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In some crustaceans, this body part is fused with the thorax, forming the cephalothorax |
the head
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This word for a gadget or whatchamacallit may come from the Arabic phrase Shu Ismo |
a gizmo
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The "ha" in ha'penny is short for this |
half
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In Italy it's a notturno; in France, it's this |
a nocturne
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer lives at No. 11 on this famous street |
Downing Street
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"Thunderhead, Son of Flicka" was a sequel to this 1943 Roddy McDowall movie |
My Friend Flicka
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It can be the reef- forming, stony shells of certain polyps, or the polyps themselves |
coral
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In England this fruit is also known as a goosegog |
a gooseberry
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In American money, this is equal to four bits |
50 cents
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The lyric type of this high female voice is light & sweet & well suited to operettas |
(John: What is belcanto?)
soprano
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If you were born within the sound of bow bells, you're said to be a true one of these |
a Cockney
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Though Mae West & W.C. Fields both got writing credits for this film, Mae did most of the work |
My Little Chickadee
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Normally, female sea turtles only leave the water to do this, usually on the beach |
lay their eggs
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This slang word that means enormous may be a combination of "huge" & "monstrous" |
humongous
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A doubloon was made out of this metal |
gold
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A nonet is a composition for this many musical instruments or voices |
9
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Conservatively dressed, affluent young 1980s Londoners weren't Lone Rangers but these "rangers" |
Sloane Rangers
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Peter O'Toole played an Errol Flynn type in this 1982 comedy about the early days of TV |
My Favorite Year
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This creature that can change color when it gets excited has 3 hearts & 8 arms |
an octopus
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Now used as a slang synonym for courage or nerve, Moxie was originally the trademark name of one of these |
A soft drink
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In Zambia, the number of ngwee in a kwacha; makes "cents" |
100
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A person with this ability can immediately recognize any note that's played or sung |
perfect pitch
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The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields on this famous square has a cafe in its crypt |
Trafalgar Square
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This William Powell- Carole Lombard movie was remade in 1957 with David Niven as the title butler |
My Man Godfrey
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This shark, the largest fish in the sea, shares its name with another ocean creature |
a whale shark
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Mafficking, which means rejoicing, was inspired by the end of the siege of Mafeking in 1900, during this war |
the Boer War
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A person with this much money needs a nickel more to be a millionaire |
$999,999.95
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"Pasta" term for the type of improvisation jazz musicians do while warming up |
noodling
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This area of London became synonymous with a "group" of writers & artists that included Virginia Woolf |
(Tom: What is Soho?)
Bloomsbury
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Director John Ford said he based this film on Wyatt Earp's own version of the O.K. Corral |
My Darling Clementine
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