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This empress did not promulgate the 1773 papal bull suppressing Jesuits, allowing them to survive in Russia |
Catherine the Great
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This synonym for serenity is a "sea" on the Moon that made some waves in 1969 |
the Sea of Tranquility
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In a honeybee colony, the only job of these non-remote-controlled male bees is to mate with a queen |
drones
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Square dancing is often part of this lively party |
a hoedown
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To promote "Everything Everywhere All at Once", A24 Films sells pet these, complete with googly eyes & nest |
a pet rock
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The skeleton of a sailor named Allardyce is left as a clue in this 1883 pirate tale |
Treasure Island
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Part of this 11-letter name of the king of the Franks means "great" in Old French |
Charlemagne
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JMW Turner captured the serene beauty of this largest Swiss lake |
Lake Geneva
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"Dom" Toretto could tell you it's the missing step on the chart of the animal taxonomy seen here |
family
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In a car, this action gets you into a lower gear |
(Mayim: Yes, teaching my son to do it now.) [Bryan chuckles.]
downshift
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A Dungeons & Dragons computer RPG from 1991 is called "Eye of the" this, also the name of a monster watching you there |
Eye of the Beholder
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In "The Thousand & One Nights", this sailor man swears off travel after his seventh voyage |
Sinbad
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Frederick the Great brought this kingdom into European ascendancy; it's no longer around, though |
Prussia
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Taylor Swift sang, "You need to just stop, like can you just not step on his gown? You need to" do this |
calm down
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4 chemical elements, including yttrium & erbium, were named for a village in this country |
Sweden
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After a 2011 quake, the Daiichi plant at Fukushima experienced one of these |
a meltdown
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On "Orange Is the New Black", Uzo Aduba played Suzanne Warren, who had this manic nickname |
Crazy Eyes
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This Sebastian Junger book looks into what might have befallen those aboard the fishing boat the Andrea Gail |
The Perfect Storm
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King Sejong the Great was responsible for bringing the Hangul alphabet to these people |
Korea (the Koreans)
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AA's serenity prayer asks for "the courage to change the things I can, &" this "to know the difference" |
wisdom
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This common silica mineral is found in many types of rocks & is the most common constituent of sand |
(Ilena: What is gypsum?)
quartz
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The eggs seen here are cushioned by this fluffy stuff named for a duck |
(Courtney: What is down?)
eiderdown
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This band's 1980s cover of the Burt Bacharach & Hal David classic "Always Something There To Remind Me" was memorable |
Naked Eyes
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The irascible Captain Haddock is from this Belgian's "Tintin" stories |
Hergé
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Jews have warm fuzzy feelings for this "Great" Persian who released them from captivity in Babylonia |
(Bryan: Who is Darius?) (Ilena: Who is Nebuchadnezzar?)
Cyrus the Great
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This man II is his serene highness, Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux, man about town, dude with some pull |
Prince Albert (II)
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Yes, yes, this rare lemur has been described as having the face of a possum, the teeth of a rat & the ears of a bat |
an aye-aye
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Paul Auster wrote "The New Colossus" turned the Statue of Liberty into a "symbol of hope to... outcasts &" this type of people |
the downtrodden
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Later a movie title, this collection of short stories was subtitled "Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond" |
For Your Eyes Only
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Lord Drinian is captain of this title vessel in a book by C.S. Lewis |
the Dawn Treader
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