SHADES OF RED
THAT'S SO SIR/REEL!
SNAKES & RIVERS
20th CENTURY SONG, 21st CENTURY AD
WRITING IMPLEMENTS
YOU'RE IN THE RED
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A brilliant red, it can come before macaw or fever in nature
scarlet
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Rushing around in "From Russia with Love" & "The Russia House"
Sir Sean Connery
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In the mood for some snake charming? Visit Varanasi, along the banks of this river
the Ganges
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T-Mobile:
This Billy Idol song that we just hear
more, more, more
"Rebel Yell"
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Kedudes & Weimy are makers of the dustless type of this, used in classrooms
chalk
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Separating Africa from Arabia, the Red Sea is a long, narrow arm of this ocean
the Indian Ocean
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This pinkish red color is named for the external skeletons of certain marine organisms
coral
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Gus in "Cats" & also giving a magnetic performance in "X-Men"
Sir Ian McKellen
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Residents of Memphis had to watch out for water moccasins when this river flooded in 2011
the Mississippi
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GEICO:
This metal band's
"Round & Round"
Ratt
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Smart pens really are; using one makes it easy to upload your scribbles as a PDF, a Google Doc, or a Word document from this company
Microsoft
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The Red Raiders are the athletic teams at this university
Texas Tech
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Cerise can be bright pinkish red or closer in color to this fruit that cerise is French for
cherry
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The maitre d' at L'Idiot in "L.A. Story" & also giving a thoughtful performance in "X-Men"
Sir Patrick Stewart
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Ranging to 20 feet or more in length, the African rock species of this can be found on the banks of the Nile
python
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Todd Rundgren singing about doing this all day
bang on the drum
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Back in the day feathers from geese were used to make these writing implements, but ones from swans were more expensive
quills
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Arcturus, the 4th-brightest star in the night sky, is classified as one of these that's used up all the hydrogen in its core
a red giant
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Gemstones that are also types of red include the ruby & this 6-letter dark, clear mineral
garnet
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Ruling in "The Cider House Rules" & (What's it all about?) "Alfie"
Sir Michael Caine
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Take a cruise down the Amazon & you might see this, the world's heaviest snake
an anaconda
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The Infiniti QX60:
Ooh baby baby, it's this Cat Stevens classic
"Wild World"
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A line of fountain pens from this French brand was inspired by the glacier on its namesake mountain
Montblanc
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Mahpiya Luta was the Lakota name of this leader who resisted U.S. government expansion of the Bozeman Trail
Red Cloud
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Going back to the Latin word for "worm", it's the shade & species of the flycatcher seen here
vermilion
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"Murder by Death" & "Star Wars", one year apart
Sir Alec Guinness
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If you're touring the Niger River Delta, watch out for the green species of this deadly snake
mamba
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Fidelity Investments:
This British band's
"More Than This"
Roxy Music
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In 1913 the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company changed the name of its pencils to this for the city where its graphite was mined
Dixon Ticonderoga
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This antioxidant is the one most responsible for the redness of tomatoes & ruby red grapefruit
lycopene