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    | In 2020 Stephenie Meyer returned to her "Twilight" characters with "Midnight Sun", told from this vampire's vantage | 
    Edward
 
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    | The steelhead is an oceangoing type of this fish of the family Salmonidae | 
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    | Kong qiu was the birth name of this Chinese philosopher of the 500s & 400s B.C. | 
    Confucius
 
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    | Fairy tale-esque Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany was an inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's Castle at this SoCal location | 
    Disneyland
 
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    | "Farewell" in Spanish, it derives from a term meaning "may (you) be (commended) to God" | 
    (Charlie: What is vaya con Dios?)
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    | Holy guacamole, in the '70s kitchen appliances in this shade of green were all the rage | 
    avocado
 
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    | The nonfiction "Hidden Valley Road" tells of a family with 12 kids, 6 of whom were diagnosed with this "split mind" disorder | 
    schizophrenia
 
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    | In the musical "Finian's Rainbow", Finian & his daughter have been followed by one of these creatures from Irish folklore | 
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    | The 9 onion domes of St. Basil's Cathedral tower over this city | 
    Moscow
 
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    | It's the perch you proverbially "rule" when you have total control | 
    the roost
 
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    | Popular dance songs of the '60s included ones called this & the Peppermint this | 
    the "Twist"
 
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    | Connell & Marianne attend Trinity College in this world capital in Sally Rooney's "Normal People" | 
    (Andy: What is London?)
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    | This Thom Yorke band was innovative in 2007, releasing its album "In Rainbows" via Internet download | 
    Radiohead
 
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    | The Chi Rho symbol, combining two letters of Christ's name in Greek, appeared to this Roman emperor who converted to Christianity | 
    Constantine
 
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    | A Baháʼí temple in New Delhi bears the name of this sacred aquatic flower | 
    a lotus
 
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    | Bike shorts are often made of this 5-letter fabric that DuPont began marketing in 1962 | 
    (Charlie: What is rayon?)
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    | Claude the crab & Peace the Bear are 2 of these collectible stuffed animals from the 1990s | 
    Beanie Babies
 
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    | "Stories From a South African Childhood" is the subtitle of this memoir by Trevor Noah | 
    Born a Crime
 
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    | The rainbow bridge Bifrost was the way one got from Earth to this realm of the gods | 
    Asgard
 
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    | In the 7th century B.C., Sennacherib of this front-of-the-alphabet empire made Nineveh his capital | 
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    | Like the U.S. Capitol, Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum has this feature, a central area located under the main dome | 
    a rotunda
 
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    | It means a two-footed creature | 
    a biped
 
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    | Antonio Pasin's fascination with a still newish medium & with air travel inspired him to call his toy wagon this | 
    the Radio Flyer
 
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    | This woman wrote the Holocaust-set children's book "Number the Stars" | 
    Lois Lowry
 
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    | "The Rainbow" by this British author was branded obscene after its 1915 release | 
    D.H. Lawrence
 
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    | For the Ancient Olympic games, the hellanodikai were folks chosen to do this, which is what hellanodikai means | 
    judge
 
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    | Found in Kuala Lumpur, this pair of skyscrapers were the world's tallest buildings from 1996 to 2004 | 
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    | This French word means a feeling of tedium & dissatisfaction | 
    ennui
 
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    | According to Billboard, this sax man was the No. 1 instrumentalist of the 1990s | 
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