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AROUND THE USA
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Nevada is home to the wonder known as Fly this type of hot spring
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Geyser
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$400
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In Great Falls, Montana, visit the Sip 'n Dip, one of these Polynesian style lounges with colorful drinks & swimming mermaids
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a tiki bar
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$600
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A live type of this tree is a must-see for visitors to Johns Island, South Carolina
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oak
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Boise, Idaho has an alliterative "Block" for these people of the Pyrenees, dedicated to preserving their culture
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Basque
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The purple seats near the top of Coors Field tell you you've reached this geographic designation
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mile high
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LITERATURE
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It begins, "Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember"
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Don Quixote
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Seen here is an engraving for the 12th & final segment of the Edmund Spenser work known as "The Shepheardes" this
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Calendar
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In an S.E. Hinton novel, Motorcycle Boy tries to free the aquarium dwellers he calls these, the book's title
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Rumble Fish
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$800
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The title domicile of this Hawthorne novel is halfway down Pyncheon Street
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The House of the Seven Gables
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Hilary Mantel's trilogy about Tudor royals is named for this residence
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Wolf Hall
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BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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A grand piano is central to the Music Room, known for hosting baptisms & this religious ceremony where kids get a new name
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christening
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Seen here is this room in Buckingham Palace, a perfect place for a royal to relax
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Throne Room
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Security guys from St. James's Palace & Buckingham Palace meet in the latter's forecourt during this traditional ceremony
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changing of the guard
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$800
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Don't set your beer glass down on the Table of the Great Commanders made with this material, a specialty of Sèvres, France
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porcelain
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At the top of the Triumphal Arch in the ballroom is a medallion with profiles of Queen Victoria & this man, her husband
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Albert
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IT'S A FEDERAL CRIME!
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"Whoever consults... confederates, or corresponds with any" this "or robber upon the seas" has federal issues
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pirate
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 says your family can't have this as a pet, but you can look at one right here
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a walrus
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Pretending to be a member of this alphanumeric "Learning by Doing" youth organization is a federal offense
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4H
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For writing a check for less than this listed amount of money, you can be fined or "imprisoned not more than six months, or both"
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$1
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$1000
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No matter your hopes of riches playing EuroMillions, do not mail payment to purchase a foreign one of these
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a lottery ticket
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CURRENT TV
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This NBC show is about a master criminal who helps the FBI capture others of his ilk
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The Blacklist
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If you've filled up on Chip, turn to this half of a famous couple & her cooking show "Magnolia Table"
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Joanna Gaines
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The April 7, 2021 episode of "The Goldbergs" included a tribute to this late actor who played Pops
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George Segal
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Hospital patients on "The Resident" can take comfort in familiar faces like this actor who once played young Theo Huxtable
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(Malcolm-Jamal) Warner
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Charm, scenery & cow anatomy are features of this adaptation of James Herriot's veterinary memoir seen on PBS
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All Creatures Great and Small
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THE LETTER AFTER M
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...to make an abbreviation for the "Bay State"
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A
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...to make the opening moniker of performers Hammer, Lyte & Skat Kate
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C
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$600
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...to make the word for a diatonic scale's third tone
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I
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$800
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...to make a Greek letter
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U
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$1000
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...to abbreviate a unit of capacity equal to 0.03381 fluid ounce
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L
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LET'S SEA
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Don't forget your parka if you're going sailing on the Barents Sea, part of this ocean
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Arctic
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$800
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The China Sea is divided into these 2 directional seas
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the East China Sea & the South China Sea
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$1200
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James Weddell tried to name a sea indenting this continent's coastline for his king, but it ended up named for him
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Antarctica
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$1600
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Known to the ancients as Oceanus Hibernicus, it's connected to the Atlantic within the British Isles
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the Irish Sea
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The Cook Strait leads into this sea named for a 17th century navigator
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Tasman
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"A" MOVIE
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This 2009 movie won Oscars for art direction, cinematography & visual effects
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Avatar
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David Koechner was quirky sportscaster Champ Kind in this 2004 comedy
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Anchorman
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$1200
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It won the Oscar as the best film of 2012
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Argo
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$1600
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This 1997 thriller about President Marshall was set largely on the title transport
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Air Force One
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$2000
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The title of this 2007 film starring Saoirse Ronan is a synonym for expiation
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Atonement
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DEM BONES
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The standard count of 206 bones in the body does not include these, which are not considered bones as they are covered with enamel
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teeth
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$800
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Men do not have more of these bones than women, but some people have extra cervical ones near the collar bone
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ribs
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In your back, T1-T12 refers to the thoracic these
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vertebrae
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$1600
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Sesamoid bones are found in tendons; the best known is this bone at the lower end of the quadriceps tendon
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the patella
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$2000
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This colorfully named type of partial fracture is a break on only one side of a bone
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greenstick
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HISTORIC NAMES
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The U.S. Naval Academy is the final resting place of this "Father of the American Navy"
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(John Paul) Jones
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Her death & that of son Caesarion in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt
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Cleopatra
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20 years before sailing to America, this Quaker colonist was expelled from Oxford for religious nonconformity
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Penn
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This conquistador & his men reached the coast of Florida in 1539 & the Mississippi River 2 years later
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De Soto
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An astronomer & mathematician, this African-American with an alliterative name helped survey they area that became Washington, D.C.
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(Benjamin) Banneker
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GRAB BAG
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Found in a 1927 Girl Scout handbook, the first official recipe for this marshmallow campfire treat had it as 2 words
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s\'mores
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Helen Free helped develop the dip-&-read test, which detects glucose, making at-home monitoring of this disease easier
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diabetes
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One of the greatest poets in this language is Dafydd ap Gwilym, who lived in the 1300s
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Welsh
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$1600
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Scottish postman Nathan Evans became a TikTok sensation with his performance of "The Wellerman", one of these sailor songs
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sea shanty
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$2000
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TV's "That Girl", today she's the National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Hospital
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(Marlo) Thomas
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MYTH RUN-ONS
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Roman fire god, now a big orange melon
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Vulcanteloupe
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The guy who did all the labors now has lots of wounds
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Herculesions
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Multi-headed hell-hound, now bent on stealin' cattle
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Cerberustler
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Greek goddess of the hunt who will get you a kiss if you stand underneath her in December
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Artemistletoe
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Labyrinth maker with a sparkling shine
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Daedaluster
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BEASTLY EPONYMS
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N/A
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A penguin species found in southern South America is named for this 16th century man whose crew were the first from Europe to see them
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(Ferdinand) Magellan
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