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The Joad family in "The Grapes of Wrath" leaves this Dust Bowl state & heads to California |
Oklahoma
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Police constable Ichabod Crane |
(Laura: What is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?") (Beth: What is "The Headless Horseman?") (Alex: It was just [*], not "The Legend of...".)
Sleepy Hollow
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Ayan, also called Nigerian satinwood, has shown some resistance to these wood-eating insects |
termites
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This dog breed was first spotted in the Yugoslavia region several hundred years ago |
the Dalmatian
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The Holstein-Gottorp family, including Nicholas I, ruled Russia under this name |
Romanov
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Slang for "nothing", it's also a company that's produced over 300 million waterproof lighters |
Zippo
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In one scene in this 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, Daisy Buchanan hits Myrtle Wilson with her car |
The Great Gatsby
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Murderous CIA agent Sands who goes south of the border |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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A hardwood, agba is used as a substitute for oak for church furniture & these burial items |
coffins
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The U.S. military may award one for distinguished service |
(Mike: What is the Distinguished Service Cross?) (Laura: What is a Medal of Honor?) (Alex: Remember, you can give us extra information that will make your response incorrect. It's very simple: What is a [*]? It has to contain "dal".)
a medal
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Habsburg is a contraction of Habichtsburg, the name of the family's one of these in Switzerland |
castle
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We hope you're not missing -- missing this CBS series with Anthony LaPaglia |
(Alex: With a minute to go.)
Without A Trace
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In the midst of writing his 5 Natty Bumppo tales, he paused to write a "History of the Navy of the United States" |
(James Fenimore) Cooper
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Gonzo journalist Raoul Duke |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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This evergreen tree is valued for pitch, tar, resin & turpentine, as well as for its wood |
pine
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This clue won't kill you, but this type of maniac will |
homicidal
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The king of France in 1604 & the king of Spain in 2004 are members of this family |
the Bourbons
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One story says a Spanish explorer, when asked what he saw there, answered aca nada, "nothing there" |
Canada
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In "Following the Equator", this humorist wrote, "Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it" |
Mark Twain
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Undercover high school policeman Tom Hanson |
21 Jump Street
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The trees that provide this wood favored by carvers in the Middle Ages are not the same-named citrus ones |
lime
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Playwright Richard Sheridan's "The School for" this didn't cover Enron |
Scandal
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The House of Savoy-Carignano was shuttered up in this country in 1946 when Humbert II left the throne |
(Beth: What is Lichtenstein?) (Alex: Humbert=Umberto; Umberto II.)
Italy
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For the Beach Boys, "nothing can catch" this Chevy muscle car |
(Mike: What is "Little Deuce Coupe?")
the Chevy 409
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In 1964 he won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur" |
John Updike
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Undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone |
Donnie Brasco
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Gunpowder sparks on metal, so the decks of the Missouri are made of this 4-letter wood |
teak
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After leading him up this "path", a woman puts the reins on her intended |
The Bridal Path
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Getting crowned emperor on December 25, 800 made him a Christmas Carolingian |
(Mike: Who is Wenceslas?) .... (Alex: Establishing the Carolingian dynasty.)
Charlemagne
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The title of the Gary Oldman movie this 'by Mouth" refers to a medical order about patient nutrition |
(Laura: What is Nils...Nils?)
Nil by Mouth
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