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He was hidden for 3 months before an "ark of bulrushes" was built for him |
(Bradley: Who is Jesus?)
Moses
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It was still love all even after she beat sis Serena for her fifth Wimbledon title |
Venus Williams
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While veins carry blood toward the heart, these vessels carry blood away from the heart |
arteries
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This canal between the Arabian desert & the Sinai peninsula formally opened Nov. 17, 1869 |
the Suez Canal
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The smallest of these recognized by Guinness is the chicken-sized Compsognathus |
a dinosaur
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An eleve attends une ecole, this |
a school
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He sat on his father David's mule before taking his seat on the throne |
Solomon
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In 2008 this figure skater added a new title: winner of "Dancing with the Stars" |
Kristi Yamaguchi
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This reddish-brown organ, the largest inside the body, is believed to perform at least 500 functions |
the liver
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This nervous 33-year-old married Mary Todd on Nov. 4, 1842 |
Abraham Lincoln
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Alan Nash holds the record for crushing these with his toes, 23 in 30 seconds, & that's no yolk! |
eggshells
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Une cigogne is French for this wading bird that really delivers |
a stork
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His offering of an animal was accepted by God, while his sibling's offering of fruit wasn't |
Abel
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(Hi, I'm Misty May-Treanor. And I'm Kerri Walsh.) Kerri & I won the USA's first gold in women's beach volleyball at the 2004 Olympics held in this city--we didn't lose a single set |
[Walsh delivers the part of the clue following the dash.]
Athens
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Hormones from this gland at the base of the neck control the body's metabolism |
(Casey: What is the pituitary?)
the thyroid gland
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This pair saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time at the mouth of the Columbia River on Nov. 7, 1805 |
Lewis & Clark
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The most votes cast in a national election occurred in May 2004 when 387 million voted in this country |
India
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Sucre is this crystalline substance |
sugar
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The sons of Zilpah hated this brother for his fancy clothes & the dreams that said he'd reign over them |
Joseph
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In 2008 she revved up to become the first woman to win an IndyCar race, the Indy Japan 300 |
Danica Patrick
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These 3 pairs of glands, including the sublingual ones, are what make your mouth water |
(Bradley: What are the saliviary glands?) (Alex: The correct response, Bradley, is [*]. That has only four syllables. You added the "I" in there, which made it a 5-syllable word. So we can't accept that. I will penalize you.)
salivary glands
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The colonists' response to this act that went into effect Nov. 1, 1765: "No taxation without representation" |
the Stamp Act
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In a 110-hour "Bardathon", Adrian Hilton read the complete works of this author |
Shakespeare
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Un cheval is a horse; cheveux is this, as on one's tete |
(Casey: What is a hat?) ... (Alex: Les cheveux, your [*].)
hair
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He discovered his father's plan after he asked where the lamb was for the burnt offering |
Isaac
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Before scoring that winning goal in the 1999 Women's World Cup, she'd played soccer for a Japanese team |
Brandi Chastain
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The plantar fascia is a thick band of tissue that keeps the bones of this body part in place |
feet
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On Nov. 29, 1929 he sent the message "My calculations indicate that we have reached the vicinity of the South Pole" |
(Casey: Who is Cook?) ... (Alex: Who is [*]? First to fly over the South Pole.)
Richard Byrd
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With a designed speed of 128 mph, the fastest of these rides is Kingda Ka at Six Flags in New Jersey |
a roller coaster
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Jamais is this adverb |
never
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