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QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE
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"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in" these
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green pastures
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It "goeth before destruction"
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pride
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She said, "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge"
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Ruth
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From Matthew 26, "The spirit indeed is willing, but" this
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the flesh is weak
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It's the entirety of John 11:35, often acknowledged as the shortest verse in the Bible
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Jesus wept
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MAKING MONEY
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The Bureau of Engraving & Printing says it has no plans to redesign the $1 bill because it's so infrequently this
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counterfeited
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In 1976 the back of this bill was changed from Monticello to the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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the $2 bill
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In 1942 the U.S. began printing special bills for this then-territory that could be declared valueless if it was overrun
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Hawaii
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The dollar sign is thought to have evolved from a Spanish-American symbol for these
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pesos
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The current $100 bill features this U.S. symbol, which changes from copper to green when the note is tilted
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the Liberty Bell
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REEL ESTATE
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Built by MGM, Judy Garland's house in "Meet Me in" this city was based on one that once stood on its Kensington Ave.
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St. Louis
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This iconic "Gone with the Wind" home was on a lot in Culver City, not Atlanta
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Tara
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In "The Godfather Part II", the Kaiser (not Corleone) estate is on this California-Nevada lake where Fredo gets whacked
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Tahoe
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Pasadena, California's historic Gamble House was the exterior of Doc Brown's home in this 1985 smash
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Back to the Future
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The Cannes villa where Cary Grant romanced Grace Kelly in this 1955 thriller was being offered in 2016 for over $50 million
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To Catch a Thief
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WELSH FOLK
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Last name of Owen, a Welsh warrior beheaded in 1461; it became a dynasty 24 years later
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Tudor
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Rage, rage against your 10th grade English teacher if you don't know his first book was "18 Poems" in 1934
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Dylan Thomas
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A commander of the Order of the British Empire, this Oscar winner made her Broadway debut in 2009 in "A Little Night Music"
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Still standing in Cardiff is the former sweet shop where this creator of Charlie Bucket bought candy as a kid
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Roald Dahl
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Opera star Bryn Terfel put out an album called "Bad Boys" on which he sings roles like this Mozart seducer
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Don Giovanni
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SHORES
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Fighting the Barbary pirates inspired the Marine Corps hymn line about "the shores of" this locale
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Tripoli
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If you're vacationing in Gulf Shores, Alabama, you're enjoying beaches along this body of water
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the Gulf of Mexico
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The shores of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula are on the gulf that shares its name with this river
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the St. Lawrence
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Punta Cana is along the eastern shore of the island of Hispaniola & of this country
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the Dominican Republic
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This 225,000-square-mile peninsula has both Atlantic & Mediterranean shorelines
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the Iberian Peninsula
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HORSES, ANAGRAMMED
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High quality: BROUGHT HORDE
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thoroughbred
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It's wild: SMUG ANT
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mustang
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A breeder: LOST NAIL
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stallion
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Graceful & swift: BAN ARIA
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Arabian
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Heavy drafting: SCALDED LYE
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Clydesdale
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PRESIDENTIAL GLOBETROTTING
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In 1947 Harry Truman made a visit to this capital city, meeting with Governor General Alexander & PM MacKenzie King
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Ottawa
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Ronald Reagan famously visited this European city in 1987 & gave a speech during its 750th anniversary celebrations
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Berlin
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He made Goodwill visits to 10 Latin American countries as president-elect in late 1928, but never left the country as prez
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(Herbert) Hoover
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Summer 1969 overseas trips by Richard Nixon saw him meet with Pres. Marcos in the Philippines & Pres. Ceausescu in this country
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Romania
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Barack Obama's journey to Egypt in 2009 featured an address at Cairo University & a meeting with this president
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Mubarak
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PLAYS & PLAYWRITING
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It's a coveted Shakespeare role for older actors, like Christopher Plummer on Broadway at age 74
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King Lear
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The first ancient Greek plays had just one actor, the protagonist, & a chorus; Aeschylus added a 2nd actor, called this
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the antagonist
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The profanity-laced Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross" takes place in this industry
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real estate sales
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The courtroom drama "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand needs exactly this many people to be selected from the audience
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12
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In 2022 Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker headlined this author's classic comedy "Plaza Suite" on Broadway
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Neil Simon
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ANTARCTICA
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Antarctica is circular except for a peninsula that stretches toward this continent & gets within 600 miles
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South America
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Species of these found in Antarctica include the chinstrap & the Adelie
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penguins
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Arriving in December 1911, this Norwegian's expedition won the race to be the first to reach the South Pole
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Amundsen
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Despite regulation of spray cans, an 8-million-square-mile hole still appears in this over Antarctica each year
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the ozone layer
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This Antarctic research station has the same name as Russia's first manned ventures into space & means "east" in Russian
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Vostok
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HODGEPODGE
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In billiards, when it's too far a reach, you can use a mechanical one of these 6-letter tools to help make the shot
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a bridge
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At Starbucks, hot coffee comes in sizes from short, 8 ounces, to this, 20 ounces
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venti
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In 2021, the U.S. Postal Service issued new stamps celebrating this holiday
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the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)
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According to the AKC in 2020 this dog with a nationality in its name jumped to No. 2 in popularity, ahead of German shepherds
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the French bulldog
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Of the major airports that serve London, this one is the second-busiest
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Gatwick
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TV COMEDY
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In 1987 Michael J. Fox won praise for the "Family Ties" episode "'A', My Name is" this
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Alex
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Don Cheadle narrates this reboot about growing up in the 1960s
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The Wonder Years
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Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer starred in this series set in New York
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Broad City
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This veteran actor found new fans in the '90s as Ray's dad in "Everybody Loves Raymond"
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Peter Boyle
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Robin Thede is the creator & Issa Rae is an executive producer of this HBO "Sketch Show"
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A Black Lady Sketch Show
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WORD "L"
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Experiments show this 10-letter word is from Latin for "workplace"
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laboratory
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A marine one of these equals 3 nautical miles
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a league
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To mix with a modifying substance, or to produce fermentation in dough
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leaven
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It means to slice or tear jaggedly
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lacerate
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A region of Sparta gives us this word meaning extremely concise in speech
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laconic
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STATE MOTTOS
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N/A
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This motto is the name of a city in that state & is a famous quote by an ancient Greek from the 3rd century B.C.
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Eureka
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