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HUMAN ANATOMY
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This big muscle runs from your shoulder to your radius
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biceps
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$400
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The eardrum is also known as the tympanic this thin layer of tissue
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membrane
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$600
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This pear-shaped sac can store about 1.7 ounces of bile
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the gallbladder
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$800
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The fissure of Sylvius & the fissure of Rolando are features of this organ
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the brain
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$1000
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These tiny air sacs in the lungs are where oxygen & carbon dioxide are swapped in the bloodstream
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alveoli
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THE LYIN' KING
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The False Dmitrys were 3 men who tried to rule Russia by pretending to be sons of this brutal czar
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Ivan the Terrible
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One story says this king of Ithaca told Clytemnestra her daughter could marry Achilles, but it was a lie
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Odysseus
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Leopold II of this country created the Congo Free State, which the world would later realize was anything but free
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Belgium
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$800
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This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades
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Sisyphus
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$1000
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Troubadour Bertran said of this man who tried to steal the throne from crusading brother Richard, "No man may ever trust him"
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King John
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WHO'S IN THAT COMMERCIAL?
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George Hamilton & Reba McEntire are among those who have portrayed this man; the original recipe left us in 1980
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Colonel Sanders
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Those are NBA buddies "Bobi & Tobi" selling these crackers; turns out 7'3" Bobi can grab quite a handful
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Goldfish crackers
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$600
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These 2 women who have both married Ashton Kutcher share a stage--briefly--in an AT&T ad
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Demi Moore & Mila Kunis
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$800
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Born Robert Van winkle, this '90s rapper is one of the famous Bobs in a Bob's Discount Furniture campaign
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Vanilla Ice
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$1000
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She's been seen in many big screen comedies & many TV Jergens ads
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(Leslie) Mann
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IN DISPOSABLE
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Despicable Little Bunny Foo Foo does this 3-letter action to the heads of all the little field mice
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bop
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Lawyers do this with a case, while others do it to respond to a claim of crime
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plead
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$600
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The devil en Español
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diablo
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$800
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It turns red litmus paper blue
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a base
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Actually quite hairy, the horse's coloration is described as this 7-letter adjective
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piebald
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NATIONAL-SOUNDING ITEMS
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Before getting stranded in "Cast Away", Tom Hanks gives Helen Hunt one of these helpful gadgets, right off his keychain
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a Swiss Army knife
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$400
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Comrade, this gift, like an onion, has many layers
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a Russian nesting doll
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$600
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In 2020 IKEA did right by releasing its recipe for these bite-sized bits of globular goodness
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Swedish meatballs
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$800
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This 3M grease & stain repellant needs no kilt
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Scotchgard
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$1000
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This fancy sleeve end doubles back on itself & uses links instead of buttons
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a French cuff
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WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
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Unlike 1970s playgrounds, today this apparatus that may include monkey bars can have protective head cushions
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a jungle gym
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$400
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Bamboo is a product of Madhupur Jungle, bordering the Brahmaputra River in this country's Dhaka division
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Bangladesh
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$600
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In 1906 he brought the meat-packing industry to its knees with his novel "The Jungle"
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Upton Sinclair
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In 1984 this singer who fronted The Time knew it was time for the world to hear "Jungle Love"
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Morris Day
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A jungle primary has candidates of all parties; Marty Walsh & John Connolly beat 10 others to face off for mayor of this city in 2013
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Boston
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LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN
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$400
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This Great Lake is the source of the Niagara River
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Lake Erie
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$800
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Basel, Switzerland & Cologne, Germany both lie on this river
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the Rhine
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$1200
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Here is Gasherbrum I, also known as K5, in this Asian mountain range
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Karakoram
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$1600
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The portion of this river that flows through Vietnam is called Cuu Long
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the Mekong
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$2000
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The shire River, the only outlet of Lake Malawi, joins this much bigger river on its way to the Indian Ocean
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the Zambezi
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VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE
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$400
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Vamps actually enjoy some sun & garlic in Terry Pratchett's "Carpe Jugulum", Latin for seize this appropriate body part
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the throat
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$800
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In 2012 the Horror Writers Assoc. said Richard Matheson's "I Am" this lived up to its name as "vampire novel of the century"
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I Am Legend
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$1200
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In 2021, the mayor of New Orleans paid tribute to this author of vampire tales, saying, "We have lost an icon"
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Anne Rice
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$1600
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A Swedish suburb gets bloody in 1981 & the girl next door seems... different in this international bestseller that became a movie
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Let the Right One In
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$2000
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This 19th c. writer of historical novels, Pere, went goth in "The Pale Lady", a tale of a Polish woman & 2 adoring brothers
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Alexandre Dumas
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THE ALEXANDER FILES
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$400
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Coptic Orthodox Pope & Saint Alexander was appropriately patriarch of this coastal city in the 4th century A.D.
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Alexandria
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Naturalist Annie Alexander had a species of these, Ursus alexandrae, named after her
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a bear
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In 1943 Alexander Fleming urged the U.K. Health Ministry to fund research into this antibiotic so the Americans wouldn't get ahead
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penicillin
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$1600
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The second monarch of the kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, Alexander I renamed the country this in 1929
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Yugoslavia
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American inventor Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847 & died in this country in 1922
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Canada
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SOUNDS SMART
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It's been said that this is "1% inspiration & 99% perspiration"
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genius
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There are 2 "L"s in the middle of this word that can refer to spectacular color, sound or smarts
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brilliant
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A military this officer in the army is responsible for gathering info that can save lives
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intelligence
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The same Latin root gives us acumen & this similar 6-letter word for mental sharpness
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acuity
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Hercule Poirot relied on these "colorful" things in his brain to spur on his mental gymnastics
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little grey cells
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ON THE LABEL
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$400
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On the care label of a pair of Levi's 501s: "100%" this
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cotton
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$800
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"No. 5 Chanel" this city "Eau de Parfum"
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Paris
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Jim Beam bourbon: "40% alc/vol" & in parentheses, this number & word
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80 proof
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$1600
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Of Crest 3D White Professional Ultra White toothpaste, "4%" this bleaching compound
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hydrogen peroxide
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$2000
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Above Campbell's on tomato soup cans, this word meaning "reduced to a compact form"
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condensed
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"TOP" OF THE POPS
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$400
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"Gimme All Your Lovin"' for this Texas trio inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004
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ZZ Top
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$800
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In 1965 they topped the pops with "I Can't Help Myself"
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the Four Tops
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In "Roll Over Beethoven", Chuck Berry sang, "She wiggle like a glowworm, dance like" one of these
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a spinning top
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$1600
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According to AC/DC, it's this "if you wanna rock 'n' roll"
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"It\'s A Long Way To The Top"
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$2000
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I cry like a baby when I think that Alex Chilton, teenage singer of this band's 1967 hit "The Letter", passed away in 2010
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The Box Tops
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PAIRS IN ASTRONOMY
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N/A
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Discovered in 1877, they were named for siblings of the Greek god of love
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Phobos & Deimos
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