DISS-TRACK-TIONS
BRITISH AUTHORS
TRIAL BY JURY
LEFTOVERS
NATIONAL FLAGS
STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS
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In 2022 the Game released a 10-minute diss directed at this rapper also known as Slim Shady
Who is Eminem?
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Better known for her mysteries, she wrote a handful of romance novels under the name Mary Westmacott
Who is Agatha Christie?
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In 2011 a California jury convicted Dr. Conrad Murray of involuntary manslaughter in the drug-induced death of this singer
Who is Michael Jackson?
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The Heimlich isn't medicine's only one of these; if you have tachycardia, the doctor may ask you to perform the Valsalva one
What is a maneuver?
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The national flag of Sri Lanka features 4 bo leaves & a lion wielding one of these weapons
What is a sword?
2
The sunny south beat the frozen north when the Hurricanes defeated this Edmonton team in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals
Who are the Oilers?
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In May 2024 these 2 competitors went back & forth with tracks like "Family Matters" & "Meet The Grahams"
Who are Kendrick Lamar & Drake?
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Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he was named for explorer Amundsen
Who is Roald Dahl?
4
In 2021 a Hennepin County jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin on 3 counts related to the death of this man
Who is George Floyd?
4
"Neither shall thou mar the corners of" this, the Lord told Moses; that's why Eastern Orthodox priests so often have one
What is a beard?
4
The eagle that appears on Albania's flag has this unnatural distinction
What is it has two heads?
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Its atomic number is 99 & its name honors one of the most famous scientists ever
What is einsteinium?
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On "Hit 'Em Up" this rapper dissed Biggie Smalls & repped the "Westside"
Who is Tupac
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This "Brave New World" author was the grand-nephew of poet & critic Matthew Arnold
Who is Aldous Huxley?
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It took some 200 potential jurors to fill 12 seats in the case brought against Donald Trump by this Manhattan D.A.
Who is Alvin Bragg?
6
One reason rockers switch out guitars onstage is this is different for some songs, such as 1/2 step down from the standard E-A-D-G-B-E
What is tuning?
6
Flags depicting a map of the nation itself include this Balkan country that broke away from Serbia in 2008
What is Kosovo?
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2-word term for the beat of Milton's "Paradise Lost"
What is iambic pentameter?
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Cam'ron went in on this N.Y. rapper & even titled his diss "Curtis", his rival's government name
Who is 50 Cent?
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C.S. Lewis was Clive Staples; this "Hornblower" author was Cecil Scott
Who is C.S. Forester?
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"The jury has spoken... you can't lie to shareholders", said a prosecutor who helped convict this Texas energy company's execs
What is Enron?
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The flag of this Central American nation has an ax, a ship & a motto meaning "I flourish in the shade", but no more Union Jack
What is Belize?
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A wine connoisseur, from the Greek for wine & loving
What is an oenophile?
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The title of this hate letter from Nas to Jay-Z that shares its name with an anesthetic drug now means "to insult publicly"
What is ether?
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This "Brideshead Revisited" author passed away on Easter Sunday in 1966, soon after returning home from mass
Who is Evelyn Waugh?
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In 1999 a Michigan jury convicted this doctor & euthanasia advocate of second-degree murder
Who is Jack Kevorkian?
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Vilified in history, this king was loved in York; in 1485 he was "piteously slain... to the great heaviness" of that city
Who is Richard III?
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Seen here is the flag of this nation on the Black Sea that may have been in use since the 14th century
What is Georgia?
10
A fairy who marries a mortal is the title character of this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta
What is Iolanthe?