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GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
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This longest tributary of the Mississippi River is known as "Big Muddy"
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the Missouri
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The poet Tibullus called this city "Urbs Aeterna"
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Rome
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Runnymede, England is sometimes referred to as the "Birthplace" of this document
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the Magna Carta
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The French are known to refer to this peak as "The White Lady"
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Mont Blanc
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In 1914 Syria was one of the few remaining bits of this empire dubbed "The Sick Man of Europe"
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the Ottoman Empire
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FASHION
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A variation on LBD, LWD stands for this, perhaps a summer wardrobe staple
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little white dress
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The woven ridges in corduroy are also called these; very narrow ones are pinthese
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wales
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A drawstring can help create the ruffled waist seen here & called this, like an item to hold your purchases
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a paperbag waist
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For the 2021 Met Gala, Billie Eilish wore a gown whose 15-foot train was made of this netted fabric used for veils & tutus
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tulle
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A type of Greek robe gives us this word for the skirt-like addition to the top seen here
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a peplum
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THE 15th CENTURY
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Mid-century, Lorenzo Ghiberti completed his set of bronze baptistery doors with Old Testament scenes called "The Gates of" this
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Paradise
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After this flagship ran aground in 1492, Christopher Columbus ordered that its wreckage be used to build a fort on Hispaniola
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Santa Maria
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2 short years after attending Charles VII's coronation at Reims, she was burned at the stake
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Joan of Arc
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At the tender age of 13, this member of the Borgia family was married off to Giovanni Sforza
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Lucrezia Borgia
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Noted for his brutality & fanaticism, he was made Grand Inquisitor in Spain in 1483
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Torquemada
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CLASSIC MOVIES
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Once upon a time Robin Wright played Buttercup in this film scripted by William Goldman
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The Princess Bride
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In one of the original slasher films, Janet Leigh is killed off just 20 minutes into this 1960 thriller
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Psycho
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Film in which De Niro as Travis Bickle asks, "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?"
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Taxi Driver
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In a 1967 film Charles Bronson & Jim Brown are among this title group of 12 who are trained by Lee Marvin for a war mission
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The Dirty Dozen
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This Kurosawa film about a crime told from multiple points of view is credited with introducing Japanese cinema to the Western world
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Rashomon
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
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The expression about "knowing" these comes from sailors who had to be familiar with the details of the rigging
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the ropes
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This Kenny Rogers song says, "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em"
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"The Gambler"
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This play character says when the wind is southerly, he knows a hawk from a handsaw
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Hamlet
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This insurance company says, "We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two"
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Farmers (Insurance)
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To have knowledge in a particular field is to know these veggies, though some say the word is a reference to a lexicographer
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onions
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ENDS WITH A SILENT CONSONANT
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Of the Earth's seasons, this one fits the category
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autumn
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A sepulcher for one
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tomb
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The 17th century painting seen here depicts Anthonij de Bordes & his this whose name is not given
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his valet
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When it precedes "oath", this serious word refers to a legal agreement
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solemn
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Now an adjective for the middle class, it originally referred to someone from a French borough
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bourgeois
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LITERARY MUSEUMS
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Head to Wamego, Kansas for a museum dedicated to this fictional land created by L. Frank Baum
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Oz
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A museum devoted to this literary movement is not far from San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore
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the Beat Movement
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You can find your roots at the museum devoted to this author of "Roots": genealogy services are offered to its visitors
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(Alex) Haley
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The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum is in this Massachusetts city, Dr. Seuss' hometown
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Springfield
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The home of this educator known for his "Readers" is kept as a museum on the campus of Miami University in Ohio
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McGuffey
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PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY!
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360 to 300 million B.C. is sometimes called the "Age of" these nonflowering, spore-producing plants
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Ferns
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All animals possess this protein that keeps skin firm & is used as a dietary supplement & cosmetic lip injection
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collagen
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The Greek for "mushroom" gives us this word for the study of fungi
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mycology
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To the Romans, Robigus was the god of this fungus that appears as red, orange or yellow spots on plants
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a rust
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Plants, animals, fungi & protists are the 4 kingdoms of these organisms, from Greek for "good" & "kernel"
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eukaryotes
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SNOW-POURRI
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In observing snowflakes, learn the basic types of these symmetrical structures, including plates, columns & needles
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crystals
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This cereal invented in the 1890s was bleached & used as nice, crunchy underfoot snow in early sound films
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Corn Flakes
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Mount Snow, Vermont calls itself these mountains' most accessible ski resort from the big cities south of it
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the Green Mountains
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Snow blinded the Lancastrians & wind stopped their arrows at Towton in this war, said to be the bloodiest battle ever in England
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the Wars of the Roses
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"One must have a mind of winter", begins this Wallace Stevens poem that sets a chilly mood
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The Snow Man
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PROTEST SONGS
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The group Drive-By Truckers scorned these 2 things often said to be "with the victims" of mass shootings
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thoughts and prayers
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Despite police violence & other problems, "Alright" is on his album "To Pimp a Butterfly"
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Kendrick Lamar
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He was the man behind 1985's "Sun City", about artists refusing to play at that resort in apartheid-era South Africa
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Little Steven (Steven Van Zandt)
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"Killing In The Name" was this L.A. band's reaction to the beating of Rodney King & its aftermath
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Rage Against the Machine
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A single of his, "A Change Is Gonna Come", was released just days after his tragic death in 1964
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Sam Cooke
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MIRROR IMAGE WORDS
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A burglar's booty & a screwdriver or hammer
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loot & tool
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Created & Dutch cheese
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made & Edam
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Dull & a poet of yore
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drab & bard
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A type of frost & a Middle Eastern ruler
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rime & emir
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An elite British secondary school & an item on a musical staff
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Eton & note
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SAY YOUR PRAYERS
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In Catholic tradition, October is the month dedicated to the use of this string of prayer beads
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rosary
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1662's Act of Uniformity made this Protestant work the standard for prayer in England
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the Book of Common Prayer
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19th century Shinto leader Hirata Atsutane laid out a list of morning prayers; No. 1 was worship of this human
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the emperor
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A prayer collection dating from around 200 A.D. seeks health & success for followers of this mortal Greek musician
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Orpheus
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In Islam, it's the word for the crier who calls the faithful to prayer 5 times a day
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a muezzin
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WORLD WAR II GEOGRAPHY
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Body-of-water battles included the Coral Sea, Philippine Sea & this one that allowed Japan to seize Jakarta
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the Java Sea
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