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    | Ernest Giles' journal of crossing Australia's deserts says, "Oh, would that I had" these! "What are horses in such a region?" | camels 
 
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    | B.C. stands for "before Christ", B.C.E. stands for "before" this | (Heather: What is era? [*]?) 
 before common era
 
 
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    | Before the Olympics went all-metric, the 1904 games had events like the 880 of these units freestyle swim | 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 | a piano 
 
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    | The nomadic Tuareg people speak a Berber-related dialect & call this desert home | the Sahara 
 
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    | The slang term PDA is short for this, like smooching at the movies | public displays of affection 
 
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    | In 1994 Oksana Baiul edged out this famously injured American for figure skating gold | Nancy Kerrigan 
 
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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 | a python 
 
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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 | Chariots of Fire 
 
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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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    | Seen on pay stubs, FICA is short for these 2 words "Contributions Act" | 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 [*].) 
 skier
 
 
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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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    | This sea is the western border of the Arabian Desert | the Red Sea 
 
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    | The "C" in ASCII, used in computing, stands for this | code 
 
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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 | (Sam: Who's Owens?) 
 Carl Lewis
 
 
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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?) 
 Franz Schubert
 
 
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