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THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
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Delaware Bay once teemed with these shellfish & New Jersey's state tall ship was a schooner built to harvest them
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oysters
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Alphabetically, it's New York's first county, followed by Allegany & Bronx
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Albany
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Horse-drawn buggies are not uncommon on the roads of this county on Pennsylvania's southern border
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Lancaster
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Mid-Atlantic city where you'll find the crypt of John Paul Jones
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Annapolis
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Bordering similar communities in Ontario & Quebec, New York's St. Regis Reservation is home to this tribe
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the Mohawk
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
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Before Roger Ebert won the 1st Pulitzer for Movie Criticism, his paper-mate Ron Powers won the 1st as a critic of this medium
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television
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Though these are traditionally unsigned, the Pulitzers usually name the recipient, like Buford Boone of the Tuscaloosa News
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editorials
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A 2021 prize went to the Star Tribune, based in this city, for reporting on its police force, focus of national attention
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Minneapolis
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Julia Keller won for her feature about the devastation of the town of Utica, Illinois in 10 seconds by one of these
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a tornado
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won for this beloved 1938 novel whose title refers to the age of a pet fawn
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The Yearling
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HUNTER/GATHERER
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A rolling stone is said to do this, whether Spanish or peat
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gather no moss
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Later a crime novelist, Evan Hunter wrote the school-set novel titled "The Blackboard" this
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Jungle
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Hunter S. Thompson was the inspiration for the quirky character of Uncle Duke in this comic strip
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Doonsebury
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The Gathering of Nations is this type of Native American assembly with a rhyming name
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a pow wow
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During World War I Army General Hunter Liggett & his I corps prevailed at the battles of the Meuse & of this forest
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the Argonne Forest
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THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT
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Its 57 sauce will "add zest to chicken", if zest is your thing
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Heinz
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This & this has skincare in the game with Neutrogena Bright Boost
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Johnson & Johnson
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This & this gets into hair-y situations with Don't Blow It, a cream for air-dried styles
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Bumble and Bumble
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This brand gets its kicks with Chuck Taylor All Star shoes
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Converse
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It rocks out with the Tom Morello Stratocaster
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Fender
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PRONOUNCE IT THE WAY WE WANT
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The third person singular of to do becomes this group of animals
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does
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A way to describe a day with lots of gusty air currents becomes this adjective for a twisty road
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windy
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A European nationality becomes this shoe shine augmenter
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polish
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A 2-syllable month becomes this majestic word
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august
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A serve-yourself food place becomes this hard-hitting word
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buffet
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PUTTING YOU THROUGH SOME HOOPS
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In the 1980s "A.D." was Adrian Dantley; now it's this Lakers superstar
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Anthony Davis
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Before a 2008 move, this NBA team was known as the Supersonics
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the Oklahoma City Thunder
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In this type of defense, a player guards an area of the court, not a particular opposing player
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zone
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From 1985 to 2003 Hall of Famers John Stockton & Karl Malone made music together on this team
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the Utah Jazz
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He went from the Warriors to the Nets & in 2021 became the top scorer in U.S. Olympic men's basketball history
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Durant
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EUROPEAN HISTORY
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After 36 years, this military alliance that was behind the iron curtain was officially dissolved on July 1, 1991
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the Warsaw Pact
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Signed in this small northwest nation in 1985, the Schengen Agreement covers the free movement of peoples through the European Union
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Luxembourg
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He fought both the Spanish Christians & the Moors before conquering Muslim Valencia in 1094
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El Cid
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Living comfortably in Nice in the 1840s, he could not resist joining the then-unlikely movement to make Italy one country
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Garibaldi
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This Dutch humanist wrote, "In Praise of Folly" in part to critique the church but stopped short of signing on to the Reformation
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Erasmus
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SNAKES & RIVERS
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In the mood for some snake charming? Visit Varanasi, along the banks of this river
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the Ganges
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Residents of Memphis had to watch out for water moccasins when this river flooded in 2011
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the Mississippi
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Ranging to 20 feet or more in length, the African rock species of this can be found on the banks of the Nile
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python
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Take a cruise down the Amazon & you might see this, the world's heaviest snake
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an anaconda
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If you're touring the Niger River Delta, watch out for the green species of this deadly snake
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mamba
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WRITERS, WITH STYLE
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& All the rooblicks & yooblicks / Ev'ry 'blick alive / Knew he wrote "Your Job in Germany" / Frank Capra directed! / In 1945!
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(Dr.) Seuss
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Was I nervous?--true!--nervous, yes, waiting, wondering, if it was known that he wrote "The Premature Burial" in 1844? or was I mad?
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Poe
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& They asked if I'd say his 1901 "Day of the Rabblement" essay went after the Irish literary theatre & yes I said yes I will yes
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James Joyce
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Heere bigynneth owr joorny onn his "Summoner's Tale", a titl mayde moderne, as he speld it "Somonours"
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Chaucer
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He didn't use sci-fi in 1961's "Mother Night", about an American playwright spying on the Nazis. He passed away in 2007. So it goes
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Vonnegut
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AT HOME ON TV
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The Simpsons live on Evergreen Terrace in this city (state not specified)
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Springfield
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He lives under the sea at 124 Conch Street
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SpongeBob
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This "Sex & the City" heroine gave her address as 245 E. 73rd Street
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Carrie Bradshaw
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This family resided in the Skypad Apartments in Orbit City
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the Jetsons
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The first "Stranger Things" Lego set was of this family's home
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the Byers family
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WEIGHTS & MEASURES
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In cooking, one-eighth of a teaspoon is a dash & half a dash is this smaller amount
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a pinch
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In 1931 a record 250 million bushel crop of this was reaped in Kansas; that's 15 billion pounds!
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wheat
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It's the total weight that a plane or spacecraft carries; some astronauts were "specialists" of it
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payload
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A butt, for instance of Malmsey, is equal to 2 hogsheads, which in turn is equal to 126 of these
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gallons
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In Great Britain, body weight is often reckoned in stones, with one stone equal to this many pounds
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14
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BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
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A spool of film & to gaze in a lascivious fashion
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reel & leer
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Villainous & not lip-synched
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evil & live
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A distinctive sharp taste & a tiny fly
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tang & gnat
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A large instrument you blow into & to border or touch
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tuba & abut
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Interlacings of strings & a slangy word for one share in a company
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knots & stonk
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PLANNED CITIES
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A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony
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Canberra, Australia
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