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He co-wrote "A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House" |
(David: Who is George Washington?)
George W. Bush
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It sounds a bit redundant, but Delaware's state bird is the blue hen this |
chicken
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On February 6 this Likud Party leader won election as Prime Minister of Israel |
(Karthik: Who is Shimon Peres?) (Shelly: Who is Ehud Barak?) (David: Who is Netanyahu?)
Ariel Sharon
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This 6-letter breathing affliction begins & ends with a vowel & has no vowels in between |
(Karthik: What is dyspnea?)
asthma
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"Physician ____ thyself" |
heal: helium & aluminum
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His 1891 essay "The Quintessence of Ibsenism" promoted the realistic dramas of a fellow playwright |
George Bernard Shaw
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Its official state drink is milk, but (woo-hoo!) it also has an official bourbon festival, in Bardstown |
Kentucky
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This film starring Russell Crowe won the Best Picture Oscar on March 25 |
Gladiator
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Look in the OED & you'll find "brrrr", with a rare 4 Rs: it's this one of the traditional 8 parts of speech |
(David: What is an exclamation?)
interjection
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"I only regret that I have but ____ life to lose for my country" |
one: oxygen & neon
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In 1832 Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin used this masculine pen name for "Indiana" |
George Sand
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That's right: the right one of these became Georgia's state marine mammal in 1985 |
a whale
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This Pennsylvania governor resigned in October to become head of the new office of Homeland Security |
Tom Ridge
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This Asian city is the only world capital whose name in English has 3 dotted letters in succession |
(Alex: And, David, before I ask you to make your wager, I have some bad news for Karthik. Our judges have listened to, uh, the tape of your response a few moments ago, and you forgot to put the "D" on the end of Jim Jeffords' name. So we are deducting $3,200 from you, leaving you with $4,400, and, David, the scores are correct. Make your wager based on those numbers.) (David: $6,000.) (Alex: Even?) (David: Even.) (Alex: Could have done $6,400, you know, and then if you were right, you'd have $30,000.) (David: But then we couldn't have this. [Motions back and forth between the two of them]) (Alex: Oh. [Laughter] Here--okay.) ... (David: What is Laos?)
Beijing
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"And God said unto Noah... make thee an ____ of gopher wood" |
(Alex: I feel you are about to make it more difficult for your opponents. Do I sense a $4,000 or perhaps a $5,000 wager?) (David: $5,600.) (Alex: Oh, you threw me a curve.) ... (Alex: You are a research scientist, but is it in chemistry?) (David: Uh, genetics.) (Alex: Genetics. Okay, well, that would help also. Select again.)
ark: argon & potassium
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In 1876 Mary Ann Evans used this masculine pen name for "Daniel Deronda" |
(Karthik: Who is Georges Sand?)
George Eliot
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The scuppernong grape is its state fruit; one vine in the Outer Banks is more than 400 years old |
North Carolina
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This Vermont senator left the Republican Party, giving control of the Senate to the Democrats |
(Karthik: Who is Jeffors?) [Initially ruled correct; the ruling was reversed before the next Daily Double because Karthik did not enunciate the "D" in [*]'s name.]
Jim Jeffords
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The 2-syllable "rugged" is made into one syllable when you add these 2 letters to the front; try using an "atlas" |
(Alex: If you add [*], you get shrugged. Atlas Shrugged.)
S-H
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"A long time ____ in a galaxy far, far away" |
ago: silver & oxygen
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In 1938 Eric Blair used this masculine pen name for "Homage to Catalonia" |
George Orwell
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Its state astronomical symbol is the Beehive cluster in the constellation Cancer |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Utah
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Crown Prince Dipendra of this Asian country slew his father & several other royals |
Nepal
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With a hyphen added, this 6-letter word meaning "to quit" can mean "to join again", as in pro sports |
resign
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so ____" |
few: iron & tungsten
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