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The third Looney Tunes stamp featured this avian rival of the first Looney Tunes stamp |
Daffy Duck
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In golf, next in line: double eagle, eagle... |
a birdie
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Word & Powerpoint are part of the Microsoft system named for this place |
Office
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Late-night hunger pangs (8) |
(Ken: What are the [*], man?)
munchies
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Johannes Badrutt, a St. Moritz hotel keeper, first convinced summer guests you could visit this country in winter, too |
(Alex: [*], St. Moritz, that's right.)
Switzerland
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In about 150 A.D. this Greek astronomer in Egypt published "Geography", an 8-volume guide to mapmaking |
Ptolemy
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The 4 sports featured in the "Xtreme Sports" stamps series were skateboarding, BMX biking, in-line skating & this one |
snowboarding
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A rock climber would know schist; a person in this sport would know schuss |
skiing
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Filemaker Pro is used for this type of application that stores & organizes information (like "Jeopardy!" clues) |
(Beverly: Uh, what is data... oh... processing?)
database
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Mr. Magoo's malady (6) |
myopia
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In the 1840s Ida Pfeiffer made this trip in 2 1/2 years; in 1889 Nellie Bly did it in 72 days |
Around The World
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On topographic maps, contour lines are used to show this |
elevation
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The centenary of the Graz opera in this country was celebrated with a 1999 stamp |
(Tim: What is Poland?)
Austria
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Delivering a ball to a batsman in cricket isn't called "pitching", it's called this |
bowling
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One type of this keeps flames from spreading; another keeps snoops out of a computer network |
a firewall
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Tiny organism (7) |
microbe
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The word "posh" may have come from a ship's cabin designation: port out, this side home |
starboard
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In-vehicle navigation systems create maps using GPS, which stands for this |
global positioning system
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A Veronica is a movement done in this sport, popular in Mexico |
bullfighting
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Palindromic form of address (4) |
ma'am
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The USA's first of these places for rambling young people to stay in opened in Northfield, Mass. in 1934 |
a hostel
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This table that accompanies a map explains what the symbols & colors represent |
(Alex: You have $23,200.) (Ken: Okay. Wow. I'm gonna wager $6,800, Alex.) (Alex: Yup. I knew you would. I don't even need to hear from you anymore. I can just...) (Ken: Why am I even here?) [Laughter] (Alex: Yeah, I can... No, I can make the wagers for you. You have to answer, uh, the clues.) (Ken: Oh, okay.) (Alex: I make the wager for you.)
the legend
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A series of Bulgarian stamps featuring types of these had one with a penny-farthing on it |
bicycles
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As a sort of e-mail post office, this program from Qualcomm is named for the author of "Why I Live at the P.O." |
Eudora
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Nero: my fault! (3, 5) |
mea culpa
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In the 1840s, this Englishman began running inexpensive "tours" by getting bulk discounts from railways |
(Ken: At this point, I can bet a little less. I'll bet $5,000.) (Alex: You can bet a little less?) (Ken: Just a little.) (Alex: Oh. Why? Why can you bet less and not more since you have a bigger lead?) (Ken: I'm trying to, uh, keep a good margin between the other two players.) (Alex: Okay.) ... (Ken: Oh. I don't know this.) (Alex: No? You won't take a guess? (Ken: No.) (Alex: Name closely associated with travel internationally. [*]. [*]. Sells traveler checks also.)
Thomas Cook
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Not only can you buy maps of the Earth from the USGS, which stands for this, you can buy maps of Mars as well |
(Tim: What is the United States Geologic Survey?) ... (Alex: Yeah, geological; sorry, Tim. Less than a minute now, Ken.)
the United States Geological Survey
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