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HOMECOMING KINGS & QUEENS |
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Reacting to hemoglobin, the chemical Luminol is used to detect this, even if it's been wiped off |
blood
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On New Year's Day, many souls brave icy waters to take part in a swim named for these ursine creatures |
(Idrees: What is a bear swim?) (Alex: Be more specific. No? Okay.)
a polar bear swim
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Mary, queen of these people, didn't see many of them when she lived in France from age 5 until her return at 18 |
the Scots
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For Antigua & Barbuda: This sea |
the Caribbean
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These octagonal warnings weren't always red; some were yellow until 1954 |
stop signs
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Crazy, like a certain cartoon duck (5) |
daffy
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A specialized lab is used for toxicology, the detection of these, from the Latin for "drink" |
poison
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Let's have a race using this craft whose name comes from a Native American word for "sled" |
a toboggan
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In 2010 Akhenaton returned to this African country; actually it was just his big toe, which had been removed in 1968 |
Egypt
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For Sri Lanka: This ocean |
the Indian Ocean
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Permanently leaving the military without permission (9) |
desertion
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A forensic expert "dusting" a room is checking for these "digital" clues |
fingerprints
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Snowboarders use a U-shaped structure called a half this to perform radical tricks |
a pipe
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Chimham helped bring King David over the Jordan when he returned to this city after a rebellion |
Jerusalem
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For Lithuania: This sea |
the Baltic
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The red flyer is a large type of this marsupial |
a kangaroo
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It goes on salads or on wounds (8) |
dressing
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This word for a public official who investigates all non-natural deaths comes from the Latin for "crown" |
a coroner
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Encyclopedia Britannica calls this sport "a game similar to lawn bowls but played on ice" |
curling
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In 1945, after the wartime years in England, Queen Wilhelmina crossed the North Sea & returned to this country |
the Netherlands
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For Ukraine: This sea |
the Black Sea
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He was the father of Leif Eriksson |
Erik the Red
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Any tyrannical ruler (6) |
a despot
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In a forensic lab, a hood eliminates fumes & prevents the intrusive process called "cross" this |
cross-contamination
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Nordic combined events start with a ski jump & end with one of these long alliterative races |
the cross-country race
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In 1996 King Simeon returned to Bulgaria; he had fled in 1946 after a takeover by this very anti-king political party |
the Communist Party
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For Russia: This "sea" |
the Caspian Sea
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In issues of French Vogue you read a lot about people on le tapis rouge, this |
the red carpet
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Pre-Christian Celtic priest (5) |
(Idrees:What is a "drood"?) (Alex: [After hesitation] We'll accept your pronunciation.)
a druid
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