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CITIES & TOWNS OF THE BIBLE |
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NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS |
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In Edward Greenstein's 2019 translation, this biblical man who goes through a lot of troubles is "fed up" with God |
Job
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As mentioned at the start of this book, Pithom & Raamses were 2 treasure cities built by the Israelites for the Egyptian Pharaoh |
Exodus
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An opera named for this character is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
Falstaff
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On January 18, 2021 she officially resigned her California Senate seat; 2 days later, she made history |
(Kamala) Harris
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1967: Bruce Reitherman as the voice of Mowgli; 2016: Neel Sethi as Mowgli |
The Jungle Book
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This alphanumeric term meaning first rate first appeared in "The Pickwick Papers" |
A1
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In 2021 Jennifer Croft, translator of Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, said translators' names belong here & she was insisting on it |
(Katy: What is the title page?)
the cover of the book
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Despite his own rules against sorcery, this monarch traveled to the city of Endor to consult a witch |
Saul
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In a Rossini opera, he shaves Dr. Bartolo |
Figaro
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Sadly, inventor Otis Boykin, who made improvements to this medical implant, died of heart failure at 61 |
a pacemaker
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In the title role in 1998: Ming-Na Wen; in 2020: Liu Yifei |
Mulan
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This word for beer or ale poured straight from the tap debuted in "Sketches by Boz" |
draught
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Thomas Hobbes translated this work on "The Man that Having Sack'd the Sacred Town of Troy, wander'd so long at sea" |
The Odyssey
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Also the home of Mary & Martha, this town near Jerusalem is where Lazarus was raised from the dead |
Bethany
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Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo has focused his singing in this high register range |
falsetto
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In 1986 she founded one of the most successful production companies in daytime TV, Harpo Productions |
(Ken: Yes, Oprah spelled backwards.)
(Oprah) Winfrey
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1961: Hayley Mills & Hayley Mills; 1998: Lindsay Lohan & Lindsay Lohan |
The Parent Trap
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"Barnaby Rudge" gave us this clothing & weapon term meaning related to espionage |
cloak and dagger
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Ann Goldstein learned Italian to read Dante & has translated this pseudonymous author whose name rhymes with Dante |
(Elena) Ferrante
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What was Sela, the "strong city" of Edom, is today somewhere in this country--maybe it's Petra |
Jordan
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In 1841 Richard Wagner composed "Der fliegende Holländer", this opera in English |
The Flying Dutchman
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A decade before writing "Their Eyes Were Watching God", she was Barnard's first Black graduate |
(Zora Neale) Hurston
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1976: Barbara Harris & Jodie Foster; 2003: Jamie Lee Curtis & Lindsay Lohan |
Freaky Friday
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In "The Old Curiosity Shop", this means a miser, even without an initial "skin" |
flint
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In 1922 C.K. Scott Moncrieff wrote a nice letter to the dying Marcel Proust explaining his translation choices, including this title |
Remembrance of Things Past
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Genesis recounts that this mighty hunter built the city of Nineveh |
Nimrod
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A high point of the opera "Lakmé" by Léo Delibes is this "duet" heard here |
the "Flower Duet"
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Seen here, this legendary blues singer & guitarist from Mississippi got his byname from playing in a creek as a boy |
(John: Who is... Morton?)
Muddy Waters
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1968: Dean Jones & Herbie; 1997: Bruce Campbell & Herbie |
(Cris: What is Herbie the Love Bug?)
The Love Bug
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Mrs. Gargery in "Great Expectations" was the first to go "on the" this; stay out of her way, Pip! |
(John: What's lam?)
rampage
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