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  1. Things I Hate About My Sister
  2. Diary of an Underachiever < no info. Maybe mistitle of An Underachiever's Diary by Benjamin Anastas
  3. Orangebeard
  4. Strepalo -> probably some kind of disaster- it is in the same category as Flixborough, Seveso, and Bhopal
  5. Smooth phase density
  6. Louis Hind

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  1. of Conscience De la conscience - Michel de Montaigne Essais, Book II, Chapter 5 Conscience (disambiguation)
  2. Na'sheema Hillmon NaSheema Hillmon NaSheema Anderson Na'Sheema Hillmon Na'Sheema Anderson Na'Sheema Hillmon Anderson NaSheema Hillmon Anderson Na'Sheema Hillmon-Anderson NaSheema Hillmon-Anderson < NCAA basketball center at Vanderbilt
  3. Metamagic feats -> DND terminology. Redirect to Dungeons and Dragons?
Too vague. I'd say redirect to "list of DnD feats" or similar, whatever list is out there.
  1. Lewis Largent - host of MTV's show 120 Minutes
  2. James Fiske - independent counsel/prosecutor who initially investigated Whitewater. Was suceeded by Ken Starr
  3. Herby Branscum and Robert Hill - involved in Whitewater scandal
  4. Nattering Nabobs of Negativism -Nattering nabobs of negativism - phrased coined by Spiro Agnew
  5. Ian Troi, Ian Andrew Troi - star trek character, father of Deanna Troy [1]
  6. Daimon Bok - Star Trek TNG character from "The Battle" and "Bloodlines"[2]
  7. Kenneth Lakeberg - father of the Lakeberg conjoined twins [3]
  8. Jeanette Harris - person associated with the OJ simpson trial (Dimissed juror whose claims of racism and ill treatment gained her much attention. [4])
  9. the Pasha - character in Abduction from the Seralgio
  10. Dan Glicksman - FTP more, name Espy's replacement, a former Kansas Representative defeated in the 1994 election. [5]
  11. Emma McChesney - character created by Edna Ferber
  12. Chrometophobia - fear of money [6]
  13. Lyophobic soil
  14. Table heading -> HTML tag TH, also table header
  15. Banfora escarpment > in Burkina Faso
  16. Rhadames - character in the opera Aida
  17. Queen Igraine -> Mother of King Arthur(?)
  18. Second circle - hell according to Dante's inferno?
  19. Sixth circle - hell according to Dante's inferno?
  20. Prognosis: Negative Prognosis Negative < fictional movie from sitcom Seinfeld
  21. Podsnappery < acting like the Podsnaps in Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend
  22. River trips < Tourism in London using the Thames
  23. Regina v. McSorley (Marty McSorley < lawsuit
  24. Grilled quail -> Cailles Grillées, French food.
  25. Onyxia < World of Warcraft dragon
  26. From A to G < European Union energy label or Abc notation ?
  27. Doctor Jonas Dryasdust < fictitious person to whom Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) dedicated some of his novels
  28. Six-Three -> music terminology. "If a triad is inverted so that the third is the root, below the tonic and the fifth, name the new position of the triad"
  29. Lori Lucas -> "Time Magazine hailed her as 'The Most Wanted Woman in America', emphasising the role of working mothers in Clinton's large lead in the polls, despite the fact that, according to an interview she did on the Rush Limbaugh show, she never told Time she was voting for Clinton."
  30. The Sweet Family -> "In 1926, Clarence Darrow successfully defended members of this black family from Detroit, who had fired on a mob trying to evict them from their house in a white neighborhood."
  31. Harry Pleasants -> character in 'The Guns of the South', novel by Harry Turtledove
  32. Thaukt < "After Baldur's death, Frigga went to Hel to plead for her son back. Hel agreed to let him go if everything on earth would weep for him. Unfortunately, one cold-hearted old lady (actually Loki in disguise) wouldn't cry, so the errand failed." -> name of cold-hearted old woman is "Thaukt"
  33. Joanne Quigley < Irish violinist
  34. Captain Alistair Hastings
  35. Dr. Christopher Jervis
  36. G natural
  37. Gerald Uelman -> lawyer on O.J. Simpson defense team
  38. Mitch McDermott - character in The Firm
  39. Chicago White Sox Dog Day of Summer < sports marketing campaign begun in 1996
  40. Ladies of Harley -> all female motorcycle group
  41. Camel Driver, Camel Driving, Camel Herder, Camel Herding < Muhammed's "initial occupation in Mecca"
  42. Song: To Celia by Ben Jonson
  43. Jo, Beth, Meg, Amy -> characters in "Little Women"
  44. Sansfoy Faithless Sansjoy Joyless < character in Faerie Queene
  45. One-Half Iw2 < ½ Iw2 (read: one-half-I times omega-squared) -> equation for Rotational energy
  46. Goody's Manufacturing -> company later sold to Prestige Brands, Inc., most known for their product Goody's Powder, which caused death due to cyanide poisoning.
  47. Toshiba Intergreated Multimedia Monitor < TIMM is the latest hot property in computer paraphenalia.
  48. Rev. X. Lucius Dalrymple < fictional early 20th-century columnist in The Onion e.g. Will the agitating clothes-washing tub ruin our women's character with idleness?
  49. Knight of the White Moon, Knight of Mirrors < disguises used by Bachelor Carrasco in Don Quixote
  50. Mooby The Golden Calf < fictional children's television character in View Askewniverse
  51. That's What I'm Looking For < song by Da Brat
  52. Chance Kretschmer -> collegiate running back for either BYU or Miami
  53. Womb Chair -> chair designed by Eero Saarinen
  54. Pui Mosso < also un poco pui mosso, faster, or more movement, should be at List of musical terms Piu mosso?
  55. Hiroshi Fujisaki < Los Angeles Country Superior Court Judge in O. J. Simpson murder case#Civil trial
  56. Burble, Burbled -> verb describing the Jabberwocky's movement. Nonsense words.
  57. Palaeostraca -> archaic and obsolete classification
  58. Trespassers W -> written on a sign outside of Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)'s house
  59. Caught On the Fly -> "This feature of "The Sporting News" used to cover baseball exclusively, and stuck to factual reporting, until the same makeover that brought TSN glossier print gave this column both a sarcastic bite and early-issue visbility. For ten points, give the four-word title of the feature whose catch-phrases include "Shaddup" and "Didn't you used to be..."
  60. Jean and Christine -> characters in August Strindberg's Miss Julie
  61. Racial draft -> skit done on Chapelle's Show
  62. Skipbladnir - weapon from Norse mythology
  63. Snickers Hungriest Player of the Game -> award given to top performers during the 2003 season of Monday Night Football, sponsored by Snickers
  64. Beef.Com - Though not criminal, PETA stole this web address right from under the nose of their adversaries on January 2nd and are using it to "offer vegetarian news" [7]
  65. Tavion - character in the Jedi Knight computer game franchise
  66. East 68th Street -> fictional street where Lucy lives in I Love Lucy
  67. Cousin Emma - brady bunch character
  68. Bash.Org - This site is also known as the Quote Database, in which quotes from IRC and other programs are submitted and voted upon. [8]
  69. Tiny House - A newlywed couple must live in this place for one year. Issues include the difficulty in making omelets and a tight hot tub. [[9]]
  70. Tates And Campbells -> families mentioned by Rod Roddy in the opening of "Soap"
  71. Symbolic Three -> backing band for Prince during The Gold Experience
  72. St. Canard - setting of Darkwing Duck
  73. the Vengeance Scale -> measure of comeuppance compiled from reader input to Bill Simmons. [10]
  74. Andrew Largeman -> character in Garden State
  75. Men's 500M time trial
  76. Women's 50Km racewalk
  77. Men's 100M rifle
  78. Chase For the Championship -> NASCAR term for the system in which drivers race 26 races before the top ten drivers contend for the cup.
  79. Kate Macdonald -> character in Growing Pains- at least the movie
  80. Choxie -> line of sweets done by Target
  81. Tweak's Coffee House -> fictional place in South Park
  82. My Scene Barbie -> Barbie collection
  83. Non-Comedogenic -> dermatology term term meaning "won't clog pores"
  84. the Infinite Cat Project -> [Infinitecat.com]
  85. Uta-Napishtim -> character in the Epic of Gilgamesh
  86. Redcross Knight, Sir Guyon (fine redirect), Britomart (fine redirect to dab where the character is mentioned), The Redcross Knight, The Redcrosse Knight, Redcrosse Knight, Red Crosse Knight, Red Cross Knight (fine,redirects to Saint George who is probably the primary topic about a knight with a red cross flag), The Red Cross Knight -> characters in The Faerie Queene
  87. Pyramidal triangle -> shape of each face of an octahedron
  88. Truncated quadrilateral -> shape of each face of decahedron
  89. Mike Michaelson, Christof -> characters in "The Truman Show"
  90. Joseph Hartzler < lead federal prosecutor against Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
  91. Prince Morpheus -> character created by Neil Gaiman
  92. Non-invertible matrix -> matrix with a determinant of zero
  93. Logico-Mathematical intelligence < one of Howard Gardner's proposed types in hi theory of multiple intelligences
  94. avtokrator -> Videssian emporor, from the works of Harry Turtledove
  95. I Was a Middle-Aged Werewolf -> 1987 Highway to Heaven episode
  96. Podine Puffington -> puppet character created by Edgar Bergen
  97. Oracle of the Holy Bottle -> also known as the "oracle of bacbuc", an item in Gargantua and Pantagruel. May be mythological, may be real- I couldn't tell.
  98. the Wind in the Pines -> chapter in the Tale of Genji
  99. Warp, Weft, and Way -> website of some sort
  100. Mistress Nell Quickly, Nell Quickly -- the landlady of the Boar's Head Tavern in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V (play).
  101. Karlyn Lotney -> Karlyn Isaac Lotney is Fairy Butch, the popular queer/trans sex educator, columnist and entertainer.
  102. Fairy Butch -> as above
  103. Tony and Joey -> in Blossom (TV series), Blossom's two brothers
  104. Lizard Wilson -- Garfield character
  105. Don Alonso Martinez de Leyva, Don Alonzo de Leyva, Don Alonso de Leyva, Don Alonzo de Leiva, Don Alonso de Leiva -> "Had Medina-Sidonia heeded this Spanish second in command’s advice to attack Drake before the Englishman could get out of Plymouth Sound, the English might have suffered a disastrous defeat."
  106. the Phelps -> family in "Huckleberry Finn"
  107. M. Javert -> character from Les Misérables)
  108. Hippodemon < son of Agesilaus acc. to Polybius' Histories
  109. Odrovir -> in mythology, a magical wisdon-bestowing mead made by mixing blood of Kvasir with honey
  110. Eugene Witla (prompt On First Name]] < character in 'The Genius' by Theodore Dreiser
  111. Pimp goblet -> chalice or goblet that many famous rappers can be seen carrying, made famous by Lil Jon
  112. Bovine gases, Bovine flatulence -> major cause of greenhouse gases
  113. Katharine Armstrong -> daughter of Anne Armstrong
  114. Lut Gholein -> City in Diablo II
  115. The Rogue Encampment -> City in Diablo II
  116. Frederick Gannett -> Colorado Judicial Branch judge
  117. the Length of Two Swords -> the distance that separates the government and opposition on either side of the British House of Commons
  118. Sword of Omens -> weapon carried by Lion-O of the Thundercats
  119. Jam On It -> song by Newcleus
  120. Chris Nolte -> National Academic Quiz Tournaments member
  121. Craig D. Barker -> former vice president of National Academic Quiz Tournaments
  122. Gatorade X-Factor -> Gatorade product
  123. Gatorade Rain -> Gatorade product
  124. Gatorade Endurance -> Gatorade product
  125. Craftmatic adjustable bed -> exactly what it sounds like
  126. Slightly Warped -> website
  127. Citizens of Humanity -> brand of blue jeans. See homepage
  128. Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather -> the interesting hosts of the show "Men on..."
  129. Bonita Bettrell -> character from In Living Color, though I'm not sure if it's the original or the 2012 reboot.
  130. Ralph Touchett -> character in The Portrait of a Lady
  131. Pamela Mackey -> defense attorney for Kobe Bryant during rape trial
  132. Harry Pudel -> character in "The Tailor of Panama" by John le Carré
  133. Florida Manatees -> teams of the State College of Florida
  134. apavarga -> sanskrit acronym
  135. Bertram Cates -> Character in Inherit the Wind (1965 film)
  136. John Claggart -> Character in Herman Melville's Billy Bud
  137. Umfundisi -> A zulu word used in South African countries said to someone with tremendous honor or wisdom. Slangish, though.
  138. Mobile unit -> in online RPGs, a moving Non-player characters
  139. Ued -> human race faction in Starcraft
  140. American Perspectives -- C-SPAN programme
  141. The Savvy Traveler -> Minnesota public radio program from Rudy Maxa. See here
  142. Goodliness -> misspelling of "Godliness", a story in Winesburg, Ohio (novel)
  143. Famous Five Foundation -> non-profit organization based in Calgary, Canada. See [www.famous5.ca/ main page]
  144. Banana Cream Pie Milkshake -> Sonic Drive-In drink that won Restaurant Business's "beverage of the year" award
  145. Zesty Chicken Border Bowl -> Taco Bell product- it's first "meal in a bowl"
  146. Disembarking at Quebec -> first sub-poem in "The Journals of Susanna Moodie"
  147. Will No One Rid Me of This Troublesome Priest? -> (many variations) Words said by Henry II of England about Thomas Becket, resulting in Becket's assassination
  148. Coll'arco -> technique for stringed instruments. Means "with a bow" in Italian.
  149. I. Phillip Heymann -> Secretary of the Smithsonian during Enola Gay exhibit
  150. Cecile Andrews -> wrote "The circle of simplicity"
  151. Ware Admiralty v. Hylton -> "This 1796 case featured the only argument as a lawyer by John Marshall."
  152. Steelkilt -> Moby Dick character
  153. Aunt Charity -> character in Moby Dick
  154. Complete set -> set where any Cauchy sequence of points in the set converges to a point in the set.
  155. Normal set -> set where any two disjoint closed subsets of the set have disjoint neighborhoods.
  156. Oskar Mazerath -> protagonist of The Tin Drum; appears in all the books of the Danzig Trilogy
  157. Crist-all -> "Created especially for Alexander II, P. Diddy is rumored to be the world’s largest purchaser of this drink, which is mentioned in the opening lines of Jay Z’s Excuse Me Miss."
  158. Housewife refugee -> term for a woman who starts her own business after her family is grown or after she no longer needs to do household duties.
  159. Goo Gone -> household cleaner manufactured by Magic American Corporation of Cleveland
  160. Global Information Solutions, Communication Equipment -> AT&T split up into three smaller groups, one still called AT&T
  161. Demon-Dream < lucid dream type proposed by Frederik van Eeden
  162. Pat C Rendezvous < record-setting brindle greyhound racing dog aka Rhonda (dog) Was inducted in the Greyhound hall of fame but so were thirty other dogs
  163. JJ Doc Richard < record-setting greyhound racing dog