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This novel is all about our Depression |
The Grapes of Wrath
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StarKist's recipe for this grilled sandwich includes toast, onion, celery, mayo & cheese |
(Sam: What's a BLT?)
a tuna melt
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Although it's known that this Hun died on his wedding night in 453, it's not known how he died |
Attila
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When created by Congress in 1792, the Mint was part of this department more concerned with foreign affairs |
the State Department
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Before iPods & CDs, we spun these, LPs for short |
long playing recordings
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A long, narrow hospital bed on wheels |
a gurney
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Warning--this Alan Moore novel is extremely graphic |
Watchmen
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"Everything's better with" this margarine brand on my toast |
(Alex: Everything's better with [*] on it.)
Blue Bonnet
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Demosthenes wrote that the second king of this name wasn't Greek but a "pestilent knave from Macedonia" |
Philip
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The first U.S. Mint building was in this city, then the nation's capital |
Philadelphia
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Wikileaks, shmiki-leaks--we read the Pentagon Papers in this paper that's in the name of the resulting Supreme Court case |
The New York Times
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This adjective means an animal is awake & active mostly at night |
nocturnal
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It's about little kids, but not necessarily for little kids |
Lord of the Flies
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Cole's quality foods claims the 1970s introduction of this Italian restaurant bread in frozen form |
(Jericho: What are breadsticks?)
garlic bread
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Plato referred to this Athenian philosopher & mentor as "the justest man of that time" |
Socrates
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The Mint maintains a bullion depository at this Kentucky location |
Fort Knox
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We didn't need Cris Collinsworth or even John Madden on "MNF", we had this man who wrote "I Never Played the Game" |
(Howard) Cosell
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Technically it's caused by gastroesophageal backflow |
heartburn
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I finally caved & read this 1924 British novel |
A Passage to India
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If you're ailing, your diet might be reduced to toast & this, such as Lady Grey |
tea
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At birth this ancient sage of China was given the name Ch'iu, meaning "hill", because he had a noticeable bulge on his head |
Confucius
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The Mint's 3 main coin-producing facilities include the one begun in 1852 in this city to address a sudden "rush" |
San Francisco
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Who needs Ryan Seacrest or even Dick Clark? For years we enjoyed this man & his Royal Canadians on New Year's Eve |
(Alex: You're all too young to remember [*].)
Guy Lombardo
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To temporarily end a legal proceeding |
adjourn
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This 1993 Welsh novel is actually about Scotland. |
Trainspotting
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I like to spread the jelly of this tropical fruit on my muffin |
a guava
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This "elder" Roman writer died in 79 A.D. while rescuing people from Mount Vesuvius' eruption |
Pliny (the Elder)
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Soon after the Constitution's ratification, this Secretary of the Treasury prepared plans for a U.S. mint |
Hamilton
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Who needs Megan Fox or Eva Mendes? We remember Raquel Welch busting out in this prehistoric potboiler |
(Jericho: What is A Million Years B.C.?) [Initially ruled correct; reversed before the Daily Double at clue 30.]
One Million Years B.C.
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An orgiastic, unrestrained festival in ancient Rome bearing the name of a god |
Saturnalia
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