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GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66 |
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(!) In this book "He took every present! Pop guns... bicycles! Roller skates! Drums! Checker-boards! Tricycles! Popcorn! and Plums!" |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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This word for a type of blood vessel is also used for a mineral-filled fissure within rock |
a vein
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"This is what it sounds like" at this tearful moment, sang Prince in the movie "Purple Rain" |
when doves cry
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In Carthage, Missouri, there's a historic one of these where you can catch a movie without ever leaving your car |
a drive-in theater
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A participant in this Boston Harbor event said most of the people chosen were journeymen & apprentices |
the Boston Tea Party
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When addressing your local archbishop, you might refer to him as "Your Grace" or "Your" this other honorific |
Your Excellency
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(,) It's the 1950 title trio that's part of the "Chronicles of Narnia" |
the Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
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This process is the weathering of particles as they're worn away & moved by wind or water |
erosion
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"Nocturnal creatures are not so prudent, the moon's my teacher & I'm her student" is from her song "She Wolf" |
(David: Who is Sia?)
Shakira
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Lester Dill, who ran Missouri's Meramec Caverns, was one of the 1st to use this form of advertising on cars; in the '30s they were tied on |
bumper stickers
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In the 16th century an African man in Japan named Yasuke became the first recorded foreigner to join the ranks of this warrior class |
Samurai
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Also known as birling, this outdoor sport requires good balance & is especially enjoyed by lumberjacks |
logrolling
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(?) This phrase completes the bestselling Erma Bombeck title "If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing" here... |
in the Pits
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Seen here, deposits at Badwater Basin of what is mostly this mineral leave polygon-shaped designs due to water evaporation |
salt (sodium chloride)
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In a song mentioning the Hollywood Hills, the Red Hot Chili Peppers sang, "True men don't kill" these wild canids |
coyotes
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Begin your historic road trip at the "Begin" sign in Chicago near the corner of Adams Street & this stately avenue |
Michigan (Avenue)
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Oddly, the names of the agents involved in this 1798 scandal were Jean, Pierre & Lucien, not Xena, Yolanda & Zara |
the XYZ Affair
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This large bird of Africa & Asia takes its name from its prominent beak, often topped by a hollow chamber called a casque |
the hornbill
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(,) It's Susanna Kaysen's memoir of 2 years at McLean Psychiatric Hospital, starting when she was just 18 |
Girl, Interrupted
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Leapfrog is software scientists use to create 3D models of this kind of relative elevation map, partly from Greek for "place" |
topographical (topographic)
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This honkytonk singer dueted with Willie Nelson on the sudsy country hit "Beer For My Horses" |
Toby Keith
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Visit the Mining Museum in Galena, Kansas, a small town that was big in mining this metal obtained from galena |
lead
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This political organization was founded by Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale in 1966 |
the Black Panthers
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It's an artwork that immerses the viewer in an environment, such as Damien Hirst's "Earth, Air, Fire, Water" |
an installation
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(!) The title of this 1855 book about a young Brit sailing the Atlantic is used to mean "let's head in a certain direction" |
(Liz: What is Go West Young Man?)
Westward Ho!
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Millions of years ago, all of the continents were combined in a "super" one called this, meaning "all earth" |
Pangaea
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"War Pigs" by this British heavy metal band was meant to convey that war was the real satanism |
Black Sabbath
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Dudes, hold onto your car when you're visiting this famous Texas attraction |
Cadillac Ranch
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A recent exhumation of this eccentric 16th century Danish astronomer found his prosthetic nose was more likely brass than gold |
Tycho Brahe
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It's a minor fault or quirk, from the diminutive of a Spanish word for "sin" |
peccadillo
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