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  | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET |  |
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  | TRANSPORTATION, IN VARIOUS FORMS |  |
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    | All hail Dana Owens, better known by this moniker, who was voted Most Popular at her New Jersey high school | Queen Latifah 
 
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    | A dried fruit, or to trim a tree to make it grow better | to prune 
 
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    | Set in Melbourne, Nevil Shute's 1957 novel "On the Beach" finds much of the world destroyed by this man-made disaster | a nuclear war 
 
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    | You'll find the Pompidou Centre not far from this big river | (Ken: Yeah, it's in Paris.) 
 the Seine
 
 
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    | In 1957 Eisenhower became the first sitting president to ride in one of these, boarding a Bell Ranger on the White House lawn | a helicopter 
 
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    | The last Western Hemisphere action of the Spanish-American War wasn't on Cuba but on this island | Puerto Rico 
 
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    | Hip-hip hooray for this superstar who got into the groove as a cheerleader at her Michigan high school | Madonna 
 
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    | To crush flat, or a racket sport mostly played indoors | to squash 
 
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    | In Neal Stephenson's "Seveneves", this mysteriously blows up into 7 pieces that rain bolides onto Earth | the Moon 
 
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    | Lake Nasser was created by impounding the waters of this river | the Nile 
 
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    | "With an air of infinite reluctance M. Poirot climbed aboard the train" in this novel | (Teresa: What is the Orient Express?) 
 Murder on the Orient Express
 
 
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    | The Chalmette Plantation was the site of this 1815 battle that took place a few weeks after the signing of a peace treaty | the Battle of New Orleans 
 
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    | All this singer-songwriter wanted to do was have some fun her senior year, which included drum majorette & prom princess | Sheryl Crow 
 
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    | To mend shoes, or to put together hastily | to cobble 
 
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    | Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" is a sun that went supernova, killing a planet, & is this celestial object from the New Testament | (Teresa: What is the Star of David?) 
 the Star of Bethlehem
 
 
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    | This "colorful" river starts in New Mexico & flows across northern Texas to join the Atchafalaya near Baton Rouge | the Red 
 
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    | This automaker combined "ion" & "unique" to get its Ioniq line | Hyundai 
 
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    | The Second Punic War ended when this general went down to defeat at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama | Hannibal 
 
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    | At L.A.'s Fairfax High, he showed a flair for poetry, later heard in his Red Hot Chili Peppers songs | Anthony Kiedis 
 
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    | To provide services, or, in cooking, to melt & clarify animal fat | to render 
 
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    | Early in this novel Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz informs humanity Earth will be destroyed for a hyperspatial express route | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 
 
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    | Virgil loved this lake of northern Italy, calling it "the greatest lake" | Como 
 
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    | Let's transition to this brand's i2 SE personal transporter | Segway 
 
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    | A Spartan fleet crushed an Athenian one at the naval battle of Aegospotami, the last big battle of this war | the Peloponnesian War 
 
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    | A member of his Ohio high school drama club, he'd get roles on TV & in films, but he's better known for his own brand of honky-tonk | Dwight Yoakam 
 
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    | To adhere firmly & closely, or to split something along a line | to cleave 
 
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    | John Wyndham's novel about "The Day of" these meat-eating plants sees most of humanity blinded before being featured on the menu | the Triffids 
 
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    | This alliterative Swiss body of water is also known as Lac des Quatre Cantons | (Teresa: Lake Geneva? What is Lake Geneva?) 
 Lake Lucerne
 
 
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    | Joey, baby, don't get crazy in your kangaroo mama's pouch, also called this; you'll be toted around there for 7 to 10 months | (Brian: You learn something new everyday.) 
 the marsupium
 
 
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    | The New Model Army's victory at the 1651 Battle of Worcester put a finish to this conflict | the Second British Civil War 
 
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