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"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for" this poet on May 15, 1886 |
Emily Dickinson
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It's also known as sonography, baby |
ultrasound
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In 1984 Sammy Hagar sang, "Write me up a 125, post my face wanted dead or alive... I can't drive" this speed |
55
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On a clear day you can see 60 miles to Mount Rainier from the 520-foot observation deck of this Seattle tower |
Space Needle
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It's the common variety of worm seen here |
earthworm
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This noted Philistine-slayer ruled Israel for 4 decades starting around 1000 B.C. |
David
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In a poem titled "September 1" of this year, W.H. Auden wrote, "The clever hopes expire of a low dishonest decade" |
1939
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Prince drove this tiny title auto to No. 6 in 1983 |
"Little Red Corvette"
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In 2001 you could have taken in performances of "Il Grande Gatsby" & "Turandot" at this famous opera house in Milan |
La Scala
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Hirudinea medicinalis is a species of this bloodsucking worm used in medicine |
leech
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Around 1720 B.C. the Minoans were shaken up by this event that destroyed their palace at Knossos |
earthquake
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Pastoral poetry portrays rural life, in particular this occupation for which Spenser wrote a "calendar" |
shepherding
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Used for TV transmissions between 300 & 3,000 megahertz, it's abbreviated UHF |
ultra high frequency
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This "Little" Beach Boys vehicle can "do a hundred & forty with the top end floored" |
"Little Deuce Coupe"
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Sand on the floor of the Virgin Islands' St. Thomas Synagogue commemorates the Israelites' escape from this country |
Egypt
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A worm that shares its name with this volcano-buried city lives in the scalding water of ocean vents |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
Pompeii
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Dying in 149 B.C. finally stopped Roman statesman Cato from nagging, this African city "must be destroyed" |
Carthage
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In 1650 Anne Bradstreet's poems appeared as "The Tenth" of these goddesses "lately sprung up in America" |
Muses
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A deep blue pigment made from the mineral lapis lazuli |
(Pat: What is ultraviolet?)
ultramarine
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Caesars Palace, the Luxor & the Excalibur lie on this boulevard nicknamed "The Strip" |
Las Vegas Boulevard
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This disease in humans is caused by parasitic worms found in undercooked meat, usually pork |
trichinosis
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He died violently around 3,000 B.C. & lay in a glacier until he was found in 1991 |
the Iceman
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A stamp issued in 2002, for the 100th anniversary of his birth, included the full texts of 6 of his whimsical poems |
Ogden Nash
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A single-seat aircraft powered by a small motor |
ultralight
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In 1976 Rose Royce did the dirty work & went to No. 1 "employed" here (Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa!) |
"Car Wash"
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The tossing of this very heavy, long wooden pole is a highlight of Scotland's Highland Games |
caber
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"Dracula" author Bram Stoker also wrote the spooky & supernatural novel "The Lair of" this |
the White Worm
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In the 1400s B.C. Egypt ruled these supersailors of what's now Lebanon |
Phoenicians
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