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THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL HOLIDAY |
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THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET |
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Paris calls this character a "banished haughty Montague" |
Romeo
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(Hi, I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) I'm always listening to this band's classics like "Crash", but true fans know you've got to see DMB live to really get the experience |
Dave Matthews Band
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November 19: Saint Rainier's Day |
(Matt: Um, what is Canada?)
Monaco
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Y: One single member of the "Bronx Bombers" |
a Yankee
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Drop a letter from "fraction" to get this fraction of a group within a larger group |
faction
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The sandhill type of this tall wading bird breeds from Alaska to Hudson Bay |
crane
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This lover of Bassanio disguises herself as a lawyer & saves Antonio |
Portia
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(I'm Andy Richter.) Usually my iPod has songs by this '60s British soul singer of "I Only Want To Be With You" & "Son Of A Preacher Man" |
Dusty Springfield
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March 17: A certain saint's day |
Ireland
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U: A general wears one & so does a private |
uniform
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It's a group of bowling teams that compete against each other, or a former association of nations |
a league
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Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of this play omitted the Fool & added a love affair between Edgar & Cordelia |
King Lear
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(Hi, I'm Rebecca Lobo.) I love just about everything by this Northern Irish rocker, including "Gloria" & "Moondance" |
Van Morrison
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April 30: Queen's Day, celebrating the 1909 birth of Juliana & the 1980 accession of her daughter Beatrix |
(Matt: What is Denmark?)
the Netherlands
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K: It's equal to 1,000 grams |
a kilo
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Shirley MacLaine was one of the few female members of this fabled group that also included Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra |
the Rat Pack
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Originally, this unit of measure was the amount of radioactivity given off by one gram of radium |
a curie
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Act I of this tragedy is set in Venice; Act II, in Cyprus |
Othello
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(Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni.) I'm on the sonic cutting edge listening to songs from this band's albums like "In Rainbows" or "OK Computer" |
Radiohead
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November 3: Separation Day, commemorating its 1903 split with Colombia |
Panama
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H: A place to stay when on vacation |
hotel
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At school, kids inevitably form these exclusive groups of friends, from the French for "noise" |
(Alex: Yes, and we have less than a minute now.)
clique
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This type of particle accelerator utilizes a spiraling path |
a cyclotron
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Some believe this comedy was written to be performed during Epiphany festivities, hence its name |
Twelfth Night
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(I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.) You'll find this sax man who took "Giant Steps" to modernize jazz with his innovative "Sheets of Sound" playing style |
John Coltrane
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September 16: Celebrating the Grito de Dolores |
Mexico
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L: A New World capital city |
Lima
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A synonym for group, it's often applied to "beauties" & is a collective noun for several swans |
(Matt: What is a gaggle?)
a bevy
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The name of this class of mollusks comes from Greek words meaning "head foot" |
(Jennifer: What is cetacean?) ... (Alex: Cetaceans are whales.)
cephalopod
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