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Nutty about "The Nutcracker"? You've probably seen it during this month (that's the month it was first performed, too) |
December
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The name of this day of the week honors Thor, the Norse god of thunder |
Thursday
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Joe Shuster & Jerry Siekel were barely into their teens when they created this comic book hero |
Superman
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In 1986 it was discovered that this famous comet was about 80% ice & 15% frozen carbon dioxide |
Halley's Comet
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White icing made to look like blocks of ice tops the cake named for this Eskimo dwelling |
an igloo
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At 7'6", this center from China would be a big part of a Houston Rockets championship dynasty |
Yao Ming
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Warning: If you play the role of Jemmy in the opera "William Tell", you'll get one of these shot off your head |
an apple
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This word for another person's life story comes from Greek words meaning "life" & "written" |
biography
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Louis XIV was only 4 years old when he became king of this country in 1643 |
France
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This constellation known as "The Lion" was named by the ancient Sumerians over 5,000 years ago |
Leo
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Betty Crocker's recipe for Raggedy Ann Salad uses grated cheese for hair & these dried fruits for eyes |
raisins
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As an NBA head coach, he won 6 titles with the Bulls & 3 with the Lakers |
Phil Jackson
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Haydn wrote several operas for these stringed toys, but someone must be hidin' them; most of them are lost |
puppets (or marionettes)
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Call it a tadpole or call it this 8-letter word, it's still a newly hatched frog |
pollywog
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In 1808 at age 5, war hero Luis Alves de Lima e Silva joined an infantry unit in this large South American country |
(Nithya: What is Peru?)
Brazil
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It's estimated that more than 1,000 of these bodies greater than 18 miles in diameter orbit between Mars & Jupiter |
asteroids
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It's fun to make the saltwater type of this candy because you get to pull it & stretch it before you cut it |
taffy
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The non-law firm of Wallace & Wallace (Ben & Rasheed) led this team to the 2003-04 NBA Championship |
the Detroit Pistons
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Odile & Prince Sigfried are the deux-o who dance the Black Swan pas de deux in this ballet |
Swan Lake
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Adjectives describe nouns & pronouns; these words, like very & quickly, can modify adjectives & verbs |
adverbs
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By the age of 5 this 18th century child prodigy known as Wolferl was already composing music |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Called the Earth's twin, this planet's surface features are obscured by thick clouds of sulfuric acid |
Venus
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A baked potato becomes "three men in a boat" with a cheese sail & 3 of the button type of these fungi for the men |
mushrooms
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Go crazy & name this Toronto Raptor whose nickname is "Vinsanity" |
Vince Carter
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In an opera based on history, the pharaoh Akhenaten gives up polygamy for this beautiful queen |
Nefertiti
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This word means paralyzed by fear or turned to stone, like a forest that's a National Park in Arizona |
petrified
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In mythology these young twin brothers founded Rome |
(Jake: Who are Romulus and Romeus?)
Romulus and Remus
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As seen from the Earth, the brightest star excluding the sun is this "Dog Star" |
Sirius
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To make candle salad, stand a banana upright for your candle & top it with this maraschino fruit for a flame |
a cherry
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In 2004 he joined MJ & "The Big O" as the only NBA rookies to average 20 points, 5 rebounds & 5 assists |
(Nithya: I don't know.)
LeBron James
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