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1984
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In September Pope John Paul II visited this country & spoke up for the rights of the Inuit
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Canada
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1984 was the first model year for the minivan from this company with Lee Iacocca as its CEO
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Chrysler
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$600
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"The rainbow is mandating a new definition of greatness", he told the 1984 Democratic Convention
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Jesse Jackson
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$800
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Thousands gathered at this iconic L.A. location for Olympic track & field events
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the L.A. Coliseum
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$1000
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Prince Charles came to give Brunei independence as an Islamic one of these, based on the title of the man to Charles's right
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a sultan (sultanate)
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IKEA NAMES
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$200
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Spoka, meaning "to haunt", is a line of these to illuminate kids' rooms
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night lights
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$400
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Billy, a popular one of these especially for your library, is named for IKEA employee Billy Liljedahl
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a bookshelf
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$600
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Alkalisk is the name for these sold at IKEA
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batteries
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$800
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This item that you often need to buy at checkout for $1.50 is called Frakta
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a (shopping) bag
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$1000
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Rugs called Roskilde, Silkeborg & Osted are among things bearing names of towns not in Sweden but in this country
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Denmark
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THIS & THAT
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In July 2019 this D.C. monument was "turned" into a rocket for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11
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the Washington Monument
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$400
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A giant sculpture of a dead Norwegian blue parrot in London celebrated the 2014 reunion of this comedy troupe
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Monty Python
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$600
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O. vulgaris, a species of this mollusk, has been called the most intelligent of all invertebrate animals
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an octopus
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$800
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The U.S. Navy wanted to paint this bridge that opened in 1937 with yellow & black stripes so that it would be more visible in the fog
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the Golden Gate Bridge
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$1000
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Qualatex, which offers an exam to become a CBA, certified this artist, is a brand of microfoil & latex ones
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balloons
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THOSE ARE MY LITERARY CHARACTERS!
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Jem Finch, Mayella Ewell
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Harper Lee
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Jason Bourne, a whole lot of people chasing Jason Bourne
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Robert Ludlum
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$600
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Robert Langdon & "the hulking albino named Silas"
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Dan Brown
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$800
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Arthur Dimmesdale, (Young) Goodman Brown
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Hawthorne
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Mr. Sammler, who had a "Planet"; Von Humboldt Fleisher, who had a "Gift"
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Saul Bellow
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HOLLYWOOD & LINE
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A classic line from this 1972 film is "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"
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The Godfather
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$400
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Movie that gave us "Dynaguy, snagged on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex... no capes!"
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The Incredibles
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$600
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"I am not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm" this moniker
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The Dude
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$800
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From 1984, it "is out there!...it doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. & it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead"
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The Terminator
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$1000
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Jennifer Lawrence to Bradley Cooper in this film: "Calm down, crazy"
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Silver Linings Playbook
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NEIL BEFORE ME
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$400
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Before Neil Gorsuch, A.B. Neil similarly believed in the original meaning of the Constitution as Chief Justice of this in Tennessee
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the state supreme court
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$800
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Neil Gaiman won a Newbery Medal for "The Graveyard Book"; this Neil won a Pulitzer for "Lost in Yonkers"
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Simon
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$1200
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Before guitarist Neil Giraldo, there was this other Neil from Ohio who piloted the X-15 to the edge of space
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Armstrong
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$1600
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2 years before Neil Diamond was born there, this "Laughter In The Rain" singer-songwriter was born in Brooklyn
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Neil Sedaka
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$2000
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In journalism, before Neil Cavuto came Neil Sheehan, who got a huge scoop in 1971 with these Defense Department documents
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the Pentagon Papers
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GEOGRAPHIC NUMBERS
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$400
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Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah meet at a spot called this
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Four Corners
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$800
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The Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal & Viminal are these
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the seven hills of Rome
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$1200
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It's in the middle of the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg
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Three Mile Island
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$1600
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Chogori & Dapsang are local names for this very tall mountain
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K2
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$2000
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There aren't actually 8 rivers in this Jamaica port, but there are plenty of resorts, like Sandals Royal Plantation
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Ocho Rios
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A BRUSH WITH DEATH
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$400
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A cleaver in the head is part of Bellini's "Assassination of St. Peter" this, one who dies for his faith
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a martyr
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$800
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A Tahitian girl named Teha'amana stares at the viewer in his painting "Manaò Tupapaú (Spirit of the Dead Watching)"
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Paul Gauguin
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$1200
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"The skeleton atop the canopy bed is a reminder of our mortality", said this woman who painted herself in "The Dream"
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(Frida) Kahlo
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$1600
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El Greco's painting of the Virgin Mary cradling her dead son is called this, like Michelangelo's famous sculpture of the same subject
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(The) Pietà
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$2000
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Jacques-Louis David painted "The Death of..." this Frenchman in 1793, the year of his assassination
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Marat
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13-LETTER WORDS
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Bodybuilding includes a fair amount of this activity, using barbells & other resistance training devices
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weightlifting
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$800
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The formula for this measure of a circle is pi times the diameter
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circumference
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$1200
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It's the term for repetitive echoing
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reverberation
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$1600
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13-letter adjective for the fluid that surrounds the brain & other parts of the nervous system
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cerebrospinal
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$2000
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This adjective with a meaning similar to "rebellious" refers to one who won't accept the authority of a superior
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insubordinate
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THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
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$400
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In 1919 the society was able to confirm Einstein's theory of general relativity by photographing this event you shouldn't stare at
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a solar eclipse
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$800
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In 1703 this scientist had enough gravitas to be named president of the society
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Newton
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$1200
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The society first met in 1660 after a lecture by this architect, long before he designed St. Paul's Cathedral
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(Christopher) Wren
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$1600
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In one of the society's first experiments, this founding member soon to be known for his "law" of gases tested an air pump
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(Robert) Boyle
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$2000
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In 1920 the society awarded William Bateson a royal medal for his work in this field of biology he had named in 1905
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genetics
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BESTSELLING AUTHORS
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Now in her 70s, this author splits her time between Paris & San Francisco, often writing 20 to 22 hours a day on an old typewriter
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Danielle Steel
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