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Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest Greek-letter society, was founded in 1776 at this Virginia college |
William & Mary
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High school is complicated for "Me and" him "and the Dying Girl" |
Earl
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Often found before "keen", this fruity word also describes a bellini cocktail |
peachy
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After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest president in U.S. history |
Lincoln
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Years before Darwin, Charles Bonnet used this word for the idea that catastrophes lead to higher life forms |
(Alex: With less than a minute now.)
evolution
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We're on a first name basis with this bubbly redhead who has hosted the awards more times than any other artist
"Welcome to the ACM Awards, and it's great to be back as your host!" |
Reba McEntire
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The main campus for Middlebury College is located in the Champlain Valley of this state |
Vermont
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The title character of this E.B. White book is born 2 inches long, with a tail & whiskers |
Stuart Little
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A cut of diamond, or anything wonderful |
brilliant
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This "Great" Russian czar was more than 6'6" |
Peter the Great
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Though he didn't live to see it, he accurately predicted that a comet seen previously would return in 1758 |
Halley
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At the 2011 awards Steven Tyler duetted with Carrie Underwood on this group's classic "Walk This Way" |
Aerosmith
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While attending this school, George W. Bush was a member of its Skull & Bones secret society |
Yale
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A Joseph Conrad novel was partly based on James Lingrad, a petty potentate on Borneo given this noble nickname |
Lord Jim
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Wonderful adjective preceding "Mrs. Maisel" or "Marvin Hagler" |
marvelous
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The National Park Service says that based on this Hawaiian king's feathered cape, he'd have been about 7 feet tall |
Kamehameha
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Next time you grab a soda, you can thank Joseph Priestley, who dissolved this gas in water in 1768, making it fizzy |
carbon dioxide
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In 1976 she went from "Coal Miner's Daughter" to the first woman to win ACM Entertainer of the Year
"I sure am proud! I want to thank all of you!" |
Loretta Lynn
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Nicknamed "Sadie Lou", this New York college dropped the words "for Women" from its name in 1947 |
Sarah Lawrence
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Last name of Ramona, the title 8-year-old in a novel by Beverly Cleary |
Quimby
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Lorenzo de Medici was dubbed "Lorenzo the" this word emblazoning his great deeds |
magnificent
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Milo Đukanović, of this former Yugoslav republic named for its mountainousness, towers over other leaders |
Montenegro
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British physician David Pitcairn was the first to notice a link between rheumatic fever & serious damage to this organ |
the heart
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In 2018 she won 3 awards including Song of the Year for "Tin Man", for a total of 32, the most of any artist in ACM history |
Miranda Lambert
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This Jesuit university not far from L.A.'s international airport is known as LMU for short |
Loyola Marymount
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"I spit on your happiness!" is a line from this Jean Anouilh tragedy about a daughter of Oedipus |
(Marshall: Who is Elektra?)
Antigone
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From the Latin for "quake" comes the word for something outstanding |
(Marshall: What is terrific?) (Satish: What is seismic?) ... (Alex: For shaking, a tremor. [*].)
tremendous
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This 6'5" French president was nicknamed "The Big Asparagus" |
(Marshall: Who is Chirac?)
Charles de Gaulle
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In 1787, but not on a midsummer night, William Herschel discovered these 2 largest moons of Uranus |
Oberon and Titania
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At the 2007 awards Taylor Swift met this superstar for the first time after performing her debut single that's named for him
"Hi, I'm Taylor." |
Tim McGraw
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