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getting_possessive | GETTING POSSESSIVE: In Exodus, this was thrown down before Pharaoh at Moses' instruction | Aaron\'s rod (turned into a snake) |
flags_of_the_world | FLAGS OF THE WORLD: This Mediterranean country whose flag is seen here is "The Word" | Greece |
architects | ARCHITECTS: Louis Skidmore designed the secret atomic site that became this Tennessee town | Oak Ridge |
1994_films | 1994 FILMS: In this film Martin Scorsese says the TV audience wants "To watch the money" | Quiz Show |
the_eyes_have_it | THE EYES HAVE IT: People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood | Contacts |
alaska | ALASKA: 4 different species of bears live in Alaska: Kodiak, grizzly, black & this | Polar bears |
international_sportsmen | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN: Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999 | Michael Jordan |
drama_queens | DRAMA QUEENS: In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy | Helen |
angels | ANGELS: In 1996 John Travolta spread his wings as this archangel | Michael |
in_exile | IN EXILE: Porfirio Diaz seized power in this country in 1876, ruled for 35 years, fled in 1911 & died in exile | Mexico |
the_"i"s_have_it | THE "I"s HAVE IT: This term for a fluid can also mean "to sign" as a contract | Ink |
alaska | ALASKA: Tony Knowles is pulling in $81,648 per annum in this job | Governor |
international_sportsmen | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN: Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17 | Soccer |
drama_queens | DRAMA QUEENS: In a Shaw play, Caesar finds her hiding on a Sphinx | Cleopatra |
angels | ANGELS: In Book III of "Paradise Lost", the angels play these, which are "golden" & "ever-tuned" | harps |
in_exile | IN EXILE: In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz | Johannes Gutenberg |
the_"i"s_have_it | THE "I"s HAVE IT: Style of the 1877 painting seen here | Impressionism |
alaska | ALASKA: This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor | Fairbanks |
international_sportsmen | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN: Vladimir Samsonov is touted as Europe's only hope against China in this game | Ping-pong |
drama_queens | DRAMA QUEENS: A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film | Elizabeth I |
angels | ANGELS: ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these | Angel Eyes |
in_exile | IN EXILE: Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981 | Iceland |
the_"i"s_have_it | THE "I"s HAVE IT: Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud | Ibn |
alaska | ALASKA: One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates | "The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future" |
international_sportsmen | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN: The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate! | Garry Kasparov |
drama_queens | DRAMA QUEENS: In 1935 & '36 Helen Hayes reigned for 517 Broadway performances as this queen who reigned for 63 years | Victoria |
angels | ANGELS: Group whose feast day is October 2, or a group founded in 1979 by Curtis Sliwa | Guardian Angels |
in_exile | IN EXILE: David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine | Ottoman Empire |
the_"i"s_have_it | THE "I"s HAVE IT: From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment" | Imminent |
alaska | ALASKA: The mainland peninsula closest to Russia is named for this man | William Seward |
international_sportsmen | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN: New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport | Rugby |
drama_queens | DRAMA QUEENS: The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain | Isabella |
angels | ANGELS: With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel" | Angel of Death |
in_exile | IN EXILE: Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995 | Lesotho |
the_"i"s_have_it | THE "I"s HAVE IT: Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term | Inflation |
the_map_of_europe | THE MAP OF EUROPE: Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries | Slovenia |
the_civil_war | THE CIVIL WAR: His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C. | Jefferson Davis |
celebs | CELEBS: On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline | Britney Spears |
what's_in_a_name? | WHAT'S IN A NAME?: Yeah, baby! Meaning "magnificent", this Texas-sounding name comes with certain "Powers" | Austin |
emoticons | EMOTICONS: ;-)<br />Ocular act that sends a signal | winking |
flag_'em_down | FLAG 'EM DOWN: The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag | San Antonio |
"teen"_scene | "TEEN" SCENE: Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" & "Stars" at this magazine.com | seventeen.com |
the_civil_war | THE CIVIL WAR: Tired of eating mule jerky, Vicksburg fell in July 1863 after a 6-week one of these military tactics | a siege |
celebs | CELEBS: The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic | Chris Rock |
what's_in_a_name? | WHAT'S IN A NAME?: This name shared by great & terrible rulers is a Russian variation of John | Ivan |
emoticons | EMOTICONS: :-$<br />It's where this emoticon tells you to "put your money" | where your mouth is |
flag_'em_down | FLAG 'EM DOWN: This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key | the Star-Spangled Banner |
"teen"_scene | "TEEN" SCENE: If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, & not just on a Friday | thirteen |
the_civil_war | THE CIVIL WAR: Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces | Richmond |
celebs | CELEBS: He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote | Rupert Grint |
what's_in_a_name? | WHAT'S IN A NAME?: This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen" | Regina |
emoticons | EMOTICONS: :-*<br />Gene Simmons might accept one of these from any pretty woman | a kiss |
flag_'em_down | FLAG 'EM DOWN: The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada | red & white |
"teen"_scene | "TEEN" SCENE: A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store | a canteen |
the_civil_war | THE CIVIL WAR: In Feb. 2005 a reenactment was staged for this 140th anniversary of this fort's reoccupation by Union troops | Fort Sumter |
celebs | CELEBS: Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake | Hilary Duff |
what's_in_a_name? | WHAT'S IN A NAME?: This Welsh form of Margaret was among the USA's top 10 girls' names of the 1990s | Megan |
emoticons | EMOTICONS: =|:-)=<br />This is an extension of the initials U.S. | Uncle Sam |
flag_'em_down | FLAG 'EM DOWN: The <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_J_29.jpg" target="_blank">flag</a> of this U.S. possession is almost the same as the flag of Cuba | Puerto Rico |
"teen"_scene | "TEEN" SCENE: Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage | 19th |
the_civil_war | THE CIVIL WAR: On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won" | Sherman |
celebs | CELEBS: "You Stand Watching" this "Shine On" singer | Ryan Cabrera |
what's_in_a_name? | WHAT'S IN A NAME?: Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield" | Dora |
emoticons | EMOTICONS: :-b..<br />Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig | drooling |
flag_'em_down | FLAG 'EM DOWN: The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year | 1960 |
"teen"_scene | "TEEN" SCENE: Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" | 14 |
not_a_current_national_capital | NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL: Ljubljana,<br />Bratislava,<br />Barcelona | Barcelona |
u.s._winter_olympians | U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS: Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport | hockey |
words_of_the_writer | WORDS OF THE WRITER: "I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created" | Mary Shelley |
at_the_mall | AT THE MALL: Found "just what I needed" at this "City", an electronics store | Circuit City |
from_the_greek | FROM THE GREEK: The name of this color comes from the Greek word porphyra | purple |
not_a_current_national_capital | NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL: Istanbul,<br />Ottawa,<br />Amman | Istanbul |
u.s._winter_olympians | U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS: (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew puts some lines on the ice in the Olympic Oval rink at Park City, UT.</a>) In 1998, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_23a.jpg" target="_blank">this U.S. skater</a> was 2nd at Nagano; in 2002, she was 3rd here in Utah | Michelle Kwan |
words_of_the_writer | WORDS OF THE WRITER: "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" | Edgar Allan Poe |
at_the_mall | AT THE MALL: SKX is the stock symbol for this manufacturer of sporty shoes | Skechers |
from_the_greek | FROM THE GREEK: A bowl-shaped depression, as from the impact of a meteorite, it's from the Greek for "mixing bowl" | crater |
not_a_current_national_capital | NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL: Sofia,<br />Sarajevo,<br />Saigon | Saigon |
u.s._winter_olympians | U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS: Life has its ups & downs for Travis Mayer, a 2002 medalist in the event named for these little hills on the slopes | moguls |
words_of_the_writer | WORDS OF THE WRITER: "'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?' 'Of course they do, Scout'" | Harper Lee |
at_the_mall | AT THE MALL: This "Urban" store is the parent company of Anthropologie | Urban Outfitters |
from_the_greek | FROM THE GREEK: From the Greek for "false name", it's a fictitious name used by an author | a pseudonym |
not_a_current_national_capital | NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL: Bucharest,<br />Bonn,<br />Bern | Bonn |
u.s._winter_olympians | U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS: In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport | the bobsled |
words_of_the_writer | WORDS OF THE WRITER: "For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me" | Daniel Defoe |
at_the_mall | AT THE MALL: This bookstore chain is named for its "edgy" founders, brothers Tom & Louis | Borders |
from_the_greek | FROM THE GREEK: (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_04.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew paddles his kayak.</a>) Kayak is an example of this type of reversible word from the Greek for "running back again" | a palindrome |
not_a_current_national_capital | NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL: Belize City,<br />Guatemala City,<br />Panama City | Belize City |
u.s._winter_olympians | U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS: His "Bode" of work includes 2 Alpine skiing silver medals in 2002 | Bode Miller |
words_of_the_writer | WORDS OF THE WRITER: "'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'" | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
at_the_mall | AT THE MALL: The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail" | Aéropostale |
from_the_greek | FROM THE GREEK: It's an outline of the contents of a course or curriculum | a syllabus |
famous_ships | FAMOUS SHIPS: On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America | the HMS Beagle |
old_folks_in_their_30s | OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s: goop.com is a lifestyles website from this Oscar-winning actress; the g & p represent her initials | Gwyneth Paltrow |
movies_&_tv | MOVIES & TV: On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama" | Jay Leno |
a_state_of_college-ness | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS: Baylor,<br />Stephen F. Austin,<br />Rice | Texas |
animal_collective | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE: Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions | a pride |
i'd_rather_be_skiing | I'D RATHER BE SKIING: If you're a beginner, you might hippity-hop over to this smaller, gentler slope | a bunny hill |
parlez_vous? | PARLEZ VOUS?: If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier | Southwest |
old_folks_in_their_30s | OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s: In 2008 David Gregory became moderator of this NBC Sunday morning news show | Meet the Press |
movies_&_tv | MOVIES & TV: Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story" | Finding Nemo |
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