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This former actor was sworn in on January 20th, 1981, as the 40th president of the United States
Ronald Reagan
QD comes from this language for “once daily”
Latin
This company is at the corner of happy and healthy
Walgreens
This corny Big 10 team was the only opponent without a loss to the eventual 2024-2025 college football playoff champions
Michigan Wolverines
“Groupthink” was originally used in this dystopian thriller about totalitarian societies. Literally this.
1984
This kelly green team no longer flew as they were defeated 27-10 by the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV (1981)
Philadelphia Eagles
QD, if it were a word, would be worth this many points in scrabble (It’s also as many points as Fletcher’s last name)
12
acetylsalicylic acid is better known by this name (81mg to prevent a myocardial event)
aspirin
Temperatures in this area consistently top a murderous 120F in the summers (no tigers actually live here, whether of the Louisiana or South Carolina variety)
Death Valley
In mathematical grouping, the most common symbols are these (and brackets and braces)
Parentheses
This alliterative painter, known for his later works in cubism, was born in 1881
Pablo Picasso
The lowercase “qd” are reflections of each other over the x and y axis, also known as a reflection over this, the beginning
Origin
This type of medication is commonly used to treat high cholesterol by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
Statin
Cornell fans may also be familiar with this drink, a beloved soda in the south known for its unique bubble gum taste
Big Red
You may need to take one if you don’t remember what group comes between phylum and order in the animal taxonomy pyramid
Class
This Russian author published "The Brothers Karamazov" in 1881, his final novel
Fodor Dostoevsky
It’s a slang term for one pound sterling
Edwin Starr may not like this anticoagulant used to battle blood clots—its good for more than absolutely nothing—
Warfarin
This whiskey-based drink (brandy if from Wisconsin), can also be found in the rivalry between yellow jackets and bulldogs
(Clean) Old Fashioned (Hate)
The former frontwoman of an American pop rock group, she is one of five artists to reach billionaire status on Forbes and a business wizard—you may know her makeup line, Rare Beauty
Selena Gomez
King Carol I was crowned king on May 10, 1881, in this European country—if you made plans to visit the Colosseum here, you’re in the wrong place…
Romania
The letter Q may get its symbol from the tiny hole at the top of a sewing instrument, aka this phrase that means to achieve something nearly impossible
Eye of the needle
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion form ADME, the four main components of this very syllabic set of processes
Pharmacokinetics
The tar heel was a nickname applied to laborers who worked to produce tar, pitch, and this, a household product that used to be found in paints, polishes and cleaners
Turpentine
The 1-18 system is the modern naming convention for the columns within this, though the f-blocks remain unnumbered
Periodic Table