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Before it was published in book form, his "Treasure Island" appeared in a magazine under the pseudonym Captain George North |
Stevenson
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Animals don't get much more spineless or organ-less or muscle-less than these critters of the phylum Porifera |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
a sponge
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The aptly named Temblor Range borders California's Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is traversed by this fault |
the San Andreas
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The stars of this 1993 film were Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan & insomnia |
Sleepless in Seattle
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Ramona Lofton, whose novel "Push" became the movie "Precious", goes by this gem of a byname |
(Ken: Correct, with less than a minute to go.)
Sapphire
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Metaphorically used for a studious person, literally it's a general term for any insect that damages paper volumes |
a bookworm
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She died in France in 1934 from aplastic anemia, likely caused by prolonged exposure to radiation |
Marie Curie
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A monument extending from the Sonoran Desert floor to over 10,000 feet in altitude is alliteratively named this "to Snow" |
Sand
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David Oyelowo crosses a bridge not too far in this 2014 film |
Selma
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To droop or dangle; a body part such as your tongue may do it |
to loll
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After retiring the name, Stephen King claimed this writing alter ego had died from "cancer of the pseudonym" |
(Richard) Bachman
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Several species of colorful, fast-flying butterflies are named for this top naval rank |
admiral
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His death in Vienna in 1791 has been attributed to rheumatic fever, strep throat, kidney failure & poisoning, among other things |
Mozart
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The first African American honored by the U.S. with a national monument was this botanist in 1943 |
Carver
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Michael Mann directed Jamie Foxx in "Ali", "Collateral" & this 2006 film based on a TV drama |
Miami Vice
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Arabic for "leader" gives us this prayer leader of a mosque |
an imam
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They were the pseudonyms of the two contemporaries seen here who both adopted the same atypical first name |
(Eugene: What is Hannah?) ... (Ken: That was [*] on the left and [**] on the right.)
George Eliot & George Sand
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Get the crops in, quick! Melanoplus, short-horned these insects, are headed this way, & they look hungry |
(Allie: What are beetles?)
grasshoppers (locusts)
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Charlemagne died from this condition, an inflammation of the membrane that lines the chest & covers the lungs |
(Allie: What is tuberculosis?)
pleurisy
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The site of a former Alabama Greyhound depot is part of a monument to the 1960s civil rights crusaders known by this 2-word name |
(Allie: Who were the Bus Riders?) ... (Ken: They were bus riders but they were called [*].)
the Freedom Riders
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Leonardo DiCaprio wants to carve out some revenge against Bill the Butcher in this drama |
Gangs of New York
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Let's say hi to this tree of life that stores water & gives fruit in arid lands |
the baobab
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After moving from Russia to the U.S. in the 1920s, Alissa Rosenbaum adopted this pen name with the same initials |
Ayn Rand
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Mariners curse the goose type of this marine invertebrate that clings to hulls & anchors |
(Ken: You're cleaning up on these $2,000 clues, sir.)
barnacles
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This Russian revolutionary in Mexico survived a 1940 assassination attempt but died from another: an ice axe to the head |
Trotsky
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This Idaho national monument with a 4-word name, has lava flows, making it unearthly; even President Coolidge said, "This place is weird" |
Craters of the Moon
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The drug adrenochrome gives Johnny Depp's character Raoul Duke a hard time in this film |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Here's a gaggle of this 4-letter Hawaiian goose |
a nene
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