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The resolution naming 2020 the International Year of Plant Health recognized plants' role in fighting this global "change" |
climate change
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The Ladyjacks of Stephen F. Austin were queens of the lanes in 2019, rolling to the NCAA women's title in this |
bowling
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"Wait until the evening before opening night", said Rossini of writing these instrumental pieces played before operas |
overtures
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This, this, this Greek letter, gently down the clue; it was "resh" in the Phoenician alphabet, now it's there for you |
rho
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This 12th century king of England was known as Coeur de Lion, or Lionheart |
(Tyler: Who is Richard III?)
Richard I
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Fuzzy freestone fruit (5) |
a peach
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Read some Yeats or Dickinson on March 21, World this Day |
Poetry Day
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Columbia foiled, sabered & epeed its rivals to win this 2019 NCAA title |
fencing
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Male ballet dancers generally don't wear these on their feet; one exception is when men play the stepsisters in "Cinderella" |
[NOTE: It was not mentioned, but toe shoes are the same thing.]
pointe shoes
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Revelation 1:8 states, "I am" these 2 Greek letters, "the beginning and the ending", which really covers things |
alpha & omega
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Another 12th century lion king was William the Lion of this country north of England |
Scotland
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South American cloak (6) |
(Alex: Right, with less than a minute to go now.)
a poncho
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In 2019 World Space Week commemorated the 50th anniversary of this |
the Moon landing
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In 2019 TCU fired on all cylinders to win the school's third NCAA title in this weapon, with air & smallbore competitions |
(Tyler: What is musket?)
rifle
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This American dropped his drip style for one dubbed "Black Pourings"; a 1951 show of them sold none |
(Jackson) Pollock
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If you don't know it's the 2nd-to-last letter in the Greek alphabet, you'll let out a heavy one (with a different spelling) |
psi
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The Lion of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was Maharaja of a vast area mainly in these 2 current countries |
India & Pakistan
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Square, rectangle or rhombus (13) |
a parallelogram
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2019 to 2028 is the "Decade of Peace" named for this South African |
Mandela
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The ACUI sponsors a championship in this billiards game, one higher than another named for stripes & solids |
nine-ball
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10-letter word for your friend who wears outlandish colorful clothes, or for the showy late Gothic style seen here |
flamboyant
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It's basic math! This is celebrated every March 14th |
Pi Day
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The king of the African country of Eswatini, formerly called this "land", has the title ngwenyama, or "lion" |
Swaziland
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Stolen, like the "Letter" in an Edgar Allan Poe story (9) |
purloined
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An annual November "Awareness Week" showcases the rising global problem of resistance to this important class of drugs |
antibiotics
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Keep your Frisbee off the roof, er, rough, in the CDGNC, short for the College this National Championship |
Disc Golf
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This longtime exhibit of officially sanctioned French art crammed paintings onto walls |
the Salon
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If Sophocles signed his name, he'd begin by writing this letter |
sigma
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The empire of Sundiata Keita, the lion king of Mali, took this ancient African city from the Tuareg in the 13th century |
Timbuktu
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Social outcast (6) |
a pariah
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