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| To trigger a potent memory is to do this 3-word phrase, play a combination of 3 notes | |
| Still around, these 2 rival companies began with a 1744 sale of 'scarce & valuable books' & a 1766 sale of chamber pots | |
| Found near Amsterdam in 2010, a 1606 stock certificate from this long-defunct company has been valued at $750,000 | |
| Exiled from Prussia in 1849, this newspaper editor printed his final issue in red | |
| The plot? Potters plot; mid-March gets dangerous; main plotter ends up committing Strato-cide | |
| In 1982, 72 years after his death, he became the first person inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians | |
| This 'filler flower' often used in bridal bouquets comes in several varieties including New Love & Perfecta | |
| The usually wealthy widow of a king (7) | |
| This European city hosted the northernmost Summer Games, also the first where Soviet athletes participated | |
| In 1170 he said, 'I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace' | |
| Characters in this epic 4,002-line poem include Count Ogier, Duke Thierry & Archbishop Turpin of Reims | |
| This French king's attempt to escape his fate is known as the Flight to Varennes | |
| This beryl gem symbolized fertility & the Aztecs associated it with Quetzalcoatl, a god of agriculture | |
| As its name indicates, this member of the weasel family has the same favorite food as Winnie-the-Pooh | |
| The name of this knot used to shorten a rope without cutting it calls to mind a certain animal's leg | |
| Gaudi | |
| In 1933 the first of these addresses began, 'I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the U.S. about banking' | |
| In the Red Star in 1976, Capt. Yuri Gavrilov coined this nickname for a U.K. politician who had made a speech against the USSR | |
| His headstone in Rome reads in part: 'This grave contains all that was mortal, of a young English poet' | |
| From the Latin for 'little mouse', these body parts are so named as their movements under the skin resemble mice | |
| 11 nominations, 1984; it won 8 Oscars, including Costume Design | |
| Simba & Nala sing it on realizing they've found romance | |
| The 75 year life of this Disney film includes an excerpt given to schools subtitled 'A Lesson in Honesty' | |
| 2001: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan | |
| 'Memoirs of a Cavalier' was a fictional account of this decades-long war of 17th century continental Europe | |
| In the 350s B.C. Demosthenes started warning Greeks about aggression by this Macedonian dad | |
| Steve Inskeep and David Greene host this show in the A.M. in D.C.; Renee Montagne, not far from us here in Culver City | |
| A line in this short story is 'slowly, awkwardly trying out his feelers, which he now first learned to appreciate...' | |
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| The Ravi Shankar & Vilayat Khan are methods of teaching this instrument | |
| 'So glistered the dire snake, and into fraud / Led Eve our credulous mother, to the tree / Of prohibition, root of all our woe' | |
| In 2003 a campaign was launched to change the name of this Sicilian town, associated with the Mafia due to U.S. pop culture | |
| George Romney, John Connally, John Mitchell | |
| In 2007 this state elected the USA's first Indian-American governor | |
| 1 of 2 performers to win 2 Best Actor Oscars for films that won Best Picture | |
| This New England state's record low of -50 F. was recorded in Aroostook County on January 16, 2009 | |
| This 11-letter compound word sounds like it means miser, but it's the opposite | |
| In 1717 it was Bastille Day for this 1-named author who'd do 11 months for satirical verses against the govt. | |
| Dr. Hugh Cairns, who tried but couldn't save the life of this man in May 1935, became a pioneer in the use of motorcycle helmets | |
| These in women are also called oviducts | |
| Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the JFK administration is called this many 'Days' | |
| Published in 1513, it was dedicated 'to the magnificent Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici' | |
| As William Faulkner sat writing, it took him six weeks to come up with this 1930 classic | |
| This man who argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court is buried in section 5 | |
| Though jellyfish are spineless, they form a hydrostatic one of these structures when they take in water | |
| This general from Uniontown won the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan helping European recovery | |
| Church, the cat in this Stephen King novel, is killed one day, then pops up the next day like nothing happened--typical cat | |
| The exosphere, the edge of the atmosphere, is primarily made of particles of hydrogen & this element | |
| 3-letter name for a long white tunic made of linen & worn by medieval clergy | |
| In 1923 Fanny Brice made news by having this procedure, later rejected by a woman portraying her | |
| Among the seas of the Mediterranean, it's alphabetically first | |
| In 1702 Thomas Savery wrote of one of his designs, 'Such an engine will do the work or labour of ten or twelve' these | |
| The difference of this southern state's highest & lowest points is only 345 feet, the smallest disparity among the states | |
| Enjoy the Van Gogh Museum & the stock exchange, founded in 1602 in this city... but don't stop for any red lights | |
| In a preface, Lewis Carroll gives the pronunciation of some new words found in this poem | |
| Arkansas' Hot Springs average 143 degrees; presumably these Oklahoma springs are 69 degrees hotter | |
| Dorothy's iconic blue & white checked pinafore in 'The Wizard of Oz' was made from this cotton fabric | |
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| 'The Heather on the Hill' was one of the featured songs in this 1947 Lerner & Loewe musical | |
| In 1846 it had 200 people; 14 years later, thanks to a discovery, it had over 50,000, making it No. 15 in the country | |
| This North American river first sailed by Europeans in 1534 is named for a man who was martyred in Rome in the 3rd century | |
| He said a 2009 exhibit was the 1st time taxpayers' money was used 'to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off' | |
| In 2014, 20 years after it was published, this book about the origins of Ebola was back on the nonfiction list | |
| Under the Treaty of Karlowitz of 1699, most of Hungary was ceded to this country by the Ottoman Empire | |
| For the funeral scene in this 1982 biopic the production co. placed ads for 400,000 extras in Delhi newspapers | |
| Set to the song 'You've Got Time', a montage of real women who were incarcerated is in the opening credits of this series | |
| Temporary cessation of breathing; asphyxia is when it's not so temporary | |
| In 1858 rule of India went from the East India Company to the British Crown & Lord Canning became the first holder of this title | |
| His 1982 'not guilty by reason of insanity' verdict led states to pass laws that allowed 'guilty but mentally ill' | |
| This World Heritage site just southeast of Charlottesville was built between 1768 & 1809 | |
| This disease is more properly known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy | |
| This fictional sleuth from St. Mary Mead enjoyed her knitting, gardening & bird-watching | |
| He didn't carry a blue security blanket when he won a Chemistry Nobel for research on the nature of chemical bonds | |
| 'Iowa Stubborn' was the second song heard in this show when it opened on Broadway in 1957 | |
| Meaning 'waterless place' this 500,000-square-mile area lies in what's called a 'rain shadow' of the Himalayas | |
| This creature of the genus hippocampus has a prehensile tail & a brood pouch | |
| This Danish thinker has been called 'The Father of Existentialism' | |
| A national pair in the Caribbean: 'Ancient & Bearded' | |
| 'Veruca Salt, the little brute. Has just gone down the garbage chute', wrote this author | |
| This agency was founded in 1865 to suppress counterfeit currency | |
| An early TV ad for this candy bar featured a fleur-de-lis flag & a song with the lyrics 'fun for all' | |
| Beginning with a word that means immeasurably great, it means exceedingly small | |
| G.O.P. Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana has this post in the House working to persuade others to vote with the party | |
| The murder in this mystery takes lace aboard the Karnak, a small river steamboat | |
| Disease-specific genes have been found that could help tell psoriasis from this skin affliction, aiding in treatment | |
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