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As well as a list in a book, this word also means something that points out; hence this finger

index

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There have been more than 130 million views on YouTube for "The Evolution of" this, including the twist & the robot

Dance

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Ptolemy I wrote to sovereigns & governors asking for works by all authors to build this library's circulation

Library at Alexandria

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Study up for your GRE, short for this test; you're probably not hittin' grad school without it

Graduate Record Exam

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Hippos & rhinos are also these, thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates

pachyderms

800

Extensor digiti minimi is the muscle that lets you straighten this when holding a teacup

pinkie

800

Thousands of prisoners in the Philippines re-enacted the moves of the video of this Michael Jackson hit

"Thriller"

800

The Manuscripts & Archives Division of this library known for its marble lions has Washington's farewell address

NYC Public Library

800

Subjects in this grad field include food science & plant breeding; maybe you'll run the Cabinet dept. of it

agriculture

800

The state of being a mom or dad

parenthood

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Olden tradition said the vena amoris, or vein of love, ran from this one of the 10 fingers

ring

1200

Fatso from Spokane is the lovable "Keyboard" this animal

cat
1200

This priceless word comes before "Library of Philadelphia" in the name of a system with over 6 million books

Free (3x Stumper)

1200

A 2006 study in N.J. found those going for this business degree are the most likely grad students to cheat

M.B.A.

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This term for a solid figure having many faces comes from the Greek for "many faces"

polyhedron

1600

In piano playing the fingers are numbered; a right-hand triad uses these 3 numbers

5, 3, 1

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"I'm On a Boat" is one of many popular parody songs that started on this TV show & then went viral on the web

Saturday Night Live

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Since 1537 it's been the legal depository for all books published in France--en francais, s'il vous plait!

The National Library

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His will provided $2 million to an Ivy League univ. to establish a graduate school of journalism; quite the prize

(Joseph) Pulitzer

1600

The name of this plant is from the Greek for "fond of trees"

philodendron

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All primates have 2 of these bones in each thumb & 3 in each other finger

phalanges

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A popular animation about a unicorn with this name follows him to Candy Mountain, where he loses a kidney

Charlie
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Located on Capitol Hill, it publishes the journal Shakespeare Quarterly

Folger (3x Stumper)

2000

"Hold" this last name of the medical family who put on a clinic & established a graduate school of medicine in 1915

Mayo

2000

The Curies discovered radium in 1898 while working with this ore of uranium

pitchblende

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