NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD |
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BRITISH NOVELS BY CHARACTERS |
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New Zealand's smallest park is named for this Dutchman who became the first European to see the country |
(Abel) Tasman
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Charles Marlow & Mr. Kurtz |
Heart of Darkness
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You'll be a slug in your next life if you can't tell me this term for the soul coming back in a new form |
reincarnation
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Victoria & Albert: Alice, Alfred, Arthur, Beatrice, Helena, Louise, Leopold, Victoria Adelaide & this king |
(Alex: The son of Queen Victoria? [*].)
Edward
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Mickey Mantle & Pete Rose were this kind of hitter who changes sides of the plate depending on the pitcher |
a switch-hitter
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Fractional term for part of a naval vessel usually reserved for officers |
(Dave: Ooh. What is the command deck?) (Tom: Forequarters? What is forequarters?)
the quarterdeck
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South Africa's Richtersveld National Park is partially located within a loop of this "colorful" river |
(Alex: And in South Africa, that colorful river is [*]--makes sense.)
the Orange River
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Cedric the Saxon, Rebecca, Lady Rowena |
Ivanhoe
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On an invitation, the phrase these "only" means we assume you're coming, but let us know if you're not |
regrets
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Abraham Lincoln & Mary Todd: Edward, Willie, Tad & this boy, the only one to survive to adulthood |
Robert Todd Lincoln
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Jim Rice was so powerful, he broke a bat without hitting the ball on one of these, a swing the batter tries to stop |
a checked swing
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The USS Nimitz carries 90 aircraft on this aptly named deck; its area takes up about 4.5 acres |
the flight deck
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The largest national park lies on this island; at 375,000 square miles, it occupies about 45% of this island's area |
(Alex: You got it, and you're at $21,800, and we have about a minute to go.)
Greenland
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Charles Ryder, Lord & Lady Marchmain |
Brideshead Revisited
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In music production, "wet" & "dry" refer to sound with more or less of this effect--ect--ect |
reverberation
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Noah & an unnamed Biblical woman: Japheth & these 2 other fellas |
Shem & Ham
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Many hitters try to gain an advantage by scratching the back line of this |
the batter's box
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A type of walk, or an upper deck on a passenger ship where folks can stroll |
(Tom: Uh, um... what is the lido deck?)
the promenade deck
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The Civil War-era Henry was one of the first of this type of rifle that you didn't have to keep reloading |
a repeater
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A 2004 at-bat by the tenacious Alex Cora went ball, strike, ball, 14 of these, home run |
foul balls
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This term for a sailor's quarters near the bow can be said using either 2 or 3 syllables |
(Alex: You can say it as [*].)
forecastle (or fo'c's'le)
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The 3 "lakes of" this Irish national park are Upper Lake, Muckross Lake & Lough Leane |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Killarney National Park
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Christian, Evangelist, Mr. Worldly Wiseman |
(Dave: What is Vanity Fair?)
Pilgrim's Progress
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It's the term for sums of money sent back to their homelands by immigrants in the U.S. |
remittances
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At age 90, this Cardinal legend who hit safely over 3,600 times appeared at the 2011 World Series |
(Tom: Who is Ty Cobb?)
Stan "The Man" Musial
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As its name indicates, this 3-letter deck on old warships had cannons end to end |
(Alex: That's the second correct response in Double Jeopardy! so far. We're on a roll.)
the gun deck
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