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The August 1883 volcanic eruption on this island blew away 2/3 of the island; the sound was heard 3,000 miles away |
Krakatoa
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It's the potent potable found in Irish Coffee |
(Mikalen: What is Bailey's Irish Cream?)
whiskey
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It luxuriously set out in 1975 on its first-ever round-the-world cruise including a visit to New York |
QE2
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In France, this ever-popular film is known as "Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains" |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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After studying dermatology at the Vienna General Hospital, he moved on to Paris' Salpetriere Mental Clinic |
Sigmund Freud
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In other words, this common pair of adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated" |
new and improved
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This country occupies & claims the Kuril Islands, but Japan claims the southernmost island in the group |
Russia
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Cafe Mocha is made from espresso & this flavor syrup |
chocolate
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He won hearts in 1974 when he took his first Grand Slam title at age 18 |
(Chris: Who is John McEnroe?)
Bjorn Borg
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A long-awaited snow begins to fall at a ski lodge at the end of this 1954 yuletide classic |
(Mikalen: What is "Holiday Inn?")
White Christmas
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This religious group started Friends Hospital as an "asylum for persons deprived of the use of their reason" |
Quakers (Society of Friends)
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Taking this adjective literally, the ads say that BMW is the last driving machine that'll be made |
"The Ultimate Driving Machine"
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This road's "fabric" once stretched about 4,000 miles, from Chang'an, China to the Mediterranean Sea |
the Silk Road
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Sidney Perkowitz' book "Universal Foam" is subtitled "From" this hip coffee "to the Cosmos" |
Cappuccino
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One of history's largest tank battles ever was fought in 1973 in the Golan Heights between these 2 countries |
Israel & Syria
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Oliver Stone dedicated this 1987 film to his late father, who had been a stockbroker |
Wall Street
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Here's an 18th century look at England's Bethlem Hospital, whose name was corrupted to this |
(Mikalen: What is Hell?) [The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Bedlam
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This column may precede "tingling" in ad copy for haunted houses & mystery novels |
spine
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Now a special administrative region of China, its legal system is based on Portuguese civil law |
Macao
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A man wearing a sombrero is on the label of this coffee liqueur from Mexico |
(Mikalen: What is Tia Maria?)
Kahlua
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Rhyming name of either of 2 1972 Chinese immigrants, one of them is shown here |
Ling-Ling or Hsing-Hsing
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This 1995 film seen here won an Oscar for its screenplay, which was really quite "novel" |
Sense and Sensibility
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6-letter synonym for "robust" that's applied in ads to Chunky Soup |
hearty
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This valley makes up about 40% of Lebanon's arable land |
(Matt: What is the Euphrates Valley?)
Bekaa Valley
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at a cafe in Rome) Italian for "spotted", to espresso drinkers, it means having a drop of milk on top |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go now.)
macchiato
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It's the name of the probe that sent back the 1976 images seen here |
(Matt: What is Voyager?)
Viking
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This 1962 classic was narrated by Kim Stanley, who provided the grown-up voice of Scout |
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Last name of Dr. Karl, founder of a Kansas clinic & the first psychiatrist to get the Medal of Freedom |
Menninger
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It's applied to juicy steaks or, botanically, to cacti & other water-retaining plants |
succulent
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