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NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE
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In this novel Guy Montag reads aloud from a book to his wife's shocked friends
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Fahrenheit 451
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Canadian environmentalist Farley Mowat is best known for bringing sympathy to a predator in "Never Cry" this
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Wolf
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This 1991 novel by Canadian Douglas Coupland gave a name to a whole cohort born around the same time
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Generation X
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His 1947 play "All My Sons" is about a businessman whose substandard airplane parts cost young men their lives
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(Arthur) Miller
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The title of this Laura Esquivel bestseller refers to a sweet recipe but also a state of passion or anger
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Like Water for Chocolate
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FROM S TO S
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More than is necessary
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a surplus
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This affliction is a reactivation of the same virus that causes chicken pox
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shingles
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Seen here is an example of this resting place made for the ancient Egyptian priestess Nitocris
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a sarcophagus
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This liquor takes its name from a German word for "mouthful"
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schnaps
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This type of cloud forms a continuous horizontal sheet, sometimes bringing light drizzle
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stratus
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STATE QUARTERS
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Louisiana's quarter features a trumpet & one of these birds
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a pelican
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Kansas' quarter features a buffalo & this plant known for its seeds
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a sunflower
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Its state quarter features Federal Hill & a racehorse
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Kentucky
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Utah's quarter shows a pair of these conveyances meeting in the middle
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trains (locomotives)
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Minnesota's quarter displays the years 1858 & 2005 & this other number greater than those 2
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10,000
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GYMNASTICS
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In 1976 Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to achieve this score in the Olympics
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a perfect 10
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In competition this apparatus is 4 feet off the ground & 16.5 feet long; for home practice, it can be half that length
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the balance beam
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Originally a horse riding term, it's used when a gymnast jumps off a piece of equipment, often with a stylish Salto
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a dismount
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This apparatus that sends competitors 3 stories high was added to Olympic gymnastics in 2000
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the trampoline
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This 2012 Olympic team gold medalist & 2-time world champ in the vault is seen here testifying to Congress in 2021
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(McKayla) Maroney
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STICK
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There's a body part in the name of these wooden sticks that a doctor uses when asking the patient to say "ahh"
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tongue depressor
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The label of this brand's sticks of Juicy Fruit gum doesn't actually specify what juicy fruit is
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Wrigley
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Ringo Starr hit Zildjian these with his sticks for crashes & splashes
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cymbals
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A stick figure was the calling card of this fictional hero, real name Simon Templar
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The Saint
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This sport came from Native American stickball, which the Cherokee call "little brother of war"
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lacrosse
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THE LANDING
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He hadn't slept in 55 hours when he alit at Le Bourget Aerodrome at 10:22 P.M. on May 21,1927
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Lindbergh
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His engine out, Corkey Fornof landed his plane on an interstate, took an offramp & pulled into this, tripping the ding-dong hose
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a gas station
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The site where George Washington & 2,400 men landed early on December 26, 1776 is today a park in this state
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New Jersey
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The island of San Salvador in this archipelago is thought to be where Columbus first landed in the Americas
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the Bahamas
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In 2019 China's Chang'e 4 probe made the first landing here, a place not even glimpsed by humanity until 1959
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the dark (far) side of the Moon
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HISTORIC MEN
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This "Junior" oil heir who gave the U.N. the money to buy land for its HQ will always be a center of attention in New York City
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Rockefeller
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It was no minor feat that in 1990, he emerged victorious in a 3-person race to succeed Margaret Thatcher as prime minister
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John Major
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In the 1970s this future Secretary of State was a spokesman for Vietnam veterans against the war
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(John) Kerry
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Multitasking in 1794, he negotiated a treaty with Britain while also serving as the first Chief Justice of the United States
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(John) Jay
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Hey there, Pilgrim! This Plymouth colony cofounder wed the former Priscilla Mullins around 1623 & eventually fathered 11 kids
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John Alden
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BRING YOUR "A" GAME
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There are 441 red cards & 63 green cards in this Mattel game of comparisons
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Apples to Apples
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"Valhalla" is a recent entry in this video game series with a killer title
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Assassin\'s Creed
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Fight the dead in this game named for an "Evil Dead" sequel that starred Bruce Campbell
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Army of Darkness
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Save your ship by shooting space rocks in this Atari arcade game introduced in 1979
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Asteroids
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Germany & Japan take on the U.S., U.K. & USSR in this strategy game named for the 2 opposing sides
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Axis & Allies
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BOOKS BY FUNNY PEOPLE
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This comedian, seen here, provided some life lessons in "I Can't Make This Up"
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Hart
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Mike Birbiglia detailed his somnambulism in do this "with Me"; one event led to Mike hurling himself out a hotel window
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Sleepwalk
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The subtitle of "I Must Say" by this Canadian & "SNL" veteran is "My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend"
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Martin Short
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This co-creator & star of "Crazy ex-Girlfriend " wrote "I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are"
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(Rachel) Bloom
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Eric Idle's "sortabiography" is titled this, the upbeat, whistling song Eric wrote that ends "Life of Brian"
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
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IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB
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In 1937 isotopes of this element, Cl, were separated using a vacuum ultracentrifuge
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chlorine
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From the French for "little tube" , one of these uses suction to transfer small amounts of liquid
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a pipette
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Named for a German chemist, this tool seen here really turns up the heat
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a Bunsen burner
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Used to crush & grind, this pair of tools is featured in a permanent display at Philly's University of the Sciences
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mortar & pestle
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This receptacle used for melting metals has a name from the Latin for "cross"
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a crucible
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BODIES OF WATER
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Lake Victoria is the largest source of this African river
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the Nile
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Built in the early 1960s, the Bridge of the Americas spans this waterway
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the Panama Canal
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Formations like the Great Barrier Reef gave this body of water its name
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the Coral Sea
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Miami is a port on this bay
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Biscayne Bay
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Surt is the main port on this Libyan gulf
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the Gulf of Sidra
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END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION
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Polo players who didn't want their collars flapping in the breeze innovated this style
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the button-down
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Saying you look "like death..." these 2 words is not a compliment to your appearance
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warmed over
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To look for your best option; "my mama told me you better" do it
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shop around
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In tennis, this last part of a stroke is important even though the ball is gone after 5 milliseconds against the strings
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follow-through
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When reporting for duty on a U.S. Navy ship, the first thing you'll say is "Request permission to" do this phrase
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come aboard
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PLAYS
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First published in 1602, its title characters are Margaret & Alice
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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