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THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT |
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It's the minimum age for our Teen Tournament (good age for a bar mitzvah, too) |
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This Yankee's Hall of Fame plaque says, "greatest drawing card in history of baseball" |
Babe Ruth
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The prom queen can wear this bouquet of flowers either on her wrist or pinned to her dress or purse |
corsage
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Animal symbol of the political party that convened in New York City in August 2004 |
the elephant
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If you're converting dollars to bolivianos, you mean to do some spending on this continent |
South America
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As a student in Paris, this Polish-born woman lived on bread & tea but graduated first in her class in physics |
Marie Curie
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When a girl turns this "sweet" age, it's traditional to throw her a party |
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In 2004 this giant of a player was walked a record 232 times, 120 of them intentional |
(Peter: Who was Mark McGwire?)
Barry Bonds
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The prom queen was glad that Mrs. Marcus, her favorite teacher, acted as one of these supervisors at the dance |
a chaperone
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The short-eared type of this bird hunts by day, but many others are strictly the "night" type |
the owl
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As of 2002 the Finnish markka & Austrian schilling were replaced by this |
the euro
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This German-born physicist said, "do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are... greater" |
Einstein
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The "Just for Teens" magazine full of stuff about the stars isn't called J-Lo, but J-this |
(Orlando: What is Teen?)
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On the website of this young NBA star, you can sign up for Melo Mobile wireless service |
Carmelo Anthony
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Appropriately, the first dance for the prom queen & king was "Let's Get It Started" by this hip-hop group |
The Black Eyed Peas
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This breed of setter, known in Gaelic as modder rhu or "red dog", is noted for its exuberance |
the Irish Setter
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In 1995 the dollar hit a record low of 80 of this currency of a WWII opponent |
(Chloé: What is the mark?) (Orlando: What is Germany?)
the yen
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He said he's lucky to have chosen theoretical physics--his work isn't affected by his degenerative disease |
Stephen Hawking
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If you want to be Miss America, you have to be at least this old |
(Orlando: What is 18?) (Peter: What is 21?) (Chloé: What is 19?) ... (Alex: You all missed it. No harm, no foul.)
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Jordin Tootoo made a long trip south to Nashville & became the first NHL player of this native ancestry |
(Orlando: What is Native American?)
Inuit (Eskimo)
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Since the prom was June 23, the queen picked this Shakespearean fairy tale as the theme |
(Chloé: What is A Midsummer's Night Dream?) (Orlando: What is A Midsummer's Night Dream?) ... (Alex: Both Chloé and Orlando gave the same response, putting the possessive on the first word.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The animal most closely related to humans, it's excitable, curious & needs companionship |
(Chloé: What is the ape?)
the chimpanzee
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Australia & this nearby country of 3.9 million people use a currency called the dollar |
New Zealand
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For 10 years, this German worked in his free time, inventing the internal-combustion engine named for him |
(Peter: Who was Carnot?)
(Rudolph) Diesel
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In 2002 Prince Harry got his own coat of arms when he turned this age |
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Eddie George plays this NFL position, & Ricky Williams did |
running back
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The prom queen should know that prom is short for this, a fancy word for a stroll |
promenade
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It's not a social insect like an ant, but it follows "social" to describe a person who gets around |
butterfly
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Belarus shares the name of this unit of currency with a larger neighbor |
the ruble
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A unit of measure is named for this Italian count who by age 18 had devoted himself to the study of electricity |
(Orlando: What is Joule?)
(Alessandro) Volta
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