CITY OF THE DAY: MINNEAPOLIS |
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The information center at Minnehaha Park (off Hiawatha Ave.) is a replica of this poet's home in Massachusetts |
Longfellow
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"Shoeless Joe" |
Field of Dreams
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Some Indians of the Amazon use the teeth of this vicious fish as scissors or razors |
the piranha
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The man seen here was allegedly poisoned while trying to become president of this former Soviet republic |
the Ukraine
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This 3-letter word for excess pride is a psychoanalytic term for the conscious self |
the ego
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The person in this position is typically small & light but has enough authority to tell rowers what to do |
the coxswain
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In 2006 Lake Calhoun was the site of a tourney in this type of ice hockey, named for small bodies of water |
pond hockey
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"Monkey Planet" |
Planet of the Apes
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The bird spider, a member of this family of hairy spiders, usually eats beetles, but it does eat small birds on occasion |
(Craig: What is a wolf spider?)
tarantula
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After overthrowing Milton Obote in 1971, he had some 300,000 people killed |
(Alex: You ID'd Victor Yuschenko, and you can now profit.) ... (Alex: [*] in Uganda.)
Idi Amin
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The name of this part that supports an airplane's wing is also a prideful walk |
a strut
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The end of the oar that slices through the water, it's usually painted with a country's or team's colors |
the blade
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The first fully enclosed one of these opened in 1956 in Edina; today there's a good-sized one in Bloomington |
a shopping mall
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"Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family" |
Goodfellas
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The Amazon species of this sea cow is the only one to live exclusively in fresh water |
a manatee
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This Venezuelan's close friendship with Fidel Castro has made him controversial in some quarters |
Hugo Chavez
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Connoisseurs of pride in film might have this "theory" from the French for "high" |
(Craig: What is haute? Haute theory? What is haute theory?)
hauteur
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As a verb, it refers to the motion propelling the boat; as a noun, it refers to the person who sets the pace |
(Alex: I never heard this word in this context. It's called the [*]--the one who sits just in front of the coxswain.)
stroke
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City Hall's Father of Waters statue was carved from the largest single block ever of the Carrara type of this |
marble
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"I, Tina: My Life Story" |
What's Love Got to Do with It
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The Western Hemisphere's largest snake, it may live about 28 years--about a year a foot |
an anaconda
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From 1952 to 1987 she was chief of state of Fiji |
(Alex: And that would be Her Majesty [*].)
Queen Elizabeth II
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If you missed an Olympic berth at the Worlds, your last chance is at this qualification racing event |
(Thomas: What are the Nationals?)
the Regatta
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The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden work seen here is by Coosje van Bruggen & this Swedish-born pop artist |
Claes Oldenburg
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"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" |
[Applause for Craig's run of the category] (Alex: You ran the category. Congratulations, well done. Boy, Craig, I'll tell you something. You must have gotten really ticked being in the hole for a good 2 or 3 clues, because you are relentless since then!) (Craig: Nothing to--nothing like that to focus your mind, doesn't it?)
Blade Runner
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Also called a water hog, this largest rodent in the world has webbed feet that make it a very good swimmer |
a capybara
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Seen here is a prince & later king of this country, visiting President Carter |
(Roberta: What is... Jordan?) (Thomas: What is Kuwait?)
Saudi Arabia
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When "glory" is tacked on to this adjective, you get a word for unwarranted pride |
vain (vainglory accepted)
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2 disciplines in rowing are sweeping, in which each rower pulls just one oar, & this, in which each rower uses 2 oars |
sculling
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