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'90s SONGS FOR OLYMPIC SKATERS |
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A bumbershoot is one of these; Mary Poppins made a memorable entrance using one |
an umbrella
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Using the pen name Robert Markham, Kingsley Amis wrote the first James Bond story not penned by this man |
(Ian) Fleming
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Neon lighting was introduced in France in 1910 & true neon signs are only of this color |
red
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Helping everyone breathe easier when it was passed in 1970: CAA |
Clean Air Act
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Looted from an Etruscan tomb, the Euphronios Krater was returned to this country in 2008 |
(Kyle: What is Greece?) ... (Alex: Etruscan tomb--it was returned to [*].)
Italy
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The title of this biggest hit by House of Pain is too on point not to use |
(Alex: Less than a minute.)
"Jump Around"
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Mx. is a title that you can use when referring to someone when you don't know this about them |
their gender
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Completes the title of David Lagercrantz' book that continued Stieg Larsson's series, "The Girl in..." |
the spider's web
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This western U.S. city has a museum featuring a "neon boneyard", an outdoor exhibit of old signs dating back to the 1930s |
Las Vegas
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1973 pro-animal legislation: ESA |
the Endangered Species Act
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In 1876 the Secret Service foiled a plot to remove this president's remains from his tomb in Springfield, Ill. |
Lincoln
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Let EMF describe your incredible routine in a single word with this up-tempo 1991 hit; "The things...you say...you're" this |
"Unbelievable"
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Glabrous means this; if you have a glabrous dog, grooming will be a breeze |
(Kyle: What is non-shedding?)
hairless
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Known for "The Andromeda Strain", this late author had help from Richard Preston with 2011's "Micro" |
(Michael) Crichton
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The first neon sign in this London "Circus" advertised Bovril, a beef gloop the British love |
Piccadilly Circus
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Changing the curriculum in 2001: NCLB |
No Child Left Behind
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16th century knights tried to plunder this tomb in Halicarnassus, but it had already been looted |
(Emily: What is the tomb of Alexander the Great?)
the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
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Cover any falls with "I get knocked down, but I get up again you're never gonna keep me down!" by this rhyming-name band |
Chumbawamba
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A woodpusher is a weak player of this game |
chess
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Prolific Brandon Sanderson put more on his plate, helping Robert Jordan finish the fantasy series "The Wheel of" this |
time
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George Benson reminded us in song that "they say the neon lights are bright on" this thoroughfare |
Broadway
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A dam fine act from 1933: TVA |
(Raymond: What is the Tennessee Valley Act?)
the Tennessee Valley Authority
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On Feb. 17, 2009, the centennial of Geronimo's death, his descendants sued this Yale secret society for taking his remains |
Skull and Bones
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The Goo Goo Dolls get to skating basics in a 1998 hit that says, "I wanna wake up where you are...so why don't you" do this |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
slide
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Snickersnee refers to one of these; in "Jabberwocky", one went "snicker-snack" |
a sword (or a knife)
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Michael Pietsch, editor for this late "Infinite Jest" scribe, organized "The Pale King" into a 2011 work |
(David Foster) Wallace
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A refrigerant 40 times more efficient than liquid helium, neon is often used in this process of freezing bodies |
cryogenics
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1919 killjoy law enforcing Prohibition: VA |
the Volstead Act
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In the 1100s B.C. robbing of royal tombs in this ancient Upper Egyptian capital was already a problem |
(Kyle: What is Memphis?)
Thebes
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