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NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
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This westernmost Canadian province has a northern border with, fittingly, the Northwest Territories
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British Columbia
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This large lake on Vermont's western border bears the name of the first Frenchman to explore the area
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Champlain
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Woof! It's the Mexican state highlighted here, north of the state of Durango
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Chihuahua
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From its sources in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, this 1,900-mile river flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico
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the Rio Grande
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This capital of Saskatchewan started out as a hunters' camp called Pile O'Bones due to all the buffalo parts lying around
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Regina
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POTPOURRI
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6/6 is the metric equivalent of this fraction for normal visual acuity
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20/20
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In the 1980s, Carmela Vitale of Long Island patented an early version of the item seen here, known as a, this food saver
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pizza
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The country of Tuvalu gets nearly 10% of its gross national income licensing this Internet domain extension
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.tv
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W.S. Gilbert said the short stature of the trio of actresses seen here suggested the "Three Little Maids" song in this operetta
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The Mikado
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"How to Spot a Liar" by Pamela Meyer is one of the most popular of the talks that are this nonprofit's specialty
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TED
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MUSIC "C"LASS
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It has 4 strings, 5 letters & 6 Bach solo suites written just for it
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cello
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The Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had a surprise 1994 international hit with an album of Gregorian these
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chants
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Italian for "tail", this 4-letter word is a concluding part of a piece of music
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coda
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Joan Sutherland was one of these sopranos who decorated her arias with a "rainbow" of musical hues
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a coloratura
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A male alto voice is also known as this 12-letter word
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a countertenor
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PLANE, TRAIN OR AUTOMOBILE
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TV's KITT
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automobile
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Memphis Belle
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a plane
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Spruce Goose
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a plane
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Seven Stars in Kyushu
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a train
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Flying Scotsman
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a train
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THE LANGUAGE OF FOOD
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Humiliated by saying something stupid? You've got this "on your face"
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egg
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If you sit around watching a lot of TV, & we're totally cool with that for at least a specific half-hour a day, you are a "couch" this
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a (couch) potato
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If you're "full of" these, you're energetic; now spill 'em
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beans
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In Acts, "The disciples came together to" do this alliterative thing, eat together
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break bread
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You "eat" this 2-word non-treat when forced to apologize; a literal version is the viscera & other deer parts
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humble pie
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TV BEFORE & AFTER
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Ned Stark faces a trio of women & asks them questions in order to select one for a night out
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The Dating Game of Thrones
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Sofia Vergara dumps Ed O'Neill for Michael J. Fox & forms a new home
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Modern Family Ties
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Like sands through the hourglass, Richie & Fonzie get caught up in the soap opera set in the fictional town of Salem
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Happy Days of Our Lives
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The Robinson family can't find the way home in the cosmos but are helped by a galactic cartoon hero & his sidekicks Jan & Jayce
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Lost in Space Ghost
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Stories of Huey, Dewey & Louie as they enter a horrifying world on HBO with a decomposing host
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DuckTales from the Crypt
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MEDICAL LATIN
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In women's health, this compound word is often seen before "depression" but can also precede "thyroiditis"
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postpartum
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Meninx is the singular form of these membranes surrounding the brain & spinal cord
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meninges
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When induced by alcohol, this condition of mental disorder is "tremens" or quaking
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delirium
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O.D. can stand for an overdose or for this body part, oculus dexter in Latin
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the right eye
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18th century physician William Heberden noted a chest condition of "strangling and anxiety" & gave it this Latin name
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angina
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EVEN NUMBERS
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In "The Grapes of Wrath", Steinbeck called this famous route the "Mother Road"
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Route 66
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In Roman numerals, you need an MD for this number, MD
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1,500
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It's an area code for Atlanta & also an http error code for "not found"
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404
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Year ending in zero in which Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, the last of the 13 colonies to do so
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1790
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According to Johns Hopkins & the Mayo Clinic, a desirable level of total cholesterol in the blood is below this number
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TOM FOOLERY
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Seen here, Tom Hiddleston plays this Marvel trickster who has transformed himself into Odin & Captain America
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Loki
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The neuralyzer used by Tommy Lee Jones in "Men in Black" fools you by doing this to you
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wipes your memory
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In "Joe vs. the Volcano", this actor is duped into thinking he has a "brain cloud"
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Tom Hanks
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Tom Cruise fools his parents in this 1983 comedy after ruining the Porsche & having quite the wild party at their house
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Risky Business
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In "Inception" he plays Eames, a forger trying to plant an idea in the target's subconscious
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Tom Hardy
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NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE
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A quadragintireme was an ancient ship powered by 40 rows of these implements
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oars
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An archiloquy was the initial part of one of these
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speech
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Betimes meant this, as in "I must get up betimes or verily, I shall miss the bearbaiting"
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early
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Like gin blossoms, grog blossoms refer to this part of the face
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the nose
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A nepheliad was a cloud one; you've probably heard of the dryad, a wood one
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a nymph
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DID YOU READ...
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... "My Own Words", a bestselling collection of speeches & articles by this late Supreme Court justice
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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... About Daphne working with the Duke of Hastings in "The Duke and I", the first in this book series, now a Netflix fave
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the Bridgerton series
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... This book by Mark Bowden chronicling a savage firefight in Somalia in 1993
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Black Hawk Down
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... This Emile Zola open letter to the president of the French Republic
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J\'Accuse...!
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... This classic W.W. Jacobs short story that warns us, "The first man had his three wishes... the third was for death"
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"The Monkey\'s Paw"
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THE TERMS OF SERVICE
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She served as a New York senator from 2001 to 2009 & later, ran for president
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Hillary Clinton
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The father & son seen here, they served a total of six terms as California's governor
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Jerry & Pat Brown
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She led Israel as the nation's 4th prime minister from 1969 to 1974
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Golda Meir
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He served as mayor of D.C. from 1979 to 1991; he served 6 months in prison; he served as mayor of D.C. from 1995 to 1999
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Marion Berry
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He ruled Romania from 1965 until he suddenly didn't in 1989--a firing squad was involved
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Ceaușescu
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COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
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N/A
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On this country's National Day, August 15, all 39,000 residents are invited to Vaduz Castle for festivities & drinks
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Liechtenstein
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