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One of the biblical plagues brought upon Egypt was swarms of these cricket-like insects |
locusts
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Object that is asked the question "Who is the fairest of them all?" |
mirror
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This 4-letter male name is the popular English equivalent of the Italian Giovanni |
John
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San Geronimo de Taos, an ancient Pueblo Indian village, lies north of the town of Taos in this state |
New Mexico
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Similar styles of this at-home footwear were named for Faust & Romeo |
slippers
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Emily Post says at a dinner table you may use this to sneeze, but never to blow your nose |
napkin
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The only function of this stingless male honeybee is to mate with the queen |
drone
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Her footmen were once lizards & the horses that drew her coach were originally mice |
Cinderella
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From Aramaic meaning "mistress of the house", it was the first name of the mistress of Mount Vernon |
Martha
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Part of the world's largest stand of Ponderosa pines is in Prescott National Forest in this state |
Arizona
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Centuries ago a loup was an elegant velvet type of this face covering |
(Bill: What is a veil?)
mask
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It's a unit of measure for ale or liquor, or a slang term for the head |
noggin
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Nagona, an infectious disease that affects horses & cattle, is transmitted by these African flies |
tsetse flies
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It's the animal that Jack traded for the magic beans |
cow
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The Scottish name Edina means "from" this city |
Edinburgh
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If you have a "grain" of sense, you'll know the Navajo are noted for this art also known as dry painting |
sand painting
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In 1983 Yves Saint Laurent became the 1st living couturier honored with a retrospective at this NYC museum |
(Gregg: What is the Museum of Modern Art?)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An early movie theatre, or a jukebox |
nickelodeon
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This "pious" predator not only feeds on its own kind, it also eats small tree frogs |
praying mantis
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In the Grimm tale, after the miller's daughter guesses his name, he tears himself in two |
Rumpelstiltskin
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Gwendolyn is derived from Gwyn, which means "white" or "pale" in this language |
Welsh
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Utah was once known as the state of Deseret, a name that came from this book |
Book of Mormon
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Worn by men in the 1600s, the "falling band" collar was usually edged with this fancy material |
lace
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From the ethnic group they belonged to, it's another term for Vikings |
Norsemen
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The plant louse is a type of this tiny garden pest |
aphid
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In a H.C. Andersen tale, it was said that only a fool or someone unfit for office couldn't see these |
(Larry: What were the king's clothes?)
the emperor's new clothes
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Greek for "generous", it's novelist Welty's first name |
Eudora
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This Texas city of 935,000 is named for a saint of Padua |
San Antonio
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Napoleon's wife Josephine popularized the high-waisted style known by this name |
Empire style
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In large amounts, this vitamin of the B group may reduce cholesterol levels |
niacin
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