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In 1941, after 14 years of construction, this landmark in the Black Hills was declared completed |
Mount Rushmore
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The Jordan River empties into this "Sea", Earth's lowest body of water |
the Dead Sea
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Among the quotations engraved in the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial is "Hate cannot drive out hate, only" this "can do that" |
love
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In most states only the governor has the power to do this, not drive to work & back, but reduce a sentence |
commute
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Rapper Pac Man gets credit for creating drill, a genre associated with this city that's in the state of "Drillinois" |
Chicago
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"The biological genus that comprises modern man" |
(Greg: What is Homo sapiens?) ... (Ken: Just the genus, Greg--what is [*]?)
Homo
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Tradition says Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a Wittenberg church door in 1517, launching this religious revolution |
the Reformation
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The Thousand Islands lie in this river just where it leaves Lake Ontario |
the St. Lawrence
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In his preface to this 1855 work, Walt Whitman urged us to "stand up for the stupid and crazy" & "hate tyrants" |
Leaves of Grass
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The federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over this, covered in title 11 of the U.S. code; chapter 7 is good reading |
bankruptcy
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The name of this genre associated with Memphis may be a mix of "crazy" & "drunk"' |
crunk
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The body or frame of a ship, apart from the mast, sails & rigging |
hull
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This Silver State officially joined the U.S. in 1864 as its 36th state |
Nevada
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Cities on the shore of this lake include Babushkin, a stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway |
Lake Baikal
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A pearl of wisdom from Al Pacino in this role: "Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment" |
Michael Corleone
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Treasury writes checks; for balances, go to the Office of Weights & Measures within this trade-&-tech cabinet department |
Commerce
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"Billboard" says the album "Trap Muzik" by this rapper & actor introduced trap to the masses |
T.I.
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"Veneration of any image or object... regarded as the embodiment of a god" |
idolatry
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The USA's first paved coast-to-coast highway, this more-than-3,000-mile presidential one was dedicated in 1913 |
the Lincoln Highway
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In 1482 explorer Diogo Cão of Portugal was the 1st European to see & scout the mouth of this 2nd-longest river of Africa |
(Joseph: What's the Zambezi?)
the Congo
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Huck in "Tom Sawyer Abroad": "There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to" do this "with them" |
to travel with them
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In the 1930s this state eliminated a house of its legislature & the salaries of 90 out of 133 lawmakers |
(Ken: The only state with a unicameral legislature.)
Nebraska
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With the triggerman beat, rappers like Big Freedia innovate in this rap subgenre that sounds like what you'd do on a trampoline |
bounce
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The OED, really living up to the word: "that does not cease; unceasing, ceaseless... either in duration or repetition" |
(Greg: What is infinite?)
incessant
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In 1541, Michelangelo put the final touches on this huge fresco on the west wall of the Sistine Chapel |
The Last Judgment
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Each year monsoon rains in this Asian country swell Lake Tonle Sap from 1,000 to 4,000 square miles |
Cambodia
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The preface to this play about accents: "Impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other ... despise him" |
Pygmalion
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Until 1975 it took this many senators to end a filibuster, 7 more than now |
67
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In 2024, this star of the country rap genre appeared on Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" & had a No. 1 country hit with "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" |
Shaboozey
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"A body of persons... ranked in grades, orders, or classes, one above another" |
a hierarchy
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