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HOW PROVINCIAL
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East, Central & West this island are 3 of some 30 provinces of Indonesia... why do I suddenly want some coffee?
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Java
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Later split into 3 provinces, South Africa's Cape Province was also known officially as the Gape of this
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Good Hope
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In 1908 Europe was thrown into crisis as Austria-Hungary annexed the Ottoman province of Bosnia & this
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Herzegovina
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When Gander's Airport welcomed 6,500 passengers on U.S.-bound flights on Sept. 11, 2001, its province was still called this
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Newfoundland
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This province in the Iberian Peninsula went down to Pompey in 73 B.C.; the ocean liner of the same name, in 1915 (sans Pompey)
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Lusitania
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CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS
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A Bengal
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a tiger
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A Capuchin
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monkey
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$600
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A Merino
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a sheep
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$800
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A Norway (also known as a brown)
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rat
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A krait
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a snake
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3 SHORTS WORDS
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Literally, to offer a body part in assistance; it's a motto of scouting
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lend a hand
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It's a classic sandwich you might get at a deli, though not a kosher deli
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ham on rye
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The advice to let an unhappy baby do this, hard for many parents to follow, dates back to 1894
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cry it out
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Bremerton, Washington claims to be where an excited Democrat first yelled to Pres. Truman the phrase do this, Harry
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Give \'em hell
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Samuel Butler's 19th century translation of the "Iliad" includes this phrase for "to die" more associated with the Old West
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bite the dust
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LET ME IN!!
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[Will be filled in later]
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In Russia "face control" is the job of these "elastic" workers in charge of the promised land behind the velvet rope
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bouncers
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A part of a theater is mentioned in this credential that might allow you to meet the band after a concert
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backstage pass
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Ali Baba & company got to a treasure trove by uttering this 2-word phrase
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Open sesame
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Kool & the Gang sang of this, often a bar promotion, "and the feeling's right"
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"Ladies Night"
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IRON MAN
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On Sept. 20, 1998 Ryan Minor replaced Cal Ripken Jr. of this team, ending Cal's incredible consecutive game streak
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the Orioles
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From 1955 to 1962 Glenn Hall started an NHL record 502 consecutive games at this position, playing some of it on his knees
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goalkeeper
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In 2018 bowler Alastair Cook broke a record by playing in his 154th straight test match in this sport
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cricket
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$800
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Averaging 41.6 yards for each time he took the field, Jeff Feagles played in 352 straight NFL games at this position
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punter
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Called the NBA's Iron Man, A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive games & also collected 3 championship rings with this team
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the L.A. Lakers
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WAR MACHINE
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Some ancient versions of this device could hurl a 170-pound boulder 100 yards
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catapult
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The iconic Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter first saw action in this war
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Vietnam
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On "My Grandparents' War" on PBS, Carey Mulligan learns about her grandpa, a specialist in this new technology to detect aircraft
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radar
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During World War II the Germans used this machine whose very name is a puzzle, to send & receive secret messages
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Enigma
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Dubbed a "battle taxi", the M113 APC seen here can hold a dozen soldiers as this, what APC stands for
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armored personnel carrier
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ROYAL WOMEN
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In 2019 she shared her first Instagram photo, a letter from Charles Babbage to her g-g-gf Prince Albert
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Queen Elizabeth II
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In 2021 Princess Mako of this country gave up her royal status to marry the man she loved, a commoner
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Japan
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$1200
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In 2020 this country's Queen Margrethe celebrated her 80th birthday
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Denmark
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$1600
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Princess Yasmine Pahlavi, who lives in the U.S., co-founded the Foundation for the Children of this country
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Iran
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While King Felipe of Spain's daughter Leonor is a princess, his younger daughter Sofia has this title
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infanta
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AUTHORS' NONFICTION
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His "Life on the Mississippi" preceded "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by a year
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Twain
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In 1981, when he'd only written a handful of novels, he published "Danse Macabre", an overview of the horror genre
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Stephen King
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In 1979 he completed his third revision of "The Elements of Style"
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(E.B.) White
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$1600
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Before writing 1905's "The House of Mirth", she collaborated on "The Decoration of Houses", a book of interior designs
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Edith Wharton
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Best known for his novel "Infinite Jest", he also wrote "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity"
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David Foster Wallace
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SCIENCE
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As if this duck-billed mammal weren't strange enough, it glows under UV light; no one knows why
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platypus
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An event horizon is the boundary of one of these
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a black hole
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First appearing in the Cambrian Period, these are the 3-lobed fossils of what were marine animals
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trilobites
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When used of metals like copper, this 7-letter adjective means capable of being drawn out into a wire
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ductile
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This physicist was working as Niels Bohr's assistant when he came up with his uncertainty principle
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Heisenberg
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ONE LETTER DIFFERENT
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A word meaning constructed & a cloth bed covering
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built & quilt
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"The City of Light" & destinations there like Montsouris & Bois de Boulogne
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Paris & parks
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A tiny European republic & a hall of fame Dolphin quarterback
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San Marino & Dan Marino
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An optical disc format for HD video & a synonym for cloudy or fuzzy
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Blu-ray & blurry
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A region in Israel mentioned in the Bible & an Italian scientist who got Inquisition-ed
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Galilee & Galileo
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CLASSIC SITCOMS
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On this sitcom Will Smith played a fictionalized version of himself, sent from philly to live with rich relatives in L.A.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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In 2019 Helen hunt reprised her role as Jamie Buchman for a revival of this sitcom
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Mad About You
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Redd Foxx played a cantankerous junk dealer & patriarch on this Norman Lear comedy
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Sanford and Son
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It centered on several unattached Brooklynites, including Kim Fields as Regine Hunter & Queen Latifah as Khadijah James
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Living Single
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Harry Anderson presided over this sitcom while Markie Post played a public defender
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Night Court
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REPTILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
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Putting together this pair from a fable is a way of saying it's better to go slow & steady
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the tortoise & the hare
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Term for rolling a 2 in craps
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snake eyes
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A 14th century book that said certain beasts "slay men & they eat them weeping" gave rise to this expression
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crocodile tears
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This icky creature in a type of bar is a would-be ladies' man
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a lounge lizard
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Jesus calls the scribes "ye serpents, ye generation of" these venomous serpents
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vipers
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HISTORIC AMERICANS
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N/A
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In 1838 he took a new last name, of a family in Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"; for distinction he added a 2nd "S" to the end
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(Frederick) Douglass
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