Diss-track-tions
In 2022 the Game released a 10-minute diss directed at this rapper also known as Slim Shady
Eminem
Better known for her mysteries, she wrote a handful of romance novels under the name Mary Westmacott
Agatha Christie
In 2011 a California jury convicted Dr. Conrad Murray of involuntary manslaughter in the drug-induced death of this singer
MJ
The Heimlich isn't medicine's only one of these; if you have tachycardia, the doctor may ask you to perform the Valsalva one
A maneuver
The national flag of Sri Lanka features 4 bo leaves & a lion wielding one of these weapons
A sword
In May 2024 these 2 competitors went back & forth with tracks like "Family Matters" & "Meet the Grahams"
K-dot and Drake
Roald Dahl
In 2021 a Hennepin County jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin on 3 counts related to the death of this man
"Neither shall thou mar the corners of" this, the Lord told Moses; that's why Eastern Orthodox priests so often have one
Beard
The eagle that appears Albania's flag has this unnatural distinction
It has two heads
On "Hit Em Up" this rapper dissed Biggie Smalls and repped the "Westside"
Tupac
This "Brave New World" author was the grand-nephew of poet & critic Matthew Arnold
Huxley
It took some 200 potential jurors to fill 12 seats in the case brought against Donald Trump by this Manhattan D.A.
Bragg
One reason rockers switch out guitars onstage is this is different for some songs, such as 1/2 step down from the standard E-A-D-G-B-E
Flags depicting a map of the nation itself include this Balkan country that broke away from Serbia in 2008
Kosovo
Cam'ron went in on this N.Y. rapper & even titled his diss "Curtis", his rival's government name
50 cent
C.S. Lewis was Clive Staples, this "Hornblower" author was Cecil Scott
C.S. Forester
"The jury has spoken... you can't lie to your shareholders", said a prosecutor who helped convict this Texas energy company's execs
Enron
In the mid-1800s Peru brought in 100,000 Chinese laborers, many mining for this fertilizer with a name from Quechua.
Guano
The flag of this Central American nation has an ax, a ship & a motto meaning "I flourish in the shade", but no more Union Jack
Belize
The title of this hate letter from Nas to Jay-Z that shares its name with an anesthetic drug now means "to insult publicly"
Ether
This "Brideshead Revisited" author passed away on Easter Sunday in 1966, soon after returning home from mass.
Waugh
In 1999 a Michigan jury convicted this doctor & euthanasia advocate of second-degree murder
Kevorkian
Villified in history, this King was loved in York; in 1485 he was "piteously slain... to the great heaviness" of that city
Richard III
Other than Wales & Bhutan, this small Mediterranean island country has the only national flag to feature a dragon
Malta