publicly released in 2011, his long-form Hawaiian birth certificate includes II after his name
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Barack Obama
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Robert Wood Johnson II ran his family co. for 30 years, with special care for this product down to the sprinkle holes' size
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baby powder
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John Murray II published this lord's poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" & its success helped make them friends
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Lord Byron
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A character in a 2019 film about Le Mans, this executive known as "The Deuce" is shown at that race in the '60s
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Henry Ford II
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"AD" IN
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A general in the U.S. Army corresponds to this rank in the U.S. Navy
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admiral
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This rustic style of outdoor chair was named for a New York mountain range
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Adirondack
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This musical term is from the Italian for "at ease"
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adagio
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Home to a species of penguin, this Antarctic land was named by French explorer Dumont d'Urville for his wife
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Adelie
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Here are some of these Asian beans
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adzuki beans
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GAME
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Since we're all about tennis, if you serve a ball that doesn't land in the proper service box, it's one of these
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a fault
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The field & the don't pass bar are part of this casino game, & don't forget to tip your stickman
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craps
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Make "room" for Change Seats! & Wink Murder, 2 of Mental Floss' 14 of these kind of "games to bring back" for the holidays
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parlor games
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In 1996 the New Zealand All Blacks beat Australia 43-6 in the first tri-nations tourney in this tough sport
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rugby
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Handicaps & divots are in this sport, but don't say golf; there is also penalty 3, a free hit from 40 yards to an open goal
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polo
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SET
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The symbol here denotes this, also known as a null set
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void (an empty set)
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It's the intersection of the set 3, 4, 5 with the set of prime numbers
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3 & 5
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A one-to-one this between 2 sets means their members can be precisely paired, not that they're exchanging letters
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corresponding
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Meaning the combination of two sets, the symbol here is called this, the shape may give you a hint
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union
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This type of diagram that uses overlapping circles to illustrate 2 set relationships is named for a 19th century Englishman
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a Venn diagram
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MATCH
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A twinset is a matching pullover & this type of open-front sweater, worn together
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a cardigan
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A spectrophotometer can be used to match colors of this, whether from Behr or Benjamin Moore
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paint
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In 2016 "Match Game" was brought back to TV with this man as the host
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Alec Baldwin
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The ABO system is used to match types of this
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blood
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A tiger was one of the creatures on the tag that helped kids mix & match items of apparel from this clothing brand that started in 1972
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Garanimals
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BIBLICAL BROADWAY
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Alan Alda & Barbara Harris played this couple in the first part of "The Apple Tree"
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Adam & Eve
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Richard Rodgers' musical "Two by Two" is about this Old Testament man
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Noah
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A 20-minute cantata by Tim Rice & this British composer became "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon" is based on this "occupational" book of the Old Testament
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Judges
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John the Baptist & Judas are played by the same actor in this 1970s Broadway musical with a one-word title
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Godspell
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FAMOUS AMERICANS
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In the 1930s this woman had her own fashion line with touches like propeller-shaped buttons
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Amelia Earhart
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This man divided his library into history, philosophy & fine arts; the Library of Congress kept the system when it took it over
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Thomas Jefferson
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This evangelist who founded a university in Oklahoma was called home in 2009 at age 91
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Oral Roberts
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This Army major & his 21 associates were recognized with congressional gold medals for their work on yellow fever
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Walter Reed
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"Revelations", this man's signature dance piece, is set to African-American spirituals like "Wade in the Water" & "Sinner Man"
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Alvin Ailey
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SHADES OF GREEN
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In the 19th century a poisonous copper compound was used to make a green pigment named for this gem
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emerald
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This branch of the U.S. military introduced olive drab green & khaki uniforms beginning in 1902
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the Army
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Crayola has as green marker named for this reptile
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an iguana
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This nut of the cashew family is naturally pale green, as is the color named for it
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pistachio
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Add 2 letters to the last of the Bible's 12 Minor Prophets to get the name of this green mineral
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malachite
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BOOK-BORNE WORDS & PHRASES
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Let's get to the truth: To "de" this, meaning to expose something as false, comes from a 1923 novel by W.E. Woodward
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debunk
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William Gibson coined this term that now refers to the Internet in his short story "Burning Chrome"
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cyberspace
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O. Henry called the fictional Central American country of Anchuria this 2-word entity, referring to an export
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a banana republic
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The first use of "ingenue" in English described this not-quite-ingenue in Thackeray's "Vanity Fair"
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Becky Sharp
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In "Stranger in a Strange Land", this author came up with "grok", meaning to understand someone thoroughly
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Robert Heinlein
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RAILWAY & SUBWAY STATIONS
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The 23 statues at this city's Gare du Nord station represent possible destinations
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Paris
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More than 3 billion riders a year use this city's subway system, with stops at Gucheng & Dongdan stations
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Beijing
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The domes & minarets at Kuala Lumpur Railway Station are in this architectural style named for a people of North Africa
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Moorish
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Among Eliel Saarinen's prominent works is the railway station in this capital
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Helsinki
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The monument to Queen Eleanor depicted here, gave this London neighborhood & rail station it's name
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Charing Cross
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3-LETTER PALINDROMES
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A joke
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a gag
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It's a dot on your standard 6-sided die
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a pip
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As a noun it can refer to a hairstyle or a piece of fishing gear
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a bob
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This type of tent will give you shelter from the storm
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pup
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Bards used it to mean "before"
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ere
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THE SUPREME COURT
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N/A
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The 1st justice directly succeeded by his former clerk was Rehnquist by Roberts; the 2nd time was this other alliterative pair
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(Anthony) Kennedy & (Brett) Kavanaugh
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