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THE WRATH OF KHAN
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"X" marks this spot where the Great Khan held a debate between Daoists & Buddhists, forcing the former to convert
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Xanadu
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The Tangut people, related to those of this "roof of the world" region, had a nice little kingdom in NW China until Genghis came along
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Tibet
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A shah paid the ultimate price after going back on his word to allow Genghis to trade on this legendary route
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the Silk Road
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Batu Khan, while leading this legendary troop of the Mongol Empire, sacked & burned Kiev in 1240
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the Golden Horde
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AIR
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Title VI of the Clean Air Act is "stratospheric" this layer " protection "
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ozone
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Among other things, TLC stands for this; 6 liters of air is a healthy measurement
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total lung capacity
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To reduce head injuries in kids, keep the air pressure of these items low, maybe below the 14 psi max for U.S. pros
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soccer balls
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Up high, it's a downdraft that affects flight; underwater, it's a breathable zone where some have survived for days
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an air pocket
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The dew point is reached when this 2-word measurement for the air reaches 100%
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relative humidity
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MIXED BAGS
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This capacious canvas item symbolizes commitment to your local NPR station
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a tote bag
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One of these from the Scottish Highlands has 2 tenor drones & a single bass one
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bagpipes
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As a noun, it's an object used to fortify structures; as a verb, it means to deceive by masking one's skill in a contest
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sandbag
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A bouquet garni used by chefs is usually made from this fabric with a dairy product in its name
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cheesecloth
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These bags, such as the model 1859 McClellan ones, were issued to U.S. Army Cavalry
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saddlebags
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THE WORD SERIES
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A proverb says, "A nod is as good as" one of these "to a blind horse"
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a wink
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The presidential oath of office: "preserve, protect and" this verb "the Constitution of the United States"
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defend
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This word follows "legal" on the obverse of a dollar bill
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tender
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Henry Traute of the Diamond Match Co. came up with this 4-word phrase that begins with "close cover", printed billions of times
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before striking
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Hamlet ponders taking up "arms against a sea of" these
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troubles
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& THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE!
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Have a g'day at this city's Taronga Zoo, opened in 1884, then have a g'night at the opera house
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Sydney
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Enjoy the 360-degree views in the Atomium built for Expo 58 in this Belgian Capital & then the music in its De Munt National Opera House
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Brussels
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$600
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Get your rodeo on during the 10 days of its stampede & also mosey over to the Mamdani Opera Centre
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Calgary
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$800
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Meet up in Yitzhak Rabin Square & enjoy the Israeli opera at the performing arts centre in this 2-word city
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Tel Aviv
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This Po River city's Santa Sindone Chapel houses a famous linen; there's great opera at its Teatro Regio
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Turin
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POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST"
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2 New York City gangs sing & dance in this top-grossing film of 1961
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West Side Story
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Yul Brynner wore the black hat in this 1973 movie; Ed Harris is a different man in black on the TV series
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Westworld
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In a 2018 summer tune, "She used to meet me" here, "in the city where the sun don't set"
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Eastside
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The Trask at hand is knowing James Dean starred in this 1955 film
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East of Eden
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Danny McBride was ex-Major Leaguer Kenny Powers on this HBO series
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Eastbound & Down
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ANGELS & DEMONS & INSURANCE AGENTS
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The name of this motorcycle club founded in 1948 had been used during World War II by bomber crews
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Hells Angels
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Your agent assures you that even though this company's name isn't on Seattle's ballpark anymore, your policy is as secure as it sounds
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Safeco
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Taking a break from Nine Inch Nails, he formed How to Destroy Angels & married a bandmate
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(Trent) Reznor
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The agent explains whole life insurance costs more than this 4-letter kind with benefits that expire after you survive 10, 20 or 30 years
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term
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A demon in early English folklore, it became the name of a character in a Shakespeare comedy
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Puck
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PHOTOGRAPHERS
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Margaret Bourke-White's pic of Fort Peck Dam was the first cover of this Henry Luce magazine that covered, well... everything
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Life
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In Depression-era America, Dorothea Lange took the alliterative "Migrant" this seen here
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Mother
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Walter Iooss took a classic shot of reporters including Brent Musburger around this Jets QB lounging poolside before Super Bowl 3
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(Joe) Namath
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Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. looked a little different in May 1865 in a photo credited to this man
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Brady
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In 1935 this photographer from San Francisco used his own pics to create a guide called "Making a Photograph"
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Ansel Adams
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INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
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Aer Lingus has a hub & its headquarters in this capital city
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Dublin
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This German airline began flying in April 1955
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Lufthansa
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Dozens of flight attendants stripped off their uniforms in a Rome square to protest this airline's October 2021 demise
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Alitalia
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The name of this Russian airline comes from words meaning "air fleet"
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Aeroflot
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai wanted to start an airline & this name was chosen for it in 1984
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Air Emirates
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WORDS WITH NUMBERS IN THEM
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Ponderous or heavy
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weighty
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7-letter adjective describing a weak grasp of a situation or a thin lead in a game
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tenuous
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They're the delicious little cakes seen here
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petit fours
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As an adjective, it means "former"; as a sports verb, it's to shoot when a pass reaches you without pausing
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one-time
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Derived from seeds of the Nux vomica tree, this poison is often used in rodent control
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strychnine
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PROSE
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Louis Chu's novel of Manhattan's Chinatown is titled "Eat a Bowl of" this beverage
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tea
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Milan Kundera wrote "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" in this language, but later started writing novels in French
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Czech
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James McBride's "The Good Lord Bird" finds the young enslaved Henry joining this abolitionist at Harpers Ferry
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John Brown
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This "sanguine" novel by Cormac McCarthy describes the villainous Judge Holden as "a great shambling mutant"
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Blood Meridian
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She's the 18th century author of "Mary, A Fiction" & "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
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Wollstonecraft
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CANNES
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Holly Hunter won Best Actress for a film titled for this instrument, & Isabelle Huppert won for a film in which she taught it
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a piano
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It won top prize in 1949 & a 2015 restoration also played Cannes in the centenary year of Orson Welles, who played Harry Lime
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The Third Man
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Trees like those seen here on the Promenade de la Croisette inspired this name of Cannes' top prize, first awarded in 1955
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the Palme d\'Or
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A winner at Cannes was the 1998 film called "La vita è bella", directed by this Italian, who also starred
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(Roberto) Benigni
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This 2007 Jury Prize winner was an animated feature based on Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about an Iranian girl
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Persepolis
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TOYS & GAMES
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N/A
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Its co-creator said adding an "L" to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 "made it"
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Trivial Pursuit
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