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Ernest Giles' journal of crossing Australia's deserts says, "Oh, would that I had" these! "What are horses in such a region?" |
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B.C. stands for "before Christ", B.C.E. stands for "before" this |
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Before the Olympics went all-metric, the 1904 games had events like the 880 of these units freestyle swim |
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Blake Carrington is the patriarch on this 1980s primetime soap rebooted in 2017 |
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The Asian tiger type of this insect found throughout the U.S. can transmit diseases like the Zika & West Nile viruses |
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Typically, 19th century lieder, or songs, were arranged for 1 vocalist & 1 accompanist on this instrument |
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The nomadic Tuareg people speak a Berber-related dialect & call this desert home |
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The slang term PDA is short for this, like smooching at the movies |
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In 1994 Oksana Baiul edged out this famously injured American for figure skating gold |
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It describes futuristic novels full of doom & gloom & oppressive societies like "The Hunger Games" series |
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Able to grow to more than 20 feet in length, the Burmese type of this snake is now widespread in Florida's wetlands |
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Lieder date back to the 12th century but really hit their stride during this emotional musical era that began in the 18th century |
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Dry doesn't mean dull with sites like the rocks of Rainbow Valley in this country's Atacama Desert |
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Take a deep dive & tell us what SCUBA is an acronym for |
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The 1924 Olympics played backdrop to this film about 2 British runners |
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Constantine the Great is considered the first emperor of this empire |
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This variety of fruit fly invaded California in the 1980s & led to U.S. quarantine laws |
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The French followed the Germans' lied with a form called melodie, like Henri Duparc's this French word for song "Triste" |
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In 1990 protecting Saudi Arabia from Iraqi troops was dubbed Operation this; Desert Storm soon followed |
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Seen on pay stubs, FICA is short for these 2 words "Contributions Act" |
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The 1968 Olympics in Grenoble were dubbed the "Killympics" after the exploits of a man in this sport |
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They're the showy blooms seen here |
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This predator with a feline name has expanded from the Pacific to coastal areas of the Atlantic & Caribbean as well |
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Discovered in 2017, "Lied vom Weissen Käse", or "Song of the White Cheese", is by this composer who often worked with Bertolt Brecht |
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This sea is the western border of the Arabian Desert |
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The "C" in ASCII, used in computing, stands for this |
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A field event, the long jump favors athletes with track star speed, like this U.S. man who won 4 straight golds in the event |
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This jellylike substance that fills the cells of an organism contains mitochondria & ribosomes |
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Apis mellifera scutellata is best known by this scary name & came from Africa to Brazil to the United States |
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This Vienna-born composer was only 17 when he wrote "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" & changed the lieder game in 1814 |
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