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A 3-word way of saying you're an open book becomes this 3-letter abbreviation over on Reddit
What is AMA?
Ray Bradbury used a pay typewriter at UCLA to write a novella, "The Fireman", which he later expanded into this novel
What is Fahrenheit 451?
Locusts,
hail,
frogs,
darkness
What are biblical plagues (the plagues of Egypt)?
An alphabetical list of a rainbow's 7 traditional colors would begin with this one
What is blue?
This phrase meaning to exaggerate involves increasing the size of a mound made by a burrowing animal
What is making a mountain out of a mole hill?
A Peloton web page asks, "Should you do" this, like on the bike or treadmill, "or weights first?"
What is cardio?
This author was sometimes called the Mark Twain of our time
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
The Lovers,
the Chariot,
the Hierophant,
the Fool
What are tarot cards (cards in a tarot deck)?
At about 5.4 million square miles, this ocean is the smallest of the "7 Seas"
What is the Arctic Ocean?
Originally referring to Matthew, Mark, Luke & John's work, this 2-word phrase has come to mean anything believed unreservedly
What is the gospel truth?
This shortened word comes before "research" to mean digging up dirt on political foes
What is oppo?
This novelist died in 1851 & is buried about a quarter-mile walk from the Baseball Hall of Fame
Who is (James Fenimore) Cooper?
Lexington,
Carl Vinson,
Saratoga,
John F. Kennedy
What are aircraft carriers?
Of Disney's Seven Dwarfs, these are the two whose names don't end in "Y"
Who are Doc & Bashful?
With & without "monster", it's how Shakespeare described jealousy
What is green-eyed?
A 13-letter word meaning of many varieties gets cut down to this 4-letter abbrev. we've only seen written--until now
What is misc.?
Veronica Roth wrote this first book in her famous dystopian trilogy while on winter break from Northwestern University
What is Divergent?
Julian,
Dinaric,
Bavarian,
Maritime
What are the Alps?
This collective term is used for what were historically the female counterparts to the Ivy League schools
Who are the Seven Sisters?
On a plane, it's something flight attendants do to the doors; on the ice, it's a penalty involving a hit with a stick
What is to cross-check(ing)?
Cut the lizard-related part off & you're left with this 4-letter shortened word, the "terrible" part
What is dino?
This Pulitzer Prize winner who served up "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" has been called our greatest chronicler of family life
Who is Anne Tyler?
Centriole,
lysosome,
golgi apparatus,
cytoplasm
What are parts of a cell?
This Italian septet includes the Viminal & the Quirinal
Who are the Seven Hills of Rome?
An incomprehensible religious glossolalia gives us this phrase
What is speaking in tongues?