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Examples of this explosive phenomena on Mars include Ascraeus Mons & Pavonis Mons |
volcanoes
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It's the largest peninsula jutting into the Black Sea |
(Jeff: What is...)
the Crimean Peninsula
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This "experienced" left-hander recorded haunting blues songs like "Red House" & "Voodoo Chile" |
Jimi Hendrix
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Bibb & butterhead are not an MTV cartoon duo, but varieties of this vegetable |
lettuce
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It's the name of Charles Schulz' friend who inspired his classic comic strip everyman |
Charlie Brown
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Examples include leatherback, loggerhead & mutant ninja |
a turtle
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Once thought to be the work of an advanced civilization, these features are now known to be an optical illusion |
canals
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The only nation on the Black Sea that shares its name with a U.S. state |
Georgia
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"Royal" guitarist whose early recording "Three O'Clock Blues" was a hit in 1952 |
B.B. King
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Small versions of this common garden vegetable used for pickling are often called gherkins |
cucumbers
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This man's execution on December 2, 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause |
John Brown
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Jaleel White played this heroic nerd for 9 years on "Family Matters" |
Steve Urkel
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The 2 planets in our solar system that are smaller than Mars |
Mercury & Pluto
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Sailing south from the Black Sea via the Bosporus, you'll pass through this sea before reaching the Mediterranean |
(Jeff: What is the Adriatic?)
the Sea of Marmara
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With albums like "Texas Flood" & "Soul to Soul", this guitarist was the leading figure in the 1980s blues-rock revival |
Stevie Ray Vaughan
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These vegetables with a flavor like mild cabbage include the name of a city |
Brussels sprouts
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This best-selling author became a magazine editor in 1965 |
(Cameron: Who is Helen Gurney Brown?) ... (Alex: A gurney is something that I wind up on quite often in hospitals!)
Helen Gurley Brown
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To congeal, as milk does when it spoils |
curdle
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Pathfinder & its rover Sojourner touched down on Mars on this date in 1997 |
July 4th
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Any 2 of the 4 large rivers beginning with the letter D that drain into the Black Sea |
(Cameron: What is the Danube?) (Alex: Need another... too much time!)
(2 of) Danube, Dnieper, Dniester & Don
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It's the nickname of legendary Texas bluesman Sam Hopkins |
"Lightnin'"
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The name of this herb that is used mainly as a decoration on meat dishes comes from the Greek for "rock celery" |
parsley
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Now an Oakland Raiders All-Pro wide receiver, this man won the Heisman Trophy in 1987 |
Tim Brown
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From the Old French for "excess", it's an amount or quantity beyond what is needed |
surplus
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Named for the attendants of Ares, the Greek god of war, they are the 2 moons of Mars |
Phobos & Deimos
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This Ukranian Black Sea port was the site of a Russian naval victory in 1905 |
Odessa
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The father of the British blues movement, he formed the Bluesbreakers in the early '60s |
John Mayall
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Also called roquette, this peppery salad green is very popular with Italian palates |
arugula
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Born July 25, 1978, she was the world's first "Test Tube Baby" |
Louise Brown
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Not an army officer, but an individual grain of a cereal grass like corn |
a kernel
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