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This "Paul McCartney band" had hits with "Helen Wheels" & "Band on the Run" |
Wings
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The upper jawbone is the maxilla, and the lower jaw is called this |
the mandible
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Random House says this rhyming word is an "incantation using... magical words", & Presto! You say... |
abracadabra
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Movie star Hedy Lamarr sued her own publisher, claiming that much of this book was invented by a ghostwriter |
her autobiography
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"Save the cheerleader, save the world" |
Heroes
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From 1950 to 2000 this cartoonist worked for "Peanuts" |
(Charles) Schulz
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This "Dairy State" is the USA's top milk producer, with lots coming from Tulare County in the Central Valley |
California
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In Scrabble, this alternate name for the tailbone will get you many more points than "tailbone" |
coccyx
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Aloha! These nuts are full of vitamins and fat |
(Alex: Yeah, you gotta love 'em, though.)
macadamias
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Speechwriter Ted Sorensen admitted that he wrote the first draft of most of this Pulitzer Prize-winning book by JFK |
Profiles in Courage
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"When news breaks, we fix it" |
The Daily Show
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He teamed up with Richard Simon in 1924 & they helped make paperbacks popular |
Schuster
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Born in Braintree, this John was a "Founding Father & president"--of the Continental Congress |
John Hancock
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Of the 2 types of glands in the skin, most of these are connected to hair follicles & secrete an oily substance |
(Josh: What are... endocrine glands?)
sebaceous glands
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An ability to find good fortune by chance occurrence |
serendipity
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Early in his career, this Irish playwright ghostwrote music columns |
Shaw
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An HBO candidacy: "Boldly running for president. Proudly standing for everything" |
Veep
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This senator has represented New York in D.C. since his election to Congress in 1980 at age 29 |
(Chuck) Schumer
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He's the "March King"--at least of England, based on his 5 "Pomp And Circumstance" marches |
(Sir Edward) Elgar
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From the Greek for "hard", it's the tough, white outer layer of the eye |
sclera
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The act of tossing someone out a window |
defenestration
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Alexandre Dumas gets the credit for this 1844-45 novel of revenge, but it was Auguste Maquet who outlined the plot |
The Count of Monte Cristo
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A 2016 reboot: "No man has done more with less" |
MacGyver
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This former costume designer directed the movies "Falling Down" & "Batman & Robin" |
(Joel) Schumacher
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Works like the one seen here were created by this Barcelona-born Spanish surrealist |
Miró
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It's the 9-letter medical name for the heel bone, the largest bone in the foot |
the calcaneus
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Word for Gabriel telling the Virgin Mary she'd conceive Jesus |
annunciation
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It's fitting that this British occultist was a ghostwriter, penning some of Evangeline Adams' astrological works |
Aleister Crowley
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"Your body is no longer your own" & "We will bear no more" |
The Handmaid's Tale
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Can you hear the drums in "Fernando", an operatic work composed by him in 1815, at about age 18? |
(Franz) Schubert
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