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In 1826 the speed of sound in water was first calculated in this largest Alpine lake |
Geneva
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15: Bart Starr 92: Reggie White |
the Packers
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In a 1982 concert of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons", Isaac Stern played "Spring" & Itzhak Perlman concluded with this |
"Winter"
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In 1983 this company introduced the Lisa, the first commercial computer to feature a mouse |
Apple
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"The job market will improve", Georgia Tech grads were told by John F. Brock III, CEO of this beverage's "Enterprises" |
Coca-Cola
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Poker hand of 3 Jacks, 2 sevens & the upper chamber of Britain's bicameral legislature |
full House of Lords
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This river springs from 2 small streams in the Black Forest, the Breg & the Brigach |
(Will: What is the Rhine?)
Danube
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29: Rod Carew 34: Kirby Puckett |
the Twins
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Oddly, the traditional order for this Gustav Holst suite places Mars first |
The Planets
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This |
[Alex purses his lips and blows.]
raspberry
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This Science Guy told the Harvey Mudd class of '08 that rumors were harder to start before the Internet |
Bill Nye
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Excitement reigned when Adventureland & Tomorrowland vied for the MLB crown |
[Alex reads the clue as "the Major League Baseball crown".]
Disney World Series
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The bonnie, bonnie banks of this largest lake in Great Britain lie just 14 miles from Glasgow |
Loch Lomond
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34: Charles Barkley, 13: Wilt Chamberlain |
(Will: What are the Lakers?)
the Philadelphia 76ers
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At 7 he wrote a polonaise in G minor; a year later he performed for Czar Alexander I, who was in Warsaw at the time |
Chopin
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The Bold 9000 is among this company's series of smartphones |
BlackBerry
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Fruit juice company that became a nickname for Joan of Arc |
(Will: [*].)
Minute Maid of Orleans
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5: Brooks Robinson 20: Frank Robinson |
the Baltimore Orioles
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Originally, this 1928 Gershwin orchestral composition included real French taxi horns |
An American in Paris
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A member of an air service confined to ground duty, or a New Zealander |
kiwi
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Speaking at the Boston College Law School, this Fed head praised J.K. Rowling & quoted John Lennon |
Bernanke
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A pageant first held in 1921 "for amber waves of grain" |
Miss America the Beautiful
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This longest Italian river is fed by 141 tributaries |
the Po
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This NFL team has just one, 12: Jim Kelly |
the Buffalo Bills
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In 1722 Bach composed "The Well-Tempered" type of this instrument |
Clavier
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This name of a fruit can also mean "highly desirable"; it's often found before "job" |
(Will: What is cherry?)
plum
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"Don't be absent from your own life", Jessica Lange told seniors at this Bronxville, N.Y. liberal arts school |
Sarah Lawrence
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Name for the group that picks the president, vice president & pope |
the Electoral College of Cardinals
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