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VOWEL, CONSONANT, VOWEL, CONSONANT |
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THAT USED TO BE A TRADEMARK |
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IT CAME FROM A GRAPHIC NOVEL |
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This country's repressive King Umberto I was assassinated by an anarchist in 1900 |
Italy
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In 2020 the Strand magazine published "Aunt Nellie's Diary", a story that predates her "Little Women", written when she was just 17 |
Louisa May Alcott
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A company of the same name trademarked this term for solid carbon dioxide in 1925 |
(Mayim: Yes, and Halloween will never be the same.)
Dry Ice
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Utah's highest point is 13,500-foot Kings Peak in these mountains |
the Rocky Mountains
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Last name of gunslinging title hero Wynonna, who partnered with Doc Holliday on a Syfy show |
Earp
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Matthew Arnold's 1869 "Culture and Anarchy" took the side of culture & popularized the phrase "sweetness and" this |
light
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An object of worship |
an idol
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Called "a great breezy read", "Summer Crossing" by this "Breakfast at Tiffany's" author was published in 2005 |
Capote
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In 1950 the Otis Company lost its trademark on this word derived from the Latin scala, "ladder" |
an escalator
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Lending their name to a peninsula, these mountains extend from Serbia to the Black Sea |
the Balkans
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A-Train & Homelander leave a bit to be desired as superheroes on this Amazon show based on Garth Ennis' work |
The Boys
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In 1872 anarchism pioneer Mikhail Bakunin quarreled with this man, splitting Europe's revolutionary movement |
(Karl) Marx
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An auspice or portent |
an omen
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The book was unfinished at his death, so he took the end of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" to the grave |
Charles Dickens
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In a 1965 case that swung from a district court to an appeals court, Donald F. Duncan lost a trademark on the name of this toy |
a yo-yo
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This section of the Alps that include some famous peaks, gets its name from the Celtic "penn", meaning "peak" |
the Pennine Alps
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Matthew Goode played Ozymandias in the film version of this graphic novel; Jeremy Irons played the role on HBO |
Watchmen
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Anarchists helped spark the antiglobalization movement at the 1999 WTO protests in this U.S. city |
Seattle
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To get out of control is to "run" this, from a Malaysian word |
amok
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This author traded China for the Korean DMZ in "The Eternal Wonder", published 40 years after her 1973 death |
(Pearl) Buck
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Westinghouse first trademarked this word as the name of a washing machine; now it refers to an establishment |
(Jeff: What is the... business?)
laundromat
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Opening parts west to settlement, the Wilderness Road was a 200-mile pathway through the Cumberland Gap in these mountains |
the Appalachians
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Adaptations of the "Kick-Ass" series gave this 3-named actress her breakout role as a spunky character named "Hit-Girl" |
Chloƫ Grace Moretz
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In July 1917 Emma Goldman got 2 years in prison for opposing this wartime measure, authorized by Congress in May |
the draft
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French word for distinctive style or flair |
elan
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Just after "Howards End", he wrote "Maurice", about a gay man, but didn't allow it to be published until after his death |
Forster
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B.F. Goodrich once owned this word for the "hookless slide fastener" on its rubber boots |
a zipper
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Africa's second-highest peak, it bears the name of the country it's found in |
Mount Kenya
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This 2017 movie with Charlize Theron as a badass spy was based on the graphic novel "The Coldest City" |
Atomic Blonde
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