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WORLD LEADERS
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In 2020 this P.M. credited the U.K.'s National Health Service for saving his life after he spent time in the ICU battling COVID
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Boris Johnson
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One succeeding the other, these two brothers both led their country
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Fidel & Raul Castro
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At age 39 in 2017 he became the youngest president in the history of modern France
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Macron
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who became the first female president of this African nation, is related by marriage to funny lady Retta
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Liberia
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Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize with this Egyptian president
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Sadat
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ALL EARS
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Scientists aren't sure what the earlike tufts of feathers on these nocturnal raptors do; they may be used for camouflage
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owls
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The low-hanging ears on these hunting hounds swing as they run, wafting scents to their noses
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a Basset Hound
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These reptiles, such as the Nile type, have moveable external ear flaps that can be closed underwater
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crocodiles
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These desert "rabbits" (really hares) got their name because their long ears were thought to resemble those of donkeys
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jackrabbits
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These singing cricket relatives with a female first name in their name have tiny ears on their legs
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katydids
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HOW ARE WE EVEN RELATED?
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Phil & Lily Collins
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father & daughter
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Jonah Hill & Beanie Feldstein
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brother & sister
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Jason Momoa & Zoë Kravitz
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stepdad & stepdaughter
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Bridget & Jane Fonda
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aunt & niece
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Tippi Hedren & Dakota Johnson
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grandmother & granddaughter
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POTENT POTABLES
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On a cold wintry night, warm up with a traditional hot buttered this drink
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rum
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Ilchester is a cheese created in 1962 by adding this potent potable to Cheddar
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beer
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Gusano Rojo is a popular brand of this tequila relative known for sometimes having a worm in the bottle
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mescal
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This type of booze is also a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet
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whiskey
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This yellow-green liqueur is made by Carthusian monks
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Chartreuse
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AN ORANGE CATEGORY
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Tennessee orange is the primary color of the University of Tennessee; it's burnt orange for this school with the same initials
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(University of) Texas (at Austin)
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Oh, my darlin', it's this variety of small mandarin orange
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a clementine
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Prison supplier the Bob Barker Company offers a "high security" version of this garment in orange --no pockets
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a jumpsuit
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The original version of this orange soda made by Coca-Cola was formulated in Germany during World War II
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Fanta
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Orange County, California is home to Disneyland & this other theme park that began as a roadside produce stand
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Knott\'s Berry Farm
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CORRECT THAT NUMBER
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Go home, you're drunk: to be very precise, you're 46 "sheets to the wind"
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three sheets to the wind (two sheets to the wind)
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Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel, crankin' the dials on his amp waaay up: "These go to" 596, which would totally rock so hard
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11
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In a Christmas song: 156 "drummers drumming", a multiple of the actual number that would totally rock so hard
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12
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Slang for being absolutely truthful: I'm "keeping it" 7,322
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100
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In a classic poem: "Then they rode back, but not / Not the" 19
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LOCAL NICKNAMES
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In New York City this 3-letter abbreviation is a museum; in London it refers to the police force
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the Met
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Joburg is a shortening of this large African city
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Johannesburg
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In its web address, the University of Mississippi uses this 2-word nickname before .edu
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Ole Miss
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Convicts named an area of this city where they settled starting in 1788 "The Rocks"
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Sydney
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A Spud Islander is a resident of this Canadian province known for its potatoes
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Prince Edward Islander
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"BIG" TALK
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He's seen here in an old illustration meeting his end
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the Big Bad Wolf
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In 1958 the Fresno Bee reported that this had a 50-inch stride & traveled only at night
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Bigfoot
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As it name indicates, it's a retailer noted for a certain architectural style
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big box
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A 1962 article said JFK's Democratic Party was like one of these, "sheltering liberals and conservatives"
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a big tent
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Ironically, it was cosmologist Fred Hoyle, a leading advocate of the steady-state theory, who coined this term
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the big bang
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CEMETERIES
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Distinguished military officers like General Winfield Scott are buried in this service academy's cemetery
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West Point
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In 2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was laid to rest at this cemetery outside Washington, D.C.
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Arlington
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Naturally, Washington Irving rests at this famed cemetery in New York State
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Sleepy Hollow
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Painter René Magritte is buried in Schaerbeek Cemetery just outside this European capital
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Brussels
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Chopin & Jim Morrison are now permanent residents of Paris at this cemetery
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Père Lachaise
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SHORT NOVELS
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This classic centers on George Milton & Lennie Small, migrant workers in California
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Of Mice and Men
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Set in Africa, this novella was published in Spanish as "El corazon de las tinieblas"
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the "Heart of Darkness"
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"A River Runs Through It" begins, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and" this 2-word activity
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fly fishing
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This British-born author's "Mr. Norris Changes Trains" was later published as part of his "Berlin Stories"
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Isherwood
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As the title of this daring 1899 work by Kate Chopin indicates, 20-something Edna Pontellier discovers her sexuality
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The Awakening
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MEXICO BEFORE 1600
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Maya tracking their appointments could use the Haab 19-month one of these or the long count one, which covers 5,125 years
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calendars
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This crop, zea mays, was cultivated thousands of years ago in Mexico & farmers learned how to hybridize it to get bigger kernels
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corn
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The Toltec fashioned & traded various items out of this black volcanic glass
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obsidian
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This people, the first big civilization in Mexico, left behind figures called werejaguars
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the Olmecs
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The biggest court for the ball game pok-ta-pok was in this 2-word city on the Yucatan whose ruins you can visit today
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Chichen Itza
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ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL
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Tanned actor George or "Terminator" actress Linda
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Hamilton
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An ad slogan says, "Ajax... mild on hands, tough on" this
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grease
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Last name of Willy & Benny, early 1900s New York City delicatessen entrepreneurs
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Katz
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At the carnival, it's also known as a whirligig
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carousel
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In the King James Bible, Mordecai & Reuben each got upset & did this to their clothes
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rent
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FILMS OF THE 2000s
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N/A
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One of the screenwriters of this 2001 film described it as "'Clueless' meets 'The Paper Chase"'
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Legally Blonde
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