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THAT SONG SOUNDS FAMILIAR |
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Starting in 1973, Texas recognized August 27 as this man's birthday statewide |
Lyndon Johnson
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The mailed perfume |
sent scent
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Kafka was born in 1883 in this city, then still the capital of the country of Bohemia |
(Mark: What is Vienna?)
Prague
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"Right Round" by this "stately" rapper samples from "You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive |
Flo Rida
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The main lacrimal glands provide these when stimulated by bright light or a sad movie |
tears
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"The Happiest Place on Earth" is in this So. Cal city, unless you're in traffic on the 5 freeway at about 5:45 PM on a Tuesday |
Anaheim
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Presidents' Day in Alabama honors Washington & this next president from the South |
Jefferson
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An unclothed Kodiak |
a bare bear
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This story begins, "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning... he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" |
Metamorphosis
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"Gangsta's Paradise" uses Psalm 23:4 & "Pastime Paradise" from this man's "Songs in the Key of Life" |
Stevie Wonder
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Rain-X Bug Remover is a brand of this fluid providing clearer vision while driving |
wiper fluid
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Sounding like a home for seabirds, it's New Zealand's largest city |
Auckland
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This city celebrates McKinley Day in January & Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony in August |
Canton, Ohio
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Hidden fabulous treasure of a vast army of nomadic warriors |
a horde hoard
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Kafka was a great admirer of this author of "Madame Bovary", calling him one of his literary "blood relatives" |
(Gustave) Flaubert
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Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" was adapted into this rapper's "Stronger" |
Kanye West
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Once, the South's main industry was this tree product, now used for paint removal but then for pitch & tar on ships |
turpentine
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After a contest in this city, Margaret Gorman was the first to hold the title Miss America |
Atlantic City
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A 2009 Illinois resolution made every February 6 this 20th century president's day |
(Eric: Who is... Obama?)
Ronald Reagan
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A wire object for your shirt while servicing an airplane indoors |
a hangar hanger
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"In the Empty Courtroom" is a chapter in this novel in which Joseph K. is inexplicably arrested |
(Alex: Less than a minute now with 5 clues to go.)
The Trial
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On Eminem's "Sing For The Moment", Joe Perry played the riff from this Aerosmith song with a 2-word title |
"Dream On"
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Defending the fortress of Jotapata, Jewish leader Josephus poured this hot stuff on the Romans |
boiling oil
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Today a capital & once part of the Byzantine Empire, it fell to Persians, Romans & Turks |
Ankara
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This state observes Herbert Hoover Day |
Iowa
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The warlike ceremonial leader of the Rose Parade |
the martial marshal
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Kafka's last novel is called this, like the one on Hradcany Hill that overlooks his hometown |
(Mark: What is In the Penal Colony?)
The Castle
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The yodeling "yeah yeah" from this Canadian punk girl's "I'm With You" was used in "Cheers" by Rihanna |
(Avril) Lavigne
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In 1943 Norwegian commandos & Allied bombs wrecked the Nazis' production of this A-bomb-making liquid at Rjukan |
heavy water
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It's near the confluence of the Pilcomayo & Paraguay Rivers |
Asuncion
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