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It's thought Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang died after ingesting this liquid element that he believed would make him immortal |
(Ken: Yes, do not try this at home.)
mercury
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In 1923 E.B. White was fired by the Seattle Times; he'd later find success with this 1945 tale about a mouselike boy |
Stuart Little
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A real high point of this city is the nearly 360-foot-tall memorial to José Martí in Revolution Square |
Havana
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As of January 1, 2024, California has a new state this, a golden chanterelle |
a mushroom
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Best Actor, 2012, for "Lincoln" |
Daniel Day-Lewis
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To make a new version of something, like The Chemical Brothers' adaptation of "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy |
a remix
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Crimes punishable by death in this 282-law collection included robbery, false accusation & priestesses drinking with commoners |
the Code of Hammurabi
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Newspaperman Ben Hecht wrote the novel "Erik Dorn" & then wrote for the movies with this director's "Spellbound" |
Hitchcock
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This national monument & natural wonder attracts people from all over to Utah; the one for our dearly departed pets is different |
Rainbow Bridge
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Unlike other cats, this fastest one doesn't have fully retractable claws |
a cheetah
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Best picture, 2019, starring Song Kang Ho & Cho Yeo Jeong |
Parasite
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This 2-syllable word means to attach, like a postscript to a letter or a label to a package |
affix
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In "Meditations" this Roman emperor reminds himself not to be irritated at other people's bad breath: "That's the way his mouth is" |
(Ken: Yeah, good attitude, Marcus.)
Marcus Aurelius
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Willard Motley wrote novels as well as Bud Billiken newspaper columns for this city's Black weekly The Defender |
Chicago
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Native American leaders want the name of this first U.S. natl. monument changed, saying it's offensive & based on a mistranslation |
Devils Tower
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Belize, in Central America, was formerly a colony called this |
British Honduras
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Best Supporting Actor, 2019, for "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" |
Brad Pitt
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This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 |
(Yogesh: Well, I think you've already spotted me two letters in this category, so I think I'm gonna have a shot, I'll do a True Daily Double.)
Chamonix
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Praising the defense of democracy, Pericles' funeral oration of 431 B.C. was given for soldiers fallen in this conflict |
the Peloponnesian War
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This New Journalism leader wrote the novel "I Am Charlotte Simmons", about early 21st century college life |
(Tom) Wolfe
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Dedicated to the memory of great Frenchmen, it's the final resting place of women too, including Marie Curie & Simone Veil |
the Pantheon
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In the U.S. a quadrillion has this many zeros |
(Yogesh: What is 12?)
15
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Best Supporting Actress, 1973, for "Paper Moon" |
Tatum O'Neal
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This comic book hero who battles the Romans with his pal Obelix was introduced in 1959 |
Asterix
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The Pyramids of Meroë in modern-day Sudan were built in the land of this 4-letter ancient kingdom |
Kush
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This scribe worked the baseball beat for a N.Y. paper but got his potatoes with the story collection "Guys & Dolls" & whatnot |
Runyon
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Located on Israel's Mount of Remembrance, this memorial center commemorates the victims & the heroes of the Holocaust |
Yad Vashem
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Stepping down in 2024 after 52 years on the throne, she had the longest reign of any Danish monarch |
Margrethe (II)
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Best Director, 2014, for "Birdman" & 2015, for "The Revenant" |
(González) Iñárritu
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It means verbose or redundant |
prolix
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