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WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
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In his first statement as prime minister, Winston Churchill said he had "nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears &" this |
sweat
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Kathleen Hanna wrote "Smells Like" this on a wall & Kurt Cobain used it in a song title not knowing it was a deodorant brand |
Teen Spirit
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This dog who guarded the entrance to Hades is often described as having 3 heads & a serpent's tail |
Cerberus
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In Russia, September 1 is Knowledge Day, when children return here |
school
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For its fossil, Alabama chose 70-foot Basilosaurus, now classified as this big marine mammal |
a whale
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It's also called a twister |
a tornado
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In 1932 Winston quipped this European country was "armed to the teeth", but "pacifist to the core" |
(Kirsten: What is Switzerland?)
France
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In a "Be smooth like Skippy" commercial, Skippy peanut butter uses this song where Bruno Mars mentions the brand</td>
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"Uptown Funk"
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In Norse myth, slain heroes chosen by Odin feasted & reveled in this great "hall" |
Valhalla
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On Pitcairn Island, January 23 is celebrated as the date that this ship burned |
the Bounty
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Alaska's fossil is of the mammoth & Michigan's is of this related tusked beast of the Pleistocene |
the mastodon
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Borrowed from Spanish, it's a big fan or devotee of something, perhaps sports |
aficionado
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"Darkest Hour" & "Dunkirk" highlight Churchill's speech that says, "We shall fight in the hills; we shall never" do this |
surrender
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Sales at this seafood restaurant chain spiked when it was mentioned in Beyoncé's song "Formation" |
Red Lobster
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An avid hunter, this handsome youth was killed by a wild boar |
(Sandy: Who is Orion?)
Adonis
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Celebrating unattached people, China's biggest shopping holiday is singles day, on this fall date with lots of 1s |
November 11th
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The skull of a Triceratops, this state's fossil, is on display at the museum of geology in Rapid City |
South Dakota
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"Tequila Sunrise" is a track from this Eagles album that had an Old-West concept |
Desperado
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Referencing America's Secretary of State in 1953, Winston said, "Dull, duller," this last name |
Dulles
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"Mercedes Benz" was the last song recorded by this woman before her untimely death in 1970 |
Janis Joplin
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The Egyptian sun god Re became identified with this god of Thebes & their names were joined together |
Amun
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If you are on this Indonesian island around the Hindu new year, you may not be able to leave your hotel during Nyepi, the day of silence |
(Arman: What is Malaysia?) (Kirsten: What is Jakarta?)
Bali
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Maryland goes big & small with its state dinosaur, a sauropod, & state fossil, a type of this shelled gastropod |
(Kirsten: What's a crab?)
snail
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When you're out of touch or refuse to have contact with someone, you're this 13-letter word |
incommunicado
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With his party voted out, Churchill said he couldn't accept this Order after being given "the Order of the Boot" |
(Arman: What is surrender, uh, order surrender?) (Kirsten: What is a knighthood?) (Sandy: What is the Order of the British Empire?)
the Order of the Garter
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Mattel originally sued the band Aqua over this song, but eventually used it in commercials for the doll |
"Barbie Girl"
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A weaver by day & an unraveler by night, she kept suitors at bay during Odysseus' absence by never finishing her shroud |
Penelope
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In Europe, this magical holiday is celebrated the week of the June solstice |
Midsummer
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The official fossil of this state is a bivalve called Chesapecten jeffersonius |
Virginia
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A "Cask of" this sherry figures prominently in an Edgar Allan Poe tale |
Amontillado
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