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Have you heard the latest buzz? The Mayans domesticated this native insect |
the bee
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A starlet in a mink bikini gets thrown into the Grand Canal in "Grab Me a Gondola", set in this city |
Venice
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Green olives are traditionally stuffed with these red veggies |
pimientos
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This prolific British mystery writer's last published novel was 1976's "Sleeping Murder" |
Agatha Christie
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Everyone hits the beach to enjoy this state's official sports: surfing & outrigger canoe paddling |
Hawaii
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An amphibian avenue |
toad road
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Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name |
Jason
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Farley Granger played Mr. Darcy to Polly Bergen's Elizabeth in "First Impressions", based on this classic novel |
Pride and Prejudice
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If chives were chive talkin', they'd mention they were part of this vegetable family |
onions
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In a 1972 book, Hunter S. Thompson sent Raoul Duke & Dr. Gonzo to this city to cover the Mint 400 race |
(Traci: [Shakes head] What is Indianapolis?) (Alex: Nope, his famous book was Fear and Loathing in [*], and the city of course is [*].)
Las Vegas
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We wonder whether the pheasant that's its state bird nests in the Black Hills spruce, its state tree |
South Dakota
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An Appaloosa from Oslo |
a Norse horse
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In 1950, 2 years into his long dictatorship, he invaded South Korea |
Kim Il-sung
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This future "Brady Bunch" mom had a fling with Jose Ferrer (onstage, that is) in "The Girl Who Came to Supper" |
Florence Henderson
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For cooking, garlic bulbs are broken up into segments called these |
cloves
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Victor Henry of the U.S. Navy & his family are at the center of this 1971 Herman Wouk epic |
(Brielle: What is War and Remembrance?) ... (Alex: You picked the wrong one--"What is [*]?") [Alex omitted the leading article when giving the correct response.]
The Winds of War
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This feline with long, pointed canines is California's state fossil |
the saber-toothed tiger
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Goldilocks sat on one (actually, on all 3) |
a bear chair
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After just 5 performances, the door slammed on "A Doll's Life", based on this Scandinavian drama |
A Doll's House
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When making a pie with strawberries & this tart vegetable, just use its red stalks; the leaves are toxic |
rhubarb
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A book by Flora Screiber says, Mary, Peggy Lou, Vicky & Vanessa were 4 of this title character's 16 personalities |
Sybil
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Appropriately, it's Nevada's state metal |
silver
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The jargon of an Australian wild dog |
(Alex: Sounds good, doesn't it? [*]!) .... (Alex: I just wanted to say it.)
dingo lingo
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In 601 the Lombards destroyed this Italian city, home to a shrewish Kate, but it made a quick comeback |
(Alex: "The shrewish Kate"--a reference to Shakespeare--[*] was the city.)
Padua
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Orson Welles & Cole Porter collaborated on a 1946 musical adaptation of this "globe-trotting" Jules Verne novel |
Around the World in Eighty Days
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Before cooking, you have to top & tail & maybe destring the runner type of these |
beans
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A review said this 1979 William Styron novel "belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces" |
Sophie's Choice
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This state bird is depicted on Louisiana's state seal in a nest with her 3 young |
the pelican
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A marine bivalve's improvisational music session |
a clam jam
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