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taproot

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main root, source

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John Amos

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actor who played the father on the TV show Good Times

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punch sth up

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make sth funnier, livelier (spice sth up)

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parliament (count word)

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group of owls

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Blue Magic

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1970s Philadelphia soul group

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Mammy Yokum

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Li’l Abner character who smoked a corncob pipe and dispensed country wisdom

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“Good is better than evil because it’s nicer.”

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Mammy Yokum quote

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Babes in Arms

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movie starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland about putting on an amateur performance in a barn

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“Let’s put on a show!”

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Babes in Arms quote (metonymy for naive understanding of what is involved in a large project or in raising money; cf. “We’ll have a bake sale!”)

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Eric Severeid

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WWII news correspondent

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Horace Silver

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American jazz pianist in hard bop style

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My World…and Welcome to It

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American TV sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber

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Pawtucket Falls

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waterfall on the Merrimack River at Lowell, Massachusetts

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La Rochefoucauld

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French moralist famous for his 17th century maxims

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“You Made Me Love You”

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popular song made famous by Al Jolson in The Honeymoon Express and used in the 1973 Irene revival

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Irene

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1919 musical about an Irish girl in New York high society, revived in 1973

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The Art of Love

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elegy series by Ovid

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The Merry Widow

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operetta by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar

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topiary

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practice of trimming trees/bushes into shapes

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frock

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a long dresscoat, worn in 19th century or before

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labcoat

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a long button-up protective coat, usually white

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pod

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count term for any species of marine mammals (whales, dolphins)

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site of Coast Guard Academy

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New London, CT

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Long Island Sound

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body of water lying predominantly between Connecticut to the north and the north coast of Long Island to the south

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Svalbard reindeer
species of reindeer found on the Svalbard archipelago
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dressage
performance sport with horses
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caribou
North American name for reindeer
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Bonnie Blair
U.S. speed skater
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sail (in machinery)
name for the blade of a windmill
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Kris Jenner
the Kardashian mother
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Connie Stevens
2nd wife of Eddie Fisher
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Wanda Maximoff
identity of the Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
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Jack Kirby
American comic book artist who created characters for both DC and Marvel
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Elizabeth Olsen
actress portraying Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in MCU
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Evernote
a notetaking app
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Savoy Hotel
famous hotel in London
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Pouilly-Fuissé
French white wine made from Chardonnay
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_Coppélia_
ballet with libretto based on two stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann
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_Kindertotenlieder_
song cycle by Mahler
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Statue of Liberty play (American football)
QB fakes a pass in one direction, hands off ball to RB who runs in opposite direction from the fake pass
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_John Wesley Harding_
1967 Bob Dylan album
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_The Fuller Brush Man_
1948 comedy/murder mystery starring Red Skelton
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fentoozler
(slang) loser, idiot
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Quentin Crisp
flamboyant English raconteur and actor
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Juicy Lucy
a cheeseburger with cheese melted on the inside
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"Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!"
Patton quote_
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_Infantry Attacks_
military strategy book by Erwin Rommel
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PDQ
"pretty damn quick"
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"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king."
line from song "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra
50
2 x Pi x r
formula for calculating circumference of a circle
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main root, source
taproot
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actor who played the father on the TV show _Good Times_
John Amos
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make sth funnier, livelier (spice sth up)
punch sth up
54
group of owls
parliament (count word)
55
1970s Philadelphia soul group
Blue Magic
56
Li'l Abner character who smoked a corncob pipe and dispensed country wisdom
Mammy Yokum
57
Mammy Yokum quote
"Good is better than evil because it's nicer."
58
movie starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland about putting on an amateur performance in a barn
_Babes in Arms_
59
_Babes in Arms_ quote (metonymy for naive understanding of what is involved in a large project or in raising money; cf. "We'll have a bake sale!")
"Let's put on a show!"
60
WWII news correspondent
Eric Severeid
61
American jazz pianist in hard bop style
Horace Silver
62
American TV sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber
_My World...and Welcome to It_
63
waterfall on the Merrimack River at Lowell, Massachusetts
Pawtucket Falls
64
French moralist famous for his 17th century maxims
La Rochefoucauld
65
popular song made famous by Al Jolson in _The Honeymoon Express_ and used in the 1973 _Irene_ revival
"You Made Me Love You"
66
1919 musical about an Irish girl in New York high society, revived in 1973
_Irene_
67
elegy series by Ovid
_The Art of Love_
68
operetta by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar
_The Merry Widow_
69
practice of trimming trees/bushes into shapes
topiary
70
a long dresscoat, worn in 19th century or before
frock
71
a long button-up protective coat, usually white
labcoat
72
count term for any species of marine mammals (whales, dolphins)
pod
73
New London, CT
site of Coast Guard Academy
74
body of water lying predominantly between Connecticut to the north and the north coast of Long Island to the south
Long Island Sound
75
species of reindeer found on the Svalbard archipelago
Svalbard reindeer
76
performance sport with horses
dressage
77
North American name for reindeer
caribou
78
U.S. speed skater
Bonnie Blair
79
name for the blade of a windmill
sail (in machinery)
80
the Kardashian mother
Kris Jenner
81
2nd wife of Eddie Fisher
Connie Stevens
82
identity of the Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
Wanda Maximoff
83
American comic book artist who created characters for both DC and Marvel
Jack Kirby
84
actress portraying Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in MCU
Elizabeth Olsen
85
a notetaking app
Evernote
86
famous hotel in London
Savoy Hotel
87
French white wine made from Chardonnay
Pouilly-Fuissé
88
ballet with libretto based on two stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann
_Coppélia_
89
song cycle by Mahler
_Kindertotenlieder_
90
QB fakes a pass in one direction, hands off ball to RB who runs in opposite direction from the fake pass
Statue of Liberty play (American football)
91
1967 Bob Dylan album
_John Wesley Harding_
92
1948 comedy/murder mystery starring Red Skelton
_The Fuller Brush Man_
93
(slang) loser, idiot
fentoozler
94
flamboyant English raconteur and actor
Quentin Crisp
95
a cheeseburger with cheese melted on the inside
Juicy Lucy
96
Patton quote_
"Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!"
97
military strategy book by Erwin Rommel
_Infantry Attacks_
98
"pretty damn quick"
PDQ
99
line from song "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra
"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king."
100
formula for calculating circumference of a circle
2 x Pi x r
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