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NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE |
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In women's health, this compound word is often seen before "depression" but can also precede "thyroiditis" |
postpartum
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In "The Grapes of Wrath", Steinbeck called this famous route the "Mother Road" |
Route 66
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Seen here, Tom Hiddleston plays this Marvel trickster who has transformed himself into Odin & Captain America |
Loki
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A quadragintireme was an ancient ship powered by 40 rows of these implements |
oars
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..."My Own Words", a bestselling collection of speeches & articles by this late Supreme Court justice |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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She served as a New York senator from 2001 to 2009 & later, ran for president |
Hillary Clinton
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Meninx is the singular form of these membranes surrounding the brain & spinal cord |
meninges
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In Roman numerals, you need an MD for this number, MD |
(Sarah: What is 150?)
1,500
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The neuralyzer used by Tommy Lee Jones in "Men in Black" fools you by doing this to you |
wipes your memory
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An archiloquy was the initial part of one of these |
speech
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... About Daphne working with the Duke of Hastings in "The Duke and I", the first in this book series, now a Netflix fave |
the Bridgerton series
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The father & son seen here, they served a total of six terms as California's governor |
(Sarah: Who are the Browns?) (Savannah: Can you be more specific?) (Sarah: Jerry Brown and I don't know the other one. [Laughs] I'm sorry.)
Jerry & Pat Brown
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When induced by alcohol, this condition of mental disorder is "tremens" or quaking |
delirium
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It's an area code for Atlanta & also an http error code for "not found" |
404
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In "Joe vs. the Volcano", this actor is duped into thinking he has a "brain cloud" |
Tom Hanks
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Betimes meant this, as in "I must get up betimes or verily, I shall miss the bearbaiting" |
(Savannah: I get up betimes every day Monday through Friday.)
early
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... This book by Mark Bowden chronicling a savage firefight in Somalia in 1993 |
(Savannah: And if you didn't read it, maybe you saw the movie. Either way you got the cash.)
Black Hawk Down
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She led Israel as the nation's 4th prime minister from 1969 to 1974 |
Golda Meir
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O.D. can stand for an overdose or for this body part, oculus dexter in Latin |
(Matt: What's the left eye?)
the right eye
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Year ending in zero in which Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, the last of the 13 colonies to do so |
1790
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Tom Cruise fools his parents in this 1983 comedy after ruining the Porsche & having quite the wild party at their house |
(Savannah: We all remember that one.)
Risky Business
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Like gin blossoms, grog blossoms refer to this part of the face |
the nose
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...this Emile Zola open letter to the president of the French Republic |
J'Accuse...!
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He served as mayor of D.C. from 1979 to 1991; he served 6 months in prison; he served as mayor of D.C. from 1995 to 1999 |
Marion Barry
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18th century physician William Heberden noted a chest condition of "strangling and anxiety" & gave it this Latin name |
angina
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According to Johns Hopkins & the Mayo Clinic, a desirable level of total cholesterol in the blood is below this number |
200
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In "Inception" he plays Eames, a forger trying to plant an idea in the target's subconscious |
(Matt: Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?)
Tom Hardy
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A nepheliad was a cloud one; you've probably heard of the dryad, a wood one |
a nymph
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...this classic W.W. Jacobs short story that warns us, "The first man had his three wishes... the third was for death" |
"The Monkey's Paw"
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He ruled Romania from 1965 until he suddenly didn't in 1989--a firing squad was involved |
Ceaușescu
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