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What is Einstein
A talented violinist, he said, "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music"
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What is a groundhog
This North American rodent is classified as a marmot, but is basically a large squirrel
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Who is Greta Thunberg
To her teachers in Stockholm: I'm starting a strike to protest climate change, then sailing to New York; try me on sat phone
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Who is Sam Smith
Look what you made me do, you alliterative British singer! I can't stop humming your 2019 single "Dancing with a Stranger"
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What is a felony
General term for an offense greater than a misdemeanor that can get you more than a year in prison
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Who is Barry Manilow
He has humorously said, "My songs are like anchovies. Some people love them. Some people get nauseous."
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What is a gosling
It's the offspring of a gander
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Who is Marie Curie
From her, in 1921: I'm traveling to get presented with a gram of radium by President Harding, but I'm available on cell! Au revoir!
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Who is Counting Crows
A band references its own name in the lyric "counting" these, "one for sorrow, two for joy"
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What is latitude
It means freedom from narrow restrictions as well as a lined feature on a map
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What is gospel music
Mahalia Jackson said, "Blues are the songs of despair, but" these "songs are the songs of hope"
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What is ginseng
There are 12 species of this aromatic herb with a name from Chinese meaning "root of heaven"
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Who is Doc Holliday
From Billy Clanton, October 26, 1881: Got a dental appointment... with this killer dentist
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Who is DJ Khaled
On 2019 album charts Khalid was neighbors with this similar-named artist's "Father of Asahd"
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What is kingpin
It's No. 1 of the 10 objects a bowler takes aim at
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What is Handel
Horace Walpole wrote of this composer's oratorios, they "thrive abundantly ...they give me an idea of heaven"
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What is grating
Used for covering a hole or window, it's a metal frame with bars across it
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Who is John D. Rockefeller Jr
In 1913, from this Jr. capitalist: Working from home in my new mansion, at 102 feet the tallest house yet built in New York City
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Who is Missy Elliott
Real name Melissa, with albums like "Supa Dupa Fly" she's the 1st female hip-hop artist in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
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What is censure
An official rebuke; short of expulsion, the U.S. House may discipline a member with a reprimand or this
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What is Wagner
Nietzsche said of this opera composer, his former friend, "His art presses with the weight of a hundred atmospheres"
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What is grog
A ration of rum mixed with water aboard an old Navy ship
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Who is Chaucer
From him, around 1400: Fynishd wrytng my "Tales" & am off to finde a prufreadur; myghte take a whil
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Who is Krist Novoselic
Nirvana was Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & this bassist
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What is jocular
Like its synonyms joking & joshing, this 7-letter non "ING" word begins with "J"
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