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OPPOSITES OF NOVEL TITLES |
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THERE'S AN "APP" FOR THAT |
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In real life, it can slow the spread of flames and smoke; in your digital life, it blocks unauthorized access to your private data |
a firewall
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The first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Katharine Graham was the longtime publisher of this D.C.-based newspaper |
The Washington Post
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Walking on land causes Lo major agony in "Fathomless", an adaptation of this Danish tale |
The Little Mermaid
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Ernest Hemingway's "The Moon Also Sets" |
The Sun Also Rises
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It may seem bananas, but the letter K is the symbol for this element whose name actually begins with another letter |
potassium
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Nescafé says this drink is "the perfect balance of espresso, steamed milk, and foam" |
cappuccino
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Don't click on that link, dummy! You could fall prey to this common scam, which "lures" you into revealing private info |
phishing
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In 1975, Junko Tabei was on top of the world when she became the first woman to reach the summit of this highest peak |
Mount Everest
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"Me and You" tells the story of a family of these animals who go for a walk and is narrated by the littlest one |
(Katie: About time we hear what they had to say.) (Ken: Yes.)
bears
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Hunter S. Thompson's "Courage and Fondness in Las Vegas" |
(Dulé: What is Lost and Found?) ... (Katie: I liked yours.) (Dulé: I'm really bugging right now.) (Katie: There's a lot in the Lost and Found in Vegas.)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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It was Daniel Fahrenheit who invented the thermometer that employs this element, Hg |
mercury
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"Laryngeal prominence" is another name for this bump at the front of some people's throats |
an Adam's apple
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It's the term for malicious software that holds data "hostage" until a payment is made-- or until Mel Gibson gets it back for you |
ransomware
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A few years before playing Rose on "The Golden Girls", she became the first woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host |
Betty White
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"Ash," based on this fairy-tale character, falls for a huntress & not a prince so she'll need more practical footwear |
(Ken: Steven's lead is at risk here, Katie. What will you do?) (Steven: No!) (Katie: But it's the first clue in a category, so I'm a little nervous, but, uh, let's do, um... Let's do... $5,000.) ... (Katie: And I would like to cash out now. God, I wish.)
Cinderella
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Salman Rushdie's "Noon's Adults" |
Midnight's Children
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Among elements named for people is Röentgenium, in honor of Wilhelm Röntgen who discovered these imaging rays |
X-rays
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A "2,000 miler" is someone who has hiked this entire route from Maine to Georgia |
the Appalachian Trail
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It's the government department that includes CISA, the official federal cybersecurity agency created in 2018 |
Homeland Security
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In 2018, she became the first American woman to win a medal in every single event at the World Gymnastics Championships |
(Katie: He didn't even call on you yet.) (Dulé: See what I'm saying?) (Steven: Oh, I'm sorry.) (Katie: Wait your turn.) (Steven: My thing lit up.) (Katie: Yeah, well.) (Steven: [To his thumb] Don't listen to them.) [Laughter]
Simone Biles
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"Cress" is a sci-fi version of "Rapunzel" that replaces the tower with one of these orbiting the earth |
a satellite
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Kurt Vonnegut's "Dinner of Losers" |
Breakfast of Champions
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Right before gold is this other precious metal, which should bring to mind a shade of blonde hair |
platinum
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Hungry for some hard rock? Then fire up this 1987 Guns N' Roses album that leads off with "Welcome to the Jungle" |
Appetite for Destruction
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Those inscrutable letter combos and pesky login puzzles? Two examples of these tools, which discern real users from bots |
a CAPTCHA
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Decades before becoming the first female Supreme Court justice, she refused a marriage proposal from future Chief Justice Rehnquist |
Sandra Day O'Connor
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In Sarah Pinborough's "Poison" this fairy tale group suffers from work-related lung damage and missing limbs |
the Seven Dwarfs
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Jane Austen's "Shame and Impartiality" |
(Ken: You picked the right one.) (Katie: I got nervous. I remembered there were two that I might have said.)
Pride and Prejudice
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Going in order on the periodic table, uranium and neptunium are followed by this element named for a dwarf planet |
(Katie: Oh, my God. Periodic table is so risky, Ken. I don't really know it. Um, let's do... Oh, my God, what do I do? Uh, let's do-- let's relax-- and let's do $5,000 again.)
plutonium
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Japan's oldest beer brand is named after this city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics |
Sapporo
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