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BOOKS & AUTHORS
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An H. Rider Haggard novel from 1885 saw Allan Quatermain looking for this king's mines
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Solomon
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Anthony Bourdain wrote a 2001 book about this New York woman who was very infectious in the kitchen in the early 1900s
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Typhoid Mary
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In "Gub Gub's Book", by the creator of Dr. Dolittle, this type of animal tells of truffles & more
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pig
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"War & Peace" opens in this year, 7 years before a fateful invasion
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1805
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Outside the Ansonia, Connecticut Public Library, a memorial fountain & horse trough honors this "Black Beauty" author
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Anna Sewell
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COMMON BONDS
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Driver, wedge, putter
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golf clubs
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The bucket, bad habits, a football
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things you kick
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A violin, a marionette, a tennis racket
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things with strings
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Birds, angels, the stage in a theater
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wings
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Cuban, banh mi, po' boy
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sandwich
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ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE
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In 1937 this future U.S. commander in chief made his film debut in "Love is on the Air"
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Ronald Reagan
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His assassination sparked a war to end all wars
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(Franz) Ferdinand
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One of the greatest songs he's written is "Send In The Clowns" from "A Little Night Music"
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Sondheim
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Born with an artistic heritage, she's found beauty in designing jewelry & creating a signature perfume
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Picasso
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In 2020 the job of White House Chief of Staff changed M&Ms, from this man to Mark Meadows
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Mick Mulvaney
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LIZARDS
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The Florida worm lizard has no ear openings or visible eyes but somehow preys on these wood-eating insects also called white ants
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termites
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Sounding like an ornamental edging, it's the membrane that an Australian lizard raises to appear larger when threatened
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frill
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The name of this lizard known for its ability to climb vertical surfaces is from a Malay word imitating the sound it makes
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gecko
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The 5-lined this 5-letter lizard is also known as the blue-tailed type
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skink
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The world's biggest lizards, Komodo dragons are native only to Komodo Island & the Sunda Islands of this country
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Indonesia
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A WORD IN SPANISH
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A Spanish idiom for "Don't worry about it", literally "nothing happens", is no pasa this word
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nada
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Lionel Richie sang of celebrations in many languages: "We're going to party, karamu," this Spanish word
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fiesta
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This fish in the tuna family is also a masculine adjective for "pretty" in Spanish
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bonito
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Stand down, Sir Francis Drake; Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina use this to mean their navy
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armada
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In Spanish it's not someone taking the law into his own hands, it's just a watchman, like a night watchman
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vigilante
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VENTRILOQUISM FOR DUMMIES
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The U.S. loves ventriloquists! 3 have won this NBC competition show with Simon Cowell as a judge
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America\'s Got Talent
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Shari Lewis had her own children's show featuring this "sheepish" puppet
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Lamb Chop
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Before winning an Oscar for playing an imprisoned serial killer, he partnered up with a spooky dummy in "Magic"
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(Anthony) Hopkins
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Bubba J & the cranky Walter are 2 of the dummies featured in this comedian's act
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Jeff Dunham
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Edgar Bergen's most famous dummy, this character was based on a newsboy but classed up with a monocle & top hat
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(Charlie) McCarthy
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GREATS IN HISTORY
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Term for the worldwide economic crisis that lasted throughout the 1930s
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the Great Depression
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Here's a portrait of this empress of Russia, who did not go by her original name of Sophie
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Catherine the Great
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A great & prolific builder, this pharaoh dedicated one of his temples at Abu Simbel to his favorite queen, Nefertari
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Ramses (the Great)
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During the period in the Catholic church called the "Great" this, there were 2 & even 3 rival popes at the same time
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the Schism
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After the death of his wife Julia, this member of the First Triumvirate turned against his father-in-law Julius Caesar
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Pompey
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YOUTHFUL POP STARS
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This actress-singer was 13 when the soundtrack for "Hannah Montana" hit No. 1
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Miley Cyrus
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This 17-year-old singer was appearing on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" when he released his album "Ricky"
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Ricky Nelson
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This military-sounding rapper had a 2007 hit at age 17 with "Crank That"
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Soulja Boy
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$1600
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Seen here, she took the country music world by storm as a teenager in the 1990s
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LeAnn Rimes
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In 1987, a month after her 16th birthday, this single-named singer topped the charts with "I Think We're Alone Now"
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Tiffany
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STARTS WITH "B"
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A signal fire, perhaps on a Boston hill
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beacon
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An uncivilized person, particularly one from outside the Roman Empire
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Barbarian
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Guinea is a small species of this primate
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baboon
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Many over-40 folks wear these to compensate for presbyopia
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bifocals
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A blessing from the Sermon on the Mount
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beatitude
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OH MY GODS!
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This leader of the Norse gods stole a potion containing the art of poetry from Suttung the giant & gave it to human wordsmiths
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Odin
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Saraswati, Hindu goddess of learning & the arts, is considered the inventor of this language
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Sanskrit
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Amulius wanted Mars' sons Romulus & Remus drowned in this river, but turns out Rome wasn't gonna found itself
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the Tiber
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Appearing as a swan to Leda, Zeus became a dad to at least one of these twins, the Dioscuri; obviously, that's complicated
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Castor & Pollux
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Quetzalcoatl was worshiped at Tula, also called Tollan, by this people from whom the Aztecs claimed descent
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Toltec
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AMERICAN LAKES
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As its name suggests, this 1,900-foot-deep lake sits atop an Oregon volcano
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Crater
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In honor of a first lady with a famous nickname, Town Lake in Austin, Texas got this new 2-word name in 2007
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Lady Bird
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Secluded inlets called coves are poplular for fishing in Midwestern lakes, like Missouri's Lake of these mountains
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Lake of the Ozarks
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A Seminole reservation & the communities of Belle Glade & Pahokee are found around the shores of this lake
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Okeechobee
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Home to a wildlife refuge, this saline "sea" in the Colorado Desert is California's largest lake in surface area
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Salton
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FOOD FIGHTS BACK
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The tyramine in fermented products like aged cheese or beer may cause these headaches derived from the word hemicrania
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migraines
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A serious allergic reaction to this legume can be caused by its Ara h 1, 2 & 3 proteins
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peanuts
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If your doctor tells you to avoid this citrus fruit with your medications, the furanocoumarins are the problem
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grapefruit
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If mango skin makes your lips tingle, it's a reaction related to the rashes you might get from touching this toxic vine
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poison ivy
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Leafy greens are rich in this vitamin needed to synthesize clotting factors; blood thinners may counteract its activity
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vitamin K
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1980s MOVIES
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N/A
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The Dip used to kill characters in this 1988 film consisted of acetone, benzene & turpentine, ingredients of paint thinner
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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