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I get around song

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Beach boys

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Swanky Vegas, hotel resembling an Egyptian pyramid

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Luxor

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Which fruit are grown in beds of layered sand, peat, gravel, and clay called bogs that are flooded during harvest?

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Cranberries

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The place with the lowest elevation on Earth
Also receives most of its water from what source?

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the Dead Sea
The Jordan River

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From Italian for jest or joke it’s a quick lively musical piece often making up the third movement of a symphony or sonata

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Scherzo
Scar so

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In act 2 of this opera, we learn how falk uh was once left drunk and asleep in a park dressed in a bat costume

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Deflator mouse

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At Christmas time one year The Simpsons adopted a greyhound with this three word name

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Santa’s little helper

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Sabrina the teenage witch had a talking black cat with this name

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Salem a city anonymous with witches

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Meaning from the very beginning beginning, ab ovo translates to from this natural product
Oh voooh

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Egg

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Right and left eye in Latin

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Oculus sinister oculus Dexter

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It’s the condition of the body after death when chemical changes caused stiffening

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rigor mortis

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A common sundial motto is this Latin one reminding us that time flies

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Tempus fugit
Temp is few git

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A law providing for a unique situation is this of its own kind

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Sue I generous
Sui generis

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Music played as King Charles and Camille left. The coronation included this March number four
Also name the composer

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Pomp and circumstance by Elgar

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The kinkajou is a pollinator of this tree noted for its extremely light wood. That’s often used in model airplane kits.

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Bossa

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If a Hawaiian woman wears this tropical flower behind her left ear, she’s taken behind the right she’s single

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Hibiscus

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Nickname the general Sharman, the world’s largest tree by volume Is this kind

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Sequoia

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Alex is the genius for this tree a source for an acid used in pain relievers

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Willow
Salicylic acid
Sal uh sil ick acid comes from

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Island chains
name for a Spanish queen this specific island chain was a starting point for famous explorations of 1960 and 2012

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Mariana Islands
In 2012 James Cameron going down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench
Mar e Ahn uh

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Traveling along the coast of South America from 1831 to 1836, which scientist served as the ship’s naturalist on the HMS Beagle?

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Charles Darwin

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In 1291, the glassmaking industry of Venice, Italy, moved to which nearby island that still produces luxury glass today?

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Murano

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Referring to John F. Kennedy’s secretary of defense, which conflict was sometimes dubbed “McNamara’s War”?

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Vietnam War

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If something is described as ineffable, that means it is

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indescribable

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Winston Smith found while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing down with him in all caps FIVE times

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Big brother

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This dystopian novel opens as we sat in the korova milk bar, making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening
A Clockwork Orange
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One or some it matters none
Any
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Two months before he lost his head in 1794 this leader established the cult of the supreme being in France
Robespierre
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Before I watch 12th 1933 radio broadcast he portentously remarked I think this would be a good time for a beer
FDR repealing prohibition
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In chapter one of this book mole, sees a river for the first time and sat on the bank while it chattered onto him
The wind in the Willows
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The chapter down the rabbit hole opens with her beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank
Alice
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In the 19 teens, he established a partnership with Edmond C Lynch
Merrill
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His annual letter to the shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway is the investment world’s equivalent of a Harry Potter book release
Warren Buffett
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In this 2009 movie gruff and bespectacled Carl Fredericksen is retired salesman of these
Balloons in Up
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Use a flavor a certain ale its name is from the Sanskrit meaning horn body referring to the shape of its root
Ginger
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Public these in Helsinki are literal hotspots; uusi and loyly are two in town that embrace the spirit of steam
Saunas
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As a young man this 4 legends composer, studied law at what is now the university of Helsinki
Sibelius Suh bell e Us
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Temppeliaukio dealt directly into rock is a church of this protestant denomination, which is Finland’s largest religious group Temple e ock e O
Lutheran
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Ear O’s dad this Finnish American architect help design the national Museum in the national romantic style
Eliel sar uh nin Eel e ul
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It resulted in part from the merging of a version of of the flamenco and milonga a fast , sensual Argentina dance Me looong uh
Tango
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Using the displacement of water this Greek discovered that king hieron II gold crown wasn’t entirely gold Hi rawn
Archimedes
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In book 5 of the history of animals, this long time, pupil of Plato discusses in some detail, the sex lives of animals and insects
Aristotle
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Around 150 A.D. this Egyptian astronomer recorded 48 of the 88 constellations in his book Almagest
Ptolemy Tahl uh me
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Nine letter word meaning to anticipate and prevent
Forestall
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In 1972 routine vaccinations against this disease, were discontinued in the United States
smallpox
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A government’s often one time tax on a companies excessive profits
Windfall tax OK OK OK
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During a state visit in 1995, which world leader was found trying to hail a taxi outside the White House while drunk and in his underwear?
Boris Yeltsin
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A traditional side dish in Puerto Rican cuisine, this is commonly made by mashing together pork cracklings and this other fruit?
mofongo Plantains
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In the world of finance, a start-up company valued at $1 billion or more is known as this
Unicorn This mythical creature
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Needing a prototype to “pop,” which designer created his first red-soled shoe using an assistant’s nail polish?
Christian Louboutin
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According to legend, which flower sprung up from the ground wherever the Greek goddess of rainbows walked?
Iris
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In 1989, playwright Vaclav Havel became president of what former Communist country?
Czechoslovakia
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ANIMALS & NATURE Which spirit is frequently made using juniper “berries,” which are in fact small, fleshy bluish cones? +100 correct
Gin
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SCIENCE & TECH Lycanthropy is a rare mental disorder in which people believe they have transformed into which animals? +100 correct
Wolves
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MONEY & NUMBERS In 2023 Lamborghini donated one of its speedy sport utility vehicles, typically sold for $250,000, to which country’s state police for use in transporting organs? +100 correct
Italy
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HISTORY & SOCIETY In 1995 three protesters were arrested for throwing ashes and blood at which aircraft when it was put on display by the Smithsonian? +100 correct
Enola Gay
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VOCAB After waiting more than 30 minutes for her meal, Alyssa joked that calling the restaurant “fast food” was a… +100 correct
misnomer
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BIOGRAPHIES Which scientist was consulted about the representation of extraterrestrial life for the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey? +100 correct
Carl Sagan
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GEOGRAPHY A part of the Earth’s largest archipelago, which country has some 17,500 islands, of which more than 7,000 are uninhabited? +100 correct
Indonesia
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ANYTHING GOES Which filmmaker named his effects workshop after the New Zealand insect weta, the heaviest on Earth? +100 correct
Peter Jackson
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ARTS & CULTURE Which author published Hospital Sketches, a collection of stories inspired by her work as an American Civil War nurse, five years before Little Women? +100 correct
Louisa May Alcott
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Honolulu nicknamed the big what
The big pineapple Atlanta is nicknamed the big peach New York City is the big apple
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The earliest known tools used by humans were made from what material
Stone Some stone tools found in Kenya. Are thought to be 3.3 million years old, which would pre-date humans.
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Delicacy in Central and South America, what animal is nicknamed chicken of the trees
Iguana Many Florida residents have turned to hunting and eating green iguanas an invasive species there
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What vegetable is technically a flower
Broccoli when broccoli isn’t harvested the green buds bloom into bright yellow flowers
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Typically, what is the heaviest internal organ in the human body?
Liver weighs between 3 to 3 1/2 pounds and is the size of a football
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Film maker Sean Baker set a record in 2025 by winning Oscars in four different categories for what film
ANora Sean Baker won for best picture best Director best original screenplay and best editing
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In this novel, major, major major is made a major by an IBM machine with a sense of humor, almost as keen as his father’s
Catch 22
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It wasn’t called fake news yet when this 1997 film had a spin doctor creating a war to distract from a presidential sex scandal
Wag the dog Pacino?
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Very punny knights For a boundary dispute with a rival king King Arthur called on this night, equipped to settle the issue
Sir veyor
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Very punny knights He always took the kind of route named for him six hours of twist and turns for what should be a two hour ride back to Camelot
Sir q uh tis Sir pen teen
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Making a splash in American art he had three solo shows at the Sydney Janice Gallery between 1952 and 1955 the first featuring blue poles
Jackson Pollock That’s where the splash comes from
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It preceded of the rights of man and of the citizen in the title of a document adopted in August 1789
Declaration
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From 1897 to 1932. What’s now called this Britain was known as the national Gallery of British art
Tate Britain
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Thorkell the tall led in invasion of England by these folks from Scandinavia in 1009 Tore cull
Vikings
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No bull Alderbaran is the brightest star in this zodiac consolation Al deb uh rin
Taurus
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Funny knight punny He told everyone of his skills for when Britain became even more anarchic like finding food and shelter and making fires in the wind Anhn r kick
Sir vival ist
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NASA’s countdown before a rocket launch can be traced to a 1929 silent German film called frau in mond Woman in this
Moon
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Punny knights This night was so plump his belly was equal to pi times his diameter
Sir circumference
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What Chalupa would be complete without some jalapeño noir, which was sadly a limited time wine offering from this chain
Taco Bell
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The freer gallery of this US institution houses one of the most prominent US collections of Asian art
Smithsonian
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In 1992 Damien hirst got Jaws open at the saatchi gallery when he displayed a preserved tiger species of this Sah chee
Shark
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This Latin named brief is advice offered to the court from an entity that’s not a party to the case, but has a friendly interest
Amicus brief Am uh kiss
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Part of the discovery process they’re written questions from one party in a lawsuit to the other and reply is mandatory
Interrogatories In ter ah guh tories inter
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1983 Illinois versus Gates modified a 1969 precedent on what constitutes this reasonable grounds for police action
Probable cause
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Known for her magical thinking, she wrote a short novel called democracy and co wrote the 1976 film a star is born.
Joan did e in
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Known for writing about old New York she had some of her shorter work published in the 1924 collection old New York
Edith Wharton
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Take the word from which tungsten gets its symbol W and add Ite to get this principal ore of tungsten
Wolfrom ite Wolframite
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Gathering blue was the second book in her Giver quartet
Lois lowry
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From a Latin word meaning to boil a bubble, it describes someone bubbly and enthusiastic
Effervescent Or ebullient
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Curaçao in the Caribbean is part of these lesser islands
Antilles
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Neutrophils the most common type of the cells release a net like structure to trap and kill pathogens
White blood cells
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Christchurch and Dunedin are the two largest cities on this island
South Island of New Zealand
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From French for green, it can mean green in color or inexperienced
Verdant
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Related to the word diamond it means, unyielding, or inflexible, perhaps in your opinion
Adamant
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A real four letter word in some courtrooms its a temporary pause in the judicial proceeding until another issue is resolved
Stay