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ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 1905 5th GRADER? |
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Describing one of her diamond jubilee celebrations in 1897, she said, "No one ever, I believe, has met with such an ovation" |
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This subfamily of grasses typically found in Asia can grow as much as a foot a day & reach 130 feet high |
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Iceland is "the land of" these 2 things also mentioned in a George R.R. Martin series |
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Current events: Bloody Sunday just broke out in this country, outside the Winter Palace, no less! |
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Millicent Simmonds, co-star of "A Quiet Place II", suffered permanent loss of this as a baby |
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Like her sister Parthenope who was named for Naples, this founder of modern nursing was named for the city of her birth |
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With a high level of charged particles, this atmospheric layer that begins about 30 miles up makes radio possible |
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Indonesia has been dubbed the "Emerald" of this great circle |
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Geography: It's the largest state in the union by area |
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A working actor to this day, Henry Thomas was 10 when he filmed this Spielberg classic |
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In the 1960s feminists defined this as a system designed to keep women down, hence the need to smash it |
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On her death in 2005, this civil rights activist became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol |
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She made important discoveries in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge |
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Canada's nickname has these 2 words before "North" |
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Social studies: It first appeared in "The Youth's Companion" only 13 years ago in 1892 & we say it in class every day |
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McKenna Grace played preteen geniuses in the movie "Gifted" & opposite young Iain Armitage on this sitcom |
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It's the pseudoscience of examining the shape of the head to determine intelligence & character |
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It's the last name of Sir William, who discovered a planet, & his sister Caroline, the first woman to discover a comet |
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Aqua fortis is an old name for this corrosive liquid, HNO3 |
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Don't be sad; this country is known as "India's teardrop" |
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World Powers: This empire stretches from North Africa to southeastern Europe & well into the Middle East |
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"The Boys" is a memoir of child actorhood by Clint Howard (Mark on "Gentle Ben") & his brother Ron (Opie on this show) |
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Another word for treachery |
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This Swiss man was the "father of analytic psychology" |
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With a name from Greek for "hedgehog" & "skin", this phylum of marine animals includes starfish & sea urchins |
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Engulfed by Bolivia, Argentina & Brazil, this country is nicknamed "the island surrounded by land" |
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Reading: This O. Henry story about a poor couple at Christmastime makes a good read in the New York Sunday World |
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Miami-area kid Alex R. Hibbert played the child Chiron in this 2016 Oscar-winning movie set in that city |
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This fancy word meaning invested with full authority is included in the title "ambassador extraordinary &..." |
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