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His ship was wrecked off an island near South America; he remained alone on the island for 28 years |
Robinson Crusoe
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You get a bull's-eye if you know that it's the sport of shooting with a bow & arrow |
archery
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You can see a projection of the night sky on the domed ceiling of this kind of place, like the Adler in Chicago |
a planetarium
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In 2006 Stephen Harper of this North American country's Conservative Party became the prime minister |
Canada
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In astronomy telescopes see stars; in this -ology, horoscopes predict stars' effects |
astrology
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Many computer games use this lever |
a joystick
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The Lilliputians called this Jonathan Swift character Quinbus Flestrin, which means "Great Man-Mountain" |
Gulliver
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In 2004 she became the first soccer player to carry the U.S. flag for the Olympic closing ceremonies |
Mia Hamm
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A botanical garden has many kinds of flowers, like the American Beauty type of this |
rose
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Thabo Mbeki fought to eliminate apartheid & now leads this African country |
(William: What is Kenya?)
South Africa
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Urbanology is the study of the problems of these places |
(William: What are suburbs?)
cities
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To cross the street illegally |
jaywalk
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Tom Sawyer told this girl, "I don't care for anybody but you", then gave her a brass knob from an andiron |
Becky
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When a basketball player walks with the ball too long without dribbling, it's called this--are we there yet? |
traveling
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A class field trip to an aviary means you're going to an enclosure where these are kept |
birds
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Angela Merkel is the first female chancellor of this once-divided European country |
Germany
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Cellular & developmental are major branches of this life science |
biology
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It's combat between 2 knights on horseback using lances |
jousting
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In a Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, Thomas Maule built a house in Salem with 7 of these |
(Alex: And the work was called The House of Seven [*].)
gables
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Tony Stewart lives life in the fast lane as one of the big names in this type of auto racing |
NASCAR
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A trip to a bakery could show you how this 5-letter fungus makes bread rise |
yeast
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Hu Jintao became the General Secretary of the Communist Party in 2002 & leader of this country in 2003 |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
China
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A rheumatology textbook might cover tennis elbow, as the elbow is one of these |
a joint
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It can be a shade of green or a green mineral used in jewelry & carvings |
jade
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The Ministry of Truth is Oceania's propaganda department in this Orwell classic with a year as the title |
1984
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Every spring the Augusta National Golf Course hosts this famous tournament |
(Tom: What is the U.S. Open?) (William: What is the PGA Tour?)
the Masters
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From the Greek for "see through", they're the natural history museum displays of animals in their habitats |
dioramas
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Gerontology, the study of these people, has no interest in those your age |
(Alex: And that's because gerontology is the study of people like me--[*].)
old dudes
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