U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD |
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NON-MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES |
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Overactors & others flock to Smithfield, Va., the capital of this, processing millions of lbs. of it every year |
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(1939) Ray Bolger: "Oh, no!" |
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A small car, or a small mirrored case in a handbag |
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Buoyant plank for wave riding |
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Little babycakes, I give you a giant one of these stones with the highest refractive index of any natural gemstone |
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Anthony, a city straddling Texas & New Mexico, celebrates only once every 4 years as this "Capital of the World" |
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(1971) Richard Roundtree: "Hey, baby" |
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A 2001 experiment found not just primates but these aquatic mammals recognize themselves in mirrors |
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An extra fee for a special service |
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My darling, only the best of this potent potable for you, like a fine extra brut Bollinger |
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(Dr. Gates gives the clue.) In the "African American National Biography" series, which I co-edited with Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, the second entry is a profile of this baseball great |
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Kansas City, Missouri & this Tennessee city both claim the tangy title "Barbecue Capital of the World" |
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(1977) Carrie Fisher: "What?!" |
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The "Car Talk" guys recommend pulling up next to a line of parked cars to adjust this |
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An excess or overabundant supply |
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Yes, my yummy sugar pie, tonight we escape to Nassau, the capital of this country |
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(Dr. Gates gives the clue.) My ancestor, Revolutionary War soldier John Redman, was one of an estimated 5,000 black soldiers in this army, the first regular U.S. fighting force |
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It's Crystal City, Texas vs. Alma, Arkansas for this title--they even have Popeye statues to back their claim |
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(1978) Olivia Newton-John: "The cameraman?" |
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A shaving mirror is usually this curved type |
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The Brits call a doctor's office this |
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Yes, my flower, I match your intoxicating scent with a gift of this perfume introduced in France in 1921 |
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(Dr. Gates gives the clue.) I direct a research institute at Harvard University named for this author of "The Souls of Black Folk", black America's leading public intellectual through most of his long life, 1868-1963 |
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Thanks to John Deere, this Illinois city is the "Plow Capital of the World" |
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(1984) F. Murray Abraham, "Hmmm?" |
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In the 18th c. James Short cut the distortion with the first truly parabolic & elliptical mirrors for these |
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Close observation of someone by the police |
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For you, my sweet, a classic Silver Shadow II luxury car from this make of auto |
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(Dr. Gates gives the clue.) In 2003, I published "The Trials of" this woman, a book about America's first black poet & her encounters with the Founding Fathers |
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