A Semester Abroad
Squid Game
Going Greek Alphabet
Course Syllables
Hits of 2021
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Sail from Tasman Bay & the South Island of this nation & swing around to the Bay of Plenty

New Zealand

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It's a fried squid appetizer, but ask for it by this Italian name

Calamari

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The closest red giant star to Earth is this Crucis, the third-brightest star in the Southern Cross

Gamma Crucis

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1 syllable:
In the languages department, this one also called Nederlands

Dutch

200

This singer who has his own record label, Gingerbread Man, put some of his "Bad Habits" on the Hot 100

Ed Sheeran

400

You might climb this mountain, named for being the second peak measured in the Karakoram Range

K2

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According to creator Stephen Hillenburg, Squidward on this TV series isn't a squid at all but an octopus

Spongebob

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This sweet 16th letter is also truly a transcendental number

pi

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4 syllables:
This course on the art & technique of building & design

Architecture

400

At 18, she seems a little young to be singing of "Deja Vu"

Olivia Rodrigo

600

This biological reservoir is 2.3 million square miles in area & stretches to the Andes; when there, feel free to save it

the Amazon
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Sightings of giant squid off Norway may have given rise to this Scandinavian sea monster illustrated here; release it now!

Kraken

600

These 3 letters symbolize a fraternity founded in 1998, one of the few that uses its third letter

Alpha Iota Omicron

600

3 syllables:
This type of small, in-depth class, with a name from Latin

Seminar

600

He spent $1 million a day to complete an album at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz stadium; at least he got hits out of it like "Hurricane"

Kanye

800

Get your anagram travel on by visiting these 2 Japanese cities, one a capital for 1,000 years & the other, not quite as long

Tokyo and Kyoto

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In this classic Jules Verne novel, the Nautilus encounters "an immense school of squid"

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

800

It sounds like it should be the last letter, but it's 6th in the batting order

Zeta

800

2 syllables:
This double-talk art history course on the style of Duchamp & Man Ray

Dada

800

She teamed with Cardi B to deal with "Rumors" about a wide range of subjects including groupies & smoothie cleanses

Lizzo

1000

Off you go to this capital of Azerbaijan to see the centuries-old Palace of the Shirvanshahs

Baku

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Found at depths of 1,000 feet, the firefly squid gets its name from its flashing lights produced by this 15-letter ability

bioluminescence

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A 3-letter letter late in the alphabet, it's also a protein that can build abnormally in the brain & lead to Alzheimer's

Tau

1000

5 syllables:
This study of substances, reactions & physiological processes inside living things

Biochemistry

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Luke Bryan sang, "Kiss by kiss, one after another, don't let go, baby, let this summer just keep on coming in" this title

Waves

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