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QUICK HISTORY
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In 1378 the French took issue with this & decided on their own anti-one--Clement VII
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the pope
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Beijing fell to this big-time conqueror in 1215
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Genghis Khan
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A time of stability under Augustus is known by this peaceful name in Latin
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Pax Romana
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Adding to the Winter Palace, Catherine the Great began this museum in 1764
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Hermitage
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In 1840 the Boers helped Mpande oust Dingane from the throne of this people
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the Zulu
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BOOKS ABOUT CELEBS
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"Ladies Who Punch" takes a look inside this morning show with Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar
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The View
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"Laughing on the Outside" is a biography of this late, great funnyman
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John Candy
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Peter Biskind said of writing "Star", "Anything of a personal nature" after he "& Annette Bening married was off limits"
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Warren Beatty
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A book about Elizabeth Taylor is subtitled "Shades of" this purple hue
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violet
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"A Star Is Born" & "Get Happy" are titles of books about this song & dance woman
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Judy Garland
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I'LL HAVE THIRDS
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It says you can't be forced to let soldiers live in your house
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the Third Amendment
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This annual observance that's on the third Sunday in June should seem familial to you
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Father\'s Day
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This third book in the King James Bible says, "It shall be a perpetual statute... that ye eat neither fat nor blood"
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Leviticus
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This general who died late in 1945 led the U.S. Third Army on major campaigns of World War II including Normandy
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(George S.) Patton
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In 1996 this Reform Party presidential candidate, a Texas businessman, got third place with 8 million votes
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Ross Perot
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WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY
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Hot water springs called geysers take their name from a specific one in this country
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Iceland
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Now a rundown area of any city, it comes from a type of road along which logs were hauled
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skid row
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Now looka, I say, looka here! This breed of chicken is named for Livorno, Italy
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a Leghorn
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Meaning to break up into smaller units, this term comes from a geographic region that was divided in the 19th & 20th centuries
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to Balkanize
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Ready to hit the spa? Then let's head to the town it's named for in the Ardennes in this European country
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Belgium
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MAKEUP
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L'Oreal's offerings for this cosmetic include Lash Paradise, which comes in Blackest Black & Mystic Black
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mascara
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It sounds like you are making a cake, but this trendy technique to make skin look flawless uses concealer & foundation
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baking
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Here are an array of eye shadows in one of these, like what a painter uses
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a palette
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An alternative to foundation, BB cream can stand for beauty or blemish this soothing 4-letter word
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balm
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This kind of brush, with the name of a type of Japanese drama, is used to apply loose powders
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a kabuki brush
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YOUR MIND
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Seeing images in objects is called pareidolia; a common example is seeing these, which evolution has primed us to notice
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faces
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Of your brain's 4 lobes, this biggie handles decision making & your impulse control as well
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(the) frontal (lobe)
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This ability that Bradley Cooper only fakes in "Nightmare Alley" will soon be a reality using fMRI machines & it can't be stopped
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mind-reading
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According to Freudian theory, this one of the 3 divisions of the mind acts as a sort of moral conscience
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super-ego
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In the brain, electrical impulses are transmitted between neurons through connections called these
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synapses
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LITERARY SHIPPING
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He's the captain of the whaling ship Pequod in "Moby Dick"
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Ahab
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A cargo ship named the Tsimtsum sails from India in this novel by Yann Martel
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Life of Pi
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In a Paul Gallico "Adventure" novel, this liner is capsized by a tidal wave & the survivors climb up to the hull to find a way out
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the Poseidon
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"The cruel rocks, they gored her side" is from the Longfellow poem "The Wreck of" this vessel
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the Hesperus
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This word follows "Captains" in the title of a Rudyard Kipling tale about Atlantic Ocean fishermen out in the Grand Banks
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Courageous
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RELIGION
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In Jainism it's believed that every living thing, even a plant, has an eternal one of these called a jiva
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a soul
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Iftar is the meal taken by Muslims at sundown during the daily fasting of this month
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Ramadan
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Used to describe the path to God, a tree of life, like the one seen here, is essential to this form of Jewish mysticism
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Kabbalah
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This name for the day before Lent begins refers to confessing sins & receiving forgiveness on that day
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Shrove Tuesday
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Guru Nanak was the founder & first of the 10 gurus of this religion centered in the Punjab region
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Sikhism
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THEY SANG SUPER SEXY '70s LYRICS
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With Wings: "My love does it good, wo wo wo wo, wo wo wo wo"
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Paul McCartney
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Coming alive! "Baby, I love your way, every day, wanna tell you I love your way"
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Peter Frampton
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A disco queen: "Dim all the lights, sweet darlin', 'Cause tonight it's all the way"
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Donna Summer
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Deep-voiced "Walrus of Love": "Many times as we've loved & we've shared love & made love, It doesn't seem to me like it's enough"
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Barry White
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The Reverend: "Baby, since we've been together, ooh, loving you forever, is what I need... Let's stay together"
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Al Green
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EUROPE
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It's a beautiful day for a ball game; let's play one at Lord's Cricket Ground in this city
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London
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Under child king Magnus VII Eriksson, in 1319 Sweden & this neighbor were first united
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Norway
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From 1949 to 1990 this city on the Rhine River was a national capital
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Bonn
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This Italian name for a major city in the south of the country is in the lyrics of "That's Amore"
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Napoli
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The ancient Roman name for this nation was Hibernia
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Ireland
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ALLITERATION ALL AROUND
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In a dystopian novel he's the supreme ruler of Oceania
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Big Brother
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It's a tournament format where all of the competitors play each other at least once
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round-robin
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In a hospital this mobile unit is loaded with drugs & equipment to help a patient when a code blue is called
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a crash cart
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The largest of the Scottish lakes has this alliterative name
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Loch Lomond
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A little birdie told us that General Winfield Scott had the nickname "Old" these 2 things
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Fuss and Feathers
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"V"OCABULARY
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It's "the spice of life"
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variety
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Another name for one's profession
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vocation
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Part of the army in the front position, or the forefront in any field
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vanguard
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This 10-letter word means multicolored, like the yarn for knitting seen here
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variegated
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Meaning pertaining to glass, it also precedes humor in the name of a jellylike substance in the eyeball
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vitreous
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SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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In 2021 this Hall of Fame athlete launched Omaha Productions
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Peyton Manning
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