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A black one of these carnivores documented in Virginia reached 740 pounds |
a bear
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Mr. Brocklehurst, who runs the girl's school Lowood, hassles this Bronte heroine relentlessly |
Jane Eyre
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Dev Patel played mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan in 2016's "The Man Who Knew" this limitless number |
infinity
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After he was given the title of Liberator, he established the military Order of the Liberators of Venezuela |
BolĂvar
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Brown, Columbia, Cornell, plus 5 other schools |
the Ivy League
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We use this French word to refer to the shape & appearance of one's body |
physique
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One of the state's rarest, the red-cockaded type of this bird is making a comeback from the endangered list |
woodpecker
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In "The Girl in the Spider's Web", this plucky heroine has an estranged evil twin named Camilla |
Lisbeth
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The Fibonacci sequence factors into the clues left behind by a museum curator in this 2006 film |
The Da Vinci Code
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The Olmecs flourished form around 1200 to 400 B.C. along Mexico's Gulf Coast in what became Veracruz & this "hot" state |
(Neil: What is Jalisco?)
Tabasco
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From 1942 to 1967 it had only 6 teams including the Blackhawks, Red Wings & Maple Leafs |
the NHL
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What "The Phantom Menace" is to the original "Star Wars" movie |
a prequel
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The loggerhead is the most common variety of this in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay |
(Hardy: What is a shark?)
a turtle
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In a novel by Sarah Waters, Sue Trinder is a fingersmith, meaning she does this for a living |
steals
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The instrument called this type of "rule" helps rescue the crew of "Apollo 13" |
a slide rule
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In 1492 Rodrigo of this family bribed his way to the papacy as Alexander VI |
(Cathy: What is the Medici family?)
the Borgias
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The ADL for short, it fights anti-Semitism & other forms of bigotry & protects civil rights for all |
the Anti-Defamation League
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Pleasantly pungent or spicy |
piquant
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Widespread in the Shenandoah Valley, this native Virginia tree was once the main flavoring in root beer |
sassafras
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"Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" is the story of this woefully misunderstood title witch |
Elphaba
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Jodie Foster directed & starred in this "Little" film about a math prodigy & his mom |
Little Man Tate
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It's believed no public statue has ever been made of this czar & folks in Oryol City said in 2016 we don't want one either |
(Neil: Who is Nicholas II?)
Ivan the Terrible
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This group of Indian tribes was also known as the Five Nations & the Six Nations |
the Iroquois Confederacy
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It's flooring made up of strips or blocks of wood, often in contrasting colors |
parquet
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Some specimens of the bald or swamp type of this tree have been estimated at 800 years old |
the cypress
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This Sophocles heroine gets in trouble for burying her dead brother Polynices |
Antigone
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I have the solution! This film starred Gwyneth Paltrow as a mathematician afraid of inheriting insanity |
Proof
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In 2009 Sri Lanka's government defeated the insurgent group called these "Tigers" after a 25-year civil war |
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
the Tamil Tigers
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Women active in the Junior League include this justice, a past president of the Phoenix chapter |
(Cathy: Who is Sotomayor?) (Hardy: Who is Ginsburg?) (Neil: Who is Kagan?)
Sandra Day O'Connor
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This fermented milky drink of Mexico hails back to the time of the Aztecs |
(Neil: What is horchata?)
pulque
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