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On April 29, 1986, the United States Post Office released a stamp honoring this pianist & bandleader |
(Kerr: Who is Count Basie?) ... (Alex: You had a choice between Count Basie and [*], and that was [*].)
Duke Ellington
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A fish found in an Illinois canal in 2009 raised fears that invasive Asian carp may enter these 5 vital bodies of water |
the Great Lakes
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4-letter word for the covering on a ballfield during a rain delay |
a tarp
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In 1920 the ACLU was born out of an earlier group focused on the civil liberties of conscientious objectors to this |
World War I
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This wise king unwisely made God angry when he erected an altar for the Moabite god Chemosh |
(Alex: [*], the wise king.)
Solomon
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Tennis that matches up 2 male/female pairs |
mixed doubles
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This "Take Five" pianist was named a "living legend" in 2003 by the Library of Congress |
Dave Brubeck
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Something special is said to be the greatest thing since this food item that Chillicothe, Missouri claims to have pioneered |
sliced bread
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This long, loose outer garment is paired with "dagger" in a term for the world of espionage |
a cloak
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In 1942 the ACLU denounced the internment of more than 100,000 Americans of this ancestry |
Japanese
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Any of the children of Israel who consorted with the god Molech faced a rocky future with this punishment |
stoning
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Word element exclusively added to the end of a word |
a suffix
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Erroll Garner wrote the music for this ballad that begins, "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree" |
(Alex: Yes, play it for me.)
"Misty"
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Butler & Ball State are universities in this state |
Indiana
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18th century pope Clement XIII put these, mentioned in Genesis 3, on the Vatican's nude statues |
a fig leaf
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The ACLU helped win a 1933 ruling overturning a ban on the sale of this James Joyce classic in the United States |
Ulysses
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Nehustan was a brass one of these reptiles fashioned by Moses & later worshipped by the Israelites as if it were a god |
a snake
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The U.K. stopped using this coin in 1980 |
the sixpence
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His score for the 1929 stage production "Hot Chocolates" included the hit tune "Ain't Misbehavin'" |
(Dan: Who is Gershwin?)
Fats Waller
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The trilobite is the state one of these of both Ohio & Wisconsin; it lived there when the area was underwater |
fossil
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By itself, it's an undergarment; add "cover" to get a fitted removable piece of fabric used on furniture |
slip
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In 1952 the ACLU filed a brief supporting the NAACP in this Supreme Court case decided 2 years later |
Brown v. The Board of Education
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Also known as the Lord of the Flies, this god of Ekron was consulted by Ahaziah, King of Israel |
(Amy: Who is Baal?) (Alex: No, but you're so close. Who is [*]?)
Beelzebub
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A pharmaceutical solution, or a cure-all |
(Amy: What is a fixative?)
an elixir
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He earned his "Fatha" nickname in the 1930s after giving fatherly advice about drinking to an announcer |
Earl "Fatha" Hines
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This river passes through Waterloo, Iowa as well as through the cities named for its falls & rapids |
the Cedar
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The name of this warming item is from the French for "white" |
(Alex: You use it every day--it's called [*]. Blanc, [*].)
a blanket
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In Kitzmiller v. Dover, the ACLU fought the required teaching of this 2-word alternative to natural selection |
(Kerr: What is evolutionary theory?)
intelligent design
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The prophet Elijah worked hard to stamp out the cult of this Canaanite god the Israelites had worshipped in the wilderness |
(Alex: [*], yes, now is the time for that one.)
Baal
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This stop-motion animation technique is named for a type of imaginary being |
(Dan: What is pixie?)
pixilation
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