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By the power of Neptune, "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy" protect the ocean & its creatures on a show beloved on this show

SpongeBob SquarePants

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In a No. 1 hit, Drake asked her, "Do you love me? Are you riding?"

Kiki

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The American Foundation for this Prevention wants you to call or text 988 if you are in crisis

Suicide

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He was still a student at Cambridge when he sorta casually discovered the binomial theorem in 1665

Isaac Newton

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Some areas of 16th century France went through a panic over packs of these, the loups-garous

werewolves

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Daniel Handler published "The Basic Eight" under his own name before using this pen name for "A Series of Unfortunate Events"

Lemony Snicket

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"Psycho Dad" was a show much enjoyed by this character on "Married... with Children"

Al Bundy

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In a hit from 2005, she was asked, "What's it like in New York City, I'm a thousand miles away, but girl, tonight, you look so pretty"

Delilah

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A1A is a scenic highway in Florida; AIA is the American Institute of these design pros, founded in 1857

Architects

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We're all signatory to this, the title of a 1762 work by Rousseau

The Social Contract

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In Matthew 26 it's a group of angels, but in Mark 5 it seems to imply a group of demons: "My name is" this, "for we are many"

Legion

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The 4 basic or fundamental forces in physics are electromagnetic, gravitational & these 2 that sound like opposites

strong & weak

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For Season 4 Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) returned to "TMS", which is this show within a show that has the same name

The Morning Show

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The Goo Goo Dolls song named for this lass says, "You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be"

Iris

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Starting in 1905, meetings for this civilian service club revolve around many offices, hence its name

the Rotary Club

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OK, this Prussian did touch off years of war in 1756, but he was also an enlightened despot who hobnobbed with intellectuals

Frederick the Great

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Explanations of girls' actions in Salem include psychosis & fungus, but "AHS:" this band has a different idea--witchcraft

Coven

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Joe Eszterhas wrote this 1992 film & announced plans for a TV reboot in 2025

Basic Instinct

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It stinks if you can't recall "Coming Attractions with Jay Sherman" was the show within this show starring Jon Lovitz

The Critic

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In "Sorry" Beyoncé  sings, "He only want me when I'm not there, he better call" this woman

Becky with the good hair

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This last name precedes Zuckerberg in the name of a science-focused philanthropic initiative

Chan

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Female stars of the Enlightenment included this famous mom & author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"

Mary Wollstonecraft

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19th c. spiritualism had journals, such as this person "& Daybreak"; Issue 1 says the icy finger of death is not the end of contact

the medium

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Navy SEALs might be buds, but they also undergo a training program called BUD/S, standing for Basic these 2 words / SEAL

Underwater Demolition

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On Season 1 of "30 Rock", we found out about this sitcom on BET, with Destan Owens as the David Hyde Pierce character

Black Frasier

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Fountains of Wayne had their only mainstream hit with this anthem about a lady who's "got it going on"

"Stacy's Mom"

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Here's the Director General of this international agency as it signed a new agreement with Iran in 2025

the International Atomic Energy Agency

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Denis was the first name of this alliterative editor of the Encyclopédie

Diderot

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In 1898 the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn got this new member, the Brit who became the face of magick & occultism

Aleister Crowley

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The Modern Library's anthology called "Basic Writings of Existentialism" includes an excerpt from his "Myth of Sisyphus

Camus