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griot

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West African royal bard

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Human Sexual Response

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Masters & Johnson report

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“kitchen cabinet”

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a politician’s informal circle of advisers

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Javert

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main antagonist of Les Miserables

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Battle of Trenton

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surprise attack on Hessian irregulars led by Washington on Dec. 26, 1776 after crossing the Delaware the night before

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“queen of the sciences”

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theology (in the Middle Ages)

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cynosure

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focus of attention; guiding light

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vichyssoise

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French soup made of leeks and potatoes, usually served cold

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go-go (region)

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the official musical style of Washington, D.C.

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“One”

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song from A Chorus Line (“…singular sensation”)

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“Saturday Night Massacre”

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October 20, 1973: AG Elliot Richardson was ordered by Nixon to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, but refuses and resigns instead

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Ruckelshaus

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assistant AG to Elliot Richardson during Saturday Night Massacre, also refused to fire Cox and resigned

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Robert Bork role in Saturday Night Massacre

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carried out the firing of Cox and became acting AG

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English monarchs from Richard II to present

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Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, interregnum, Charles II, James II, William III/Mary II, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II, Charles III

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arbitrage

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business practice of simultaneously buying and selling the same product as a way of controlling prices

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minge

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vagina

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hoist with one’s own petard

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literally blown up by one’s own bomb, i.e., experiencing an ironic reversal of fortune for the worse

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an own goal

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a blunder that damages one’s own prospects

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dun cow

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greyish brown cow (a motif in English folklore)

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to jape

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to say or do something jokingly or mockingly

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dame school

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early modern precursor of preschool/kindergarten in Great Britain

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modified limited hangout

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mixing of confession with false information

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palm frond

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branch and foliage from a palm tree

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“Big Yellow Taxi”

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song by Joni Mitchell (“They paved paradise…”)

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"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
quote from U.S. Civil War admiral Farragut
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fontanelle
soft spot on a skull
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solecism
impropriety, breach of etiquette
28
Metcalfe's law
the power of a network scales exponentially with the number of people on it
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Jim Thorpe
Native American pentathlon winner
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phlebotomy
the practice of drawing blood
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acid test
gold, unlike other metals, is not dissolved by nitric acid, so lack of chemical reaction proves presence of gold
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Dacia
Roman name for Romania
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florin
first major gold coin issued in Britain
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bimetallism
concurrent use of gold and silver as currency in a fixed ratio
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W. J. Bryan stance towards gold standard
he decried the gold standard, which was replacing bimetallism in the 1890s
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"Old Lady of Threadneedle Street"
Bank of England
37
tranche
part or division of a larger unit
38
anodyne
harmless
39
oneiric
("own-eye-rick") dreamlike, having to do with dreams
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melisma
singing of single syllable while moving between many notes
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Azores
mid-Atlantic islands, part of Portugal
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propecia
a medicine for baldness
43
brushing scam
company posts fake review and associates it with a verified order, contents of which don't matter so cheap product is sent out to random person who didn't order it
44
Marianne
personification of liberty and of French Republic since the French Revolution
45
Montedison
former name of the Italian energy company now called "Edison"
46
offal
internal organs of an animal
47
giblets
edible offal of a fowl (heart, liver, gizzards, etc.)
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British prime ministers since Wilson and parties
Harold Wilson (L), Edward Heath (C), Harold Wilson (L), James Callaghan (L), Margaret Thatcher (C), John Major (C), Tony Blair (L), Gordon Brown (L), David Cameron (C), Teresa May (C), Boris Johnson (C), Liz Truss (C), Rishi Sunak (C), Keir Starmer (L)
49
prime ministers of Israel since Meir
Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Benjamin Netanyahu
50
U.S. recessions since 1969
1969-70, 1973-75, 1980, 1981-82, 1990-91, 2001, 2007-09, 2020
51
West African royal bard
griot
52
Masters & Johnson report
_Human Sexual Response_
53
a politician's informal circle of advisers
"kitchen cabinet"
54
main antagonist of _Les Miserables_
Javert
55
surprise attack on Hessian irregulars led by Washington on Dec. 26, 1776 after crossing the Delaware the night before
Battle of Trenton
56
theology (in the Middle Ages)
"queen of the sciences"
57
focus of attention; guiding light
cynosure
58
French soup made of leeks and potatoes, usually served cold
vichyssoise
59
the official musical style of Washington, D.C.
go-go (region)
60
song from _A Chorus Line_ ("...singular sensation")
"One"
61
October 20, 1973: AG Elliot Richardson was ordered by Nixon to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, but refuses and resigns instead
"Saturday Night Massacre"
62
assistant AG to Elliot Richardson during Saturday Night Massacre, also refused to fire Cox and resigned
Ruckelshaus
63
carried out the firing of Cox and became acting AG
Robert Bork role in Saturday Night Massacre
64
Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, interregnum, Charles II, James II, William III/Mary II, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II, Charles III
English monarchs from Richard II to present
65
business practice of simultaneously buying and selling the same product as a way of controlling prices
arbitrage
66
vagina
minge
67
literally blown up by one's own bomb, i.e., experiencing an ironic reversal of fortune for the worse
hoist with one's own petard
68
a blunder that damages one's own prospects
an own goal
69
greyish brown cow (a motif in English folklore)
dun cow
70
to say or do something jokingly or mockingly
to jape
71
early modern precursor of preschool/kindergarten in Great Britain
dame school
72
mixing of confession with false information
modified limited hangout
73
branch and foliage from a palm tree
palm frond
74
song by Joni Mitchell ("They paved paradise...")
"Big Yellow Taxi"
75
quote from U.S. Civil War admiral Farragut
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
76
soft spot on a skull
fontanelle
77
impropriety, breach of etiquette
solecism
78
the power of a network scales exponentially with the number of people on it
Metcalfe's law
79
Native American pentathlon winner
Jim Thorpe
80
the practice of drawing blood
phlebotomy
81
gold, unlike other metals, is not dissolved by nitric acid, so lack of chemical reaction proves presence of gold
acid test
82
Roman name for Romania
Dacia
83
first major gold coin issued in Britain
florin
84
concurrent use of gold and silver as currency in a fixed ratio
bimetallism
85
he decried the gold standard, which was replacing bimetallism in the 1890s
W. J. Bryan stance towards gold standard
86
Bank of England
"Old Lady of Threadneedle Street"
87
part or division of a larger unit
tranche
88
harmless
anodyne
89
("own-eye-rick") dreamlike, having to do with dreams
oneiric
90
singing of single syllable while moving between many notes
melisma
91
mid-Atlantic islands, part of Portugal
Azores
92
a medicine for baldness
propecia
93
company posts fake review and associates it with a verified order, contents of which don't matter so cheap product is sent out to random person who didn't order it
brushing scam
94
personification of liberty and of French Republic since the French Revolution
Marianne
95
former name of the Italian energy company now called "Edison"
Montedison
96
internal organs of an animal
offal
97
edible offal of a fowl (heart, liver, gizzards, etc.)
giblets
98
Harold Wilson (L), Edward Heath (C), Harold Wilson (L), James Callaghan (L), Margaret Thatcher (C), John Major (C), Tony Blair (L), Gordon Brown (L), David Cameron (C), Teresa May (C), Boris Johnson (C), Liz Truss (C), Rishi Sunak (C), Keir Starmer (L)
British prime ministers since Wilson and parties
99
Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Benjamin Netanyahu
prime ministers of Israel since Meir
100
1969-70, 1973-75, 1980, 1981-82, 1990-91, 2001, 2007-09, 2020
U.S. recessions since 1969

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