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THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY |
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The route to the summit of this 12,388-foot Japanese peak includes 10 stages called gome |
(Joan: What is Mount Fiji?)
Mount Fuji
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At 16, this "Jerry Maguire" co-star was breakdancing on stage with Lionel Richie at the 1984 Olympics |
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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Zn |
(Joan: What is zircon?)
zinc
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In 1998 this game celebrated its 50th anniversary with a huge game using giant letter tiles at London's Wembley Stadium |
(Oliver: What is Wheel of Fortune?) (Brian: What is tennis?)
Scrabble
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Whether you're male or female, you're this kind of "man" as a first-year student |
a freshman
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Make yourself useful & spell... |
(Joan: What is U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M?) ... (Alex: You added an extra syllable.)
U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N
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"El Cap" is what climbers call this over 3,000-foot wall of rock in Yosemite |
El Capitan
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As a teen he kept a diary detailing the minutiae of his life; later, as first director of the FBI |
J. Edgar Hoover
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One of the world's most popular RPGs, role playing games, is D&D, this game |
Dungeons & Dragons
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From the Latin for "sleep", it's a building at a college for housing students |
a dormitory
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Don't be conservative as you spell... |
F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M
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Some climbers call 27,800-foot Makalu the most beautiful peak in this Asian range |
Himalayas
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While playing basketball, this future Rolling Stone bit off the tip of his tongue & it changed his voice |
Mick Jagger
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Round the clock is a type of this game played in pubs & pizza parlors |
(Oliver: What is a drinking game?) ... (Alex: Minute to go.)
darts
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This graduation ceremony is not the "beginning" of your college career, it's the end |
commencement
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Overcome your opponents & spell... |
N-E-M-E-S-I-S
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There was a cause celebre in 1786 when Jacques Balmat had the savoir faire to climb it |
Mont Blanc
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Called "Stinky" at school, he says his life was "Rocky" until he moved to Philadelphia at age 15 |
Sylvester Stallone
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They're the 2 piles of cards from which players draw during a Monopoly game |
Chance & Community Chest
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From the Latin for "half-yearly", these divisions of a college's academic year can be 15 to 18 weeks long |
semesters
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We'll think of you as lustrous, colorful & brilliant when you spell... |
I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T
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These Wyoming peaks include the South, the Middle & the most imposing Grand |
Tetons
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This South African Nobel Peace Prize winner was named Rolihlahla, which in colloquial usage means "troublemaker" |
Nelson Mandela
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You're on a roll if you know this dice game was invented by a wealthy couple to play on their luxury boat |
(Brian: What is craps?)
Yahtzee
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For the college sports-minded, it's what NCAA stands for |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Resolve yourself to spelling... |
D-E-N-O-U-E-M-E-N-T
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