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On parts of Australia's coast, the high & low ones may vary by only a foot or 2 |
tides
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He's always falling for black cats who've had a white stripe accidentally painted on them |
Pepe Le Pew
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A nickname for a left-handed pitcher, or the title of the book leading up to "Bang the Drum Slowly" |
southpaw
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1939: "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" |
The Wizard of Oz
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Years after his death, the social teachings of this man reached into the heart of America: (died in 1948) |
Mahatma Gandhi
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Random House defines this Yiddishism as an interjection of "dismay, pain, annoyance, grief, etc." |
"Oy!"
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The most valuable mineral resource under the ocean, it's been found in the Bay of Bengal as well as the Persian Gulf |
oil
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In December 1944 it went to press, bringing world news to Parisians |
Le Monde
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Rolfe Humphries wrote a poem about these "grounds" where the New York Giants played |
(D: What is Shea Stadium?) (T: What is Ebbets Field?) (buzzer sounds)
The Polo Grounds
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1997: "I've been frozen for 30 years. I've got to see if my bits and pieces are still working" |
(D: What is "Aliens?") (M: What is "Alien?")
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
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He finally "faded away" at age 84 in 1964: |
Douglas MacArthur
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In Spanish it means "I"; in English it can precede "Wassup?" |
yo
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Like an old bottle of wine, the Indian Ocean builds up this -- some of the world's thickest at the mouth of the Ganges |
(Dave: What is silt?) ... (Alex: With about a minute to go.)
sediment
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Some legends say she was King Arthur's sister |
Morgan le Fay
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1987: "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" |
Dirty Dancing
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This "uncertain" man was director of Berlin's Max Planck Physics Institute from 1942 to 1945 |
Werner Heisenberg
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From Latin for "thing", it means "with reference to" |
re
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This sea is bounded by India on the east & the peninsula of the same name on the west |
(Tony: What is the Baltic?)
Arabian
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This Swiss-born French architect thought of the ideal house as "A machine for living" |
Le Corbusier
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This Mets pitcher, "Tom Terrific", got less than terrific reviews for his mystery novel "Beanball" |
Tom Seaver
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1979, said to Shirley MacLaine: "I like to watch" |
Being There
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This useful Englishman was known as the Father of Utilitarianism, & that works for me |
Jeremy Bentham
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When people refer to "The Big" this, they don't mean baseball slugger Vaughn |
mo (momentum)
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This Tanzanian capital whose name means "haven of peace" is a major Indian Ocean port |
Dar es Salaam
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George Wallace drafted this general as his running mate in 1968 |
Curtis LeMay
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1935: The toast was "To a new world of gods and monsters!" |
(Dave: What is "Frankenstein?")
Bride of Frankenstein
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An acting competition is named for this woman who played Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies" |
Irene Ryan
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It's the pants-&-jacket outfit worn when doing martial arts |
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