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BILLBOARD'S GREATEST HOT 100 SINGLES |
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THE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS |
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You can visit the Bard's birthplace on Henley Street in this town |
Stratford-upon-Avon
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In ancient Rome 1,000 paces equaled one of these |
a mile
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This Police song sounds like a love song, but Sting admits it's really about jealousy & obsessiveness |
"Every Breath You Take"
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To sling ales & cocktails |
bartend
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Temptation, & I'm going to finish the whole package of Double Stuf these |
Oreos
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He resigned as Illinois senator November 16, 2008 to take higher office |
Barack Obama
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This man says, "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him", but he's not being quite truthful |
(Josh: Who is Brutus?)
Mark Antony
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The arpent, a French measure slightly less than an acre, was once used in Canada & in this "Creole State" |
Louisiana
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She found a hit with Calvin Harris with "We Found Love" |
Rihanna
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To fuse or integrate |
to blend
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This automaker's Surburban, because I'm in a Mini & won't get into a merge battle with a 5,800-pound SUV |
Chevrolet
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First name of 1970s Illinois senator Stevenson & of his dad, Ike's 1950s opponent |
Adlai
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Listing the plays in the order they were written, "The Riverside Shakespeare" follows "Henry VI, Part 2" with this |
Henry VI, Part 3
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Expect winds over 200 MPH with an EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, a rating of intensity for these |
tornadoes
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Masochists know "Sometimes love don't feel like it should" & are down with this John Mellencamp tune |
"Hurts So Good"
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What you do with "the hand of friendship" |
extend
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My 8-year-old; we're watching the 2018 third installment in this animated movie series about Dracula & friends |
Hotel Transylvania
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An Illinois senator from 1985 to 1997, he ran for president in 1988 but did not write "Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
Paul Simon
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A frequent topic, it's a man with an unfaithful wife, as in "like an old ____ with horns on his head" |
cuckold
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If the European recipe tells you to add 250 milliliters of milk, don't worry--it's just a bit more than a single one of these |
cup
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This hit begins, "This hit, that ice cold, Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold" |
"Uptown Funk!"
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To exceed or eclipse |
to transcend
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Reality; I'm hiring a pro to fix my HVAC, which stands for heating, ventilating & this |
air conditioning
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You get a "D" if you can't name this Democrat who's served Illinois since 1997; you get 2 "D"s if you do |
(Dick) Durbin
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Around 1582 18-year-old Shakespeare took the plunge with this 26-year-old bride |
Anne Hathaway
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A 4-year period; in 2016 we watched "The Games of the 31st" one |
Olympiad
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This song from "Rocky III" mentions "the thrill of the fight" |
"Eye Of The Tiger"
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To foreshadow or presage |
portend
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The elements, I yield to them--time to put on one of these waterproof garments named after a Scotsman |
a Mackintosh
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A Senate office building is named for him, Senate Republican leader from 1959 to 1969 |
Everett Dirksen
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