Jeopardy #8473

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The 31st of this month is the last day of Bat Week (of course)

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National Aviation Week takes place the week of August 19, the birthday of this younger & first airborne brother

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Once National Secretaries Week, the last full week in April is now called these "Professionals Week"

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One sponsor of Banned Books Week, which opposes censorship & celebrates the right to read, is the ALA, short for this

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Late June brings Awareness Week for the big ants named for this occupation; they damage homes by removing wood for their nests

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I am so sorry that I didn't RSPV to your party, RSVP meaning respondez, this polite phrase

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Your best time in a race is your PR, short for this

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The CFPB, this Financial Protection Bureau, makes sure you are treated fairly by banks, lenders & financial companies

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The cosmetics brand e.l.f. is an acronym for these 3 areas where its products are used

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When talking about dates, B.C.E. stands for this

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Killarney National Park

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Masada National Park

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Lake District National Park

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Tikal National Park

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Serengeti National Park

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This airline launched its frequent-flyer AAdvantage program in 1981

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This happens to you figuratively when you lose your seat on an overbooked plane or literally when the drink cart hits your elbow

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For years a sign painted on a roof in this Wisconsin city said "Welcome to Cleveland" to prank airline passengers

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In 2019, the biggest new terminal opening in the U.S. in a decade was celebrated at this city's airport with a second line parade

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Only the "B" in the middle of this airline's colorful name is capitalized in its logo

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This company made special volleyballs with its name on only one side for "Cast Away" so a face could be painted on it

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1966's "The Silencers" was the first movie with a scene after these, a teaser for the next Matt Helm spy adventure

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Marge Champion, the model for this title character of a 1937 Disney film, was briefly married to the animator who developed Goofy

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In this film, Morgan Freeman says the prison library should file "The Count of Monte Cristo" with the educational books

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This legendary Italian composer was 87 when he finally won his first competitive Oscar for "The Hateful Eight"

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(Hi, I'm Bill Ritter.) You know, it's always hard to find parking around Manhattan, but on January 15, 2009, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger saved 155 lives with an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in this river on the West Side

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(Hi, I'm Lee Goldberg.) Literally stepping up to home plate after a grim medical diagnosis, on July 4, 1939, this Yankee said the following--"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”

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(Hi, I'm Sade Baderinwa.) As part of a New York city tradition that began in 1962, many movie stars, including James Earl Jones as Othello, & Meryl Streep in "Henry V", have interpreted the Bard as part of this project

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(Hi, I'm Ryan Field.) Extending from Manhattan's southern tip up Broadway to City Hall, the Canyon of Heroes has hosted many ticker tape parades, including one for the U.S. National Women's Team's huge win in this sport in 2019

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(Hi, I'm Liz Cho.) In 1879, critics wondered if New Yorkers would go all the way up Fifth Avenue to the near wilderness of 50th Street after the May 25 formal opening of this Catholic church; turns out, New Yorkers would

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In 1582 the Gregorian one of these began to replace the Julian one

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Twice in the 1800s China & Britain went to war over this drug

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Between the Franco-Prussian War & WWI France went through a period of peace & prosperity called this, French for "beautiful era"

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On November 9, 1918, Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed this new German republic; he later became its first chancellor

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As a result of the Mau Mau movement against colonial rule, a state of emergency was called in this country in 1952

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Sailor Alexander Selkirk was likely one of several inspirations for this 1719 shipwrecked character

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Buck Mulligan, who routinely chides Stephen Dedalus in this novel, was based on James Joyce's pal Oliver St. John Gogarty

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Neal Cassady was called the "Adonis of Denver" by Allen Ginsberg & was the model for Dean Moriarty in this novel

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-Leon Rom, a leader of King Leopold's Congo death squad, is thought by some to have inspired this 1902 Joseph Conrad character

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Samuel Clemens' own sweetheart Laura Hawkins was the inspiration for this "Tom Sawyer" character

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Strong atomic bonds & rigid shapes are characteristics of this phase of matter

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Leptons & quarks are these basic particles that don't seem to be made up of smaller units of matter--it's...

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In 1905 this first version of the theory of relativity postulated that matter & energy can be converted into each other

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All matter shares this physical property that keeps it from responding instantly to any attempt to change its state of motion

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Found in 2012, it's been called the "God particle" because its discovery was thought to be key to understanding the structure of matter

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In the 1930s Isamu Noguchi designed an early one of these for parents; the receiver was called "radio nurse"

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In 1894 this American known for his Art Nouveau lamps created an iridescent glass he called Favril

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The National Company made the instruments he sings about in "Graceland"--"The Mississippi Delta was shining like National guitar"

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The opening sequence for "Mystery!" on PBS was based on the work of this American illustrator of the appalling fates of children

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Two-word phrase for the color & the resinous material seen here; both words contain the same 3-letter sequence

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The parents of Stan & Kyle on this show are named after the parents of their creators, Trey & Matt

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This host of "Full Frontal" was once part of an all-female sketch comedy troupe called the Atomic Fireballs

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Betty White & Estelle Getty received Emmy nominations all 7 seasons this show was on the air

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This '70s show was inspired by a New York Magazine article about workers on the night shift at a cab company

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This comedian made a huge Emmy debut in 2017, with acting, writing & directing nominations for "Atlanta"

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Study all night for a test the next morning

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In an idiom it precedes "and proper"

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It's what a British nanny pushes the baby in

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It can be a small amount of alcohol, or 1/8 of a fluid ounce

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This city north of Provo was named for the president of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad

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96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon