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They're part of a jungle gym |
monkey bars
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A 2.0 grade point average is equivalent to this letter |
C
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While this bovine of the American plains has a thick beard & a hump, the true buffalo has neither |
a bison
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Thor is an Old Norse word for this weather phenomenon |
(Tina: What is lightning?)
thunder
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Oklahoma's official state meal includes this, CFS for short |
chicken fried steak
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The U.K.'s Guardian said it stank when this superhero reversed Earth's rotation at the end to save Lois Lane |
Superman
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U.S. investors have over $2.7 trillion in these safe but not sexy funds |
money market funds
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This numeration system that works with base 2, not 10, renders the number 2 to look like 10 |
binary
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This largest deer is also the tallest land mammal in North America, measuring about 6 feet to the shoulders |
a moose
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The Norse believed that during storms, Thor rode one of these, drawn by goats |
a chariot
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When this New Orleans sandwich is made with fried oysters, it's called "the peace maker" |
a po' boy
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Peter Travers said this "simian" Mark Wahlberg reboot had a "lame surprise ending" |
Planet of the Apes
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A title for a well-regarded Catholic, such as a papal chaplain |
Monsignor
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In "The 12 Days of Christmas", it's the gift on the second day |
two turtledoves
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The thorny devil lizard, which has a spiny hump, feeds entirely on this social insect & may eat 3,000 in a single meal |
an ant
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O gods, rain fire on Marvel & Paramount for making this slimy god Thor's brother |
Loki
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These deep-fried Mexican treats are often coated with cinnamon & sugar |
churros
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Slate called the last scene of this 2007 Oscar winner based on Cormac McCarthy's novel "a tacked on chunk of meaning" |
No Country for Old Men
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Slang word for a name or, especially, a nickname |
moniker
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83, odd; 937, odd... I guess 2 really is the only even one of these |
(Marcia: My students are gonna laugh at that one 'cause they know me and numbers are not friends.)
a prime number
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Named for its odor, it lives farther north than any other hoofed animal |
the musk ox
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Brok & Sindri, members of this race, made many magic objects for Norse gods, including Thor's hammer |
dwarves
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A classic Passover breakfast is this dish, matzoh that's been soaked in water, dipped in egg & fried like French toast |
matzo brei
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The Washington Post said the end of this Spielberg film about a robotic boy would bring "legendary befuddlement" |
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
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I'm a big rock fan, & here's a big rock that's classified as this kind of object |
a monolith
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2 is lucky in China & in this most common Hong Kong dialect is pronounced the same way as the word for "easy" |
Cantonese
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The wild species of this 2-humped camel have smaller humps & less hair than their domesticated brethren |
(Tina: What is the dromedary?)
the Bactrian camel
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This was the name of Thor's hammer, which could return like a boomerang |
Mjolnir
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This Pennsylvania Dutch pastry is named for what the batter is dripped through before it's fried |
funnel cake
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The New York Times said this 1956 film about a grade schooler with an evil streak had an "asinine closing-credits sequence" |
The Bad Seed
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