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Kazanlak, 100 miles east of Sofia in the Valley of Roses of this country, is known for its roses used in perfumes |
Bulgaria
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The duo of him & Jerry Lewis broke up after making the 1956 film "Hollywood or Bust" |
Dean Martin
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The dangerous thinning of this atmospheric layer is most pronounced over the poles |
the ozone layer
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Every Colonial home had to have "The Compleat Housewife", an early collection of "receipts", i.e. this type of book |
[Alex read "i.e." as "that is to say".]
a cookbook
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Testis is Latin for this participant in a trial; can I get a testis?! |
a witness
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ZG (a condition in orbit) |
zero gravity
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Gotland is this country's largest island |
(Jessamine: What is Denmark?)
Sweden
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After surviving Gitmo, these 2 title guys had a Very 3D Christmas |
Harold & Kumar
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The southern lights are also called this australis |
aurora
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When his House of Burgesses speech in 1765 was called treasonous, he replied, "If this be treason, make the most of it" |
Patrick Henry
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Meaning "under the penalty", you've been served! (with this word from Latin, right now) |
subpoena
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Zin (a California wine) |
Zinfandel
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This city on the Vistula river was Poland's capital from 1038 to 1596 |
Krakow
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It's New Zealand's "Fourth most-popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk comedy folk duo" |
[Patrick chuckles under his breath while responding.]
Flight of the Conchords
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A thunderstorm downdraft that picks up dust as it surges can cause a haboob, "strong wind" in this language |
Arabic
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In 1716 the first theater in the colonies was built in this Colonial capital of Virginia |
Williamsburg
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XBH (in baseball) |
an extra base hit
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The mountains of this chain extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean |
the Pyrenees
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Dick's brother, Tom of this pair plays golf & is known to sink putts using a yo-yo |
the Smothers Brothers
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This term for a lucky type of visible electrical discharge is a corruption of Erasmus, a patron saint of sailors |
(Alex: Yes, indeed, with a minute to go.)
St. Elmo's fire
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In 1793 this lexicographer founded the American Minerva, New York City's first daily newspaper |
(Noah) Webster
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This Latin word, still used today, originally meant "he pledged"; today, it's a sworn written statement |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
an affidavit
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Yb (a chemical element) |
Ytterbium
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The city of St. Petersburg lies at the eastern end of this gulf named for a nearby country |
(Sonia: What is Ukraine?)
the Gulf of Finland
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Seen here is one of the finer productions of this comedy duo |
(Jessamine: Who is Zoolander? Oh, who is Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson? "Duo"...) ... (Alex: You're looking at Ben Stiller, who is one of the good productions of [*]. That was a little trick to that clue.)
Anne Meara & Jerry Stiller
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Bangladesh's Barisal guns are unexplained booming noises, perhaps seismic in origin, heard over this bay |
the Bay of Bengal
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William Emerson has been called the U.S. Army's first of these; his grandson Ralph Waldo went into a similar field |
(Patrick: What is a poet?)
chaplain
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If you're "not of sound mind" to stand trial, you're this 3-word Latin phrase |
non compos mentis
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XRT (a medical method) |
(Jessamine: What is X-ray tomography?) (Patrick: What is [*]?) (Alex: We'll accept that, or X-ray treatment or therapy, but not tomography.) [The ruling on Jessamine's response was reversed before the Daily Double at clue 24.]
X-ray topography (or treatment or therapy)
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