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HOPE YOU STAYED AWAKE IN MATH |
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10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS |
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In the 3rd century B.C., during the reign of Shih Huang Ti, at least 1 million slaves were used to build this |
the Great Wall
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An umpire, accused of not seeing if a ball was fair or foul: "On a clear day, I can see" this "& that sucker is 93 mil. miles away" |
(Ranjan: What is the Moon?)
the Sun
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"T.P.P." by John Bunyan |
The Pilgrim's Progress
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The origin of "spam" as a term for unwanted e-mail is disputed; some say it stems from a skit by this comedy group |
Monty Python
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It's anyone who lives in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin--that part of the U.S. |
a Midwesterner
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Columbus was the first European to reach S. America, landing at the mouth of the Orinoco in what's now this country |
Venezuela
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Garry Maddox, reflecting on hitting a grand slam: "As I remember it, the bases were" this |
loaded
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"B." by Toni Morrison |
Beloved
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In 2007 this company lost a trademark suit against Spam Arrest, a Seattle maker of anti-spam software |
Hormel
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75% of 200 plus 200% of 75 equals this |
300
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Originally a computer term, it now refers to doing any number of jobs at the same time |
multitasking
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Overthrown by the revolution of 9 Thermidor, he died on the guillotine, ending the Reign of Terror |
Robespierre
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Ralph Kiner: "If" this Ol' Perfesser, an ex-Yankee & Met manager, "were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave" |
Casey Stengel
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"A.T.P.H." by Cormac McCarthy |
All The Pretty Horses
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One of the first major spam outbreaks was a 1994 "global alert for all" because this man "is coming soon" |
Jesus
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It's the more common term for a dactylogram |
(Alison: What is handwriting?)
a fingerprint
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In 1935, under U.S. rule, it became a commonwealth with Manuel Quezon as president |
the Philippines
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Pitcher Mike Flanagan said, "You're having a bad day when the 5th...rolls around & they drag" this outfield area |
the warning track
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"B.R." by Evelyn Waugh |
Brideshead Revisited
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It's the practice of angling for e-mail users' private info using spam as bait |
phishing
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This trigonometric function is the ratio of an angle's opposite side to its hypotenuse |
sine
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Almighty or infinite in power, as god is |
omnipotent
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At the Battle of Lewes in 1264, this king & his son Edward were defeated & captured by Simon de Montfort |
Henry III
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Tommy Lasorda, asked in 1981 about contract negotiations for this Mexican lefty pitcher: "He wants Texas back" |
Fernando Valenzuela
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"M.N." by Kurt Vonnegut |
Mother Night
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Spam sent via instant messaging systems is known by this portmanteau term |
spim
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It means next to last |
penultimate
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