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statistics

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  1. 1. The arithmetic average of a set of numbers
  2. 3. A collection of items or people being studied
  3. 4. A general direction in which something is developing or changing

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  1. 2. The difference between an observed value and the true value

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  1. 3. A popular Italian dish with a dough base and toppings
  2. 4. A common suffix used to form verbs from nouns

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  1. 1. The physical dimensions or magnitude of an object
  2. 2. A bubbly quality in a drink

Literature

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  1. 2. Poetic equivalent of a paragraph
  2. 7. Central philosophical current running beneath a text
  3. 8. Fictional book-length prose narrative
  4. 10. Voice conveying the events of the book to the reader
  5. 11. Literary device where reality undercuts expectations
  6. 13. Stratford-upon-Avon's most celebrated title
  7. 14. Classification such as gothic, sci-fi, or romance

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  1. 1. Narrative spine connecting opening chapter to conclusion
  2. 3. Hefty volume that might double as a doorstop
  3. 4. Three-part literary sequence like The Lord of the Rings
  4. 5. Direct comparison declaring one thing is another
  5. 6. Extended speech delivered by a single theatrical character
  6. 9. Humorous ridicule aimed at exposing social follies
  7. 12. Lyric tribute to a Grecian urn or nightingale

artists

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  1. 1. Florentine who added weight and grief to chapel frescos
  2. 4. Dadaist torn between chance and collages
  3. 6. Post-Impressionist who abandoned Europe for Tahitian visions
  4. 9. Fiddler aficionado who floated lovers over Vitebsk
  5. 10. Bauhaus teacher who took lines for a walk
  6. 14. Brawling master of chiaroscuro who plunged saints into dark alleys
  7. 17. Mustachioed maker of melting clocks
  8. 19. Dutch portraitist of the Laughing Cavalier
  9. 20. Night Watch director who mapped his aging soul in paint
  10. 21. Court painter who went dark in his black room

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  1. 2. Neoclassicist champion of line over Delacroix's color
  2. 3. Expressionist who heard a piercing cry through nature
  3. 5. Cubist revolutionary who fractured Guernica in monochrome
  4. 7. Samo tagger who crowned street poetry in galleries
  5. 8. Austrian who draped lovers in golden patterns
  6. 10. Mexican icon of unsparing self-portraits and monkeys
  7. 11. Romanian sculptor who distilled birds into aerodynamic slivers
  8. 12. Theosophist who heard symphonies in colors and launched pure abstraction
  9. 13. Belgian surrealist who insisted his pipe was merely an image
  10. 15. Realist who caused a surgical stir with Gross Clinic
  11. 16. Barbizon landscapist with a feathery, silvery touch
  12. 18. Catalan doodler of celestial biomorphic signs

Study tool

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  1. 1. A handheld tool used for writing with ink
  2. 4. A tool for cutting paper or fabric
  3. 5. A sticky substance used to hold things together

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  1. 1. A writing instrument with a graphite core
  2. 2. A building containing collections of books
  3. 3. A piece of furniture with a flat surface for working

science

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  1. 3. The form of energy that allows us to see
  2. 4. A massive luminous sphere of plasma in space

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  1. 1. The smallest structural unit of a living organism
  2. 2. A clear liquid essential for all known life

roaring twenties

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  1. 1. Vaudeville or chorus line dancer
  2. 5. Short haircut embraced by modern women
  3. 7. Pioneering postal service carried by open-cockpit planes
  4. 8. Automotive pioneer who popularized assembly lines
  5. 9. Anti-temperance faction members
  6. 11. Snug, bell-shaped headwear popular with fashionable youth
  7. 13. Wall Street market climate of soaring optimism and prices
  8. 15. National constitutional ban on liquor manufacturing and sale
  9. 18. Pocket-sized hip container for contraband liquor
  10. 19. Sultan of Swat moniker
  11. 20. Organized criminal crew of the underworld
  12. 21. Describing an era under the Volstead Act
  13. 22. Epitome of swank luxury and glamour

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  1. 1. President elected at the peak of the decade's prosperity
  2. 2. Household wooden box bringing broadcasts to families
  3. 3. Sudden October 1929 market collapse
  4. 4. Surprise police strike on an illegal watering hole
  5. 6. Part of a roaring idiom meaning 'the absolute best'
  6. 10. Sound innovation in late-decade cinema
  7. 11. Frantic flapper dance featuring wild knee crosses and kicks
  8. 12. Author who chronicled the excess and sorrow of the Jazz Age
  9. 13. Smuggler profiting from banned booze distribution
  10. 14. Aviator who made history flying solo non-stop to Paris
  11. 16. Motion pictures featuring synchronized spoken dialogue
  12. 17. Partner to 'shine' in clandestine corn liquor

1920s

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  1. 1. The popular musical genre of the decade
  2. 4. A popular short haircut for women
  3. 6. The illegal production or smuggling of alcohol

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  1. 2. A short term for a motor vehicle
  2. 3. A term for the new and contemporary style of the time
  3. 5. A share of ownership in a company
  4. 6. A period of rapid economic growth

1920s

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  1. 1. The manufacturer of the Model T car
  2. 4. The title character of a famous F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
  3. 6. A metal piece of money
  4. 7. A short, trendy hairstyle for women during the decade

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  1. 2. The legal status of the United States due to Prohibition
  2. 3. The primary device for home entertainment and news
  3. 5. The word used to describe the decade's rapid economic growth

National Punctuation Day

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  1. 3. A character like an ampersand or an octothorpe
  2. 5. A general term for a question or exclamation indicator
  3. 6. The invisible gap between words that makes reading possible
  4. 9. A star-shaped indicator often pointing to a footnote
  5. 12. The tiny tittle found above a lowercase 'i' or 'j'
  6. 13. Written matter that requires proper formatting to be understood
  7. 14. A grammatical guideline celebrated by language lovers on September 24

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  1. 1. The Oxford variety of this mark is a controversial serial separator
  2. 2. A proofreader's wedge-shaped insertion symbol
  3. 4. A squared-off enclosure used for adding context to a quote
  4. 7. To shout out loud, warranting a specific emotional punctuation mark
  5. 8. The overarching system and structure of a language
  6. 10. The careful arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences
  7. 11. To correct typographical and grammatical errors in a draft
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