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In a cemetery near Palm Springs, the lyric "The best is yet to come" |
Frank Sinatra
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Forever, eternity & time without end are all these of each other |
a synonym
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On some enchanted evening in 2008, this musical won 7 Tonys, the most ever for a revival |
South Pacific
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Rhizobium is a genus of these microorganisms in the soil that play an important role in nitrogen fixation in plants |
bacteria
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Colorado's official state gem is this "watery" greeny-blue one |
aquamarine
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Settled as a prison colony in 1788, this country averages only about 8 people per square mile |
Australia
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Hers is in an English church, "F.N. Born 12 May 1820, Died 13 August 1910" |
Florence Nightingale
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Hot & cold, fast & slow, right & wrong, for example |
antonyms
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This "Murder, She Wrote" actress has hosted or co-hosted a record 5 Tony telecasts |
Angela Lansbury
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Common in the east, the yellow-bellied this is a member of the woodpecker family |
the sapsucker
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South Carolina is in the purple with this purple quartz as its gemstone |
amethyst
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10 times as long as it is wide, this South American country gained independence in 1818 |
(Martha: What is Argentina?)
Chile
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"Born Nov. 23, 1860 Killed July 14, 1881 / The Boy Bandit King / He died as he had lived |
Billy the Kid
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OPEC & laser are examples of these |
acronyms
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A plume of magma rising from the earth's mantle can split a continental plate in 2 & form this type of valley |
(Alex: There's a great one in Africa--it's called the Great [*].)
rift valley
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In an Arkansas state park, you can dig for this state gem of Arkansas |
(Alex: You want to dig for it, 'cause it's the [*].)
diamond
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This country whose name comes from a word meaning "land of mountains" covers the western third of Hispaniola |
Haiti
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"For I'm going to run her till she leaves the rail or make it on time with the southbound mail" |
Casey Jones
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It's a person for whom something is named, like a Sousaphone |
eponym
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2 have won Tonys for playing the opposite sex: Mary Martin as Peter Pan & this actor as Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray" |
Harvey Fierstein
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The transfer type of this genetic material delivers the amino acids necessary for protein synthesis to the ribosomes |
RNA
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The state gemstone of Washington is this fossilized tree product |
(Alex: [Looking at judges] Nnnn--they've changed--they're going to accept that.) (Amanda: Yayyyy!)
petrified wood (petrified tree accepted)
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In June it's light almost 24 hours a day in this country about 200 miles east of Greenland |
Iceland
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In Meudon, France, a bronze sculpture of a man deep in thought |
(Auguste) Rodin
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Acoustic guitar is this type of term, coined to modify an older stand-alone word like "guitar" |
a retronym
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This daughter of Christopher Plummer & Tammy Grimes is the only Tony winner whose parents both won Tonys |
Amanda Plummer
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Insects breathe via these tiny holes located on the sides of the abdomen |
(Martha: What are gills?) (Stephanie: What are stoma?)
spiracles
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It's the state gem of Arizona |
turquoise
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In 2012 this country stretching between Vietnam & Thailand got its first visit from a U.S. Secretary of State in 5 decades |
Laos
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