BRITISH HISTORY
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From the Greek for "alone", it was nixed by Parliament in 1649 after being deemed "unnecessary, burdensome & dangerous"
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GEOGRAPHY WORDS
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From Greek for "chief" & "sea", this word originally referred to the Aegean, known for its many island groups
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19th CENTURY LITERATURE
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This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird "equally capable of speech"
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CLASSIC ALBUMS
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This classic album by a Southern rocker gets its title from a Civil War quote by a Union admiral
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OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS
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Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar
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archipelago
Edgar Allan Poe
Damn the Torpedoes
Jack Nicholson
The extra clues have three missed Daily Doubles.
THE ZODIAC SIGN... $2000 box DD: Represented by a creature that Zeus turned into to abduct Europa
ON PLANET POP CULTURE $1200 box DD: This member of singing royalty said, "Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band... called Hair, Nose & Teeth"
PEOPLE IN POETRY $1600 box DD: His poem "America" says, "Burroughs is in Tangiers I don't think he'll come back it's sinister"
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Freddie Mercury
Allen Ginsberg