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This catcher known for his malaprops said of a restaurant, "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded" |
Yogi Berra
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Popular Greek beverages include beer & retsina, a type of this potent potable flavored by pine resin |
wine
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For over 40 years, Virginia City, an old mining town in this state, has hosted yearly camel races |
Nevada
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On Feb. 2, 1986 this important religious leader met with the Dalai Lama in India |
Pope John Paul II
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...corned beef, Swiss cheese & sauerkraut sandwich on rye that is fried & named this |
Reuben
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In 1826, on his deathbed, he said, "This is the 4th?" |
(Jacqui: Who is John Adams?)
Thomas Jefferson
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Catfish Hunter said when you unwrap a candy bar named for this ex-Yank seen here, "It tells you how good it is" |
Reggie Jackson
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About 1% of the population of Greece is ethnically from this neighboring European country |
(Eamon: What is Macedonia?) (Trevor: What is Albania?) .... (Alex: It straddles 2 continents.)
Turkey
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Of 5, 15 or 25, the age at which the current Dalai Lama got the job |
5
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...Denver omelet, which is usually made with ham, onion & the bell type of these |
peppers
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Richmond man who asked "Bugsy" co-star Annette "If she wanted to have dinner and have a baby and she said 'Yes'" |
Warren Beatty
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Where have you gone, this Yankee slugger? At age 18, it was to the midst of a 61-game Pacific Coast League hit streak |
Joe DiMaggio
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A limestone hill in the southwest of Athens, it houses the temple of Athena Nike |
the Acropolis
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This country denounced the awarding of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize to the Dalai Lama as politically motivated |
China
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...bowl of this Creole specialty, whose name comes from an African word for okra |
gumbo
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Born in Roanoke in 1942, his most famous song includes "Danke Schoen, thank you for walks down Lovers' Lane" |
Wayne Newton
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In 1956 this Oklahoman won the Triple Crown, hitting .353, with 52 HRs & 130 RBIs |
(Jacqui: Who is Roger Maris?)
Mickey Mantle
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Greece's national emblem features a white cross surrounded by a wreath of this |
laurel
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From the Greek for "running", it's another name for the Arabian camel |
dromedary
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These dogs developed in Tibet historically have been given as gifts to dignitaries by the Dalai Lama |
(Trevor: What are shar peis?)
Lhasa Apsos
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...pita dipped in this thick Middle Eastern sauce made from chickpeas |
hummus
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Born in Wise, he called the 1970 Oscars "a 2-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense" |
George C. Scott
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This "Iron Horse" pulled himself from the Yankee lineup on May 2, 1939 after 2,130 consecutive games |
Lou Gehrig
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The excavated ancient palace of Knossos can be seen when visiting this large Greek island |
(Trevor: What is Cyprus?)
Crete
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2 of the 4 members of the camel family that live in South America |
(Eamon: Llamas & alpacas?) (Alex: Remember your phrasing.) (Eamon: What are llamas & alpacas?)
(2 of 4) alpacas, guanacos, llamas & vicunas
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The fifth Dalai Lama was installed as Tibet's leader in 1642 by Gushri Khan, the leader of these people |
Mongols
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...creamy potato & leek soup served cold that's called this |
vichyssoise
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"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him" is attributed to this "Up from Slavery" author born in Virginia |
(Jacqui: Who is Frederick Douglass?)
Booker T. Washington
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