QUALITY QUOTABLES
"You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there grinnin'"
A delicious southern fried vegetable treat + the CEO of Harpo Productions and the world's first Black billionaire
OKRA WINFREY
Virgil serves as the guide through Hell and Purgatory in this writer's Divine Comedy
DANTE ALIGHIERI
(Metal) Bacterial infection which appear in multiple forms, often derived from infectious animal products; used in biological warfare
ANTHRAX
This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker
RAKE
"I want you to park that big Mack truck right in this little garage"
CARDI B
Comedic actress, partner of Kurt Russell and mother to Kate Hudson + a sweet baked Spanish custard
GOLDIE FLAN
Scholars say that fantasy elements in storytelling can be traced back to this epic poem from Mesopotamia dating back to 1800 BC
GILGAMESH
(Rock) In American football, a cornerback or safety who serves as the additional 5th defensive back in a passing defense.
NICKELBACK
Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year
H&R BLOCK
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness"
ALLEN GINSBERG
The official state dish of Texas (no beans please!) + FINNEAS' singing sister
CHILI EILISH
Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner" is punished for shooting one of these
ALBATROSS
(English Rock) Slang phrase for the state of being in extreme distress; when you are down and out, you are in...this
DIRE STRAITS
The almost 4-decade collaboration of these 2 Germans began in Paris in 1844
MARX AND ENGELS
"That crystal's so beautiful. And it's comin' home to Texas. It's comin all the way home to Austin, TX, baby."
VINCE YOUNG
The cured pork from your Christmas dinner + former MVP Quarterback of the Carolina Panthers
HAM NEWTON
The ancient "I Ching" of China is also known as the "Book of" these
CHANGES
(Psychedelic/Electronic) A domesticated rooibok
TAME IMPALA
In 1960 this new national leader made the longest speech in United Nations history, 4 hours & 29 minutes
FIDEL CASTRO
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
FRANZ KAFKA
(or Gregor Samsa)
A North African dish made of tiny bits of semolina + the member of The Highwaymen that was in A Star Is Born (1976)
COUSCOUSTOPHERSON
The first line of this author's debut novel Purple Hibiscus contains a tribute to her countryman Chinua Achebe
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
(Pop) In the play All My Sons by Arthur Miller, a man commits suicide after causing the death of this specific number and profession of people because he sent them faulty aircraft parts for the good of his business
21 PILOTS
In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection
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