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| GIVING YOU A PLUM ASSIGNMENT |
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| 3 LETTERS IN A ROW ALPHABETICALLY |
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| Around 300 B.C. this common class of ancient Romans gained equal rights with the patricians |
the plebeians
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| An earthquake where one plate moves under another & pushes the top plate up may cause this wave that can reach around 500 miles per hour |
a tsunami
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| "Slow and steady wins the race" is a moral from Aesop's fable of these 2 creatures |
the tortoise & the hare
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| For a while, Hasbro changed this profession of Plum in the game Clue to archaeologist, then to video game designer |
professor
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| A later owner of this current pop star's childhood home in Pennsylvania says the initials "TAS" in cement may be the singer's |
Taylor (Alison) Swift
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| By the 1930s, its tokens included a battleship, a top hat & a shoe |
Monopoly
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| Term for businessman like Rockefeller & Pullman; reformist Carl Schurz wrote of "The Modern" these who "Plunder at Will" |
Robber Barons
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| In 1964 the Prince William Sound earthquake registered a scary 9.2 in magnitude in the southern part of this state |
Alaska
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| In his own version of this rule, Confucius said, "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others" |
the golden rule
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| The kids in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" had "visions of" these--likely not fruit but sweetened seeds |
sugar plums
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| In 1942 the father of this baseball legend was the one doing the hammering, building a house in Mobile that you can visit today |
Hank Aaron
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| A failure to pay money on a loan |
default
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| In England's Civil War, barbers probably rooted for this Puritan group named for keeping their hair short |
the Roundheads
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| Haiti's government reported 300,000 deaths after a 7.0 quake & multiple aftershocks hit about 15 miles from this capital in 2010 |
Port-au-Prince
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| Shame on Hipponax' line "There are two days when a woman is a pleasure: the day one marries her and the day one" does this rhyming finish |
(Ken: Yes, that hasn't held up well.) [Laughter]
buries her
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| Michelle Obama's plum-colored outfit on this day in 2021 helped crash designer Sergio Hudson's website |
Inauguration Day
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| "There are places I'll remember all my life", & one would have been the home in Liverpool where he lived with Aunt Mimi |
John Lennon
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| Apparel for a thespian |
(Ken: Has S-T-U in it; that is correct.)
a costume
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| Lower-class people eager to see aristocratic French heads roll were "sans" these fancy breeches |
[Finn selected the first clue.]
culottes
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| A 9.1 off the coast of Honshu in 2011 led to a nuclear accident in this prefecture |
Fukushima
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| While in the bath, he reportedly exclaimed "Eureka!" after coming up with a method to test the purity of gold |
Archimedes
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| This plant-breeding genius created more than 120 varieties of plum, more than of any other fruit or vegetable |
(Finn: Who is Mendel?)
Luther Burbank
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| In Palisades, N.Y. the Whitney House, as in the family behind the Whitney Museum, was home to this daughter of Jon Voight |
Angelina Jolie
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| Traditional head covering worn by Muslim women |
(Margaret: What is a hajib?) ... (Ken: Gotta have H-I-J in there.)
a hijab
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| Abbreviated KMT, it once battled Mao & is now one of Taiwan's main political parties |
the Kuomintang
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| In 1960 an 8.1 quake that devastated Concepción in this South American nation was but a foreshock to a 9.5 event the next day |
Chile
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| From this "Elder" Roman's "Natural History": "When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it" |
Pliny
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| Not for the faint of heart or liver, it's European plum brandy, such as Rudolf Jelínek 10 Year Gold |
slivovitz
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| Martha Stewart likes to visit Nutley in this state to see her childhood home on Elm Street & the store where her dad bought Gallo wine |
New Jersey
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| He led the Greeks against Troy |
(Karen: Who's Hector?) ... (Ken: M-N-O in a row; that's correct.)
Agamemnon
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