The Planets
A Rapper's Delight
Civil Rights & Wrongs
Delicious Before & After
Books From the Last Few Years
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Sunlight reaches this planet in less than 4 minutes & is about 7 times as bright as received on Earth
Mercury
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In 2023 this former member of OutKast released the album "New Blue Sun" that contained no rap bars, but a lot of his passion: flutes
André 3000
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In 1958 African-American activist Clennon King was sent to an asylum for trying to register at this state U. in Oxford
University of Mississippi
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Hollandaise-laden breakfast entree known as a traitor in the United States
eggs Benedict Arnold
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Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones" finds a poor Gulf coast family riding out this 2005 disaster & its aftermath
Hurricane Katrina
800
Ancient astronomers didn't know the size of this gas giant when naming it for the Roman ruler of the gods
Jupiter
800
In a video for ESPN, Lil Wayne states his love for this sport & says he feels amped after doing a "flat ground trick off of a 50-50"
skateboarding
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The Congress of Racial Equality planned these 1961 trips to enforce desegregation of interstate transportation
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"Amphibian" British sausage dish cooked in batter that's an ace on the golf course
Toad in the hole in one
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Author Curtis Sittenfeld wonders what would've happened if Hillary never married Bill in the novel titled this maiden name
Rodham
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In Polish, this planet with 28 known moons is 2 letters shorter than in English & presents no pronunciation dilemmas
Uranus
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Will Smith trained in this pastime with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley
chess
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In 1828 actor Thomas Rice began playing a blackface character named this, a term later used to describe racist laws
Jim Crow
1200
"Vernal" tubular Chinese appetizer that is also a casual bit of canoodling in the barn
spring roll in the hay
1200
There are an infinite number of books in "The Midnight" this, a 2020 bestseller by Matt Haig
Library
1600
Before it was discovered in 1846, scientists were able to predict its likely existence mathematically
Neptune
1600
The rapper Twista has an affinity for magic & also can make his puppet Tiny Twista rap as one of these voice-throwing performers
ventriloquist
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Civil rights activism often includes VRDs, these "Drives" to help people participate in our democracy
Voter Registration
1600
"Pastoral" lamb & mashed potato casserole that's a fanciful dream not likely to be attained
shepherd's pie in the sky
1600
This 2021 Andy Weir book about a plucky astronaut sounds like it may be a long shot
Project Hail Mary
2000
Weak gravity there has led to the tallest-known volcanoes in the solar system
2000
In 2023 this rapper & Lando Calrissian actor opened a boba tea shop in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles
Donald Glover
2000
This discriminatory practice comes from the colorful borders on maps around areas where minorities found it hard to get loans or credit
Redlining
2000
Blue cheese-accompanied poultry products that are on the marquee as a Wim Wenders film
Buffalo Wings of Desire
2000
Good times for this author: his Emmett-Till-haunted "The Trees" won praise & "Erasure" became the film "American Fiction"
Percival Everett