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About 60 members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians for this December 16, 1773 incident |
Boston Tea Party
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Term for the innermost part of the Earth, or the innermost part of an apple |
Core
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Novel in which Ishmael, feeling "a damp, drizzly November" in his soul, goes to work on a whaler |
"Moby Dick"
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Pick up a burger at this chain that Dave Thomas named for his freckle-faced, red-haired daughter |
Wendy's
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Thank you to this woman who sang her song "Thank U" despite temperatures in the mid-90s |
(J: Who is Sarah McLachlan?)
Alanis Morissette
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2 of these kinds of words often combine to form a compound one, like "teapot" or "farmyard" |
(B: What is a base word?)
Nouns
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The Peace of Paris was signed in 1783 by Ben Franklin, John Adams & this future first chief justice |
John Jay
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It's the sudden movement of the Earth's crust to release stress along fault lines |
Earthquake
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In this Mark Twain story, a mechanic is knocked unconscious in a fight & awakens in Camelot in 528 A.D. |
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
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Put tomato sauce, cheese & pepperoni on an English muffin & you've got a mini one of these |
(J: What is an Egg McMuffin?)
Pizza
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Elvis Costello feared a backstage encounter with this Alaskan -- she grabbed his nose at the Grammys |
Jewel
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The phrases that these words, like "but" or "and", join together, let no man put asunder |
Conjunctions
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Americans were ordered not to fire until "you see the whites of their eyes" to save ammunition in this battle |
Bunker Hill
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Surprisingly, the Earth is closest to the sun during this winter month |
(J: What is December?)
January
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His 5 "Leatherstocking Tales" portray Natty Bumppo from his youth to his death over 60 years later |
James Fenimore Cooper
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Making quiche? To test the freshness of this ingredient, put it in a bowl of water -- if it floats, it's rotten |
(B: What is cabbage?)
Egg
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Verne Troyer, who played this Austin Powers nemesis, was part of the crowd for Limp Bizkit's set |
Mini-Me
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It's the part of speech "wicked" is in the colloquial sentence "Alex is wicked smart." |
(B: What is an adjective?)
Adverb
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Patriots called colonists loyal to Great Britain this, after a British party which supported the king |
(J: What are Loyalists?)
Tories
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Chilly name for historical periods when significant, extended cooling of the atmosphere & oceans takes place |
Ice age
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Hawthorne wrote that these "Tales" had the "pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade" |
"Twice-Told Tales"
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It's the type of spread that puts the "fluff" into a fluffernutter sandwich |
Marshmallow
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Fans could crash into each other as this "Crash Into Me" band played |
The Dave Matthews Band
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Dictionaries commonly describe "the" as this type of "article" |
Definite
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In February 1778 this Prussian arrived at Valley Forge to help train the Continental Army |
Baron von Steuben
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Imaginary geographic lines around the Earth include the equator & these 2 "tropics" |
Cancer & Capricorn
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This Poe tale ends with the line "The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies" |
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
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This pasteurized process cheese food from Kraft got the AMA's seal of approval in 1931 |
(AMA: American Medical Association)
Velveeta
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Check it out now! It's the nom de DJ of Norman Cook, who headed a rave in the wee hours of the festival's last day |
Fatboy Slim
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From Latin for "to throw between", this term includes exclamations like "Ouch!" & "Ugh!" |
Interjection
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