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The 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie in this country: the Jacobites |
Scotland
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This actor, in "Endgame": "Are you seriously telling me that your plan to save the universe is based on 'Back to the Future'?" |
Robert Downey Jr.
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"To happily follow wherever you may lead" employs this, once verboten but less so today |
a split infinitive
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A Port Macquarie hospital specializes in treating these critters, including the one seen here, who was rescued from a bush fire |
koalas
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A person born in the 1980s or early 1990s |
a millennial
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Come on up, lanyard-wearing "unaccompanied" these not-yet-voters |
minors
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The 1876 battle of this river: the Lakota & the Cheyenne |
Little Bighorn
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Zoinks! It was a double dose of Jr.s with Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred & Miguel A. Núñez Jr. in a 2002 film named for this cartoon dog |
Scooby Doo
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Generations have done this to the Latin verb for "to love": amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant |
conjugate
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This wild dog of Australia rarely barks but it does howl like a wolf |
a dingo
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Ariana Grande is among celebs who keep their tresses under control with this accessory |
(Paul: What's a scrunchie?)
a barrette
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We're happy to greet passengers in this cabin, also a 2011 "X-Men" prequel with mutants like Riptide & Emma Frost |
first class
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The Union: the 1865 battle of this Court House |
Appomattox
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Tha (Dwayne) Carter Jr. went platinum at age 17 when he was with the Hot Boys, but you may know him under this nom de rap |
Lil Wayne
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A Big Red "S.F." on a term paper stands for this, a sequence of words lacking subject, verb or both |
a sentence fragment
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This creature with a fierce reputation is Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial |
(Paul: What's a koala?)
a Tasmanian devil
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It means once a year |
annually
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We invite aboard those who've achieved this Jeopair! status, a synonym for highest found before "being" to refer to God |
supreme
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The 1940 Battle of Britain: this group of aviators |
the RAF (the Royal Air Force)
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The fans' choice as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver 15 straight times, he voiced himself--well, a version of himself--in "Cars" |
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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This grammatical case doesn't mean blaming someone but indicates that a noun is a direct object of a verb |
accusative
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Spiny anteater is another name for this egg-laying mammal |
(Amanda: What is a platypus?)
echidna
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Literally without a cent |
penniless
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Boarding group 11, in a class we call this synonym for basic or elemental & just as it sounds, comes from Latin for "rude" |
rudimentary
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The October 14, 1066 Battle of this: William the Conqueror |
Hastings
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UT Austin's trove of material from this Jr.'s career includes his "Raging Bull" boxing robe & even scripts from "Dirty Grandpa" |
(Amanda: Who is Billy Bob Thornton?)
Robert De Niro
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Parataxis is where you place clauses, you insert phrases, you add thoughts one after the other without using these |
(Amanda: What are commas?) (Paul: What are parentheses?)
conjunctions
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The common species of this burrowing marsupial can weigh up to 80 pounds |
a wombat
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On a military base, it's a grocery store; at a movie studio, it's a lunchroom |
(Amanda: What is a canteen?)
a commissary
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We welcome all active duty military to board, & we do this common 5-word phrase said to our folks in uniform |
thank you for your service
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