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More General Knowledge Trivia Flashcards

Winter 2017-2018

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“WINTER” WONDERLAND: It happens on or about December 21

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Winter Solstice

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: In the song “Winter Wonderland”, these “ring, are you listening”

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Sleigh Bells

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WINTER SONGS: “Later on we’ll conspire as we dream by the fire to face unafraid, the plans that we made” while doing this

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Walking in a winter wonderland

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HISTORY REPEATS: 5 years to the day after Lindbergh’s historic transatlantic flight, she became the first woman to complete the feat

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Amilia Earhart

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TOYS “R” US: A Hungarian professor designed the prototype of this puzzle in 1974; by the 1980s, it was a sensation

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Rubik’s Cube

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They’re with the band: Jesse Carmichael, Adam Levine

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Maroon 5

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They’re with the band: Tre Cool, Mike Dirnt

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Green Day

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CALIFORNIA: You can trace the history of blue jeans at this company’s museum in San Francisco

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Levi Strauss

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FOOD FESTIVALS: This Hawaiian island celebrates its famous sweet onion with a festival featuring a recipe contest

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Maui

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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS (missing vowels): LSN

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Louisiana

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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS: TH

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Utah

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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS: H

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Ohio

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A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS: W

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Iowa

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What do you call a group of snakes?

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a bed (or a knot for anacondas)

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TURTLES: Some of the largest land turtles are found on these islands off the coast of Ecuador

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Galapagos Islands

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ON MY REEDING LIST: Sax man Kenny G’s holiday album “Miracles”, featuring “Away In A” this

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A Manger

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10-MILLION-SELLING ALBUMS: His soft sax sounds on “Breathless”

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Kenny G

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GOING TO THE DOCTOR: Your optometrist may use drops to dilate this circular opening in the center of the iris

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pupil

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TAKE A PHOTO: Colorful term for the undesired reflection of a flash off the blood vessels of a photo subject’s retinas

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red-eye

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ICE CREAM PARLOR WORDS: Along with the rods, they’re the other light-sensitive retinal cells

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cones

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IT’S PLAY TIME: Annie Sullivan spells out “water”, “egg” & “mug” for her pupil in living up to the title of this play

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The Miracle Worker

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“I” DOCTOR: This pigmented circular muscle surrounds the pupil of the eye

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iris

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FOR THE BIRDS: Someone with keen eyesight has this bird’s eye

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eagle eye

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ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY: From the Greek for “hard”, it’s the dense white part of the eye

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the sclera

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RUN!: Camera lens that brings a subject into closeup while retaining focus

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a zoom lens

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SCIENCE: This transparent structure behind the iris focuses light entering the eye

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lens

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ASIAN AMERICANS: Thai on his mom’s side, he shot a 48 for 9 holes… at age 3! 12 years later, he was U.S. Jr. Amateur champ

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Tiger Woods

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FOR YOUR RIGHT: A commission on it chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt led to Dec. 10 becoming this 2-word “Day”

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Human Rights

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PUP CULTURE: This Elvis hit says, “you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine”

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Hound Dog

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KIDDY LIT: A boy rides a magical train to visit Santa on Christmas Eve in this story by Chris Van Allsburg

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The Polar Express

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U.S. CITY NICKNAMES: “Lost Wages”

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Las Vegas

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SPORTS: Superbowl trophy is named for this coach

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Vince Lombardi

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WHO IS OUR LEADER?: Founder & CEO of amazon.com, he’s been a leader in “predictive analytics”, which matches ads to browsing history

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Jeff Bezos

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“X” NOUNS: This video game console was released in 2001

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Xbox

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LET’S ROCK: World-famous granite boulder with “1620” carved on it

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Plymouth Rock

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MASSACHUSETTS: Appropriate in light of its early Colonial history, this is Massachusetts’ state flower

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the mayflower

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O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!: With Christopher Jones as captain, this ship departed Plymouth, Mass. April 15, 1621 & returned to England

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the Mayflower

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CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS: He’s “nipping at your nose” in a Christmas song

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Jack Frost

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WHERE and WHEN: The Wright Brothers first take off under power: the year

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1903

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LADY “B” GOOD: Until 1904 she was president of the American Red Cross

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Clara Barton

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AMERICAN HISTORY: The Americans were protesting a tax and a monopoly with this Dec. 16, 1773 event

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the Boston Tea Party

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UPRISINGS: This uprising started with the Great Fear of 1789

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The French Revolution

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CHRISTMAS: He first described Santa as “chubby and plump” & “a right jolly old elf”

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Clement Moore

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HISTORIC NICKNAMES: “The Angel of the Battlefield”

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Clara Barton

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U.S. BODIES OF WATER: Islands lying within this California bay include Treasure Island & Yerba Buena

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San Francisco Bay

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MUSIC: This cellist is the son of a composer from Shanghai and a mezzo-soprano from Hong Kong

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Yo-Yo Ma

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NATIONS’ MOST POPULOUS CITIES: China

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Shanghai

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MUSEUMS BY CITY: The J. Paul Getty Museum (opened in 1997)

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Los Angeles

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FICTIONAL GAMES: This novel by Chris Van Allsburg about a board game was made into a Robin Williams film

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Jumanji

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SO. CAL. STUDIES: In September 2010 Tinker Bell got one of these on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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A star

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STREET MUSIC: Sheryl Crow told us, “All I wanna do is have some fun until the sun comes up over” this “Boulevard”

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Santa Monica

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LET’S HAVE A BOWL: Since 1923 it’s been played at its self-named stadium in Pasadena, California

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The Rose Bowl

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BLOOM COUNTY: Here in L.A. County this flower is always in bloom in Pasadena around Jan. 1; there’s even a big parade in its honor

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rose

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TRAVELING ALONG ROUTE 66: In 2009 the Route 66 Alliance designated this California city’s pier as the “end of the trail”

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Santa Monica

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IMPRESSIVE SPORTS RECORDS: On March 23, 1952 the Blackhawks’ Bill Mosienko performed this 3-goal feat in just 21 seconds

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a hat trick

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TV TEENS: Tom Welling plays this teen, a future mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet

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Clark Kent

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TV NICKNAMES: British actress Millie Bobby brown got this numeric nickname on “Stranger Things”

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Eleven

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STEPHEN KING’S BAD FOLKS: It could only be this ageless creepy clown in “It”

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Pennywise

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MISCELLANY: The board game has evolved into a video game that plays you in the 2017 “Welcome to the Jungle” sequel to this 1990s film

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Jumanji

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WHERE and WHEN: The Wright Brothers first take off under power: the year

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1903

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ART: This 1889 van Gogh work depicts a crescent moon in a swirling sky, a church spire & a cypress tree

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Starry Night

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NFL QUARTERBACKS: NFL quarterback Archie Manning never reached the Super Bowl, but these 2 sons have each won a Super Bowl MVP award

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Eli and Peyton

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ISLANDS IN THE “C”s: An old song says, “26 miles across the sea” this island “is a-waitin’ for me”

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Catalina

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THINGS HAVE CHANGED: The 45th pres. has changed the way the office talks to the public, including the use of this personal Twitter handle

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@RealDonaldTrump

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MASCOTS: Originally named Jumpman, this Nintendo mascot got a new name for Donkey Kong Jr.

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Mario

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FRUIT, NOT FRUIT: Nintendo says she “spent her…time in Bowser’s castle” but now she “prefers to be the one doing the rescuing”

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Princess Peach

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Song Lyrics:

Requests from Sam Smith: “I don’t want you to leave, will you hold my hand? Oh, won’t you” do this title action

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Stay With Me

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Song Lyrics: “This one for them hood girls, them good girls” in this megahit from Mars (& Ronson)

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Uptown Funk

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NHL Logos:

A webbed foot forms the “D”

in this team’s name on their logo

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The Mighty Ducks

(or The Aneheim Ducks)

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NHL Logos:

In 2010 they brought back crossed swords to their bison logo

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Buffalo Sabres

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NHL Logos:

A sea creature is depicted chomping on a hockey stick on the logo of this San Jose team

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The Sharks

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NHL Logos:

A musical note outlined in yellow & navy has served as their logo since 1998

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The St. Louis Blues

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NHL Logos:

This team’s flying wheel logo is the oldest unchanged logo in the NHL, created in 1948

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The Detroit Redwings

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LANGUAGE LAB: These 2 South Asian languages, sometimes jointly abbreviated Hirdu, have few structural differences

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Hindi and Urdu

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SPEAKING GERMAN: When greeting the new day, it precedes Morgen or Tag

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guten

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THE LAND DOWN UNDER: It’s not only Australia’s largest city, it’s the oldest as well

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Sydney

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NATIONAL NICKNAMES: The Land Down Under

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Australia

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INVENTION & INNOVATION: Percy Spencer got the idea to invent this type of oven after a magnetron melted his candy bar

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a microwave

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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: Leo Gerstenzang was inspired to invent this after seeing his wife use a toothpick with cotton to clean their baby’s ears

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Q-Tip

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STEM : Fibonacci knew this number was next in the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8… how ‘bout you?

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13

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) The series I’ve begun writing [1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21] is named for this Italian

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Leonardo Fibonacci

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WOMEN OF MUSIC: Nicknamed “T-Swizzle”, she teamed with One Directioner Zayn Malik for “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”

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Taylor Swift

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POP MUSIC: In 2015 Zayn Malik officially quit this band

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One Direction

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TWO’S DAY: In “The 12 Days of Christmas”, it’s the gift on the second day

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two turtledoves

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COUNTDOWN: “The 12 Days Of Christmas” gifts: 7. Swans a-swimming 6. Geese a-laying 5. These

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golden rings

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MUSIC TO MY YEARS: This title of a 2014 Taylor Swift album is also the year of her birth

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1989

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WOMEN OF MUSIC: Nicknamed “T-Swizzle”, she teamed with One Directioner Zayn Malik for “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”

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Taylor Swift

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GRIDIRON GREATS: Houston’s J.J. Watt really put the bag on QBs in 2015, leading the NFL with 17 1/2 of these

A

sacks

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WAIT WATCHERS: On Dec. 5, 2015 throngs began lining up for this J.J. Abrams “Star Wars” flick, 12 days before it opened

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The Force Awakens

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SPORTS PEOPLE: Sachin Tendulkar of India is a leading bowler in this sport

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Cricket

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GRAMMAR: Tradition has it that this type of noun is capitalized

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proper noun

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KIDDY LIT: She drank the cup of poison Captain Hook had intended for Peter Pan

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Tinker Bell

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KIDDY LIT: The first thing this Dr. Seuss character says to Sally & her brother is “Why do you sit there like that?”

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The Cat in the Hat

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KIDDY LIT: “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator” was a follow-up to this 1964 book

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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KIDDY LIT: In this book, a small train hauling toys chugs up a hill, puffing, “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can”

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The Little Engine that Could

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KIDDY LIT: This beloved Eric Carle book begins, “In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf”

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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KIDDY LIT TITLE WORDS: “Where the ____ Things Are”

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Wild

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KIDS IN LIT: In 2007 Greg Heffley’s adventures began in “A Novel of Cartoons”, book 1 of this series

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Diary of the Wimpy Kid

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KIDDY LIT TITLE ADJECTIVES: “____ with a Chance of Meatballs”

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Cloudy

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GRIDIRON GREATS: AKA “Tom Terrific”, he’s won 4 Super Bowl MVP awards

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Tom Brady

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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE DOME: In 2010 snow on the inflatable Teflon roof of this NFL team’s Metrodome left the structure less-inflated

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Minnesota Vikings

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SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN: Santa’s heading up I-95 on his way from Winter Haven to this city of NFL Jaguars

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Jacksonville

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AN “F” IN GEOGRAPHY: The New England Patriots are based in this Massachusetts town

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Foxborough

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NFL EN ESPAÑOL: Las Aguilas

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The Eagles

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ADVERTISING MASCOTS & ICONS: Oh yeaaaaah! This brand with a wall-busting spokes-pitcher was originally known as Fruit Smack

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Kool-Aid

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GHOSTBUSTERS: Manhattan is menaced by this marshmallow man, come to life 100 feet tall

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The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

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APPLES: In a Grimm fairy tale a bit of poisoned apple lodged in her throat

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Snow White

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1812: The first volume of these brothers’ fairy tales was published

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Grimm Brothers

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FOOD & DRINK BRANDS: Cherry vanilla & java chip are flavors from this ice cream brand with an umlaut in its name

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Häagen-Dazs

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NUMBERS: Number of dots in an umlaut, or number of vowels joined together in a diphthong

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2

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Who is this Swedish mathematician? (lived 1700-1782)

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Daniel Bernoulli

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2-SYLLABLE WORDS: Eye see it’s another term for student

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Pupil

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LET’S PLAY CHESS: It’s the only piece that can be promoted to one of greater value

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the pawn

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LET’S PLAY CHESS: A tactic via which one piece attacks 2 opposing ones is called this, like a common dining utensil

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a fork

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LET’S PLAY CHESS: Trading a knight or bishop for one of these more valuable pieces is known as winning the exchange

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rook

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FEATURED CREATURES: In a book by Michael Bond, “Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met” this bear “on a railway platform”

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Paddington

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BEATRIX POTTER TITLE ANIMALS: “The Tale of Peter ___”

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Rabbit

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COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS: This school’s Nittany Lions play home football games at Beaver Stadium

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Penn State

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SUPER: The 2006 film “Superman Returns” contains a dedication to this actor who died in 2004

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Christopher Reeve

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NATIONAL LANDMARKS: When he was home, George Washington slept here

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Mount Vernon

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PRESIDENTS: The only president who fought in the French & Indian War

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George Washington

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: On Dec. 26, 1776, at this location, Washington’s troops woke up to find 4 more inches of snow on the ground

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Valley Forge

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS: The 1845 “Narrative of the Life of” this man was published just 7 years after he escaped slavery

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Frederick Douglass

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HISTORICAL QUOTES: This former slave once told Frederick Douglass that in all her journeys she “never lost a single passenger”

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Harriet Tubman

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Must we tell you over & over again that this day, February 2, is partly based on ancient weather signs?

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Groundhog’s Day

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ANAGRAMMED SCIENTISTS’ LAST NAMES: Ran hot & cold: FINE HEARTH

A

Fahrenheit

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SCIENTIFIC NON-AMERICAN: In 1714 this Dutch physicist made the first working mercury-in-glass thermometer

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Daniel Fahrenheit

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SMARTIES: The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S.

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Anders Celsius

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THE PENN.: Philadelphia’s major league teams included the Phillies, Eagles, 76ers & this hockey team

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The Flyers

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THERE’S A DRAFT IN THE ROOM: The first NFL draft was held in 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton in this city, & the hometown Eagles had the first pick

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Philadelphia

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THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Not to be confused with “I am Groot”, this exuberant tight end could declare, “I am Gronk”

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Rob Gronkowski

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FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1857 this first U.S. woman doctor & her sister opened the New York Infirmary for Women & Children

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Elizabeth Blackwell

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GROUNDHOG DAY: Before Groundhog Day took off, February 2nd was celebrated by the Catholic Church as this day for wax objects

A

Candlemas

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CHILDRENS LITERATURE: The illustrator of 1902’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”

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Beatrix Potter

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FAMILY MOVIES: 2003: “_____ Day Care”

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Daddy

137
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SONGS ON THE MOVIE’S SOUNDTRACK: “I Am A Master Builder” & “Everything Is Awesome!!!”

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The Lego Movie

138
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Who was the performer at the 52nd Superbowl?

A

Justin Timberlake

139
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WINTER OLYMPICS PREVIEW: The Pyeongchang games are the 2nd Olympics held in South Korea; the first were the 1988 summer games in this city

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Seoul

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WINTER OLYMPICS PREVIEW: This all-time leader in women’s skiing World Cup wins has been named an honorary ambassador at the Games

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Lindsey Vonn

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WALK, THIS WAY: “Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my” this, long steps walked with vitality, “Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no”

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stride

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LEAP YEARS: January 24: Apple’s Macintosh computer goes on sale

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1984

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THE CALENDAR: It takes about 365 1/4 days for the earth to orbit the sun, so we get one of these on the calendar every 4 years

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Leap Year (leap day accepted)

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BY THE NUMBERS: Number of days there were in 1984

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366

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SPORTS ABBREV.: In skiing it’s all down hill, with obstacles: GS

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Giant Slalom

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SPORTS UPSETS: The U.S. hockey team’s upset of the Soviets in the Winter Olympics held in this town is called the “Miracle on Ice”

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Lake Placid

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THE “OC”: Where the Winter Olympics were held in 2014

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Sochi

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CITIES IN SONG: Jay Z & Alicia Keys: “Now you’re in” this city, “these streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you”

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New York

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U.S. CITIES’ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: O’Hare

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Chicago

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U.S. CITIES’ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Louis Armstrong International

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New Orleans

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U.S. CITIES’ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Logan

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Boston

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U.S. CITIES’ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: George Bush Intercontinental

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Houston

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“CITY” CITIES: This state capital is about 10 miles southeast of a “Great” body of water

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Salt Lake City

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U.S. CITIES: Home to Disneyland, this city was founded by German immigrants in 1857

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Aneheim

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U.S. CITIES: The 64-story U.S. Steel Tower in this city is one of the tallest buildings in Pennsylvania

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Pittsburg

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ANAGRAMMED NEW YORK CITIES: On the Hudson River: ANY LAB

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Albany

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ANAGRAMMED NEW YORK CITIES: Very near Canada: ALL AFAR GAINS

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Niagra Falls

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U.S. CITIES: The Olympics were held in the U.S. for the first time in 1904, hosted by this city that was also holding the World’s Fair

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St. Louis

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“U”. “S”. CITIES: California’s capital

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Sacramento

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4-LETTER U.S. CITIES: It’s the gateway to California’s “Wine Trail”

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Napa

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MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS CITIES: The Jaguars

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Jacksonville

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MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS CITIES: The Kings (2 cities, please)

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Los Angeles and Sacramento

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LEGO ART: A prominent skateboarder commissioned this bird

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Hawk

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FOREIGN BRAND NAMES: A model village made of Legos, Legoland is near the Lego factory in this Scandinavian country

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Denmark

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WELSH WRITERS: Son of Norwegian immigrants, this “Charlie & the chocolate factory” author was born in Llandaff, Wales

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Roald Dahl

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THE ROLE IN COMMON: Gene Wilder & Johnny Depp

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Willy Wonka

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DINOSAURS: Mercuriceratops had on the sides of its head 2 structures resembling these, like on the god Mercury’s helmet

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wings

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DINOSAURS: The triangular plates on the back of this dinosaur genus may have regulated its temperature

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Stegosaurs

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DINOSAURS: This “V”-named dinosaur reached a length of 6 feet & weighed about 100 pounds but was a swift predator

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velociraptor

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LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS: In the 1870s paleontologist Othniel Marsh discovered the first remains of this flying reptile in the United States

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pterodactyl

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LET’S GO TO THE CIRCUS: In 1859 Jules Leotard became the first daring young man to perform on this apparatus

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trapeze

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Describing the sport: Protect oval spheroid like it was Hope Diamond, drag it across line to score 6, then throw it away & dance!

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Football

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Describe the Sport: Swat at disk of vulcanized rubber, hit twine to score, spend 5 minutes in the box for fighting, feel shame

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Ice Hockey

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Isn’t It “Grand”?: Bobby Fischer was only 15 when he earned this title in 1958

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grandmaster (GM) in chess

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FITNESS: Capoeira, developed in this country in the 1500s, has become a popular dance & martial arts class

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Brazil

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TITLE ANIMALS: 2008 animated film about a portly black & white hero who becomes the Dragon Warrior

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Kung Fu Panda

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PRESIDENTIAL MUSIC?: He had a string of No. 1 hits with his brothers, including “ABC”, as well as solo No. 1s, like “Black Or White”

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Michael Jackson

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AROUND THE WHIRLED: North American national symbol: PALE FLAME

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Maple Leaf

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TIME FOR A FLAT CIRCLE: In 1979 the Mint elected to put her on $1 coins

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Susan B. Anthony

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THE LITERARY CHEERLEADER!: Stomp ‘em! Stomp ‘em! Like a T-rex in this author’s “Jurassic Park”! Stomp ‘em!

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Michael Crichton

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Kid Lit: When “The Enormous Egg” hatches in an Oliver Butterworth book, one of these 3-horned dinosaurs emerges

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a triceratops

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PSILENT “P”: Let’s park in the Jurassic to see this flying reptile with a birdlike beak

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pterodactyl

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