A COLLEGE CONFERENCE CALL |
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Big Sky: Of course the conference includes the U. of this--alumni include Pulitzer winner A.B. Guthrie Jr., author of "The Big Sky" |
Montana
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In 2017 this former first lady chose Amy Sherald to paint her portrait for the National Portrait Gallery |
Michelle Obama
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St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands has a landing site named for this man's visit on Nov. 14, 1493 |
Columbus
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76 years after its discovery, in 2006 Pluto was reclassified as one of these |
a dwarf planet
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At the summer Solstice, the Sun is directly over this line north of the equator |
the Tropic of Cancer
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The Welcome to Sunnydale sign collapses into the crater that was once the city as the hellmouth finally closes |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Mid-American: the main campus of this university is in Athens, with a branch in Zanesville |
(Dave: What is Georgia?)
Ohio University
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In the 1940s & '50s this artist's drip technique opened the way to what was referred to as "action painting" |
Jackson Pollock
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The Clarke House is this U.S. city's oldest, having survived the Great Fire, though it now stands 2 blocks from its original spot |
Chicago
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Term for the first stage of a rocket; it refers to the extra power needed during liftoff |
(Kathleen: What is... propeller?)
a booster
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It's the tarot card seen here |
the Three of Cups
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Andy & April have a baby; Tom Haverford publishes "Failure: An American Success Story" |
Parks and Recreation
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Southern: This school was established in 1842 & combined with the Arsenal to form the South Carolina Military Academy |
the Citadel
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This sleek style is better known in architecture, but was used in painting, as in Tamara de Lempicka's 1929 self portrait |
art deco
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Built in 1779 in Shropshire, England, the world's first iron bridge is in an area called the birthplace of this revolution |
the Industrial Revolution
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In 1860 astronomer Le Verrier announced a new planet he called this, also a "Star Trek" planet; it doesn't exist |
Vulcan
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Make this "sweet" computer change if you want websites to remember you when you revisit them |
turn on cookies
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The main characters get arrested for violating a "Good Samaritan" law |
Seinfeld
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Southwestern Athletic: This HBU was once the North Louisiana Agricultural & Industrial school; go Tigers |
Grambling State University
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Alessandro Filipepi, Sandro for short, was the real name of this man who painted "La Primavera" around 1480 |
(Tom: Who is El Greco?)
Botticelli
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In 2000 his widow was in attendance as a monument to him was unveiled near the Presidential Palace in Santiago where he died |
Allende
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A group of these called the Trojans isn't in the main belt but follows Jupiter's orbit |
asteroids
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One of Bob Barker's first gigs, it's also the name of a New Mexico City |
Truth or Consequences
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The title character leaves Miami Metro Police Department behind to become a lumberjack |
Dexter
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Patriot League football: this Jesuit university in the Bronx became fully co-ed in 1974 |
Fordham
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Walk the footsteps of Peter the Great in this Russian equivalent of Versailles meaning "Peter's court"--oddly, in Dutch |
Peterhof
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Just beyond Neptune's orbit is a collection of icy bodies known as KBOs, objects found in this "Belt" |
the Kuiper Belt
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Beginning with its debut in 2006, this cycling race took riders through the Golden State |
the Tour of California
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Regina sets out to reunite all the realms in Storybrooke |
Once Upon a Time
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