Bastet the cat goddess inspired these ancient people to fill cemeteries at Bubastis with mummified cats
Egypt
In the winter, some animals enter this dormant state in which body temperature lowers & breathing & heart rate slow down
hibernation
This U.S. federal holiday is observed on the last Monday in May
Memorial Day
You're going about your day in this carefree manner, sung 4 times in "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
merrily
Even out of office, with more than 130 million followers, he gets the vote as the most followed person on Twitter
Barack Obama
Reese Witherspoon plays field reporter Bradley Jackson, who becomes Jennifer Aniston's co-anchor on this series
The Morning Show
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The title princess of this game, which launched a best-selling franchise, was named for F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife
This big name in 19th century nursing cared for cats too--dozens, including Mr. Bismark, who ate rice pudding off china plates
Florence Nightingale
Animals like frogs that can live on land or water are known as these, from the Greek for "both" & "life"
an amphibian
Legislation signed on June 17, 2021 made this the first new U.S. federal holiday since 1983
Juneteenth
Wimpy of Popeye fame used this adverb to describe the manner in which he'd "pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
gladly
This saint associated with Christmas has his feast day on December 6
St. Nicholas
In 2013's "Man of Steel", Amy Adams played this reporter, Superman's gal pal
Lois Lane
The title princess of this game, which launched a best-selling franchise, was named for F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife
The Legend of Zelda
10 Downing Street, London home to the politician with this title, is also home to Larry, who has the cheeky title "chief mouser"
the Prime Minister
In 1996 one of these named Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell
a sheep
Many states now designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day rather than this
Columbus Day
You never want to be thought of behaving suspiciously, so change the first letter to get this forward-looking adverb
auspiciously
The name of this daily N.Y. Times vocabulary game is actually a play on the name of the software engineer who created it
Wordle
This funnyman played a reporter who got to fill in for God in the movie "Bruce Almighty"
Jim Carrey
A feline named Trim kept explorer Matthew Flinders company after his boat got stuck on a big mass of this near Australia
coral
As part of metamorphosis, some caterpillars create this "C" structure similar to a cocoon & live in it until their next phase
a chrysalis
This Jewish day of atonement comes 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the new year
Yom Kippur
A body part starts this word meaning "cordially"; in a more exuberant sense, it's the way we welcomed you to the stage
heartily
Merriam-Webster's unappetizing description of this fermented tea includes "gelatinous mass of symbiotic bacteria"
kombucha
In the classic "Citizen Kane", following Kane's death, a reporter is sent out to uncover the meaning of this, his final word
Rosebud
Legend says the maneki-neko, or "lucky cat", raised a paw, an invitation to one of these warriors to enter a temple during a storm
a samurai
The 2 strands of this stuff that codes genetic information are said to resemble a twisted ladder
DNA
This holiday is a symbol of summer's end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1
Labor Day
"A" is for this adverb, from the Latin for "carefully prepared"; we hope you've responded that way
accurately
In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth; in 1998, he became the oldest person, at 77, to travel into space
John Glenn
Redford & Hoffman played Woodward & Bernstein in this film about the reporters who uncovered Watergate
All the President's Men