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Miss this term for the main body of a church & it sounds like you don't know jack |
the nave
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In a 1964 hit, the Reflections sang, "Our love's gonna be written down in history a-just like" these Shakespeare teens |
Romeo & Juliet
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Arab forces conquered this Syrian capital in the 1600s, the 1100s & 1918 |
Damascus
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Sarah Josepha Hale wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" & advocated making this November day a national holiday |
Thanksgiving
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M&Y Trading Co. of San Francisco prints almost all the little slips of paper put in these in the U.S. |
fortune cookies
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This expression relates to a boxer who's being counted out when the round mercifully ends |
saved by the bell
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art was designed as a vast temple in this style inspired by antiquity |
(Frank: What is the Greek style?) (Matt: What is Romanesque?)
Neoclassical
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Jackson Browne got the title "Tender is the Night" from this author |
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The first Gulf War caused a rift in this organization of which Iraq was 1 of 7 founding members in 1945 |
the Arab League
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In the tradition of "The Little Engine That Could", this royal wrote about a little helicopter named Budgie |
Sarah Ferguson
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At the beginning of a tarot card reading, the subject should do this with his left hand |
cut the cards
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This phrase for a move from poverty to wealth provides the title for a book about Horatio Alger |
rags to riches
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This low wall on the top of a castle may feature crenellation |
(Frank: What is a turret?)
parapet/battlement
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Their No. 1 duet "Islands in the Stream" shares its name with a Hemingway title |
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
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Seen here is the name of this Persian Gulf country; it begins with the Arabic "Q" that requires no "U" |
Qatar
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Her discography includes 1946's "The Divine Sarah" & 1956's "Sassy" |
Sarah Vaughan
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The three main lines on your palm are usually designated life, head & this |
(Matt: What is love?)
heart
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Alaska) Often a bear, the base of the pole is the strongest position, so this English expression is inaccurate |
low man on the totem pole
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Along with Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian & Composite, it's the fifth of the orders in ancient architecture |
Doric
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Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." was inspired by this memoir of Vietnam by Ron Kovic |
Born on the Fourth of July
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A traditional industry in Bahrain is building dhows, which are these |
boats
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She was the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera in New York |
Sarah Caldwell
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In 1886 a newspaper dubbed this Pennsylvania resident the "Seer of Seers" & "Weather Prophet Extraordinary" |
(Kate: Who is Puxsutawney Phil?)
Punxsutawney Phil
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Experimentation by testing method after method, eliminating the faulty ones |
trial and error
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The construction technique of vertical posts & crosspieces is called "post & lintel" or "post &" this |
beam
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The title of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" refers to a path created by this author |
L. Frank Baum
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The term for divinely revealed law in Islam, it's the basis of the legal system in much of Arabia |
Sharia
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"The Country of the Pointed Firs", about life in a Maine seaport, is her masterpiece |
Sarah Orne Jewett
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From the French for "clear seeing", it's a person who may see the future |
clairvoyant
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The last 4 words Blanche speaks in "A Streetcar Named Desire" make up this famous phrase |
the kindness of strangers
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