19th CENTURY WOMEN AUTHORS |
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YOUR FILM & TV WAIT STAFF |
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PRESIDENTS BORN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI |
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Martha Finley wrote 28 novels about Elsie, a virtuous Southern girl who lives on these including the Oaks & Roselands |
plantations
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"Wheel of Fortune" uses an adapted version of this game in which players guess the hidden letters of a word |
hangman
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Max Black & Caroline Channing serve as this CBS title duo in a diner |
2 Broke Girls
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Gallium turns to liquid slightly above this temperature sometimes given as 72 degrees Fahrenheit |
room temperature
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The first to be born west of the Mississippi (hope it didn't cause a Depression) |
Hoover
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To the ancient Greeks, he was really tops--he personified heaven |
Uranus
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Johanna Spyri spent summers in the Swiss Alps & used her memories in this book about an orphan girl sent to live there |
Heidi
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Strict usage distinguished initialisms such as "FBI" & "NSA" from these such as "NASA" & "NATO" |
acronyms
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One of Lucy Liu's earliest roles was addressing diners at the Peach Pit on this '90s drama |
Beverly Hills, 90210
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In biology, an insectivore; in chemistry, a measuring unit of very small things |
a mole
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Of the 8 presidents born west of the Mississippi River, the one born farthest west |
Barack Obama
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A 2016 report said that per capita, this country's citizens were the world's top eaters of beef |
Uruguay
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Henrik Ibsen was influenced by Camilla Collett, a 19th c. novelist & women's rights advocate in this, their home country |
Norway
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Malcolm X often used the device called chiasmus, as in "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was" this |
the rock was landed on us
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A sunglasses-clad John Belushi wants wine, 5 shrimp cocktails & some bread from Paul Reubens in this film |
The Blues Brothers
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The one born farthest west in the continental U.S. |
Richard Nixon
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Alioth & Dubhe are its brightest stars |
Ursa Major
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Her "Silas Marner" is subtitled "The Weaver of Raveloe" |
George Eliot
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A rebus is a word puzzle & this answer to the one seen here means you get it
STAND I |
I understand
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Before getting into shenanigans as Marvel's merc with a mouth, this actor served it up at Shenaniganz in a 2005 film |
Ryan Reynolds
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2 letters longer than "activity", this is high in the halogen elements, so they're not naturally found uncombined |
reactivity
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Of those on the list, he's the most recent from a state that borders the Mississippi |
Bill Clinton
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The peak of Mount Yamantau is the top of the southern section of this mountain range |
the Urals
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This 3-named "Little Lord Fauntleroy" author also penned "A Little Princess" |
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The 2017 U.K. Pun Championships produced gems like "Pakistani pirates." This language "they think they argh?" |
Urdu they think they argh?
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Lorna Thayer was the waitress whom this actor wants to hold the chicken (between her knees) in "Five Easy Pieces" |
Jack Nicholson
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The hollow carbon molecule seen here is called a buckyball & was named for this non-chemist |
Buckminster Fuller
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The one who served the shortest time as president |
(Alex: He was born in Nebraska, and his name is [*].)
Gerald Ford
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You're supremely suave & courteous, this adjective |
urbane
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