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MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES
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(Mike Strehlow of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Years that end in 3 & 8 bring out big celebrations of this company; in 2018, its 115th birthday bash had 6,500 riders roaring down Wisconsin Avenue
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Harley-Davidson
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(Mike Curkov of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) In 1969, Milwaukee Bucks management was excited to introduce this new player who soon led the team to its first championship; he lived in an apartment in Juno Village with a specially raised doorframe
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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(Nicole Koglin of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) It's not as big as Comic-Con, but thousands attend Gary Con in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin where Gary Gygax invented this pioneering role-playing game; you can get your dice blessed near the Riviera Fountain
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Dungeons & Dragons
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(Amanda Porterfield of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Milwaukee's German heritage is celebrated with a summertime festival along Lake Michigan or more quietly with monuments all over the city like the one to Schiller & this friend & fellow German romantic writer
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Goethe
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(Natalie Shepherd of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) The Milwaukee Art Museum now has wings designed by geniuses from both ends of Europe; in 2001, a new pavilion with a removable sunscreen, designed by Spain's Santiago Calatrava, joined the original building by this modernist from Finland
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(Eero) Saarinen
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BODY PARTS IN LATIN
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Nasus
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nose
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Pulmo
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lungs
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Bracchium
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the arm
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Auris
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the ear
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Genu (as in genuflect)
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the knee
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STICKS & STONES
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In 1973 North Carolina went green in naming this as the official state precious stone
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an emerald
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Teddy Roosevelt cited what he described as a West African proverb: do this "& carry a big stick; you will go far"
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speak softly
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Hickory is the traditional material for making these sporting sticks with a net at one end
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a lacrosse stick
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The stone weighs between 38 & 44 pounds in this sport
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curling
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In 1950 this 336-pound object was stolen by Scottish nationalists on Christmas, but it was recovered a few months later
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the Stone of Scone
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THE BRADY BUNCH
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In 2017 he released his first book, "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance"
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Tom Brady
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'80s & '90s Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady dealt with the crisis & bailout of failing S&Ls, short for these institutions
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savings & loans
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In the late 1890s its territorial gov. John Green Brady called for statehood; he died in Sitka before it happened
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Alaska
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For his PBS Civil War documentary, Ken Burns relied on this man's photographs
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Mathew Brady
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When the 1993 bill named for him became law, it instituted background checks for gun purchases
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(James) Jim Brady
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COACH & HORSES
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Head coaches of this mile high football team have included John Fox & Gary Kubiak
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the Denver Broncos
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Larry Bird once coached this NBA team whose nickname was chosen to refer to horse racing & car racing
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the (Indiana) Pacers
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This Notre Dame quartet was coached by Knute Rockne
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the Four Horsemen
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Coaches at Kentucky State in this state capital may want to explain why their team nickname is spelled Thorobreds
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Frankfort
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Don Nelson coached Dirk Nowitzki & the rest of this NBA team when its uniform logo went horsey in 2001
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the Dallas Mavericks
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WE'RE FULL!
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Psalm 23 refers to one of these that "runneth over", so stop pouring already
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cup
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If the audience is "packed" like these little herring relatives, the venue is pretty full
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sardines
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At the theater, SRO is short for this
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standing room only
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Your place is really full if you're packed to these exposed beams in the ceiling
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the rafters
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Past tense for "eat" is spelled out in this word that means "I couldn't eat another bite"
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satiated (sated)
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THE 5th CENTURY
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Missionary work by Bishop Palladius & this saint succeeded in converting Ireland to Christianity
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St. Patrick
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This branch of the goths migrated to the Iberian Peninsula & gained domination over it
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Visigoths
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Containing the Mishnah & Gemara, the Babylonian version of this vast compilation of Jewish law was compiled
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the Talmud
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This Christian patriarch & Bishop of Hippo wrote the philosophical treatise "The City of God"
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St. Augustine
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This temple was founded in Henan, China around 495 & became associated with Zen Buddhism & martial arts
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the Shaolin
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ON THE MAP OF AFRICA
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This African country is home to Tobruk, Tripoli & the oasis town of Tazirbu
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Libya
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To make the national government more accessible to all Nigerians, in 1991, Abuja replaced this city as Nigeria's capital
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Lagos
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The Limpopo River between South Africa & Botswana is also known as this river, after a large predator
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(the) Crocodile (River)
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Massawa & Assab are important port cities of Eritrea on the shores of this long body of water
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the Red Sea
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The Blue Nile & the White Nile join together just north of this capital city
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Khartoum
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ORPHANS IN BOOKS
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This character lost his parents in a boating accident & was adopted by Bilbo
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Frodo Baggins
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This Beverly Cleary girl has a mom & dad; Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 character of the same name does not
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Ramona
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At the beginning of this Bronte novel, this orphaned title character is sent to the Lowood Institution, where she is mistreated
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Jane Eyre
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In this John Irving novel, the eccentric Dr. Wilbur Larch runs an orphanage
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The Cider House Rules
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STATE FLORA
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The sabal this, Florida's state tree, has a heart that tastes like cabbage
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the palm
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Also known as the ground laurel, it has been Massachusetts' state flower since 1918, not 1620
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the mayflower
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California made the lace type of this fungus-alga partnership its official state one
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lichen
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Hawaii's state plant is kalo, the local name for this root used to make poi
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taro
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Known for living a long time, one of Nevada's two state trees is this type of pine named for the feature seen here
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a bristlecone
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TV MONSTERS
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Folks guard against these mindless monsters on "Black Summer"
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zombies
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"Return of the Killer Catfish" & "Mekong Mutilator" were episodes of this Animal Planet adventure show
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River Monsters
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In a Christmas special narrated by Burl Ives, this title animal meets an abominable snow monster
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Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
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The monster-hunting Winchester boys on this show tangled with demons & Rakshasa
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Supernatural
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There were also vampires & werewolves on this Showtime series with characters like Dorian Gray & Victor Frankenstein
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Penny Dreadful
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GETTING "W-R-M"
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A heavy dairy product beaten until it's stiff
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whipped cream
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A memorable line from "Dr. Strangelove": "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the ____ ____"
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the war room
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Type of glasses favored by John Lennon & the farmer in "American Gothic"
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wire-rimmed
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It's another name for tungsten
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wolfram
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The shape of an electromagnetic emission or of a gnarly breaker
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a waveform
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BRANDS
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Evan Strong & Roy Campanella broke barriers representing this brand
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Wheaties
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