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  1. 4. THIS FLOWER IS THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS, THE ONLY PLACE IT GROWS, AND IT BLOSSOMS HEAVILY AFTER THE RAINY SEASON, USUALLY IN MAY OR JUNE
  2. 9. AN IRISH DOG DATING FROM THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH I, ONE OF THE RAREST BREEDS THAT WAS ONLY RECOGNIZED BY THE AKC IN 2004, AND WHICH IS ONE OF THE QUIETEST OF THEIR KIND
  3. 10. POSSIBLE URBAN LEGEND ABOUT AN AMPHIBIAN TOTEM AT A NUCLEAR FACILITY THAT PROTECTED ITS REACTORS FROM TOO MUCH ELECTRICAL STRESS
  4. 11. ACTRESS KNOWN FOR HER EARTHY, PASSIONATE STYLE AND NICKNAMED "LA LUPA," SHE IS THE FIRST NON-NATIVE-ENGLISH-SPEAKING ACTRESS TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD
  5. 12. THE APPEARANCE OF LIGHTWEIGHTEDNESS WHILE JUMPING IN BALLET
  6. 15. AN ASIAN BIRD WHICH IS A BROOD PARASITE WITH MULTIPLE SKIN PATCHES THAT RESEMBLE A GAPING MOUTH
  7. 17. NEIL SIMON CREATED THIS DISH FOR HIS PLAY, CLAIMING IT TO BE A 2,000-YEAR-OLD JAPANESE DELICACY MADE OF SALTED EEL, GRATED OLIVES, SPICES, AND ONION BATTER
  8. 24. THE 67TH DEMON OF THE ARS GOETIA, WHO IS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDER AND HAS THE HEAD OF A UNICORN AND THE TITLE OF GRAND DUKE
  9. 25. A LARGE BLADED WEAPON CARRIED IN A SHEATH AND WHICH HAS A CROSSGUARD AND A CLIP POINT, INVENTED IN ARKANSAS
  10. 28. THE IRAQI JOURNALIST WHO BECAME INFAMOUS FOR THROWING A SHOE AT PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE
  11. 30. THE KOREAN ANSWER TO ST. NICK, THOUGH HE PREFERS TO WEAR BLUE OR GREEN INSTEAD OF RED
  12. 32. THE OFFICIAL MASCOT OF YALE UNIVERSITY
  13. 34. A COMPANY FOUNDED BY ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL BUT WHOSE NAME HAS BEEN GENERICIZED TO REFER TO ANY SOUND-RECORDING MACHINE SPOKEN INTO BY ITS USER
  14. 37. THIS FERRET WORKED FOR FERMILAB CLEANING OUT THE PARTICLE ACCELERATOR TUBES IN THE 1970S
  15. 38. GIVEN TO BITING, OR IN A LESS LITERAL SENSE, SARCASM
  16. 43. A TRADITION OF LYRICS AND SONGWRITING IN MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN IN THE 12TH TO 14TH CENTURIES
  17. 46. ANY ONE OF SEVERAL WILD GOATS FOUND IN EURASIA AND AFRICA, WHERE THE MALE HAS LARGE RECURVED HORNS WITH A TRANSVERSE RIDGE
  18. 47. A NEW HOLIDAY FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY BOTH SPOOKY AND ROMANTIC VIBES, CELEBRATED ON FEBRUARY 14TH AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MORE TYPICAL HOLIDAY THAT FALLS ON THAT DATE
  19. 48. AMERICAN SONGWRITER WHO MAY BE MOST WELL KNOWN FOR SINGING THE "DUCKTALES" THEME SONG
  20. 50. A CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN SCULPTOR KNOWN FOR HER USE OF CHICKEN WIRE TO FORM ANIMAL SHAPES
  21. 51. AN AMERICAN MULBERRY SPECIES GROWN IN COASTAL WETLANDS OR MOIST FOREST AREAS, LOVED BY BOBTAILS AND WHITE-TAILED DEER
  22. 52. 1979 MOVIE STARRING SALLY FIELD ABOUT A WOMAN WHO INSPIRED HER CO-WORKERS TO STRIKE AND UNIONIZE
  23. 54. A JAPANESE FRANCHISE FROM INTERSTITIALS, THESE ARE LEGUMES WITH DOG FACES THAT GIVE OUT TRIVIA TO THEIR OBSERVERS (OFTEN BEFORE BEING CONSUMED)
  24. 55. THIS GREAT-GRANDNEPHEW OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR WROTE A SEQUEL, DRACULA THE UNDEAD, AND A PREQUEL, DRACUL
  25. 57. A FINNISH WORD MEANING BLACK ICE, BUT WHICH LITERALLY TRANSLATES TO "SKULL WEATHER"
  26. 58. THE MUMMY'S "HUMAN" PERSONA IN THE 1932 KARLOFF FILM
  27. 59. EGYPTIAN GOD WHO REPRESENTED THE SMELL OF THE LOTUS FLOWER AND THE FIRST SUNLIGHT, HAVING RISEN AS A LOTUS FROM THE SEA AT THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
  28. 60. A SPANISH AVANT-GARDE FILM DIRECTOR WHO IS MOST KNOWN FOR HIS SECOND FEATURE, "VAMPIR-CUADECUC," WHICH WAS SHOT ON THE SET OF JESS FRANCO'S 1970 HAMMER PICTURE "COUNT DRACULA"
  29. 63. AN ICELANDIC CHRISTMASTIME DISH, IT CONSISTS OF SMOKED MUTTON OR LAMB MEAT WHICH IS THEN BOILED AND SERVED IN SLICES WITH PEAS AND POTATOES IN A BECHAMEL SAUCE
  30. 65. THE PROPORTION OF SPACING BETWEEN PILLARS IN A COLONNADE AS PRESCRIBED BY VITRUVIUS
  31. 66. THE SCALE OR LEVEL OF DETAIL PRESENT IN A SET OF DATA OR OTHER PHENOMENA
  32. 68. GREEK RITUAL CELEBRATING THE MARRIAGE OF ZEUS AND HERA
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  1. 1. IN D&D, THIS IS A RACE OF RECLUSIVE JAGUAR-PEOPLE
  2. 2. IN A WORK OF FICTION, THIS IS THE PLAUSIBILITY OF EVENTS, SUCH THAT THE AUDIENCE CAN BELIEVE THEM TO BE TRUE WITH LITTLE DISSONANCE, AND WHICH COMES IN VARIETIES OF GENERIC AND CULTURAL
  3. 3. THE FIRST CURRENCY OF IMPERIAL CHINA, MINTED BEGINNING IN 378 B.C.
  4. 5. THE WORLD'S RAREST STAMP, PRINTED IN BRITISH GUIANA IN 1856
  5. 6. A THREE-ACT PUCCINI OPERA IN WHICH A PRINCESS AGREES TO MARRY THE SUITOR WHO CAN SOLVE HER RIDDLES
  6. 7. A TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN KNOTTED FABRIC DOLL WITH NO FACE, MADE ACCORDING TO LUNAR CYCLE AND NAMED FOR ITS TALISMANIC DUTY TO PERFORM IN THE HOUSEHOLD
  7. 8. MARKED BY SMALL BITS OF CONTRASTING COLOR
  8. 13. A FOREST STAND OF MAPLE TREES, USED FOR PROCURING SYRUP
  9. 14. A BRITISH HEADWEAR COMPANY WITH A KANGAROO LOGO, WHOSE NAME IS DERIVED FROM ITS MATERIALS: SILK, ANGORA, AND WOOL
  10. 16. A COCKTAIL MADE FROM SCOTCH AND AMARETTO, USUALLY SERVED OVER ICE IN AN OLD-FASHIONED GLASS
  11. 18. A TYPE OF CLOTHING MADE BY A BRAND IN SEATTLE WHICH USED A THERMOCHROMIC PIGMENT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE FABRIC TURN DIFFERENT COLORS ACCORDING TO TEMPERATURE
  12. 19. THE ARABIC WORD FROM WHICH WE TAKE OUR "GIRAFFE," WHICH BEFORE THAT WAS KNOWN AS A CAMELOPARD
  13. 20. TO MANIPULATE THE BOUNDARIES OF AN ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCY IN ORDER TO FAVOR A PARTICULAR PARTY OR CANDIDATE
  14. 21. A YIDDISH TERM FOR CRAZY OR FOOLISH BEHAVIOR
  15. 22. BLACK AND WHITE ROCKS USED FOR DIVINATORY PURPOSES OR, FOR ANDRE LINOGE, TO DECIDE WHICH CHILD HE GETS TO VAMPIRIZE
  16. 23. AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN DIALECT CREATED TO ALLOW SLAVES TO COVERTLY OBTAIN LITERACY, AND WHICH LATER TURNED INTO A CODESPEAK FOR CHILDREN (INCLUDING POET MAYA ANGELOU AND FRIENDS)
  17. 25. THE MOTHER SAINT OF IRELAND
  18. 26. AN ANCIENT GREEK CLAY VESSEL COMMONLY USED TO BOTH MAKE AND STORE WINE, ESPECIALLY ORANGE WINES
  19. 27. THE OJIBWE NAME FOR LAKE SUPERIOR, THOUGH IT CAN ALSO BE APPLIED TO ANY SEA OR LAKE OF LARGE SIZE
  20. 29. AN AZTECAN WOODEN WEAPON WITH SEVERAL BLADES OF OBSIDIAN ALONG ITS EDGE
  21. 30. A COURT ORDER REQUIRING A WITNESS TO HAND OVER BOOKS, PAPERS, OR OTHER TANGIBLE EVIDENCE TO THE COURT FOR REVIEW
  22. 31. ISLAMIC PUNK ROCK SUBGENRE
  23. 33. BODY OF WATER LOCATED TO THE EAST OF LAS VEGAS AND WHICH IS THE LARGEST RESERVOIR IN THE US BY CAPACITY; IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HUMAN REMAINS BEING REVEALED IN TIMES OF DROUGHT WHEN WATER LEVELS DROP SIGNIFICANTLY
  24. 35. STRENGTHENING EXERCISES DESIGNED TO USE AN INDIVIDUAL'S OWN BODYWEIGHT AS A RESISTANCE FORCE IN ORDER TO BUILD MUSCULATURE
  25. 36. A TOPOGRAPHICAL SHALLOW DEPRESSION IN FLAT PRAIRIELAND, FORMED BY BUFFALO ACTIVITY AND WHICH HOLDS RAINWATER RUNOFF
  26. 39. THE SIMULTANEOUS IGNITION OF ALL COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL IN AN ENCLOSED AREA DUE TO THE DEGREE OF HEAT
  27. 40. RENOWNED GOWN DESIGNER OF THE 1920S
  28. 41. A VARIETY OF CHALCEDONY WITH INCLUSIONS OF IRON AND ALUMINUM, THIS STONE IS ONLY FOUND IN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
  29. 42. MEMBER OF A PRESTIGIOUS OLD-MONEY AMERICAN FAMILY WHO DISAPPEARED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA IN 1961, AND WAS RUMORED TO HAVE EITHER DROWNED OR BEEN HEADHUNTED AND CONSUMED BY THE NATIVES
  30. 44. AMUSINGLY-NAMED TOWN IN THE UPPSALA REGION OF SWEDEN, KNOWN FOR ITS RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS ON LOCAL ROCK
  31. 45. A FRENCH DESSERT CONSISTING OF TWO LAYERS OF CHOUX PASTRY SANDWICHING PRALINE-FLAVORED CREME AND TOPPED BY FLAKED ALMONDS
  32. 49. ALISON BECHDEL'S COMIC STRIP THAT RAN FROM 1983 TO 2008 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONGOING PORTRAYALS OF LESBIAN MAIN CHARACTERS IN POP CULTURE
  33. 53. TO DISAVOW A FORMERLY-HELD BELIEF OR FORSWEAR A CONFESSION, ESPECIALLY IN MATTERS OF HERESY AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
  34. 56. A GERMAN COMEDIAN AND MUSICIAN WHO WENT VIRAL ON YOUTUBE BEFORE GOING ON TO STAR IN A "PITCH PERFECT" SEQUEL
  35. 61. A FEMALE FOX
  36. 62. A SINGLE DOSE OF MEDICINE GIVEN ALL AT ONCE IN ORDER TO MEET BLOODSTREAM EFFICACY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
  37. 64. TO ASCEND STEEP MOUNTAIN TERRAIN, USUALLY BY MEANS OF A MECHANICAL DEVICE AND FIXED ROPE
  38. 67. AN ITALIAN MEAT SAUCE FOR USE WITH PASTA