POP GOES THE CULTURE
PARENTING
"MOM" & "DAD"
HISTORIC GROUPS OF 3
OF BOOKS
BEAR WITH US
BEAR WITH US
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Tawny Newsome got animated & boldly went on the "Lower Decks" of this long-running sci-fi franchise as Beckett Mariner
Star Trek
100
Early February brings the world day for parents to do this, a bonding & cognitive benefit, so yes, Berenstain Bears one more time
reading books to their kids
100
It's defined as an embarrassing, unoriginal attempt at humor--wanna hear one?
a dad joke
100
On Columbus' first transatlantic voyage, this ship in the fleet of 3 made it to the New World, but not back to the old
The Santa Maria
100
In 1958 this bear made his debut on "The Huckleberry Hound Show"
Yogi Boo
200
There's a fungus among us, & as Ellie, Bella Ramsey has to deal with it in many, many horrific ways on this HBO drama
The Last of Us
200
Let grandparents do this with candy & late nights--it's part of their role & face it, they won't--someday they--you know what I mean
spoiling
200
Merriam-Webster defines this as "a typically suburban mother who accompanies her children to their...games"
a soccer mom
200
Formed in 43 B.C., the Second Roman Triumvirate was made up of Marcus Lepidus, Mark Antony & this future emperor
Augustus (Octavian)
200
A 2021 study showed black bears shut down genes involved in the breakdown of bone during this period
hibernation
300
An escaped convict named Stagg R. Leigh writes "My Pafology" (or does he?) in this 2023 Jeffrey Wright film
American Fiction
300
Is this OK in front of your kids? Ali Wentworth & Heidi Klum have publicly said it is for them & theirs
nudity (being naked in front of the kids)
300
This paternal name for a rich benefactor comes from "Little Orphan Annie"
Daddy Warbucks
300
As Lenin faded from power, this man formed a troika with Zinoviev & Kamenev & you'll never guess what he later did to Zin & Kam
Stalin
300
Cape Krusenstern National Monument & Bering Land Bridge National Preserve are the only NPS units with sightings of this type of bear
polar bear
400
In this 1998 film Jane Kaczmarek was Tobey Maguire's mom in color; Joan Allen was his mom in black & white
Pleasantville
400
Resource family is now the term in California for these "parents" who take in kids often en route to adoption
foster parents
400
Cripes! It's time to scram! To beat it! To do this, originally Civil War-era slang for retreating in haste
skedaddle
400
The clergy, the nobility & the people were France's 3 of these representative divisions before the Revolution
the estates
400
Before being transformed into a bear, she was a follower of Artemis
Calisto
500
He took us to church & No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 2014, & in 2024, this one-named Irish singer went one slot higher with "Too Sweet"
Hozier
500
Some airports & other spaces have installed Pluie, a self-sanitizing type of this often desperately needed furniture item
a changing table
500
This spice of the ginger family is popular in Indian food
cardamom
500
3 countries were involved in the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific & this nation lost its access to that ocean as a result
Bolivia
500
This smallest member of the bear family has the longest tongue of the bear family
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Sun bear