WOMEN IN SPORTS
AROUND THE CARIBBEAN
ROCKS & MINERALS
I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JOB
DRINKING VESSELS
QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS
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In May 1970 aboard a longshot named Fathom, Diane Crump became the first female jockey in this horse race
the Kentucky Derby
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The Trench Town neighborhood of Kingston is considered the birthplace of this music genre
reggae
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Utah's state rock, it's burned to produce heat & electricity
coal
200
Shotcut is free, open-source software for this sort of video professional
an editor
200
Champagne is traditionally served in this tall stemmed glass that shares its name with a musical instrument
flute
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Poison sang, "Every rose has its" this, but "smooth touch" varieties do exist
thorn
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In 2019 FIFA named her Women's Player of the Year; in 2020 she proposed to girlfriend Sue Bird
Megan Rapinoe
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At over 10,000 feet Pico Duarte in this nation on Hispaniola is the highest mountain in the Caribbean
the Dominican Republic
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Mount Rushmore is carved into a cliff made of this coarse rock
granite
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It comes before saw & shears in the name of a gardening tool that cuts off undesired twigs & branches
pruning
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Used to drink this alcoholic beverage, a ceramic o-choko can have two blue rings on a white base on the inside of the cup
sake
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In "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)", Jay-Z gets it wrong with the lyric "thirty-eight revolve like a sun 'round" this
Earth
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With a lap of 196.434 mph, she was the fastest qualifier at the 2013 Daytona 500
Danica Patrick
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Andros Island in the Bahamas sits alongside one of the world's largest of these, over 120 miles long & a scuba divers' paradise
a (coral) reef
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Lodestone, a natural picker-upper, is a variety of this mineral that's named for its attractive properties
magnetite
600
This word for a type of cut used by chefs is from French for round
a rondelle
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It sounds like an acrobat, but it's any flat-bottomed glass with no handle or stem
a tumbler
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Their 1977 song "Dreams" claims, "thunder only happens when it's raining"; that's not always the case
Fleetwood Mac
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As an impact player for this Phoenix WNBA team, Brittney Griner led the league in blocks per game in 2021 & was second in scoring
the Mercury
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In 2016 President Obama traveled to this Caribbean nation, the first visit by a sitting U.S. president in nearly 90 years
Cuba
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Composed mostly of talc, this soft rock derives its name from its greasy feel, but don't try to wash with it
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Subcutaneous & purse-string are types of these used by your sawbones to stitch cuts they've made
sutures
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It can be a small drink as well as a pear-shaped goblet that, as the name suggests, intensifies the aroma of brandy
a snifter
800
This group's "Speed Of Sound" says, "Planets are moving at the speed of light"; even hyper-velocity planets aren't that fast
Coldplay
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In 2001 it was love all when Andre Agassi married this German tennis star
Graf
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The small town of Kralendijk is the capital of this Caribbean island, the "B" of the ABC territories of the Netherlands
Bonaire
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Named for its scaly, snakelike appearance, this mineral commonly passes for jade
serpentine
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Cutting fabric for hats is all part of the job for this worker whose name derives from an Italian city
a milliner
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Emily Dickinson wrote, "I taste a liquor never brewed-from" these ale vessels "scooped in pearl"
tankards
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We're not sure how Adele pulled off this title trick in a 2011 song, but she definitely wanted to "let it burn"
"Set Fire To The Rain"