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A rin is 1/10 of a sen, which is 1/100 of one of these |
a yen
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Sleep tight! He's the "nightmarish" character depicted here |
Freddy Krueger
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Emily Post says it's not only correct but nice to throw one of these for a woman about to adopt a child |
a baby shower
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Ol' Blue Eyes' squadron of Panzers |
Frank's tanks
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It's the scheduled date of the next presidential inauguration |
January 20, 2001
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Born in 1860, this farmer's wife began painting her famous landscapes in her late 70s |
Grandma Moses
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The Japonica type of this has less amylose & more amylopectin than other types, giving it the texture the Japanese like |
(Seth: What is tofu?)
rice
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Seen here, she recorded "Cheap Thrills" with Big Brother and the Holding Company |
Janis Joplin
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One of the most lavish of these "parties" was young socialite Barbara Hutton's in 1930 |
a debutante party (or coming out party)
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Hayworth's pocket bread sandwiches |
Rita's pitas
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Technically, this upcoming date will be the last day of the 20th century |
December 31, 2000
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Before Moses died on Mount Pisgah, he scaled this mount to chat with Yahweh |
Mount Sinai
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On the Shizuoka-Yamanashi border, it's still classified as active, though dormant since 1707 |
Mount Fuji
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A former cast member of "Saturday Night Live" shares his name with this scary movie character |
Michael Myers (Mike Myers)
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Latina teens generally have a quinceanera at this age |
15
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Mr. Gates' excitements |
Bill's thrills
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After the year 2000, it's the next year in which U.S. Senate elections will be held |
2002
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The novel "A Woman Called Moses" recounts the heroic struggles of this abolitionist |
Harriet Tubman
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The shakuhachi & the sho are flutes made out of this |
bamboo
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In ancient Greece wild times were had by maenads, devotees of this wine god |
Dionysus
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The ex-Mrs. Bono's grizzlies |
Cher's bears
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This daughter of a U.S. president turns 33 on Oct. 19, 2000 |
Amy Carter
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In 1956's "The Ten Commandments" this man's son Fraser played the baby Moses |
Charlton Heston
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It's Japanese custom for people in a house to have their own pair of hashi, these, for personal use |
(Annie: What are sandals?) ... (Alex: A minute to go.)
chopsticks
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Once a member of the Earwigs, he's the groundbreaking rock & roll madman depicted here |
(Alex: And we want to thank Todd McFarlane for providing us with those figurines.)
Alice Cooper
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Held in 1997 in Philadelphia by African-American women, it was the counterpart of a 1995 event in Washington |
(Seth: What is the Million Man March?)
the Million Woman March
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Obsessive aquatic constructions by Samuel Clemens in advance of a new deluge |
Mark's arks
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On Jan. 28, 2001 the stadium of this Florida NFL team will be the site of the Super Bowl |
(Annie: Who are the Raptors?) ... (Alex: The Raptors are basketball in Toronto, far away from Tampa Bay!)
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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In 1976 & 1984 he won Olympic gold in the 400-meter hurdles |
(Alex: We'll take a break and I'll go and fix my dentures!)
Edwin Moses
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