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What is stink eye
Giving me a glance of annoyance was replaced by giving me the this smelly phrase
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What is Hera
She's Zeus' sister-wife
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What is Garage
The Strokes led the revival of this raw type of rock named for a good part of the house to practice
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What is Iran
Taken prisoner only briefly in 1979 after the Islamic revolution William Sullivan was the last U.S. ambassador to this country
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What is Target
It's the chain whose iconic logo is used in archery
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What is Caspice
Borrowed from Italian & spelled all kinds of ways in English it means do you get me?
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What is Aphrodite
The handsome youth Adonis was a favorite of this love goddess
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What is Fergie
The Black Eyed Peas were 7 years in when this woman joined the group in 2002 as they went in a poppier direction
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What is Witchcraft
In 1944 Jane Yorke was Britain's last woman convicted under the act named for this activity of summoning spirits & demons
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What is Costco
Kirkland Signature is this warehouse chain's private label brand
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What is an earworm
The OED defines it as a tune that stays in your mind especially to the point of irritation
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What is Nike
This goddess of victory is the daughter of the Titan Pallas & the River Styx
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What is Somebody told me
This 3-word title by The Killers precedes that you had a boyfriend who looked like a girlfriend...
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What is Alcatraz
Seen here in 1963 are the last residents of this San Francisco site as they leave for their next federal accommodations
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What is Ace
According to its jingle it's the place with the helpful hardware folks
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What is Telegenetic
The medium was in its infancy in the 1930s when this word came along to mean looking good on TV
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What is Demeter
This goddess of fruit crops & vegetation has a name that might mean earth mother
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What is The black keys
Jack White has had some conflict with Dan Auerbach of this band whose name oddly mirrors The White Stripes
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What is Kamikaze
After hearing the emperor's surrender message Matome Ugaki led the last of these suicide attacks of World War II
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What is Old Navy
We salute you if you know that this clothing chain owned by Gap Inc. was named for a bar in Paris; grog anyone?
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What is FDR
Grace Tully typed the first draft of this man's December 1941 speech following Pearl Harbor; he made important revisions
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What is Calliope
Give a whistle for her the muse of epic poetry
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What is High Hopes
This hit by Panic! at the Disco had no fewer than 9 writers; Tayla Parx contributed the mama said part
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What is Marseille
In 1720 a ship owner evaded quarantine in this southern French port & Europe got its last major bubonic plague outbreak
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What is Lenscrafters
This chain founded in 1983 initially promised glasses in about an hour
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