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FEB BE WARY
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If the critter sees this on Groundhog Day, tradition says we should be wary, with more bad weather in store
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its shadow
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Take care-- many Valentine's Day menus are this 2-word French term, meaning the food & cost are set
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prix fixe
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Farmers beware! In February 2020 a veritable plague of these big insects swarmed Uganda
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locusts
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This sea captain should have been warier in February 1779; he was killed by locals after a kerfuffle at Kealakekua Bay
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Cook
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Cochise's detainment in February 1861 ultimately led to a war with these people of his in the Arizona Territory
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the Apache
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IN THE OLYMPIC CITY
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The Temple of Hephaestus, for the rest of us
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Athens
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BC Place Stadium, where the Whitecaps crest
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Vancouver
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Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, furnished as it was when the man lived & worked there
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St. Louis
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The Palace of Catalan Music, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Barcelona
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The Sibelius Monument, resembling a collection of organ pipes forming a sound wave
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Helsinki
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MARK'S "-ISM"
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In Mark 1:4 John preached about this sacrament "of repentance for the remission of sins"
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baptism
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Accidentally stealing a line from Oliver Wendell Holmes for "Innocents Abroad", Twain felt guilty of "Unconscious" this
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Plagiarism
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Asked about this versus socialism, Mark Cuban says this "is going to win"
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capitalism
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"Do what you can", says Mark Ruffalo on this -ism, working for a cause as opposed to sitting back
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activism
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Former Army Chief of Staff Mark A. Milley has a Bronze Star, which is awarded for this
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heroism
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ALSO A SCHOOL WORD
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It comes between phylum & order
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class
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As a verb, this white stuff means "to ascribe to" when followed by "up"
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chalk up
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As an adjective, it means "highest in importance"
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principal
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Like furniture from IKEA, some toys may require this
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assembly
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It's a synonym for an alcove
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a recess
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FREE STUFF
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Like the federal government, many states have a DOT, short for this, & they'll mail you a free map
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Department of Transportation
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Southwest Airlines has stopped serving peanuts, but a snack mix featuring chips & these salty treats is always complimentary
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pretzels
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The modern craze for giving these to Major League Baseball fans began with Willie Mays ones at Candlestick Park May 9, 1999
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bobbleheads
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Rhyming term for a sack of gifts at an awards show; a $200,000 Oscars version included gold vape pens & liposuction vouchers
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a swag bag
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In 2009, Todd Bol made a model full of books in tribute to his mother, a teacher; it became this 3-word concept with more than 100,000 worldwide
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a (the) Little Free Library
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TWEETS
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Demonstrating a sense of humor, this agency debuted on Twitter with "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet"
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the CIA
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He tweeted, "Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook doesn't promote hate for profit; evidently, it's just for kicks"
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Colbert
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Dionne Warwick asked him, "If you are very obviously a rapper why did you put it in your stage name? I cannot stop thinking about this"
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Chance the Rapper
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In 2017 a fan asked this "Starships" rapper to pay her tuition; she tweeted, "Show me straight A's... and I'll pay" (& did)
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Nicki Minaj
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The first tweet ever, "just setting up my twttr", was from this Twitter co-founder
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(Jack) Dorsey
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The name of this bird is a synonym for singer; the yellow one has a song that sounds like "sweet, sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet"
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a warbler
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The name of this pigeon family member comes from the sound of its call, not from any association with a shelled reptile
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a turtledove
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$1600
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Genus Megascops, it has a shrill call like the whinny of a horse & is one of the most nocturnal of birds, so it's more heard than seen
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a screech owl
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This bird is named for its call, first & third syllables accented, which it may repeat 400 times without stopping
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a whip-poor-will
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THE 1600s
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This Virginia college was founded by royal charter in 1693
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the College of William & Mary
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As chief minister from 1624 to 1642, this "Red Eminence" helped strengthen royal power in France
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(Cardinal) Richelieu
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This statesman & general led the anti-royalist forces in England's civil war
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Cromwell
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In 1644 the Ming Dynasty fell to these conquerors whose dynasty would rule China until the 20th century
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the Manchu
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After Shah Jahan completed the Taj Mahal, his son Aurangzeb deposed him as ruler of this Muslim empire in northern India
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the Mughal Empire
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BOOKS & AUTHORS
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Koko & Yum Yum are these pets in a series of detective novels by Lilian Jackson Braun
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cats
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In the book "New Hampshire" by Robert Frost, you'll read "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in" this
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ice
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" Everything I Never Told You" is the debut novel by this author of "Little Fires Everywhere"
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Celeste Ng
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This novelist's 1967 work "One Hundred Years of Solitude" tells the story of the Buendía family
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Márquez
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2019's "The Water Dancer" is the first novel by this man better known for nonfiction
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
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ICONOGRAPHY
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On America's Great Seal, the eagle clutches these weapons, a warning to others
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arrows
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The base that the bodhisattva sits on is a stylized version of this symbolic flower, also the name of the position he's in
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lotus
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Meaning "horn of plenty", this object goes back to the broken horn of a she-goat that endlessly refilled with food & drink
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cornucopia
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The mandorla, "almond" in Italian, is the burst of light seen here during this moment, also what Jesus said--"I am"
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the Resurrection
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Pharaohs are often depicted holding one of these "life crosses"
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an ankh
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BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY
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In 2020 she added to her family's Grammy collection, winning for "Becoming"; her husband has several
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Michelle Obama
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"Always Looking Up", this actor & 2009 winner is the incurable optimist seen here
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Michael J. Fox
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In 1993 this Laker legend added to his trophy case for "What You Can Do to Avoid AIDs"
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Magic Johnson
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2001 honored "Q--The Autobiography of" this music legend who has 28 Grammys
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Quincy Jones
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Mikhail Gorbachev & Sophia Loren were among the winners for a spoken word album for children on this Prokofiev work
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Peter and the Wolf
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____ OF ____
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Traditionally, the person with this title is in charge of the bachelorette party
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maid of honor
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It's the hydraulic device that can rescue people trapped inside wreckage
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the jaws of life
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The Inquisition ceremony auto-da-fe means this in English
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act of faith
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Reaching maturity; it precedes "in Samoa" in the title of a Margaret Mead work
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Coming of Age
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This flower mentioned in the biblical Song of Solomon might actually be a crocus or a wild Narcissus
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the rose of Sharon
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AMERICAN WOMEN
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N/A
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In 1914 she received a patent on a trefoil emblem, which she would transfer to an organization a few years later
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Juliette Gordon Low
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