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Fifth Avenue starts at this square in Greenwich Village |
Washington Square
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After being moidered World Series after series, dese bums won in 1955 |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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In 1965 James Brown sang that "Papa's Got" one of these |
A brand new bag
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Cox's orange pippin is a popular British variety of this fruit |
Apple
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Chemist Fritz Haber tried to finance German WWI reparations by extracting gold from this common liquid |
Seawater
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Term for the smallest or weakest of a litter of animals |
Runt
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For a cinematic rendezvous atop this building, get to 34th by 11:30 P.M., when the elevators stop |
Empire State Building
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The Air Force released a 316-page report on an 8-year investigation that said there's no proof of these |
UFOs
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INXS was feeling one in a 1988 Top 10 hit |
New sensation
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This fuzzy-skinned fruit associated with New Zealand actually originated in China |
Kiwi
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This substance to watch for on your car is basically hydrated ferric oxide, Fe2O3 |
Rust
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This structure formed by a burrowing mammal can be exaggerated into a mountain |
Molehill
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Take a left on 52nd to eat at this "club" named for its numerical address |
21 Club
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On Oct. 24, 1955 France recognized the Diem government in this country |
South Vietnam
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Her hits in the '80s included "Angel of the Morning" & "Queen of Hearts" |
Juice Newton
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These miniature cabbages sprang up in Belgium about 400 to 500 years ago |
Brussels sprouts
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Reducing agents like carbon assist this process of extracting metal from ore at high temperatures |
Smelting
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Zelco Industries makes this handy "book light" that can illuminate great literature |
"Itty Bitty" book light
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At 57th you can gaze in this store's windows as Holly Golightly did at "breakfast" |
Tiffany's
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Andy Griffith & Don Knotts opened on Broadway October 20, 1955 in this play |
No Time For Sergeants
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This teen group's longest stay at No. 1 was with the following in 1990: [audio clue] |
(Alex: ...with about a minute left in the round.)
New Kids on the Block
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American Indians referred to this holiday fruit by a name meaning "bitter berries" |
Cranberries
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Term for a polymer formed by acids reacting with alcohols & for a resulting fabric like Dacron |
Polyester
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Robert Burns' poem "To A Mouse" begins with this little word |
Wee
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A 70th Street mansion displays the art treasures amassed by this Pittsburgh steel mogul |
(P: What is the Carnegie Mansion?)
Henry Clay Frick
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Joe DiMaggio & she were officially divorced October 31, 1955 |
Marilyn Monroe
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This "Green, Green" group once had Kenny Rogers in it |
New Christy Minstrels
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Popular at salad bars, this crunchy vegetable is often referred to as a Mexican potato |
(L: What is a garbanzo bean?)
Jicama
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These compounds, such as KBr, were used as sedatives, so the word also means trite sayings |
Bromides
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The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet |
Iota
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