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CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PUDDING |
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GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES! |
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It says that on the 1st of January 1863 "all persons held as slaves... shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free" |
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(Christopher Plummer delivers the clue.) In 2012 at age 82 I became the oldest winner of a competitive acting Oscar; the record for a male actor had stood for 36 years, since this beloved 80-year-old comedian took the honors in 1976 for "The Sunshine Boys" |
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Don't be deceived by this, a compound of sulfur & iron whose name comes from the Greek for "fire" |
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This type of hacker referred to by a colorful bit of headwear helpfully tests computer systems for vulnerability |
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Of the 4 main blood groups, this one is the most common; that group negative is the universal donor |
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Your matching percentage on this dating site is determined by a complicated algorithm |
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In 1914 this motor company instituted a wage of $5 per day & shortened the work day to 8 hours |
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(Christopher Plummer delivers the clue.) I've played King Lear, Hamlet, Oedipus, Pizarro; but perhaps my most challenging role, if you could believe it, was in this 1965 movie that for a while was the top-grossing film of all time |
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This variety of beryl shares its name with a 10-letter color |
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A website with a site certificate is one that uses encryption; this letter after http is one sign of it |
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Real vanilla flavoring comes from certain climbing species of this tropical plant |
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A 2019 New York Times article says this 2-word phrase "marks the end of friendly generational relations" |
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In Jan. 1900 he got out of Siberian exile; in Jan. 1918 he abolished Russia's assembly & established a dictatorship |
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(Christopher Plummer delivers the clue.) In 1968 I loaned this fellow Canadian the money for a plane ticket from London to L.A. so he could audition for the movie role that would change his life; the movie was "M*A*S*H"--& I got my money back |
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This birthstone is used in abrasives for polishing & grinding; the color pairs with gold as an official one for Florida State |
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Companies consider cybersecurity when instructing employees with a policy on BYOD, short for this |
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Chinese & Portuguese are the official languages of this special administrative region of China |
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"Subterranean Homesick Alien" is on this Radiohead album |
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The January 1870 cartoon "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" was this man's first use of a donkey to symbolize Democrats |
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We quote the ancient Wang Chung: "Take your baby by the wrist, & in her mouth" this purple quartz variety & February birthstone |
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A ransomware attack that encrypted 3,800 City of Atlanta computers demanded 6 of these digital items to unfreeze them |
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This largest moon of Pluto is about half the dwarf planet's size |
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This group was at one point the house band for "This American Life" on public radio |
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Angered at the U.N.'s support of Malaysia, this Indonesian president withdrew his country from the U.N. in January 1965 |
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Let's get sanguine about this mineral AKA heliotrope, prized in the Middle Ages |
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Beware of these types of programs that track every stroke you make while typing in an effort to glean your password |
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Tornadoes are rated from EF0 to EF5, the "E" standing for "enhanced" & the "F", for this Japanese-American meteorologist |
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The best of the 4 possible positions used in transactional analysis is the title of this 1960s self-help book |
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