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WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE
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After John Roberts flubbed this 35-word recitation at the inauguration in 2009, he & the president got it right the next day
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the Oath of Office
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A 2006 survey of presidential historians gave the No. 1 all-time blunder to this 15th prez for failing to avert the Civil War
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Buchanan
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In 1922 the Interior Secretary gave an oil company exclusive rights in this Wyoming reserve & got a $200,000 payoff
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Teapot Dome
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In 1798 the laws regarding pro-French immigrants & anti-presidential rhetoric known as these acts did not go over well
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the Alien and Sedition Acts
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Oops! One of the burglars caught at the Watergate in 1972 was security chief of this committee, CREEP for short
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Committee to Re-elect the President
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AIR TRAVEL
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When it comes to flight connections, a stopover is longer than one of these that typically lasts less than 4 hours
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a layover
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Though often used to mean the front of a terminal where planes remain in a delay, it's actually a paving material
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the tarmac
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Named for the wall in front of them, these have less storage space but nobody to recline in your face
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the bulkhead
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O'Hare Airport in Chicago is about a 25-mile drive from this other international airport that's closer to downtown
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Midway
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When a change of pressure causes airplane ear, try swallowing to open this tube that connects the middle ear to the pharynx
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the eustachian tube
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ONE SMALL STEP FOR HAM
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In 2022 France passed a law that reduces nitrites, the chemicals that make cured ham this color inside instead of gray
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pink
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Italian for "ham", this meat precedes cotto when cooked
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prosciutto
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A children's story tells us despite severe reservations, this colorful breakfast item goes very well with ham
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green eggs
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Harry J. Hoenselaar patented the spiral ham slicer & later built this sweet-sounding company into a household name
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Honey Baked
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One country-cured ham is this brand that comes from the same-named Virginia town; hickory-smoke 'em if you got 'em!
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Smithfield
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HORSE IDIOMS
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Information directly from the person involved comes "straight from" here
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the horse\'s mouth
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"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't" do this
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make him (them) drink
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Someone super ready & eager is said to be exhibiting this bridle-based activity
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chomping at the bit
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It's too late; you've done this "after the horse is gone"
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close the barn door
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Oops, we've done this--arranging our 2 necessities, but in the wrong sequence
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put the cart before the horse
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CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS, COMMONLY
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Sodium chloride, which you know better as "table" this
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salt
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Don't chuckle--nitrous oxide also goes by this name
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laughing gas
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Chimney sweeps may find this 4-letter form of amorphous carbon coating their workplace
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soot
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Sodium bicarbonate, used in ovens & refrigerators alike, is known by this common 2-word name
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baking soda
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"G" is for this, hydrated calcium sulfate, used in drywall
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gypsum
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MASHED UP TV SHOWS
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"Better Call Nine-Nine"
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Better Call Saul & Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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"Touched by Improvement"
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Touched by an Angel & Home Improvement
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"I Dream of Anarchy"
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I Dream of Jeannie & Sons of Anarchy
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$800
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"What We Do in the Building"
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What We Do in the Shadows & Only Murders in the Building
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"Emily in Blinders"
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Emily in Paris & Peaky Blinders
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BELGIANS
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National hero Eddy Merckx won this foremost multi-stage cycling event 5 times
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Tour de France
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In the 1920s, priest & physicist Georges Lemaître formulated the modern version of this sudden expansion model of the universe
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the big bang (theory)
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Brussels-born, she created her wrap dress in the '70s, when she was married to a prince; she later wed Barry Diller
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von Furstenberg
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Using this new type of microscope in the 1940s, scientist Albert Claude helped create the modern map of the cell
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the electron microscope
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Victor Horta's 1890s Hôtel Tassel in Brussels has been called the first major building in this French-named style
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Art Nouveau
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GRAMMY-WINNING SONGS
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He & co-writer Amy wadge shared a Grammy in 2016 for "Thinking Out Loud"
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Ed Sheeran
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In 2008 the Grammys said yes, yes, yes to this Amy Winehouse song
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"Rehab"
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In 1995 "Streets Of" this won Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Male Rock Vocal & Best Song Written Specifically for Movies or TV
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Philadelphia
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In 1989 Bobby McFerrin took home a Song of the Year Grammy for this, & he probably didn't, & was
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"Don\'t Worry, Be Happy"
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Writers Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams shared a 2019 award for this Childish Gambino smash
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"This Is America"
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OLD NAMES ON THE MAP
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This Central European country only existed in the 20th century
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Czechoslovakia
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It was once known as the Zaire, but now it's this & it still carries more water than any river except the Amazon
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Congo
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Once a mighty kingdom, it was abolished by the Allies after WWII during the reorganization of Germany
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Prussia
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At one time the capital of Upper Canada, this city was once named York, in honor of a duke of York
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Toronto
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Yugoslavia ceased to be in 2003, becoming the Union of Serbia and this
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Montenegro
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SADJECTIVES
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P.G. Wodehouse wrote, "I am all alone here and rather" this color traditionally used to describe sadness
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blue
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Word for one whose cardiac organ got busted, metaphorically
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heartbroken
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"M" is for mood, & a gloomy one at that; "Come to me" in a 1912 song, "My" this "Baby"
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melancholy
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U is the only vowel in this 4-letter adjective that means dull or sullen
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glum
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Insert an M into a word meaning abstinent from alcohol & you have this adjective meaning grave in mood
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somber
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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
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The 2012 Tony for Best Revival of a Play went to this Arthur Miller classic
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Death of a Salesman
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Courting controversy, this Norwegian's 1881 play "Ghosts" dealt openly with venereal disease & incest
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Ibsen
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Harold Pinter's adultery drama "Betrayal" is notable for unfolding in this unusual way
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in reverse or antichronilogical (backwards)
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This Christopher Hampton play about immoral 18th century French seducers was based on a Pierre Laclos novel
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Les Liaisons dangereuses
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This actor/playwright won a Tony for "August: Osage County" & has been seen in "Homeland" & "Ford v Ferrari"
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Tracy Letts
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THE ZODIAC SIGN...
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Mentioned in the title of a No. 1 hit from 1969
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Aquarius
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Whose animal representation has the most legs
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Cancer
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That sounds like a god of war
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Aries
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With its name in a November meteor shower emanating from comet Tempel-Tuttle
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Leo
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Represented by a creature that Zeus turned into to abduct Europa
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Taurus (the bull)
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BRITISH HISTORY
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N/A
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From the Greek for "alone", it was nixed by Parliament in 1649 after being deemed "unnecessary, burdensome & dangerous"
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the monarchy
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