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CALCULATING THE MEASUREMENTS |
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Get out the blue ink for this sea immediately north of Poland |
the Baltic
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1988: "Need You Tonight/Meditate" |
INXS
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Maria Tallchief played the Sugarplum Fairy in a 1954 New York City ballet performance of this classic |
The Nutcracker
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16 short tons minus 13 short tons leaves you this many pounds |
6,000 (3 tons, 2,000 per)
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In 1949 Canada joined the United States & 10 other nations to form this military alliance |
NATO
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Proverbially, "he who" does this "is lost" |
hesitates
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However you draw the border between Nicaragua & this 2-named country, somebody gets mad, huh? |
(Tom: What is El Salvador?)
Costa Rica
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2009: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" |
Beyoncé
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This wooden rail attached to the wall of a ballet studio is used by the dancers for support during exercises |
a barre
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Fahrenheit boiling point of water times Celsius freezing point of water |
0
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Between 1913 & 1932 Canada dug a new & deeper version of the Welland Canal that connects these 2 Great Lakes |
(Tom: What is... Huron and Erie?)
Erie & Ontario
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A house of shelter for pilgrims, or a homelike facility that provides care for the terminally ill |
a hospice
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A study says it's the most misspelled city in the U.S., but you got it right, with the final "H" |
(Tom: What is Savannah, Georgia?)
Pittsburgh
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1984: "You Might Think" |
The Cars
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Born Margaret Hookham in England, she made her professional debut in 1934 at the age of 15 |
(Alex: And that was the great [*].)
Margot Fonteyn
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Number of quarts in 2 gallons divided by the number of pints in 2 quarts |
(Tom: What is 4?)
2 (8 divided by 4)
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On July 3, 1608 this Frenchman landed at what would become the City of Quebec |
(John: Who is... Cartier?) ... (Alex: Cartier was 1500s, not 16.)
(Samuel de) Champlain
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From 1823 to 1838 it was one of the 5 countries that made up the United Provinces of Central America |
Honduras
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Mark all of these--really more than 1,500--including Wolfe on the Canadian side of the river & Wells on the U.S. side |
the Thousand Islands
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Onstage this late Soviet defector often partnered Maya Plisetskaya; offstage, Jacqueline Bisset |
(Joon: Who is... Nijinsky?) (John: Who is Baryshnikov?)
Alexander Godunov
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Square inches in a square foot plus square feet in a square yard |
153
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The 1947 discovery of oil in a field at Leduc in this prairie province launched a Canadian oil boom |
Alberta
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In Egyptian myth this deity & son of Osiris is usually depicted as having the head of a falcon |
Horus
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Wite-Out please! Kinshasa hasn't been named this, after an abusive Belgian, since 1966 |
LĂ©opoldville
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When "Le Pavillon d'Armide" premiered in 1907, Vaslav Nijinsky played the Slave & she played Armide |
(Alex: And that was the great [*].)
Anna Pavlova
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Feet in a fathom plus feet in a mile |
5,286
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The Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867; this transplanted Scot became the country's first prime minister |
(Joon: Who is... King?)
(John A.) Macdonald
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Anglers & crafters, not just surgeons, use this instrument, whose name means "blood stop" |
(Alex: Pulled that one out of thin air, didn't you? Well done, go again.)
a hemostat
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