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His feast day is December 6--a few weeks earlier than you might expect |
St. Nicholas
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Oneida Lake is often considered to be the "thumb" of these 11 long, narrow lakes in New York |
the Finger Lakes
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John Mellencamp got a songwriting credit on Jake Owen's "I Was Jack (You Were)" her |
Diane
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"Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates" are the first words of this title character |
Forrest Gump
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The senior ranking member of the military is the CJCS, chairman of this panel |
the joint chiefs of staff
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This septet includes covetousness, lust & anger |
the seven deadly sins
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February 23 is the feast of St. Polycarp, who some think may have written letters attributed to this apostle |
Paul
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This largest Louisiana lake was named for a French count |
(Casey: What is Lake Lafayette?)
Lake Pontchartrain
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No, he said, "In The Air Tonight" was not a real story about someone drowning, it was him being angry about his divorce |
Phil Collins
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In this Flaubert work, then-mademoiselle Emma pricks her finger, puts it in her mouth & sucks it & Charles is smitten |
Madame Bovary
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To the FAA, MWP is the meteorological processor of this; (sounds redundant) |
weather
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This 1947 find consists of some 15,000 fragments of ancient manuscripts |
the Dead Sea Scrolls
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April 23 is the feast of this saint feared by dragons everywhere |
St. George
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In 2018 this "American Idol" winner & country star sang you can do a lot to cover stuff up, but you can't "Cry Pretty" |
(Mary Ann: Who is Kelly Clarkson?)
Carrie Underwood
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Title of a classic Max Brand novel of the Old West--this wronged man "Rides Again" |
Destry
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A lot of buildings are under the purview of Stephen Ayers, the 11th AOC, this title "of the capitol" |
architect
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As this character, Ryan Reynolds says, "I'm about to do to you what Limp Bizkit did to music in the late '90s" |
Deadpool
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June 3 is the feast of Clotilda, queen of this Germanic people who gave their name to Germany's big western neighbor |
(Mary Ann: Who are the Bavarians?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute now.)
the Franks
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Ohio's rivers flow either south into the Ohio River or north directly into this lake |
Lake Erie
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Camila Cabello was born in this city & had a 2017 hit singing, "Half of my heart is in" it |
Havana
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In 1817 Sir Walter Scott published this novel about a Scottish outlaw |
(Mary Ann: Who is Arrowsmith?)
Rob Roy
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Part of the NIH is the NIMH, the National Institute of this |
mental health
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It's what you've got if you're holding a pair of aces & a pair of 8s |
a dead man's hand
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Hegesippus opposed this heresy, from Greek for "knowledge"; if you do too, celebrate his day, April 7 |
Gnosticism
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Geysers, hot springs & fumaroles can be found at the bottom of this largest natural Wyoming lake |
Yellowstone Lake
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This 1962 Tony Bennett classic was publicly crooned for the first time in the Fairmont Hotel |
"I Left My Heart In San Francisco"
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In this Bret Easton Ellis novel, Patrick Bateman doesn't want to ruin his Alexander Julian suit with the spray of blood |
American Psycho
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In navigation, it's determining your position without using the stars |
dead reckoning
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