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ANIMALS, VEGETABLES, MINERALS |
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Inchon, about 20 miles to the southwest, is this capital's seaport |
(John: What is South Korea?)
Seoul
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Today she interviews stars; she met many as the daughter of a New York City nightclub owner |
Barbara Walters
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Stephen Daedalus is the writer hero of this Joycean "Portrait" |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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In 1891 he devised the kinetoscope, a device you looked into to watch moving pictures |
Edison
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Canis lupus is the scientific name for the gray one of these |
a wolf
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In courtship: On bended ____ |
knee
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The name of this capital of Bangladesh may derive from that of a tree once common in the area |
(Rachael: What is Dakar?) ... (Alex: You added one letter too many--that's a different capital.)
Dhaka
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He's the best-selling Limbaugh nemesis seen here |
Al Franken
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Philip Jose Farmer wrote a novel under the name of this sci-fi writer invented by Kurt Vonnegut |
Kilgore Trout
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In the 1930s, using fused silica & silicones, J. Franklin Hyde found the first new way to make this in 3,000 years |
glass
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This white legume has long been a staple of a branch of the armed forces, hence its name |
the navy bean
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On court: ____-and-volley |
serve
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In 1776, during the reign of Timur Shah, the Durrani rulers moved their capital from Kandahar to this city |
(Michael: What is Baghdad?)
Kabul
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He's the hard-hitting news honcho seen here |
Chris Matthews
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In this Russian-American's "Pale Fire", John Shade is the late author of a 999-line poem |
Vladimir Nabokov
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The home of this inventor in Rochester, N.Y. is now an international museum of film & photography |
Eastman
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The reptile family Helodermatidae consists of only 2 members, the Mexican beaded lizard & this poisonous guy |
the Gila monster
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At court: Lady-in-____ |
waiting
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On Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on tsunami relief opened in this city |
(Rachael: What is Tokyo?) ... (Alex: So many people lost their lives in that part of the world.)
Jakarta
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Bow ties & bold talk characterize this newscaster & commentator |
Tucker Carlson
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He's Philip Roth's novelist alter ego in books like him "Unbound" |
Zuckerman
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On December 12, 1901 he received the letter "S" in Morse code via transatlantic wireless telegraphy |
Marconi
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Used in watches, it's the most common piezoelectric crystal |
quartz
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To the food court!: ____ Caesars |
Little
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This capital's famous avenue on the waterfront, Roxas Boulevard, was once known as Dewey Boulevard |
Manila (in the Philippines)
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This former deputy director of the Peace Corps has won more than 30 Emmy awards |
Bill Moyers
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Writer Philip Quarles in "Point Counter Point" is a self-portrait by this author |
Aldous Huxley
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His company began in 1903 with the sale of 51 safety razors & 168 blades |
(King) Gillette
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Verona & Treviso are varieties of this bitter, red-leafed salad green |
radicchio
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In the courtyard: Pigeon, aka rock ____ |
(John: What is hen?)
dove
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