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AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE
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8 decades after his death, a 2007 graphic novel told the adventures of this man, "The Handcuff King"
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Houdini
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"Twilight Man" is a graphic novel biography about this writer & "the Birth of Television"
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Rod Serling
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The graphic novel about this pop & rock icon is subtitled "Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams"
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David Bowie
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"21" is a comic about this Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder from Puerto Rico who tragically died young
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Roberto Clemente
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Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir about growing up in a mortuary, it was the basis for a Tony-winning musical
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Fun Home
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LAND OF NICKNAMES
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The "Land of the Pharaohs"
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Egypt
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The "Land of the Inca"
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Peru
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Translated from a Maori name, the "Land of the Long White Cloud"
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New Zealand
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The "Land of Genghis Khan"
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Mongolia
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The "Land of the Khmer"
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Cambodia
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PHARMACEUTICALS
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Beta-blockers are used to prevent stimulation of certain receptors & to control rhythms in this body part
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the heart
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To unstuff my nasal passages, please get me this type of drug (a word that's right on the non-drowsy Sudafed box)
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a decongestant
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The track & field movie "Personal Best" includes a song about dianabol, an anabolic one of these
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a steroid
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The active ingredient in products like Lotrimin for athlete's foot is an "anti-" this
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fungal
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Central nervous system depressants include tranquilizers for anxiety & these sleep inducers, from Latin for "calm"
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sedatives
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COLD WORDS
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This cool admonition to calm down has been paired with Netflix
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chill
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It's the geographic area above the circle of latitude at 66 1/2 degrees north
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the Arctic Circle
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Meaning briskly cold, it's also a frozen dessert from Wendy's
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a Frosty
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A poem by William Carlos Williams begins, "I have eaten the plums that were in" this, not the refrigerator--it was 1934
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the icebox
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Originally a nautical term meaning closer to the wind, it means to be unfriendly or reserved, distant & uninvolved
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aloof
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"S" IS FOR SUMMER
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Slides & slingbacks are styles of these strappy summer shoes
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sandals
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Piñata Colada is a flavor of this frozen 7-Eleven refresher
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a Slurpee
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The bill making this California's state sport mentions the breaks at Malibu & Trestles
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surfing
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If you step on this creature, you may regret it; lifeguards advise shuffling, so it'll feel the vibrations & swim away
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a stingray
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A street in the Bronx is named for this traditional game played with a broom handle by would-be Dodgers & Yankees
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stickball
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GAMER'S DELIGHT
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(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) New PS5 owners get introduced to console components via a platform game starring this robot with the same name as "The Jetsons" dog
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Astro
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(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) Toru Iwatani wanted to make a game about eating, & after seeing a pizza with a slice missing, he created this 1980 classic filled with fruit & ghosts
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Pac-Man
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(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) Uh-oh, friends, it looks like Dr. Nefarious is back to his evil ways, forcing Ratchet once again strap this little robot buddy on his back & fight the good fight
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Clank
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(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) Now entering the arena is Twinkle Riot, a hard-hitting star in "Destruction AllStars", a type of this alliterative competition in which vehicles are supposed to get smashed to pieces
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demolition derby
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(J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) The PlayStation 5 is kitted with an ultra-high speed SSD, this kind of hyphenated drive that makes iconic characters like Sackboy really move
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a solid-state drive
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF
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The first U.S. Secretary of State, he helped arrange for D.C. to be the capital
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Thomas Jefferson
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The last name of this 1897 to 1898 secretary is on a landmark antitrust act
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Sherman
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He took over the job in 2018
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Pompeo
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He was born in Furth, Germany
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Kissinger
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She got her U.S. citizenship in 1957 & earned her B.A. with honors 2 years later
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Albright
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FRENCH LITERATURE
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One of the most popular novels among soldiers on both sides in the U.S. Civil War was this 1862 Victor Hugo novel
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Les Misérables
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Charles Perrault is remembered for his fairy tales like "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge", this title in English
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Little Red Riding Hood
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Frederic Chopin's lover wrote romantic feminist works like "Lelia" using this pseudonym
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George Sand
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Colette created this teenager shown here with her grandma who's raising her to be a courtesan
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Gigi
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France's premier literary prize, this "Prix" awards a whopping 10 euros to the winner
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the Prix Goncourt
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BUDDHISM
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The master known as Bodhidharma was said to have founded this type of meditative Buddhism in China
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Zen
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The chain of moral cause & effect; it's popularly simplified as if you're mean, yours will be bad
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karma
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One of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths is the doctrine that all life is this painful 9-letter word
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suffering
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The plant called the sacred or Indian this is a symbol of the true nature of beings & of Buddha's throne
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the lotus
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After gaining knowledge of the Four Noble Truths, Buddhists follow a "path" of this many parts in order to reach Nirvana
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8
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LOGOMANIA
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Bill Golden, the creator of this TV network's logo, was inspired by hex signs on shaker barns that looked to him like eyes
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CBS
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The logo for this video game company that ruled the '80s is a stylized "A"; it is also based on the Pong screen
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Atari
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The blue & white striped logo for this tech company hasn't changed since Paul Rand designed it in 1972
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IBM
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The center part of the logo for this designer & creator of Tommy Jeans is the international signal flag for the letter "H"
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Tommy Hilfiger
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The logo for the national tourism office of this country was designed by Joan Miro
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Spain
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OLD TV THEME SONGS
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Sherwood Schwartz wrote the lyrics to this theme song about a group that "must somehow form a family"
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"The Brady Bunch"
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Tired of "packing and unpacking, town to town up & down the dial"; you're "living on the air" at this radio station
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WKRP in Cincinnati
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The title good ole boys of this show were "fightin' the system like a true modern day Robin Hood"
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The Dukes of Hazzard
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$1600
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"Keep movin' movin' movin', though they're disapprovin', keep them dogies movin"', this western
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Rawhide
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"Through early morning fog I see", begin this song's lyrics, heard in the 1970 movie "M*A*S*H" but not in the TV show's theme
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"Suicide Is Painless"
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"Z" IN THE MIDDLE
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King Gillette introduced a safety one in 1903
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a razor
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The American Epilepsy Society offers tips for observation & recording of this event
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a seizure
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It's an Italian turnover made out of pizza dough containing meat, cheese & other ingredients
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a calzone
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Suction cups are a tool of this professional
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a glazier
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C6H6, this aromatic hydrocarbon typically derived from petroleum, is used in the manufacture of detergents & fuels
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benzene
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COLLEGE LIFE
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N/A
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This dish associated with Harvard goes back to the start of the school; the wife of the first headmaster made an awful version
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hasty pudding
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