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THE LAKE SHOW
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Near where it joins the Tigris, parts of this river flow through the marshes of Iraq's Lake Hammar
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the Euphrates
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The east coast of the state of Michigan is known as the sunrise side because of daybreak over this lake
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Lake Huron
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Known for its tourist resorts, Lake Tahoe is a high elevation lake in these mountains of the western United States
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the Sierra Nevadas
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Found in a volcanic crater & ringed by Mayan villages, Lake Atitlán is in the highlands of this nation
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Guatemala
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Lake Peipus forms part of the border between this northernmost Baltic republic & Russia
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Estonia
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A MEMBER OF THE BANDS
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He reached nirvana as a drummer but went on to fight foo as a frontman
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Dave Grohl
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This top-hatted guitarist left Guns N' Roses & brandished a new musical weapon, Velvet Revolver
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Slash
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Hollywood Vampires were brought to life in 2015, led by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp & guitarist Joe Perry of this band
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Aerosmith
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Drummer Travis McNabb rocked for Better Than Ezra, then went country with this Jennifer Nettles band
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Sugarland
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Neil Finn, formerly of Split Enz, formed this band named for a cramped place on Sycamore Avenue in Los Angeles
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Crowded House
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WEIGHTS & MEASURES
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This "handy" measure of booze is a pour of about 3/4 of an inch
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a finger
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Tire pressure is measured in psi, short for these
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pounds per square inch
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This unit of measure also means to come to understand
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to fathom
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At one time, a nook was a measure of land equal to about 20 of these
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acres
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This length used in horse racing is equal to 220 yards, or 1/8 of a mile
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a furlong
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"PRE"FIXES
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Accepted in advance, like a guaranteed credit card application
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pre-approved
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Before a contest, or to toss a few back before hitting the bars
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pre-game
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This word means secondhand, like a used car
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pre-owned
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It means biased or inclined in a particular direction, though it sounds like it means thrown away early
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pre-disposed
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Some agrarian societies are considered this, not yet having developed manufacturing capability
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pre-industrial
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS
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In addition to all the evil & crime, this man had time to write the book "The Dynamics of an Asteroid"
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Moriarty
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Charles Augustus Milverton, "the worst man in London", is using imprudent letters of lady Eva Brackwell in this evil deed
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blackmail
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Mrs. Hudson is Sherlock's landlady at this alphanumeric London address
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221B Baker Street
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In "A Study in Scarlet", this Scotland Yard inspector is described as "lean and ferret-like"
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Inspector Lestrade
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Irene Adler is known as the woman who outwitted Sherlock, but she only appears in one story: "A Scandal in" this kingdom
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Bohemia
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HOLMES & WATSON
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Artist-scientist William Henry Holmes painted cliff dwellings in the 1870s, & soon helped establish this -ology in America
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archaeology
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At Jarama in 1937 anti-fascist Alonzo Watson became the first African American killed in this country's Civil War
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Spain
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This heavyweight boxing champ of the 1970s & '80s was nicknamed the Easton Assassin
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Larry Holmes
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As part of this company, the Thomas J. Watson Research Center conducts work on A.I. & quantum computing
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IBM
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Called "The Great Dissenter", he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1902 & served there for 29 years until the age of 90
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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20th CENTURY AMERICA
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In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed the first of these at the White House; one is now at his presidential library
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solar panels
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The Immigration Act of 1903 banned these no-government types with their wild eyes & smoking bombs from entering the United States
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anarchists
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The May 24, 1934 Dallas Morning News had a hometown angle with the headline these "Dallas esperadoes shot to death in Louisiana"
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Bonnie & Clyde
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Named for a god, this line of cars from Ford got cooler when James Dean drove one in "Rebel Without a Cause'
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a Mercury
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This naturalist died in California in 1914, shortly before a dam flooded his beloved Hetch Hetchy Valley
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(John) Muir
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PALACES
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It was the principal residence of French kings from Louis XIV to Louis XVI
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Versailles
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The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg was long the official residence of the Russian monarchy & today is part of this museum complex
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the Hermitage
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The Doge's Palace in Venice is connected to a prison complex by this fateful bridge built around 1600
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the Bridge of Sighs
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Built in the 1740s, Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam was the summer residence of this "Great" Prussian
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Frederick the Great
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Once a home of Henry VIII, Hampton Court Palace was expanded at the behest of William & Mary by this 17th century architect
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(Sir Christopher) Wren
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INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK
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The name of this traditional Austrian dish is German for "Viennese cutlet"
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wienerschnitzel
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Belgians are fond of their moules-frites, these with French fries
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mussels
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Danes really love their beer, especially this type of pale golden lager that Tuborg introduced to the country in 1880
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pilsner
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$1600
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With or without masala, this Indian dish that often contains chicken literally means "bits" or "pieces"
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tikka
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Popular in South America & said to have health benefits, the first part of this tea's name is from Spanish for "herb"
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yerba mate
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ILLUSTRATORS
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N.C. Wyeth contributed illustrations to the story about this guy who slept for 20 years
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Rip Van Winkle
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On YouTube, children's author & illustrator Marc Brown teaches you how to draw this beloved aardvark
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Arthur
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Like Langston Hughes, painter & illustrator Aaron Douglas was a leading figure of this arts movement centered in New York
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the Harlem Renaissance
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British surgeon & artist Henry Vandyke Carter was the man behind the illustrations for this classic 1850s textbook
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Gray\'s Anatomy
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"Blue-winged Teal" was among the 435 illustrations he did for a book published in four volumes between 1827 & 1838
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Audubon
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DOCUMENTARIES
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A 2021 documentary celebrates this legend who, after leaving Ike, reinvented herself to become the Queen of Rock & Roll
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Tina Turner
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His life & lessons were the subject of "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
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Mr. Rogers
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"The Mushroom Club", a 2005 documentary short, is a portrait of this city & its people, 60 years after the bombing
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Hiroshima
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Filmmaker & diver Craig Foster forged an unusual bond with a sea creature in this Netflix documentary
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My Octopus Teacher
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"Bombshell" is about this Austrian-born actress whose credits also include developing a communication system during WWII
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Hedy Lamarr
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6-LETTER WORDS
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This synonym for knowledge is said to be dispensed in pearls
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wisdom
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It's the container & specialty sporting good seen here
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a quiver
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To light a fire one can enjoy while using the same-named e-reader
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kindle
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A Spanish wine cellar, or a corner grocery store
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bodega
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Alphabetically, this fertilized egg is darn near last
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zygote
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SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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N/A
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The 1905 paper that gave this its name also referred to it as "Dynamosaurus imperiosus"
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Tyranosaurus rex
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