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- 3. Apple uses this language in its iPhone apps.
- 6. Instrument that measures a motor's revolutions per minute
- 8. Bowl game, formerly played each year at its namesake stadium in Miami, Florida.
- 11. The record had been held by Mike Krzyzewski, former men's coach at this Southern college.
- 13. A consequence after an important choice is made
- 15. An election to kick out an elected official before he finishes his term
- 18. Identify this type of shoe allows ballerina to dance on her toes instead of in standard ballet slippers.
- 20. The force put on your shoulder when you fire a bullet from a rifle
- 21. She won in 1937 for Gone With the Wind.
- 22. The Little Match Girl Passion is based on a story by this Danish author.
- 23. Name this biggest retailer in America.
- 24. This type of that rock is often used to make roof shingles and chalkboards.
- 26. The play Clybourne Park is based on this Lorraine Hansberry play.
- 27. He won in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath.
- 31. this branch of science that studies fossils and organisms at least 10,000 years old.
- 35. State flag: A pelican and its babies
- 37. Give the 2-word term for this ancestor of today's Asian elephant.
- 38. The frequency of a sound is measured in this unit defined as one vibration per second.
- 40. His novel The Black Arrow is set during these British wars between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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- 1. Adjective for angles between 90° and 180°
- 2. The gold mines of Sado Island, this country's sixth-largest island after the 4 main ones and Okinawa.
- 3. Identify this magazine, famed for its photos of famous athletes.
- 4. This novel with Billy Bones and Jim Hawkins was first subtitled The Mutiny of the 'Hispaniola'.
- 5. This U.S. President won in 1957 for his Profiles in Courage.
- 7. Former UFC and WWE female champion, nicknamed "Rowdy"
- 9. Native American tribe featured in the recent Martin Scorsese movie Killers of the Flower Moon.
- 10. When this Yankees pitching legend retired, his cover was labeled "Exit Sandman."
- 12. This American artist created Autumn Rhythm (Number 30).
- 14. Country that executed its Communist dictator Nicolai Ceausescu
- 16. a Great Schism within the Roman Catholic Church, one in this French city.
- 17. The movie The Man Who Laughs inspired this Batman villain.
- 19. The R in the life-saving technique CPR
- 25. 2-word capital city of Nevada
- 28. actress who became famous for singing "Over the Rainbow."
- 29. The set of negative and positive counting numbers, plus zero
- 30. Lin-Manuel Miranda won in 2016 for this musical.
- 32. The direction of the wood fibers within a piece of wood
- 33. This detective is featured in Agatha Christie's The Mystery of the Blue Train.
- 34. The longest side of a right triangle
- 36. Chronic heartburn is sometimes called by this 2-word term where strong chemicals from your stomach come up into the back of your throat.
- 39. goddess of the rainbow.