SPACEY TALK
FAMOUS LAST LYRICS
PUNCTUATION
NEPO PARENTS
PALACES
PLANT LORE
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The cloud of gas, ice & dust around the nucleus of a comet is called this, also a term for a serious medical condition
the coma
400
1993:
"All in all is all we are"
"All Apologies"
400
One of these inside a triangle on a dashboard is called a master warning light
an exclamation point
400
As "older woman customer", Estelle Reiner (director Rob's mom) wants what Meg Ryan is having in this film
When Harry Met Sally...
400
The centuries-old adobe Palace of the Governors in this state capital got decked out for statehood in 1912
Santa Fe
400
Paired with "jolly" in the U.S., this plant was called Christmas in parts of England & used as a Christmas tree
holly
800
An apoapsis is the farthest point in an orbit; an apojove is the farthest orbital point from this planet
Jupiter
800
2021:
"You said forever, now I drive alone past your street"
"drivers license" 
800
You know... that thing when you omit words... or the word for the 3 dots
ellipses
800
Cyndy & Glen Powell Sr. are right behind Jr. & Daisy Edgar-Jones at the rodeo in this 2024 film that also featured a bit of weather
Twisters
800
In 2002 Queen (the band) celebrated the queen with "Party at the Palace", this palace, for Elizabeth II's golden jubilee
Buckingham Palace
800
Popular in wedding bouquets, white lilies are also known as these lilies, another name for the Virgin Mary
Madonna lilies
1200
2 moons around Saturn's F ring are called these, for the way they tend to the ring's flock of particles
shepherd moons
1200
1999:
"All that glitters is gold, only shootin' stars break the mold"
"All Star"
1200
It's used in a sports news idiom in phrases like Jason Kidd's "I am" one of these for the next game
a question mark
1200
In 2023 Anne Twist published her first kids' book, "Betty and the Mysterious Visitor", while this singer, Anne's son, had "Love on Tour"
Harry Styles
1200
An edifice built for the Sovereign Council of Brabant became, in 1830, the Palace of the Nation in this capital
Brussels
1200
Blow on the seeds of this plant to make a wish; pick its flowers on St. George's Day to make its wine
dandelion
1600
A planet that moves west to east relative to the stars is in prograde motion; one going east-west is in this kind
retrograde
1600
2002:
"I better have you naked by the end of this song"
"Rock Your Body"
1600
It's used as a life-affirming tattoo because it's a point where a sentence could have come to an end but continued
semicolon
1600
He had his mama, Doris, help move acceptance speeches along when he hosted the Emmys in 2024
Anthony Anderson
1600
At Miraflores Palace in Caracas in 2024, he celebrated his re-election victory, many say a stolen one
Nicolás Maduro
1600
On Pentecost, rose petals are dropped through the oculus of this storied Roman building
the Pantheon
2000
From Latin for "almost shadow", it's a partly darkened area at the edge of an eclipse
a penumbra
2000
1984:
"I am human & I need to be loved, just like everybody else does"
"How Soon Is Now?"
2000
Where Americans say, "You're not going, period", Brits say, "You're not going", these 2 words
full stop
2000
Thanks to son Ike's recommendation, lawyer Alan Barinholtz was the judge on this 2023 show with "12 jurors. 11 actors"
Jury Duty
2000
This Bay Area landmark hosted The Beatles & the 1964 GOP convention, but the Grant National Livestock Expo hints at its core purpose
the Cow Palace
2000
Berries from this tree were once used as medicine by the Greeks & Romans, but we are more familiar with their use in gin
juniper
