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    (Heather: What is era? [*]?)
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    yards
 
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    | Blake Carrington is the patriarch on this 1980s primetime soap rebooted in 2017 | 
    Dynasty
 
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    | The Asian tiger type of this insect found throughout the U.S. can transmit diseases like the Zika & West Nile viruses | 
    the mosquito
 
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    | Typically, 19th century lieder, or songs, were arranged for 1 vocalist & 1 accompanist on this instrument | 
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    | The nomadic Tuareg people speak a Berber-related dialect & call this desert home | 
    the Sahara
 
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    public displays of affection
 
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    | In 1994 Oksana Baiul edged out this famously injured American for figure skating gold | 
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    | It describes futuristic novels full of doom & gloom & oppressive societies like "The Hunger Games" series | 
    dystopian
 
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    | Able to grow to more than 20 feet in length, the Burmese type of this snake is now widespread in Florida's wetlands | 
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    | Lieder date back to the 12th century but really hit their stride during this emotional musical era that began in the 18th century | 
    the Romantic era
 
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    | Dry doesn't mean dull with sites like the rocks of Rainbow Valley in this country's Atacama Desert | 
    Chile
 
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    | Take a deep dive & tell us what SCUBA is an acronym for | 
    self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
 
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    | The 1924 Olympics played backdrop to this film about 2 British runners | 
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    | Constantine the Great is considered the first emperor of this empire | 
    Byzantine
 
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    | This variety of fruit fly invaded California in the 1980s & led to U.S. quarantine laws | 
    the Mediterranean fruit fly
 
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    | The French followed the Germans' lied with a form called melodie, like Henri Duparc's this French word for song "Triste" | 
    chanson
 
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    | In 1990 protecting Saudi Arabia from Iraqi troops was dubbed Operation this; Desert Storm soon followed | 
    Desert Shield
 
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    federal insurance
 
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    | The 1968 Olympics in Grenoble were dubbed the "Killympics" after the exploits of a man in this sport | 
    (Alex: Jean-Claude Killy, the world-famous [*].)
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    | They're the showy blooms seen here | 
    hydrangeas
 
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    | This predator with a feline name has expanded from the Pacific to coastal areas of the Atlantic & Caribbean as well | 
    the lionfish
 
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    | Discovered in 2017, "Lied vom Weissen Käse", or "Song of the White Cheese", is by this composer who often worked with Bertolt Brecht | 
    Kurt Weill
 
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    the Red Sea
 
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    | The "C" in ASCII, used in computing, stands for this | 
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    | A field event, the long jump favors athletes with track star speed, like this U.S. man who won 4 straight golds in the event | 
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    | This jellylike substance that fills the cells of an organism contains mitochondria & ribosomes | 
    cytoplasm
 
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    | Apis mellifera scutellata is best known by this scary name & came from Africa to Brazil to the United States | 
    killer bees
 
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    | This Vienna-born composer was only 17 when he wrote "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" & changed the lieder game in 1814 | 
    (Heather: Who is Beethoven?)
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