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FLY BY NIGHT
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$200
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Who wants to try their luck as we fly over this city's Strip
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Las Vegas
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$400
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Commissioned in 1806 following a great victory, it's this famous landmark by night
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the Arc de Triomphe
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$600
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Batter up at this ballpark; notice the Gateway Arch to the right
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Busch Stadium
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$800
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Let's go back in time as we take a little flyby of this famous hill
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the Acropolis
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Here are the lights of this largest Chinese city, about 700 miles from Beijing
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Shanghai
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MOVIES BY QUOTE
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1986: "I feel the need, the need for speed"
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Top Gun
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$400
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2013:"Look at me. Look at me. I'm the captain now"
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Captain Phillips
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$600
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1993: "It's like that movie... 'An Affair to Remember'... she's gonna meet him at the top of the Empire State Building"
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Sleepless in Seattle
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$800
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1993: "if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists"
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Jurassic Park
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2008: "I know who I am! I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude!"
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Tropic Thunder
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Catwalking; being "elite" like Cindy, Christy & Naomi; not getting out of bed for less than $10,000 a day
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supermodel
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$400
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Enjoyment growing by leaps & bounds; jeté battu pas marché, tricks of the trade; a specific terpsichorean
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a ballerina
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$600
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Fluency in Latin & Italian, a must; you own nothing yet also have your own hospital & bank; only about 260 have had the gig
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the pope
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$800
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By law, can't be a U.S. senator; only needed quadrennially; "faithless"? Can be fined or fired
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an elector
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Take in 4,500 years of history; 12 basic meridians & qi are key; get to the multiple points & max around 0.4 inches deep
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an acupuncturist
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"MAL" PRACTICE
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A hammering tool, or an item used to play a vibraphone
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a mallet
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An "attack" using this disrupts normal functioning of a computer via Trojans & viruses
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malware
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$600
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I saw the hot-water bottle on the thermometer! You're not sick, you're doing this, pretending to be
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malingering
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$800
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The American Kennel Club says this working dog breed is "affectionate, loyal, playful"; the Alaskan type is super-cute, too
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Malamute
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Stunting & wasting are 2 types of this worldwide problem
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malnutrition
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ANNIVERSARIES
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In Salzburg on January 27, 2006, church bells rang to celebrate the 250th birthday of this composer
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Mozart
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On Oct. 9, 1992 Disneyland hosted 1,000 fifth graders to celebrate the 100th anniversary of these words they say each morning
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the Pledge of Allegiance
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"Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" was part of MoMA's 75th anniversary exhibition devoted to this artist
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Picasso
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In January 2015 1,500 military re-enactors marked the bicentennial of this battle at Chalmette Battlefield
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the Battle of New Orleans
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At 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2021, a moment of silence marked the 10th anniversary of this Japanese disaster
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Fukushima
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IT'LL BE MY TWEET
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$200
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At exactly 3 a.m. London time on October 28, 2021, an unofficial account of this landmark let us know, "bong bong bong"
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Big Ben
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It me, this Philadelphia Flyers mascot who noted, "Not all heroes wear pants"
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Gritty
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This TV chef asked, "Am I really that mean????"; he constantly hurls F-bombs & called a kitchen staffer a "French pig", so yes
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Gordon Ramsay
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This billionaire of the virgin empire attached an article on "How My Dyslexia Has Been a Great Benefit to Me in Business"
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Branson
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This scientist: "In my NCAA wrestling days I dreamt of a hold I called the 'double tidal lock' inspired by Earth-Moon physics"
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
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Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state & this New England state as a non-slave addition
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Maine
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The procedural wizardry of this longtime congressman from Kentucky got the compromise passed
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(Henry) Clay
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The 1820 compromise allowed slavery only south of a line of this; it still forms state boundaries & there's a marker on it in Enid, Oklahoma
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latitude
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$1600
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Many anti-Missouri men had been active in this faded party & were accused by opponents of using the issue to make a comeback
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the Federalists
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The compromise was repealed in 1854 by this act with a hyphenated 2-state name, spurring Abe Lincoln's return to politics
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the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS
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An infant might exhibit this type of "anxiety" when taken away from someone to whom they have a strong attachment
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separation
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Submissive & pugnacious are synonyms for the 2 words in this type of behavior; fine. Whatever
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passive-aggressive
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The DSM-5 psychiatry text defines it as "persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions"
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hoarding
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Many speculate that Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" has this syndrome identified in the 1970s; Emma Watson weighed in to disagree
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Stockholm Syndrome
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In the operant kind of this learning process, desired behavior is rewarded; respond correctly & you'll get $2,000
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conditioning
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TV SCIENCE
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On this series, Walter & Jesse plan to make ricin out of castor beans to poison the troublesome Tuco
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Breaking Bad
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$800
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The Cooper-Hofstadter paper about space-time & superfluidity was co-authored by characters on this CBS show
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The Big Bang Theory
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In 2008 this "Science Kid" began teaching preschoolers about pulleys & inertia, among other topics
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Sid
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"NCIS: New Orleans" finds CCH Pounder playing Dr. Loretta Wade, this 7-letter official who gets clues from the deceased
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a coroner
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Dean Stockwell played the observer who helps physicist Sam Beckett adjust to various time periods on this 1990s show
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Quantum Leap
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RELIGION
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In 2018 the Mormon or LDS Church announced a course correction to stress this full name that mentions the savior
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the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Just as Catholics debate this practice of its priests, in Thailand there's debate about it (brahmacharya) for Buddhist monks
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chastity
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The Karaite sect of Judaism rejects talmudic doctrine, relying on this set of 5 books for guidance
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the Torah
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As holder of this post, Reverend Justin Welby is the spiritual leader of the 85 million members of the Anglican Communion
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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$2000
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In 2018 members of this Christian group released a very quiet podcast of a silent meeting of worship
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the Quakers
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ALSO A COOKING VERB
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$400
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Humorous insults are the order of the day at one of these ceremonial tributes
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a roast
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$800
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To fish or hunt for game illegally
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poach
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Dental accessory popularized by hip-hop stars
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grill
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$1600
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To mix a transmitted radio signal so that only the intended recipient can translate it
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scramble
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In Exodus, a plague afflicting the Egyptians
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boil
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LITERARY CHARACTERS
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This character known for its grin tells Alice that everyone in Wonderland is mad
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the Cheshire Cat
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The 2021 novel "Nick" by Michael Farris Smith tells of this Nick before his time as the narrator of "The Great Gatsby"
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Nick Carraway
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"God forgive me everything!" are her last words before the train runs her over
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Anna Karenina
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Thomas Hardy's last 2 major novels both have title characters, Tess of the d'Urbervilles & this man
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Jude the Obscure
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This main character of "Native Son" by Richard Wright ends up in prison for committing 2 murders
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Bigger Thomas
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HISTORIC BUILDING
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Begun in the 1070s with stone from Caen, it was meant to dominate both a skyline & the hearts & minds of a conquered populace
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the Tower of London
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