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GEOGRAPHY
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In Egypt an area of springs known as the siwa this is a fertile area once home to a temple of Zeus Ammon
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Oasis
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This mountain range of southwestern Europe runs from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay
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the Pyrenees
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The Aleutians divide the Bering Sea from the Pacific, but are still part of the belt with this un-icy name
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the Ring of Fire
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Kangaroo Island is situated on the Gulf of St. Vincent, an inlet of this ocean
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the Indian Ocean
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Located in Arkansas, Lake Chicot is the USA's largest lake of this type formed by a bend in a river
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an oxbow lake
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POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS
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In the "Shrek" movies, it's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy
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Donkey
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In this 1997 film Jack Nicholson asks a group of psychiatric patients, "What if this is as good as it gets?"
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As Good as It Gets
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It's the eponymous title of the 1988 collection of early hits by R.E.M. on I.R.S. Records
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Eponymous
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Before co-starring in "Get Out", Allison Williams played one of the girls on this HBO series
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Girls
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Redd Foxx of TV's "Sanford and Son" had the real name John this
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Sanford
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CLASSIC NOVELS
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It gave us the phrase "Big Brother is watching you"
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1984
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This classic by Stephen Crane has been called "the first modern war novel"
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The Red Badge of Courage
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In this Ralph Ellison novel, the protagonist hides in a manhole to escape a Harlem riot
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Invisible Man
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In its original French, this novel is titled "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers"
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Leo in this L.P. Hartley novel is this title person, carrying messages to further an illicit love affair
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The Go-Between
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COMMERCIAL SLOGANS
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"I'm lovin' it" at this global chain
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McDonald\'s
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For many years Sprite commanded us to "Obey" this
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your thirst
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"Always low prices" gave way to "Save money. Live better." at this mega-retailer
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Walmart
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We've been instructed to "Protect this house" with this company's sports apparel
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Under Armour
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"Helping investors help themselves" was used by this man's discount brokerage
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Charles Schwab
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AMERICAN FIVES
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Of the 5 California MLB teams, the one that plays its home games the farthest south
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the Padres
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Sigmund was the birth name of Jackie, the oldest brother in this musical fivesome
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The Jackson 5
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5 British rulers have U.S. states named for them: 2 Charleses; 1 George; James II, former Duke of York; & this monarch
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Elizabeth I
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It's the only one of New York City's 5 boroughs that's not on an island
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the Bronx
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In 1915, Tiffany & Co. designed the seal of this five-commissioner commission that protects consumers in fair competition
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the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
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SMELL YOU LATER
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Horatio is told that "Something is" this "in the state of Denmark"; in other words, something stinks
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rotten
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This word meaning to get a faint smell of something also refers to a baseball batter missing a pitch entirely
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whiff
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One's position in an army, or a truly foul smell
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rank
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Ask the Tesla guy; the name of this 4-letter type of pungent odor derives from a certain male deer
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musk
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This body part adjective can mean intoxicating, shrewd or having a pleasing smell
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heady
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BEHIND THE OLD TESTAMENT NAME
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Appropriately, his name means "man" or "man of the red earth"
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Adam
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"Oh" this name, "don't you cry for me", it comes from a word meaning "lily"
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Susanna
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This youngest son of Jacob had a name meaning "son of my right hand"
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Benjamin
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Here's the buzz--the name of this prophetess who appears in Judges comes from the Hebrew for "bee"
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Deborah
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This son, this son of David had a name meaning "father of peace"
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Absalom
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POTPOURRI
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Jewelers make these fasteners in all kinds of styles; here's a bracelet with a snake one
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a clasp
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The Hawaiian name of this fish means "strong strong"
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mahi-mahi
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Arizona's state flower is the blossom of this cactus
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a saguaro
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Martin Luther King Jr. attended this historically Black men's college in Atlanta
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Morehouse
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Seen here is this German couple, both of whom were composers; she was a piano prodigy
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the (Robert & Clara) Schumanns
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PART LATIN BEFORE & AFTER
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I think, therefore I am. The redundant-sounding result of having counted
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cogito ergo sum total
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Really cheap poker stakes "before noon"
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penny ante meridiem
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Crockett & Tubbs, or is it Tubbs & Crockett? Either way is fine
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Miami Vice versa
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"Body of Jesus" & an "Uptown Girl", onetime wife of Billy Joel
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Corpus Christi Brinkley
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Initial-surnamed female percussionist & protege of Prince on our national currency, "out of many, one"
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Shiela E pluribus unum
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SCIENCE
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Newton's second law of motion is expressed as F=ma, with "a" standing for this
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acceleration
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This branch of zoology is specifically the study of reptiles & amphibians
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herpetology
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O say, can you see--SrCO3, this two-word compound that causes the red glare seen here
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strontium carbonate
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From words meaning "container" & "to mold", it's the semifluid region within a living cell excluding the nucleus
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cytoplasm
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Discus hurlers can throw farther into a headwind; increased speed of air over the discus creates lift, per this Swiss man's "principle"
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Bernoulli
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HISTORY BOOKS
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Unfortunate Martha Corey was one of "The Witches" in Stacy Schiff's narrative of events surrounding this village in 1692
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Salem
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From the ancient Maya to the 21st century, "The Smoke of the Gods" is Eric Burns' history of this plant & its effects upon society
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tobacco
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"Blood & Iron", a history of Germany 1871-1918, gets its title from a quote by this chancellor who's big in the book
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Bismarck
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Reversing a phrase from the book of Isaiah, Arno Mayer's history of the state of Israel is titled these "into Swords"
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Plowshares
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"The Rise & Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors" is the subtitle of a recent history of this medieval order of knights
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the Knights Templar
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JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART
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"Never mind, I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you too"
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Adele
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"& You come to me on a summer breeze, keep me warm in your love then you softly leave, & it's me you need to show, how deep is your love"
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the Bee Gees
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"Life was a willow & it bent right to your wind (oh)... I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that's my man"
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Taylor Swift
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"I get the joy of rediscovering you, oh girl, you stand by me, I'm forever yours... faithfully", then some whoa oh ohs
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Journey
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"I care for you still & I will forever... honest, we got so familiar spending each day of the year, white Ferrari"
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Frank Ocean
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THE MIDWEST
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At about 90,000 it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake
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Duluth, Minnesota
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