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For a few years in the 1890s, this future prime minister was heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Marlborough |
(Winston) Churchill
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In an animated 1987 TV special, this Space Age family traveled back in time to meet the Flintstones |
The Jetsons
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Most recipes for this candy end with: spread into thin layer; let cool; snap into pieces |
peanut brittle
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Mongolia, Malta, Malawi |
Malawi
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JFK was awarded one of these for wounds he received near the Solomon Islands during WWII |
a Purple Heart
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Bench presses build up the pecs, short for these |
pectorals
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This Ohio city was called the "Queen of the West" even before a Longfellow poem popularized the nickname |
Cincinnati
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According to his theme song, this quadruped "will never speak unless he has something to say" |
Mr. Ed
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With 500 of these units in one serving, a peanut paste called Plumpy'nut can put 2 lbs. a week on a malnourished kid |
(Nick: What is protein?)
calories
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Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway |
Nicaragua
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In 1984 "Baby Fae" received a heart transplant from one of these animals |
(Tope: What is a pig?)
a baboon
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The "Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang" has an 1896 citation of "diff" as short for this |
(Tope: What is different?) [Tope was initially ruled correct; the ruling was reversed during the interview segment.]
difference
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The fabled emerald mines named for this ancient queen were rediscovered around 1818 |
Cleopatra
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In the pilot for this '60s sitcom, Jed & Jethro first meet Mr. Drysdale when he comes to get them out of jail |
The Beverly Hillbillies
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In China & India, peanuts are processed mainly for this cooking ingredient |
peanut oil
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Portugal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan |
Papua New Guinea
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Shirley Temple appears multiple times on the cover of this Beatles album |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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"Rad", meaning "excellent", was truncated from this |
radical
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In 1614 explorer Adriaen Block claimed what is now this U.S. state for the Dutch |
Connecticut
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In the '50s this movie Tarzan was still hanging out with a chimp, but he wore more than a loincloth as TV's "Jungle Jim" |
Johnny Weissmuller
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The Virginia type of peanuts is what's sold at these events, as mentioned in a song written in 1908 |
(Alex: Yes, indeed! "Take me out to the [*]. Buy me some peanuts. Virginia type.)
baseball games
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Syria, Suriname, Sweden |
Suriname
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When measuring someone's pulse rate, take it on "t.s.", for this "side" of the wrist |
(Tope: What is the top side?)
the thumb side
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The Cosmo girl doesn't just look good; she can have a convo, short for this |
a conversation
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Legends of riches led a set of Zuni villages to be dubbed the Seven Cities of this |
Cibola
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The 1973 TV season gave us Richard Roundtree as this supercool private eye he'd played on film |
(John) Shaft
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Immigrants Amedeo Obici & Mario Peruzzi founded this company in Wilkes-Barre, Penn. in 1906 |
Planters
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India, Indonesia, Iran |
Indonesia
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In this story a guy dismembers an old man & still hears him under the floor (lub-dub, lub-dub) |
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
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One of the perks of my job is knowing that "perk" is short for this |
perquisite
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