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Unlike other crabs, it has a shell on its abdomen, forcing it to look constantly for temporary housing |
a hermit crab
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Bob Cousy, who spent 13 years as a guard for this team, can now be found in its broadcast booth |
the Boston Celtics
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Gooper Pollitt, Jim O'Connor, Stella Kowalski |
Tennessee Williams
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This Roman god is often depicted in art as a chubby, winged infant wearing a blindfold |
Cupid
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His prophesies, "The Centuries", said to reach to the year 3797, were first published in 1555 |
Nostradamus
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Batman's sobriquet |
"The Caped Crusader"
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This Greek philosopher who studied animals in the 300s B.C. is often called the "Father of Zoology" |
Aristotle
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In 2000 this multi-sport announcer seen here moved to CBS after 25 years at NBC: |
Dick Enberg
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Gabriel Conroy, Simon Dedalus, Leopold Bloom |
James Joyce
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Martin Sheen plays President Josiah Bartlet in this NBC series about behind-the-scenes activities at the White House |
The West Wing
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The 3 main oracle sites in Greece were Dodona, Delos & this other "D" location |
Delphi
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Although the JFK Space Center was once located here, then Cape Kennedy, it was moved to Merritt Island in 1964 |
Cape Canaveral
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This pet bird comes in 2 main types, depending on its singing: choppers & rollers |
(Rahul: What are parakeets?)
canaries
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The Olympics & "Wide World of Sports" are covered in announcer Jim's autobiography "The Real" this |
McKay
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Eliot Rosewater, Dr. Felix Hoenikker, Billy Pilgrim |
Kurt Vonnegut
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These hinged flaps on the trailing edges of wings are used to make an airplane bank to the right or to the left |
(Gene: What are flaps?) (Robin: What are arielons?)
Ailerons
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Many modern packs of these cards go back to the design of the 1910 Rider-Waite pack |
tarot cards
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This African ox can kill lions with its heavy hoofs & horns |
the Cape buffalo
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The name of this colorful baboon relative sounds like it could be a synonym for a guy with a jackhammer |
(Gene: What is a mandrake?) (Robin: What is a blue riveter?)
a mandrill
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The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team inspired Al Michaels to ask this 5-word question |
"Do you believe in miracles?"
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Ike McCaslin, Percy Grimm, Benjy Compson |
(Alex: About a minute to go.)
William Faulkner
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A winged god named Ahura Mazda is the symbol of this ancient Persian religion |
Zoroastrianism
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Chinese for "The Book of Changes", it's a set of 64 symbols, set some 4,000 years ago |
I Ching
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This 1 1/2 story wooden cottage style has a central chimney & is covered by a gabled roof |
Cape Cod
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This burrowing rodent has fur-lined pouches on the outside of its cheeks in which it carries food |
a pocket gopher
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The voice of the Yankees & later of "This Week in Baseball", he was known for his cry of "How about that!" |
Mel Allen
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Hedda Tesman, Helen Alving, Knut Brovik |
(Gene: Who are 3 people who have never been in my kitchen? I don't know!)
Henrik Ibsen
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The prophet Isaiah describes these angels as having 6 wings: 2 to cover their faces, 2 to cover their feet & 2 to fly |
Seraphim
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For an actor to see if he's getting cast in the new Viking movie, he may cast these, letters of a Norse alphabet |
runes
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This African island republic is of volcanic origin but today has only one active crater, on Fogo Island |
the Cape Verde Islands
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