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| A FRIENDLY GAME OF BILLIARDS |
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| Next time you buy groceries, thank Margaret Knight, who in 1871 won a patent battle for her machine to make pre-folded these |
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| The crimson flag of this Ivy League university features 3 books & the motto veritas |
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| These "Are Forever" in the title of James Bond's fourth adventure |
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| Baghdad lies on this river, about 25 miles northeast of the Euphrates |
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| 2-word term meaning to end up with the same amount of money as when you started, as in gambling or business |
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| In 8-ball, these are the 2 distinctive types of ball each player is trying to sink before the 8 |
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| Britain's Air Ministry ridiculed Frank Whittle's idea for this type of engine in the 1920s, but by the 1950s no one was laughing |
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| In 2022, fettuccine lovers gasped as a truck crashed, spilling this heavy cream sauce all over I-55 |
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| This British detective was on the case in "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" |
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| In 2003 the USA's 75th Exploitation Task Force searched Iraq for these, WMDs for short, but didn't find any |
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| Vanessa Burghardt in the 2022 film "Cha Cha Real Smooth" was described as this new star separating from the pack |
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| The Mikado's punishment for a pool shark: to play "on a cloth untrue with a twisted" this "& elliptical billiard balls" |
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| In the 1830s Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented this glass receptacle to help her study the paper nautilus |
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| A 2022 car chase in the U.K. ended with the driver producing a license from the "driving school" of this toy brick-themed theme park |
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| This teen female detective solved "The Spider Sapphire Mystery" |
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| Iraq once produced most of the world's supply of this fruit & is replanting after millions of palm trees were destroyed |
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| Jennings nutmegs the last defender! He's in on goal alone! It's one of these! |
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| As Eddie Felson, this actor defeats Minnesota Fats at the billiards table in "The Hustler" & won his sole acting Oscar for the sequel |
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| In the 17th century physicist Christiaan Huygens brought this swingin' device into clocks |
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| The barreleye fish can distinguish sunlight from prey that has this light-emitting quality |
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| Aunt Em & Uncle Henry join Dorothy on her travels in this metropolis "of Oz" |
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| About 20% of Iraq's population is this ethnic group that today administers 3 northern provinces there |
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| Acts 20:7 describes Paul preaching to new disciples after they gather to do this, a synonym for dining together |
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| This billiards variation uses one white ball, 15 red & 6 colored ones; the 1985 world championship final took almost 15 hours |
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| Ophthalmologist Patricia Bath invented a sight-saving laser probe to remove these opacities from the eye |
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| After the queen's death, the names of Prince William's children now end with "of" this place instead of Cambridge |
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| In a Wilkie Collins novel, one of Alex' favorites, Colonel Herncastle foolishly steals this title gem from the head of a Hindu idol |
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| Iraq's international currency code is IQD, with the "D" representing this |
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| An 1889 Chekhov story is about this, an inability to cope with life due to stress; it's no longer an accepted medical diagnosis |
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| Covered by a felt cloth, the bed of a billiards table is typically this metamorphic rock, also used in blackboards |
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