A DAY IN JUNE
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(Alex: With "good" coming up in each correct response.)
(Alex: With "good" coming up in each correct response.)
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On June 30, 1859 a French acrobat became the first daredevil to cross these falls on a tightrope
Niagara Falls
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It marks an ending; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, even puts one at the end of her signature
a period
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Alfred Nobel added an inert substance to very unstable nitroglycerin to make this more easily handled explosive
dynamite
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The "Arabian Nights" tales include one about Prince Husain, who flies around on a magical one of these
carpet
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It looks like these plants are ready for picking 
Cotton
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An apatosaurus named Arlo befriends a human boy in this 2015 animated film
The Good Dinosaur
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King John sealed this "in the meadow...called Runnymede...on the 15th day of June in the 17th year of our reign"
the Magna Carta
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The "air" version of these usually signals that a speaker is being sarcastic
quotes
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A paper cylinder holding a weak explosive, or a red, white & blue popsicle brand
firecracker
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"Sing aloud unto God our strength", says this biblical book of poems meant to be sung
Psalms
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It's quicker to grow tulips from these usually rounded organs rather than from seeds
bulbs
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Sam Smith bemoans his expertise at breakups in this hit song from 2017
"Too Good at Goodbyes"
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The first day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944 is known as this letter-perfect name
D-Day
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It was Ladislav Sutnar who put telephone area codes inside these
parentheses
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It's the term used for the process of destroying a building by using explosives to make it collapse inward on itself
implosion (implode accepted)
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Dating from 3,500 years ago, this civilization's "Book of the Dead" is a manual for the afterlife
Egypt
600
Koalas spend a lot of time eating and sleeping in this type of tree
eucalyptus
600
On this sitcom ordinary woman Kristen Bell believed she was sent to the wrong region in the afterlife
The Good Place
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He sent a war message to Congress June 1, 1812; on June 18, Congress declared war on Great Britain
Madison
800
Commas separate phrases in a series; when the phrases contain commas, separate using these
semicolons
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The largest explosion in earth's recorded history was from one of these on Indonesia in 1815
a volcano
800
In "Analects" this ancient Chinese philosopher said, "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them"
Confucius
800
Some people drink the juice of this succulent for its health benefits & a gel is used to relieve sunburns
aloe
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Seen here, she was the voice of Judy Hopps in "Zootopia"
(Ginnifer) Goodwin
1000
The first section of this city's famed Boardwalk along the New Jersey shore opened on June 26, 1870
Atlantic City
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An em one is longer than an en one
dash
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These sudden outbursts of energy on the Sun's surface are the largest explosions in the solar system
solar flares
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Daily Double!!
Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote 2 plays named for this complex & troubled King of Thebes
Oedipus
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Native to India and other parts of Asia, a single one of these unusual trees can resemble a small forest
banyan trees
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"Lucid Dreams" is a top 10 hit from this 2018 Juice Wrld album
Goodbye and Good Riddance