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THAT'S MESSED UP, SHAKESPEARE! |
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Corrupt 1880s elections led the U.S. to adopt this type of paper ballot so other people don't know who you voted for |
a secret ballot
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Inhaling some of this second-lightest element makes your voice sound all funny |
helium
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You saw some wild moves & costumes if you caught her "Bangerz" tour |
(Alex: Yeah, she makes you laugh.)
Miley Cyrus
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Jesus let his disciples pick grain on this day of rest & said it "was made for man, and not man for" it |
(Jack: What is Sunday?)
the Sabbath
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This tragedy has it all! Poison in the ear, on a sword & in some wine, & the title guy giving his royal mom advice about her sex life! |
Hamlet
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It starts a football game |
a kickoff
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Big excitement in 1995 when this company launched Windows 95 & the Internet Explorer browser |
Microsoft
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In 2016 at age 25 she got her fourth Academy Award nomination, this time for "Joy" |
Jennifer Lawrence
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With the help of the angel Gabriel, Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, had his first visions in a cave near this city |
Mecca
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In this play why does a friar have a potion that can simulate death? |
Romeo and Juliet
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To scrape up your shoes |
scuff
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This 3-letter dirt-track bicycling event was new at the Olympics in 2008 |
BMX
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In an idiom something that fails to arouse any interest is said to "go over like a" balloon made of this metal |
lead
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In July 2014 her sweet 16 celebrations included a Pitbull concert on the South Lawn of the White House |
Malia Obama
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From the Greek for "many gods", it's the belief in multiple divine beings as opposed to only one |
(Jack: What is polytheistic? [*].)
polytheism
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2 lines, back to back in this play: Regan: "Hang him instantly"; Goneril: "Pluck out his eyes"; 'nuff said |
King Lear
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This Arizona city is home to Lowell Observatory, from where Pluto was discovered |
Flagstaff
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These "curiously strong" mints were introduced way back in the 1780s to relieve stomach problems |
Altoids
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"God bless" this radioactive element, atomic No. 95, that was first produced by a team of U.S. chemists in 1944 |
americium
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Country star Hunter Hayes was a teenager in Louisiana when he got interest from a music publisher & moved to this city |
Nashville
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The Sunday after Pentecost is the feast of this, also called the Godhead |
the Holy Trinity
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This play gets a huge body count all because Cassio got the promotion the villain desired |
Othello
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It's another name for the pope |
the pontiff
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In the mid-1800s Etienne Lenoir made the first commercially successful engine with internal this & even put it in a car |
combustion
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Alphabetically, it's the first chemical element to have a single-letter symbol |
boron
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She played Sam on "iCarly" & on the spinoff "Sam & Cat" |
(Sabrina: Who is Miranda Cosgrove?)
Jennette McCurdy
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A guji is a high priest of a large shrine in this religion of Japan |
(Jack: What is Taoism?)
Shinto
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3 creepy ladies say a guy'll be king, so he has to kill the top dog & order a hit on his pal in this play? That's. messed. up. |
Macbeth
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This officer, from the Old French for "custody", maintains order in a courtroom |
a bailiff
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