REALLY SHAPING UP
FICTIONAL PEOPLE
NICKNAMES AND PEN NAMES
GEN Z EXPLAINS WORLD HISTORY
"OI" I'M THINKING HERE
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THIS MATHEMATICAL TERM IS GIVEN TO NUMBERS THAT ARE MULTIPLIED BY ITSELF

SQUARED

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THOUGH KNOWN AS SUPERMAN OR CLARK KENT ON EARTH THIS IS HIS KRYPTONION NAME

KAL-EL

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SAMUEL CLEMMINS A TRAVELING ENCYCLOPEDIA SALESMAN TOOK THIS NAME WHEN HE BECAME ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST KNOWN AUTHORS

MARK TWAIN

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SO BASICALLY THIS DUDE CAUGHT A SERIOUS FADE, AND BECAME UNALIVE. BUT HE WASN'T SOME RANDO HE WAS AN ARCH DUKE

ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND 

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THIS COLORFUL VARIETY CARP IS COMMON IN PONDS AND JAPANESE STYLED TATTOOS

KOI

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WAGER 1-10

THIS DISNEY SONG FEATURED IN THE OPENING ACT OF A 1994 FILM FEATURES LEBO M SINGING WORDS IN ZULU

CIRCLE OF LIFE

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NICK CARRAWAY IS THE FICTIONAL NARRATOR OF THIS NOVEL FROM WHAT 1925 NOVEL

THE GREAT GATSBY

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BORN NICOLAS KIM COPPOLA IS AN AMERICAN ACTOR WHO HAS STARRED IN OVER 100 FILMS IS BETTER KNOWN BY THIS NAME THAT HE CHANGED TO DISTANCE HIS LEGACY FROM HIS UNCLE'S

NIC CAGE

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SO AMERICANS DECIDED TAXATION IS THEFT AND LIKE TOTALLY CULTURALLY APPROPRIATED FROM THE NATIVES AND YEETED SOME CARGO BOXES

BOSTON TEA PARTY

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THIS BLUE GREEN SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE IS COMMON IN NATIVE AMERICAN ART

TURQUOISE

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SOMETIMES KNOWN AS A MINUTE STEAK, THIS CUT OF BEEF IS A BUDGET FRIENDLY MEAT THAT HAS BEEN TENDERIZED AND FLATTENED

CUBE STEAK

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THE TITLE CHARACTER OF THIS 1939 FILM OWNS A HOT AIR BALLOON FOR A STATE FAIR IN NEBRASKA

THE WIZARD OF OZ

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WAGER 1-10

COUNTRY MUSICIAN GARTH BROOKS TOOK ON THIS IDENTITY OF TO RELEASE A ONE-OFF ROCK ALBUM THAT DID NOT MESH WITH HIS USUAL STYLE

CHRIS GAINES

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THE AMERICAN'S WERE ALL LIKE "TO THE MOOOON" AND THE UNIVERSE WAS ALL LIKE NAH FAM

CHALLENGER EXPLOSION 

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THESE COMMON PILLS ARE TAKEN FROM ANIMAL TISSUES, AND TAKEN FOR THEIR OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS, GREAT FOR SWELLING

FISH OIL

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"SHE EYES ME LIKE A PISCES WHEN I AM WEAK" IS THE OPENING LINE OF THIS SONG FROM THE ALBUM IN UTERO THE LAST STUDIO ALBUM BY NIRVANA

HEART SHAPED BOX

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WAGER 1-10

THIS CHARACTER VOICED BY DAN CONSTALLENETA SINCE 1989 WAS CREATED FOR THE TRACY ULMAN SHOW.

HOMER SIMPSON

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THIS AMERICAN FOUNDING FATHER TOOK ON THE PERSONA OF SILENCE DOGOOD, AND ELDERLY WOMAN, TO  WRITE LETTERS TO A NEWSPAPER

BEN FRANKLIN

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TOO MANY PEOPLE TRIED TO GET THAT BREAD IN THE STOCK MARKET, BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE DOUGH SO WHEN IT FAILED EVERYONE WAS STRUGGLE BUS'ING

BLACK THURSDAY, START OF GREAT DEPRESSION

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THIS TYPE OF WRITTING INSTRUMENT IS ALSO KNOWN AS A BIRO

BALL POINT PEN

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THIS HORROR VIDEO GAME AND MOVIE CHARACTER HAS BEEN A MAIN STAY OF THE SILENT HILL GAMES SINCE HIS INTRODUCTION IN THE SECOND INSTALLMENT

PYRAMID HEAD

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2-D, MURDOC NICCALS, NOODLE, AND RUSSEL HOBBS ARE THE FICTIONAL MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP

THE GORILLAZ 

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EDSON ARANTES DO NASCIMENTO IS BETTER KNOWN BY WHAT NAME, WHERE HE BECAME FAMOUS AS A FAMOUS ATHLETE WHO DIED IN 2022

PELE

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GOLD WAS FOUND IN THE BLACK HILLS, AND THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WAS LIKE HEY SIOUX, YOU MAD BRO? THEN THE AMERICAN GENERAL HAD A TOTAL BLONDE MOMENT, AND GOT ALMOST ALL HIS PEOPLE UNALIVE

BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN

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THIS DISEASE IS TRANSMITTED BY CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER AND IS CAUSED BY THE SALMONELLA BACTERIA

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