LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN |
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This Great Lake is the source of the Niagara River |
(Tehmeena: What is Lake Superior?) (Steve: What is Lake Ontario?)
Lake Erie
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Vamps actually enjoy some sun & garlic in Terry Pratchett's "Carpe Jugulum", Latin for seize this appropriate body part |
the throat
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Coptic Orthodox Pope & Saint Alexander was appropriately patriarch of this coastal city in the 4th century A.D. |
(Ben: What is Cairo?) (Tehmeena: What is Greece?) (Steve: What is Istanbul?)
Alexandria
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It's been said that this is "1% inspiration & 99% perspiration" |
(Ben: What is success?)
genius
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On the care label of a pair of Levi's 501s: "100%" this |
(Steve: What is denim?)
cotton
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"Gimme All Your Lovin"' for this Texas trio inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 |
ZZ Top
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Basel, Switzerland & Cologne, Germany both lie on this river |
the Rhine
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In 2012 the Horror Writers Assoc. said Richard Matheson's "I Am" this lived up to its name as "vampire novel of the century" |
I Am Legend
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Naturalist Annie Alexander had a species of these, Ursus alexandrae, named after her |
a bear
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There are 2 "L"s in the middle of this word that can refer to spectacular color, sound or smarts |
brilliant
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"No. 5 Chanel" this city "Eau de Parfum" |
Paris
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In 1965 they topped the pops with "I Can't Help Myself" |
the Four Tops
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Here is Gasherbrum I, also known as K5, in this Asian mountain range |
(Steve: What are the Himalayas?)
Karakoram
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In 2021, the mayor of New Orleans paid tribute to this author of vampire tales, saying, "We have lost an icon" |
Anne Rice
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In 1943 Alexander Fleming urged the U.K. Health Ministry to fund research into this antibiotic so the Americans wouldn't get ahead |
penicillin
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A military this officer in the army is responsible for gathering info that can save lives |
intelligence
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Jim Beam bourbon: "40% alc/vol" & in parentheses, this number & word |
80 proof
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In "Roll Over Beethoven", Chuck Berry sang, "She wiggle like a glowworm, dance like" one of these |
a spinning top
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The portion of this river that flows through Vietnam is called Cuu Long |
the Mekong
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A Swedish suburb gets bloody in 1981 & the girl next door seems... different in this international bestseller that became a movie |
Let the Right One In
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The second monarch of the kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, Alexander I renamed the country this in 1929 |
Yugoslavia
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The same Latin root gives us acumen & this similar 6-letter word for mental sharpness |
acuity
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Of Crest 3D White Professional Ultra White toothpaste, "4%" this bleaching compound |
(Steve: What is baking soda?) (Tehmeena: What is peroxide?)
hydrogen peroxide
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According to AC/DC, it's this "if you wanna rock 'n' roll" |
"It's A Long Way To The Top"
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The Shire River, the only outlet of Lake Malawi, joins this much bigger river on its way to the Indian Ocean |
the Zambezi
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This 19th c. writer of historical novels, Pere, went goth in "The Pale Lady", a tale of a Polish woman & 2 adoring brothers |
Alexandre Dumas
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American inventor Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847 & died in this country in 1922 |
Canada
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Hercule Poirot relied on these "colorful" things in his brain to spur on his mental gymnastics |
(Tehmeena: What is gray matter?)
little grey cells
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Above Campbell's on tomato soup cans, this word meaning "reduced to a compact form" |
condensed
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I cry like a baby when I think that Alex Chilton, teenage singer of this band's 1967 hit "The Letter", passed away in 2010 |
The Box Tops
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