FROM NOAH WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY |
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AUTHORS' SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS |
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"The doctrine or science of the structure of the... terraqueous globe, and of the substances which compose it" |
geology
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You'll find Bay City in this state near Saginaw Bay |
Michigan
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Terrence Mann played Javert in the 1987 Broadway opening of this show, made into a film in 2012 |
Les Mis
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1914: "Dubliners" |
James Joyce
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The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. has displayed needlework from Mary English, accused of this in 1692 |
witchcraft
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Marshmallow is the name of the 6.0 version of this operating system that powers millions of smartphones |
(Malavika: What is iOS?) (Robert!: What is "Ios"?)
Android
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"Quicksilver... extensively used as medicines. The preparation called calomel, is a most efficacious deobstruent" |
mercury
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Conanicut Island, part of Rhode Island, divides this bay in two |
Narragansett Bay
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Phyllida Lloyd directed the 2001 Broadway opening of this show & ABBA-cadabra! got to helm the 2008 film, too |
Mamma Mia!
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1951: "The Illustrated Man" |
Ray Bradbury
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At the Egyptian Museum, you can see the present condition of many ancient rulers in the room named for these |
(Stew: What are pharaohs?)
(royal) mummies
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E.T. would enjoy the USO program called Operation this 2-word phrase, giving intl. calling cards to service members |
(Malavika: What is Go Home?)
Phone Home
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"One versed in the science of government and the art of governing"; also "a man of artifice or deep contrivance" |
a politician
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This bay between Spain & France gets its name from the Basques who live along the shore |
(Bay of) Biscay
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On Broadway in 1975, Billy Flynn was played by Jerry Orbach, but this show got into Gere on the silver screen in 2002 |
Chicago
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First published in 1837, this New Englander's "Twice-Told Tales" |
(Stew: Who is Melville?)
Hawthorne
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A statue of King Olav V greets visitors to the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in this capital |
Oslo
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Jamie Fuller created an app called this "Dialer" that lets you reach out & touch someone like it was the '70s |
the rotary telephone
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"A species of aquatic worm, which is used in the medical art for topical bleeding" |
leeches
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Barataria Bay in Louisiana was a base for pirates & smugglers led by this Frenchman |
Jean Lafitte
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John Lloyd Young made his Broadway debut in 2005 as Frankie Valli in this show & got the movie gig in 2014 |
Jersey Boys
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2015: "Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances" by this British author & comic book writer |
Neil Gaiman
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The Bradbury Science Museum in this New Mexico city displays replicas of the 2 atomic bombs used in WWII |
Los Alamos
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In "Pillow Talk" Doris Day & Rock Hudson share this kind of multi-user line & romantic confusion ensues |
a party line
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"The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means of a balloon" |
aeronautics
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This gulf between Sweden & Finland is the largest arm of the Baltic Sea |
the Gulf of Bothnia
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A rough night at George & Martha's, this 1962 Broadway drama went 2-dimensional in '66 |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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1968: "Welcome to the Monkey House" |
Kurt Vonnegut
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L.A.'s Museum of Tolerance is an arm of the center named for this Holocaust survivor & Nazi hunter |
Wiesenthal
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In 1878 George Coy used teapot lids to build the first of these panels used by operators & soon they were "lighting up" |
(Malavika: What is a telephone board? What is a phone board?) (Alex: Give me something else.) (Malavika: What is a light-up telephone board?)
a switchboard
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