A lump of metal, perhaps of gold
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What is Nugget?
Sanskrit texts call this ocean Ratnakara, the Mine of Jewels
What is The Indian Ocean?
In 2013 Variety reported "This is the End" was the last movie rented from this once-mighty chain
What is Blockbuster?
Madylin Sweeten plays the daughter & her brothers play the twin sons on this sitcom
What is Everybody Loves Raymond?
MUSIC MEN:
Before creating this record label in 1959, its founder worked on a Lincoln-Mercury assembly line
What is Motown?
In Christian churches, formal forgiveness of sin
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What is Absolution?
From the shores of Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean stretches north over 9,000 miles to this narrow passage
What is The Bering Strait?
In 2009 service was no longer state of the art at the last brick & mortar stores of this alliterative electronics chain
What is Circuit City?
She hosted "True Tales of Teen Trauma" on MTV & also played Sarah on "Party of Five"
Who is Jennifer Love Hewitt?
20th CENTURY AMERICAN AUTHORS:
The Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, Alabama has exhibits devoted to these 2 authors & childhood friends
Who are Harper Lee & Truman Capote?
Main character's foil
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What is Antagonist?
Originally an adjective, it's now a noun referring to a deep-sea vessel like a submarine or bathyscaphe
What is Submersible?
Let's go back in time--he made 9,000 of the cars named for him before running off the road in 1982
Who is John DeLoreon?
Our own Johnny Gilbert was once the announcer for this dating show hosted by Chuck Woolery
What is Love Connection?
19th CENTURY POEMS:
Written about the U.S. occupation of the Philippines, a Kipling poem said, "Take up" this now-controversial phrase
What is The White Man's Burden?
World War II tank named for a Civil War general
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What is Sherman?
The Atlantic Ocean's deepest point, at about 27,500 feet, is located in the trench bearing the name of this island
What is Puerto Rico?
In 1991 this "directional" airline flew off into the sunset after 64 years
What is Eastern?
Yikes! Tiny Tim once played a suspected vampire on this comedy anthology series that debuted in 1969
What is Love, American Style?
US STATES:
Between 2006 & 2013 it went from 39th to 6th in per capita income & its unemployment rate dropped to the nation's lowest
What is North Dakota?
Crossword puzzle enthusiast
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What is Cruciverbalist?
What scientists technically call insanely weird creatures live near hydrothermal these on the ocean floor
What are Vents?
In 2009 Toys "R" Us scooped up the remains of this 2-letter retailer
What is KB Toys?
This '80s sitcom was based on a TV movie in which Tony Randall played a gay man
What is Love, Sidney?
MUSIC & HISTORY:
This 1880 piece was written more than 6 decades after the Battle of Borodino, the conflict it commemorates
What is the 1812 Overture?