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In 2020 Stephenie Meyer returned to her "Twilight" characters with "Midnight Sun", told from this vampire's vantage |
Edward
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The steelhead is an oceangoing type of this fish of the family Salmonidae |
(rainbow) trout
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Kong qiu was the birth name of this Chinese philosopher of the 500s & 400s B.C. |
Confucius
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Fairy tale-esque Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany was an inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's Castle at this SoCal location |
Disneyland
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"Farewell" in Spanish, it derives from a term meaning "may (you) be (commended) to God" |
(Charlie: What is vaya con Dios?)
adios
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Holy guacamole, in the '70s kitchen appliances in this shade of green were all the rage |
avocado
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The nonfiction "Hidden Valley Road" tells of a family with 12 kids, 6 of whom were diagnosed with this "split mind" disorder |
schizophrenia
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In the musical "Finian's Rainbow", Finian & his daughter have been followed by one of these creatures from Irish folklore |
a leprechaun
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Early Roman walls were named for these one-eyed giants, considered the only ones strong enough to lift the stones used |
Cyclopes
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The 9 onion domes of St. Basil's Cathedral tower over this city |
Moscow
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It's the perch you proverbially "rule" when you have total control |
the roost
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Popular dance songs of the '60s included ones called this & the Peppermint this |
the "Twist"
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Connell & Marianne attend Trinity College in this world capital in Sally Rooney's "Normal People" |
(Andy: What is London?)
Dublin
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This Thom Yorke band was innovative in 2007, releasing its album "In Rainbows" via Internet download |
Radiohead
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The Chi Rho symbol, combining two letters of Christ's name in Greek, appeared to this Roman emperor who converted to Christianity |
Constantine
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A Baháʼí temple in New Delhi bears the name of this sacred aquatic flower |
a lotus
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Bike shorts are often made of this 5-letter fabric that DuPont began marketing in 1962 |
(Charlie: What is rayon?)
Lycra
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Claude the crab & Peace the Bear are 2 of these collectible stuffed animals from the 1990s |
Beanie Babies
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"Stories From a South African Childhood" is the subtitle of this memoir by Trevor Noah |
Born a Crime
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The rainbow bridge Bifrost was the way one got from Earth to this realm of the gods |
Asgard
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In the 7th century B.C., Sennacherib of this front-of-the-alphabet empire made Nineveh his capital |
Assyria
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Like the U.S. Capitol, Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum has this feature, a central area located under the main dome |
a rotunda
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It means a two-footed creature |
a biped
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Antonio Pasin's fascination with a still newish medium & with air travel inspired him to call his toy wagon this |
the Radio Flyer
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This woman wrote the Holocaust-set children's book "Number the Stars" |
Lois Lowry
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"The Rainbow" by this British author was branded obscene after its 1915 release |
D.H. Lawrence
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For the Ancient Olympic games, the hellanodikai were folks chosen to do this, which is what hellanodikai means |
judge
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Found in Kuala Lumpur, this pair of skyscrapers were the world's tallest buildings from 1996 to 2004 |
the Petronas Towers
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This French word means a feeling of tedium & dissatisfaction |
ennui
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According to Billboard, this sax man was the No. 1 instrumentalist of the 1990s |
Kenny G
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