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People's usual rankings of caste, gender, status & age are reversed on Holi, a spring festival of this faith |
Hinduism
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"Nocturnal Fears", a proposed sequel to this, would've seen Elliot kidnapped by aliens; Spielberg said N-O |
E.T.
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In a 1900 book this dog "ran about the room... barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still" |
(Bonnie: What is the--The Wizard of Oz?)
Toto
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A dateless but nevertheless Jolly Roger |
a stag flag
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Born 1956: An American pop saxophonist |
(Alex: His name is [*]--big winner.)
Kenny G
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In a beehive workers do all the work & these males have just one job: to mate with the queen |
drones
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Across the pond, Commonwealth Day was originally established on May 24, the birthday of this 19th century queen |
Victoria
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Warner Bros.' "Green Lantern" missed the green light after fan outcry over this "School of Rock" guy as the lead |
Jack Black
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Buck is a pampered dog that's stolen & taken to the Yukon during the Gold Rush in this novel |
(Alex: That was Jack London's [*].)
The Call of the Wild
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A lively dance in the ship's prison, mateys |
(Roy: [*].) (Alex: What is [*]?--you're gonna have to remember that.)
a brig jig
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Born 1878: A Mexican revolutionary |
(Bonnie: Who is Che Guevara?)
Pancho Villa
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On a standard Dell PC keyboard, model L100, the function keys run from F1 to this |
F12
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The third Saturday in May is this American military observance |
(Roy: What is Flag Day?)
Armed Forces Day
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A proposed third film in this series would've seen the title guys "in Hell", but Bill Murray slimed the project |
Ghostbusters
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Tim Johnson wanders Maycomb County as the community pet until he gets rabies in this novel |
(Roy: What is Old Yeller?)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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A civil suit brought because of damage to the left side of a ship |
a port tort
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Born 1850: An Old West lawman & "Kid" killer |
(Alex: Because he killed Billy the Kid--[*].)
Pat Garrett
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The 3 weapons used in fencing are the epee, the foil & this one--en garde |
the sabre
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In December Mexico's festival Las Posadas commemorates these 2 people's search for shelter |
(Alex: Yeah--you pulled that one out of thin air. Way to go!)
Mary & Joseph
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John Candy, John Belushi & Chris Farley have all been linked to film versions of this John Kennedy Toole novel |
A Confederacy of Dunces
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Missing having a dog inspired Kate DiCamillo to write this book with a supermarket in the title |
Because of Winn-Dixie
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Pirates' treasure containing kiwi & apple |
a fruity booty
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Born 1883: A 3-named English economist |
John Maynard Keynes
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Sort of Earth's garter belt, this line marks the southernmost points where the sun is directly overhead in winter |
the Tropic of Capricorn
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If it's July 24, Ecuador & Venezuela must be celebrating the birthday of this early 19th century leader |
(Simón) Bolívar
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Groucho said no to a script this surrealist wrote for the Marx Bros.; he sent Harpo a barbed-wire harp anyway |
(Salvador) Dali
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The learned English dog is empowered with speech & reason in his novel "Mason & Dixon" |
Thomas Pynchon
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Gravy served with Coleridge's "lucky" seabird |
an albatross sauce
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Born 1932: A left-footed Irish artist & author |
Christy Brown
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In amphibians the mesonephros organs perform the same function as this pair in humans |
the kidneys
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