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WORLD COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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Often ranked as Brazil's top institution of higher learning, it's abbreviated USP & it's absolutely free
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University of São Paulo
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Royal Roads University in this Canadian province has amazing views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca
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British Columbia
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$600
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Many French presidents have studied at Paris' elite Sciences Po, the Po short for this field
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politics
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$800
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Don't think you'll coast through this subject "for beginners" at ETH Zurich; Einstein flunked it
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physics
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$1000
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The oldest university in Scandinavia is in Uppsala, Sweden; the second oldest, in this capital a few hundred miles south
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Copenhagen
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TIME
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In addition to its medical meaning, embolism is the insertion of a day in the calendar, most familiarly this day
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leap day (February 29th)
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A container sealed in Otta, Norway in 1912 & opened in 2012 is just one of many of these that turned out to hold nothing interesting
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a time capsule
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$600
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As opposed to a separate sub-dial, a second hand that goes from the center all around is this alliterative second hand
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a sweep second hand
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$800
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I sentence you to this, meaning the 6 months you've already spent in jail--you're free, now get out of here
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time served
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It's as far as you can see; preceded by "time", it's how long you need to meet your investing goals
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the horizon
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A PERSON, PLACE OR RING
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Dating back to the 13th century, the Fisherman's Ring is a papal seal depicting this saint as said fisherman
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St. Peter
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25,000 miles long & horseshoe-shaped, it burns burns burns in part due to eruptions of Mount Ruiz & Novarupta
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the Ring of Fire
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"I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment, to be called an agnostic", this lawyer said at the Scopes trial
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Darrow
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$800
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Tybee Island, Georgia is 20 minutes from the historic graciousness of this city
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Savannah
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When water is low, minerals leave a so-called bathtub ring in lakes like this manmade one in Utah & Arizona named for an explorer
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Lake Powell
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NOVEL QUOTES
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In this novel, Mark Watney recounts: "Ares 1 crew... came back heroes... Ares 2 did the same thing... Ares 3. Well, that was my mission"
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The Martian
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"'Toad Hall,' said the Toad proudly, 'is an eligible self-contained gentleman's residence"' is a line in this novel
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The Wind in the Willows
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"I felt very still and very empty", she wrote in "The Bell Jar"
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(Sylvia) Plath
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In this novel 17-year-old Augustus Waters introduces himself as having had "a little touch of osteosarcoma"
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The Fault in Our Stars
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"Everyone was angry with" this woman, the titular first wife of a Daphne du Maurier novel, "when she cut her" mass of dark hair
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Rebecca
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FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
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This German exclamation means "health"
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gesundheit
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I have found it, it being this Greek word that means "I have found it!"
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eureka
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French for "good journey", it's what you wish someone before they set off on a trip
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bon voyage
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This Spanish phrase literally means "until the view" & is used to mean "see you later"
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hasta la vista
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Let's give thanks in Japanese, this word
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arigato
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WHAT "A" TEAM!
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Mike Trout has starred for this team since 2011
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the Angels
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The NBA's Hawks nest there
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Atlanta
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They were N.L. champs in 2005 & A.L. champs in 2017
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the Astros
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It was the full nickname of Connie Mack's 1901 Philly squad
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the Athletics
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This NHL squad rumbled into Colorado from Quebec in 1995
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the Avalanche
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OCEAN: A GLOBAL ODYSSEY
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This largest species of penguin can dive to more than 500 yards in the chilly waters of the raw sea
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emperor penguin
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$800
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A very brave cleaner shrimp gets a meal of parasites & dead skin from the mouth of one of these scary predators
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a moray
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$1200
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Blaring threats through their inflatable proboscises, males of this largest seal species battle for breathing rights
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an elephant seal
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$1600
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The plastic & debris-strewn area known as the Great Pacific this covers 600,000 square miles between Hawaii & California
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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A sperm whale glides under a canopy of the golden algae that gives this wide Mid-Atlantic sea its name
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Sargasso
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ISLANDS OF EUROPE
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You'll find plenty of small silver herring off the shores of this second-largest Italian island
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Sardinia
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$800
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Enjoy the local wine on this country's island of Madeira
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Portugal
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For its vital role in World War II, this Mediterranean island was awarded the George cross, not one of the crosses named for it
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Malta
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They're the biggest & second-biggest of Spain's Balearic Islands, as their names suggest
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Mallorca & Menorca
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Melos & Mykonos are among these "encircling islands" of southeast Greece
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the Cyclades
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COMPOSERS
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He had no idea the audience was applauding at an 1824 performance of his Ninth Symphony until a soloist had him face the crowd
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Beethoven
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He was born near St. Petersburg in early June 1882; no wonder his music is rite for spring
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Stravinsky
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Per the estate, English-speaking countries may only produce this composer's "Porgy and Bess" with a Black cast
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Gershwin
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Some historians think it was Mozart who was jealous of
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Salieri
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This Russian composed his "Pictures At An Exhibition" as a memorial tribute to an artist friend
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Mussorgsky
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FAMOUS NAMES
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Following a 3-year exile in Siberia, future dictator Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov took this last name
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Lenin
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This pupil of Plato went on to found his own school, the Lyceum
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Aristotle
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Akbar, who took the throne at 13 & reigned for nearly 50 years, is considered the greatest emperor of this Indian dynasty
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the Mogul
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In 1922 this archaeologist sent a cable saying, "At last have made wonderful discovery in valley"
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(Howard) Carter
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In his first period as Cuba's de facto leader in the 1930s, he was a respected reformer & is seen here on a visit to the United States
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Batista
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ELABORATING ON THE HITCHCOCK TITLE
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Spatial disorientation that can produce dizziness & confusion
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Vertigo
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2 railroad passengers whose lives become entangled
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Strangers on a Train
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Jimmy Stewart, a tourist in Morocco who didn't ask to find out about murder & secrets
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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A craft used to save passengers of a doomed marine vessel
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a lifeboat
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That he's dead, & many in a Vermont village think they're responsible
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The Trouble with Harry
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WORDS WITH A SINGLE VOWEL
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It can be a sudden surprising event or an unkempt mass of hair
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a shock
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As Dorothy walked through Oz, "now and then there came a deep" this sound "from some wild animal"
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a growl
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This joint is found at the distal end of the radius
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the wrist
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"Bourbon and" this refers to a drink made with pure, iron-free water
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branch
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This 3-word motto honoring the Wright Brothers has appeared on North Carolina license plates since 1982
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"First in Flight"
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MYTHS & LEGENDS
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N/A
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This legendary place has been identified as being in Caerleon, Wales & in Winchester, England
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Camelot
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