ON THE STATE'S LONGEST WESTERN BORDER
SHAKESPEARE
THE 15th CENTURY
POTPOURRI
SCIENCE TALK
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On New Mexico's

Arizona

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Hamlet's "vocational" advice to Ophelia

"Get thee to a nunnery"

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In 1471 Tupac became emperor of this South American people

the Incas

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This brand of little breath mints was launched in 1969

Tic Tacs

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In the 2000s astronomer Mike Brown lectured on "How I Killed" this former planet "& Why It Had It Coming"

Pluto

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On New Hampshire's

Vermont

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"A pound of that same merchant's flesh is thine"

The Merchant of Venice

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England lost all of France except Calais as this conflict ended in 1453

the Hundred Years' War

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As early as 1901 this U.S. state was described as "The Mitten State"


Michigan

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The 1937 Nobel chemistry lecture on "The Structure of" these explains the progress in understanding starches

Carbohydrates

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On Georgia's

Alabama

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DAILY DOUBLE!!!!

"She hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"

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This Portuguese prince wasn't just about exploration--he & his brother Fernando tried to conquer Tangier & failed miserably

Prince Henry the Navigator

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The case of this enslaved man v. Sandford is often called the worst Supreme Court decision ever

Dred Scott

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These are proteins, such as hydrolase, that catalyze biochemical reactions

enzymes

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On North Dakota's

Montana (HEHE)

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"If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me"

Macbeth

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In 1453 the last Byzantine emperor, the XI of this name, died in the vain defense of his city

Constantine

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It's the M in mRNA

messenger

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Ions come in 2 flavors, the negatively charged anions & the positively charged these

cations

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On Ark--on that of Arkansas

Oklahoma

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"As he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him"

Julius Caesar

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Putting to work hundreds of mounted couriers, Louis XI in 1477 created a "royal" type of this

a postal service

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This social media platform was originally called musical.ly

TikTok

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There are almost no clouds & no weather in this second atmospheric layer up from Earth's surface

the stratosphere