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This river that rises in the Cotswold Hills flows through the heart of London

Thames

400

1860's "The Colleen Bawn" was one of Dion Boucicault's many popular plays about life in what's now this country

Ireland

400

I assure you, there's nothing wrong with you, but if you insist, I'll prescribe this inert preparation, Latin for "I shall please"

Placebo

400

Harvey Keitel played his dad Satan when he played the title role in the 2000 comedy "Little Nicky"

Adam Sandler

400

This native of Fall River, Mass. pled not guilty to charges of parental murder via ax-whacking & a jury agreed

Lizzie Borden

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According to thesaurus.com, "OK hand" & "saluting face" are among "15+ ways to say thanks" in the form of these

emojis

800

La Rochelle, France & Santander, Spain are ports on this bay

Biscay

800

Robert Montgomery Bird noted that his own "The Gladiator" about this revolt leader was from the same year as Nat Turner's revolt

Spartacus

800

Hurts to swallow, swollen tonsils with white patches, red spots in the mouth--looks like this, from the name of the bacteria

Strep Throat

800

Abbey the succubus & a demon named George plague a priest & psychologist, living up to the title of this TV show

Evil

800

After the 1982 acquittal of John Hinckley Jr., Congress created stricter rules governing pleas of NGRI, short for this

Not Guilty for Reason of Insanity
800

Irritate your elders by replacing "you're welcome" with this casual response to "thank you"; it's a 2-word translation of "Hakuna Matata"

no worries

1200

In Season 8 of "Seinfeld", Kramer finds the pool too crowded & takes up swimming in this, actually a tidal estuary

East River

1200

The opening of the "Aeneid" gave Shaw the title of this play in which an enemy soldier takes refuge in a young woman's bedroom

Arms and the Man

1200

That lump in your skin is just a dermoid type of this 4-letter sac of tissue; nothing to worry about, but I'll remove it

Cyst

1200

 In 2019, I took over the role of this character, played by Ron Perlman; though summoned from the depths by Rasputin, I tried to do some good, despite my nature

 

Hellboy

1200

After 62 mos. in prison, WikiLeaks' Julian Assange pled guilty & was sentenced to 62 mos. in prison, aka these 2 words

Time Served

1200

Beware this 3-word expression of preemptive gratitude, "tia" in text-speak, which many find presumptuous

thanks in advance

1600

Prior to construction of the Panama Canal, ships had to navigate this treacherous waterway around Cape Horn

Drake Passage

1600

In a Gogol comedy, a clerk is mistaken for this imminently awaited title government official, knowledge he uses to full advantage

Inspector General

1600

We need to fix that knee; luckily it's a minimally invasive surgery using this fiber-optic tool seen here 

Arthroscope

1600

Morningstar was the last name of this TV title character, who left Hell for the sunny climes of the City of Angels, Los Angeles

 

Lucifer


1600

Condemned to death by poisoning in 399 B.C., he famously refused to plead for mercy & insisted, "I shall never alter my ways"

Socrates

1600

With a 4-syllable word sometimes cut down to 3, this newly popular phrase recognizes your whole self, not one specific action

Appreciate You

2000

This Minnesota lake is the source of the Mississippi River

Itaska

2000

August Strindberg described the title heroine of this play of his as a "man-hating half-woman"

Miss Julie

2000

I haven't seen a case of beriberi in years! We're putting you on a regimen of this vitamin, B1, stat!

Thiamine

2000

David Tennant plays the demon Crowley, who, among other things, tempted Eve with an apple in this series

Good Omens

2000

Hugh Grant entered one of the most famous pleas of the '90s: to the charge of lewd conduct: no contest, or this phrase in Latin

nolo contendere
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In 1976 the London Times noted this British synonym for "thank you" had made a "remarkable transition from the pub"

Cheers

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