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CHARACTERS WHO DON'T TALK MUCH |
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TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR |
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One of the Seven Sages, Cleobulus urged us to "be intimate with virtue and a stranger" to this other "vi" word |
vice
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The fluorescence of this arachnid under UV light is caused by a protein in its exoskeleton |
(Tristan: What is a spider?) (Daniel: What's a tarantula?)
scorpion
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"Overconfidentii vulgaris" was a cartoon coyote's scientific name; this bird was "Disappearialis quickius" |
Roadrunner
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The Brits spell this word for a really long stretch of time with an "A" at the front, making it 3 straight starting vowels |
an eon
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2005: Good Samaritans Bono & this incredibly wealthy couple |
Bill and Melinda Gates
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In 1904 the AK recognized a small dog named for this state |
Chihuahua
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Anacharsis said laws are like these arachnid constructs: weak things are ensnared, strong ones break free |
a (spider) web
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Also called a horned rattlesnake due to the scales above its eyes, it's named for its locomotion across the sand |
a sidewinder
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Regarding this 1977 Peter Mayhew film character... if he were playing against you now, we'd advise you to let him win |
Chewbacca
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Lunar phrase denoting a long period of time between occurrences |
a blue moon
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2002: WorldCom's Cynthia Cooper, the FBI's Coleen Rowley & Enron's Sherron Watkins, called this type of informer |
a whistleblower
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Veracruz got its name from "The Rich Town of the True" this |
cross
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Confucius had a version of this--"what you do not wish for yourself, do not impose upon others" |
the golden rule
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The Wild Camel Protection Foundation says there are 600 of this 2-humped camel in China, 450 in Mongolia |
Bactrian
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This pal of Snoopy's turned his birdhouse into a swingin' pad, complete with couches, a TV & a groovy throw rug |
Woodstock
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Edward Gibbon, who knew his Rome, was among those who called it this timeless "city" |
eternal
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2017: "The Silence Breakers" about harassment & assault, including this actress, a singer's daughter |
Ashley Judd
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This state was the source for pepper seeds used by the McIlhennys in hot sauce |
Tabasco
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The Hindu sage Yajnavalkya said of this Asian causal concept, "The doer of good becomes good" |
karma
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When ticks bite the Western fence lizard, the lizard's blood kills the bacteria in the ticks that cause this disease |
Lyme disease
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This "I Am Sam" actor & Oscar winner only growled as Terence in "The Angry Birds Movie" |
Sean Penn
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Beethoven addressed letters to a woman he called this "beloved" |
immortal
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2014: Health care workers fighting this deadly virus in west Africa |
Ebola
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The state of Aguascalientes literally means these |
hot waters
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Many sages have said that if setting out to get this, dig 2 graves, one for yourself |
revenge
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File this bat, perhaps the U.S.A.'s largest, under the letter "M"--it's named for having a face like this dog breed |
mastiff
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Kevin Smith played this perfect-for-the-category character in "Clerks" & "Mallrats" |
Silent Bob
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"From time" followed by this 10-letter word refers to an age before written knowledge |
immemorial
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2001: This politician, "Tower of Strength" |
(Tristan: Who is George W. Bush?)
Rudy Giuliani
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This president drove out the French in 1867 & declared Hidalgo a state in 1869 |
Benito Juarez
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