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He was born in 1452 in Anchiano but the name he's known by would give a nearby place lasting fame |
(Ken: Not from Vinci, apparently.)
Leonardo da Vinci
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The Doof Warrior shredded on post-apocalyptic guitar in this 2015 "Mad Max" film |
Fury Road
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Prisoners really do make these; in Michigan, rolls of aluminum are used to produce about 10,000 per day |
license plates
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Go ahead & talk about this 1996 Chuck Palahniuk knockout |
Fight Club
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One definition of this misconduct in the military is the refusal to obey someone of a higher rank |
insubordination
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This arid region occupies 500,000 square miles of northern China & southern Mongolia |
the Gobi Desert
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She was born in Coyoacán in 1907 & sadly, childhood polio was just the start of her medical issues |
Frida Kahlo
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2 days after Sly Stallone left "Beverly Hills Cop", this man got the starring role |
(Ken: It would've been a very different movie.)
(Eddie) Murphy
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As tectonic plates collide, a plate can snap up, causing an earthquake; that force transfers to the water, creating one of these |
a tsunami
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2005 bestseller about light-fingered Liesel Meminger |
The Book Thief
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In 1520 Martin Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 Theses; he was later hit with this ecclesiastical censure |
excommunication
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This island on the U.S. side of Niagara Falls is named for a herd of ruminants that roamed there in the 1700s |
Goat Island
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This future star of the graffiti world & beyond was born in 1960 to a Nuyorican mom & a Haitian dad |
Basquiat
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Regina George says, "Gretchen, stop trying to make" this "happen. It's not going to happen" |
fetch
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This "colorful" phrase referred to cheap diner meals of yore & the item they were served on |
a blue plate special
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Pasternak's masterpiece |
Doctor Zhivago
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Carl Sagan was a prominent one of these "star life" scientists |
an astrobiologist
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Southeastern Wyoming is the land o' this county that shares its name with an ancient home of the Hebrews |
Goshen
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She was born in what's now part of Pittsburgh in 1844, but Paris would eventually be home |
(Mary) Cassatt
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This 1972 blaxploitation movie about a drug dealer that was not merely fly was remade in 2018 |
Superfly
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The first fossils belonging to this dinosaur with bony plates in its back were discovered in the 1870s |
a Stegosaurus
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2003 high flyer from Khaled Hosseini |
The Kite Runner
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A synonym for "reasonable" begins this psychological term, an attempt to justify a failure or other loss |
(Fernando: What is rationalize?) (Ken: We needed the six syllable version, Fernando)
rationalization
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Protruding from the Bosphorus like an appendage from an animal's head, this colorful inlet helped bring wealth to Istanbul |
the Golden Horn
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His father a sculptor & his mother a painter, he first became mobile on July 22, 1898 in Pennsylvania |
(Ken: Inventor of the mobile, yes.)
Calder
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In a 2019 film this actor bet big on basketball; in a 2022 film, he played a pro basketball scout; he likes basketball |
(Ken: Uncut Gems and Hustle.)
Adam Sandler
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Steel plates were sewn into canvas to make these 4-letter vests worn by American aviators during World War II |
flak jackets
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Celeste Ng burned up the bestseller lists with this, her second novel |
Little Fires Everywhere
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In 1840 critic & author Margaret Fuller became the first editor of the Dial, a journal of this philosophical movement |
transcendentalism
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It's Sweden's second-biggest city & biggest seaport |
Gothenburg (Göteborg)
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