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In September 2004 she made history on TV by giving a brand new car to each member of her audience |
Oprah (Winfrey)
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Keith Beukelaer's version of this woman's "Like A Virgin" moved Simon to call him maybe the world's worst singer |
Madonna
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You can see snakes being milked for venom at the Red Cross snake farm in this capital of Thailand |
Bangkok
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In this classic by Louisa May Alcott, Mrs. March got a letter addressed to "My precious Marmee" from her "Topsy-turvy Jo" |
Little Women
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A large albino whale recently sighted off Australia earned comparisons to this 1851 Melville beast |
Moby-Dick
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In grammar, it's the opposite of a suffix |
a prefix
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Kweisi Mfume left the House of Representatives to head this civil rights organization in February 1996 |
the NAACP
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Diana DeGarmo sang "My Heart Will Go On", just like her favorite female pop singer, this "Titanic" chanteuse |
CĂ©line Dion
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Visit Ashgabat, Turkmenistan & you'll find that it's the sister city of this largest town in New Mexico |
(Michael: What is Phoenix?) ... (Alex: Phoenix is in Arizona, I believe.)
Albuquerque
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Van Helsing writes to Mrs. Harker to send her "sad news of Miss Lucy Westerna's death" in this spooky novel |
Dracula
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In one of the few times it's ever been seen, a rare megamouth variety of this fish recently washed ashore in Sumatra |
(Anne: What's a bass?)
a shark
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An epilogue is found at the end of a book; this opposite term is a short section at the beginning of a book |
a prologue
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The army's last black regiment, the 24th infantry, was disbanded in October 1951, during this war |
the Korean War
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The first concert that Justin Guarini went to was this artist & his family; on "Idol", Justin sang "P.Y.T." |
Michael Jackson
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You might hire a mule to help you trek to the top of Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak on this continent |
(Alex: It's in the Andes, yes.)
South America
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Madame Defarge knits a list in code to condemn the aristocracy in this Dickens tale |
A Tale of Two Cities
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In 2004 a N.J. man pulled one of these tropical predators also called a caribe from the Delaware River |
a piranha
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The opposite of deride isn't dewalk but this, the title of an Aretha Franklin C-L-A-S-S-I-C |
respect
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In May 1954, in the case of this family v. the Board of Education, segregation in school was ruled unconstitutional |
Brown
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Fantasia gave us "Something To Talk About" by belting out this bluesy female guitarist's song |
Bonnie Raitt
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You'll find the beautiful Butchart Gardens 14 miles north of this city, the "queen" of British Columbia |
Victoria
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A guide book whose cover says "Don't Panic" gives this Douglas Adams sci-fi novel its title |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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With a razor-sharp beak & studded tentacles, a 20-foot one of these cephalopods was captured in Antarctica in 2003 |
(Michael: What is an octopus?)
a squid
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Give yourself credit for knowing that to an accountant, this is the opposite of a credit |
a debit
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In July 1881 this famous college opened in Alabama with Booker T. Washington as its first principal |
Tuskegee
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Clay Aiken sang the classic song about him, "The Knife" |
Mack
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Bubbling mud pools, erupting geysers, & Maori song & dance will delight you at Whakarewarewa in this country |
New Zealand
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Christian gives Roxane a letter saying he loves her "beyond measure"; this title character actually wrote it |
(Anne: [Shakes head] I have no idea.)
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Sadly, the journey ended for Keiko, one of these animals, in 2003 |
an orca (or killer whale)
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Oil that's been processed for use is called refined; unrefined oil right out of the ground is called this |
crude
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