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That super-famous geyser in Yellowstone that spews hot water? Everyone calls it this

Old Faithful

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Although Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln", Abe lived in this neighboring "Hoosier State" from the age of 7 to 2

Indiana

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In a Dr. Seuss book, this animal "in Socks" likes to create tongue twisters for Mr. Knox

Fox

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For the cover of its guide to Italy, Lonely Planet used a photo of this scooter brand whose name is Italian for "wasp"

Vespa

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With 1.7 billion streams & counting, let's hope The Eagles kept some "pink champagne on ice" to recognize this 1976 song

Hotel California

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You're not gonna believe this, but the ambient air temp once hit 134° F. in this California locale

Death Valley

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In 1863, Abe issued a proclamation asking his fellow citizens to observe this holiday on the last Thursday of November

Thanksgiving

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The title of this C.S. Lewis classic mentions a feline named Aslan, an evil woman & a piece of furniture

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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The Berlitz Pocket Guide to this country includes an itinerary for a "perfect day in Zürich"

Switzerland

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"Dreams" by this '70s band has over 1.8 billion streams; shout out to that Ocean Spray-loving skateboarder

Fleetwood Mac

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Mercury may be closest to the Sun, but it's not the hottest planet; this planet is hotter

Venus

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After stumbling off a train platform, Lincoln's son Robert was saved by none other than Edwin Booth, the brother of this assassin

John Wilkes Booth

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"Something That Happened" was John Steinbeck's working title for this 1937 novella about farm workers George & Lennie

Of Mice and Men

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The 2022 Rough Guide to Costa Rica explains that beachgoers might get lucky & see a leatherback one of these

Turtle

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With over a billion streams, ain't nothing gonna keep this 1967 Tammi Terrell/ Marvin Gaye hit from gettin' to you, babe

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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A hot room heated with dry heat instead of steam isn't a steam room, it's one of these

Sauna

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DAILY DOUBLE

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The Broadway show "Oh, Mary!" is a darkly comedic take on this Kentuckian who married Abe in 1842 after a stormy courtship


ANSWER: Mary Todd

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Nature writer Delia Owens branched out into fiction with her bestselling murder mystery "Where" these crustaceans "Sing"

Crawdads

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Info on Turkish baths & how to take a self-guided tour of the Hagia Sophia is provided in the Rick Steves guide to this city

Istanbul

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At over 2 billion streams, it's the most popular song by The Police by far (sorry, "Roxanne")

Every Breath You Take

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Here's some dirt on the Earth's smokin' hot inner core: it's made of solid metal, mostly this one with chemical symbol Fe

Iron

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At 6'4", Lincoln still ranks as the tallest POTUS; this president who took the oath in 1963 comes in second

Lyndon B Johnson

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This Kurt Vonnegut satire about global destruction shares its title with a game that involves making shapes with a loop of string

Cat's Cradle

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They're the 2 cities examined in Time Out's "Essential Guide to Russia's Twin Capital Cities"

St. Petersburg and Moscow

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With over 1.7 billion streams, this Earth, Wind & Fire song endures; listen to it any month of the year

September

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