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ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES
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This city of 10 million hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Seoul
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This Swiss capital lies on the Aare River
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Bern
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As the Coriolis force moves counterclockwise, afternoon brings a sea breeze called the Freemantle Doctor to this Western Australia capital
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Perth
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We doff our caps to this metropolis, the oldest of Morocco's 4 imperial cities
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Fez
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Home to the largest religious college in Iran, this city was the base of Ayatollah Khomeini before & after his exile
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Qom
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FITS & STARTS
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Forrest Mars Sr. made a sweet start selling these candies in 1941
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M&Ms
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The Luxe & the Ace 3 are wearable trackers from this brand
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Fitbit
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Merriam-Webster defines one of these as "a fledgling business enterprise"
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a start-up
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A green flag at 12:47 P.M. on May 30 signaled the start of the 2021 running of this race
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the Indianapolis 500
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F.I.T. can stand for this college of design in New York City
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the Fashion Institute of Technology
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YOU CAN SET YOUR CALENDAR BY IT
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With more job security than some, U.S. senators have to face reelection after this many years in office
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six
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Often confused with locusts, these insects occur in chronological broods of 13 & 17 years
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cicadas
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Every 100 years this fictitious Scottish village becomes visible for a single day
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Brigadoon
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Every 11 years or so the Sun goes through a solar cycle where these flip, affecting sunspot activity
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magnetic fields (magnetic poles)
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Each March swallows return to nest in the Great Stone Church, part of this Southern California mission
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San Juan Capistrano
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THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
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In 2009 he shot a documentary of "Kobe Doin' Work"; c'mon, do the right thing & name him
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Spike Lee
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This 1990s Oscar winner studied physics at Cal State Fullerton
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James Cameron
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In 2012 he got back into "The Hobbit" of making trilogies
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Peter Jackson
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1999's "Eyes Wide Shut" was his last effort; sadly, he did not make it to 2001
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Stanley Kubrick
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Seen in an actual director's chair, he was famous for making Westerns, but won four Oscars in other genres, like for "The Informer"
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John Ford
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COMPLETE THE OPERA TITLE
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Mozart: "The ____ Flute"
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Magic
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Wagner: "____ und Isolde"
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Tristan
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Gluck: "Orfeo ed ____"
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Euridice
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Offenbach: "The Tales of ____"
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Hoffman
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Donizetti: "Lucia di ____"
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Lammermoor
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"WISE" WORDS
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Proverbially, it can be a tough way to "get a word in"
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edgewise
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Familiar with life in an urban environment, especially along its avenues & boulevards
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streetwise
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A gangster, or a 1980s TV show about agent gone deep undercover Vinnie Terranova
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wiseguy
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To do a thing in the same manner as someone else is to do this
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likewise
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3-word phrase meaning no smarter or unaware, as in "I borrowed his astrolabe when he wasn't looking & he's" this
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none the wiser
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FAMOUS PERES
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This "Sun King" had 6 kids with wife Marie-Thérèse but fathered more than a dozen kids without,wife Marie-Thérèse
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Louis XIV
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This artist had 8 children, including Emile, whose mother was a Tahitian woman
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Gauguin
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Père refers to a priest, not a dad, in the name of this cemetery where Georges Bizet & Marcel Proust rest
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Père Lachaise
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Jean-ichel, son of this undersea explorer, founded Ocean Futures Society in 1999 "to honor his heritage"
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Cousteau
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Last name of govt. worker Jean-Christophe, called "Papa-Told-Me" for always dropping president--& dad--François' name
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(François) Mitterrand
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ROAD TRIP
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The Blue Ridge Parkway connects the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with this state's Shenandoah National Park
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Virginia
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A network of ancient European trade routes is named for this fossilized resin carried over them
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amber
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Vital during World War II, this road runs from Kunming, China to Lashio in Myanmar
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the Burma Road
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The Trans-Canada Highway runs almost 5,000 miles from St. John's in the east to this Vancouver island city in the west
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Victoria
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This ancient Greek historian wrote, "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night" stopped messengers on the royal road
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Herodotus
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HER EMMY-WINNING ROLE
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Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn & Cynthia Nixon, all for guest appearances on this crime drama
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Law & Order: SVU
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Her in 2010 for playing sue Sylvester on "Glee"
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Jane Lynch
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This actress as Madame Delphine LaLaurie on "American Horror Story: Coven"
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Kathy Bates
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Back in 1995 she won as "ER" nurse Carol Hathaway
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Julianna Margulies
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Veteran standup comic Deborah Vance on "Hacks", a role she plays "brilliantly"
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Jean Smart
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ACRONYMS
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POTUS: an elected official
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President of the United States
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BIPOC: an umbrella term for certain humans
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Black, Indigenous, & People of Color
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It's used to promote retail sales: BOGOF
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buy one, get one free
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The mnemonic Roy G. BIV: just Roy's last name
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blue indigo violet (battle in vain)
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Mexican president AMLO: just Andres Manuel's last 2 names
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López Obrador
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BOOKS WITHIN BOOKS
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The "Amazing Amy" series of books is oft-mentioned in this thriller from Gillian Flynn
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Gone Girl
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In this author's "A Fault in Our Stars", Hazel is mesmerized while reading "An Imperial Affliction"
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(John) Green
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"Don't Panic" is on the cover of this title reference book that says towels are "massively useful" for space travel
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The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy
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In a Michael Ende tale, young Bastian steals this title book & reads of Atreyu & the world of Fantastica
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The Neverending Story
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Called "Al Azif" in Arabic, this book in H.P. Lovecraft's stories can cause insanity in readers
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the Necronomicon
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"M"EDICINE
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The American Cancer Society recommends this screening yearly for women aged 45 to 54
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a mammogram
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Required vaccines before entering college may include a menACWY, to protect against this
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meningitis
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The primary type of this is without aura & may include sensitivity to light
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migraine
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Multiple sclerosis attacks this sheath around nerve fibers, affecting movement & sensation
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myelin sheath
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As the fellow here was king of Spain, you would keep quiet about the underbite, a class III "this" mandibular misalignment
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malocclusion
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ART MUSEUMS
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Before its 1959 opening, 21 artists protested its design, saying it would make paintings look tilted & askew
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the Guggenheim
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