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| Starting an annual tradition, Calvin Coolidge lit the first national one of these in 1923 south of the White House |
a Christmas tree
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| Keep this home appliance running efficiently by cleaning the lint filter after each use |
a dryer
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| When Joseph died he was embalmed & "put in a coffin in" this country where his father Jacob was also buried |
Egypt
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| Typewriter keyboards had only one kind of slash; on computer keyboards, it's now called this "slash" |
(Brendan: What is a back slash?)
the fore-slash (forward slash)
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| In March 1841 the U.S. Senate experienced its first continuous one of these; it lasted 6 days |
a filibuster
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| Women once blew their hair dry by using the exhaust function on this cleaning appliance |
a vacuum cleaner
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| The King James Bible refers to it as the Salt Sea |
the Dead Sea
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| This rhyming term refers to the letters the postal carrier brings to your house |
snail mail
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| In 1963, for the 1st network use of this technology, Lindsey Nelson cautioned that "Army did not score again" |
(Brendan: What is, uh, football? Or what is television, I'm sorry?)
instant replay
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| starwars.com has offered one of these appliances that burns Darth Vader's image onto your food |
a toaster
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| Only Rahab & her family, who had cared for Joshua's spies, survived the destruction of this city |
Jericho
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| Sometimes we have this, as opposed to daylight saving |
(Brendan: What is daylight spending?)
standard time
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| "Days of Thunder" |
NASCAR auto racing
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| Frank McNamara created this first multipurpose charge card in 1950 after finding his wallet missing at a restaurant |
Diners Club
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| A blender liquifies whole fruits put into it; this appliance extracts fluids from the fibers & separates the pulp |
a juicer
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| This city is also called Zion, referring to one of the hills on which it stood |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Jerusalem
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| PBS' Jay Jay the jet plane has a friend in Big Jake, this type of plane |
a propeller aircraft
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| "Remember the Titans" |
high school football
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| On July 28, 1933 Western Union operator Lucille Lipps delivered the first one of these to Rudy Vallee on his birthday |
a singing telegram
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| In the 1930s this trademarked coolant replaced ammonia, methyl chloride & sulfur dioxide in U.S. refrigerators |
Freon
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| It's what the white rabbit consulted when Alice heard him remark that he would be late |
a pocket watch
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