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It's a portable radio transmitter & receiver for 2-way communication
a walkie-talkie
New Hampshire shares a 58-mile border with this Canadian province
Quebec
A writer joked that this HBO mob drama "should be called 'Jersey Boys' and 'Jersey Boys' should be called" this HBO mob drama
The Sopranos
The white part of an apple slice turns brown because of exposure to this gas
oxygen
Describing a book he was writing in 1881: "it's all about a map, and a treasure, and a mutiny, and a derelict ship"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Nickname for the 1992 U.S. men's Olympic basketball squad
the Dream Team
One of the 2 landlocked South American nations; both have Spanish & Guarani as official languages
Paraguay or Bolivia
One of Dax Shepard's first jobs in show biz was helping Ashton Kutcher with his pranks on this MTV show
Punk'd
The hardest tissue in the body, it covers the crown of a tooth
enamel
This author to Marlon Brando: "Dear Marlon, I'm praying that you'll buy 'On the Road' and make a movie of it"
Kerouac
Slang for a cocktail party that takes place during a trip around the harbor
booze cruise
Port cities on this sea include Makhachkala, Russia & Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan
the Caspian Sea
"Reichenbach Falls" was the penultimate episode of this CBS series in 2019
Elementary
3-letter name of the first drug approved by the FDA for the purpose of prolonging the lives of HIV & aids patients
AZT (azidothymidine)
He wrote Orwell both praising & criticizing "1984" & made reference to his own "Brave New World"
Aldous Huxley
Varieties of this hot cocoa mix include unicorn marshmallows & marshmallow lovers
Swiss Miss
Home of the Dalai Lama until he fled the Chinese occupation in 1959, Potala Palace towers over this city
Lhasa
Don Messick voiced Bamm-Bamm, Papa Smurf & this mystery-solving dog
Scooby-Doo
Procyon is the brightest star in this constellation also known as the little dog
Canis Minor
His "The Innocents Abroad" was based on letters he wrote to newspapers as a traveling correspondent
Mark Twain
Hyphenated term for someone old-fashioned & out of touch
a fuddy-duddy
This nation's 81 provinces include Batman, Van & Hatay
Turkey
This "Kitchen Nightmares" man received an O.B.E. in 2006
Gordon Ramsay
Isolated females of this largest living lizard, a type of monitor, sometimes reproduce without having their eggs fertilized by males
a Komodo dragon
She wrote to husband Leonard before taking her life: "I feel certain that I am going mad again"
Virginia Woolf