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| Each summer, one of these rainy seasons briefly transforms the Salalah region of Oman from desert into a pop-up rainforest |
monsoon season
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| It's known for Star Wars Day, but this date is also Petite & Proud Day & Intl. Respect for Chickens Day because why not |
May 4
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| Anne is told, "By all means, move at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me" in this 2006 fashion-forward film |
The Devil Wears Prada
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| This game of Asian origin has 361 pieces, the same number of intersections & 10170 board configurations |
Go
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| The name of this basic frame holding the body & motor of an automobile comes from the Latin for "box" |
(Aaron: What is cistern?)
chassis
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| A state funeral at Westminster? No, thanks! The family plot in St. Margaret of Antioch churchyard was the choice for this nurse |
Nightingale
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| The eastern edge of Egypt's Eastern Desert lies mostly along this body of water |
the Red Sea
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| National Yo-Yo Day rolls out & World Tetris Day fits in on this date; need more? Oh yeah, it's also D-Day |
June 6
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| This dame played Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" & neglected Shakespeare wife Anne Hathaway in 2018's "All Is True" |
(Morgan: Who is Mirren?) ... (Shaan: Bring it.)
Judi Dench
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| Crate digging is a pastime for collectors of these, perhaps hoping for "Around Grapefruit" or "Done By the Forces of Nature" |
record collecting
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| Who's a good boy? The predecessor to this herding breed was brought to Wales by the Celts around 1200 B.C. |
Corgi
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| 2 first ladies rest at Quincy's "Church of Presidents", the United First Parish Church: this woman & her son's wife Louisa |
Abigail Adams
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| NASA imagery shows how nutrient-rich dust blown from this desert feeds the Amazon Rainforest, thousands of miles to the west |
the Sahara
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| Enjoy bowling with friends on March 6, "The Day of" this character, man; that's when "The Big Lebowski" arrived in 1998 |
the Dude
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| Anne jumped onto the title object in a "Lip Sync Battle" rendition of this Miley Cyrus hit |
"Wrecking Ball"
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| The office novel "Then We Came to the End" calls tossing this "the great unsung pastime of American corporate life" |
(Ken: We've all done it--tossing [*].)
crumpled (wadded up) bits of paper
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| In cricket, this is a score of 100 runs or more by a batsman in a single innings |
a century
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| This dictator was removed from his Valle de los CaĆdos Mausoleum in 2019 & reburied north of Madrid next to his wife |
(Ken: Yes, still dead.)
Franco
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| This vast region lying between the Altai, Hangayn, Da Hinggan & Tien Shan Mountains is largely covered in rock, not sand |
Gobi Desert
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| January 1 is this 2-word day; celebrate with a free sample of "Ain't Misbehavin'", which entered it in 2025 |
Public Domain
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| Accepting the Oscar for "Les Mis", Anne hoped soon, "the misfortunes of" this character "will only be found in stories" & not real life |
(Morgan: Who is Cosette?)
Fantine
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| Home picklers, lay in a store of the Ball Blue Book, named for the company that became synonymous with this type of jar |
Mason
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| At the 1925 Scopes trial in Tennessee, William Jennings Bryan argued for this Christian alternative to evolution |
creationism
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| Levallois-Perret Cemetery is where this civil engineer known as the "Magician of Iron" came to rest after his 1923 death |
(Gustave) Eiffel
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| Much of Eastern Wash. is deserty scablands; out West, this rainforest-filled national park lies on the same-named peninsula |
Olympic
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| Feb. 15 is this 3-word day; it's the phrase people rallied around after a ship went down off Havana that day in 1898 |
Remember the Maine
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| Anne & Billy Shakes shared 3 kids: Susanna & the twins, Judith & this boy, whose name is one letter off from a brooding title guy |
Hamnet
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| The company Playrix has taken up quite enough of your time with mobile games like Homescapes & this earlier one in the Scapes series |
(Shaan: What is RuneScapes?)
GardenScapes
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| An old style of trumpet with a shrill tone, you may hear its "call" loud & clear |
a clarion
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| This "Creation" composer's head was stolen from his Vienna grave soon after his 1809 burial & not returned until 1954 |
Haydn
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