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YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT WEARING THAT |
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Around 1807, John Colter explored Yellowstone after he was released from this duo's expedition |
Lewis & Clark
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This First Lady was on her high school's debating team--good practice for her Senate career |
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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The boto, also known as the Amazon dolphin or porpoise, is native to this continent |
South America
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Tend to lose your slippers? Perhaps you should star in this ballet that also features a pumpkin coach |
Cinderella
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This is a declaration that something will be done; my daughter demands a pinky one |
a promise
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This suit... well, it's formal & the cummerbund & bow tie that go with it do seem a bit much for 4th period math |
a tuxedo
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In his teens, Bono wanted to be an actor, so he started his own theatre company at his school in this Irish capital |
Dublin
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Guinness says this bear has the vastest home land range of any land mammal: about 11,500 miles a year |
a polar bear
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In the classic ballet based on this fairy tale, Carabosse is the evil fairy who conjures up that spindle curse |
Sleeping Beauty
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It's an advancement in rank or position; you'll definitely want to get one at your job |
a promotion
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A suit of this, huh? Well, chain mail may be hip now, young man, but we all know the Maximilian type is the way to go! |
armor
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In 1769 this Brit found Tahiti by sailing west until he ran into it |
(Captain) Cook
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Spider-Man wasn't there to protect her when she was menaced by giant spiders in "Jumanji" |
Kirsten Dunst
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The "mute" type of this graceful waterfowl isn't really silent: it hisses, grunts & even makes snoring sounds |
a swan
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The temps de poisson, a jump with arched back & crossed feet, literally means "time of" this animal |
a fish
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If we were in a play & you forgot what to say, this type of cue would be whispered to you quickly from offstage |
a prompt
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For gosh sakes, you're not really going to wear these paired equine accessories seen here, are you? |
(Frank: Uhh... uh, bridle and rein?)
blinders (or blinkers)
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(Kelly shows a map on the monitor.) In 1845, Ludwig Leichhardt completed a 3,000-mile journey, finding a route to the north coast & fertile pastures, exciting the people of this land |
Australia
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As a student at Eton, he did not have his own laptop computer, despite being second in line to the British throne |
Prince William
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Among amphibians, toads have 4 of these & caecilians, which look like earthworms, don't have any |
legs
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A flurry of ballerinas performs the "Waltz of the Snowflakes" in this beloved ballet |
(Alex: Gutsy move, I must say, but it paid off handsomely.)
The Nutcracker
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It's a march if you're doing a square dance, or an area for walking, like Santa Monica's Third Street one |
a promenade
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Seriously? This type of plain-woven sack made of coarse jute or hemp fabric is your choice? Not today, mr.! |
(Alex: I don't want you wearing [*] today. Maybe tomorrow.)
burlap
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He stumbled around the south in search of gold but did gain fame as the European discoverer of the Mississippi |
(Frank: Who is, uh, Marquette?)
Hernando de Soto
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In the '70s she was a high school cheerleader in Virginia; "Today" she anchors the network news |
(Katie) Couric
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This kind of camel can run up to 40 miles per hour, & its name is from the Greek for "running" |
a dromedary
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Just like the opera, the 1949 ballet version of "Carmen" takes place in this country |
Spain
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This is a high point of land projecting beyond the line of the coast |
a promontory
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Maybe no one told you this whale-bone-stiffened undergarment went out of style around 1907, to women's relief |
a corset
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