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NAMES OF THE PAST
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His body emaciated from years of fasting, he didn't last long after an assassin's bullets felled him in 1948 New Delhi
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Gandhi
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Known to Israelis as "Arik", this ex-general was prime minister from 2001 to 2006
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Ariel Sharon
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This "Waltz King" was 23 when he combined his orchestra with his dad's
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Johann Strauss Jr.
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The couple seen here, Menkaure & wife, were found near one of the three main pyramids at this city
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Giza
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In 451 it took a combined army of Roman & Germanic forces to stop this leader of a Central Asian people at a battle near Troyes
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Attila the Hun
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AMERICAN FOLKLORE
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He used 2 hammers to bore a 14-foot hole in rock & defeat a drill; however, he died doing it
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John Henry
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Some teach that the ghost of this pirate who died in 1718 glows under the waters off North Carolina, searching for his own head
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Blackbeard
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He was big, he was blue & one story said his footprints filled with water & became Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, so to repeat... he was big
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Babe (the Blue Ox)
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"Stand in front of the bathroom mirror with a... candle & say" this witch's name "3 times"; if it works, you'll need that drink, too
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Bloody Mary
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Were you raised by coyotes?! Well, this cowboy was, after being lost by his parents near a certain Texas river
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Pecos Bill
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BOATS & SHIPS
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The USS Pennsylvania was in drydock at this naval base on December 7, 1941
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Pearl Harbor
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John Quincy Adams argued the case of the Africans who had mutinied aboard this slave ship & won their freedom
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the Amistad
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Tamil words for tie & wood give us the name of this type of twin-hulled boat
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a catamaran
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These boats in the lagoon at Boston's Public Garden were inspired by the opera "Lohengrin" & declared a Boston landmark
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the swan boats
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The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it was launched in 1960 & was the 8th U.S. naval vessel to carry the name
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the Enterprise
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I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI
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... for my this, be it t-, guayabera or flannel; so sexy it hurts
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my shirt
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... for your this, which we can only assume is a choice of Know-Nothing, Likud or Bull Moose
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(a political) party
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... for this northern Italian city & fashion capital, site of Sforzesco Castle
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Milan
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... for this animal "Who Walks Through Walls" in a Robert A. Heinlein title
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a cat
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... for this island nation whose largest freshwater lake is the 260-square-mile Biwa
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Japan
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MY MOVIE OCCUPATION
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Jimmy Stewart, in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (after going to Washington)
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a senator
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Denzel Washington, stepping up in "Philadelphia"
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a lawyer (attorney)
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Margot Robbie, gliding through "I, Tonya"
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a figure skater
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Sidney Poitier, taking a tough assignment in "To Sir, with Love"
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a teacher
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Holly Hunter, before saying hi to motherhood in "Raising Arizona"
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a policeman
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ORDINAL PHRASES
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Intuition not arrived at via sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell
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sixth sense
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It's a nickname for Chicago
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the "Second City"
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The parable of the workers in the vineyard in mark 20 gave us this idiom for anything done at the last minute
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the eleventh hour
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If you're taking the subway, keep your distance from this electrified part of the tracks
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the third rail
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In the 19th century this phrase began its association with all things press-related
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the Fourth Estate
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A PLACE IN THE SUN
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The colossus is long gone, but on this sunny island of Greece you can visit the Acropolis of Lindos
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Rhodes
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After flying over the Nazca Lines in this country, get away to Huacachina, an oasis in the middle of the desert
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Peru
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Take the 3:10 to this city at the southwestern tip of Arizona that frequently ranks as the sunniest city in the United States
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Yuma
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With over 300 sunny days each year, this tourist destination in the south of Spain has a name meaning "sun coast"
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the Costa del Sol
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It looks like a different planet, but one of the hottest places on Earth is Dallol, in this largest Horn of Africa country
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Ethiopia
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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
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Completes the title of legendary animal trainer Mabel Stark's memoir "Hold That..."
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Tiger
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Seen here, singer Mary Wilson wrote a memoir titled "Dreamgirl: My Life as..." a member of this trio
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The Supremes
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"Freedom in Exile" is the autobiography of Tenzin Gyatso, better known by this religious title
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the Dalai Lama
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Toni Morrison edited the memoir of this woman who was a Black Panther, a UCLA professor & a fugitive
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Angela Davis
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"Every Secret Thing" by Patty Hearst includes a firsthand account of her abduction by this militant group
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the Symbionese Liberation Army
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WEAPONS
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This word for a throwing stick comes from an Aboriginal language
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boomerang
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Hamlet mentions this stone-throwing weapon & the book of Judges says the children of Benjamin included 700 experts in it
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a sling
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Originally a Cavalry sword with a curved blade, it's also the name of a fencing weapon
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a saber
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Sir Walter Scott popularized this name for a type of heavy broadsword favored by Scots Highlanders
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the claymore
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The name of this combo stabbing & chopping weapon is from the Middle German for "halm", "handle" & "barte", "hatchet"
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a halberd
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FLOWER NAMES
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Be at peace! The columbine gets its name from Latin for this bird
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a dove
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Kansas' state flower, the common this, is in the genus Helianthus
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sunflower
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The thoughtful should know that the name of this flower comes from French for "thought"
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a pansy
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This flower seen here
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foxglove
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This flower whose name is derived from "wolf" is also a word used to describe wolves
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lupine
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TRANSLATE THE BRITISH ENGLISH
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Black tie with "turn-ups" on the trousers? Appalling
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cuffs
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Old Mrs. Dudge still has an "aerial" on her telly
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an antenna
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Let's take our seats & meet for a drink at the "interval"
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intermission
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We're frightfully busy at the hospital in the "casualty department"
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the E.R.
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Oh no! Colin has stopped on the "verge" of the M1; his car broke down
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shoulder
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"S.T." ON THE TV
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Hume, Marx, Freud, "Voyager", "Next Generation" & others combined in an Indiana University class about this show "& Religion"
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Star Trek
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Fact-checking this Netflix show, the Energy Department said in 2016, we don't "explore parallel universes"
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Stranger Things
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Seen here, this rocker told most of the hopefuls on "American Idol" to "Dream On"
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Steven Tyler
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Can't remember the last name of this multi-limbed neighbor of SpongeBob? Remember his multiple limbs
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Squidward Tentacles
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John Bradley played this "better with a book than a sword" character on "Game of Thrones"
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Sam Tarly
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INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS
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N/A
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A piece of writing advice from this man who died in 1904 concludes, "Otherwise don't put it there"
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(Anton) Chekhov
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