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THE OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY |
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"Night Vision" is about a singer whose fans don't realize she's one of these ghouls who want your blood |
(Alex: Right, with a minute to go.)
a vampire
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It's the usual adjective for a modem not within the computer but connected to it |
external
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"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones", observed this author of "Carrie" & "The Shining" |
Stephen King
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The points at the edge of Nepal's flag represent the peaks of this mountain range |
the Himalayas
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The Pleistocene Epoch covered much of America with til, debris left by this as it advanced & retreated |
(Blake: What is water?) (Anna: What are icebergs?)
glaciers
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A scarf worn for warmth, or a noise-reducing device on your car's exhaust system |
a muffler
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Not surprisingly, Merlin & Mordred appear in Chausson's opera about this legendary king |
King Arthur
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It's also called "the bent arrow key" |
enter
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During WWII Winston Churchill declared, "I have only one purpose, the destruction of" this leader |
Adolf Hitler
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In 1927 13-year-old Benny Benson designed this U.S. state's flag, the North Star & Big Dipper on a blue background |
Alaska
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This mountain range, including Mont Blanc, began with underwater limestone deposits 200 million years ago |
the Alps
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Someone being snippy might put you in this sulky mood, the entry following "snippy" |
(Anna: What is sappy?)
a snit
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This brand name expressed a company's desire to produce "descendants" of its EP, electric printer |
Epson
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In 1588 this queen said she had "the body of a weak & feeble woman, but I have the heart & stomach of a king" |
Elizabeth I
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The green field on Algeria's flag represents this religion |
Islam
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The anthracite type of this may be 400 million years old; lignite, under 1 million |
coal
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Definition 12b of this common verb is "change (a bill, etc.) for coins" |
to break
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A tutor, not a fairy godmother, helps the heroine get to the ball in "La Cenerentola", based on this fairy tale |
Cinderella
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A Windows file that starts an application may have this 3-letter extension |
exe
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In the bible he foolishly tells Delliah, "there hath not come a razor upon mine head" |
Samson
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June 6 is Flag Day in this country, in honor of Gustav Vasa's election as king on that date in 1523 |
Sweden
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Wacke, which can date back eons, is a type of this "stone" formed from small grains binding together |
(Blake: What is sedimentary?)
sandstone
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"Less" is for a smaller quantity that's measured; this word is proper for a smaller quantity that's counted |
fewer
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The opera based on this Maurice Sendak book features a wild thing with beard & a wild thing with horns |
Where the Wild Things Are
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To insert an element into your web page, or the 5-letter tag that lets you do it |
embed
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"I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world", declared this teacher of Plato |
Socrates
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A blue cross on a white background stands for the lakes & snow of this neighbor of Russia |
(Blake: What is Lithuania?)
Finland
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The Giant's Causeway, the formation seen here is made of this most common volcanic rock |
(Emily: What is obsidian?) (Anna: What is lava?)
basalt
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This word that means "yielding" or "obedient" was used of computer systems ready for Y2K |
compliant
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