AMERICAN LITERATURE
BIBLICAL NOTES
JOHN HUGHES FILMS
COUGH, COUGH
LET'S CROSS THAT BRIDGE
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"THE COLOR PURPLE" IS THE BEST-KNOWN WORK BY THIS GEORGIA-BORN WOMAN

WHO IS ALICE WALKER?

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DURING GOD'S FIRST CONVERSATION WITH MOSES, IT WAS ON FIRE, BUT "WAS NOT CONSUMED"

WHAT IS THE BURNING BUSH?

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IT'S THE 1990 STORY OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY ACCIDENTALLY ABANDONED AT CHRISTMAS

WHAT IS "HOME ALONE"?

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COMMON NAME FOR PERTUSSIS

WHAT IS WHOOPING COUGH?

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BEFORE IT'S COMPLETION IN 1917, THE QUEBEC RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THIS RIVER COLLAPSED TWICE

WHAT IS THE LAWRENCE RIVER?

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TO RESEARCH "AIRPORT", HE SPENT HOURS IN AIRPORTS ABSORBING THE ATMOSPHERE

WHO IS ARTHUR HAILEY?

200

ANGELS HAD TO DRAG LOT & HIS FAMILY OUT OF THIS CITY BEFORE THINGS GOT TOO HOT

WHAT IS SODOM?

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TITLE CHARACTER WHO SAYS,"THIS IS MY NINTH SICK DAY THIS SEMESTER...SO I BETTER MAKE THIS ONE COUNT"

WHO IS FERRIS BUELLER?

200

THESE BROTHERS STARTED SELLING THEIR COUGH DROPS IN 1847

WHO ARE THE SMITH BROTHERS?

200

CLEVELANDER HART CRANE'S POEM "THE BRIDGE" PRAISES THIS ONE ACROSS NYC'S EAST RIVER

WHAT IS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE?

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HEMINGWAY TOOK THE TITLE OF THIS NOVEL ABOUT JOURNALIST JAKE BARNES FROM A PASSAGE IN ECCLESIASTES

WHAT IS "THE SUN ALSO RISES"?

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IT WAS HEATED 7 TIMES HOTTER THAN NORMAL FOR SHADRACH, MESHACH & ABEDNEGO

WHAT IS THE (FIERY) FURNACE?

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MOLLY RINGWALD'S FAMILY FORGETS HER BIRTHDAY WHILE PREPARING FOR HER SISTER'S WEDDING IN THIS FILM

WHAT IS "SIXTEEN CANDLES"?

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A SHORT, DRY COUGH, OR A TRITE WRITER FOR HIRE

WHAT IS A HACK?

300

THIS TYPE OF MOVABLE BRIDGE THAT PROTECTED CASTLES IS ALSO USED TO PERMIT RIVER TRAFFIC

WHAT IS A DRAWBRIDGE?

400

"NATURE", AN 1836 ESSAY BY THIS TRANSCEDNDENTALIST & FRIEND OF THOREAU, WAS PUBLISHED ANAOYMOUSLY

WHO IS RALPH WALDO EMERSON?

400

THIS VEHICLE "OF FIRE" ON WHICH ELIJAH ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN WAS A REAL "HOT ROD"

WHAT IS THE CHARIOT OF FIRE?

400

STEVE MARTIN & JOHN CANDY USE THESE TITLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO TRY TO GET HOME FOR THANKSGIVING

WHAT IS "TRAINS, PLANES AND AUTOMOBILES"?

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THE MEN'S MALADY A DOCTOR IS USUALLY CHECKING FOR AFTER HE ASKS THE PATIENT TO "TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH"

WHAT IS A HERNIA?

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RIVER CROSSED BY THE ALLENBY, OR KING HUSSEIN BRIDGE

WHAT IS THE JORDAN?

500

IN CHAPTER 2 OF "TOM SAWYER", TOM CONS OTHER BOYS IN HELPING HIM WITH THIS TASK

WHAT IS WHITEWASHING A FENCE?

500

ON THIS HOLY DAY, TONGUES OF FIRE APPEARED TO THE APOSTLES, WHO THEN BEGAN TO SPEAK IN TOUNGUES

WHAT IS PENTICOST?

500

HE PLAYED THE BRAINY BRIAN IN "THE BREAKFAST CLUB"

WHO IS ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL?

500

THIS COUGH SUPPRESSANT INGREDIANT IS AN OPIUM DERIVATIVE

WHAT IS CODEINE?

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PUENTE DE PIEDRAS IS A CENTURIES OLD BRIDGE IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THE "THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY" IS SET

WHAT IS PERU?

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